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2000s English-language films

  • In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)The 2007 Sundance Film Festival opened its doors to a documentary that would soon change how audiences viewed the moon landings.
  • Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3DMark Cowen and Tom Hanks joined forces to create a documentary about the first humans on the Moon. This project marked the third Apollo-related work for…
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingIn the Second Age of Middle-earth, the Dark Lord Sauron forges the One Ring in Mount Doom. This single act imbues the object with power to control other…
  • The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film)In the year 1527, King Henry VIII of England stood before his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. Their marriage had produced no male heir to secure the…
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingIn the shadow of Mount Doom, a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins clings to a crumbling ledge while his loyal companion Samwise Gamgee pulls him upward.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersFrodo Baggins awakens from a dream of Gandalf fighting the Balrog in Moria, finding himself and Samwise Gamgee lost in the Emyn Muil near Mordor.
  • A.I. Artificial IntelligenceStanley Kubrick acquired the rights to Brian Aldiss's 1969 short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" in the early 1970s.
  • Waking LifeAn unnamed young man lives an ethereal existence that lacks transitions between everyday events. He observes quietly but later participates actively in…
  • The Cat ReturnsIn 1995, Studio Ghibli released a film titled Whisper of the Heart. That project introduced Baron, a cat figurine who came to life within a fantasy sequence.
  • Born of HopeKate Madison held a vision for a Tolkien fan film in 2003. She wanted to submit work to the Tolkien Fan Film Exhibition that year.
  • Synecdoche, New YorkCharlie Kaufman entered the director's chair in 2008 with a $20 million budget for his first feature film. Sony Pictures Classics had initially approached…
  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the ClonesGeorge Lucas began writing the script for Attack of the Clones in March 2000, just three months before principal photography started.
  • Cold Mountain (film)In 1997, United Artists purchased the rights to Charles Frazier's bestselling novel for Anthony Minghella to write and direct.
  • Gods and Generals (film)Ted Turner personally financed the 2003 film Gods and Generals after Warner Bros. Pictures rejected his initial pitch in 2000.
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinSquare Pictures spent four years building a custom render farm in Hawaii to create Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. This facility housed 960 Pentium…
  • The Hunt for GollumChris Bouchard wrote the screenplay for The Hunt for Gollum alongside Stuart Price and Lewis Albrow. Rickety Shack Films and Independent Online Cinema…
  • The Day After TomorrowThe script for The Day After Tomorrow originated from a 1999 book titled The Coming Global Superstorm. Art Bell and Whitley Strieber wrote the source…
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)George Lucas watched a rough cut of early television episodes on a big screen in 2008 and made an immediate decision. He declared the footage beautiful…
  • Silent Hill (film)Rose Da Silva stands at the edge of a road in West Virginia, her eyes fixed on a small girl who steps into the path. The child vanishes before Rose can…
  • I Heart HuckabeesDavid O. Russell began developing I Heart Huckabees with a discarded concept about listening to conversations in a Chinese restaurant.
  • An Inconvenient TruthProducer Laurie David attended a town hall meeting in New York City on the 27th of May 2004. She watched Al Gore present a ten-minute version of his slide…
  • Session 9Brad Anderson stood at a crossroads in the early 2000s. He had directed two romantic comedies, Next Stop Wonderland and Happy Accidents, before making…
  • The DishAn elderly man drives his car through the old entrance of the Parkes Radio Telescope. A technician stops him and tells him he is trespassing on the grounds.