Goldene Leinwand

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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.

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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.

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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".

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Goldene Leinwand

YearFilms
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

YearFilms
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)

YearFilms
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

YearFilms
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
2012The Intouchables
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Goldene Leinwand für besondere Verdienste

YearPeople
1967 Walt Disney (posthumous)

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  2. 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.