Month |
Day |
Event |
January |
4 |
The Producers Guild of America nominates Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck, Crash and Walk the Line as contenders for their best-produced film award. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominate Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, I Tried, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Squid and the Whale for best original screenplay. The WGA nominees for best adapted screenplay are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence and Syriana. |
5 |
Jon Stewart is named host of the 78th Academy Awards. |
9 |
The Broadcast Film Critics Association present their Critics' Choice Awards for the best films of 2005 live on The WB network in the United States. Brokeback Mountain is named best picture, best director for Ang Lee and ties for best supporting actress for Michelle Williams. Philip Seymour Hoffman is named best actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon is awarded best actress for Walk the Line. |
16 |
The winners of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards include Brokeback Mountain for best dramatic picture and best director. |
19 |
The 2006 Sundance Film Festival starts in Park City, Utah. |
24 |
Disney announces plans to acquire Pixar |
28 |
The Directors Guild of America names Ang Lee best film director of 2005 for Brokeback Mountain, best documentary goes to Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and its Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Clint Eastwood. |
29 |
The Screen Actors Guild names Philip Seymour Hoffman outstanding male movie actor for Capote, Reese Witherspoon as outstanding female lead movie actor for Walk the Line, Rachel Weisz as outstanding female actor in a supporting role for The Constant Gardener, Paul Giamatti as outstanding male actor in a supporting role for Cinderella Man the cast of Crash as outstanding ensemble in a theatrical motion picture, and Shirley Temple Black is given a life achievement award. |
30 |
The 26th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards nominees include Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Dirty Love, The Dukes of Hazzard, House of Wax and Son of the Mask for worst film; Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell, Jamie Kennedy, The Rock and Rob Schneider for worst actor; and, Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Lopez, Jenny McCarthy and Tara Reid for worst actress. |
31 |
The Academy Awards for best film achievement in 2005 had nominated primarily independent films. Brokeback Mountain led the nominations with 8, followed by Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha all earning six. |
February |
5 |
The 33rd annual Annie Award - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won the best animated feature, as well as all nine categories which it was nominated. Family Guy won the best voice acting and directing, Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 won the best animated TV production, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch won the best home entertainment award, and Ultimate Spider-Man won the new "best video game award". |
6 |
Disney re-acquires the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal, in exchange for ABC letting commentator Al Michaels work on NBC Sunday Night Football. |
March |
4 |
Dirty Love dominates the 26th Golden Raspberry Awards with 4 awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Jenny McCarthy. Rob Schneider took home for Worst Actor for his performance in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Other awards went to Hayden Christensen as Worst Supporting Actor for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Paris Hilton as Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax |
5 |
78th Academy Awards: Crash earns a win for Best Picture upsetting favorite Brokeback Mountain. No film, for the first time in 58 years, won a clear majority. Both films as well as Memoirs of a Geisha and King Kong win three Oscars each. Favorite March of the Penguins wins Oscar for Documentary Feature. South Africa wins its first motion picture Oscar with the Best Foreign Film award for Tsotsi. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit wins Oscar for Animated feature film.
Major awards as follows:
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13 |
11th Empire Awards: Pride & Prejudice and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith win the most awards with two. |
April |
18 |
Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri. |
25 |
The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as United 93 and Mission: Impossible III. |
28 |
TV double act Ant & Dec make their big screen debut with Alien Autopsy. |
May |
17 |
The 2006 Cannes Film Festival began in Cannes, France. It continued until May 28. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel. Films in competition included Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Fast Food Nation by Richard Linklater, Iklimler by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, El Laberinto del Fauno by Guillermo del Toro, Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, Southland Tales by Richard Kelly, Volver by Pedro Almodóvar, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach |
27 |
Brad Pitt and Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie give birth to daughter Shiloh in the African nation of Namibia. |
June |
3 |
The 2006 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced. |
14 |
The American Film Institute releases its ninth list of its AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers recognizing 100 films as the most "inspirational" in cinema history. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is named the most "inspirational" film of all time. |
July |
7 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest opens later grossing $55.8 million on its opening day, setting records for the largest opening day, the largest single day gross, and the largest Friday gross of all time (the previous record was held by Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith with $50,013,859, the previous year). It also surpassed the opening weekend gross (at $135,634,554 between July 7–9) previously set by Spider-Man in 2002 with $114,844,116 between May 3–5. |
28 |
Actor and Oscar-winning director producer Mel Gibson is arrested after speeding on Pacific Coast Highway due to a DUI. Police reports later reveal stinging anti-Semitic comments made to the officer (a Jew). Gibson checked into rehab and issued several statements apologizing for his rude comments. See Mel Gibson DUI incident for more details. |
September |
7 |
Ellen DeGeneres is named host of the 79th Academy Awards. |
7-16 |
The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival takes place. |
December |
7 |
64th Golden Globe Awards nominees are announced. Babel leads nominations with seven. |
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast and crew |
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A
R
Y |
6 |
BloodRayne |
Boll KG Productions |
Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Rodriguez |
Grandma's Boy |
20th Century Fox |
Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Shirley Jones |
Hostel |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Jay Hernandez |
13 |
Glory Road |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight |
Hoodwinked! |
The Weinstein Company |
Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Xzibit, Andy Dick, Patrick Warburton, David Ogden Stiers |
Last Holiday |
Paramount Pictures |
Queen Latifah, Gérard Depardieu, LL Cool J |
Tristan and Isolde |
20th Century Fox |
James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell |
20 |
End of the Spear |
Every Tribe Entertainment |
Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Jack Guzman |
Grossology |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Doug Hadders, Adam Rotstein, Andy Dick, Patrick Warburton |
Underworld: Evolution |
Screen Gems |
Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy |
24 |
Wristcutters: A Love Story |
Autonomous Films |
Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon |
27 |
Annapolis |
Touchstone Pictures |
James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster |
Big Momma's House 2 |
20th Century Fox |
Martin Lawrence, Nia Long |
Nanny McPhee |
Universal Studios |
Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury |
F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y |
3 |
Something New |
Focus Features |
Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Mike Epps |
When a Stranger Calls |
Screen Gems |
Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy |
10 |
Curious George |
Universal Studios |
Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Dick Van Dyke |
Final Destination 3 |
New Line Cinema |
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Amanda Crew |
Firewall |
Warner Bros. |
Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen |
The Pink Panther |
MGM/Columbia |
Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyoncé Knowles, Kristin Chenoweth |
17 |
Date Movie |
20th Century Fox |
Alyson Hannigan, Jennifer Coolidge, Carmen Electra |
Eight Below |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Paul Walker, Jason Biggs |
Freedomland |
Columbia Pictures |
Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard |
24 |
Doogal |
The Weinstein Company |
Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, William H. Macy, Chevy Chase, Kevin Smith, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Kylie Minogue, Bill Hader |
Madea's Family Reunion |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Tyler Perry |
Running Scared |
New Line Cinema |
Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga |
25 |
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York |
Marvista Entertainment
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment |
Costas Mandylor, Alexandra Paul, Michael Ironside |
M
A
R
C
H |
3 |
16 Blocks |
Warner Bros. |
Bruce Willis, Mos Def |
Aquamarine |
20th Century Fox |
Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, JoJo |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party |
Rogue Pictures |
Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Mos Def |
Ultraviolet |
Screen Gems |
Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund |
10 |
Failure to Launch |
Paramount Pictures |
Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Bates |
The Hills Have Eyes |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Vinessa Shaw, Kathleen Quinlan, Aaron Stanford, Emilie de Ravin |
The Shaggy Dog |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Robert Downey, Jr., Spencer Breslin |
17 |
She's the Man |
DreamWorks |
Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum |
Thank You for Smoking |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Katie Holmes |
V for Vendetta |
Warner Bros. |
Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving |
24 |
Inside Man |
Universal Studios |
Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster |
The Secret |
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Larry the Cable Guy |
Stay Alive |
Hollywood Pictures |
Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz |
Unidentified |
Five & Two Pictures |
Jonathan Aube, Josh Adamson, Michael Blain-Rozgay, Rebecca St. James |
31 |
ATL |
Warner Bros. |
T.I., Lauren London, Evan Ross, Big Boi, Keith David, Jason Weaver, Jackie Long |
Basic Instinct 2 |
Columbia Pictures |
Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis |
Ice Age: The Meltdown |
20th Century Fox / Blue Sky |
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Jay Leno |
Slither |
Universal Studios |
Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker |
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast and crew |
A
P
R
I
L |
7 |
The Benchwarmers |
Revolution Studios |
Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz |
Friends with Money |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack |
Lucky Number Slevin |
The Weinstein Company |
Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis |
Phat Girlz |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Mo'Nique |
Take the Lead |
New Line Cinema |
Antonio Banderas, Yaya DaCosta, Alfre Woodard |
14 |
Scary Movie 4 |
The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films / Miramax Films |
Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, Bill Pullman, Carmen Electra |
The Wild |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Kiefer Sutherland, William Shatner, Greg Cipes, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, Richard Kind |
21 |
American Dreamz |
Universal Studios |
Hugh Grant, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid |
The Sentinel |
20th Century Fox |
Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Eva Longoria |
Silent Hill |
Tristar Pictures |
Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Alice Krige |
28 |
Akeelah and the Bee |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett |
Alien Autopsy |
Warner Bros. |
Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly (Ant & Dec), Bill Pullman, Jimmy Carr |
Stick It |
Touchstone Pictures |
Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies |
United 93 |
Universal Studios |
David Rasche, Rebecca Schull, Denny Dillon |
RV |
Columbia Pictures |
Robin Williams, Josh Hutcherson, Cheryl Hines |
M
A
Y |
5 |
An American Haunting |
Freestyle Releasing |
Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy |
Art School Confidential |
United Artists |
Max Minghella, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Anjelica Huston, Joel Moore |
Hoot |
New Line Cinema |
Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson |
Mission: Impossible III |
Paramount Pictures |
Tom Cruise, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michelle Monaghan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Keri Russell, Maggie Q |
12 |
Goal! |
Touchstone Pictures |
Kuno Becker, Marcel Iureş, Anna Friel |
Just My Luck |
20th Century Fox |
Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Samaire Armstrong |
Poseidon |
Warner Bros. |
Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Kevin Dillon, Stacy Ferguson |
19 |
The Da Vinci Code |
Columbia Pictures |
Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Audrey Tautou, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina; Ron Howard (director) |
Over the Hedge |
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation |
Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Avril Lavigne, Wanda Sykes |
See No Evil |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Glenn Jacobs, Rachael Taylor |
26 |
X-Men: The Last Stand |
20th Century Fox |
Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin |
J
U
N
E |
2 |
The Break-Up |
Universal Studios |
Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn |
6 |
The Omen |
20th Century Fox |
Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis |
9 |
Cars |
Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar |
Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, John Ratzenberger, Jeremy Piven |
A Prairie Home Companion |
Pictureshouse |
Garrison Keillor, Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Virginia Madsen; Robert Altman (director) |
16 |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift |
Universal Studios |
Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Zachery Ty Bryan |
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties |
20th Century Fox |
Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt |
The Lake House |
Warner Bros. |
Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock |
Nacho Libre |
Paramount Pictures |
Jack Black |
21 |
The Collingswood Story |
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23 |
Click |
Columbia Pictures |
Adam Sandler, Christopher Walken, Kate Beckinsale |
Waist Deep |
Focus Features |
Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, The Game, Larenz Tate |
28 |
Superman Returns |
Warner Bros. |
Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Parker Posey, James Marsden, Frank Langella |
30 |
The Devil Wears Prada |
20th Century Fox |
Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker |
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast and crew |
J
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Y |
7 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Naomie Harris Kevin McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Tom Hollander, Geoffrey Rush |
14 |
Little Man |
Revolution Studios |
Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Kerry Washington |
You, Me and Dupree |
Universal Studios |
Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas |
21 |
Clerks II |
The Weinstein Company |
Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith |
Lady in the Water |
Warner Bros. |
Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban |
Monster House |
Columbia Pictures |
Mitchel Musso, Spencer Locke |
My Super Ex-Girlfriend |
20th Century Fox |
Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris |
26 |
Little Miss Sunshine |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano |
28 |
The Ant Bully |
Warner Bros. / Legendary Pictures |
Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti |
John Tucker Must Die |
20th Century Fox |
Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow, Arielle Kebbel, Jenny McCarthy |
Miami Vice |
Universal Studios |
Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Justin Theroux, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds |
Scoop |
BBC Films |
Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane |
A
U
G
U
S
T |
4 |
Barnyard |
Paramount / Nickelodeon |
Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Wanda Sykes, |
The Descent |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Alex Reid |
The Night Listener |
Miramax Films |
Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Bobby Cannavale |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen |
9 |
World Trade Center |
20th Century Fox / Paramount |
Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Stephen Dorff, Oliver Stone (director) |
11 |
Pulse |
Dimension Films |
Christina Milian, Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder |
Step Up |
Touchstone Pictures |
Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan |
Zoom |
Revolution Studios |
Tim Allen, Chevy Chase, Courteney Cox, Rip Torn, Spencer Breslin, Kevin Zegers, Michael Cassidy |
18 |
Accepted |
Universal Studios |
Justin Long, Blake Lively |
Kenny |
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Shane Jacobson |
The Illusionist ‡ |
Yari Film Group |
Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti |
Material Girls |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Lukas Haas |
Snakes on a Plane |
New Line Cinema |
Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Phillips, Julianna Margulies, Rachel Blanchard |
25 |
Beerfest |
Warner Bros. |
Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske |
How to Eat Fried Worms |
New Line Cinema |
Luke Benward, Adam Hicks |
Idlewild |
Universal Studios |
Macy Gray, Terrence Howard, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Cicely Tyson, Ben Vereen |
Invincible |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rispoli |
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1 |
Idiocracy |
20th Century Fox |
Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Alan Crews |
Crank |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam |
Crossover |
Tristar Pictures |
Anthony Mackie |
The Wicker Man |
Warner Bros. |
Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski |
8 |
The Covenant |
Screen Gems / Paramount |
Toby Hemingway, Chace Crawford, Steven Strait, Taylor Kitsch, Laura Ramsey |
Hollywoodland |
Focus Features |
Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins, Robin Tunney |
Tom-Yum-Goong |
The Weinstein Company |
Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones |
15 |
The Black Dahlia |
Universal Studios |
Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Fiona Shaw; Brian De Palma (director) |
Everyone's Hero |
20th Century Fox |
Jake T. Austin, William H. Macy, Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Raven-Symoné, Brian Dennehy, Mandy Patinkin, Robert Wagner, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Dana Reeve, Richard Kind, Joe Torre |
Gridiron Gang |
Columbia Pictures |
The Rock, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell |
The Last Kiss |
DreamWorks |
Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson |
16 |
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers |
Shochiku |
Shunji Igarashi, Masaki Nishina, Minoru Tanaka, Ai Saikawa, Daisuke Watanabe, Kenta Uchino, Misato Hirata |
22 |
All the King's Men |
Columbia Pictures |
Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Patricia Clarkson, Mark Ruffalo |
Fearless |
Rogue Pictures |
Jet Li, Collin Chou |
Flyboys |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
James Franco, Jean Reno, Martin Henderson |
Jackass Number Two |
Paramount / MTV Films |
Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Wee Man |
29 |
Facing the Giants |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, James Blackwell, Jim McBride, Jason McLeod, Erin Bethea |
The Guardian |
Touchstone Pictures |
Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller |
Open Season |
Columbia Pictures |
Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Georgia Engel |
School for Scoundrels |
The Weinstein Company |
Jacinda Barrett, Jon Heder, Billy Bob Thornton |
30 |
The Queen |
Miramax Films |
Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen, Helen McCrory, Stephen Frears (director) |
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast and crew |
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6 |
The Departed |
Warner Bros. |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Ray Winstone, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, Martin Scorsese (director) |
Employee of the Month |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning |
New Line Cinema / Platinum Dunes |
Andrew Bryniarski, Jordana Brewster, Matthew Bomer, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, R. Lee Ermey |
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie |
Alliance Atlantis |
John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, John Dunsworth, Jonathan Torrens |
13 |
The Grudge 2 |
Columbia Pictures |
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Roemer, Teresa Palmer |
Man of the Year |
Universal Studios |
Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Barry Levinson (director) |
The Marine |
20th Century Fox |
John Cena, Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, Jeff Chase |
One Night with the King |
Gener8Xion Entertainment |
Tiffany Dupont, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, John Rhys-Davies, Luke Goss |
20 |
Flags of Our Fathers |
DreamWorks Pictures / Warner Bros. |
Paul Walker, Ryan Phillippe, Neal McDonough, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Jamie Bell, Benjamin Walker, John Benjamin Hickey, Clint Eastwood (director) |
Flicka |
20th Century Fox |
Alison Lohman, Maria Bello, Tim McGraw |
Marie Antoinette |
Columbia Pictures |
Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan |
The Prestige |
Touchstone Pictures / Warner Bros. |
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Nolan (director) |
24 |
Halloween Night |
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27 |
Babel ‡ |
Paramount Vantage / Paramount Pictures |
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi, Adriana Barraza, Elle Fanning |
Dirty Sanchez: the Movie |
Vertigo Films |
Matthew Pritchard, Michael Locke (The Pain Men), Lee Dainton, Dan Joyce |
Saw III |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell, Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, J. Larose |
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3 |
Borat |
20th Century Fox |
Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson, Pat Haggerty, Bob Barr, Larry Charles (director) |
Flushed Away |
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation |
Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Jean Reno |
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ann-Margret, Alan Arkin, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Peter Boyle, Kevin Pollak, Michael Lembeck (director) |
Volver ‡ |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Pedro Almodóvar (director) |
9 |
Breaking and Entering |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company |
Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone, Juliet Stevenson, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Minghella (director) |
10 |
A Good Year |
20th Century Fox |
Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Ridley Scott (director) |
Harsh Times |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria |
The Return |
Rogue Pictures |
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Sam Shepard |
Stranger Than Fiction |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson |
17 |
Bobby ‡ |
The Weinstein Company |
Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Heather Graham, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater |
Casino Royale |
MGM/Columbia |
Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright |
For Your Consideration ‡ |
Warner Independent |
Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch |
Happy Feet |
Warner Bros. |
Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving |
Let's Go to Prison |
Universal Studios |
Dax Shepard, Will Arnett |
22 |
Deck the Halls |
20th Century Fox |
Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth |
Déjà Vu |
Touchstone Pictures |
Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel |
The Fountain |
Warner Bros. |
Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn |
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny |
New Line Cinema |
Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed |
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1 |
The Nativity Story |
New Line Cinema |
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo |
Turistas |
Fox Atomic |
Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde |
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Kal Penn |
8 |
Apocalypto |
Touchstone Pictures |
Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mel Gibson (director) |
Blood Diamond |
Warner Bros. |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Edward Zwick (director) |
The Holiday |
Columbia Pictures / Universal Pictures |
Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Edward Burns, Eli Wallach, Rufus Sewell, Lindsay Lohan, James Franco, Shannyn Sossamon, Kathryn Hahn, Odette Yustman, Nancy Meyers (director) |
15 |
Charlotte's Web |
Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies |
Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford, Thomas Haden Church, Beau Bridges, Kevin Anderson |
Dreamgirls ‡ |
DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures |
Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose |
Eragon |
20th Century Fox |
Edward Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weisz, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich |
The Pursuit of Happyness |
Columbia Pictures |
Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton |
19 |
Salvage |
|
Lauren Currie, Cody Darbe |
20 |
Letters from Iwo Jima ‡ |
Warner Bros. / DreamWorks Pictures |
Ken Watanabe, Clint Eastwood (director) |
Rocky Balboa |
MGM / Columbia |
Sylvester Stallone, Milo Ventimiglia, Geraldine Hughes, Burt Young |
21 |
Curse of the Golden Flower ‡ |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Zhang Yimou (director) |
22 |
The Good Shepherd |
Universal Studios |
Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie |
Night at the Museum |
20th Century Fox |
Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson, Jake Cherry, Kim Raver, Steve Coogan, Patrick Gallagher, Charles Q. Murphy, Paul Rudd |
We Are Marshall |
Warner Bros. |
Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Kate Mara, Anthony Mackie |
25 |
Black Christmas |
MGM / Dimension Films / The Weinstein Co. |
Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Crystal Lowe, Andrea Martin, Lacey Chabert |
Children of Men ‡ |
Universal Studios |
Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine |
Notes on a Scandal ‡ |
Fox Searchlight |
Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett |
29 |
Arthur and the Invisibles ‡ |
The Weinstein Company |
Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, David Bowie, Mia Farrow, Snoop Dogg, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro |
Pan's Labyrinth ‡ |
Picturehouse |
Guillermo del Toro (director) |
Month |
Date |
Name |
Age |
Country |
Profession |
Notable films |
January |
?? |
Rose Alba |
85 |
UK |
Actress |
|
2 |
Osa Massen |
91 |
Denmark |
Actress |
|
2 |
John Woodnutt |
81 |
UK |
Actor |
|
5 |
Mark Roberts |
84 |
USA |
Actor |
|
7 |
Jim Zulevic |
40 |
USA |
Actor |
|
12 |
Stu Linder |
74 |
USA |
Film Editor |
|
14 |
Shelley Winters |
85 |
USA |
Actress |
|
19 |
Anthony Franciosa |
77 |
USA |
Actor |
|
21 |
Robert Knudson |
80 |
USA |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
|
23 |
Joseph M. Newman |
96 |
USA |
Director |
|
24 |
Chris Penn |
40 |
USA |
Actor |
|
24 |
Fayard Nicholas |
91 |
USA |
Actor, Dancer, Choreographer |
|
26 |
Len Carlson |
68 |
Canada |
Actor |
Cypher |
27 |
Paul Valentine |
86 |
USA |
Actor |
|
28 |
Henry McGee |
77 |
UK |
Actor |
|
31 |
Moira Shearer |
80 |
UK |
Actress, Dancer |
|
February |
1 |
Roy Alon |
63 |
UK |
Stuntman |
|
3 |
Jean Byron |
80 |
USA |
Actress |
|
3 |
Al Lewis |
82 |
USA |
Actor |
|
5 |
Franklin Cover |
77 |
USA |
Actor |
|
6 |
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez |
80 |
USA |
Actor |
|
9 |
Phil Brown |
89 |
USA |
Actor |
|
13 |
Andreas Katsulas |
59 |
USA |
Actor |
|
17 |
Harold Hunter |
31 |
USA |
Actor |
|
18 |
Richard Bright |
64 |
USA |
Actor |
|
19 |
Erna Lazarus |
102 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
|
21 |
Richard Snell |
50 |
Bahamas |
Makeup Artist |
|
24 |
Don Knotts |
81 |
USA |
Actor |
|
24 |
Dennis Weaver |
81 |
USA |
Actor |
|
25 |
Darren McGavin |
83 |
USA |
Actor |
|
March |
1 |
Peter Sykes |
66 |
Australia |
Director, Actor |
|
1 |
Jack Wild |
53 |
UK |
Actor |
|
2 |
Phyllis Huffman |
61 |
USA |
Casting Director |
|
7 |
Gordon Parks |
93 |
USA |
Director |
|
7 |
John Junkin |
76 |
UK |
Writer, Actor |
|
12 |
Joseph Bova |
81 |
USA |
Actor |
|
13 |
Maureen Stapleton |
80 |
USA |
Actress |
|
16 |
Moira Redmond |
77 |
UK |
Actress |
|
17 |
Bob Papenbrook |
50 |
USA |
Voice Actor |
|
18 |
Michael Attwell |
63 |
UK |
Actor |
|
25 |
Richard Fleischer |
89 |
USA |
Director |
|
29 |
Gretchen Rau |
66 |
USA |
Set and Art Director |
|
April |
4 |
Gary Gray |
69 |
USA |
Actor |
|
9 |
Vilgot Sjöman |
82 |
Sweden |
Director |
|
11 |
June Pointer |
52 |
USA |
Actress |
|
16 |
John Godey |
93 |
USA |
Author |
The Taking of Pelham 123 |
17 |
Henderson Forsythe |
88 |
USA |
Actor |
|
22 |
Alida Valli |
84 |
Italy |
Actress |
|
23 |
Susan Browning |
65 |
USA |
Actress |
|
23 |
Jennifer Jayne |
74 |
UK |
Actress, Writer |
|
May |
1 |
Jay Presson Allen |
84 |
USA |
Writer, Producer |
|
4 |
Michael Taliferro |
44 |
USA |
Actor, Director, Producer |
|
8 |
George Lutz |
59 |
USA |
Author, Screenwriter |
The Amityville Horror |
10 |
Val Guest |
94 |
USA |
Director, Screenwriter |
|
14 |
Paul Marco |
78 |
USA |
Actor |
|
24 |
Henry Bumstead |
91 |
USA |
Art Director |
|
27 |
Paul Gleason |
67 |
USA |
Actor |
|
30 |
Shohei Imamura |
79 |
Japan |
Actor |
|
30 |
Robert Sterling |
88 |
USA |
Actor |
|
June |
4 |
Alec Bregonzi |
76 |
UK |
Actor |
|
8 |
Robert Donner |
75 |
USA |
Actor |
|
10 |
Gerald James |
88 |
UK |
Actor |
|
12 |
Hugh Latimer |
75 |
UK |
Actor |
|
16 |
Arthur Franz |
86 |
USA |
Actor |
|
18 |
Richard Stahl |
74 |
USA |
Actor |
|
18 |
Vincent Sherman |
99 |
USA |
Director |
|
23 |
Aaron Spelling |
83 |
USA |
Producer, Actor |
|
25 |
Kenneth Griffith |
84 |
UK |
Actor |
|
July |
2 |
Jan Murray |
89 |
USA |
Actor |
|
3 |
Jack Smith |
92 |
USA |
Actor |
|
5 |
Amzie Strickland |
87 |
USA |
Actress |
|
6 |
Kasey Rogers |
80 |
USA |
Actress |
|
8 |
June Allyson |
88 |
USA |
Actress |
|
9 |
Chris Drake |
82 |
USA |
Actor |
|
11 |
Barnard Hughes |
90 |
USA |
Actor |
|
12 |
Kurt Kreuger |
89 |
Germany |
Actor |
|
13 |
Red Buttons |
87 |
USA |
Actor |
|
18 |
David Maloney |
72 |
UK |
Director, Producer |
|
19 |
Jack Warden |
85 |
USA |
Actor |
|
20 |
Robert O. Cornthwaite |
89 |
USA |
Actor |
|
21 |
Mako Iwamatsu |
72 |
Japan |
Actor |
|
27 |
Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. |
65 |
USA |
Actor |
|
28 |
Patrick Allen |
79 |
Malawi |
Actor |
|
August |
4 |
John Alderson |
90 |
USA |
Actor |
|
7 |
Lois January |
92 |
USA |
Actress |
|
13 |
Tony Jay |
73 |
UK |
Voice Actor, Actor |
|
14 |
Bruno Kirby |
57 |
USA |
Actor |
|
16 |
Alan Vint |
61 |
USA |
Actor |
|
24 |
Earl Jolly Brown |
66 |
USA |
Actor |
Live and Let Die |
25 |
Ann Richards |
88 |
Australia |
Actress |
|
25 |
Joseph Stefano |
84 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
|
29 |
Bill Stewart |
63 |
UK |
Actor |
|
30 |
Glenn Ford |
90 |
Canada |
Actor |
|
31 |
William Aldrich |
61 |
USA |
Producer, Actor |
|
September |
4 |
Steve Irwin |
44 |
Australia |
Wildlife Expert, Actor |
|
5 |
Hilary Mason |
89 |
UK |
Actress |
|
7 |
Robert Earl Jones |
96 |
USA |
Actor |
|
8 |
Frank Middlemass |
87 |
UK |
Actor |
|
9 |
Herbert Rudley |
96 |
USA |
Actor |
|
9 |
Gérard Brach |
79 |
France |
Director, Writer |
|
11 |
Pat Corley |
76 |
USA |
Actor |
|
14 |
Johnny Sekka |
72 |
USA |
Actor |
|
14 |
Virginia Vale |
86 |
USA |
Actress |
|
19 |
Elizabeth Allen |
77 |
USA |
Actress |
|
20 |
Sven Nykvist |
83 |
Sweden |
Cinematographer |
|
22 |
Edward Albert |
55 |
USA |
Actor |
|
23 |
Malcolm Arnold |
84 |
UK |
Composer |
|
26 |
Lionel Murton |
91 |
UK |
Actor |
|
28 |
Hy Pyke |
70 |
USA |
Actor |
|
October |
2 |
Tamara Dobson |
59 |
USA |
Actress, Makeup Artist |
|
2 |
Frances Bergen |
84 |
USA |
Actress |
|
4 |
Tom Bell |
73 |
UK |
Actor |
|
9 |
Danièle Huillet |
70 |
France |
Director |
|
10 |
Jerry Belson |
68 |
USA |
Producer, Writer |
|
12 |
Gillo Pontecorvo |
86 |
Italy |
Director, Writer |
|
15 |
Derek Bond |
86 |
UK |
Actor |
|
16 |
Jack DeLeon |
81 |
USA |
Actor, Miscellaneous |
|
16 |
Tommy Johnson |
71 |
USA |
Musician |
|
16 |
Ross Davidson |
57 |
UK |
Actor |
|
19 |
Phyllis Kirk |
79 |
USA |
Actress |
|
19 |
James Glennon |
64 |
USA |
Cinematographer, Second Assistant Camera |
|
20 |
Jane Wyatt |
96 |
USA |
Actress |
|
21 |
Peter Barkworth |
77 |
UK |
Actor |
|
21 |
Milton Selzer |
87 |
USA |
Actor |
|
22 |
Richard Mayes |
83 |
UK |
Actor |
|
22 |
Arthur Hill |
84 |
Canada |
Actor |
|
22 |
B. Constance Barry |
93 |
USA |
Actress |
|
29 |
Nigel Kneale |
84 |
UK |
Screenwriter, Actor |
|
29 |
Roy Barnes |
70 |
USA |
Art Director, Set Designer |
|
31 |
William Franklyn |
81 |
UK |
Actor, Writer |
|
November |
1 |
Adrienne Shelly |
40 |
USA |
Actress, Director |
|
2 |
Leonard Schrader |
62 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
|
8 |
Basil Poledouris |
61 |
USA |
Composer |
|
9 |
Marian Marsh |
93 |
USA |
Actress |
|
9 |
Wayne Artman |
69 |
USA |
Sound Re-Recording |
|
10 |
Diana Coupland |
74 |
UK |
Actress |
|
10 |
Jack Palance |
87 |
USA |
Actor |
|
10 |
Chubby Oates |
63 |
UK |
Actor |
Killer's Moon |
11 |
Ronnie Stevens |
81 |
UK |
Actor |
|
11 |
Belinda Emmett |
32 |
Australia |
Actress |
The Nugget |
14 |
John Hallam |
65 |
UK |
Actor |
|
15 |
Elaine Ives-Cameron |
67 |
UK |
Actress |
Supergirl |
16 |
Eustace Lycett |
41 |
USA |
Special Effects, Visual Effects |
|
19 |
Jeremy Slate |
80 |
USA |
Actor |
|
20 |
Robert Altman |
81 |
USA |
Director, Screenwriter |
|
20 |
Kevin McClory |
80 |
Ireland |
Miscellaneous, Producer |
|
23 |
Betty Comden |
89 |
USA |
Screenwriter, Lyricist |
|
23 |
Philippe Noiret |
76 |
France |
Actor, Voice Dubbing |
|
24 |
Phyllis Cerf |
90 |
USA |
Actress |
|
27 |
Anthony Jackson |
62 |
UK |
Actor |
Labyrinth |
27 |
Alan Freeman |
79 |
UK |
Actor, Producer |
|
29 |
Leon Niemczyk |
62 |
Poland |
Actor |
Inland Empire |
30 |
Shirley Walker |
61 |
USA |
Composer, Orchestrator |
|
December |
1 |
Sid Raymond |
97 |
USA |
Actor, Voice Actor |
Two Much |
4 |
Adam Williams |
84 |
USA |
Actor |
|
5 |
Michael Gilden |
44 |
USA |
Actor |
|
5 |
Gerry Humphreys |
74 |
UK |
Sound Re-Recording |
|
6 |
Mavis Pugh |
92 |
UK |
Actress |
The Class of Miss MacMichael |
7 |
Desmond Briscoe |
81 |
UK |
Sound Effects |
|
8 |
Martha Tilton |
91 |
USA |
Singer, Actress |
|
9 |
Russell Wade |
89 |
USA |
Actor |
|
12 |
Peter Boyle |
71 |
USA |
Actor |
|
12 |
Ivor Barry |
87 |
USA |
Actor, Writer |
|
14 |
Hallie D'Amore |
64 |
UK |
Makeup Artist, Actress |
|
14 |
Mike Evans |
57 |
USA |
Writer, Actor |
|
18 |
Joseph Barbera |
95 |
USA |
Director, Producer, Actor |
|
21 |
Lois Hall |
80 |
USA |
Actress |
|
21 |
Philippa Pearce |
86 |
UK |
Writer |
|
22 |
Phillip Pine |
86 |
USA |
Actor, Writer, Director |
|
23 |
Charlie Drake |
81 |
USA |
Actor, Writer |
|
24 |
Marc Smith |
?? |
UK |
Actor |
|
25 |
James Brown |
73 |
USA |
Singer, Actor |
|
30 |
Frank Campanella |
87 |
USA |
Actor |
|