The Goldene Leinwand (Golden Screen) is an award created in 1964 by the HDF ("Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater e.V.", literally translated "Main Association For Movie Theatres")[1] and the journal Filmecho/Filmwoche.
Like a Golden Record, it is a sales certification.
The Goldene Leinwand is to be bestowed upon film distributors for having provided a film of feature-length which sold more than 3,000,000 tickets within 18 months.
Categories
edit- Goldene Leinwand (“Golden Screen”) for 3 million tickets within 18 months
- Goldene Leinwand mit Stern (“Golden Screen with Star”) for 6 million tickets within 18 months
- Goldene Leinwand mit 2 Sternen (“Golden Screen with Two Stars”) for 9 million tickets within 18 months
- Goldene Leinwand mit 3 Sternen (“Golden Screen with Three Stars”) for 12 million tickets within 18 months
- Goldene Leinwand Sonderausgaben (“Golden Screen Special Editions”) for 15 or 18 million tickets within 18 months
- Goldene Leinwand mit Stern und Brillanten (“Golden Screen with Star and Diamond”) for a series of 6 coherent films that altogether sold more than 30 million tickets
- Goldene Leinwand für besondere Verdienste (“Honorary Golden Screen”)
- Goldene Leinwand Pin (“Honorary Golden Screen as Pin”)
Titanic is the only feature film that was awarded special editions for 15 and/or 18 million tickets.
The James Bond film series (1983), Star Wars (2005) and the Harry Potter film series (2009) were awarded a "Goldene Leinwand mit Stern und Brillanten".
Awards
editGoldene Leinwand
edit| Year | Films |
|---|---|
| 1969 | The Jungle Book |
| 1970 | The Love Bug |
| 1973 | The Aristocats |
| 1976 | Robin Hood |
| 1978 | Star Wars: A New Hope, The Rescuers |
| 1979 | Grease, Superman |
| 1980 | The Wild Geese[2] |
| 1981 | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1982 | The Fox and the Hound |
| 1983 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1984 | Star Wars: Return of the Jedi |
| 1985 | Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| 1986 | Back to the Future |
| 1989 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part II, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
| 1991 | Home Alone, The Little Mermaid |
| 1992 | The Rescuers Down Under |
| 1993 | Beauty and the Beast, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Jurassic Park |
| 1994 | Aladdin, Free Willy, The Lion King, Mrs. Doubtfire |
| 1995 | Casper |
| 1996 | Babe, Pocahontas |
| 1997 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Men in Black |
| 1998 | Hercules, Mulan |
| 1999 | A Bug's Life, The Mummy, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Tarzan |
| 2001 | Shrek |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown |
Goldene Leinwand mit Stern
edit| Year | Films |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Aladdin, The Lion King |
| 1996 | Babe |
| 1997 | Men in Black |
| 2000 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
| 2012 | The Intouchables, Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, Skyfall |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| 2014 | Fack ju Göhte, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
| 2015 | Head Full of Honey, Minions, Fack ju Göhte 2, Spectre, Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| 2018 | Fack ju Göhte 3 |
Goldene Leinwand mit Stern (Sonderversion)
edit| Year | Films |
|---|---|
| 1981 | The Aristocats |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in the West, Papillon, From Here to Eternity, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix |
| 1988 | The Jungle Book |
Goldene Leinwand mit 2 Sternen
edit| Year | Films |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Jurassic Park |
| 1995 | The Lion King |
| 1996 | Independence Day |
| 1998 | Titanic |
| 2001 | Der Schuh des Manitu, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| 2003 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 |
| 2010 | Avatar |
| 2012 | The Intouchables |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
Goldene Leinwand für besondere Verdienste
edit| Year | People |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Walt Disney (posthumous) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Award by the Hauptverband der Deutschen Filmtheater (HDF) for films with an audience of 3 million in Germany". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Kindred, Jack (27 August 1980). "Euan Lloyd Preems 'Sea Wolves'; After Europe, Then U.S." Variety. p. 42. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via Archive.org.
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