1997 in Tattoos

From the highly anticipated sequel to Scream to Robin Williams’ Academy Award performance in Good Will Hunting, here’s 1997 in tattoos.

Not even a year after the release of iconic horror film, the sequel Scream 2 hit cinemas in 1997.

There’s a reason why there’s no tattoos inspired by 1997’s Home Alone 3 – the only real Home Alone films that exist (in my opinion) are the two starring Macaulay Culkin.

Candace Bushnell’s novel Sex and the City was published in 1997 and followed the next year with the groundbreaking television series.

With 14 Oscar nominations and 11 wins, in 1997 Titanic was the first film to gross over $1 billion.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon rose to prominence in 1997 for co-writing and starring in Good Will Hunting for which Robin Williams won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Every so often I go back and watch his acceptance speech.

Set 200 years after Ripley’s death, the fourth film in the Alien franchise, Alien Resurrection was released in 1997.

I Know What You Did Last Summer was released in 1997 – I actually prefer the sequel, and let’s not even mention the completely unrelated and truly awful third film in the trilogy.

Rowan Atkinson took his beloved television character to the big screen in 1997 with Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie.

Everyone’s favourite orca returned to our screens with the release of Free Willy 3: The Rescue in 1997.

1997’s Con Air was bursting with stars including John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Dave Chappelle, and Nicolas Cage.

Beverly Hills Ninja, starring Chris Rock and Chris Farley, was released in 1997 just months prior to Farley’s untimely death at the age of 33.

Vegas Vacation, the fourth film in the National Lampoon’s Vacation film franchise premiered in 1997, eight years after National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

Four years before Jason Voorhees went there, Leprechaun 4: In Space was a direct-to-video release in 1997.

The Selena (starring Jennifer Lopez) biopic was released in 1997, two years after the singer’s murder.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park film was released in 1997 and was another addition to the Jurassic Park/World franchise to be based on a Michael Crichton novel.