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List Of American Films Of 2005 ...
This is a list of American films that were released in 2005. Box office The highest-grossing American films released in 2005, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: January–March April–June July–September October–December See also * List of 2005 box office number-one films in the United States * 2005 in the United States References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:American films of 2005 Films Lists of 2005 films by country or language 2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1913 to 1969 and is still typical of most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, American cinema soon came to be a dominant force in the emerging industry. , it produced the third-largest number of films of any national cinema, after India and China, with more than 600 English-language films released on average every year. While the national cinemas of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce films in the same language, they are not part of the Hollywood system. That said, Hollywood has also been considered a transnational cinema, and has produced multiple langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman Begins
''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. The film is based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman in supporting roles. The film reboots the ''Batman'' film series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul and the Scarecrow from plunging Gotham City into chaos. After ''Batman & Robin'' was panned by critics and underperformed at the box office, Warner Bros. Pictures cancelled future ''Batman'' films, including Joel Schumacher's planned ''Batman Unchained.'' Between 1998 and 2003, several filmmakers collaborated with Warner Bros. in attempting to reboot the franchise. After the studio rejected a ''Batman'' origin story reboot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Strange
Sarah Strange is a Canadian actress. She has worked in a variety of American and Canadian television and film projects, including Helen in the Canadian drama ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and as the voice actor for Ranma Saotome. Life and career Strange was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of screenwriters Susan and Marc Strange (creators of ''The Beachcombers''). She grew up in Canada's entertainment industry, and has appeared in comedic, dramatic, and science fiction projects on both big and small screens since graduating from high school. Strange has since garnered multiple Gemini Award nominations for her acting, winning an award for her guest role in the Canadian series ''Neon Rider'' at 21. Strange is also known for playing the voice of boy-type Ranma Saotome for the OVAs, movies and first three seasons of the anime series ''Ranma ½''. She played Jill Langston, the lead virologist in seasons 1 and 2 of the Canadian Science drama ''ReGenesis''. She also provided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keegan Connor Tracy
Keegan Connor Tracy (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Audrey Malone in the Showtime comedy-drama series '' Beggars and Choosers'' (1999–2000), the Blue Fairy in the ABC fantasy drama series ''Once Upon a Time'' (2011–18), Miss Blaire Watson in the A&E drama series '' Bates Motel'' (2013–16), and Professor Lipson in the Syfy fantasy series '' The Magicians'' (2016–2020). Tracy's other notable work includes roles on the television series ''Jake 2.0'', ''The 4400'', ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Supernatural'', ''Psych'', and ''Battlestar Galactica''. In film, she is best known for her roles as Kat Jennings in the supernatural horror film ''Final Destination 2'' (2003), Mirabelle Keegan in the supernatural horror film ''White Noise'' (2005), Dolly Dupuyster in the comedy-drama film '' The Women'' (2008), Ellen in the drama film '' Words and Pictures'' (2013), and Queen Belle in the musical fantasy films '' Descendants'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Dopud
Mike Dopud ( sr, Majk Dopuđ, ''Мајк Допуђ'') is a Canadian actor, stuntman, and former football player known for his supporting roles on television. His best-known roles include Vic Hadfield in the miniseries ''Canada Russia '72'', Jason Micic on ''Power'', Kimbo Comstock on ''Arctic Air'', Roy McAfee on '' Cedar Cove'', Viktor Mikalek on ''Arrow'', and Michael Vinson on ''The 100''. He also took on several minor roles on ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'', as well as performing many stunts on both shows, before taking on a bigger role as Varro on ''Stargate Universe''. He was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2005 for his work in '' Walking Tall''. Background Dopud was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. He speaks three languages fluently (English, French and Serbian). He played professional Canadian football briefly for the Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McNeice
Ian McNeice (born 2 October 1950) is an English film and television actor. He found fame portraying government agent Harcourt in the 1985 television series ''Edge of Darkness'', and went on to feature in popular films such as ''The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain'', '' Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'' and ''Frank Herbert's Dune''. He played the Newsreader in historical drama ''Rome'' (2005–2007) and Bert Large in the comedy drama series ''Doc Martin'' (2004–2022). Early life and education McNeice was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. His acting training started at the Taunton School in Somerset, followed by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and two years at the Salisbury Playhouse. The next few years were spent in theatre, including a four-year period with the Royal Shakespeare Company and a production of ''Nicholas Nickleby'' on Broadway. Career McNeice's television breakthrough was as Harcourt in the award-winning series ''Edge o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandra West
Chandra K. West (born December 31, 1970) is a Canadian actress. Early life and education West was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the youngest of eight children. The family moved to Oak Bay, British Columbia, where she attended Monterey Elementary for three years. The family moved to Oakville, Ontario, where West spent the majority of her youth. When she was 17, West attended a summer acting camp located in Oxford, England. She later went on to study in the Theater Performance Program at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Career West's career began in 1991 when she played a small part in the film '' True Confections'', a 1950s conservative drama about a woman with an ahead-of-her-time awareness. West followed her screen debut with a smaller role in the 1993 miniseries ''The Secrets of Lake Success''. West appeared in three consecutive films; the first as the female-lead in ''Puppet Master 4'' (1993), then a smaller role as Miss Germany in the action film ''No Contest'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Kara Unger
Deborah Kara Unger (born 12 May 1966) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' Highlander III: The Sorcerer'' (1994), ''Crash'' (1996), '' The Game'' (1997), ''Payback'' (1999), '' The Hurricane'' (1999), ''White Noise'' (2005), ''Silent Hill'' (2006), ''88 Minutes'' (2008) and '' The Way'' (2010). Early life Deborah Kara Unger was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to a nuclear disposal specialist mother and a gynaecologist father. She was the first Canadian to be accepted into Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art. Career Upon graduation Unger found steady work in Australian films and television series, including ''Bangkok Hilton'' with Nicole Kidman. Following her return to North America in the early 1990s she appeared in David Lynch's 1993 HBO mini-series ''Hotel Room'', and a year later appeared in '' Highlander III: The Sorcerer'' opposite Christopher Lambert. Unger's breakthrough role came in David Cronenberg's 1996 erotic dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his various comedic and dramatic film roles, including Jack Butler in ''Mr. Mom'' (1983), Betelgeuse in ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), the DC Comics superhero Batman / Bruce Wayne in ''Batman'' (1989) and ''Batman Returns'' (1992), and the Marvel Comics supervillain Vulture / Adrian Toomes in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017). His breakout role was as fast-talking schemer Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski in the 1982 film '' Night Shift''. He later appeared in a variety of films ranging from dramas and romantic comedies to thriller and action films, such as ''Clean and Sober'' (1988), ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993), '' The Paper'' (1994), ''Multiplicity'' (1996), ''Jackie Brown'' (1997), '' Herbie: Fully Loaded'' (2005), ''The Other Guys'' (2010), '' RoboCop'' (2014), ''Need for Speed'' (2015), ''Spotlight'' (2015), ''The Founder'' (2016), ''Dumbo'' (2019), '' Worth'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Johnson
Niall Johnson (born in 1964) is an English screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his 2005 comedy film ''Keeping Mum ''Keeping Mum'' is a 2005 British black comedy film co written and directed by Niall Johnson and starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze. It was produced by Isle of Man Film, Azure Films and Tusk Produc ...''. Filmography Film References External links * Living people 1965 births English screenwriters English male screenwriters {{screen-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Sax
Geoffrey Sax (sometimes credited as Geoff Sax) is a British film and television director, who has worked on a variety of drama productions in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Life and career He began his directing career in the late 1970s, initially working in comedy, directing episodes of a number of sketch shows such as '' Cannon and Ball'' and ''End of Part One''. He made the move into directing drama in the early 1980s, working on episodes of popular BBC dramas such as '' Bergerac'' and '' Lovejoy''. Later in the decade he worked on ITV programmes such as ''Spitting Image'' and ''The New Statesman''. In the early 1990s he worked for a time in America, directing television films and miniseries for various networks there. His most noted production during this time was the BBC / Universal Studios / Fox Network TV movie version of the popular science-fiction series '' Doctor Who'', screened in 1996 and starring Paul McGann as the Doctor. In 1998 Sax returned to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Circle Films
Gold Circle Films is an American independent film production and sales company, mainly focusing on horror and romance films founded in 2000 by former co-founder of Gateway Computer, Norman Waitt Jr. Titles released by Gold Circle include ''White Noise'', ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'', ''The Wedding Date'', '' The Man from Elysian Fields'', and the ''Pitch Perfect'' series. History Gold Circle Films was a subsidiary of Gold Circle Entertainment, which was founded in 1996 by Norman Waitt Jr., one of the co-founders of Gateway, Inc. The original company was launched as an umbrella organization where Gold Circle would help market and distribute music releases for record labels. Waitt launched the film division in May 2000. Gold Circle was turned down, as well as DreamWorks Pictures, in an offer to produce Twisted's indie film, ''Saw'', as Lionsgate would end up purchasing the rights and made it a huge success, spawning a franchise of films. In 2011, Blumhouse (studio behind franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
