Films That Played in Toronto in 1999
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"Star Wars" returned & "The Matrix" introduced the (now overused)slo-mo "bullet time". Brendan Fraser had an up & down year with "Blast from the Past", "The Mummy" & the awful "Dudley Do-Right". Julia Roberts did well with "Notting Hill" & "Runaway Bride". Guy Ritchie & Jason Statham first gained fame with "Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels". "South Park" was "Bigger, Longer & Uncut", while Hayao Miyazki & Studio Ghibli gained international respect with "Princess Mononoke". Filmgoers had their first slice of "American Pie", & second doses of Austin Powers & Toy Story. Haley Joel Osment had "The Sixth Sense, while Adam Sandler was "Big Daddy". Angelina Jolie solved "The Bone Collector with Denzel Washington, then won an Oscar for "Girl, Interrupted". Tom Hanks walked "The Green Mile", & Brad Pitt joined the "Fight Club". Other notable films-"Entrapment", "Run, Lola, Run", "The Iron Giant:, "The Blair Witch Project", "American Beauty", "The Insider" & "The Talented Mr. Ripley".
avg. score: 52 of 320 (16%)
required scores: 1, 21, 37, 57, 81
