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How time flies
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2005: the year at the movies
Bumper quiz: Do you know your Downfall from your Descent, your Crash from your Wedding Crashers? Discover how oblong-eyed you were in 2005 with our bumper end-of-year quiz. |
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| Vote for the best film of 2005 | and the worst film of 2005 |
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The pictures, in pictures
Photo quiz: Match your pictorial wits with our photo quiz of the year and see if you were paying attention in 2005. |
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2005, month by month: January
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 | | Sundance
Robert Redford's annual cinema extravaganza boasted the usual crop of movie premieres and visiting celebrities. And more than the average quota of sex, apparently. |
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February
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 | | The Oscars
It was billed as a showdown between Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese. And in the end it was the baby that emerged victorious. |
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March
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 | | Disney gets Miramax, Weinsteins get £75m
One of Hollywood's oddest (and yet most profitable) marriages finally broke down in March. Unsurprisingly, the divorce settlement was one for the history books. |
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April
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Self-lacerating account of German defeat or veiled apology for the Nazi regime? Downfall whipped up debate and polarised its audience. |
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| Obituary: Sir John Mills |
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May
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 | | On the Croisette
The Cannes film festival played host to everything from Sin City to Hidden and everyone from Emir Kusturica to Paris Hilton. After a frantic 10-day spell the Dardennes took their second Palme d'Or for The Child. |
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| Obituary: Ismail Merchant |
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June
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In Hollywood, cops take on the new wave of 'lawless' paparazzi
In what sounded like the pitch for a Hollywood thriller, Lindsay Lohan and Reese Witherspoon fled through LA with a pack of demented predators on their tail. |
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 | | What's eating Tom Cruise?
He jumped on couches, proposed marriage and was squirted with a water pistol. All in all, Tom Cruise passed an eventful 2005. |
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July
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 | | Polanski wins £50,000 libel damages
Before releasing his Oliver Twist, the renegade director had a minor run-in with Vanity Fair over certain, ahem, allegations.
John Patterson: If only Roman Polanski could still work in the US
Farrow: Polanski was in despair
Polanski owns up to casual sex but fights for his honour at libel trial
The Guardian profile: Roman Polanski |
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August
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 | | Hollywood shivers as chill hits box office
It was the summer of The Island and Stealth. Hollywood looked to its bank balance and shivered.
War of the words at summer box office
Hollywood feels the heat after cool summer |
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Sister acts against Da Vinci 'heresy'
The shooting of The Da Vinci Code ran into trouble in the UK. Tom Hanks arrived to save the Dei.
Chapel admits Da Vinci Code filmmakers
Westminster Abbey closes doors to Da Vinci Code |
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September
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 | | Revolver slammed
The critics recoiled. The punters stayed away in droves. Even the fans booed Mr and Mrs Ritchie at Revolver's London premiere.
How to flog a turkey |
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October
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London calling
The London film festival opened with The Constant Gardener and closed with Clooney. In between were a bunch of other films. |
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 | | First blond Bond goes into action
After one of the longest casting calls in living memory, Daniel Craig was at last confirmed as the next 007. If only his mother hadn't blown the whistle the day before the official announcement.
Brosnan devastated by 007 drop
GoldenEye director back for more
Signed, sealed, delivered: Sun calls Salmon for Bond
Farrell spurns 007 role |
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Kubrick leaves treasures to Britain
In death the great Stanley Kubrick left behind some classic memorabilia, a bunch of film masterpieces ... and Eyes Wide Shut. |
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Fire destroys Aardman's history
The day after Wallace and Gromit bounced to the top of the US box office, a spot of bad news for the Aardman gang. |
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November
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 | | Blake to pay $30m damages after guilty verdict
The Robert Blake murder trial sputtered to a fittingly bizarre conclusion. He was not guilty. He was guilty. The scales of justice tipped this way and that. |
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December
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Are The Chronicles of Narnia a masterpiece of children's literature or reactionary, Bible-bashing claptrap? The debate raged on as the money piled up. |
