Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1999 in film, other events of 2000, 2001 in film and the list of 'years in film'. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards 6 Other Movies Released Events February 9 — The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival). The film stars Mel Gibson and Milla Jovovich, and is directed by Wim Wenders. November 18 — Michael Douglas marries Catherine Zeta-Jones. The latest Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou was released to much criticial acclaim. The T-Bone Burnett produced soundtrack ignited an increased interest in traditional American folk and country music. Martial arts extravaganza Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon marks the first major American crossover success of an Asian action film, and becomes the highest-grossing subtitled film ever. Despite poor reviews, Ron Howard's fairy tale adventure based on the works of Dr. Seuss, The Grinch, became the top-grossing film of the year. Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall. Top Grossing Films of the Year The Grinch, starring Jim Carrey: $260,044,825 Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks: $233,632,142 Mission: Impossible 2, starring Tom Cruise, directed by John Woo: $215,409,889 Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe, directed by Ridley Scott: $187,683,805 What Women Want, starring Mel Gibson: $182,811,707 The Perfect Storm: $182,618,434 Meet the Parents, starring Ben Stiller: $166,244,045 X-Men, directed by Bryan Singer: $157,299,717 Scary Movie: $157,019,771 What Lies Beneath, starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer: $155,464,351 22 movies in 2000 grossed over $100 million. Births Deaths February 11 - Roger Vadim, 72, French movie director March 20 - Gene "Eugene" Andrusco, actor, singer May 21 - Sir John Gielgud, 96, British actor June 29 - Vittorio Gassmann, 78, Italian actor July 1 - Walter Matthau, 79, American actor August 5 - Sir Alec Guinness, 86, British actor Loretta Young, actress Awards Other Movies Released For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, starring Arturo Sandoval Requiem for a Dream Almost Famous Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.