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Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Don’t worry Disney, you’re not the only animated film dud from this year.
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, also under performed.
If you’re where not Monsters Inc, Shrek, or Spirited Away filmgoers avoided animated films all together.
And DreamWorks slaughtered Disney at the box office. For now. With a few victories here and there.
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, also under performed.
If you’re where not Monsters Inc, Shrek, or Spirited Away filmgoers avoided animated films all together.
And DreamWorks slaughtered Disney at the box office. For now. With a few victories here and there.
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Laws of Attraction (2004)
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
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Godsend (2004)
A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.
Man on Fire (2004)
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City.
They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
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Mean Girls (2004)
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
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Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson.
It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Tomas Arana, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed (in his final role), Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, Richard Harris, and Tommy Flanagan.
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.”
General Maximus' success in battle earns the favour of an elderly Emperor at the expense of the Emperor's son. In a fit of jealous rage the son slays his father before turning his anger towards Maximus.
Now reduced to a slave, his family dead, Maximus must fight as a Gladiator to gain his freedom, and his revenge.
The film, featured earlier performances by Nicholas McGaughey, David Baille, Connie Nielsen, Tommy Flanagan, David Schofield, Spencer Treat Clark, Omid Djalili, Tomax Araba, and Djimon Hounsou.
Years later, it was followed by a sequel.
Gladiator grossed $465.4 million worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2000. Critics praised the acting, directing, cinematography, production design, and musical score.
The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Crowe.
The film’s soundtrack was composed by Hans Zimmer, and featured the song “Now We are Free” performed by Lisa Gerrard, Gavin Greenaway, Klaus Badelt, The Lyndhurst Orchestra.
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American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho is a 2000 satirical horror film directed by Mary Harron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner.
Based on the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis, it stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a New York City investment banker who apparently leads a double life as a serial killer. Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, and Reese Witherspoon appear in supporting roles.
The film blends horror and black comedy to satirize 1980s yuppie culture and consumerism, exemplified by Bateman.
Meet Patrick Bateman. On the surface, he is a well dressed, charismatic, businessman, who has everything. Lots of fricking cash, plenty of expensive clothing, a great massively pricey penthouse, and everything someone could possibly ask for.
But underneath, he is a monster. Cold, calculated, and sociopathic with no moral compass, and a kill count that would made Freddy and Jason jealous. Only, he is more real.
Jared Leto, and Christian Bale played The Joker and Batman, in both The Suicide Squad, and Zach Snyder’s Justice League, and the Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight trilogy.
Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, and followed by a unhip direct to video sequel, it was made for $7 million, and $34.3 million.
The soundtrack featured songs by Tom Tom Club, Huey Lewis and the News, David Bowie, and others. The film, later became a cult film, but it is very controversial due to its violence, and association with infamous serial killer, Paul Bernado.
Filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but not without controversy.
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Shaft (2000)
Shaft is a 2000 American action crime thriller film co-written, co-produced, and directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role with Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree.
It is a sequel to the 1971 Shaft film, in which Jackson plays the nephew (retconned as his son in the 2019 film) of John Shaft. The film opened at the number-one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000.
It received mixed to positive reviews on Metacritic, with the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes praises Jackson's charisma.
To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put him behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger.
Armed with attitude and up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords he's out to make crime pay up.
Samuel L. Jackson, was Nick Fury, in the MCU, and Christian Bale, as Batman & Bruce Wayne, in The Dark Knight trilogy, and Gorr in Thor: Blood & Thunder.
The original John Shaft, played Richard Roundtree also appears in the film, and in 2019 with Jackson in a remake sequel to both the original and the 2000 film.
The film opened at the box office at #1 with $21.7 million.
By the end of its run, Shaft had grossed $70.3 million in the domestic box office and $107.2 million worldwide, against a $46 million budget.
Shaft even years later, is the cool cat who won’t cop out.
Damn right.
The soundtrack, featured contributions from R. Kelly, Alicia Keys, Angie Stone, Backbone, Beanie Sigel, Big Gipp, Big Rube, Carl Thomas, Donell Jones, Eve, Fulanito, Jadakiss, Liberty City, Mil, Mystikal, Outkast, Parle, Sleepy Brown, Too $hort, UGK, and the earliest appearance of rapper T.I., as well as Isaac Hayes's recurring "Theme From Shaft".
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The 6th Day (2000)
The 6th Day is a 2000 American science fiction action film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rapaport, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter, and Robert Duvall.
A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish and even family pet can be cloned.
But cloning humans is illegal -- that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand.
Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must now destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.
Arnold Schwartznagger played Dr. Freeze, in Batman and Robin, while Michael Rooker was in the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, and in Suicide Squad.
Michael Rooker, also worked five of the biggest action actors, possibly ever. Scheartznagger in The 6th Day, Sylvester Stallone in Cliffhanger, Samuel L. Jackson, in Jumper, Kurt Russell in Tombstone and Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, Steven Seagal in Above the Law, Jean Claude Van Damme in Replicant, Vin Diesel in F9, Fast X and the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder, and Chow Yung Fat and Danny Trejo in The Replacement Killers.
This movie is Terry Crews's film debut.
The movie was filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The title refers to the Genesis creation narrative shared among the Abrahamic religions, where God created humanity on the sixth day of the universe's existence. The film was Terry Crews' acting first appearance.
Schwarzenegger received a salary of $25 million for his role in the film.
The film received mixed reviews and was a box office failure, earning $96 million worldwide on a budget of $82 million.
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The Hurricane (2000)
The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical sports drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison. The film stars Denzel Washington as Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, a former middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted of a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey.
The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from Carter's 1974 autobiography “The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472” and the 1991 non-fiction work “Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter” by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.
The film also featured the song, “Hurricane” performed by Bob Dylan, which centred around the crime that landed Rueben Carter behind the bars, for a murder that he was wrongly accused of, and the subsequent trail that resulted, as well the frequent attempts to clear him from the crime, and grant him the justice that he rightfully deserved.
The film depicts Carter's arrest, his life in prison, and how he was freed by the love and compassion of a teenager from Brooklyn named Lesra Martin and his Canadian foster family.
The film received positive reviews and won several awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama for Washington's performance. Washington was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
The film was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on December 29, 1999. It grossed $74 million against a budget of $50 million.
Former middleweight World Champion Joey Giardello sued the film's producers for libel over the depiction of his fight with Carter as a "racist fix." Giardello stated: "Virtually every boxing expert then and now will tell you I won the fight."
Referee Robert Polis who scored the fight 72–66 in Giardello's favor stated: "They portrayed Joey Giardello as an incompetent fighter. I thought it was ludicrous."
Eventually, the case was settled out of court, with the producers paying the retired champion damages and with Jewison agreeing to make a statement on the DVD version that "Giardello no doubt was a great fighter."
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The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
The Whole Nine Yards is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn. It was written by Mitchell Kapner and stars Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Natasha Henstridge.
Its story follows a mild-mannered dentist as he travels to Chicago to inform a mob boss about the whereabouts of his new neighbor, a former hitman with a price on his head.
The film was produced by Morgan Creek Productions, Franchise Pictures, Rational Packaging and Lansdown Films and distributed by Warner Bros., and it was released on February 18, 2000.
The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $106 million. A sequel, The Whole Ten Yards, was released in 2094.
A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program.
It's not long before a couple of his new neighbors figure out his true identity and come knocking.
The film, featured earlier performances by Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, and Amanda Peet,
The Whole Nine Yards grossed $57.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $49.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $106.4 million.[1
The film grossed $13.7 million in its opening weekend, finishing first at the box office.
It then made $9.6 million in its sophomore weekend and $7.2 million in dollars.
It was filmed in and around Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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Thirteen Days is a 2000 American historical political thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson.
It dramatizes the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the US political leadership.
Kevin Costner stars as top White House assistant Kenneth P. O'Donnell, with Bruce Greenwood featured as President John F. Kennedy, Steven Culp as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Dylan Baker as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
While the film carries the same title as the 1969 book Thirteen Days by former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, it is in fact based on the 1997 book, “The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis”, by Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow.
It is the second docudrama made about the crisis, the first being 1974's “The Missiles of October”, which was based on Kennedy's book.
Dylan Baker was in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3Kevin Costner, in Man of Steel, and Bruce Greenwood in X-Men, while Kevin Conway was in Motel Hell, and Steven Culp in Jason Goes to Hell: Final Friday.
The DVD and VHS was released on July 10, 2001. The DVD release marked the debut for New Line Home Entertainment's Infinifilm label.
The film was given a limited theatrical release on Christmas Day 2000, and a wide release on January 12, 2001, with a staggered release to various countries throughout most of the year.
The film grossed $66,579,890 worldwide against a production budget of $80 million.
This was Costner’s second JFK film.
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The Skulls (2000)
The Skulls is a 2000 American thriller film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker and Leslie Bibb.
Its plot is based upon some of the conspiracy theories surrounding Yale University's Skull and Bones student society.
Many of University of Toronto's most notable buildings are featured in the film.
A part of University College stands in for the Skulls' headquarters, while the office of the Skulls' leader shown as being in Trinity College.
The rival society is headquartered in the student council building.
The protagonists live and eat in Burwash Hall. The opening rowing scene was shot in St. Catharines, Ontario. Several scenes were shot on Dark Island in the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
The film was critically panned, but successful enough to spawn two direct-to-video sequels, The Skulls II and The Skulls III, released in 2002 and 2004, respectively.
The film, featured earlier performances by Shane Mathieson, Steve Harris, Noah Danby, and Steve Gibson.
The film opened at #3 at the North American box office, making US$11,034,885 in its opening weekend, behind The Road to El Dorado and Erin Brockovich.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called it "so ludicrous in so many different ways it achieves a kind of forlorn grandeur".
The film featured songs by Fatboy Slim, 3 Days Grace, Collective Soul, and others, with music composed by Randy Endelman, it also featured earlier performances by Steve Harris, Malin Ackerman, Joshua Jackson, Leslie Bibb, and Paul Walker.
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Space Cowboys (2000)
Space Cowboys is a 2000 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four aging former test pilots who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite.
It was theatrically released on August 15, 2000, received positive reviews from critics, and was a box-office success.
In 1958, the members of Team Daedalus, a group of top Air Force test pilots, were ready to serve their country as the first Americans in space but were pushed aside.
Now, as a Russian satellite fails and is about to crash into earth, Team Daedalus is back in action in a rescue mission.
The film featured earlier performances by Loren Dean and Jon Hamm.
Made for $60–65 million, and garnered $128.9 million.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it three out of four stars and wrote:
"It's too secure within its traditional story structure to make much seem at risk, but with the structure come the traditional pleasures as well.”
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 2001.
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Whipped is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Peter M. Cohen and starring Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt, Jonathan Abrahams, Zorie Barber, and Judah Domke.
Three single men gather at a local restaurant every Sunday, so they can discuss each other's sex lives; however, when each one of them falls in love with a beautiful girl named Mia, their weekly ritual becomes something of a trial, and their once strong friendships are put at risk.
The film featured earlier performances by Callie Thorne, Jaclyn DeSantis, David Heyman, Bridget Moynahan, and Beth Ostrosky, who would later go on to marry legendary DJ and media personality Howard Stern.
Made for $3 million, it flopped with $4.8 million.
Snow Day (2000)
Snow Day is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Chris Koch, written by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, and produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.
It stars Chris Elliott, Mark Webber, Jean Smart, and Chevy Chase with supporting roles by Schuyler Fisk, Pam Grier, Zena Grey, Josh Peck, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and David Paetkau.
The film premiered on January 29, 2000, and was theatrically released on February 11, 2000.
It takes place during the events of a record snow day in upstate New York, depicting various subplots including a group of kids planning to thwart a snowplow driver in an attempt to get a second snow day.
This is the first of two films to star both Josh Peck and Zena Grey, the other being Max Keeble's Big Move, released the following year.
The film featured on the soundtrack, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, LFO, and others.
Made for $13 million, and garner $62.5 million.
It was filmed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
28 Days (2000)
28 Days is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Betty Thomas and written by Susannah Grant. Sandra Bullock stars as Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter rehabilitation for alcoholism.
The film costars Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins, Azura Skye, Steve Buscemi, and Diane Ladd.
A hard-drinking New York journalist takes her reputation as the life and soul of the party too far when she knocks over her sister's wedding cake and crashes the bridal limousine.
When a court orders her into rehab for a month, she initially refuses, but eventually she begins to take her substance abuse seriously.
Not to be confused with the film, 28 Days Later.
The film, featured earlier performances by Alan Tudyk and Harsh Nayyar.
The film was shot in North Carolina. The YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, North Carolina, served as the Serenity Glen rehabilitation center.
The film opened at number two at the United States box office making $10,310,672 in its opening weekend in 2,523 screens, behind Rules of Engagement, which was on its second consecutive week at the top spot.
The film went on to make $37,035,515 in the U.S. The film made a total of $25,163,430 internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $62,198,945.
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Supernova (2000)
Supernova is a 2000 science fiction horror film written by David C. Wilson, William Malone and Daniel Chuba and directed by Walter Hill, credited as "Thomas Lee.”
"Thomas Lee" was chosen as a directorial pseudonym for release in lieu of Alan Smithee, as the latter had become too well known as a badge of a film being disowned by its makers.
It was originally developed in 1988 by Malone as "Dead Star," with paintings by H. R. Giger and a plot that had been called "Hellraiser in outer space."
Jack Sholder was hired for substantial uncredited reshoots, and Francis Ford Coppola was brought in for editing purposes. Various sources suggest that little of Hill's work remains in the theatrical cut of the film.
The film shares several plot similarities with the film Event Horizon, released in 1997, and Alien Cargo, released in 1999.
The cast features James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney, and Wilson Cruz.
The film was shot by cinematographer Lloyd Ahern II and scored by composers David C. Williams and Burkhard Dallwitz.
The film was released on January 14, 2000, and received negative reviews from critics.
It was also a box-office bomb, only grossing $14.8 million over its budget between $60‒90 million during its theatrical release,
Supernova is a science fiction thriller that chronicles the high-stakes adventures of a deep space hospital ship and its six member crew.
When their vessel, the Nightingale 229, answers an emergency distress signal from a distant galaxy, the crew soon finds itself in danger from the mysterious young man they rescue, the alien artifact he smuggled aboard and the gravitational pull of a giant star about to go supernova, the most massive explosion in the universe.
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What Women Want (2000)
What Women Want is a 2000 American romantic fantasy comedy film written by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa, and Diane Drake, directed by Nancy Meyers, and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.
The film earned mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success, with a North American domestic gross of $182 million and a worldwide gross of $374 million against a budget of $70 million, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2000.
A loose remake, What Men Want, was released in 2019, starring Taraji P. Henson and Aldis Hodge.
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking?
Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss.
It’s worth noting, that things regarding Mel Gibson, as of late are “very complicated”.
The film, featured earlier by Sarah Paulson, Judy Greer, and Ashley Johnson.
Roger Ebert wrote the movie "doesn't flow so much as leap from one good scene to another over the crevices of flat scenes in between ... it's not boring and is often very funny".
Stephanie Zacharek of Salon was critical: "Although What Women Want is being marketed toward women, it does nothing but condescend to them."
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Wonder Boys (2000)
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film[7] directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Steve Kloves.
An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, it is based on the 1995 novel by Michael Chabon.
Michael Douglas stars as professor Grady Tripp, a novelist who teaches creative writing at a university but has been unable to finish his second novel.
The film was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including locations at Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University, University of Pittsburgh, and Shady Side Academy. Other Pennsylvania locations included Beaver, Rochester and Rostraver Township.
After the film failed at the box office, there was a second attempt to find an audience with a new marketing campaign and a November 8, 2000, re-release, which was also a financial disappointment.
Despite this, the film received three Academy Award nominations at the 73rd Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay, winning Best Original Song for Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed".
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Small Time Crooks (2000)
Small Time Crooks is a 2000 American crime-comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen.
It stars Allen, Hugh Grant, Elaine May and Tracey Ullman. The picture's plot has some similarities to that of the 1942 comedy Larceny, Inc.
Ray Winkler is a "small time crook" with big dreams. Recruiting his wife and some fellow bumblers, he leaves his job as a dishwasher to open a cookie store next to a bank.
And while his wife operates the cookie store, he and his cohorts work in the basement on breaking into the bank.
Wealth comes from an unexpected direction, helping fulfill his dreams. But there is an ancient curse about getting everything you wish for.
Small Time Crooks opened up on the same day as Dinosaur and Road Trip and was the highest-grossing film directed by Allen at the North American box office between 1989's Crimes and Misdemeanors and 2005's Match Point, with a gross of $17.2 million; the film became nicely profitable for North American distributor DreamWorks Pictures.
However, the film was also one of the few later Allen films which did less well outside the U.S. and Canada, and its global gross was $29.9 million.
Ullman was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her performance, and Elaine May won Best Supporting Actress at the National Society of Film Critics Awards for her performance.
Proof of Life (2000)
Proof of Life is a 2000 American action thriller film directed and produced by Taylor Hackford, and starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.
The title refers to a phrase commonly used to indicate proof that a kidnap victim is still alive.
The film's screenplay was written by Tony Gilroy, who also was an executive producer, and was inspired by William Prochnau's Vanity Fair magazine article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade, and Thomas Hargrove's book Long March to Freedom,
in which Hargrove recounts how his release was negotiated by Thomas Clayton, who went on to be the founder of kidnap-for-ransom consultancy Clayton Consultants,
Proof of Life was released in December 8, 2000, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office, as it only grossed $62 million against a production budget of $65 million.
In this romantic drama, Peter Bowman, an American engineer in a Latin American country is captured by anti-government forces.
When the rebels learn his identity they demand $6 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom.
Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own. She retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.
The tabloid-laden clash involved Russell Crowe going feral against Taylor Hackford, and the catalyst being the actor's affair with co-star Meg Ryan.
Blamed by the filmmaker for overshadowing the 2000 thriller with their scandalous affair, Crowe went raging after Hackford, publicly calling him an “idiot”.
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Shadow of the Vampire is a 2000 independent period vampire Gothic mystery film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven Katz. The film stars John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe.
It is a fictionalized account of the making of the classic vampire film “Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens”, directed by F. W. Murnau, during which the film crew begin to have disturbing suspicions about their lead actor.
The film borrows the techniques of silent films, including the use of intertitles to explain elided action, and iris lenses.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup, losing to How the Grinch Stole Christmas. For his performance, Dafoe was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
F. W. Murnau is struggling to create his silent classic "Nosferatu" on location in Eastern Europe. The director is obsessed with making this the most authentic vampire movie ever.
To that end, Murnau has employed a real vampire, Max Schreck, explaining to the crew that he is the ultimate of that new breed, the "method actor" trained by Stanislavsky himself.
Schreck will appear only in character and only at night.
Shadow of the Vampire had its world premiere at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
It was given a limited release in the United States on December 29, 2000.
It also garnered many award nominations.
Made for $8 million, and garner $11.2 million.
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Pay It Forward (2000)
Pay It Forward is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Mimi Leder. The film is based loosely on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It is set in Las Vegas, and it chronicles 11- to 12-year-old Trevor McKinney's launch of a goodwill movement known as "pay it forward".
It stars Haley Joel Osment as Trevor, Helen Hunt as his alcoholic single mother Arlene McKinney, and Kevin Spacey as his physically and emotionally scarred social studies teacher Eugene Simonet.
The film was released on October 20, 2000, to mixed-to-negative reviews and was a box office disappointment, grossing $55.7 million worldwide against a $40 million budget.
The story of a social studies teacher who gives an assignment to his junior high school class to think of an idea to change the world for the better, then put it into action.
When one young student creates a plan for "paying forward" favors, he not only affects the life of his struggling single mother, but he sets in motion an unprecedented wave of human kindness which, unbeknownst to him, has blossomed into a profound national phenomenon.
The simplest way to define “pay it forward” is that when someone does something for you, instead of paying that person back directly, you pass it on to another person instead.
It is considered to be widely known as a Oscar bait film. The feeling was “Pure emotional manipulation. Every character turned into an emotional epic. The core idea, repaying kindness with further kindness, is half lost as a result.”
The ending milks things even further. Understand if it works for you. Well made apart from the OTT manipulation.”
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Shanghai Noon (2000)
Shanghai Noon is a 2000 American martial arts western action comedy film directed by Tom Dey in his feature film debut.
Written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. It is the first entry in the Shanghai film series.
The film premiered in Malaysia in May 19, 2000 and was released in the United States on May 26, 2000. It received generally positive from critics, with praise for the film's action sequences and Chan and Wilson's on-screen chemistry.
A sequel, Shanghai Knights, was released in 2003, with Chan and Wilson reprising their roles.
Acrobatic Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang comes to the Wild West to rescue beautiful, kidnapped Princess Pei Pei. Upon transporting her ransom, Chon finds himself on the very train that Roy O'Bannon, an outlaw of dubious competence, plans to rob.
They reluctantly become partners when faced with bad-seed Marshall Van Cleef who'd rather neither one of them make it off the train alive.
The film, on its soundtrack “Yeah Yeah Yeah” performed by Uncle Kracker, and “Cowboy” by Kid Rock.
Produced at a budget of $55 million, the film grossed $99,274,467 worldwide.
The film opened in third place at the US box office grossing $19.6 million in its opening weekend behind Dinosaur and Mission: Impossible 2 and went on to gross $56.9 million.
It opened at number one in Hong Kong with an opening week gross of $1.2 million.
Filmed in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Remember the Titans (2000)
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin.
The screenplay by Gregory Allen Howard is loosely based on the true story of coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) football team in Alexandria, Virginia.
In 1971. Will Patton portrays Bill Yoast, Boone's assistant coach. Real-life athletes Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell are portrayed by Ryan Hurst and Wood Harris, respectively.
The year is 1971, and the people of Alexandria, VA. are none too pleased when African American Herman Boone is given the nod to head a newly integrated football team.
As the season progresses, however, their contentious attitudes begin to change.
The film was co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films and released by Buena Vista Pictures. On September 19, 2000, the film's soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records.
It features songs by several recording artists including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Dylan, The Hollies, Marvin Gaye, James Taylor, The Temptations, Cat Stevens, and Steam.
Remember the Titans had a budget of $30 million and premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States on September 29, 2000.
It grossed an estimated $115.6 million in the U.S., and $136.8 million worldwide. Reception was not so favorable upon release, but has become appreciated over the years.
The film is often listed among the best football films.
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The Replacements (2000)
The Replacements is a 2000 sports comedy film directed by Howard Deutch and starring Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Orlando Jones, Brooke Langton, Rhys Ifans, Jon Favreau, and Jack Warden in his last film appearance.
The movie was loosely based on the 1987 NFL strike, specifically the Washington Redskins, who won all three replacement games without any of their regular players and went on to win Super Bowl XXII.
Though the film is a story of the replacement players, the Falco–Martel quarterback controversy is quite similar to the one in the post-strike Washington controversy between Doug Williams and Jay Schroeder.
Hackman narrated the episode of NFL Network's America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions devoted to that team.
The film opened at the third position at the North American box office, making $11,039,214 in its opening weekend, behind Space Cowboys and Hollow Man, which was in its second consecutive week at the top spot.
It eventually grossed $44.7 million domestically and $5.3 million internationally to over $50 million worldwide.
It's late in the season; the playoffs are fast approaching; and the Washington Sentinels have just gone on strike.
Scrambling for a solution, the Sentinels' owner Edward O'Neil hatches a plan to bring in legendary coach Jimmy McGinty to recruit a team of replacement players in exactly one week.
For fans and owners alike, the strike is a disaster. But for Shane Falco and a mismatched crew of outsiders, it is the second chance they've waited their whole lives for.
Jon Favreau, went on directed two Iron Mans, and played Happy Hogan in the MCU, Keanu Reeves was John Constantine, in the film Constantine, and Gene Hackman was in the original Superman film series, as Lex Luther.
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Nurse Betty (2000)
Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as the title character, a small town, Kansas housewife-waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's torture murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite television soap opera character, while in a fugue state.
Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock play the hitmen who killed her husband and subsequently pursue her to Los Angeles.
The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[4] The film won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. For her performance, Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The film was also a commercial success.
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist.
After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.
The film opened at #2 at the North American box office making $7.1 million USD in its opening weekend, behind The Watcher.
The film eventually grossed $25 million at the US box office before generating more than $33 million from US home video rental, and turning a substantial profit.
Roger awarded the film three stars out of four, praising its depth but noting its emotional ambiguity:
"Nurse Betty is one of those films where you don't know whether to laugh or cringe, and find yourself doing both."
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher McDonald, and Marlon Wayans.
It is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Hubert Selby Jr., with whom Aronofsky wrote the screenplay.
The film depicts four characters affected by drug addiction and how it alters their physical and emotional states.
Their addictions cause them to become imprisoned in a world of delusion and desperation.
As the film progresses, each character deteriorates, and their delusions are shattered by the harsh reality of their situations, resulting in catastrophe.
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Super bleak, and depressing, you will be put through a emotional ringer. Be prepared.
The film, featured earlier performances by Jared Leto, and Ajay Naidu.
The point is that all these dreams of happiness unravel and "die" through the choices the characters make.
Whether the viewer blames the drugs or the characters is up for debate. They each have their own "little world" that gets destroyed in front of us. It's the destruction of that world that is important.
In the chaos of self-isolation, possible addiction, or obsession with making it on TV paired with the wrongful taking of amphetamines, her world seems to turn into a real nightmare—in some cases even scarier than the others.
In this sad and dark film, the shadows provide viewers a jumpscare or two.
With music composed by Clint Mansell
Drugs are bad. Ok?
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Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is a 2000 animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats.
It is the second installment in the Rugrats film series and the sequel to The Rugrats Movie (1998).[4] This film marks the first appearance of Kimi Watanabe and her mother, Kira.
The film also marks the appearance of the first significant villains in the Rugrats franchise, the child-hating Coco LaBouche and her accomplice, Jean-Claude.
The events of the film take place before the series' seventh season, and it focuses on Chuckie Finster as he and the rest of the Rugrats embark on an adventure in Paris, France while he is searching for a new mother.
While on a family vacation in Paris, the Rugrats attempt to help Chuckie find a new mom while stopping his dad from marrying a conniving businesswoman who hates kids.
Christine Cavanaugh's final movie role, as she retired from acting in 2003 due to being diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
She died on December 22, 2014, and because of this, Nancy Cartwright became the new voice of Chuckie Finster starting with Rugrats Go Wild and later episodes of Rugrats.
With music performed by Tracey Amos, Aaron Carter, No Authority, and others.
Rugrats in Paris was more well-received than its predecessor and grossed over $103 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million.
A sequel, and a crossover with characters from The Wild Thornberrys franchise titled Rugrats Go Wild, was released on June 13, 2003.
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Pitch Black (2000)
Pitch Black (titled The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black on later re-releases) is a 2000 American science fiction action horror film directed by David Twohy and co-written by Twohy and brothers Ken and Jim Wheat from a story conceived by the latter.
The film stars Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, and Keith David. Dangerous criminal Riddick (Diesel) is being transported to prison in a spacecraft, and escapes when the spaceship is damaged by comet debris and crash lands on an empty desert planet.
When predatory creatures begin attacking the survivors, Riddick joins forces with them to escape the planet.
In the not-too-distant future, a docking pilot makes a forced crash-landing of her spacecraft on a distant planet. As the survivors explore the uncomfortably hot planet, they must band together.
The planet is eerie, arid, and lifeless. But as the sun sets and the planet plunges into total darkness, other inhabitants emerge -- including a fiendish murderer with a nose for blood.
The film, featured earlier performances by Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel (In one of his first major starring roles.), Cole Hauser, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, and Rhiana Griffith.
Pitch Black (2000) was supposed to be a stand-alone film, but during production, Vin Diesel and the cast and crew had become intrigued by the Riddick character and the ending, in which Riddick was supposed to die.
This was changed to leave an opening for a sequel with Vin Diesel returning.
The film spawned three sequels, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (animated), The Chronicles of Riddick, and Riddick.
Made for $23 million, and garner $53.2 million.
With effects work, by Julie Anderson, Jason Baird, Sheryle Buckland, Patrick Carmiggelt, Nik Cooper, and Brian Cox.
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Romeo Must Die (2000)
Tough ex-cop Han Sing travels from Hong Kong to America to find justice for his brother, who was murdered in an ongoing battle between Chinese and African-American gangs.
Han soon takes his brother's place in the war and becomes entangled in the violence, until he falls in love with Trish, the daughter of the rival gang's leader.
“Hey Trish! I'm gonna find your Aaliyah looking ass!” The irony is that she is played by Aaliyah.
Years later, Aaliyah passed away tragically in a plane accident years later.
Four years before being cast in this film, Aaliyah was considered for the role of Juliet in Romeo + Juliet opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. She turned down the role feeling it wasn't the right time for her to break into acting.
Jet Li said that he agreed to play a bad guy in Lethal Weapon 4 so that he can play the hero in his next American film, which the director promised to have him do a lot more action scenes.
The film, featured music by Aaliyah, DMX, Timbaland & Magoo, The Crystal Method, and others.
The movie, was film in Compton, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Frustrated by the lack of originality in Hollywood action films, producer Joel Silver built the film around Hong Kong action films.
He cast established Hong Kong actor Jet Li following his role in Lethal Weapon 4. R&B singer Aaliyah was cast and sung the soundtrack's lead single "Try Again" which topped the US Billboard Hot 100.
Romeo Must Die was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on March 24, 2000, where it received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, grossing $91 million against a production budget of $25 million.
The film was considered Li and Aaliyah's breakthrough in Hollywood.
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Road Trip is a 2000 American road sex comedy film[5] directed by Todd Phillips and written by Scot Armstrong and Phillips. The film stars Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Paulo Costanzo, and DJ Qualls, with Amy Smart, Tom Green, Rachel Blanchard, and Fred Ward in supporting roles.
The film follows Josh Parker, who enlists three of his college friends to embark on an 1,800-mile (2,900 km) road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to his girlfriend, Tiffany.
Released theatrically on May 19, 2000, Road Trip received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, grossing $119.8 million worldwide. The film has gather A cult following over the years.
After an Ithaca College student films his one-night stand with a beautiful sorority girl, he discovers one of his friends has accidentally mailed the homemade sex tape to his girlfriend in Austin.
In a frenzy, he must borrow a car and hit the road in a desperate bid to intercept the tape.
The film, featured earlier performances by Rachel Blanchard, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ethan Suplee, Jessica Cauffiel, and Paulo Costanzo, and the voice of Jimmy Kimmell.
Both DJ Qualls and Seann William Scott, were previously together in the American Pie series, which seams apropos.
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives Road Trip an approval rating of 57% based on 93 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10.
The site's critics consensus reads: "Some humor is hit or miss, depending on the audience tastes, but the movie is funny overall. Mixed reviews for the cast, especially for MTV's Tom Green."
Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
At the 2000 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, Green won both Worst Supporting Actor and Most Unfunny Comic Relief for his role in both this film and Charlie's Angels.
The film itself also received a nomination for Oldest Looking Teenagers, but lost to Remember the Titans.
Tom Green, was a big enough deal to be a headliner in films, including this and Saving Silverman.
Meanwhile, Todd Phillips would go on to direct The Hangover trilogy, and Joker, and it’s sequel.
Though the film takes place at schools in Ithaca, Boston, and Austin, almost all of the college scenes were filmed at Georgia Tech, Emory University, and the University of Georgia, all near Atlanta.
Ithaca University is fictional, but Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong are alumni of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, and the movie is partly based on their time there.
The soundtrack, featured a cover of “Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)” originally by Dramarama, performed by Buckcherry, “Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues” performed by Eels, Ash, Ween, and others.
A direct-to-video sequel entitled Beer Pong was released on August 11, 2009, this time by Paramount Famous Productions as Paramount Pictures had acquired DreamWorks' back catalog in its (since undone) 2006 purchase of the company.
Only two of the original cast or crew appear in the sequel film, DJ Qualls as Kyle Edwards and Rhoda Griffis as Tour Group Mom.
The film opened on May 19, 2000, alongside Dinosaur and Small Time Crooks. It was ranked No. 3 at the North American box office behind Gladiator and Dinosaur, making US$15,484,004, in its opening weekend.
It garnered, 119.8 million in road cash.
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Charlie's Angels (2000)
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are the masters of disguise, espionage, and martial arts.
When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided by their loyal sidekick Bosley, set out to bring down the bad guys.
But when a terrible secret is revealed, it makes the Angels targets for assassination.
Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, and John August.
It is the first installment in the Charlie's Angels film series, a continuation of the television series of the same name created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, which is also a continuation of the series story.
Unlike the original series, which had dramatic elements, the film features more comical elements.
“independent Women: Part 1” performed by Destiny’s Child, which was a hit song, and most notably known as one of the last songs, that the group released, with lead singer Beyoncé Knowles retired from the group, and had a legendary successful solo career.
Not everyone was happy, with the film. Fans of the original 1970’s TV show, took issue with the idea of the film being made in the first place, the casting, the tone. You name it, they loathed it.
The film, a performance by Tom Green, who at the time was married to Drew Barrymore. They divorced not too long afterwards.
Followed by a sequel, and a filmed directed by Elizabeth Banks.
The film opened on November 3, 2000, earning $13.7 million in its opening day, debuting at the top of the box office. For its first weekend, the film grossed $40.1 million, dethroning Meet the Parents, which had stayed at number-one for four weeks.[7] Eventually, Charlie's Angels grossed a total of $125,305,545 domestically.
Against a budget of $93 million Charlie's Angels grossed $125.3 million in North America and $148.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $264.1 million, making it the 12th highest-grossing film of 2000.
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My Dog Skip (2000)
Dog Skip is a 2000 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jay Russell and starring Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, and Kevin Bacon, with narration by Harry Connick Jr.
Based on the autobiographical book of the same name, the film tells the story of 9-year-old Willie Morris as he is given a Smooth Fox Terrier for his birthday and how the dog fundamentally changes several aspects of his life.
My Dog Skip was released on January 12, 2000, by Warner Bros. and received generally positive reviews from critics. The film grossed $35.8 million on a $7 million budget.
Pet owners, be warned. This is a three Kleenex film.
The author of the book, Willie Morris, suffered from a heart attack right after the film was completed in 1999. Morris saw a preliminary screening of the film in New York and praised it as "an absolute classic."
Morris died a couple of days later and never saw the final version. The film is dedicated to his memory.
The movie remained in Variety's Top Ten video sales charts for five months after its video release.
My Dog Skip won the Broadcast Film Critics Award for "Best Family Film" for the year 2000,
the Silver Medal Giffoni Film Festival Award, the Best Cast Young Star Awards, the Silver Angel Awards winner, the ArkTrust Genesis Award, and the Christopher Award for Best Family Film.
The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 animated musical adventure comedy film directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul (in their feature directorial debuts), from a screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, as well as additional sequences directed by Will Finn and David Silverman.
Starring the voices of Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, and Edward James Olmos, the film follows two con artists who, after winning the map to El Dorado in Spain, wash ashore in the New World.
The map leads the two men to the city of El Dorado, where its inhabitants mistake them for gods.
Two con-men get hold of a map to the lost City of Gold, El Dorado.
After stowing away onto one of the ships of the Spanish explorer Cortez, the pair escapes and eventually do find the city, where a priest proclaims them to be gods in a scheme to win control of the city for himself.
Meanwhile, they meet a beautiful girl who helps them in their ruse.
The film, featured the song “Someday Out of the Blue” by Elton John.
Along with music composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell, and music written by Elton John and Tim Rice.
Originally intended to be released under a PG-13 rating, Katzenberg hoped to create an animated movie that mirrored that of live-action.
However, in hopes that the film would be seen by more (and thus make more money), the film was forced to adapt to a PG rating late into production, creating a final result that is very much so an adult film forced to become kid-friendly at the very last minute.
The content of the film and the animation were at odds, as well; the humor and dynamics proved to be much too dry and sarcastic for children, while the hand-drawn animation was much too cartoony to attract adults, thus leaving the film to struggle to find an audience after its initial release.
The lack of marketing, was there too as well, as well some feeling that humour in the film was inappropriate for kids.
Years later, Disney released The Emperor’s New Groove, which also a animated film, taking place in South America, and was the bigger hit film.
The film grossed $12.9 million on opening weekend ranking second behind Erin Brockovich's third weekend.
The film closed on June 29, 2000, after earning $50.9 million in the United States and Canada and $25.5 million overseas for a worldwide total of $76.4 million.
Based on its total gross, The Road to El Dorado was a box-office disappointment, unable to recoup its $95 million budget.
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Screwed (2000)
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Screwed is a 2000 American dark comedy film written and directed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. The comedy of errors stars Norm Macdonald, Dave Chappelle, Elaine Stritch, Daniel Benzali, Sarah Silverman, Sherman Hemsley, and Danny DeVito.
The film was released by Universal Pictures and received generally negative reviews.
During Norm Macdonald's final special, Nothing Special, released on Netflix in May 2022, Chappelle revealed that he "did everything he could" to back out of the movie, as it followed the death of his father, which left him "inconsolable."
Chappelle said that Macdonald was the only person who could make him laugh at the time, and cites him as "one of the funniest and most important people" with whom he's ever worked.
Made for $10 million, it garnered $7 million.
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (also known as simply Jack Frost 2)
is a 2000 American direct-to-video comedy slasher film written and directed by Michael Cooney. It is a sequel to Jack Frost.
It was completed in 1998, but not released until 2000.
Like its predecessor, Jack Frost 2 has garnered a cult following.
The film, featured a earlier performance by Sean Patrick Murphy.
In December 2016, writer and director Michael Cooney revealed there were plans for a third film in the series, which would have featured a giant Jack Frost known as "Jackzilla".
The film would have picked up a decade following the ending of the second film, with a giant Jack Frost letting loose on a city causing destruction and mayhem. Cooney expressed interest in making the third installment, due to the advancement in special effects, and would be happy if someone would be willing to help him make it as it holds a special place in his heart.
Sadly, Christopher Allport passed away years later.
The subtitle "Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman" was used so that people wouldn't think it's a sequel to the family film, Jack Frost starring Michael Keaton. Apparently this has sometimes been mistaken for being a sequel to that film.
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Men with Brooms (2002)
Men with Brooms is a 2002 Canadian romantic comedy film, starring and directed by Paul Gross. Centred on the sport of curling, the offbeat comedy tells the story of a reunited curling team from a small Canadian town as they work through their respective life issues and struggle to win the championship for the sake of their late coach.
The cast also includes Connor Price, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Outerbridge, Kari Matchett, Molly Parker and Polly Shannon.
Members of the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip make a cameo appearance in the film as a competing rink representing Kingston, Ontario, the band's home city. Winnipeg curler and three-time Brier champion Jeff Stoughton also made a cameo appearance throwing his trademark "spin-o-rama" shot.
A television adaptation, also titled Men with Brooms debuted October 4, 2010 on CBC Television for the 2010-11 television season.
Alliance Atlantis invested $1.5 million or more in the film's print and advertising campaign, which included an eight-city, private jet tour for cast, the director, and producer Robert Lantos.
Made for $7.5 million, it garnered $4.2 million in beaver cash.
The film now has a cult following on DVD. Many relish the gentle Canadian comedy with its wry look at its country.
In September 2002, Lantos told Playback that he and Gross had a sequel in development.
The film won a Canadian Comedy Award for its "Pretty Funny Direction", and received two nominations at the 23rd Genie Awards, one for Molly Parker's performance and another for the screenplay.
A soundtrack album for the film was released, with songs by The Tragically Hip, Kathleen Edwards, The New Pornographers, and Our Lady Peace among others.
A best-selling novelization by Diane Baker-Mason (ISBN 1-55278-263-8) was also published in 2002.
Not included on the soundtrack is the opening theme, an arrangement by Jack Lenz of the Canadian folksong Land of the Silver Birch performed by Paul Gross, Jack Lenz and D Cameron. The song's lyrics and relevance remain the focus of debate for many fans.
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Quills (2000)
Quills is a 2000 period film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning 1995 play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay.
Inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, Quills re-imagines the last years of the Marquis's incarceration in the insane asylum at Charenton.
It stars Geoffrey Rush as de Sade, Kate Winslet as laundress Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc, Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé de Coulmier, and Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard.
Geoffrey Rush gives a tour-de-force performance as history's most infamous sexual adventurer, the Marquis de Sade.
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest.
The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun, inadvertently stoking the excitement to a fever pitch,
Joaquin Phoenix, was in Joker, and it’s sequel, Geoffrey Rush in Mystery Men, and Michael Caine, in the Dark Knight Trilogy.
Well received by critics, Quills garnered acclaim for its performances from Rush, and Winslet and its screenplay.
The film received nominations for three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The National Board of Review named it the Best Film of 2000. The Writers Guild of America awarded Doug Wright with the Paul Selvin Award.
The film was a modest art house success, averaging $27,709 per screen its debut weekend, and eventually grossing $17,989,277 internationally.
Noted for its artistic licenses, Quills filmmakers and writers said they were not making a biography of de Sade, but exploring issues such as censorship, pornography, sex, art, mental illness, and religion.
Released by 20th Century Fox, via Fox Searchiight.
And before you ask, no it’s not on Disney+.
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Rules of Engagement is a 2000 American war legal drama film, directed by William Friedkin, written by Stephen Gaghan, from a story by Jim Webb, and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson.
Jackson plays U.S. Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who is brought to court-martial after Marines under his orders kill several civilians outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen.
Colonel Terry Childers is a 30-year Marine veteran: a decorated officer with combat experience in Vietnam, Beirut and Desert Storm, a patriot, a hero.
But now, the country he served so well has put him on trial for a rescue mission that went terribly wrong. For his attorney, he has chosen Marine Colonel Hays Hodges, a comrade-in-arms who owes his life to Childers.
Hodges is not the best lawyer in the service, but Childers trusts him as a brother Marine who knows what it's like to risk death under fire. Bound by duty and friendship, Hodges reluctantly takes the case, even as he begins to doubt the man who saved his life in Vietnam three decades ago.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, gave it two and a half out of four stars, praising its "expert melodrama" while criticizing an "infuriating screenplay".
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee described it as "probably the most racist film ever made against Arabs by Hollywood", comparing it with The Birth of a Nation and The Eternal Jew.
Director William Friedkin, dismissed accusations that the film was racist.
Friedkin later stated the film "was a box office hit but many critics saw it as jingoism".
He says that James Webb later saw the film on the recommendation of his friend Colonel David Hackworth; Webb then rang Friedkin to say how much he liked it.
Jack G. Shaheen in a review for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs called it "the most blatantly racist movie I have ever seen".
Another review in Senses of Cinema said that the "political perspective of Rules of Engagement seems to belong to another era altogether.
It carries an almost anachronistic fondness for the war in Vietnam, and seems intent on validating America’s involvement in the conflict".
Made for $60 million, it garnered $71.7 million.
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Ready to Rumble is a 2000 American buddy comedy wrestling film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Steven Brill, which is based on Turner Broadcasting System's now defunct professional wrestling promotion, World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
The film stars David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan, Bill Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Diamond Dallas Page, Joe Pantoliano and Martin Landau.
The film draws its title from ring announcer Michael Buffer's catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!", and features many wrestlers from WCW.
Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) are best friends who operate a sewage truck and idolize pro wrestler Jimmy King.
After Diamond Dallas Page dethrones their hero, Gordie and Sean embark on a mission to help King get his title back.
When they finally track him down, however, they discover that King is not too keen on recapturing his former glory. Can the boys find a way to motivate the faded champ?
Roger Ebert said that the movie works best when focusing on the aspects of professional wrestling instead of the "wheezy prefab" Dumb and Dumber antics and felt there was misuse of both Platt and Landau, citing the former's comedic talents being wasted and having an actual wrestler in his place instead, and the latter being more suitable in dramatic works.
Around the time of this movie's release, David Arquette made a string of appearances on WCW television. In lieu of spending any of the money paid to him from WCW, David instead chose to give all of his WCW earnings to the family of deceased wrestler Brian Pillman.
No wrestlers were harmed during the making of this motion picture.
Made for $24 million, it garnered $12.5 million.
Digimon: The Movie (2000)
Digimon: The Movie is a 2000 animated film adaptation produced by Saban Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Fox as part of the Digimon franchise.
The film used footage from the short films Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!, and Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals, while the events of the film take place during the first two seasons of Digimon: Digital Monsters.
Production of the film began in 2000 after Fox sought to bring a feature film to the Digimon franchise.
Only three seasonal short films were produced for the series in Japan, which Fox was contractually obligated to produce as one cohesive film by Toei Animation.
Due to the drastically different plots and budget restraints, more than 40 minutes of scenes from the individual Japanese films were cut to save time and introduced several changes in tone, dialogue, and plot.
Owing to the number of changes made, it is considered an original work by the press.
Digimon: The Movie was released in the United States on October 6, 2000, by 20th Century Fox and was a box office success, grossing over $16 million worldwide (equivalent to over $29 million in 2022[6]) against a production budget of $5 million.
Despite negative critical reviews, the film had a more positive reception from both fans and audiences, and has since garnered a small cult following. a cover of “Kids in America” by Len, and others.
Angela Anaconda and her friends line up to watch Digimon: The Movie, but Nannette and her friends cut in line and Mrs. Brinks blocks her view of the screen.
Angela imagines herself Digivolving into Angelamon to defeat Mrs. Brinks and Nannette, before the audience all realize they are in the wrong theater and leave.
The film, featured music by Paul Gordon, “The Rockafeller Skank” performed by Fatboy Slim, “One Week” performed by Barenaked Ladies, as well as a cover of the Kim Wilde song, “Kids in America” by Len.
Released by 20th Century Fox, but on Disney*. The film being made by Saban Entertainment, who owns the distribution rights to the series, may have something to do with it.
Disney. Can our mouse, be your digital mouse?
Best in Show (2000)
Best in Show is a 2000 American mockumentary comedy film co-written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy and directed by Guest.
The film follows five entrants in a prestigious dog show as they travel to and compete at the show, and stars Guest and Levy alongside Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, and Parker Posey.
Much of the dialogue was improvised. Many of the comic actors were also involved in Guest's other films, including Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots. The film's score was composed by C. J. Vanston.
After parodying the idiosyncrasies of community theater devotees in the mock documentary Waiting for Guffman, actor/director Christopher Guest returns with another semi-improvised comedy that casts a satirical gaze on the world of championship dog breeding and training.
A television crew is on hand to document the prestigious Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show, and competition is fierce among the canine devotees vying for top honors.
In addition to Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, and Parker Posey, several other veterans of the Waiting for Guffman cast also appear in Best in Show, including Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, and Lewis Arquette.
Best in Show was the inspiration for the broadcast of the National Dog Show, which has aired each Thanksgiving on NBC since 2002.
To celebrate Halloween 2022, former Victorious castmates Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies paid homage to Best in Show by recreating several scenes from the movie in which they each dressed up as multiple characters.
After shooting in May, the results were then posted to Instagram on October 28 and drew praise from Jennifer Coolidge.
The film opened to a weekend gross of $413,436 to 13 theatres with an average of $31,802 per theater. After opening to a total of 497 theaters, the film ended its run with a domestic total of $18,715,392.
The foreign gross of $2,074,164 brought its total gross revenue to $20,789,556.
The film, featured earlier performances by Jay Brazeau, Colin Cunningham, Don S. Davis, Jennifer Coolidge, Jennifer Coolidge. and Will Sasso.
Both Eugene Levy, and Deborah Theaker worked together on the Canadian TV series, Maniac Mansion, with Levy as Anne of the producers, and co creators, and had a cameo on the series, while Theaker was a actress on the show.
The movie, was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Center Stage (2000)
Center Stage is a 2000 American teen drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner about a group of young ballet dancers from various backgrounds who enroll at the fictitious American Ballet Academy in New York City.
The film explores the issues and difficulties in the world of professional dance, and how each individual copes with the stresses. It also served as the film debut for actresses Zoe Saldana and Amanda Schull.
The single from the film's soundtrack "I Wanna Be with You" is performed by Mandy Moore.
The song became Moore's highest-charting song in the US at number 24, becoming her only top 40 song in the nation. It spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked during its 9th week on the chart.
The American Ballet Company is not for the fainthearted. It's for the most gifted and beautiful ballet dancers alive.
But you'll need more than mere physical prowess and determination to succeed.
You'll need to deliver the goods at Center Stage. Jonathan Reeves, the ballet company's artistic director, is evaluating this young tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their seductive world of dance.
Managing their ambitions, romances and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful. "Full of non-stop energy, Center Stage is sexy and just makes you want to get up and dance!"
The film, featured earlier performances by Susan May Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and Amanda Schull.
The film opened at #6 at the box office making US$4,604,621 in its opening weekend.
The film has grossed a total of $26,385,941 worldwide.
A sequel to the film titled Center Stage: Turn It Up starring Rachele Brooke Smith was first released in cinemas in Australia on October 30, 2008, and debuted in the United States on November 1, 2008, on the Oxygen channel.
Another sequel Center Stage: On Pointe premiered on Lifetime on June 25, 2016. The film stars Nicole Muñoz and former Dance Moms star Chloe Lukasiak and features alumni from the first two films mentoring a younger generation of dancers.
On May 12, 2020, which was the film's 20th anniversary, it was announced that a follow-up TV series is in development. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson will write, direct and executive produce the series. Laurence Mark, the producer of the original film, will also serve as an executive producer.
The series will follow a new group of students at the American Ballet Academy, now run by Cooper Nielson.
The Contender is a 2000 American political drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie.
It stars Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film focuses on a fictional United States President and the events surrounding his appointment of a new Vice President (Allen).
The film serves as a response to the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton. It became the subject of controversy regarding alterations that displeased Oldman, who co-produced.
The film enjoyed box office success in the US. The film also received two Academy Award nominations; Joan Allen was nominated for Best Actress and Jeff Bridges for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards.
When the sitting Vice President dies, Senator Laine
Hanson is chosen by the President to be the first woman to hold the office.
The selection meets with opposition from members of both parties, in particular a powerful political adversary who will seemingly stop at nothing to discredit her.
Her confirmation hearings set off a firestorm of controversy as shocking secrets from Hanson's past are revealed, threatening her personal life as well as her political future.
The film, featured performances by Robin Thomas, Mike Binder, and Kathryn Morris.
Roger Ebert, gave the film four stars out of four, calling it "one of those rare movies where you leave the theater having been surprised and entertained, and then start arguing"
Made for $20 million, it garnered $22.4 million.
Hamlet (2000)
Hamlet, also known as Hamlet 2000, is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Michael Almereyda, set in contemporary New York City, and based on the Shakespeare play of the same name.
Ethan Hawke plays Hamlet as a film student, Kyle MacLachlan co-stars as Uncle Claudius, with Diane Venora as Gertrude, Liev Schreiber as Laertes, Julia Stiles as Ophelia, Steve Zahn as Rosencrantz, Bill Murray as Polonius, and Sam Shepard as Hamlet's father.
In this version of Hamlet, Claudius is the CEO or "king" of the Denmark Corporation, having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet's father.
This adaptation keeps the Shakespearean dialogue but presents a modern setting, with technology such as video cameras, Polaroid cameras, and surveillance bugs. For example, the ghost of Hamlet's murdered father first
This is a modern retelling of the classic tale of a young fimmaker in New York City struggling with the weight of a production company called Denmark Corp. following the death of his father, including dealing with those who would deprive him of his "crown."
The film, grossed $20 million.
The Little Vampire (2000)
The Little Vampire is a 2000 comedy horror film loosely based on the children's book series of the same name by German writer Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, about a boy who tries to save a young vampire and his family from a ruthless vampire hunter.
It was directed by Uli Edel and written by Karey Kirkpatrick and Larry Wilson. The film stars Jonathan Lipnicki, Rollo Weeks, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, and Alice Krige.
The film, featured a earlier performance by Anna Popplewell.
The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $28 million against its $35 million budget.
A soundtrack for the film, titled Music from and Inspired by The Little Vampire, was released on October 17, 2000, by New Line Records. Like the last soundtrack, Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys released the song "Shalala Lala" as a single and is included in the soundtrack album.
It also featured music by Aaron Carter, Ace Young, A*Teens, and others.
Down to You (2000)
Down to You is a 2000 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Kris Isacsson, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles as young lovers who meet in college and go through the ups and downs of a relationship. Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth, Ashton Kutcher, Rosario Dawson, Lucie Arnaz, and Henry Winkler play supporting roles.
Isacsson's first and only theatrical feature film, Down to You paired Prinze and Stiles a year after their respective starring roles in the successful high school-set romantic comedies She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You.
Despite being the second-highest grossing film at the domestic box office its opening weekend, the film received poor response from critics and failed to recoup its $35 million budget.
Al and Imogen meet at college in New York City and discover that first love is bittersweet, as they struggle to make their relationship work amid all the distractions of college and big city life.
The film, featured cameos by Adam Carolla, and Jimmy Kimmel, and featured earlier performances by Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Bradley Pierce, Lauren German, Rosario Dawson, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Zak Orth.
First time that Shawn Hatosy and Julia Stiles worked together. Later they would both join the cast of Dexter during Season 5.
Shawn Hatosy, Selma Blair and Zak Orth had previously co-starred in "In and Out“.
The film, featured on its soundtrack Sam Phillips, Billie Myers, Psychic Rain, Lucious Jackson and others.
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Next Friday (2000)
Next Friday is a 2000 American stoner comedy film and the sequel to the 1995 film Friday. It is the first film to be produced by Ice Cube's film production company Cubevision, and to be written by Cube himself.
It was directed by Steve Carr and stars Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Tamala Jones, and Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.
It is the second installment in the Friday series. It tells the story of Craig Jones as he goes to live with his uncle, who just won the lottery, and cousin in Rancho Cucamonga, after the neighborhood bully Deebo escapes from prison where Craig contends with three criminal brothers known as the Joker Brothers.
Next Friday was theatrically released on January 12, 2000, grossing $59 million worldwide. The film has received generally negative reviews from critics.
A third film, titled Friday After Next, was released in November 2002.
Uncle Elroy and Day Day owe money on taxes so Craig finds a way to steal from the next door neighbors to pay off the taxes so Uncle Elroy's house doesn't get put up for aucti
The film, featured a earlier performance by Jacob Vargas.
The film's soundtrack, which featured appearances from Aaliyah, Eminem, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Ice Cube, N.W.A., Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, and Wyclef Jean, peaked at number five on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts, and nineteen on the Billboard 200 in 2000.
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