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Movie Quote of the Day – The Others, 2001 (dir. Alejandro Amenábar)
Grace: Where’s my daughter? What have you done with my daughter?
Anne: Are you mad? I am your daughter.
Movie Quote of the Day – A Knight’s Tale, 2001 (dir. Brian Helgeland)
Wat: You have been weighed.
Roland: You have been measured.
Kate: And you have absolutely…
Chaucer: Been found wanting.
William: Welcome to the New World. God save you, if it is right that he should do so.
Movie Quote of the Day – Moulin Rouge!, 2001 (dir. Baz Luhrmann)
Satine: Please tell me you’re not one of Toulouse’s oh so talented, charmingly bohemian, tragically impoverished writers?
Movie Quote of the Day – Vanilla Sky, 2001 (dir. Cameron Crowe)
David: Do you remember what you told me once? That every passing minute is a another chance to turn it all around.
Sofía: I’ll find you again.
David: I’ll see you in another life… when we are both cats.
Movie Quote of the Day – Bridget Jones’s Diary, 2001 (dir. Sharon Maguire)
Bridget: Where the fuck’s the fucking tuna? [beat] This is Bridget Jones, for Sit Up Britain, searching for tuna.
Movie Quote of the Day – A Beautiful Mind, 2001 (dir. Ron Howard)
Nash: There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.
Movie Quote of the Day – Ocean’s Eleven, 2001 (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
Frank: Want me to get on the table and dance? Shine your shoes? Smile at you? You sure won’t let me deal the cards. You might as well call it White Jack!
Movie Quote of the Day – America’s Sweethearts, 2001 (dir. Joe Roth)
Wellness Guide: This letter, Edward, is a very important part of the healing process. By writing to your mother, you afford yourself the opportunity to thank her, or forgive her, or to ask her why she did the things she did. Now we don’t mail the letter, but the simple act of putting it on paper frees you, allows you to let go. Now… what did you say to your mother?
Eddie: [reading] “Dear Mom, Fuck you.”
Wellness Guide: Okay. We’ll try the letter some other time.
Oscar Vault Monday – Gosford Park, 2001 (dir. Robert Altman)
This is one of those movies I remember really love when I first saw and then didn’t watch again for years only to rediscover it all over again. It features a stellar ensemble cast consisting of pretty much every British person ever. The cast went on to win the Best Ensemble at the SAG awards. I remember when Sir Ian McKellan won the SAG for his role in the first Lord of the Rings movie, he quipped something about being the only British actor not in Gosford Park. The film was nominated for 7 Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress Dame Helen Mirren, Best Supporting Actress Dame Maggie Smith, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and won Best Original Screenplay – Julian Fellowes. The curious thing about Julian Fellowes is that, at least for me, I loved this film to death and was absolutely bored by two of his latest efforts – Vanity Fair and The Young Victoria. It makes me wonder if perhaps those screenplays would have been fine if he’d had the same calibre director as Altman, or if this screenplay was a one hit wonder?
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