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THE BROTHERS GRIMM

Release Date: July 29, 2005
Distributor: Dimension Films
Director: Terry Gilliam
Producers: Daniel Bobker, Charles Roven
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger
Cast: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Headey, Peter Stormare, Monica Bellucci, Mackenzie Crook

Synopsis:
This is a fictional action-adventure tale about folklore collectors and brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, called Jake and Will in this version. While traveling from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures, they encounter a real sorceress with terrifying powers and are put to the test. Damon and Ledger will play the brothers, while Williams and Pryce would portray the villains Cavaldi and Delatombe. Bellucci will play the evil queen the forest's ruler, a woman who has found eternal life but not eternal beauty. She turns to the forest in order to procure the young virgins whose blood she needs to stay lovely.

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STEALTH
 
Release Date: July 29, 2005
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Director: Rob Cohen
Producers: Mike Medavoy, Neal H. Moritz, Arnold Messer, and Laura Ziskin
Screenwriters: Rob Cohen & W.D Ricther
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Joe Morton, Richard Roxburgh, & Sam Shepard

Synopsis:
Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.

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MUST LOVE DOGS
 
Release Date: July 29, 2005
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Directors: Gary David Goldberg
Screenwriters: Gary David Goldberg, Brad Hall
Cast: Diane Lane, John Cusack, Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing, Elizabeth Perkins

Synopsis:
A sweet but over-obliging Irish American divorcee, is pushed, prodded and coaxed back into the “de-regulated” American dating scene by her interfering family by way of personal ads, borrowed dogs, speed dating an plenty of failed first dates – until she finds romance.

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2046
 
Release Date: August 5, 2005
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Wong Karwai
Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung

Synopsis:
 In Hong Kong 2046, He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention…to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back - except for one. He was there. He chose to leave. He wanted to change.

THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
 
Release Date: August 5, 2005
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Directors: Jay Chandrasekhar
Screenwriters: Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Kevin Heffernan
Cast: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson

Synopsis:
Based on the hit television series that ran from 1979-85. In order to save the family farm, cousins Bo And Luke Duke, troublemakers with dreams of NASCAR, try to stay one step ahead of the police, local rival Boss Hogg, and the big time criminal as they track down a lost Civil War payroll, worth millions.

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THE PINK PANTHER
 
Release Date: August 5, 2005
Distributor: MGM
Film Genre: Comedy
Country: United States
Director: Shawn Levy
Screenwriter: Steve Martin
Cast: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Beyonce Knowles, Kristin Chenoweth, Emily Mortimer

Synopsis:
A world-famous soccer coach has been murdered and his priceless ring has been stolen - a ring set with the stunning diamond known as the Pink Panther. The French government needs a master detective to solve the crime and recover the gem...but he's not available, so they recruit Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Comic superstar Steve Martin stars as Clouseau in an all-new adventure of The Pink Panther. A stunning pop star (Beyoncé), a soccer player, a Chinese assassin - who committed the crime? And can anyone solve the case? Clouseau and his partner, Ponton (Reno), must unmask the murderer and keep their boss, Dreyfus (Kline), from taking credit for the victory, all without bringing the French legal system to a screeching halt. Get ready to be tickled pink.

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EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
 
 
Release Date: August 12, 2005
Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures
Director: Liev Schreiber
Screenwriter: Liev Schreiber
Cast: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin

Synopsis:
Based on the acclaimed, best-selling novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, "Everything is Illuminated" tells the story of a young American Jewish man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather--in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. The journey begins as a comic nightmare--with an eccentric trio of paid "expert" guides sorely lacking in expertise: a cranky grandfather who insists on bringing his unruly seeing-eye dog to help him drive, and his over-enthusiastic grandson, whose fractured command of English, passion for retro American pop culture, and inability to shut up threaten to make the worst of every situation. But what starts out as the tour from hell turns into a surprisingly meaningful journey--with an unexpected and powerful series of revelations that will indelibly change all of their lives.

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FOUR BROTHERS
 
Release Date: August 12, 2005
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Director: John Singleton
Screenwriter: David Elliot, Paul Lovett
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard, Sofia Vergara, and Taraji P. Henson

Synopsis:
Four brothers band together to avenge the death of their mother.

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PRETTY PERSUASION
 
 
Release Date: August 12, 2005
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Roadside Attractions
Director: Marcos Siego
Producers: Todd Dagres, Carl Levin, Marcos Siega, and Matt Weaver
Screenwriters: Skander Halim
Cast: Christina Applegate, Ron Livingston, Selma Blair, Jane Krakowski, James Woods, and Evan Rachel Wood

Synopsis:
Described as Election meets Heathers, the film is a comic satire about a high school girl (Wood) who turns her exclusive Beverly Hills private school upside down when she accuses her English teacher of sexual harassment.Woods plays the girl's father, Applegate is a reporter for a local news station and Livingston plays a fellow teacher who also is a lawyer representing his colleague.

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THE SKELETON KEY

Release Date: August 12, 2005
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Film Genre: Supernatural thriller
Country: United States
Director: Iain Softley
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger
Cast: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sarsgaard, John Hurt, Joy Bryant

Synopsis:
Set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans, The Skeleton Key stars Hudson as Caroline, a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Rowlands) ailing husband (Hurt) in their home...a foreboding and decrepit mansion in the Louisiana delta. Intrigued by the enigmatic couple, their mysterious and secretive ways and their rambling house, Caroline beings to explore the old mansion. Armed with a skeleton key that unlocks every door, she discovers a hidden attic room that holds a deadly and terrifying secret. Peter Sarsgaard portrays Luke, the local attorney working on the couple's estate, and Joy Bryant plays Jill, Caroline's best friend.
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Release Date: August 19, 2005
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Film Genre: Comedy
Country: United States
Director: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow, Steve Carell
Cast: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener

Synopsis:
40-year-old Andy Stitzer (Steve Carrell) has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet--something most people have done by his age. Done a lot. Andy's never, ever, ever had sex--not even by accident. So is that such a big deal?

Well, for Andy's buds at the store, it sure is. Although they think he's a bit of an oddball, there's certainly a planetful of stranger (and homelier) guys who've at least had one go at having a go. They consider it their duty to help Andy out of his dire situation and go to great lengths to help him. But nothing proves effective enough to lure their friend out of lifelong chastity until he meets Trish (Catherine Keener), a 40-year-old mother of three. Andy's friends are psyched by the possibility that "it" may finally happen...until they hear that Andy and Trish have begun their relationship based on a mutual no-sex policy.


RED EYE
 
Release Date: August 19, 2005
Distributor: DreamWorks Pictures
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy

Synopsis:
Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) hates to fly, but the terror that awaits her on the night flight to Miami has nothing to do with a fear of flying. Moments after takeoff, Lisa’s seatmate, Jackson (Cillian Murphy), menacingly reveals the real reason he’s on board: He is an operative in a plot to kill a rich and powerful businessman…and Lisa is the key to its success. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father will be killed by an assassin awaiting a call from Jackson. Trapped within the confines of a jet at 30,000 feet, Lisa has nowhere to run and no way to summon help without endangering her father, her fellow passengers and her own life. As the miles tick by, Lisa knows she is running out of time as she desperately looks for a way to thwart her ruthless captor and stop a terrible murder.

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ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES
 
Release Date: August 19, 2005
Distributor: MGM/UA
Film Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: United States
Director: John Turturro
Cast: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Aida Turturro, Bobby Cannavale

Synopsis:
Romance and Cigarettes is a down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick (Gandolfini) is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He’s married to Kitty (Sarandon), a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman named Tula (Winslet). Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges. Like Oedipus at Colonus, he is sent into exile and searches to find his way back through the damage he has done. In an imaginative, humorous, and touching way, Romance and Cigarettes explores the cost and value of a relationship through life and death. When the characters can no longer express themselves with language, they break into song, lip-synching the tunes lodged in their subconscious. It is their way to escape the harsh reality of their world – to dream, to remember, and to connect to another human being.

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THE CAVE
 
 
Release Date: August 19, 2005
Distributor: Sony Screen Gems
Director: Bruce Hunt
Producers: Gary Lucchesi, Andrew Mason, Tom Rosenberg, & Richard S. Wright
Screenwriter: Michael Steinberg & Tegan West
Cast: Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Cole Hauser, Lena Headey, Piper Perabo, Kieran Darcy-Smith

Synopsis:
Revolves around a group of expert cave explorers who go for a deep sea ocean dive to explore a cave. While on the expedition, the cave collapses, leaving the team stranded. By the time they are discovered, they have all mysteriously mutated into primeval beings.

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