Movie Months August 2005 (10-years-old)
Now on it has been 10 years since I attended this magazine video rental. Here are some movies that have connections to other films (director, cinematographer men and so on). Enjoy it and good luck!
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- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsDennis QuaidTopher GraceScarlett JohanssonA middle-aged ad exec is faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age... and who also happens to be sleeping with his daughter.Connection number 1.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 4th 2005. - DirectorJohn MayburyStarsAdrien BrodyKeira KnightleyDaniel CraigA Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.Connection number 2.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 4th 2005. - DirectorClare KilnerStarsDermot MulroneyDebra MessingJack DavenportSingle-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis to hire a male escort to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. Her plan, an attempt to dupe her ex-fiancé, who dumped her a couple years prior, proves to be her undoing.Connection number 3.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 8th 2005. - DirectorWalter SallesStarsGael García BernalRodrigo de la SernaMía MaestroErnesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.Connection number 4.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 11th 2005. - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsAdam SandlerTéa LeoniPaz VegaA woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family whose patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.Connection number 5.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 17th 2005. - DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin PhoenixPaul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.Connection number 6.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 18th 2005. - DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich MatthesTraudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.Connection number 7.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 25th 2005. - DirectorSydney PollackStarsNicole KidmanSean PennCatherine KeenerPolitical intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.Connection number 8.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 29th 2005. - DirectorLee TamahoriStarsIce CubeSamuel L. JacksonWillem DafoeDarius Stone, a new agent in the xXx program, is sent to Washington, D.C. to stop a coup attempt against the President of the United States.Connection number 9.
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 31st 2005. - DirectorBreck EisnerStarsMatthew McConaugheyPenélope CruzSteve ZahnMaster explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.Connection number 10 (and also the last one).
Date issue (on DVD and video): August 31st 2005. - DirectorPaul WeitzChris WeitzStarsJason BiggsChris KleinThomas Ian NicholasFour teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.Paul Weitz - Director of "Connection number 1".
- DirectorChris WeitzPaul WeitzStarsChris RockRegina KingChazz PalminteriAfter dying before his time, an aspiring black comic gets a second shot at life - by being placed in the body of a wealthy white businessman.Paul Weitz - Director of "Connection number 1".
- DirectorChris WeitzPaul WeitzStarsHugh GrantNicholas HoultToni ColletteWill, who attends single parent meetings to woo women, meets Marcus, a troubled 12-year-old boy. As they become friends, Will learns to be responsible while he helps Marcus with his studies.Paul Weitz - Director and also writer of "Connection number 1".
- DirectorEric DarnellTim JohnsonLawrence GutermanStarsWoody AllenSharon StoneGene HackmanA rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.Paul Weitz - Writer of "Connection number 1".
- DirectorPeter HowittStarsRowan AtkinsonJohn MalkovichNatalie ImbrugliaAfter a sudden attack on MI5, Johnny English, Britain's most confident, yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy.Remi Adefarasin - Cinematographer of "Connection number 1".
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsPeter DinklagePatricia ClarksonBobby CannavaleWhen his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.Stephen Trask - Music of "Connection number 1".
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsNatalie PortmanJude LawClive OwenThe relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.Damien Rice - Music of "Connection number 1".
- DirectorJohn MayburyJohn Maybury - Director of "Connection number 2".
- DirectorJohn MayburyJohn Maybury - Director of "Connection number 2".
- DirectorDerek JarmanMichael KostiffJohn MayburyStarsWilliam S. BurroughsMarianne FaithfullFM EinheitConsists of multiple short vignettes: Witches Song (1979), Broken English (1979), Ballad Of Lucy Jordan (1979), Pirate Tape (Derek Jarman, 1983) and T.G.: Psychic Rally In Heaven (Derek Jarman, 1981).John Maybury - Director of "Connection number 2".
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsJason SchwartzmanJude LawNaomi WattsA husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.Peter Deming - Cinematographer of "Connection number 2".
- DirectorWim WendersStarsJeremy DaviesMilla JovovichMel GibsonTragi-comic, romantic whodunnit set in a run down hotel which plays host to mentally ill people too poor to afford medical insurance.Brian Eno - Music of "Connection number 2".
- DirectorMichael MannStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroVal KilmerA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.Brian Eno - Music of "Connection number 2".
- DirectorClare KilnerStarsMandy MooreTrent FordDylan BakerA teenager (Moore), disillusioned by too many examples of love gone wrong, refuses to believe that true love exists. Then this new guy (Ford) comes along...Clare Kilner - Director of "Connection number 3".
- DirectorClare KilnerStarsAbigail McKernJohn MichieSally MortemoreA young woman's obsession with a naked statue of Apollo causes havoc for an unsuspecting builder.Clare Kilner - Director of "Connection number 3".
- DirectorRichard KwietniowskiStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanMinnie DriverJohn HurtA bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.Oliver Curtis - Cinematographer of "Connection number 3".
- DirectorConor McPhersonStarsPeter McDonaldBrian CoxConor MullenAn Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis: his wife has recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but he has his own serious problems; his younger son and daughter, meanwhile, are having troubles in school.Oliver Curtis - Cinematographer of "Connection number 3".
- DirectorPatrick HarkinsStarsAidan GillenAdrian LesterPeter O'TooleA rivalry develops between a showbiz veteran and an upstart newcomer.Oliver Curtis - Cinematographer of "Connection number 3".
- CreatorGreg BerlantiStarsTreat WilliamsGregory SmithEmily VanCampA widowed brain surgeon from Manhattan moves his two children to the small mountain town of Everwood, Colorado.Blake Neely - Music of "Connection number 3" (just from 2002 to 2006).
- CreatorGreg BerlantiSteven A. CohenBrad MeltzerStarsChristine LahtiMatt LongLogan LermanThe early life of Bobby McCallister, a progressive President of the United States from 2041 to 2049, is explored.Blake Neely - Music of "Connection number 3" (just from 2004 to 2005).
- DirectorWalter SallesDaniela ThomasGeorge MouraWalter Salles - Director of "Connection number 4".
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsJennifer ConnellyAriel GadeJohn C. ReillyA mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building, where they are targeted by the ghost of a former resident.Walter Salles - Director of "Connection number 4".
- DirectorNathalie BoutefeuStarsMarie CariesYann-Joël CollinLouisa d'AnnunzioEric Gautier - Cinematographer of "Connection number 4".
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsSean PennBenicio Del ToroNaomi WattsA freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.Gustavo Santaolalla - Music of "Connection number 4".
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsEmilio EchevarríaGael García BernalGoya ToledoAn amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.Gustavo Santaolalla - Music of "Connection number 4".
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.James L. Brooks - Director and also writer of "Connection number 5".
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsWilliam HurtAlbert BrooksHolly HunterTake two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.James L. Brooks - Director and also writer of "Connection number 5".
- DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsJack NicholsonHelen HuntGreg KinnearA single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.James L. Brooks - Director and also writer of "Connection number 5".
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsJude LawNicole KidmanRenée ZellwegerIn the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.John Seale - Cinematographer of "Connection number 5".
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleMichael CaineKen WatanabeAfter witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.Hans Zimmer - Music of "Connection number 5".
James Newton Howard - Music of "Connection number 8". - DirectorEdward ZwickStarsTom CruiseKen WatanabeBilly ConnollyNathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.Hans Zimmer - Music of "Connection number 5".
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsHelen MirrenFionnula FlanaganAidan GillenThe 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.Terry George - Director of "Connection number 6".
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisPete PostlethwaiteAlison CrosbieAn Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.Terry George - Writer of "Connection number 6".
- DirectorTom HooperStarsHilary SwankChiwetel EjioforJamie BartlettPolice officer Dirk Hendricks files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo, a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. South African-born attorney Sarah Barcant, meanwhile, returns to her homeland to represent Mpondo, as well as Steve Sizela, Mpondo's friend who was arrested along with him and never heard from again.Vincent G. Cox - Cinematographer of "Connection number 6".
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJude LawEd HarrisJoseph FiennesA Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.Robert Fraisse - Cinematographer of "Connection number 6".
- DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsMoritz BleibtreuChristian BerkelOliver StokowskiFor two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.Oliver Hirschbiegel - Director of "Connection number 7".
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsBirol ÜnelSibel KekilliGüven KiraçWith the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.Rainer Klausmann - Cinematographer of "Connection number 7".
- DirectorBernd EichingerStarsTil SchweigerCorinna HarfouchThomas HeinzePsychiatrist Cora is facing a professional crisis as two of her patients have fallen for each other. Stanislaus Nagy visits her practice, a peculiar young man who claims to be possessed by Maria Callas.Stephen Zacharias - Music of "Connection number 7".
- DirectorHelmut DietlStarsThomas GottschalkHarald SchmidtVeronica FerresThe program director of a German TV station desperately looks for a new talk master for the Late Show.Stephen Zacharias - Music of "Connection number 7".
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri GarrMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.Sydney Pollack - Director of "Connection number 8".
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsTom CruiseJeanne TripplehornGene HackmanA young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.Sydney Pollack - Director of "Connection number 8".
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsHarrison FordKristin Scott ThomasCharles S. DuttonPolice Sergeant Dutch Van Den Broek (Harrison Ford) and U.S. Representative Kay Chandler (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) lose their spouses in a plane crash, and they soon discover that their spouses were having an affair with each other.Sydney Pollack - Director of "Connection number 8".
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTilda SwintonDaniel YorkOn vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.Darius Khondji - Cinematographer of "Connection number 8".
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsPierce BrosnanHalle BerryRosamund PikeJames Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.Lee Tamahori - Director of "Connection number 9".
David Tattersall - Cinematographer of "Connection number 9". - DirectorLee TamahoriStarsMorgan FreemanMichael WincottMonica PotterWhen a senator's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school, detective Alex Cross investigates the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner.Lee Tamahori - Director of "Connection number 9".
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsRena OwenTemuera MorrisonMamaengaroa Kerr-BellA family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.Lee Tamahori - Director of "Connection number 9".
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsBrad PittAngelina JolieAdam BrodyA bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.Simon Kinberg - Writer of "Connection number 9".
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanHalle BerryThe human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.Simon Kinberg - Writer of "Connection number 9".
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid MorseA tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.David Tattersall - Cinematographer of "Connection number 9".
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsHayden ChristensenNatalie PortmanEwan McGregorThree years into the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi pursues a new threat, while Anakin Skywalker is lured by Chancellor Palpatine into a sinister plot to rule the galaxy.David Tattersall - Cinematographer of "Connection number 9".
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsDennis QuaidMiranda OttoGiovanni RibisiSurvivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.Marco Beltrami - Music of "Connection number 9".
- DirectorBreck EisnerStarsNavi RawatJoe FlaniganPeter HortonFreya McAllister suddenly starts hearing voices in her head on the night of her High School Prom. From then on her future ends and she is diagnosed as a violent schizophrenic and committed to a mental hospital where she spends the next eight years of her life in mental madness. One night Dr Michael Welles arrives telling Freya that she isn't crazy but that her voices are the thoughts of everyone around her. He teaches her to turn her telepathic powers into a powerful gift. What he doesn't say is that he works for the National Security Agency...Breck Eisner - Director of "Connection number 10".
- DirectorBreck EisnerStarsPeter GabrielCharles DurningElizabeth PeñaA troubled detective enters a simulation of the last few minutes of a woman's life in order to catch a spree-killer.Breck Eisner - Director of "Connection number 10".
- DirectorJohn HamburgStarsBen StillerJennifer AnistonDebra MessingA buttoned-up newlywed finds his strictly organized life descend into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate.Seamus McGarvey - Cinematographer of "Connection number 10".
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsMeryl StreepNicole KidmanJulianne MooreThe story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.Seamus McGarvey - Cinematographer of "Connection number 10".
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJohn CusackIben HjejleTodd LouisoRob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.Seamus McGarvey - Cinematographer of "Connection number 10".
- DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsAaron EckhartBen KingsleyCarrie-Anne MossA mysterious serial killer is preying on other serial killers and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than the obvious characteristics.Clint Mansell - Music of "Connection number 10".
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsSandra BullockBen ChaplinRyan GoslingTwo gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.Clint Mansell - Music of "Connection number 10".