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This was a packed week for Summer releases, but only a handful were really memorable and not many were recognized by the various awards organizations. 1942 did produce a film about a beloved baseball player that scored many nominations, and produced a film that ended an actresses career. 1952 gave Marilyn Monroe a chance to show off her dramatic chops, and 1962 had a fantasy film that became a musical by necessity. 1972 paired Ray Milland and Rosey Grier in an unusual way. The Summer of 1982 didn’t have any huge hits but did produce an animated film that has gone on to become deeply loved by its fans. 1992 saw Rick Moranis up to his size-changing shenanigans, and 2012 concluded a comic book trilogy. Read on to see if any of your favorites premiered this week across the decades.
1922
- No new films were released this week in 1922.
1932
July 18 – Hotel Splendide (UK)
- Cast: Jerry Verno, Anthony Holles, Edgar Norfolk, Philip Morant, Sybil Grove, Vera Sherborne, Paddy Browne
- Director: Michael Powell
- Production Company: Ideal
- Trivia: The film opened in London on March 23, 1932. Director Michael Powell makes an uncredited cameo appearance as Bugging device engineer. The film features one of the earliest cinematic uses of Gounod’s ‘Funeral March of the Marionettes’, better known as the theme music for Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The film was believed lost, but a copy was found and shown at the NFT in London in March 2000.
1942
July 13 – Sweater Girl (USA)
- Cast: Eddie Bracken, Betty Jane Rhodes, June Preisser, Frieda Inescort, Charles D. Brown, Kenneth Howell, Johnnie Johnston, Nils Asther, Phillip Terry
- Director: William Clemens
- Production Company: Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: World War II-era wartime song ‘I Don’t Want to Walk Without You’ is debuted in the film, performed by Betty Jane Rhodes.
July 15 – The Pride of the Yankees (USA)
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel, Virginia Gilmore, Bill Dickey, Ernie Adams, Pierre Watkin, Harry Harvey, Robert W. Meusel, Mark Koenig, Bill Stern, Addison Richards, Hardie Albright, Edward Fielding, George Lessey, Edgar Barrier, Douglas Croft, Gene Collins, David Holt, Veloz and Yolanda
- Director: Sam Wood
- Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
- Trivia: The film was released in London in November 1942. It was released in the US on May 20, 1949. Adapted from a story by Paul Gallico, and nominated for 11 Academy Awards including Actor, Actress, Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. It was Teresa Wright’s third consecutive nomination for only her third film. It won for Editing. Star Gary Cooper had never played or seen a baseball game and required extensive coaching to look believable on screen. Released just 17 months after Lou Gehrig’s death.
July 16 – Her Cardboard Lover (USA)
- Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, George Sanders, Frank McHugh, Elizabeth Patterson, Chill Wills
- Director: George Cukor
- Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, distributed by Loew’s Inc.
- Trivia: Norma Shearer’s final screen role. Based on the English translation of Jacques Deval’s 1926 play Dans sa candeur naïve, and is the third film adaptation following The Cardboard Lover in 1928 and The Passionate Plumber in 1932. Joan Crawford and Hedy Lamarr were offered the role eventually accepted by Norma Shearer. The commercial failure of the film prompted her to retire, although she claimed she was taking an extended vacation.
1952
July 14 – Son of Paleface (USA)
- Cast: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Bill Williams, Lloyd Corrigan, Paul E. Burns, Douglass Dumbrille, Harry von Zell, Iron Eyes Cody, William ‘Wee Willie’ Davis, Charles Cooley, Sylvia Lewis, Jean Willes
- Director: Frank Tashlin
- Production Company: Hope Enterprises, distributed by Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: Sequel to The Paleface (1948). Maureen O’Hara was Hope’s first choice for the female lead but she turned it down due to personal issues in her marriage at the time.
July 16 – Carrie (USA)
- Cast: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Ray Teal, Barry Kelley, William Reynolds, Mary Murphy, Basil Ruysdael, Walter Baldwin, Dorothy Adams, Melinda Plowman
- Director: William Wyler
- Production Company: Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: The film premiered in London on July 4, 1952, and opened in Canada on August 14. Based on the novel Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. The film earned two Oscar nominations for Costume Design and Art Direction. The production suffered from behind-the-scenes drama: David O. Selznick pushed for his wife Jennifer Jones in the lead role, Jones did not reveal she was pregnant and suffered a miscarriage (blaming Edith Head’s tightly corseted costumes), William Wyler was mourning the death of his year-old son, Olivier had a leg injury that made him cranky and he took a dislike to Jones. Hollywood was reeling from the effects of McCarthyism and the studio was afraid to distribute a film that could be attacked as immoral, so the ending was changed to eliminate the suicide of Olivier’s character. Olivier took the role so he could be in Hollywood to look after his emotionally troubled wife Vivien Leigh while she was making A Streetcar Named Desire. Final film of Elmo Lincoln.
July 16 – Zombies of the Stratosphere (USA, serial)
- Cast: Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Wilson Wood, Lane Bradford, Stanley Waxman, John Crawford, Ray Boyle, Craig Kelly, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Garabedian
- Director: Fred C. Brannon
- Production Company: Republic Pictures
- Trivia: Intended to be the second serial with hero Commando Cody but the lead’s name was changed to Larry Martin for unknown reasons. Martin retains Cody’s (renamed) sidekicks, high-tech props and lab facilities. One of the early screen appearances of Leonard Nimoy as Martian Narab. The serial was edited down to 70 minutes to create the feature film Satan’s Satellites. The film employs the ‘Republic robot’ and reuses footage of the robot in action from previous films.
July 18 – Don’t Bother to Knock (USA)
- Cast: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney, Lurene Tuttle, Elisha Cook Jr., Jim Backus, Verna Felton, Willis Bouchey, Don Beddoe
- Director: Roy Ward Baker
- Production Company: 20th Century Fox
- Trivia: The film opened in Canada on August 22, 1952, and in the UK on December 8. Based on the 1951 novel Mischief by Charlotte Armstrong. Anne Bancroft’s first film. The working titles of the film were Mischief and Night Without Sleep. In the novel, Nell’s last name is ‘Munro’ which was changed to Forbes after Marilyn Monroe was cast.
July 18 – You for Me (USA)
- Cast: Peter Lawford, Jane Greer, Gig Young, Rita Corday, Howard Wendell, Otto Hulett, Barbara Brown, Barbara Ruick, Kathryn Card, Tommy Farrell, Elaine Stewart
- Director: Don Weis
- Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Trivia: Final film of actress Julia Dean.
1962
July 16 – Jack the Giant Killer (USA)
- Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Walter Burke, Don Beddoe, Barry Kelley, Dayton Lummis, Anna Lee, Roger Mobley, Robert Gist, Tudor Owen
- Director: Nathan H. Juran
- Production Company: Zenith Pictures, distributed by United Artists
- Trivia: The film first opened in West Germany on May 18, 1962. It did not get a UK release until 1967. Loosely based on the traditional tale Jack the Giant Killer. The film was re-edited and released as a musical after Columbia Pictures, which released The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, threatened to sue due to story similarities and the casting of Kerwin Matthews. The non-musical version was released 30 years later with no protest from Columbia. The film was originally to be produced in 1959 in 70mm and widescreen.
July 17 – Some People (UK)
- Cast: Kenneth More, Ray Brooks, Anneke Wills, David Andrews, Angela Douglas, David Hemmings, Timothy Nightingale, Frankie Dymon, Harry H. Corbett, Fanny Carby, Richard Davies, Michael Gwynn, Cyril Luckham
- Director: Clive Donner
- Production Company: Vic Films Productions, distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
- Trivia: The film was released in the US in June 1964. Kenneth More agreed to play his role for nothing apart from his expenses because he had no other offers around the time, and the movie was for a good cause: all proceeds were to go to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. who commissioned the film, and the National Playing Fields Association. Valerie Mountain dubbed Angela Douglas’s singing voice.
1972
July 13 – Henry VIII and His Six Wives (UK)
- Cast: Keith Michell, Frances Cuka, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher, Jenny Bos, Lynne Frederick, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Donald Pleasence, Brian Blessed, Bernard Hepton, Michael Gough, Michael Goodliffe, John Bryans
- Director: Waris Hussein
- Production Company: BBC, distributed by Anglo-EMI (UK), Levitt-Pickman (US)
- Trivia: The film opened in the US on December 13, 1973. Film adaptation of the BBC 1970 six-part miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Keith Michell reprised the role of Henry but the six wives were played by different actresses. The TV series focused on the wives while the film focused on the king. Bernard Hepton also reprised his role from the series.
July 14 – Fuzz (US)
- Cast: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Yul Brynner, Tom Skerritt, Jack Weston, James McEachin, Bert Remsen, Steve Ihnat, Peter Bonerz, Don Gordon, Dan Frazer, Norman Burton, Vince Howard, Brian Doyle-Murray, Charles Tyner, Neile Adams, Tamara Dobson, Charles Martin Smith, Robert Jaffe
- Director: Richard A. Colla
- Production Company: Filmways, Martin Ransohoff Productions, distributed by United Artists
- Trivia: The film was released in the UK on October 12, 1972. Based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Ed McBain, who wrote the screenplay under his real name Evan Hunter. The ’87th Precinct’ novels are set in New York City but the film was set in Boston. Raquel Welch did not like Burt Reynolds because of unsavory comments he’d made while they were filming 100 Rifles (1969) so she insisted that they not have any scenes together. In one interrogation scene when they are in the same room, they never make eye contact. Stand-ins were used for any scene in which they were to appear together. Welch also refused to film a scene clad only in bra and panties. Brian De Palma was to be the film’s director but he objected to the casting of Welch and Yul Brynner and left the project. Theatrical movie debut of Tamara Dobson and Brian Doyle-Murray.
July 14 – The Wrath of God (USA)
- Cast: Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth, John Colicos, Victor Buono, Ken Hutchison, Paula Pritchett, Gregory Sierra, Frank Ramirez, Enrique Lucero, Jorge Russek, José Luis Parades, Aurora Clavel, Pancho Cordova
- Director: Ralph Nelson
- Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Trivia: Based on the 1971 novel by Jack Higgins writing as James Graham. Final screen performance of Rita Hayworth. Filming was halted by the insurance company for a month after actor Ken Hutchison cut himself on broken glass, opening a gash from his wrist to his elbow. Robert Mitchum’s wife discovered him and applied a tourniquet that saved his life. Hutchinson was in almost every scene and needed the time to heal, but when he returned he was unable to do anything strenuous and had to keep the arm covered. The cast and crew just wanted to get the film done which resulted in confusion, continuity gaps and dislocation.
July 18 – The Public Eye (USA)
- Cast: Mia Farrow, Topol, Michael Jayston, Margaret Rawlings, Annette Crosbie, Dudley Foster, Michael Aldridge, Michael Barrington, Neil McCarthy
- Director: Carol Reed
- Production Company: Hal Wallis Productions, distributed by Universal Pictures
- Trivia: Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play, The Public Eye. Also known as Follow Me! Carol Reed’s last completed film.
July 19 – Joe Kidd (USA)
- Cast: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, James Wainwright, Paul Koslo, Gregory Walcott, Dick Van Patten, Lynne Marta, John Carter, Pepe Hern, Joaquín Martínez, Ron Soble, Pepe Callahan, Clint Ritchie
- Director: John Sturges
- Production Company: The Malpaso Company, distributed by Universal Pictures
- Trivia: The film opened in the UK on September 22, 1972. Originally called The Sinola Courthouse Raid.
July 19 – The Man (USA)
- Cast: James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, William Windom, Barbara Rush, Georg Stanford Brown, Janet MacLachlan, Patric Knowles, Martin E. Brooks, Simon Scott
- Director: Joseph Sargent
- Production Company: ABC Circle Films, Lorimar, distributed by Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: Based upon The Man, a novel by Irving Wallace. James Earl Jones noted in an interview that the film was made originally as a TV movie, and they would have asked for more time and money had they known it was going to be released theatrically, because its controversial elements scared off potential advertisers.
July 19 – The Thing with Two Heads (USA)
- Cast: Ray Milland, Rosey Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Kathy Baumann, Chelsea Brown, John Dullaghan, John Bliss, Jane Kellem, Rod Steele, Lee Frost, Wes Bishop, Rick Baker
- Director: Lee Frost
- Production Company: American International Pictures
- Trivia: The film opened in the UK on October 24, 1974. Joan Prather’s debut.
1982
July 14 – Pink Floyd – The Wall (UK)
- Cast: Bob Geldof, Kevin McKeon, David Bingham, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David, Alex McAvoy, Bob Hoskins, Michael Ensign, James Laurenson, Jenny Wright, Margery Mason, Ellis Dale, James Hazeldine, Ray Mort, Robert Bridges, Joanne Whalley, Nell Campbell, Emma Longfellow, Lorna Barton, Philip Davis, Gary Olsen
- Director: Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe (animation)
- Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tin Blue Productions, Goldcrest Films International, distributed by United International Pictures
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 1982. It opened in New York City on August 6, followed by a limited US release on August 13, and a general release on September 17. Based on Pink Floyd’s 1979 album of the same name. Bob Geldof managed to cut open his hand badly during the scene in which his character destroys his hotel room, but refused medical attention until director Alan Parker had the scene wrapped up. Bob Geldof has only one line in the entire movie that is not a lyric by Pink Floyd. In the scene where Pink is arranging the contents of his smashed up room, there are several shots of a B&W photo showing a guy in a raincoat. This is Johnnie Fingers – the keyboard player in the Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof’s band. Director Alan Parker walked out on this project many times, probably due to an ego clash with Roger Waters. Waters had conceived the film as an acting vehicle for himself despite no previous acting experience. Ironically another musician with no experience got the role (Geldof). Parker said Waters was too close to the material to do it properly. For the scene of Geldof floating in a pool, he was supported by a plastic body mold as he could not swim. It was later confirmed the mold was the same one used for Supergirl’s flying scenes in the 1984 film. Feature film debut of Joanne Whalley. Neither the band nor Parker were pleased with the finished film. Parker called it ‘the most expensive student film ever made’.
July 16 – A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (USA)
- Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Tony Roberts, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Redfield, Moishe Rosenfeld, Timothy Jenkins, Michael Higgins, Sol Frieder, Boris Zoubok, Thomas Barbour, Kate McGregor-Stewart
- Director: Woody Allen
- Production Company: Orion Pictures, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: The film was released in the UK in September 1982. Loosely based on the 1955 Swedish comedy film Smiles of a Summer Night, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The first of 13 films Allen made with Mia Farrow. Her role was intended for Diane Keaton but she was promoting Reds and preparing for Shoot the Moon. Farrow, however, received a Razzie nomination for Worst Actress, the first time and only time a Woody Allen film had been (dis)honored by the Razzies. The filming location for the movie’s tranquil countryside setting was upstate New York on the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, New York.
July 16 – Six Pack (USA)
- Cast: Kenny Rogers, Diane Lane, Erin Gray, Barry Corbin, Terry Kiser, Bob Hannah, Tom Abernathy, Robbie Fleming, Anthony Michael Hall, Robby Still, Benji Wilhoite, Buddy Baker, Chuck Woolery, Melanie McMullan
- Director: Daniel Petrie
- Production Company: 20th Century Fox
- Trivia: The film premiered at the World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 5, 1982. Kenny Rogers’ and Anthony Michael Hall’s film debut. It was Rogers’ only theatrical film lead role. Burt Reynolds turned down the lead role of Brewster Baker. Production on the film was ten days behind schedule from the first day of shooting because of a freak snowstorm in Georgia. A year after the film’s release, a pilot was produced for a proposed TV series starring Don Johnson in the Rogers role, with Joaquin Phoenix (billed as Leaf) as one of the kids.
July 16 – Summer Lovers (USA)
- Cast: Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valérie Quennessen, Barbara Rush, Carole Cook, Hans van Tongeren, Lydia Lenosi, Vladimiros Kiriakidis, Carlos Rodriguez Ramos, Henri Behar, Janie Benjamin, Rika Dialina, Andreas Filipidis, Hilary Shepard
- Director: Randal Kleiser
- Production Company: Research Corporation, distributed by Filmways
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Cannes Film Market on May 20, 1982. Filmed on location on the island of Santorini, Greece. The villa that the Michael and Cathy characters stayed at was purchased by a couple in 1987 and made into a gift shop named ‘Summer Lovers’. Valérie Quennessen is seen working at an actual archaeological dig under the supervision of a trained archaeologist, and she had barely begun working when she uncovered pieces of 3,500 year old pottery that were added to the scientific collection. This was Quennessen’s last film. She retired from acting to raise her children, and died in a car accident in 1989 at the age of 31. Daryl Hannah’s character Cathy Featherstone remarks, ‘I used to dream I was a mermaid.’ Two years later she starred in Splash. The film was originally titled Under the Sun. The last film released by Filmways, which had been acquired by Orion Pictures.
July 16 – The Secret of NIMH (USA)
United Artists
- Voice Cast: Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Peter Strauss, Arthur Malet, Derek Jacobi, Paul Shenar, John Carradine, Hermione Baddeley, Aldo Ray, Shannen Doherty, Wil Wheaton, Ina Fried, Jodi Hicks, Edie McClurg, Tom Hatten, Lucille Bliss, Joshua Lawrence
- Director: Don Bluth
- Production Company: United Artists, Aurora Productions, Don Bluth Productions, distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (United States), United International Pictures (International)
- Trivia: The film received a limited US release on July 2, 1982. It opened in Canada on July 16 and in the UK on July 22. Based on Robert C. O’Brien’s children’s novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Don Bluth’s directorial debut. Disney had rejected the project as being ‘too dark’ so Bluth left the company and formed his own production company. This was the first film for Shannon Doherty and Wil Wheaton. Final theatrical film of Elizabeth Hartman and Hermione Baddeley. Edie McClurg’s first voice acting role in a movie. The character name of Mrs. Frisby was changed to Brisby late in production so instead of recalling the actors to record the new name, editors took the ‘br’ sound from other lines of dialogue and carefully replaced the ‘fr’ sound in the editing process. Producers were hoping for a PG rating due to the intense material which would draw in an older audience, but the film received a G and they believed that hurt the film at the box office. There are 1,078 backgrounds in the movie, and more than 600 colors. Mrs. Brisby has no given first name in the film, but fans have dubbed her Elizabeth in memory of Elizabeth Hartman. This was Jerry Goldsmith’s first score for an animated film and one of his personal favorites. The title reveal sequence was inspired by Howard Hawks’ production of The Thing from Another World.
July 16 – Young Doctors in Love (USA)
- Cast: Sean Young, Michael McKean, Gary Friedkin, Kyle T. Heffner, Rick Overton, Crystal Bernard, Ted McGinley, Saul Rubinek, Harry Dean Stanton, Hector Elizondo, Pamela Reed, Dabney Coleman, Michael Richards, Taylor Negron, Titos Vandis, Patrick Macnee, Haunani Minn, Lynne Marie Stewart
- Director: Garry Marshall
- Production Company: ABC Motion Pictures, distributed by 20th Century Fox
- Trivia: Garry Marshall’s theatrical directorial debut. The film is a spoof of medical shows, particularly General Hospital, and features appearances by many soap opera stars, including Janine Turner, Demi Moore, Stuart Damon, John Beradino, Susan Lucci, Jamie Lyn Bauer, Steven Ford, Michael Damien and Jacklyn Zeman. One of the first spoof movies following the success of Airplane! Richard Dean Anderson appears in an uncredited role. Paul Stanley of KISS filmed a cameo as a singer with a microphone stuck in his mouth but the scene was cut from the film. May be the first movie to contain an E.T the Extra-Terrestrial joke. The first collaboration of Marshall and Hector Elizondo, who has appeared in almost every Marshall film in some capacity. Elizondo played both Angelo and Angela Bonafetti (though Angela was a disguise adopted by Angelo to hide from a hitman). The first film produced by ABC Motion Pictures. Only one minute was cut for the film’s ABC television broadcast.
1992
July 17 – A Stranger Among Us (USA)
- Cast: Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, Mia Sara, Tracy Pollan, Lee Richardson, John Pankow, Jamey Sheridan, James Gandolfini, Chris Latta, Jake Weber, David Margulies, Rena Sofer
- Director: Sidney Lumet
- Production Company: Hollywood Pictures, distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
- Trivia: The film was released in the UK on Jule 11, 1993. Features the first credited role of James Gandolfini. Rena Sofer’s film debut.
July 17 – Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (USA)
- Cast: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Daniel & Joshua Shalikar, Lloyd Bridges, John Shea, Keri Russell, Ron Canada, Amy O’Neill, Michael Milhoan, Gregory Sierra, Leslie Neale, Linda Carlson, Julia Sweeney
- Director: Randal Kleiser
- Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners, distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
- Trivia: The film was also released in Canada on July 17, 1992. It did not open in the UK until February 5, 1993. First sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, though it was not originally written as a sequel. Originally titled Big Baby, it was about a toddler who grew to giant size by a freak accident involving a growth ray and eventually terrorized Las Vegas in a non-violent, yet Godzillaesque way. As there was no character in that script that Amy Szalinski could replace, the character was sent off to college and is not seen again. Keri Russell’s film debut. Over 1,000 children were seen for the role of Adam. Twins Daniel and Joshua Shalikar were cast, with one acting in the morning while the other was eating lunch or napping. Their scenes were planned out a week in advance. Most of their dialogue was improvised with Rick Moranis reacting to whatever the twins said. Randal Kleiser replaced original director Joe Johnston.
July 17 – Man Trouble (USA)
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Ellen Barkin, Harry Dean Stanton, Beverly D’Angelo, Michael McKean, Saul Rubinek, Paul Mazursky, Lauren Tom, Viveka Davis, Veronica Cartwright, David Clennon, John Kapelos, Gary Graham
- Director: Bob Rafelson
- Production Company: Penta Pictures, distributed by 20th Century Fox
- Trivia: The film was not released in the UK until January 8, 1993. Jack Nicholson agreed to star in the film to help revive the career of his friend Bob Rafelson. Meryl Streep was originally cast but had to withdraw when she became pregnant. She was replaced with Ellen Barkin.
2002
July 18 – Dirty Deeds (Australia)
- Cast: Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington, Andrew Sommerich
- Director: David Caesar
- Production Company: Nine Films and Television, Macquarie Film Corporation, distributed by Hoyts Distribution
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2002. It was released in the UK on June 6, 2003, and made its DVD debut in the US on November 4, 2003.
2012
July 13 – Ice Age: Continental Drift (USA)
Blue Sky Studios
- Voice Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Peter Dinklage, Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah, Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Nick Frost, Aziz Ansari, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Ben Gleib, Alan Tudyk, Ester Dean, Kunal Nayyar, Rebel Wilson, Eddie ‘Piolín’ Sotelo, Joy Behar, Alain Chabat, Heather Morris, Chris Wedge, Karen Disher, Patrick Stewart
- Director: Steve Martino, Michael Thurmeier
- Production Company: Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation, distributed by 20th Century Fox
- Trivia: The film began rolling out globally from June 26, 2012 before its release in the US, Canada and the UK on July 13, 2012. The fourth film in the Ice Age franchise. Michael Thurmeier’s feature directorial debut. The highest grossing animated film of 2012, and the fifth highest grossing film of the year. Jeremy Renner was originally cast in the movie as Captain Gutt, but he dropped out because of scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Peter Dinklage in his first animated film. In her original design, Shira (Jennifer Lopez ) was going to have orange fur like Diego, but was changed because the filmmakers were afraid people wouldn’t be able to tell them apart.
July 13 – The Imposter (USA, documentary)
- Cast (Drama Sequences): Adam O’Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach, Alan Teichman, Ivan Villanueva, Maria Jesus Hoyos, Antón Martí, Amparo Fontanet, Ken Appledorn
- Interviews: Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide, Bryan Gibson, Codey Gibson, Nancy Fisher, Charlie Parker, Bruce Perry, Philip French
- Director: Bart Layton
- Production Company: Film4, A&E IndieFilms, RAW Production, Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, distributed by Picturehouse Entertainment, Revolver Entertainment (UK), Indomina Releasing (US)
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2012, and at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 14. It was released in the UK on August 24, and received a limited release in Canada on October 12.
July 13 – Union Square (USA, limited)
- Cast: Mira Sorvino, Mike Doyle, Tammy Blanchard, Patti LuPone, Michael Rispoli, Christopher Backus, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Michael Sirow, Harper Dill, Holden Backus
- Director: Nancy Savoca
- Production Company: Armian Pictures, Cine-Si, distributed by Dada Films
- Trivia: The film was screened at TIFF on September 15, 2011. Mira Sorvino named this one of her favorite films of the period after she had been ‘blacklisted’ by Harvey Weinstein.
July 19 – The Dark Knight Rises (Australia)
- Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Modine, Ben Mendelsohn, Burn Gorman, Juno Temple, Daniel Sujata, Brett Cullen, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Nestor Carbonell, Aiden Gillen, Tom Conti, William Devane
- Director: Christopher Nolan
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, DC Entertainment, Syncopy, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: The film premiered in New York City of July 16, 2012, in Sydney on July 17, Madrid on July 18 and London on July 18. The film opened in the US, Canada and the UK on July 20. The final installment of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight Trilogy’. Five-foot nine-inch Tom Hardy had to wear three-inch lifts to appear taller than Bale, Freeman and Caine. Hardy accepted the role of Bane without reading the script. Hardy has several tattoos on his chest that had to be covered with heavy make-up. To prepare for his role as Bane, Hardy gained thirty pounds and studied various fighting styles. Nolan was said to have considered using CGI to have an appearance of the Joker in the film, but that was ruled out and the character is never mentioned out of respect to the memory of Heath Ledger. The name ‘Catwoman’ is never said in the film. Selina Kyle is only referred to as ‘The Cat’. Hathaway originally thought she was auditioning for the role of Harley Quinn. Marion Cotillard began filming one month after giving birth, and during the last month of shooting she commuted between the US and France, where she was also filming Rust and Bone. The only one of Nolan’s Batman movies to not get an Oscar nomination. Hardy based his voice for Bane on UK bare-knuckle boxing champ Bartley Gorman. The Batsuit consisted of 110 separate pieces. Each movie in the trilogy is twelve minutes longer than the previous one. Nolan considered shooting the entire film in the IMAX format, but the cameras were too noisy for dialogue scenes. About 1 hour and 12 minutes are in IMAX. Filmed in Pittsburgh under the title Magnus Rex.
July 18 – Shut Up and Play the Hits (USA, documentary)
- Cast: LCD Soundsystem, Chuck Klosterman
- Director: Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace
- Production Company: Pulse Films, distributed by Oscilloscope
- Trivia: The film screened at Sundance on January 22, 2012. It was released in the UK on September 7. The title of the film was thought up by Win Butler, who yelled it at James Murphy while the filmmakers were trying to decide on a title.
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