Trivia: The film somewhat stirred controversy when it was released because it was the first time that a leading actress' (Janet Leigh) character dies during the first third of the film. Before Psycho, the leading actress' character either lives throughout the film or dies at the end. Her character never dies early in the film.
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15th Sep 2003
Psycho (1960)
15th Sep 2003
The Pianist (2002)
Trivia: When director Roman Polanski won the Oscar for "Best Director" during the 2003 Academy Awards ceremony, he did not attend because of his statutory rape conviction in 1977. If he returns to the United States, Polanski will be immediately arrested once he steps into American soil. On late 2003, actor Harrison Ford presented the Oscar that Polanski won in March during the Deauville Film Festival in France.
15th Sep 2003
Monster's Ball (2001)
Trivia: For her role in the film, Halle Berry became the first black actress (even though she is actually bi-racial, as her mother is white) to win an Oscar for "Best Actress."
15th Sep 2003
The King and I (1956)
15th Sep 2003
The Killing Fields (1984)
Trivia: Haing S. Ngor became the first Cambodian and the second non-actor (he is a doctor by trade) to win an Oscar for an acting role. Unfortunately, Ngor was murdered in a gang-related robbery at his home on February 25, 1996.
15th Sep 2003
Immortal Beloved (1994)
Trivia: Beethoven never mentioned during his lifetime who was his "Immortal Beloved." The long-debated riddle of her identity was solved beyond reasonable doubt in 1977 by an American musicologist. The woman was identified as Antonie Brentano (1790-1869), the wife of a Frankfurt merchant and a mother of four.
15th Sep 2003
Great Expectations (1998)
15th Sep 2003
Gandhi (1982)
14th Sep 2003
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
14th Sep 2003
Daredevil (2003)
14th Sep 2003
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Trivia: The real Larry Flynt appears as a judge in the film.
14th Sep 2003
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Factual error: Jerry Falwell and Charles Keating never knew each other personally in real life.
14th Sep 2003
Collateral Damage (2002)
14th Sep 2003
What A Girl Wants (2003)
Trivia: When the film was released during the war with Iraq, the poster of the film was edited by airbrushing the peace sign that Amanda Bynes made. This was done by Warner Bros. so no one will think that the poster is a war protest, or make it seem that the studio is against the war.
14th Sep 2003
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
14th Sep 2003
The Queen of the Damned (2002)
Trivia: Singer/actress Aaliyah's brother Rashad Haughton provided her voice after her death from a plane crash on August 2001. "The Queen of the Damned" was the last film Aaliyah appeared in.
14th Sep 2003
Bull Durham (1988)
Trivia: When the film was shown during the 2003 Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony, Susan Sarandon and her partner Tim Robbins were not invited because of the controversy surrounding their anti-war views on Iraq.
13th Sep 2003
Julius Caesar (2002)
13th Sep 2003
Julius Caesar (2002)
Trivia: Actor Heino Ferch spent five hours in the wardrobe transforming into Vercingetorix every day.
13th Sep 2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
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