2000 In Film

Events

• February 9 — The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival). The film stars Mel Gibson and Milla Jovovich, and is directed by Wim Wenders.
• November 18 — Michael Douglas marries Catherine Zeta-Jones.
• The latest Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? was released to much criticial acclaim. The T-Bone Burnett produced soundtrack ignited an increased interest in traditional American folk and country music.
• Martial arts extravaganza Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon marks the first major American crossover success of an Asian action film, and becomes the highest-grossing subtitled film ever.
• Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.

Top grossing films

1. The Grinch, starring Jim Carrey: $260,044,825
2. Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks: $233,632,142
3. , starring Tom Cruise, directed by John Woo: $215,409,889
4. Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe, directed by Ridley Scott: $187,683,805
5. What Women Want, starring Mel Gibson: $182,811,707
6. The Perfect Storm: $182,618,434
7. Meet the Parents, starring Ben Stiller: $166,244,045
8. X-Men, directed by Bryan Singer: $157,299,717
9. Scary Movie: $157,019,771
10. What Lies Beneath, starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer: $155,464,351

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Gladiator - DreamWorks SKG, Scott Free Productions, Universal Pictures
• Best Actor: Russell Crowe - Gladiator
• Best Actress: Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich

Births

• August 30 - Talia Lanning, who later played one of the daughters of Peter Sellers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Deaths

• January 10 - Sam Jaffe, 98, producer, studio executive, talent agent
• February 11 - Roger Vadim, 72, French movie director
• March 6 - John Colicos, 71, Canadian actor
• March 20 - Gene "Eugene" Andrusco, actor, singer
• March 27 - Ian Dury, 57, English musician and actor
• May 21 - Sir John Gielgud, 96, British actor
• May 25 - Nicholas Clay, 53, British actor
• June 29 - Vittorio Gassmann, 78, Italian actor
• July 1 - Walter Matthau, 79, American actor
• August 5 - Sir Alec Guinness, 86, British actor
• Loretta Young, actress

Other movies released

• Almost Famous
• American Psycho
• Battlefield Earth
• Bedazzled
• Billy Elliot
• Center Stage
• Charlie's Angels
• Chocolat
• Coyote Ugly
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Dancer in the Dark
• Walt Disney's Dinosaur
• Erin Brockovich
• Final Destination
• , starring Arturo Sandoval
• Memento
• Miss Congeniality
• Pitch Black
• Quills
• Remember the Titans
• Requiem for a Dream
• Snatch
• The Road to El Dorado
• Thirteen Days
• Titan A.E.
• Traffic
• U-571
• Unbreakable
• Up at the Villa

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