28 DAYS (2000)

 

Directed By: Betty Thomas  Written By: Susannah Grant  Cinematography: Declan Quinn Editor: Peter Teschner 

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Elizabeth Perkins, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Margo Martindale, Diane Ladd, Reni Santoni, Alan Tudyk, Azura Skye, Steve Buscemi, Michael O’Malley, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Susan Krebs 

A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0067 - IVANS xtc (2000)

 

Directed & Edited By: Bernard Rose Written By: Bernard Rose & Lisa Enos Based on the novel “THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH” By: Leo Tolstoy  Cinematography: Bernard Rose & Ron Forsythe 

Cast: Danny Huston, Peter Weller, Lisa Enos, Angela Featherstone, Valeria Golino, Joanne Duckman, James Merendino, Tiffani Amber Theissen, Heidi Jo Markel 

Ivan Beckman, Hollywood's most sought-after talent agent, the darling and the crown prince of La-La Land is dead. How and why did it happen? Was it drugs, murder or excess, or perhaps something altogether more mundane? We begin with an ending and then catapult back a number of days to the apex of Ivan's brilliant career as he bags international megastar Don West onto his company's books, and then charts the highs, lows (and they are so very low), and extreme excesses of his final days.

DOWN TO YOU (2000)

Written & Directed by: Kris Issacson  Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman Editor: Stephen A. Rooter

Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Rosario Dawson, Shawn Hatosy, Zak Orth, Ashton Kutcher, Henry Winkler, Lucie Arnaz, Lauren German, Lola Glaudini, Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel 

A young man wins and loses the first serious love of his life. Al Connelly falls in love with the girl of his dreams. After the summer she breaks up with him. As he tries to recover Al goes to desperate measures.

ROAD TRIP (2000)

Directed By: Todd Phillips  Written By: Todd Phillips & Scot Armstrong  Cinematography: Mark Irwin  Editor: Sheldon Kahn 

Cast: Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Tom Green, Amy Smart, Paulo Costanzo, DJ Qualls, Rachel Blanchard, Anthony Rapp, Fred Ward, Andy Dick, Ethan Suplee, Horatio Sanz, Jessica Cauffiel, Wendell B. Harris Jr., Mary Lynn Rajskub, Todd Barry, Matt Walsh, Cleo King 

In the University of Ithaca, while showing the campus to the new students and their relatives, the veteran tour guide Barry Manilow tells the love story of his friend Josh Parker. Josh has a girlfriend, Tiffany Henderson, who went to the University of Austin, and they have promised to be faithful to each other. However, Josh has an affair with his sexy friend Beth Wagner, and they have accidentally videotaped it. One of his friends sends the videotape to Tiffany by mistake, and Josh decides to travel to Austin with his friends E.L., Rubin Carver and Kyle Edwards to retrieve the videotape before Tiffany sees it. Will he succeed?

WHATEVER IT TAKES (2000)

Directed By: David Raynr 
Written By: Mark Schwahn 
Cinematography: Tim Suhrstedt 
Editor: Ronald Roose 

Cast: Shane West, James Franco, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Aaron Paul, Kip Pardue, Julia Sweeney, Colin Hanks, Richard Schiff, Vanessa Evigan, David Koechner, Nick Cannon, Christine Lakin, Manu Intiraymi, Scott Vickaryous
 

  A modern-day remake of the Cyrano DeBergerac tale.

GANGSTER NO. 1 (2000)

Directed By: Paul McGuigan 
Written By: Louis Mellis & David Scinto 
Adaptation By: Johnny Ferguson 
Cinematography: Peter Sova 
 Editor: Andrew Hulme 


Cast: Paul Bettany, Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Saffron Burrows, Eddie Marsan, Andrew Lincoln, Jamie Foreman, Ken Granham 


A middle-aged crime boss smugly reflects back from 1999, narrating the brutality which made him triumphant - and feared. As an unnamed young hood in Swinging 60's London, he aped his mod boss Freddie Mays, and seemed to do anything for him. But his narration exposes all-consuming envy: of Freddie's supremacy, and especially his tall bird. The baby shark develops his viciousness and backstabbing, scheming to be Gangster No. 1.

DANCING IN SEPTEMBER (2000)

Written & Directed By: Reggie Rock Bythewood 
Cinematography: Bill Dill 
Editor: Kevin Krasny & Joel Plotch 


Cast: Nicole Ari Parker, Isiah Washinton, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Kadeem Hardison, Estelle Harris, Malinda Williams, Tichina Arnold, James Avery, Jenifer Lewis, Jay Underwood, Constance Marie, Wren T. Brown, Marcia Cross, Anna Maria Horsford, Mel Jackson, Brent Jennings, Juanita Jennings, Peter Onaroti, Chi McBride, KImberly Russell, Royale Watkins, Aisha Tyler A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.

SCREAM 3 (2000)

Directed By: Wes Craven 
Written By: Ehren Kruger 
Based On Character Created By: Kevin Williamson 
Cinematography: Peter Deming 
Editor: Patrick Lussier 

Cast: Neve Campbell, Patrick Dempsey, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Parker Posey, Josh Pais, Scott Foley, Emily Mortimer, Patrick Warburton, Deon Richmond, Jenny McCarthy, Carrie Fisher, Lance Henriksen, Liev Schrieber, Kelly Rutherford, Matt Kesslar, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Heather Matarazzo, Jamie Kennedy 

A new film is currently in production, and a killer is on the loose. The murders draw a reporter, ex-cop, and young woman to the set of the movie inspired by their life. They soon find out that they are dealing with a trilogy, and in a trilogy...anything can happen.

URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT (2000)

Directed By: John Ottoman 
Written By: Scott Derrickson & Paul Harris Boardman 
Based On Characters Created By: Silvio Horta 
Cinematography: Brian Pearson 
Editor: John Ottoman & Ron Kobrin 


Cast: Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Loretta Devine, Eva Mendes, Anthony Anderson, Jessica Cauffiel, Hart Bochner, Jacinda Barrett, Joseph Lawrence, Anson Mount, Michael Bacall, Marco Hofschneider 


The film follows Amy Mayfield, a student at Alpine University who struggles to complete her thesis film on urban legends - only to have her crew members fall prey to fatal 'accidents.' Suspicious, Amy investigates and discovers a much more sinister hand at work. Now she must unmask the killer before she, too, becomes an urban legend.

REINDEER GAMES (2000)

Directed By: John Frankenheimer 
Written By: Ehren Kruger 
Cinematography By: Alan Caso 
Editor: Antony Gibbs & Michael Kahn 
Music By: Alan Silvestri 


Cast: Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, Clearance Williams III, Dennis Farina, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, Issac Hayes, James Frain, Ashton Kutcher 


After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist.

SCARY MOVIE (2000)

Directed By: Keenan Ivory Wayans 
Written By: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Phil Beauman, Buddy Johnson, Aaron Seltzer & Jason Friedberg 
Cinematography By: Francis Kenny 
Editor: Mark Helfrich 


Cast: Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Jon Abrahams, Shannon Elizabeth, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, David L. Lander, Dave Sheridan, Carmen Electra, Rick Ducommun, Kurt Fuller, Kelly Coffield, Marisa Jaret Winokur 


A group of teenagers including Cindy Campbell and Bobby Prinze, accidentally hit a man when driving, and dispose of the body, but now they are being stalked by a very recognizable masked killer. The victim count increases, whilst Cindy must survive the carnage that has she has seen in so many films before.

LOSER (2000)

Written & Directed By: Amy Heckerling 
Cinematography By: Rob Hahn 
Editor: Debra Chiate 

Cast: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Greg Kinnear, Thomas Sadoski, Zak Orth, Jimmi Simpson, David Spade, Brian Backer, Dan Ayckroyd, Andy Dick, Steven Wright, Colleen Camp, Twink Kaplan, Bobby Slayton, Taylor Negron, Andrea Martin 


Is there room in Manhattan for a decent kid? Can a young woman see past a cad to true love? Paul, from rural upstate, comes to New York City for college. To keep his scholarship, he must study hard and do well. That makes him a loser to his partying roommates who connive to kick him out of their suite. He's assigned a room in an animal hospital. In class he meets Dora, a pretty coed who needs a job to pay for school, and who's the very young lover of their sarcastic and selfish lit professor. When Dora is slipped some drugs at a party, Paul nurses her back to health, and a friendship follows. For Paul, though, it's more than friendly feelings. Can they work things out for them to become a truly lucky couple?

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES &UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0049: THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (2000)

Written & Directed By: Sofia Coopola 
Based on the book by: Jeffrey Eugenides 
Cinematography By: Edward Lachman 
Editor: Melissa Kent & James Lyons 


Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Scott Glenn, A.J. Cook, Chelse Swain , Hanna Hall, Melody Johnson, Jonathan Tucker, Hayden Christensen, Michael Pare, Robert Schwartzman 


A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid-1970s.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0047: HIGH FIDELITY (2000)

Directed By: Stephen Frears 
Written By: John Cusack,Steve Pink, Scott Rosenberg & D.V. DeVincentis 
Based On The Book By: Nick Hornby 
Cinematography By: Seamus McGarvey 
Editor: Mick Audsley 


Cast: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Todd Louiso, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Tim Robbins, Lisa Bonet, Sara Gilbert, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Joelle Carter, Drake Bell, Chris Bauer, Alex Desert

BAISE MOI (*AKA RAPE ME AKA F&CK ME) (2000)

Written & Directed By: Virgine Despentes & Coralie Trinh Tri 
Based on the Novel By: Virgine Despentes 
Cinematography By: Benoit Chamaillard 
Editor: Ailo Auguste, Francine Lemaitre & Veronique Rosa 


Cast: Karen Bach, Rafaella Anderson, Ouassini Embarek

ISN'T SHE GREAT (2000)

Directed By: Andrew Bergman 
Written By: Paul Rudnick 
Based on an article By: Michael Korda 
Cinematography By: Karl Walter Lindenlaub 
Editor: Barry Malkin 
Music By: Burt Bacharach 


Cast: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, Amanda Peet, John Cleese, John Larroquette, Jeffrey Ross, Christopher MacDonald, Frank Vincent>

ROMEO MUST DIE (2000)

Directed By: Andrzej Bartkowiak 
Written By: Eric Bernt & John Jarrell 
Story By: Mitchell Kapner 
Cinematography By: Glen MacPherson 
Editor: Derek Brechin 

Cast: Jet Li, Aaliyah, Delroy Lindo, Isiah Washington, Russell Wong, Anthony Anderson, D.B. Woddside, DMX, Henry O, Terry Chen, Matthew Harrison, Edorado Ballerini, Grace Park

STATE & MAIN (2000)

Written & Directed By: David Mamet 
Cinematography By: Oliver Stapleton 
Editor: Barbara Tulliver 


Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, William H. Macy, Ricky Jay, Rebecca Pidgeon, Clark Gregg, Julia Stiles, Matt Malloy, Charles Durning, Patti LuPone, Laura Silverman, David Paymer, Jonathan Katz

CRIME + PUNISHMENT IN SUBURBIA (2000)

Directed By: Rob Schmidt 
Written By: Larry Gross 
Cinematography By: Bobby Bukowski 
Editor: Gabriel Wyre 


Cast: Monica Keena, Vincent Kartheiser, James DeBello, Ellen Barkin, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Ironside, Conchata Ferrell, Nicki Aycox, Lucinda Jenney, Bonnie Somerville, Marshall R. Teague 

TIMECODE (2000)

Story By & Directed By: Mike Figgis 
Cinematography By: Patrick Alexander Stewart 


Cast: Holly Hunter, Xander Berkley, Salma Hayek, Golden Brooks, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Danny Huston, Saffron Burrows, Viveka Davis, Mia Maestro, Richard Edson, Gleanne Headley, Daphna Kastner, Kyle Maclachlan, Leslie Mann, Zuleikha Robinson, Julian Sands, Alessandro Nivola, Steven Weber, Stellan Skarsgard, Aimee Graham