115 Years of Film

B. JalandoniJ. Ylanan

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Visual Literacy class, PSHS Main Campus

Based on

The Execution of Mary Stuart

• The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

• Directed by Alfred Clark and produced by Thomas Edison

• Stars: Robert Thomae• 18 secs

1895

The Kiss

• Directed by William Heise• Writer: John J.

McNally (play)• Stars: May Irwin and John C.

Rice • The first kiss ever on film• Aka The Rice-Irwin Kiss• 47 secs

1896

Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer

• Aka Comic Faces• Directed by G.A Smith• Stars: Tom Green• 35 secs

1897

Santa Claus

• Directed by G.A Smith• Stars:Laura

Bayley, Dorothy Smith and Harold Smith

• 1 min 16 secs

1898

Jeanne d'Arc

• Joan of Arc• Written and directed by

George Melies• Stars: Bleuette

Bernon, Georges Méliès and Jeanne d'Alcy

• One of the first colored films• 10 mins

1899

Grandma's Reading Glass

• Directed by G.A Smith• Stars: Harold Smith• A girl looks through

glasses at various objects, seen magnified

• 1 min 20 secs

1900

The Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

• Directed by Edwin S. Porter

• The panorama that opens this film was shot on the day that Czolgosz was actually executed

• 4 mins

1901

Le voyage dans la Lune

• A Trip to the Moon• Stars: Georges

Méliès, Victor André and Bleuette Bernon

• A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the moon

• 14 mins 1902

The Great Train Robbery

• Written, produced and directed by Edwin S. Porter

• Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, A.C. Abadieand George Barnes

• 12 mins1903

The Impossible Voyage

• Directed by George Melies• Writers: Adolphe

d'Ennery (play) and Georges Méliès

• Stars: Georges Méliès • 24 mins

1904

Le Diable Noir

• Directed by George Melies

• The Black Imp• A traveler at an inn is

harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

• 4 mins1905

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

• Directed by J. Stuart Blackton

• Stars: J. Stuart Blackton• A cartoonist draws faces

and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.

• Considered the first truly animated movie

• 3 mins 1906

Ben-Hur

• Directed by Sidney Olcott, Frank Oakes Rose, H. Temple and Harrey T Morrey

• Writers: Gene Gauntier and Lew Wallace (novel)

• Stars: Herman Rottger and William S. Hart

• 15 mins

1907

Dreams of Toyland

• Directed by Arthur Melbourne Cooper

• A boy dreams toys come to life.

• 8 mins

1908

A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Directed by Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton

• Writers: William Shakespeare (play) and Eugene Mullin (scenario)

• Stars: Walter Ackerman, Charles Chapman and Dolores Costello

• Produced by J. Stuart Blackton• 12 mins 1909

A Christmas Carol

• Directed by Harold Shaw• Writer: Charles

Dickens (short story)• Stars: Marc

McDermott, Charles Ogle and William Bechtel

• English intertitles• 15 mins

1910

The Lonedale Operator

• Directed by D.W. Griffith• Stars:Verner Clarges, Guy

Hedlund and Jeanie Macpherson

• Used close-ups which were uncommon at the time

• 17 mins• English intertitle

1911

Cleopatra

• Directed by Charles L. Gaskill• Produced by Helen Gardner• Writer: Victorien Sardou (play)• Stars: Helen Gardner, Pearl

Sindelar and Miss Fielding• English intertitles• Just over an hour

1912

Fantomas

• Directed by Louis Feuillade• Writers: Marcel Allain (novel)

and Louis Feuillade• Stars: René Navarre, Georges

Melchior and Renée Carl• Produced by Romeo Bosetti• French intertitles• 5 episodes

1913

Squaw Man

• Directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille

• Produced by Cecil B. DeMill and Jesse L. Lasky

• Writers: Edwin Milton Royle (play) and Cecil B. DeMille(picturizer)

• Stars:Dustin Farnum• First feature-length movie filmed in

Hollywood• Remade 3 times• English intertitles• 74 mins 1914

The Birth of a Nation

• Directed by D.W. Griffith• Writers: Thomas F. Dixon

Jr. (novel) and Thomas F. Dixon Jr.(play)

• Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh and Henry B. Walthall

• English intertitles• 190 mins 1915

Intolerance

• Directed by D.W. Griffith• Love's Struggle Throughout the

Ages• Four parallel storylines

– Crime and redemption– Christ’s mission and death– St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre– The Fall of the Babylonian Empire to

Persia• English intertitles• 210 mins 1916

The Poor Little Rich Girl

• Directed by Maurice Tourneur• Writers: Eleanor Gates (play)

and Frances Marion (scenario)• Stars: Mary

Pickford, Madlaine Traverse and Charles Wellesley

• English intertitles• 65 mins

1917

Tarzan of the Apes

• Directed by Scott Sidney• Writers: Edgar Rice

Burroughs (novel)Fred Miller• Stars: Elmo Lincoln, Enid

Markey and True Boardman • First Tarzan movie ever made• English intertitles• 73 mins

1918

Feline Follies-Felix the Cat

• Directed by Otto Messmer• First appearance of Felix

the Cat• He is referred to as "Master

Tom"• English intertitles• 6 mins

1919

The Mark of Zorro

• Directed by Fred Niblo• Writer: Johnston

McCulley (based on the story by: "The Curse of Capistrano" published in "All-Story Weekly")

• Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte andRobert McKim

• English intertitles• 90 mins 1920

Three Musketeers

• Directed by Fred Niblo• Writers: Alexandre Dumas

père (by: "The Three Musketeers") and Edward Knoblock (adapted by)

• Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Mary MacLaren and Nigel De Brulier

• English intertitles• 119 mins 1921

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

• Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror

• Directed by F.W. Murnau• Writer: Henrik Galeen (screen

play)• Stars:Max Schreck, Greta

Schröder and Ruth Landshoff• Geman intertitles• 94 mins 1922

The Ten Commandments

• Directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille

• Written by Jeanie MacPherson• Stars: Theodore

Roberts, Charles de Rochefort and Estelle Taylor

• English intertitles• 136 mins

1923

The Thief of Baghdad

• Directed by Raoul Walsh• Writers: Lotta Woods (scenario

editor) and Douglas Fairbanks (story)

• Stars:Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston and Snitz Edwards

• Adapted from A Thousand and One Nights

• 140 mins1924

Bronenosets Potyomkin

• Battleship Potemkin• Directed by Sergei Eisenstein• Writer: Nina Agadzhanova (script)• Stars:Aleksandr

Antonov, Vladimir Barsky and Grigori Aleksandrov

• Russian Intertitles• Named greatest film of all time in

1958• 75 mins 1925

The Adventures Of Prince Achmed

• Meeting Aladdin• Directed by Lotte Reiniger• One of the earliest feature-

length animated films• Silhouette animation• 65 mins

1926

Metropolis

• Directed by Fritz Lang• Writers: Thea von

Harbou (screenplay and novel)

• Stars:Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel and Gustav Fröhlich

• 145 mins (restored)

1927

Habeas corpus

• Directed by Leo McCarey and James Parrott

• Writers: Leo McCarey, H.M. Walker

• Stars:Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Richard Carle

• Produced by Hal Roach• 20 mins

1928

The Broadway Melody

• Directed by Harry Beaumont• Produced by Irving Thalberg and

Lawrence Weingarten• Writers: Edmund Goulding and Sarah

Y. Mason• Stars: Bessie Love, Anita

Page and Charles King • The first sound film to win an

Academy Award for Best Picture• Uses a technicolor sequence• 110 mins 1929

All Quiet on the Western Front• Director: Lewis Milestone• Writers: Erich Maria

Remarque (by) and Maxwell Anderson(adaptation),

• Stars: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim and John Wray

• Produced by Irving Thalberg and Lawrence Weingarten

• The first sound film to win and Academy Award for Best Picture

• Uses a technicolor sequence• 110 mins 1930

City Lights

• Written, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin

• Stars: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill and Florence Lee

• Silent film though sound film was already popular

• 87 mins1931

Scarface

• Directors: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson

• Writers: Armitage Trail (novel) and Ben Hecht (screen story)

• Stars: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak and Karen Morley

• Produced by Howard Hughes• 93 mins

1932

King Kong

• Directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack

• Writers: James Ashmore Creelman (screenplay) and Ruth Rose(screenplay)

• Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot

• 100-104 mins 1933

It Happened One Night• Directed by Frank Capra• Writers: Robert Riskin (screenplay)

and Samuel Hopkins Adams (short story)• Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette

Colbert and Walter Connolly• Won five major Academy Awards

– Best Picture– Director– Actor– Actress– Screenplay

• 105 mins 1934

Bride of Frankenstein

• Director: James Whale• Writers: Mary

Shelley (suggested by the original story written by) and William Hurlbut (adapted by)

• Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester and Colin Clive

• 75 mins 1935

Modern Times

• Directed, written and produced by Charlie Chaplin

• Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard and Henry Bergman

• 87 mins1936

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• Directed by David Hand, William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson ,Larry Morey ,Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen

• Writers: Ted Sears (story) and Richard Creedon (story)

• Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell and Lucille La Verne

• 83 mins 1937

The Adventures of Robin Hood• Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley• Writers: Norman Reilly Raine (original screen

play: based upon ancient Robin Hood legends), Seton I. Miller (original screen play: based upon ancient Robin Hood legends), and Rowland Leigh (contributor to treatment) uncredited

• Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone

• Filmed in technicolor• Won 3 Academy Awards

– Best Art Direction– Film Editing– Original Score

• 102 mins 1938

The Wizard of Oz

• Directed by Victor Fleming• Writers: Noel

Langley (screenplay) and Florence Ryerson(screenplay)

• Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and Ray Bolger

• Produced by Mervyn LeRoy• 101 mins 1939

Fantasia• 8 animated segments

– Live action– Directed by Samuel Armstrong

• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Nutcracker Suite

– Directed by James Algar• The Sorcerer's Apprentice

– Directed by Bill Roberts and Paul Satterfield• The Rite of Spring

– Directed by Ben Sharpsteen and David D. Hand• Intermission/Meet the Soundtrack

– Directed by Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley and Ford Beebe• The Pastoral Symphony

– Directed by T. Hee and Norm Ferguson• Dance of the Hours

– Directed by Wilfred Jackson• Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria

• 125 mins

1940

Citizen Kane

• Director: Orson Welles• Writers: Herman J.

Mankiewicz (original screenplay) and Orson Welles (original screenplay)

• Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore

• Tops the list twice (1997, 2007) of AFI’s Greatest Movies of All Time

• 119 mins1941

Casablanca

• Director: Michael Curtiz• Writers: Julius J.

Epstein (screenplay) and Philip G. Epstein(screenplay)

• Stars:Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid

• 102 mins 1942

Shadow of a Doubt

• Directed by Alfred Hitchcock• Writers: Thornton

Wilder (screenplay) and Sally Benson(screenplay),

• Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten and Macdonald Carey

• Produced by Jack H. Skirball• 108 mins

1943

Laura

• Director: Otto Preminger, • Writers: Vera

Caspary (novel) and Jay Dratler (screenplay)

• Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews and Clifton Webb

• 119 mins

1944

The Lost Weekend• Director: Billy Wilder• Writers: Charles R. Jackson (from the novel by)

and Charles Brackett(screenplay)• Stars: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry• Produced by Charles Brackett• Won 4 Academy Awards

– Best Picture– Director– Actor– Screenplay

• Won the 1945 Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the first Cannes Film Festival– Best director of the best feature film

• 101 min 1945

It's a Wonderful Life

• Director: Frank Capra• Writers: Frances

Goodrich (screenplay) and Albert Hackett(screenplay)

• Stars:James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore

• 130 mins1946

Miracle on 34th Street

• Director: George Seaton• Writers: George

Seaton (written for the screen by) and Valentine Davies (story)

• Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara and John Payne

• 96 mins 1947

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

• Director: John Huston• Writers: John Huston (screen

play)and B. Traven (based on the novel by)

• Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt

• Produced by Henry Blake• 126 mins 1948

The Third Man

• Director: Carol Reed• Writers: Graham Greene • Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph

Cotten and Alida Valli• Film noir - a cinematic

term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas

• 104 mins 1949

Sunset Boulevard• Director: Billy Wilder• Writers: Charles Brackett and Billy

Wilder• Stars: William Holden, Gloria

Swanson and Erich von Stroheim• Produced by Charles Brackett• Film noir• Won 3 Academy Awards

– Best writing, story and screenplay– Art Direction-Set Decoration– Music

• 110 mins 1950

The Day The Earth Stood Still

• Director: Robert Wise• Writers: Edmund H.

North (screenplay) and Harry Bates (story)

• Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Hugh Marlowe

• 92 mins

1951

Singing in the Rain

• Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

• Writers: Adolph Green (story) and Betty Comden (story)

• Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds

• 103 mins 1952

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

• Director: Howard Hawks• Writers: Charles

Lederer (screenplay) and Joseph Fields (based on the musical comedy by)

• Stars: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe and Charles Coburn

• 91 mins1953

On the Waterfront• Director: Elia Kazan• Writers: Budd Schulberg (screenplay and based

upon an original story by)• Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden and Lee J.

Cobb• Received 8 Academy Awards

– Best Motion Picture– Director– Actor– Story and Screenplay– Supporting Actress– Art Direction-Set Decoration Black-and-White– Cinematography– Film Editing

• 108 mins 1954

Rebel Without A Cause

• Director: Nicholas Ray• Writers: Stewart

Stern (screenplay)and Irving Shulman(adaptation)

• Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo

• 111 mins

1955

The Searchers

• Director: John Ford• Writers: Frank S.

Nugent (screenplay) and Alan Le May (from the novel by)

• Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter and Vera Miles

• Named Greatest American Western of All Time in 2008

• Ranked 7th Best Film of All Time in Sight & Sound’s 2012 survey

• 119 mins 1956

12 Angry Men

• Director: Sidney Lumet• Writer: Reginald

Rose (story)• Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J.

Cobb and Martin Balsam• 96 mins

1957

Vertigo

• Director: Alfred Hitchcock• Writers: Alec

Coppel (screenplay) and Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)

• Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes

• 128 mins1958

Ben Hur

• Director: William Wyler• Writers: Lew Wallace (novel)

and Karl Tunberg (screenplay),

• Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins and Stephen Boyd

• Won 11 Academy Awards and 3 Golden Globe Awards

• 212 mins 1959

Psycho

• Director: Alfred Hitchcock• Writers: Joseph

Stefano (screenplay), Robert Bloch (novel)

• Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles

• Tops the list of AFI’s Greatest Thriller Films

• 109 mins 1960

The Hustler

• Director: Robert Rossen• Writers: Sidney

Carroll (screenplay) and Robert Rossen(screenplay)

• Stars: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason and Piper Laurie

• 134 mins 1961

Lawrence of Arabia

• Director: David Lean• Writers: T.E.

Lawrence (writings) and Robert Bolt (screenplay) Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn

• 216 mins 1962

8 1/2

• Director: Federico Fellini• Writers: Federico

Fellini (story)and Ennio Flaiano (story) Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée and Claudia Cardinale

• 138 mins 1963

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

• Director: Stanley Kubrick• Writers: Stanley

Kubrick (screenplay) and Terry Southern(screenplay)

• Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden

• Won 4 BAFTA Awards• 95 mins

1964

The Sound of Music• Director: Robert Wise• Writers: Howard Lindsay (book) and Russel

Crouse (book)• Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher

Plummer and Eleanor Parker • Won 2 Golden Globes

– Best Motion Picture– Actress

• Won 5 Academy Awards– Best Picture– Director– Sound– Scoring of Music– Film Editing

• 174 mins 1965

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

• Director: Sergio Leone• Writers: Luciano

Vincenzoni (story) and Sergio Leone (story) Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef

• 161 mins

1966

Cool Hand Luke

• Director: Stuart Rosenberg• Writers: Donn

Pearce (screenplay) and Frank Pierson (screenplay)

• Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Strother Martin

• 126 mins1967

2001: A Space Odyssey

• Director: Stanley Kubrick• Writers: Stanley

Kubrick (screenplay) and Arthur C. Clarke(screenplay)

• Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood and William Sylvester

• 141 mins 1968

Easy Rider

• Director: Dennis Hopper• Writers: Peter Fonda

and Dennis Hopper• Stars: Peter Fonda, Dennis

Hopper and Jack Nicholson• Produced by Peter Fonda• Received the First Film Award

in the 1969 Cannes Film Festival

• 95 mins 1969

Patton

• Director: Franklin J. Schaffner• Writers: Francis Ford

Coppola (screen story and screenplay) and Edmund H. North (screen story and screenplay)

• Stars: George C. Scott, Karl Malden and Stephen Young

• Won 7 Academy Awards• 172 mins 1970

Clockwork Orange

• Director: Stanley Kubrick• Writers: Stanley

Kubrick (screenplay) and Anthony Burgess(novel)

• Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee and Michael Bates

• 136 mins1971

The Godfather

• Director: Francis Ford Coppola

• Writers: Mario Puzo (screenplay) and Francis Ford Coppola(screenplay)

• Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and James Caan

• 175 mins 1972

The Exorcist

• Director: William Friedkin• Writers: William Peter

Blatty (written for the screen by, novel)

• Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and Linda Blair

• First horror film to be nominated for Best Picture

• Won 2 Academy Awards • 122 mins 1973

Chinatown

• Director: Roman Polanski• Writer: Robert Towne• Stars: Jack

Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston

• 130 mins

1974

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

• Director: Milos Forman• Writers: Lawrence

Hauben (screenplay) and Bo Goldman(screenplay)

• Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and Michael Berryman

• Second film to win the big five major awards

• 133 mins1975

Network

• Director: Sidney Lumet• Writer: Paddy

Chayefsky (by)• Stars: Faye

Dunaway, William Holden and Peter Finch

• 121 mins

1976

Star Wars

• Director: George Lucas• Writer: George Lucas• Stars: Mark

Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher

• 121 mins

1977

Superman

• Director: Richard Donner• Writers: Jerry

Siegel (creator: Superman) and Joe Shuster (creator: Superman) Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman

• 143 mins 1978

Alien

• Director: Ridley Scott• Writers: Dan

O'Bannon (story) and Ronald Shusett (story) Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt and John Hurt

• 117 mins 1979

Raging Bull

• Director: Martin Scorsese• Writers: Jake

LaMotta (based on the book by) and Joseph Carter (with)

• Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty and Joe Pesci

• 129 mins 1980

Raiders of the Lost Ark

• Director: Steven Spielberg• Writers: Lawrence

Kasdan (screenplay) and George Lucas(story)

• Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Paul Freeman

• 115 mins1981

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

• Director: Nicholas Meyer• Writers: Gene

Roddenberry (television series Star Trek) and Harve Bennett (story) Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley

• 113 mins 1982

Scarface

• Director: Brian De Palma• Writer: Oliver

Stone (screenplay) Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steven Bauer

• 170 mins

1983

The Terminator

• Director: James Cameron

• Writers: James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd

• Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn

• 107 mins 1984

Brazil

• Director: Terry Gilliam• Writers: Terry

Gilliam (screenplay) and Tom Stoppard(screenplay)

• Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist and Robert De Niro

• 132 mins

1985

Platoon

• Director: Oliver Stone• Writer: Oliver Stone• Stars: Charlie

Sheen, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe

• 120 mins

1986

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

• Director: John Hughes• Writer: John Hughes• Stars: Steve

Martin, John Candy and Laila Robins

• 93 mins

1987

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

• Director: Robert Zemeckis• Writers: Gary K.

Wolf (novel) and Jeffrey Price (screenplay)

• Stars: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd and Joanna Cassidy

• 104 mins

1988

Do the Right Thing

• Director: Spike Lee• Writer: Spike Lee• Stars: Danny

Aiello, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

• 120 mins

1989

Goodfellas

• Director: Martin Scorsese• Writers: Nicholas

Pileggi (book and screenplay) Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci

• 146 mins

1990

Silence of the Lambs

• Director: Jonathan Demme• Writers: Thomas Harris (novel)

and Ted Tally (screenplay)• Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony

Hopkins and Lawrence A. Bonney• Latest film to win the big five

major academy awards• Latest horror film to win Best

Picture• 118 mins

1991

The Player

• Director: Robert Altman• Writers: Michael

Tolkin (screenplay and novel)

• Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi and Fred Ward

• 124 mins

1992

Schindler's List

• Director: Steven Spielberg• Writers: Thomas

Keneally (book) and Steven Zaillian(screenplay)

• Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Ben Kingsley

• 195 mins1993

Pulp Fiction

• Director: Quentin Tarantino• Writers: Quentin

Tarantino (story) and Roger Avary (story) Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson

• Won the Palme d ‘Or (Best Film) in Cannes Film Festival

• Won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

• 154 mins 1994

Toy Story

• Director: John Lasseter• Writers: John

Lasseter (original story) and Pete Docter (original story) Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Don Rickles

• First computer- animated film produced by Pixar

• 81 mins 1995

Fargo

• Director: Joel Coen• Writers: Ethan Coen

and Joel Coen• Stars: William H.

Macy, Frances McDormand and Steve Buscemi

• 98 mins1996

L.A. Confidential

• Director: Curtis Hanson• Writers: James

Ellroy (novel) and Brian Helgeland (screenplay) Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce

• 138 mins1997

The Truman Show

• Director: Peter Weir• Writer: Andrew Niccol• Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed

Harris and Laura Linney• 103 mins

1998

The Matrix

• Directors: Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski

• Writers: Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski

• Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss

• 136 mins 1999

Memento

• Director: Christopher Nolan• Writers: Christopher

Nolan (screenplay) and Jonathan Nolan(short story "Memento Mori")

• Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano

• 113 mins2000

Mulholland Drive

• Director: David Lynch• Writer: David Lynch• Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura

Harring and Justin Theroux• 147 mins

2001

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Director: Peter Jackson• Writers: J.R.R.

Tolkien (novel) and Fran Walsh (screenplay)

• Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Orlando Bloom

• 178 mins2002

Lost in Translation

• Director: Sofia Coppola• Writer: Sofia Coppola• Stars: Bill Murray, Scarlett

Johansson and Giovanni Ribisi

• 101 mins

2003

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

• Director: Michel Gondry• Writers: Charlie

Kaufman (story), Michel Gondry (story)

• Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and Tom Wilkinson

• Best Original Screenplay• 108 mins 2004

Brokeback Mountain

• Director: Ang Lee• Writers: Annie

Proulx (short story) and Larry McMurtry(screenplay)

• Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams

• 134 mins 2005

Little Miss Sunshine

• Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

• Writer: Michael Arndt• Stars: Steve Carell, Toni

Collette and Greg Kinnear• 101 mins

2006

There Will be Blood

• Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

• Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson (screenplay) and Upton Sinclair (novel)

• Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano and Ciarán Hinds

• 158 mins 2007

The Dark Knight• Director: Christopher Nolan• Writers: Jonathan

Nolan (screenplay) and Christopher Nolan (screenplay)

• Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart

• Won Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger as “Joker”

• This was the last film Heath Ledger completed before his death

• 152 mins 2008

District 9

• Director: Neill Blomkamp

• Writers: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

• Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James and Jason Cope

• 112 mins2009

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