Your complete guide for all movies released in 2004 with production notes, trailers, and stills.
After Happily Ever After The computer-animated comedy “Shrek” opened in 2001 to worldwide box office success and critical acclaim, culminating in an Academy Award, the first ever presented in the new category of Best Animated Feature. On the heels of that success, plans for “Shrek 2” were put into the works, but far from being…
The natural order of fairy tales is interrupted in the sequel to the Academy Award-winning blockbuster “Shrek.” “Shrek 2” sends Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona on a whirlwind of new adventures with more fairy-tale favorites to lampoon along the way. After battling a fire-breathing dragon and the evil Lord Farquaad to win the hand of…
A Journey Sideways “There are some things I have to do that you don’t understand. You understand wine and literature and movies… but you don’t understand my plight.” – Jack The comically bittersweet plight of the everyday man lost in the muddle of modern life has become fertile territory for writer / director Alexander Payne…
Writer – director Alexander Payne’s fourth feature film (following Citizen Ruth, Election and About Schmidt) starts with two old friends setting off on a wine-tasting road trip… only to veer dizzily into a wry exploration of the vicissitudes of love and friendship, the damnable persistence of loneliness and dreams and the enduring war between Pinot…
About the Six-Minute Film “It’s unlike anything you’ve seen,” says producer Jon Avnet, who’s been dubbed “the godfather” of this epic, unprecedented film for his hyphenate role as Conran’s mentor-producer-protector. “There are crucial elements that set the film apart when I first saw it, and continue to make it quite unique on many levels.” When…
Tagline: Join the Resistance. Featuring state-of-the-art special effects never seen before, the film represents a trailblazing moment in cinematic history. With more than 2000 effects shots, this unprecedented feature uses live action filmed against blue screen and fills in every frame detail digitally, after the completion of principal photography. More than six years in the…