2000

Apr 7: Me Myself I -- wr./d. Pip Karmel; st. Rachel Griffiths. A woman meets the self she would have been had she accepted a marriage proposal 13 years before. website

Apr 14: American Psycho -- d. Mary Harron; screenplay Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner; st. Christian Bale. Based on Bret Easton Ellis' novel about an amoral, fashion-conscious serial killer. website

Apr 21: U-571 -- d. Jonathan Mostow; screenplay Jonathan Mostow and Sam Montgomery and David Ayer; story Jonathan Mostow; st. Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel. A World War II submarine plots to steal an encrypting device from a Nazi U-boat. website | IMDb

Apr 28: Frequency -- d. Gregory Hoblit; wr. Toby Emmerich; st. Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel. A man communicates with his dead father across 30 years via short-wave radio. website | IMDb

Apr 28: Time Code -- wr./d. Mike Figgis; st. Kyle MacLachlan, Holly Hunter. Four-in-one film with the screen divided into quarters, displaying 90 minute continuous takes, about a group of LA denizens. website | IMDb

May 5: Gladiator -- d. Ridley Scott; screenplay David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson; story David Franzoni; st. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris. Gladiator picture, positioned to be the opening summer blockbuster. website | IMDb

May 12: Battlefield Earth -- d. Roger Christian; screenplay Corey Mandell and J. D. Shapiro; based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard; st. John Travolta, Forest Whitaker. From L. Ron Hubbard's novel. website | IMDb

May 19: Dinosaur -- d. Ralph Zondag & Eric Leighton; screenplay John Harrison and Robert Nelson Jacobs; original screenplay Walon Green. The latest in state-of-the-art animation; $200 million worth. website | IMDb

May 19: Small Time Crooks -- wr./d. Woody Allen; st. Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Hugh Grant. The director's 32nd feature; a return to slapstick. The film's website, curiously, is at Amazon. website

May 24: Mission Impossible 2 -- d. John Woo; screenplay Robert Towne, story Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga; st. Tom Cruise, Anthony Hopkins, Ving Rhames. Sequel to the film based on the '60s TV series. website

May 26: 8 1/2 Women -- d. Peter Greenaway; st. Polly Walker, Toni Collette, Amanda Plummer. Greenaway's Fellini homage. website

May 26: Passion of Mind -- d. Alain Berliner; st. Demi Moore. A woman alternates identities in her dreams. website

Jun 16: Jesus' Son -- d. Alison Maclean; st. Billy Crudup, Dennis Hopper. Based on Denis Johnson's novel about a wayward druggie. website

Jun 16: Titan A.E. -- d. Don & Gary Goldman Bluth; st. Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore (voices). Space opera animation, product of 12-15 different writers, according to ET. (Fox) website | IMDb

Jun 21: Chicken Run -- d. Peter Lord and Nick Park; screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, story by Peter Lord and Nick Park.

Jun 23: Me, Myself, and Irene -- wr./d. Bob & Peter Farrelly; st. Jim Carrey, Renee Zellweger. A man's two split personalities both fall for the same woman; by the There's Something About Mary team. website

Jun 30: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle -- d. Des McAnuff; st. Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Robert De Niro. Live action version of Jay Ward's subversive '60s TV cartoon; De Niro plays Fearless Leader. website

Jun 30: The Patriot -- d. Roland Emmerich; wr. Rodat, Robert; st. Mel Gibson. Independence Day director/producer turn to the American revolution. website

Jun 30: The Perfect Storm -- d. Wolfgang Petersen; st. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Based on Sebastian Junger's nonfiction book about a spectacular 1991 storm off Newfoundland. (Warner Bros.) website | IMDb