1997 in film

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1997 is a year in the 20th century. It is a common year. Children born this year are the oldest members of the post-rock generation.

Births

• September 8 - Matthew Josten, American actor
• November 16 - Alex Polidori, Italian actress and younger sister of Gabriele Patriarca

Deaths

• January 10 - Sheldon Leonard, American producer, actor, director
• January 17 - Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906)
• January 19 - James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
• January 20 - Curt Flood, American baseball player (b. 1938)
• January 21 - Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch born American celebrity manager (b. 1909)
• February 1 - Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1916)
• February 2 - Chico Science, Brazilian musician (automobile accident) (b. 1967)
• February 5 - Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France
• February 11 - Don Porter, actor.
• February 19 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China
• February 20 - Edmond Yu, medical student
• March 9 - The Notorious B.I.G., rapper
• March 10 - La Vern Baker, singer
• March 14 - Fred Zinnemann, director
• March 19 - Willem de Kooning, artist
• March 20 - Tony Zale, boxer
• April 5 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
• April 7 - Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut
• April 7 - Witto Aloma, Major League Baseball player (b. 1923)
• April 16 - Doris Angleton, American socialite
• May 5 - Walter Gotell, actor
• May 14 - Harry Blackstone Jr., magician
• May 29 - Jeff Buckley, musician (accidental drowning)
• September 5 - Mother Teresa

Events

• January 3 - NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time
• January 8 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• January 9 - Yachtsman Tony Bullimore found alive five days after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean
• January 16 - Ennis Cosby, the only son of actor Bill Cosby, is killed by a gunman while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles, California
• January 18 - In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound 1 other.
• January 19 - Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city
• January 20 - Bill Clinton starts his second term as President of the United States
• January 21 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct
• January 22 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the United States Senate.
• January 23 - Mir Aimal Kasi receives the death sentence for a 1993 assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters that killed 2 and wounded 3 others.
• January 27 - It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Nazis.
• January 28 - Clive Davis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Films released

• Air Force One
• Amistad
• As Good as It Gets
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
• Batman & Robin
• Contact
• Face/Off
• Gattaca
• Good Will Hunting
• Hercules
• Home Alone 3
• Into Thin Air
• L.A. Confidential
• Liar Liar
• Men in Black
• Mononoke Hime
• My Best Friend's Wedding
• Suicide Kings
• The Fifth Element
• The Full Monty
• The Ice Storm
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• The Rainmaker
• The Sweet Hereafter
• Titanic
• Tomarrow Never Dies
• Power Rangers Turbo: The Movie
• Volcano

New books

• American Pastoral - Philip Roth
• Are You Experienced? - William Sutcliffe
• Barney's Version - Mordecai Richler
• The Best Laid Plans - Sidney Sheldon
• The Bible Code - Michael Drosnin
• Budgie: The Little Helicopter - Sarah Ferguson
• Cat & Mouse - James Patterson
• Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier
• Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs - Dave Barry
• Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs
• Diana: Her True Story - Andrew Morton
• Everyday Wicca - Gerina Dunwich
• Fall On Your Knees - Ann-Marie MacDonald
• The Ghost - Danielle Steel
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
• Hornet's Nest - Patricia Cornwell
• I Am the Most Interesting Book of All (translation) - Marie Bashkirtseff
• Instruments of Darkness - Nancy Huston
• Jingo - Terry Pratchett
• Larry's Party - Carol Shields
• Last Standing Woman - Winona LaDuke
• Moab Is My Washpot - Stephen Fry (autobiography)
• Morisson of Peking - Cyril Pearl
• Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet - Karen Armstrong
• Night Train - Martin Amis
• The Partner - John Grisham
• Pretend You Don't See Her - Mary Higgins Clark
• The Ranch - Danielle Steel
• The Red Tent - Anita Diamant
• Special Delivery - Danielle Steel
• The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
• Timequake - Kurt Vonnegut
• Toulouse-Lautrec: The Soul of Montmartre - Reinhold Heller
• Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
• Unnatural Exposure - Patricia Cornwell
• A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
• A Wiccan's Guide to Prophecy and Divination - Gerina Dunwich

Hit songs

• Candle in the Wind 1997-Elton John
• "MMMBop" - Hanson
• "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
• "Wannabe" - The Spice Girls
• "A Long December" - Counting Crows
• "All By Myself" - Céline Dion
• "Bitch"- Meredith Brooks
• "Don't Speak" - No Doubt
• "Forty Six & 2" - Tool
• "Longneck Bottle" - Garth Brooks
• "Magdalene" - Lenny Kravitz
• "Silver Springs" - Fleetwood Mac
• "The Difference" - The Wallflowers
• "Volcano" - Presidents of the United States of America
• "You Were Meant For Me" - Jewel

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