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All the King's Men
All the King's Men (1999) on 20 february 2000
, 1h50
Directed by Julian Jarrold
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors David Jason, Maggie Smith, David Troughton, William Ash, Sonya Walger, Stuart Bunce
Rating70% 3.5369853.5369853.5369853.5369853.536985
The film and book are based on the story of the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment which included men from the King's estate at Sandringham House. These were grouped in a "Sandringham Company", following recruiting practices of the period which sometimes attempted to keep "pals" of similar background together in the same unit.
Hey Ram
Hey Ram (2000) on 18 february 2000
, 3h22
Directed by Kamal Haasan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kamal Haasan, Shahrukh Khan, Atul Kulkarni, Hema Malini, Rani Mukherjee, Abbas
Rating78% 3.947283.947283.947283.947283.94728
The film is about a protagonist's journey from religious hatred to love with the theme of the partition of Bengal in the background. Its relevance in the present Indian environment clouded by religious extremism was widely unrecognised. This is the story of Saket Ram, as narrated by his grandson. The film takes place as Ram, a retired archaeologist, lies on the deathbed, on 6 December 1999, the 7th anniversary of the destruction of Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.
The Whole Nine Yards
The Whole Nine Yards (2000) on 18 february 2000
, 1h39
Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Gangster films
Actors Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet
Rating66% 3.347913.347913.347913.347913.34791
Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry) is a Quebec dentist from Chicago, trapped in a miserable marriage to the daughter of his late ex-partner. His wife Sophie (Rosanna Arquette) and mother-in-law (Carmen Ferlan) hate him, and his deceased father-in-law has saddled him with a lot of debt. He can't divorce his wife because her father embezzled from the dental practice, and he has nothing but debt if they separate. As the movie opens, Sophie tells Oz she needs $5000, but won't say what for.
Hanging Up
Hanging Up (2000) on 16 february 2000
, 1h34
Directed by Diane Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau, Adam Arkin, Cloris Leachman
Rating48% 2.4031752.4031752.4031752.4031752.403175
Georgia Mozell, Eve Marks and Maddy Mozell are adult sisters. Georgia (Keaton) is the editor of her own wildly successful self-titled women’s magazine. She strives for publicity at any cost. Party planner Eve (Ryan) is the mother hen of the group, not only of her own family, but also of her siblings and father as their mother, Pat (Leachman), not only emotionally left their father when they divorced, but her daughters as well. And Maddy (Kudrow) is a vacuous soap opera actress who has always struggled for her own identity. Despite being as busy with her own life as the others, Eve is the only one of the three who deals with the long term hospitalization of their cantankerous seventy-nine-year-old father, Lou Mozell, when he enters the early stages of dementia, and the associated outcomes of that hospitalization. Eve’s caring for Lou is despite an especially hurtful incident with him seven years earlier. As the emotional aspect of looking after Lou becomes more and more stressful, Eve has to figure out how to maintain her own sanity, while dealing with her sisters, who believe they too are part of their father’s care while they don’t lift a finger to help.
Holy Smoke
Holy Smoke (1999) on 18 february 2000
, 1h55
Directed by Jane Campion
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Pam Grier, Sophie Lee, Daniel Wyllie, Paul Goddard
Rating58% 2.9483852.9483852.9483852.9483852.948385
Lors d'un voyage en Inde, la jeune australienne Ruth Barron connaît l'éveil spirituel et adopte les enseignements d'un gourou nommé Baba. Ses parents apprennent avec désarroi qu'elle se fait désormais appeler Nazni, qu'elle n'a aucune intention de revenir et pensent qu'elle est entrée dans une secte et est droguée à son insu. La mère de Ruth lui rend visite en Inde, dans l'espoir de la convaincre de rentrer, mais Ruth refuse.
Pitch Black
Pitch Black (2000) on 18 february 2000
, 1h49
Directed by David Twohy, Carolynne Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Keith David
Rating69% 3.498323.498323.498323.498323.49832
In the distant future, the civilian transport ship Hunter-Gratzner passes near a desert planet while on autopilot with its crew and passengers in cryostasis chambers. The passengers mostly consist of nomadic settlers who are relocating to other planets, a Muslim priest who goes by the title "Imam", with his followers traveling to New Mecca, a young boy named Jack, a pair of Bushwhackers named Shazza and Zeke, a merchant named Paris, and a law enforcement officer, William J. Johns, who is transporting a notorious criminal, Richard B. Riddick, who is chained in a special chamber and is the only one awake while in cryostasis. Riddick has illegally surgically-modified eyes, called Shiners, that give him extra-sensitive vision that allows him to see in the dark.
Boiler Room
Boiler Room (2000) on 18 february 2000
, 2h
Directed by Ben Younger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Ben Affleck, Nia Long, Nicky Katt, Ron Rifkin
Rating69% 3.498483.498483.498483.498483.49848
In 1999, Seth Davis (Ribisi), a 19-year-old Queens College dropout, runs an unlicensed casino in his apartment. Although he earns a successful living, he is a disappointment to his father, Marty (Rifkin), a New York City federal judge. One night, his cousin Adam (Kennedy) stops by the casino to play blackjack, bringing a wealthy associate named Greg Weinstein (Katt) along with him. Greg recruits Seth to join J.T. Marlin, a brokerage firm based somewhere off the Long Island Expressway, promising him that he has the opportunity to get rich.
Not One Less
Not One Less (1999) on 18 february 2000
, 1h46
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about education
Rating76% 3.845973.845973.845973.845973.84597
Thirteen-year-old Wei Minzhi arrives in Shuiquan village to substitute for the village's only teacher (Gao Enman) while he is away on family business. When Gao discovers that Wei does not have a high school education and has no special talents, he instructs her to teach by copying his texts onto the board and then making the students copy them into their notebooks; he also tells her not to use more than one piece of chalk per day, because the village is too poor to afford more. Before leaving, he explains to her that many students have recently left school to find work in the cities, and he offers her a 10 yuan bonus if all the students are still there when he returns.
Grey Owl
Grey Owl (1999) on 15 february 2000
, 1h57
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Environmental films
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Vlasta Vrána, Jimmy Herman, David Fox, Serge Houde, Stephanie Cole
Rating59% 2.996662.996662.996662.996662.99666
Archibald Belaney (Brosnan) was a British man who grew up fascinated with Native American culture—so much so that in the early 1900s he left the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for Canada, where he reinvented himself as Archie Grey Owl and lived in the wild as a North American Indian trapper. Eventually, Belaney becomes an environmentalist after renouncing trapping and hunting.
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Rail transport films, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, L'Or
Actors Thomas Dekker, Lacey Chabert, Pat Musick, Dom DeLuise, René Auberjonois, David Carradine
Rating59% 2.966952.966952.966952.966952.96695
The story starts off in New York City setting sometime after the first movie (which began in 1885) presumably between 1886 and 1889, as Fievel and Tony discover that an ancient treasure lies underneath Manhattan when snooping around an abandoned subway (the Beach Pneumatic Transit system) and stumbling upon the remains of a dead mouse clutching a treasure map, deciding they must find it with the help of an archaeologist Tony knows: Dr. Dithering, along with fighting five villains as well.