2008 in film

none 2008 film radio television music The year 2008 involved many major film events. The Dark Knight was the year's highest-grossing film, while Slumdog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to The Dark Knight. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's WALL-E becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of Cloverfield. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up The Avengers with the blockbuster hit Iron Man and their respectable attempt at rebooting The Incredible Hulk. The games-to-film genre took a hit this year, with only Max Payne proving to be a worthy adaptation of the source material. We also saw the highly anticipated big-screen returns of iconic characters like Batman, James Bond, and Indiana Jones – some were more successful than others."Movies 2008 Year in Review 2008-12-17 IGN https://web.archive.org/web/20230417132016/https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/12/17/movies-2008-year-in-review 2023-04-17 live https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/12/17/movies-2008-year-in-review The film industry and review website IndieWire described 2008 as "a stellar year for movies" that "gave us tons of unforgettable classics" such as The Wrestler, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Che.10 Best Films of 2008 Highest-grossing films Lists of box office number-one films#2008 The top 10 films released in 2008 by worldwide gross are as follows:https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2008/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 2008 Worldwide Box Office Box Office Mojo IMDb March 7, 2020 + Highest-grossing films of 2008 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. $997,000,000nb reissue Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases. 2 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount $786,636,033 3 Kung Fu Panda $631,744,560 4 Hancock Sony $629,443,428 5 Mamma Mia! Universal $609,841,637 6 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Paramount $603,900,354 7 Quantum of Solace Sony / MGM $589,580,482 8 Iron Man Paramount $585,796,247 9 WALL-E Disney $521,311,860 10 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian $419,665,568 nbFor 2008, the top ten films consisted of three superhero films, three animated films, three action films and one musical film. Box office records In the domestic box office, 2008 came very close in passing 2007 as the highest-grossing year, falling short by just $30 million. On August 4, The Dark Knight reached a $400 million domestic gross in a record time of 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days.The Dark Knight Breaks $400 Million in Record Time http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=9658&count=0 2008-08-05 2008-08-06 2008-08-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080825012559/http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=9658&count=0 usurped On August 31, after 45 days in release, The Dark Knight reached $500 million domestically, becoming only the second film in history after Titanic to cross the half-billion-dollar domestic milestone, as well as the first film of the 2000s decade to cross that milestone. Worldwide, it grossed $997 million on its initial release,Warner Bros. Entertainment Wraps Record-Breaking Year January 8, 2009 Warner Bros. https://warnerbros.com/studio/news/warner-bros-entertainment-wraps-record-breaking-year https://web.archive.org/web/20160823063952/https://warnerbros.com/studio/news/warner-bros-entertainment-wraps-record-breaking-year August 23, 2016 and an IMAX reissueThe Dark Knight Re-Release IMAX Locations ComingSoon.net January 22, 2009 CraveOnline https://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=52148 January 30, 2014 in 2009 saw it become the fourth film to gross $1 billion at the global box office.Brandon Gray Billion Dollar Batman Box Office Mojo February 20, 2009 https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2551 June 7, 2014All Time Worldwide Box Office Box Office Mojo https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090228223109/https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ February 28, 2009 It also surpassed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Warner Bros. until it was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011. Mamma Mia! became the highest-grossing film in UK history until it was surpassed by Avatar in 2010. Slumdog Millionaire set several records. At the worldwide box office, it became the most successful British independent film of all time. At the UK box office, it became the highest-grossing British independent film (surpassing Four Weddings and a Funeral),2010 Statistical Yearbook 10 6, 16–9, 24–6, 32–7, 46–7, 83–9, 112–8 UK Film Council https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-statistical-yearbook-2010.pdf 21 April 2022 British Film Institute 23 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220423012731/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-statistical-yearbook-2010.pdf dead 2011 Statistical Yearbook 11 25–6, 109 UK Film Council https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2011.pdf 21 April 2022 British Film Institute 16 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220516061604/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2011.pdf dead the highest-grossing British film without US studio investment, and the biggest ever weekly "increase for a UK saturation release" (surpassing Billy Elliot).20 January 2009 Slumdog Mauls Box Office Record https://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/British-Film-Slumdog-Millionaire-Breaks-UK-Box-Office-Record-For-Ticket-Sales/Article/200901315206917 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090123025829/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/British-Film-Slumdog-Millionaire-Breaks-UK-Box-Office-Record-For-Ticket-Sales/Article/200901315206917 23 January 2009 23 January 2009 Sky News Events Month Day Event January 7 Due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike, NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association scrap plans to hold its 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony and instead hold a press conference announcing the winners 13 The 65th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced. 16 The 61st BAFTA Awards nominations were announced with Atonement the leading film with 14 nominations closely followed by No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, both with 7 nominations 17 – 27 The 26th Sundance Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin McDonagh's In Bruges and screens over 120 films. The Grand Jury and Audience Award prizes are awarded to Frozen River and The Wackness, respectively. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Bernard Shakey's CSNY/Déjà Vu 22 The 80th Academy Awards nominations were announced with No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood the leading films with 8 nominations each, closely followed by Atonement and Michael Clayton, both with 7 The Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger, 28, is found dead at his home in Manhattan, New York City, from an accidental prescription pills overdose. 23 – 3 The 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Lucía Cedrón's narrative feature-film debut Lamb of God (Cordero de Dios). 26 The 60th Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles. The Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize is awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen 27 The 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held in the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. February 7 – 17 The 58th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light and screens over 350 films. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to Elite Squad. The Silver Bear prizes are awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director, Reza Naji, Best Actor and Sally Hawkins, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind 8 The 35th Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. The Best Animated Feature prize is awarded to Ratatouille 9 The 60th Writers Guild of America Awards are announced in a brief statement. The Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay prizes are awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) and Diablo Cody (Juno), respectively 10 The 61st BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. Anthony Hopkins is honoured with the Academy Fellowship. 12 The members of the WGA agree a three-year deal with the AMPTP and vote to end the 3-month 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike 23 The 28th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California. The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards ceremony is broadcast. The Best Film award is given to Juno. The Best Actor and Best Actress awards are given to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Elliot Page respectively 24 The 80th Academy Awards ceremony is held in the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood. March 3 The 28th Genie Awards 9 The 13th Empire Awards is held in the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. 13 – 21 7th Tiburon International Film Festival April 4 – 13 10th Sarasota Film Festival 23 – 4 7th Tribeca Film Festival 2008 Best Narrative Feature – Let the Right One In 2008 Best Documentary – Pray the Devil Back to Hell 24 – 8 51st San Francisco International Film Festival May 14 – 25 Entre les murs wins the Palme d'Or while Gomorrah receives the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. 22 – 15 34th Seattle International Film Festival 26 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull earns $126 million in the United States and Canada, becoming the highest-grossing debut of 2008 and the second-highest-grossing for a Memorial Day weekend debut behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. June 1 The 2008 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced A massive fire destroys portions of facilities at Universal Studios in Universal City near Los Angeles. 14 – 22 11th Shanghai International Film Festival 18 Iron Man becomes the first movie of 2008 to earn $300 million in the United States and Canada. 18 – 29 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. The festival launches a new sidebar celebrating the spirit of discovery, including selections Bigga than Ben, Blood Car, Crack Willow, Spike, Strange Girls, and The Third Pint. Adam Dawtrey https://variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117984738&starting=21 Edinburgh Launches Cult Film Sidebar Variety 2008-04-28 2010-04-14 July 17 – 26 8th Era New Horizons Film Festival August 4 The Dark Knight reached $400 million in record time at 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days. 6 – 16 61st Locarno International Film Festival 21 – 1 32nd Montreal World Film Festival 27 – 6 65th Venice International Film Festival September 4 – 13 33rd Toronto International Film Festival 15 – 20 33rd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 18 – 27 56th San Sebastián International Film Festival 23 – 30 6th Bangkok International Film Festival October 1 – 12 16th Raindance Film Festival 15 – 30 52nd London Film Festival 18 – 26 21st Tokyo International Film Festival November 18 – 28 32nd Cairo International Film Festival December 5 – 14 10th Jakarta International Film Festival 4 – 14 23rd Mar del Plata International Film Festival Awards Category/Organization 14th Critics' Choice Awards January 8, 2009 66th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 11, 2009 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 62nd BAFTA AwardsFebruary 8, 2009 81st Academy AwardsFebruary 22, 2009 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Vicky Cristina Barcelona Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Danny BoyleSlumdog Millionaire Best Actor Sean PennMilk Mickey RourkeThe Wrestler Colin FarrellIn Bruges Sean PennMilk Mickey RourkeThe Wrestler Sean PennMilk Best Actress Anne HathawayRachel Getting MarriedMeryl StreepDoubt Kate WinsletRevolutionary Road Sally HawkinsHappy-Go-Lucky Meryl StreepDoubt Kate WinsletThe Reader Best Supporting Actor Heath LedgerThe Dark Knight Best Supporting Actress Kate WinsletThe Reader Penélope CruzVicky Cristina Barcelona Best Screenplay, Adapted Simon BeaufoySlumdog Millionaire Simon BeaufoySlumdog Millionaire Best Screenplay, Original Martin McDonaghIn Bruges Dustin Lance BlackMilk Best Animated Film WALL-E Best Original Score Slumdog MillionaireA. R. Rahman rowspan=3 Slumdog MillionaireA. R. Rahman Best Original Song "The Wrestler"The Wrestler colspan="2" "Jai Ho"Slumdog Millionaire Best Foreign Language Film Waltz with Bashir I've Loved You So Long Departures Best Documentary Man on WireStealing America: Vote by Vote (tie) Man on Wire Man on Wire Palme d'Or (61st Cannes Film Festival): The Class (Entre les murs), directed by Laurent Cantet, France Golden Lion (65th Venice International Film Festival): The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky, United States Golden Bear (58th Berlin International Film Festival): Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite), directed by José Padilha, Brazil People's Choice Award (33rd Toronto International Film Festival): Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle, United Kingdom 2008 films By country/region List of American films of 2008 List of Argentine films of 2008 List of Australian films of 2008 List of Bangladeshi films of 2008 List of Bengali films of 2008 List of Bollywood films of 2008 List of Brazilian films of 2008 List of British films of 2008 List of Canadian films of 2008 List of Chinese films of 2008 List of French films of 2008 List of Hindi films of 2008 List of Hong Kong films of 2008 List of Italian films of 2008 List of Japanese films of 2008 List of Mexican films of the 2000s List of Pakistani films of 2008 List of Russian films of 2008 List of South Korean films of 2008 List of Spanish films of 2008 List of Kannada films of 2008 List of Malayalam films of 2008 List of Tamil films of 2008 List of Telugu films of 2008 List of Turkish films of 2008 By genre/medium List of action films of 2008 List of animated feature films of 2008 List of avant-garde films of 2008 List of crime films of 2008 List of comedy films of 2008 List of drama films of 2008 List of horror films of 2008 List of science fiction films of 2008 List of thriller films of 2008 List of western films of 2008 Births January 3 – Raegan Revord, American actress January 24 – Chlaui Malayao, Filipina child actress March 12 – Cameron Crovetti, American actor March 14 – Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress March 17 - Kaylee Hottle, American deaf actress (died 2026) April 17 - Gavin Warren, American actor June 3 – Harshaali Malhotra, Indian actress June 10 – Helena Zengel, German actress June 14 – Giulia Benite, Brazilian actress July 15 – Iain Armitage, American actor July 17 – Jensen Gering, American actor July 19 – Beau Gadsdon, British actress July 31 – Banks Repeta, American actor August 1 – Emma Berman, American actress August 5 Izzy G., American actress Hudson Meek, American actor (died 2024) August 31 – Milo Machado-Graner, French actor September 18 – Jackson Robert Scott, American actor October 15 - Colin O'Brien, American actor November 2 - Sunny Sandler, American actress November 23 Asher Blinkoff, American actor Chloe Coleman, American actress December 22 – Madeleine McGraw, American actress December 31 - Evie Templeton, British actress Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Peter Caffrey 58 Ireland Actor I Went Down Taffin 2 George MacDonald Fraser 82 UK Screenwriter The Three Musketeers Red Sonja 2 Brice Mack 90 US Background Artist Fantasia Alice in Wonderland 5 Edward Kłosiński 65 Poland Cinematographer Three Colours: White Europa 10 Maila "Vampira" Nurmi 86 US Actress Plan 9 from Outer Space Sex Kittens Go to College 15 Brad Renfro 25 US Actor The Client Ghost World 18 Lois Nettleton 80 US Actress Period of Adjustment Butterfly 19 Suzanne Pleshette 70 US Actress The Birds Support Your Local Gunfighter 21 Russell Lloyd 92 UK Film Editor The Man Who Would Be King Moby Dick 22 Kenneth Higgins 88 UK Cinematographer Georgy Girl Darling 22 Heath Ledger 28 Australia Actor The Dark Knight Brokeback Mountain 22 Kevin Stoney 87 UK Actor Strongroom The Blood Beast Terror 25 Christopher Allport 60 US Actor To Live and Die in L.A. The Lincoln Conspiracy 25 Louisa Horton 87 US Actress All My Sons Swashbuckler February 2 Barry Morse 89 UK Actor Kings of the Sun The Changeling 3 Charles Fawcett 92 US Actor War and Peace The 300 Spartans 4 Augusta Dabney 89 US Actress That Night! The Paper 6 John Alvin 59 US Poster Artist Star Wars E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 7 Tamara Desni 94 Germany Actress Fire Over England Blue Smoke 8 Eva Dahlbeck 87 Sweden Actress Secrets of Women A Lesson in Love 9 Robert DoQui 73 US Actor RoboCop Nashville 10 Roy Scheider 75 US Actor Jaws The French Connection 11 James Quinn 88 UK Producer Herostratus Overlord 12 Oscar Brodney 100 US Screenwriter Harvey The Glenn Miller Story 12 David Groh 68 US Actor Two-Minute Warning The Return of Superfly 13 Kon Ichikawa 92 Japan Director The Burmese Harp Tokyo Olympiad 13 Lionel Mark Smith 62 US Actor Magnolia Spartan 14 Perry Lopez 76 US Actor Chinatown Kelly's Heroes 14 Trevor Williams 76 UK Production Designer Police Academy The Changeling 18 Alain Robbe-Grillet 85 France Screenwriter, Director Last Year at Marienbad L'Immortelle 19 Mary Barclay 91 UK Actress A Touch of Class Rasputin the Mad Monk 19 David Hildyard 91 UK Sound Engineer Cabaret Fiddler on the Roof 19 David Watkin 82 UK Cinematographer Out of Africa Chariots of Fire 22 Dennis Letts 73 US Actor Cast Away A Perfect World 23 Carl Pingitore 84 US Film Editor Dirty Harry Play Misty for Me 25 Sidney Beckerman 87 US Producer Marathon Man Red Dawn 28 John Bliss 77 US Actor Intolerable Cruelty Art School Confidential 29 Gayne Rescher 83 US Cinematographer Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan A Face in the Crowd March 4 Leonard Rosenman 83 US Composer Barry Lyndon Bound for Glory 5 Ronald Pierce 98 US Sound Engineer The Sting Earthquake 6 Alex Sharp 86 US Stuntman, Actor The Goonies Planet of the Apes 6 Malvin Wald 90 US Screenwriter The Naked City Al Capone 7 Kay Callard 84 Canada Actress West of Suez The Flying Scot 7 George Tyne 91 US Actor A Walk in the Sun Sands of Iwo Jima 16 Ivan Dixon 76 US Actor, Director A Patch of Blue A Raisin in the Sun 18 Anthony Minghella 54 UK Director, Screenwriter, Producer The English Patient Cold Mountain 19 Arthur C. Clarke 90 UK Screenwriter 2001: A Space Odyssey 19 Paul Scofield 86 UK Actor A Man for All Seasons Quiz Show 24 Rafael Azcona 81 Spain Screenwriter Belle Époque La Grande Bouffe 24 Richard Widmark 93 US Actor Kiss of Death Judgment at Nuremberg 25 Art Aragon 80 US Actor Fat City To Hell and Back 25 Abby Mann 80 US Screenwriter Judgment at Nuremberg A Child Is Waiting 31 Jules Dassin 96 US Director The Naked City Never on Sunday April 1 Mosko Alkalai 77 Israel Actor Blaumilch Canal The Fox in the Chicken Coop 1 Floyd Simmons 84 US Actor Written on the Wind South Pacific 1 Maury Winetrobe 85 US Film Editor Funny Girl Ice Castles 2 Guy McElwaine 71 US Producer, Executive Exorcist: The Beginning The Good Shepherd 5 Charlton Heston 84 US Actor Ben-Hur The Ten Commandments 8 Stanley Kamel 65 US Actor Domino Inland Empire 11 Willoughby Goddard 81 UK Actor Young Sherlock Holmes Jabberwocky 14 Ollie Johnston 95 US Animator Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Jungle Book 14 June Travis 93 US Actress Ceiling Zero The Case of the Black Cat 15 Hazel Court 93 UK Actress The Raven The Curse of Frankenstein 18 Kay Linaker 94 US Actress, Screenwriter The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Charlie Chan in Rio 18 Joy Page 83 US Actress Casablanca The Bullfighter and the Lady 23 Dave Atkins 67 UK Actor Hellraiser Plunkett & Macleane 24 Tristram Cary 82 UK Composer The Ladykillers Quatermass and the Pit 28 Alan Jaggs 90 UK Film Editor Treasure Island Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 29 Julie Ege 64 Norway Actress On Her Majesty's Secret Service Up Pompeii May 1 Bernard Archard 91 UK Actor The Day of the Jackal Krull 1 Terry Duggan 76 UK Actor 2001: A Space Odyssey Beautiful Thing 2 Beverlee McKinsey 72 US Actress They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Bronco Billy 4 Fred Haines 72 US Screenwriter, Director Ulysses Steppenwolf 8 Dorothy Green 88 US Actress The Big Heat Palm Springs Weekend 12 Robert Russell 71 UK Actor Bedazzled Witchfinder General 12 Claudio Undari 73 Italy Actor Sabata Everything Happens to Me 13 Jill Adams 77 UK Actress The Green Man Private's Progress 13 John Phillip Law 70 US Actor Barbarella Danger: Diabolik 14 John Forbes-Robertson 80 UK Actor The Vampire Lovers The Vault of Horror 15 Alexander Courage 88 US Orchestrator, Composer Jurassic Park The Mummy 15 Hanna Hertelendy 88 Hungary Actress Rosemary's Baby In Like Flint 16 Sandy Howard 80 US Director, Producer Meteor A Man Called Horse 18 Irma Córdoba 94 Argentina Actress Outside the Law Atorrante 18 Joseph Pevney 96 US Director Female on the Beach Tammy and the Bachelor 22 Harry Lange 77 Germany Production Designer Return of the Jedi 2001: A Space Odyssey 24 Dick Martin 86 US Actor The Glass Bottom Boat Air Bud: Golden Receiver 26 Sydney Pollack 73 US Director, Producer, Actor Out of Africa Tootsie 28 Earle Hagen 88 US Composer, Orchestrator Call Me Madam Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 29 Harvey Korman 81 US Actor Blazing Saddles Dracula: Dead and Loving It June 2 Bo Diddley 79 US Singer, Actor Trading Places Blues Brothers 2000 2 Mel Ferrer 90 US Actor, Director Scaramouche Lili 7 Dino Risi 91 Italy Director, Screenwriter The Easy Life Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses 11 Jean Desailly 87 France Actor La Peau Douce Le Professionnel 15 Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr. 54 US Production Designer Dumb and Dumber Me, Myself & Irene 15 Stan Winston 62 US Makeup Artist Jurassic Park Aliens 17 Henry Beckman 86 Canada Actor Breakfast at Tiffany's Marnie 17 Cyd Charisse 86 US Actress, Dancer The Band Wagon Silk Stockings 18 Jean Delannoy 100 France Director La Symphonie Pastorale Les amitiés particulières 22 George Carlin 71 US Actor, Comedian Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Dogma 22 Dody Goodman 93 US Actress Grease Splash 23 John Furlong 75 US Actor Blazing Saddles All the President's Men 24 William Vince 45 Canada Producer Capote Crash 26 Lilyan Chauvin 82 France Actress Lost, Lonely and Vicious Silent Night, Deadly Night 29 Don S. Davis 67 US Actor Con Air Cliffhanger July 1 Adele Palmer 92 US Costume Designer The Best of Everything The Quiet Man 2 Elizabeth Spriggs 78 UK Actress Sense and Sensibility Paradise Road 4 Evelyn Keyes 91 US Actress Gone with the Wind The Seven Year Itch 6 Nonna Mordyukova 82 Russia Actress Commissar The Diamond Arm 7 Bruce Conner 74 US Director A Movie Marilyn Times Five 8 Harry Spalding 95 Canada Screenwriter The Watcher in the Woods Chosen Survivors 9 Charles H. Joffe 78 US Producer Annie Hall Manhattan 17 Larry Haines 89 US Actor The Odd Couple The Seven-Ups 22 Greg Burson 59 US Voice Actor Jurassic Park Mr. Magoo 22 Patrick Connor 81 UK Actor Brazil Lifeforce 22 Estelle Getty 84 US Actress Mannequin Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot 27 Youssef Chahine 82 Egypt Director Sira` Fi al-Wadi Le Chaos 27 Marisa Merlini 84 Italy Actress Pane, Amore e Fantasia The Traffic Policeman 29 Luther Davis 91 US Screenwriter Kismet Lady in a Cage August 1 Gertan Klauber 76 UK Actor Carry On Octopussy 7 Bernie Brillstein 77 US Producer The Blues Brothers Ghostbusters 9 Bernie Mac 50 US Actor, Comedian Ocean's Eleven Guess Who 10 Isaac Hayes 65 US Actor, Singer, Songwriter Shaft Escape from New York 11 George Furth 75 US Actor The Cannonball Run Blazing Saddles 11 Terence Rigby 71 UK Actor Get Carter Tomorrow Never Dies 14 Robert Jessup 78 US Cinematographer Race with the Devil Silent Rage 15 Molly McClure 89 US Actress Mrs. Doubtfire City Slickers 16 Roberta Collins 63 US Actress Death Race 2000 Caged Heat 19 Julius Carry 56 US Actor The Last Dragon The New Guy 24 Morris Sullivan 91 US Producer All Dogs Go to Heaven Rock-a-Doodle 24 Peter Sutton 65 UK Sound Engineer The Empire Strikes Back Labyrinth 25 Marpessa Dawn 74 US Actor Black Orpheus Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel 25 Rita Quigley 85 US Actress Whispering Footsteps The Howards of Virginia 31 Ken Campbell 66 UK Actor A Fish Called Wanda Creep 31 Jerry Reed 71 US Actor, Singer Smokey and the Bandit The Waterboy September 1 Michael Pate 88 Australia Actor, Director Thunder on the Hill The Court Jester 2 Bill Melendez 91 Mexico Animator, Director, Producer Fantasia A Boy Named Charlie Brown 6 Anita Page 98 US Actress Our Dancing Daughters The Broadway Melody 8 Celia Gregory 58 UK Actress The Baby of Mâcon Agatha 18 Florestano Vancini 82 Italy Director, Screenwriter The Assassination of Matteotti Blow Hot, Blow Cold 19 David Jones 74 UK Director Betrayal 84 Charing Cross Road 20 William Fox 97 UK Actor Omen III: The Final Conflict The Lavender Hill Mob 24 Irene Dailey 88 US Actress Five Easy Pieces The Amityville Horror 26 Paul Newman 83 US Actor, Director Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Color of Money 29 Louis Guss 90 US Actor The Godfather Moonstruck October 1 Robert Arthur 87 US Actor Ace in the Hole Yellow Sky 5 Kim Chan 90 China Actor The Fifth Element Lethal Weapon 4 5 Ken Ogata 71 Japan Actor The Pillow Book Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 7 Peter Copley 93 UK Actor The Sword and the Rose The Elusive Pimpernel 8 Eileen Herlie 90 UK Actress The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan Hamlet 11 Vija Artmane 79 Latvia Actress The Andromeda Nebula The Arrows of Robin Hood 11 Neal Hefti 85 US Composer Batman The Odd Couple 11 Mark Shivas 70 UK Producer The Witches Jude 11 Gil Stratton 86 US Actor Stalag 17 Girl Crazy 13 Guillaume Depardieu 37 France Actor Tous les matins du monde Pola X 15 Edie Adams 81 US Actress The Apartment It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 15 Nathan Davis 91 US Actor Thief Risky Business 15 Vicki Graef 58 US Costume Designer Half Baked Assault on Precinct 13 18 Xie Jin 84 China Director Hibiscus Town Legend of Tianyun Mountain 19 Rudy Ray Moore 81 US Actor Dolemite The Human Tornado 23 Gianluigi Braschi 45 Italy Producer Life Is Beautiful The Monster 24 Milton Katselas 75 US Director Butterflies Are Free 40 Carats 27 Roy Stewart 83 Jamaica Actor Live and Let Die Twins of Evil 31 Jonathan Bates 68 UK Sound Engineer Gandhi A Fish Called Wanda 31 John Daly 71 UK Producer The Terminator Platoon November 1 Yma Sumac 85 Peru Singer, Actress Secret of the Incas Omar Khayyam 5 B. R. Chopra 94 India Director, Producer Naya Daur Kanoon 5 Michael Crichton 66 US Screenwriter, Director Jurassic Park Twister 5 Michael Higgins 88 US Actor Death Becomes Her The Conversation 8 Arthur A. Ross 88 US Screenwriter Brubaker The Great Race 11 María Elena Marqués 81 Mexico Actress, Singer The Pearl Romeo and Juliet 17 Irving Brecher 94 US Screenwriter, Director Meet Me in St. Louis Bye Bye Birdie 17 Ennio De Concini 84 Italy Screenwriter Divorce Italian Style Black Sunday 19 John Michael Hayes 89 US Screenwriter Rear Window To Catch a Thief 20 June Vincent 89 US Actress Black Angel Shed No Tears 26 De'Angelo Wilson 29 US Actor 8 Mile Antwone Fisher December 1 Paul Benedict 70 US Actor This Is Spinal Tap The Addams Family 2 Malcolm Cooke 79 UK Film Editor Flash Gordon Death on the Nile 5 Nina Foch 84 Netherlands Actress An American in Paris Scaramouche 5 Beverly Garland 82 US Actress D.O.A. Gunslinger 8 Robert Prosky 77 US Actor Thief Dead Man Walking 8 Bob Spiers 63 UK Director Spice World That Darn Cat 12 Van Johnson 92 US Actor The Caine Mutiny A Guy Named Joe 13 Christine Carère 78 France Actress Don Juan A Certain Smile 16 Sam Bottoms 53 US Actor Apocalypse Now The Outlaw Josey Wales 16 Richard Coleman 78 UK Actor Ben-Hur The Dam Busters 17 Paul Greco 53 US Actor The Warriors Next of Kin 18 John Costelloe 47 US Actor Die Hard 2 Doubt 18 Jack Douglas 81 UK Actor Carry On The Boys in Blue 20 Robert Mulligan 83 US Director To Kill a Mockingbird Summer of '42 21 Dale Wasserman 94 US Screenwriter Man of La Mancha Mister Buddwing 24 Harold Pinter 78 UK Screenwriter, Actor, Director Sleuth The French Lieutenant's Woman 25 Eartha Kitt 81 US Actress, Singer The Emperor's New Groove Holes 25 Ann Savage 87 US Actress Detour Apology for Murder 30 Bernie Hamilton 80 US Actor The Swimmer Carmen Jones 31 Brad Sullivan 77 US Actor The Untouchables The Sting 31 Donald E. Westlake 75 Mexico Screenwriter The Stepfather The Grifters Film debuts Susana Abaitua – The Good News Mahershala Ali – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nerea Camacho – Camino Jessica Chastain – Jolene Emory Cohen – Afterschool Nelly Furtado – Max Payne Boyd Holbrook – Milk Felicity Jones – Flashbacks of a Fool Joey King – Horton Hears a Who! Nick Kroll – Adventures of Power Jennifer Lawrence – Garden Party Thom Michael Mulligan – A Gothic Tale Margot Robbie – Vigilante Gina Rodriguez – Calling It Quits Jeremy Strong – Humboldt County Sai Tamhankar – Black & White See also 2008 References External links List of 2008 films at IMDb 2008 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 2008 deaths at IMDb List of 2008 births at IMDb Film Category:Film by year