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List Of American Films Of 2004 ...
This is a list of American films released in 2004. Box office The highest-grossing American films released in 2004, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: January–March April–June July–September October–December See also * List of 2004 box office number-one films in the United States * 2004 in the United States References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:American films of 2004 Films Lists of 2004 films by country 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Film
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and ''Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Al Pacino, Pacino, Robert De Niro, De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman, Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. It is headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles, which is leased from Fox Corporation. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by this studio in theatrical markets. For over 80 years, 20th Century has been one of the major film studios, major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation by the merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures, and one of the original "studio system, Big Five" among eight majors of Hollywood's Cinema of the United States#Classical Hollywood cinema and the Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Age. In 1985, the studio remov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrick Hagon
Garrick Hagon (; born September 27, 1939) is a British-Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Biggs Darklighter in '' Star Wars: A New Hope''. His films include ''Batman'', ''Spy Game'', '' Me and Orson Welles'' and '' The Message''. He was the rebel leader Ky in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Mutants'', and played Simon Gerrard, Debbie Aldridge's husband in the BBC's ''The Archers''. Early life and career Hagon was born on September 27, 1939, in London and brought up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he attended UTS and Trinity College (Hon. English, 1963). He acted with Alec Guinness in ''Richard III'' at the Stratford Festival, where he played for seven seasons and won the Tyrone Guthrie Award in 1963. He guest-starred (as Johnnie Nipick) in the episode ''The River'' in the CBC television series '' The Forest Rangers'' in 1964. After studying for a spell with the Royal Court Theatre Studio in London, Hagon then acted with Prospect Productions, in many repertory the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark Sands
Stark Sands (born ) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Tunny in the original Broadway cast of ''American Idiot'', and originating the role of Charlie Price in '' Kinky Boots'' on Broadway. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee. He is also known for the roles of Lance Sussman in ''Die, Mommie, Die!'' and Lt. Nathaniel Fick in ''Generation Kill''. He starred as Dash Parker in FOX's series '' Minority Report''. Early life and education Sands was born in Dallas, Texas. Stark is his mother's maiden name, and Bunker was his late father's middle name, as well as his maternal great-grandmother's maiden name. He has a fraternal twin brother, Jacob, and an older sister. Sands attended Highland Park High School, and went on to gain his BFA in acting from the University of Southern California (class of 2001). Career In 2002, Sands played Toby, a recurring love interest to the angst-ridden teen, Claire Fisher (played by Lauren Ambrose), on the HBO television series '' Six Feet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Harmon
Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor, writer, producer, television director and former American football, football player. He is best known for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs on ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS''. He has appeared in a wide variety of television roles since the early 1970s, including as Dr. Robert Caldwell on ''St. Elsewhere'', Detective Dicky Cobb on ''Reasonable Doubts'', and Dr. Jack McNeil on ''Chicago Hope''. He also starred in such films as ''Summer School (1987 film), Summer School'', ''Prince of Bel Air'', ''Stealing Home'', ''Wyatt Earp (film), Wyatt Earp'', ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'', ''Crossfire Trail'', ''Local Boys'', ''Freaky Friday (2003 film), Freaky Friday'', and ''Chasing Liberty''. Harmon played United States Secret Service, Secret Service special agent Simon Donovan in a four-episode story arc in ''The West Wing'' in 2002, receiving an Emmy Award nomination for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Goodall
Caroline Goodall Pecorini (born 13 November 1959) is an English–Australian actress, screenwriter and producer. Awards and nominations include Best Actress nominations AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries '' Cassidy'' and the 1995 film '' Hotel Sorrento'', a Logie Awards Nomination for the mini series '' A Difficult Woman'', and a Best Actress award (Rome Film Festival). Her film appearances include ''Hook'' (1991), ''Cliffhanger'' (1993), '' Schindler's List'' (1993), '' Disclosure'' (1994), '' White Squall'' (1996), '' The Princess Diaries'' (2001) and '' The Best of Me'' (2014). Early life Goodall was born in London to a publisher father and journalist mother. She attended St Leonards-Mayfield School and graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and English from the University of Bristol. Caroline was a member of the National Youth Theatre. Career Goodall has appeared extensively on stage, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabella Sciorra
Annabella Gloria Sciorra ( , ; born March 29, 1960) is an American actress. She came to prominence with her film debut in '' True Love'' (1989) and worked steadily throughout the 1990s in films such as ''Jungle Fever'' (1991), '' The Hard Way'' (1991), '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' (1992), '' The Addiction'' (1995), '' Cop Land'' (1997), and '' What Dreams May Come'' (1998). She received an Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Gloria Trillo on ''The Sopranos'' (2001–2004), appeared as Detective Carolyn Barek on '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (2005–2006), and had recurring roles on '' GLOW'' (2018), '' Truth Be Told'' (2019–2020), and '' Tulsa King'' (2022). Her stage credits include '' The Motherfucker with the Hat'' ( Broadway, 2011). Sciorra was regarded as one of the key figures of the #MeToo movement after speaking out against Harvey Weinstein and subsequently testifying at his sexual assault trial. Early life Sciorra was born in the Brooklyn boroug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Piven
Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ari Gold in the comedy series '' Entourage'', for which he won a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Emmy Awards. He also starred in the British period drama '' Mr Selfridge'', which tells the story of the man who created the English department store Selfridges, and portrayed Spence Kovak on Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom '' Ellen''. Early years Piven was born in Manhattan and raised in a Reconstructionist Jewish family of Ukrainian Jewish descent. His parents are Byrne Piven (1929–2002) and Joyce Hiller Piven (née Goldstein; 1930–2025), both of whom were actors and drama teachers. His elder sister is director Shira Piven, whom he has described as one of his first acting teachers. Piven grew up in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from Evanston Township High School. As a teenager, he attended Harand Theater Camp in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, where he played Bernardo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Goode
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. He made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's television film '' Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister''. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy '' Chasing Liberty'' (2004), for which he received a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films, such as Woody Allen's '' Match Point'' (2005), the romantic comedy '' Imagine Me and You'' (2006), and the period drama '' Copying Beethoven'' (2006). He earned praise for his performances as Charles Ryder in the 2008 film adaptation of the novel ''Brideshead Revisited'' and as Ozymandias in the superhero film ''Watchmen'' (2009). He then starred in the romantic comedy ''Leap Year'' (2010) and Australian drama ''Burning Man'' (2011), the latter earning him a nomination for Best Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. His other film roles include '' The Lookout'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her 1999 debut single "Candy (Mandy Moore song), Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her debut studio album, ''So Real (album), So Real'' (1999), received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The I Wanna Be with You (Mandy Moore song), title track from her reissue of ''So Real'', ''I Wanna Be with You (album), I Wanna Be With You'' (2000), became Moore's first top 40 single, peaking at 24 on the chart. Moore then released the studio albums ''Mandy Moore (album), Mandy Moore'' (2001), ''Coverage (album), Coverage'' (2003), ''Wild Hope'' (2007), ''Amanda Leigh'' (2009), ''Silver Landings'' (2020), and ''In Real Life (album), In Real Life'' (2022). She has sold ten million albums worldwide. Moore made her feature film debut in 2001 with a minor voice role in ''Dr. Dolittle 2'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcon Entertainment
Alcon Entertainment, LLC is an American indie film and television production company, founded in 1997 by film producers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson. Since its establishment, Alcon Entertainment has developed and financed films that are ultimately distributed – in the United States mostly, and internationally on occasion – by Warner Bros. Pictures, following a ten-year motion picture production agreement. Company Alcon Entertainment was established on January 23, 1997, being founded by film producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, who are the co-CEOs of the company. The company is headquartered on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Both Johnson and Kosove presented FedEx founder and chairman Frederick W. Smith with a proposal suggesting that an independent film company, backed by a capitalized individual or company, and aligned with a major studio for an exclusive distribution arrangement would reap profits on copyrighted assets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasing Liberty
''Chasing Liberty'' is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Andy Cadiff, starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode and written by Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman. The film is about the 18-year-old daughter of the President of the United States whose rebellion against the constant presence of Secret Service agents in her life leads to a European adventure and an unexpected romance. It was filmed on location in Prague, Venice, Berlin, London, Chelmsford, and Washington, D.C. Plot Anna Foster is the daughter of President of the United States, James Foster. After Secret Service agents ruin a first date, she demands less supervision. For his upcoming trip to Prague, the president agrees to assign only two agents to watch over Anna, whose Secret Service codename is Liberty. In Prague, Anna and her friend Gabrielle Le Clerc attend a concert, where she spots numerous agents in the crowd. Believing her father has broken his promise, she eludes her protectors w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
