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1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.
Events[]
Production[]
- The production of the 2nd season of Dexter's Laboratory began.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 14 - Vegas Vacation
- February 21 - Rosewood
- March 21 - Selena
- March 26 - Cats Don't Dance
- April 4 - Anna Karenina
- April 18 - Murder at 1600
- April 27 - Shiloh
- May 2 - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (New Line Cinema)
- May 9 - Fathers' Day
- May 23 - Addicted to Love
- June 20 - Batman & Robin (Warner Bros./DC Comics)
- July 2 - Wild America
- July 11 - Contact
- July 30 - One Eight Seven
- August 8
- August 15 - Steel
- September 5 - Fire Down Below
- September 19 - L.A. Confidential
- September 26 - Trojan War
- October 2 - The Fearless Four
- October 17 - The Devil's Advocate and Breaking Up
- October 24 - FairyTale: A True Story (Paramount Pictures)
- November 7 - Mad City
- November 14 - The Man Who Knew Too Little
- November 21 - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- December 25 - The Postman
Shorts[]
Television[]
- January 1
- The 1st season of Dexter's Laboratory is ended on Cartoon Network.
- January 8 - Chicago Sons premieres on NBC.
- January 19 - Last Stand at Saber River (Turner Entertainment) is aired on TNT.
- July 14 - Johnny Bravo (Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network) premieres on Cartoon Network.
- July 15
- Cow and Chicken (Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network) premieres on Cartoon Network
- I Am Weasel (Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network) premieres on Cartoon Network alongside Cow and Chicken.
- July 16 - The 2nd season of Dexter's Laboratory (Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network) is debuted on Cartoon Network.
- September 13
- The New Batman Adventures premieres as part of The New Batman/Superman Adventures on Kids' WB
- Animaniacs begins its fifth and final season on Kids' WB
- Pinky and the Brain and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries begin their third season on Kids' WB
- September 24 - Built to Last premieres on NBC.
Printed Media[]
Comics[]
Theme parks[]
- March 15 - Superman: The Escape opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
- May 3 - Batman: The Ride opens at Six Flags Over Georgia.
- June 7 - Batman & Robin: The Chiller opens at Six Flags Great Adventure.
Live shows[]
Home video releases[]
VHS releases[]
- January 14
- The Flintstones: Love Letters on the Rocks (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- The Yogi Bear Show: Love Bugged Bear (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show: Wedding Bell Boos! (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- I Yabba-Dabba Do! (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- February 4
- Bogus (Warner Home Video)
- Yogi the Easter Bear (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- February 11
- Feeling Minnesota (New Line Home Video)
- Samson and Delilah (Turner Home Entertainment)
- February 25
- Last Man Standing (New Line Home Video)
- 2 Days in the Valley (HBO Home Video)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Vol. 1: Courage (PBS Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Vol. 2: Honesty (PBS Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Vol. 3: Compassion (PBS Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Vol. 4: Self-Discipline (PBS Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Vol. 5: Work (PBS Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Vol. 6: Responsibility (PBS Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment)
- March 11
- Space Jam (Warner Home Video)
- The Glimmer Man (Warner Home Video)
- March 18
- How Do You Spell God? (HBO) (HBO Home Video)
- The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Volcano Mystery (KidVision/Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video only)
- The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the United States Navy Adventure (KidVision/Warner Home Video) (direct-to-video only)
- April 1 - Bad Moon (Warner Home Video)
- April 5 - Sleepers (Warner Home Video)
- April 8
- Extreme Measures (Castle Rock Entertainment) (Columbia TriStar Home Video)
- Michael Collins (Warner Home Video)
- April 15
- The Magic School Bus: Flexes Its Muscles (Nelvana/Schoolastic) (KidVision/Warner Home Video)
- The Magic School Bus: The Busasaurus (Nelvana/Schoolastic) (KidVision/Warner Home Video)
- The Magic School Bus: Taking Flight (Nelvana/Schoolastic) (KidVision/Warner Home Video)
- April 22 - Set It Off (New Line Home Video)
- April 29 - The Long Kiss Goodnight (New Line Home Video)
- May 20
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin: Batman (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin: Poison Ivy (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- The Adventures of Batman and Robin: The Penguin (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- The Adventures of Batman and Robin: Fire and Ice (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- May 27 - Last Stand at Saber River (Turner Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- June 10
- Michael (New Line Cinema) (Warner Home Video)
- Warner Bros. Westerns Collection:
- The Train Robbers (Warner Home Video)
- Cahill U.S. Marshal (Warner Home Video)
- Chisum (Warner Home Video)
- The Cowboys (Warner Home Video)
- Jeremiah Johnson (Warner Home Video)
- Stagecoach (United Artists) (Warner Home Video)
- June 17
- Mars Attacks! (Warner Home Video)
- My Fellow Americans (Warner Home Video)
- June 24
- Shiloh (Legacy Releasing) (Warner Home Video)
- Turbulence (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (HBO Home Video)
- July 15 - Shine (Fine Line Features) (New Line Home Video)
- July 18 - The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (Nest Entertainment/Legacy Releasing) (Warner Home Video) (Theatrical international distribution by Columbia-TriStar; Rights owned by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment since 1998) (Direct-to-video only)
- July 22 - Little Big League (Castle Rock Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- July 29
- Absolute Power (Castle Rock Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- The Magic School Bus: Ready, Set, Dough (Nelvana/Schoolastic) (KidVision/Warner Home Video)
- The Magic School Bus: Gets Ants in its Pants (Nelvana/Schoolastic) (KidVision/Warner Home Video)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Vol. 7: Friendship (PBS Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Vol. 8: Generosity (PBS Home Video/Turner Home Entertainment)
- The Hunchback (Turner Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- August 5 - Murder at 1600 (Warner Home Video)
- August 19
- Cats Don't Dance (Warner Home Video)
- Three Wishes (Savoy Pictures) (HBO Home Video)
- August 26
- Love Jones (New Line Home Video)
- The Flintstones: A Haunted House is Not a Home (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- The Scooby-Doo Show: The Headless Horseman of Halloween (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show: A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- The Halloween Tree (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (Warner Home Video)
- September 9
- Fathers' Day (Warner Home Video)
- Rosewood (Warner Home Video)
- September 16
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: Our Music Video (KidVision/Warner Home Video)
- You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's: Birthday Party (KidVision/Warner Home Video)
- You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's: Christmas Party (KidVision/Warner Home Video)
- September 23 - Selena (Warner Home Video)
- September 30
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (Warner Home Video)
- B*A*P*S (New Line Home Video)
- A Flintstone Christmas (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show: A Nutcracker's Scoob (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- The Town Santa Forgot (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- A Flintstone Family Christmas: Christmas in Bedrock (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- A Flintstones Christmas Carol (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- To Grandmother's House We Go (Lorimar) (Warner Home Video)
- October 21
- Batman & Robin (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- Wild America (Warner Bros./Morgan Creek) (Warner Home Video)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (New Line Home Video)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Foul Play in Funland (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too! (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Which Witch is Witch? (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights (Hanna-Barbera) (Turner Home Entertainment)
- October 28 - Addicted to Love (Warner Home Video)
- November 4
- Pinky and the Brain: Cosmic Attractions (Warner Home Video)
- Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle (Warner Home Video)
- Superior Duck (Warner Home Video)
- From Hare to Eternity (Warner Home Video)
- November 11 - Rough Riders (Turner Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- November 18
- Free Willy 3: The Rescue (Warner Home Video)
- Trial and Error (New Line Home Video)
- Spawn: Vol. 1 (HBO Home Video)
- November 25 - Pippi Longstocking (Legacy Releasing) (Warner Home Video)
- December 16
- December 23 - One Eight Seven (Warner Home Video)
- December 30
- Conspiracy Theory (Warner Home Video)
- Steel (Warner Home Video)
DVD releases[]
- March 26
- Blade Runner (Warner Home Video)
- The Bridges of Madison County (Warner Home Video)
- Eraser (Warner Home Video)
- The Fugitive (Warner Home Video)
- Goodfellas (Warner Home Video)
- Interview with the Vampire (Warner Home Video)
- Mad Max 2 (Warner Home Video)
- A Time to Kill (Warner Home Video)
- Twister (Warner Home Video)
- Unforgiven (Warner Home Video)
- Woodstock (Warner Home Video)
- The Wizard of Oz (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (Warner Home Video) (Turner Entertainment)
- The Mask (New Line Home Video)
- Mortal Kombat (New Line Home Video)
- Seven (New Line Home Video)
- April 5 - Sleepers (Warner Home Video)
- May 21 - Batman Forever (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- June 24 - Turbulence (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (HBO Home Video)
- June 25 - Beetlejuice (Warner Home Video)
- July 1 - First Strike (New Line Home Video)
- July 29 - Absolute Power (Castle Rock Entertainment) (Warner Home Video)
- August 22
- Batman (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- Batman Returns (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- August 26 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Warner Bros./Morgan Creek) (Warner Home Video)
- September 3
- Arthur (Warner Home Video)
- The Bodyguard (Warner Home Video)
- Disclosure (Warner Home Video)
- Executive Decision (Warner Home Video)
- Forever Young (Warner Home Video)
- The Glimmer Man (Warner Home Video)
- Grumpy Old Men (Warner Home Video)
- JFK (Warner Home Video)
- Lethal Weapon (Warner Home Video)
- Lethal Weapon 2 (Warner Home Video)
- Mars Attacks! (Warner Home Video)
- Michael (New Line Cinema) (Warner Home Video)
- Michael Collins (Warner Home Video)
- Murder at 1600 (Warner Home Video)
- Outbreak (Warner Home Video)
- The Pelican Brief (Warner Home Video)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (Warner Home Video) (Turner Entertainment)
- The Right Stuff (Warner Home Video)
- Space Jam (Warner Home Video)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (Warner Home Video)
- Under Siege (Warner Home Video)
- The Witches of Eastwick (Warner Home Video)
- The Year of Living Dangerously (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (Warner Home Video) (Turner Entertainment)
- September 9
- Fathers' Day (Warner Home Video)
- Rosewood (Warner Home Video)
- September 23 - Selena (Warner Home Video)
- October 21
- Batman & Robin (DC Comics) (Warner Home Video)
- Wild America (Warner Bros./Morgan Creek) (Warner Home Video)
- October 28 - Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (Warner Bros./Morgan Creek) (Warner Home Video)
- December 16
- December 17 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Warner Home Video)
Laserdisc releases[]
Video games[]
People[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
- January 9 - Jesse White (actor)
- January 11
- Sheldon Leonard (actor, producer, director and screenwriter)
- Jill Summers (music hall performer, actress and comedian)
- January 13 - Lenard Kester (background artist)
- January 16 - Barbara Woodell (actress)
- January 18 - Diana Lewis (actress)
- January 21 - Colonel Tom Parker (musical entrepreneur)
- January 23 - Bill Zuckert (actor)
- January 27 - Bill Kennedy (actor, voice artist and host)
- February 1 - Marjorie Reynolds (actress)
- February 6 - Ernie Anderson (actor, television personality, announcer, horror host and DJ)
- February 8 - Robert Ridgely (actor, voice actor and vocal artist)
- February 12 - Hugh Allan (actor)
- February 19 - Frank Delfino (actor)
- February 25
- Arthur Hewlett (actor)
- Scott Forbes (actor and screenwriter)
- February 26 - Wende Wagner (actress)
- February 27 - Harry Love (animator, effects animator, director, producer, production coordinator and writer)
- April 2 - Anthony Bushell (actor and director)
- April 9 - Bill Roberts (actor and singer)
- April 26 - John Beal (actor)
- May 11 - Catherine McLeod (actress)
- May 29 - George Fenneman (game show host and announcer)
- June 7 - Eleanor Gutöhrlein (actress)
- June 14 - Richard Jaeckel (actor)
- June 24 - Brian Keith (actor)
- June 29 - William Hickey (actor and voice actor)
- July 1 - Robert Mitchum (actor and singer)
- July 2 - James Stewart (actor and military officer)
- July 15 - Rosamund Greenwood (actress)
- August 18 - Robert Swenson (professional wrestler, stuntman and actor)
- August 27 - Sally Blane (actress)
- September 9 - Burgess Meredith (actor, director, producer and writer)
- September 15 - Edna Mae Harris (actress and singer)
- September 17 - Red Skelton (actor, artist and comedian)
- October 9 - Arch Johnson (actor)
- October 12 - John Denver (singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, activist and humanitarian)
- October 13 - Joyce Compton (actress)
- October 16 - Audra Lindley (actress)
- October 17 - Ben Welden (actor)
- October 24 - Don Messick (voice actor)
- October 30 - Samuel Fuller (director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, actor and World War II veteran)
- November 15 - Warren Douglas (actor, novelist, lyricist and screenwriter)
- November 22 - Joanna Moore (actress)
- November 25 - Charles Hallahan (actor)
- December 4 - Richard Vernon (actor)
- December 16
- Richard Warwick (actor)
- Nicolette Larson (singer)
- December 18 - Chris Farley (comedian and actor)
- December 20 - Dawn Steel (film studio executive and producer)
- December 23 - Paula Stone (actress)
- December 25 - Denver Pyle (actor and director)
- December 31 - Billie Dove (actress)
Character debuts[]
- March 26 - Danny, Sawyer, Pudge, Darla Dimple, Tillie Hippo, Max,
- July 14 - Little Suzy, Mama Bravo, Chronos
- July 15 - Flem, Earl, I.M. Weasel, I.R. Baboon, Miss Teacher
- July 16 - Action Hank, Quackor the Fowl
- September 11 - Jarek, Kai, Meat, Reiko, Tanya
- September 17 - Livewire
- October 1 - Douglas E. Mordecai III
- November 26 - Malcom and Melvin
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