2000 in film
This is a list of film-related events in 2000.
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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
Ten of the 22 movies which grossed over $100 million in 2000:
- The Grinch, starring Jim Carrey: $260,044,825
- Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks: $233,632,142
- Mission: Impossible II, starring Tom Cruise, directed by John Woo: $215,409,889
- Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe, directed by Ridley Scott: $187,683,805
- What Women Want, starring Mel Gibson: $182,811,707
- The Perfect Storm: $182,618,434
- Meet the Parents, starring Ben Stiller: $166,244,045
- X-Men, directed by Bryan Singer: $157,299,717
- Scary Movie: $157,019,771
- 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
- For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, 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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