2000s Movie Mania
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- 2. Chris Farley was originally cast as the main character of this 2001 animated movie prior to his death and was subsequently replaced by fellow SNL alumni Mike Myers.
- 4. In this movie, the math teacher gets accused of selling drugs because of something written in "The Burn Book" (2 words)
- 6. Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen play chess in this comic-book live action movie – but during filming, neither knew how to play.
- 8. When asked by an interviewer why they chose to have slow moving zombies instead of running zombies, Simon Pegg simply replied, “Because death is not an energy drink.”
- 9. This movie saw the increase in popularity of clown fish as children’s pets.
- 12. Russell Crowe lost all feeling in his right forefinger for two years after a sword fight in this movie.
- 14. Approximately 20% of this Oscar-winning movie’s dialogue is in Hindi.
- 15. The two main characters in this Disney-Pixar movie are “Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth class” and “Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator”.
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- 1. The second in a three-part series, it was the movie for which Heath Ledger posthumously won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (3 words).
- 3. This movie saw Steve Carell have his first on-screen kiss, a real body wax, and a profanity-free backup script (just in case).
- 5. This is the first Quentin Tarantino film to win an Oscar for acting.
- 7. Despite the party guy persona in this movie based on a wild bachelor party, Bradley Cooper hasn’t had a drink since he was 29 years old.
- 10. Christian Bale lost his voice three times during the filming of this movie, the first of three where he plays the same character (2 words).
- 11. This movie grossed $2.79 Billion USD at the Box Office in 2009, unseating Titanic from the top grossing movie of all-time.
- 13. The movie poster of this love story was modelled after the Titanic movie poster, and this love story directed by Ang Lee also has a tragic ending.