2005 Film News Archives2005 Film Production NotesThe Year's Best Movies Will Be Revealed This Weekend on 'Ebert & Roeper: The Best of 2005' (12/26/05) The Heartland Film Festival and the NCAA to Hold Special Event Screening of GLORY ROAD Oscar (R) Nominee Uma Thurman and Academy Award (R) Winner Meryl Streep Star in the Irresistible Romantic Comedy 'Prime' 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' DVD Rings in Holiday Season Selling 3.7 Million in First Week Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti Garner 2005 Golden Globe (R) Nominations* for Their Performances in One of the Year's Most Powerful and Inspiring Films 'Cinderella Man'
Santa Fe Film Festival Unveils 2005 Award Winners Sixty Foreign Language Films Eligible for 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 'Mission: Impossible III' Wraps Principal Photography in Shanghai MOBSTERS AND MORMONS DVD released Dec. 13th Ken Kwapis’s Sexual Life – Filmmaker Michael Moore Breaks Silence Kids Galore - "Yours, Mine & Ours" Movie Harry Potter Poised for a Box Office Victory, Scoring 93% of Advance Ticket Sales on Fandango Zathura review: "Have House, Will Travel" "The Timelessness of Jane Austen’s Classic Romance" Review "Chicken Little Goes Sci-Fi" Movie Review Sharon Stone Charity Song is a Hit With Over 2,500 Downloaders at iTunes in First Week Harry Potter Tickets Casting a Spell on Fandango in Advance of the Film's Nov. 18 Opening Warner Bros. Pictures' Superman Returns to be Simultaneously Released as IMAX(R) Film in June 2006 Master of Horror Stephen King Teams Up with America's Students to Weave a Weekly Web of Terror ... online! Jaws, The Exorcist and The Sixth Sense Rank as Highest Grossing Horror Films Of All Time in Hollywood.com Report Redemption at the End of the Spear - Movie Preview Heartland Film Festival Concludes Another Record Breaking Year 2005 Woodstock Film Festival Ends "Memoirs of a Geisha" Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Violinist Itzhak Perlman to be Featured Soloists in John Williams' Original Score for Film Version of 'Memoirs of a Geisha' DID CHRISTOPHER ROBIN NAME HIS BEAR AFTER WINNIE, THE BEAR AT THE ZOO, OR WAS IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND? Canines for Christmas - DVD Review by Madelyn Ritrosky-Winslow The Polar Express Steams Onto DVD November 22 From Warner Home Video Heartland Film Festival –Where Do “Truly Moving Pictures” Come From? by Kalynn Huffman Brower George Lucas' 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith' Wins Hollywood Movie of the Year Award (R) Stormy Inspiration for a Dreamer: John Gatins, director "The 12 Dogs of Christmas" film based on young author's best-selling children's book released on DVD Fall 2005 Sylvester Stallone Returns in 'Rocky Balboa' Movie Kermit the Frog's World Tour Launches Into Space An Insider's View of the New Hit Movie 'Two For The Money,' Starring Al Pacino Hollywood Fest Unveils Line-Up: 60 Films to be Presented at 9th Annual Event Rising Costs of Going to Movies, Improving Home Media Experience are Major Factors in Movie Audience Decline Batman Producer Michael Uslan honored with Exhibit: Comics as Cultural Mythology (pt 1) by Kalynn Brower “From BATMAN to BATMAN BEGINS: the Evolution of a Comic Book Hero” (pt. 2) by Kalynn Brower "In Her Shoes" review by Madelyn Ritrosky-Winslow Design Your Way to Stardom With Fandango's '100% Fan-Made' Bag Puppet Contest! Sean Astin, Dakota Fanning, Patricia Heaton and Bill Paxton Among Lineup for 14th Annual Heartland Film Festival Heartland Film Festival Special Screening: David Hunt's “The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania” Demi and J Lo Next to Get Pregnant? Betmaker Odds Say 'YES!' Justice Will Be Served at The 2005 Virginia Film Festival From October 27 - 30 125 Movies Featured in 14 Days at Westwood Film Festival Hilary Duff Partners With Elizabeth Arden Jim Henson, Muppets, Get Stamps of Approval; Kermit the Frog, Celebrating 50 Years in Entertainment, Emcees Ceremony Disneyland Celebrates 50th Anniversary of 'The Mickey Mouse Club' Dakota Fanning - Movie Star and Girl Scout Batman Producer Michael Uslan honored with Exhibit: Comics as Cultural Mythology Greta Garbo Honored with a Postage Stamp St. John Forms New Partnership With Angelina Jolie King Kong: Coming December 5th DreamWorks Animation Announces 'Madagascar 2' Hong Kong Disneyland Officially Opens Its Doors to the World Heartland Film Festival Announces Award Winners and Events GLORIA SWANSON: "I have decided that when I am a star, I will be every inch and every moment the star!" by Steve Starr "To Reconcile With A Bear" - A Review of "An Unifinished Life" Remembering Rudolph Valentino by Steve Starr "Wasabi" movie review by Christopher Happ Paris Hilton, Pam Anderson, Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt get Bitchy "Path to Sundance Film Festival" interview with "The Still Life" director Joel Miller Haydenfilms Online Festival Unveils Season 1 Finalists The Blues Brothers Return to the Big Screen The Release Of "THE STILL LIFE" by Albion Entertainment In September 2005 Heartland Film Festival prepares for October. America's Sin City Hosts Columbia Pictures' Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Teen Star Hilary Duff Receives Broadway Endorsement Tom Hanks and Warner Bros. Pictures to Reunite for Exclusive IMAX(R) 3D Release of The Ant Bully The Candy Fence: Review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory shatters IMAX box office records with golden opening weekend in IMAX(R) theatres New Line Cinema's 'Wedding Crashers' Outperforms Estimates to Earn $33.9 Million in Its Debut Weekend 'Bad News Bears' Slated for Nationwide Release on July 22, 2005 First Official Emmy (R) Odds Released by BetWWTS.com 'Transformers' Will Be More Than Meets The Eye at Theatres Nationwide on 07-04-07 Angelina Jolie 'Out-Hits' Jennifer Aniston, According to Leadpile.com Mission: Impossible 3' Kicks Off Principal Photography in Rome - July 12 Continuing in Europe, US and Asia Keaton and Fraser to Film "The Last Time" Nicolas Cage to Star in Untitled World Trade Center Project for Paramount Pictures; Oliver Stone to Direct Answers to Death of Rapper Notorious B.I.G. Presented in Hit Film, 'Chronicles of the Junior M.A.F.I.A.' STEVEN SPIELBERG Begins production on UNTITLED HISTORICAL THRILLER FOR UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND DREAMWORKS PICTURES PRODUCERS UNCOVER LOST FELLINI PROJECT Star Wars Producer Gary Kurtz to Auction Luke Skywalker's Screen-Used Jedi Light Saber and Other Original Star Wars Artifacts on July 29, 2005 Teen Filmmakers Selected As Finalists In Video Festival Audiences March to 'War of the Worlds': Steven Spielberg - Tom Cruise Film Opens to $34.6 Million Worldwide in Its First Day New Movie Information: Pretty Persuasion CHICKEN LITTLE on Dolby Digital Cinema in Digital 3-D(TM) Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are the Hottest Newcomers to the World of Fashion Hollywood and Marvel Talent Combine Strengths in The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction AFI's List of 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time George Lucas Receives AFI's 33rd Life Achievement Award Paramount Pictures and Cruise/Wagner Productions Announce Toronto Film Festival new section It's 'Match Point' for DreamWorks and Woody Allen Collins College and Earl Jones Institute for Film & Television Provide Free Seminars on Film Production & TV Production Batman Begins' CD Soundtrack to Be Released on June 14th From Warner Sunset Records Topher Grace Joins Cast of 'Spider-Man(R)3' Latest Adventure Set to Debut Worldwide on May 4, 2007 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. to Launch Its Next Generation Computer Entertainment System, in Spring 2006: Playstation 3 GQ June Exclusive: 'American Idol' Brad Pitt interview Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith(TM) Soundtrack Makes History as the Third Star Wars Soundtrack to Debut in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart Fans think Darth Vader can out duel Spider-Man: Betting trends show fans are optimistic about Star Wars’ success at box office Star Wars Is Top Choice of Collectors: According to Beckett Media, Star Wars Is the Most Popular Movie Trading Card Franchise Ever Produced See Darth Vader Before He Went to the Dark Side: Hayden Christensen (Stars as the Ultimate Rebel in 'Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,') on Encore Wam May 21st in the Teen Drama Series 'Higher Ground' George Lucas to Be Saluted by Cannes Film Festival Onboard Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 on May 15 The Polar Express: an IMAX 3D Experience Back on Track to IMAX(R) Theatres in November 2005 Albion Entertainment announces the release of "THE STILL LIFE" In September 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to be Simultaneously Released as IMAX(R) Film in November 2005 Advanced Ticket Sales On Sale for 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith' Friends of The Ghosts of Edendale: WIN A TRIP TO HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD! Millions Spent on Star Wars Memorabilia, but is it Really "Collectible"? Fever Pitch- A Winning Combination: Red Sox and Romance DreamWorks Will Give Domestic Audiences the Smell of 'Perfume' Diving in the Deep Pool of Pride and Prejudice Fan Fiction The Incredibles movie on DVD March 15. Read dozens of pages of movie production notes, articles on the cast and filmmakers. Batman Begins to be Released Day-and-Date in IMAX(R) Theatres June 17th Oscar Awards Host Chris Rock Responds to 'Gays' Comment; Best Actor Nominee Don Cheadle Says He Won't Win Ebert and Roeper Reveal Their Academy Award(TM) Choices Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason DVD & VHS released March 22nd Alda, Allen, Baldwin, Fonda, Montgomery and Morris to Present at American Society of Cinematographers Awards Star Trek Fans Aren't Taking Cancellation Lying Down 'RAY' RECEIVES SIX ACADEMY AWARD(R) NOMINATIONS, INC: BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTING AND BEST ACTOR. DVD available 2/1 THE INCREDIBLES hit DVD and VHS March 15th! Star Jones Reynolds to Host E! Entertainment Television's 2005 Red Carpet Coverage of the SAG (R), Grammy (R) and Academy Awards (R) Sarah Jessica Parker to Make Encore Appearance in Gap's Spring Marketing Campaign MGM, Brooksfilms Partner with BFC Berliner Film Companie for 'Spaceballs' Animated TV Series Speculation about the Brad Pitt - Jennifer Aniston Breakup and Angelina Jolie Highlights the Danger of Inappropriate Friendships in a Marriage Warner Books to Publish Book By Billy Crystal White Noise: More Fact than Fiction Golden Globe Press Information Shatner Stars in 'Invasion Iowa' on Spike TV, Mar 29-April 1st. GQ Cover: Jamie Foxx Takes Over E! to Present the Last Hour of Network's 2-Hr 'Live From the Red Carpet: 2005 Golden Globe(R) Awards' Without Commercial Interruption From 7pm-8pm ET/PT The Phantom of the Opera Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Lands at #1 on Billboard's Soundtrack Chart 'Ray' Nominated for 'Best Picture' Musical or Comedy and 'Best Actor' Golden Globe(R) Awards Latest Golden Globe(R) Odds Available at BetWWTS.com Reese Witherspoon Stars in the Fun, Sexy and Sumptuous Romantic Adventure 'Vanity Fair' Arriving on DVD February 1, 2005 DreamWorks Brings 'Dreamgirls' to Screen 'Coach Carter' Slated for Nationwide Release on January 14, 2005 Nick Stahl to Star in New Line Cinema's 'A Cool Breeze on the Underground' Fourth Annual DVD Exclusive Awards Nominees Announced DVD Exclusive Academy Voters Provide Unexpected Plot Twists. 2004 DVD Exclusive Awards presented February 8, 2005 Tom Hanks Tops 2004 Motion Picture Money-Making Poll Star-Studded Comedy Sets Two Records, Including Biggest Christmas Day Gross in History With $19.5 Million. Universal Studios Home Entertainment Announces 'Friday Night Lights' Top-Ten List Made Up Mainly of Comedians and Talk Show Hosts Bad News Bears' Slated for Nationwide Release on July 22, 2006 'Transformers' Will Be More Than Meets The Eye at Theatres Nationwide on 07-04-07 Keaton and Fraser to Film "The Last Time" STEVEN SPIELBERG Begins production on UNTITLED HISTORICAL THRILLER Aug. 12: Pretty Persuasion Paramount Pictures and Cruise/Wagner Productions Announce Start of Production on 'Mission: Impossible 3' Herbie: Fully Loaded new material added Cinderella Man review and promo It's 'Match Point' for DreamWorks and Woody Allen Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to be Simultaneously Released as IMAX(R) Film in November 2005 "To Reconcile With A Bear" - A Review of "An Unifinished Life" Shatner Stars in 'Invasion Iowa' on Spike TV, March 29-April 1 GQ Cover: Jamie Foxx Takes Over E! to Present the Last Hour of Network's 2-Hr 'Live From the Red Carpet: 2005 Golden Globe(R) Awards' Without Commercial Interruption From 7pm-8pm ET/PT The Phantom of the Opera Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Lands at #1 on Billboard's Soundtrack Chart 'Ray' Nominated for 'Best Picture' Musical or Comedy and 'Best Actor' Golden Globe(R) Awards Latest Golden Globe(R) Odds Available at BetWWTS.com Reese Witherspoon Stars in the Fun, Sexy and Sumptuous Romantic Adventure 'Vanity Fair' Arriving on DVD February 1, 2005 DreamWorks Brings 'Dreamgirls' to Screen 'Coach Carter' Slated for Nationwide Release on January 14, 2005 Nick Stahl to Star in New Line Cinema's 'A Cool Breeze on the Underground' 2005 Film Production Notes2006 Film News
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