2000s Movie Mania

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Across
  1. 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.
  2. 4. In this movie, the math teacher gets accused of selling drugs because of something written in "The Burn Book" (2 words)
  3. 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.
  4. 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.”
  5. 9. This movie saw the increase in popularity of clown fish as children’s pets.
  6. 12. Russell Crowe lost all feeling in his right forefinger for two years after a sword fight in this movie.
  7. 14. Approximately 20% of this Oscar-winning movie’s dialogue is in Hindi.
  8. 15. The two main characters in this Disney-Pixar movie are “Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth class” and “Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator”.
Down
  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 5. This is the first Quentin Tarantino film to win an Oscar for acting.
  4. 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.
  5. 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).
  6. 11. This movie grossed $2.79 Billion USD at the Box Office in 2009, unseating Titanic from the top grossing movie of all-time.
  7. 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.