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Tom Cruise, in France on a promotional tour for the film Rain Man, cancels his engagements and returns to the States after spending a short time in the American hospital at Neuilly with flu. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Elizabeth Taylor promotes Passion, her new perfume for men, at the Automobile Club in Paris in the presence of 500 journalists from 35 countries. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Brigitte Bardot comes out of retirement to host a program on Channel 1 called "SOS” on behalf of her foundation for the welfare and protection of animals. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Debut director Steven Soderbergh’s sex, lies and videotape wins the Golden Palm at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which is presided over by Wim Wenders. Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso and Bertrand Blier's Trop belle pour toi! (Too Beautiful for You) share the Special Jury Prize. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ted Turner successfully appeals against a French court’s decision to refuse permission for Turner Entertainment to transmit a colourised version of John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle. The appeals court rules that the producer is author of the film. [MORE] [ADD] |
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25/7 - |
Claude Autant-Lara delivers an address at the opening session of the European Parliament. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, a co-founder of Cahiers du Cinéma, director and former critic, dies from a heart attack. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Pop singer Vanessa Paradis makes her screen debut in Jean-Claude Brisseau's Noce blanche. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Milos Forman’s French-American co-production, Valmont, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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France 1989 - Other Films of Note |
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Chine, ma douleur (Dai Si Jie) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Et la lumiere fut (Otar Yosseliani) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte) [MORE] [ADD] |
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La Vie et rien d’autre (Bertrand Tavernier) [MORE] [ADD] |
