The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features the highest-grossing film at the box office, John Woo’s Mission: Impossible II. Directed by John Woo from a screenplay by Robert Towne and starring Tom Cruise, Thandiwe Newton, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames, John Polson and Anthony Hopkins, Mission: Impossible II topped the worldwide box office and firmly established the series as a blockbuster franchise.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mission-impossible-ii-2000), Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2000/06/02/mission-impossible-2-3/), and Dennis Harvey in Variety (https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/mission-impossible-2-2-1200462090/).
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The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939 Box Office Flop)
Stagecoach (1939 Major Filmmaker)
The Wizard of Oz (1939 Box Office Champ)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003 Holiday Bonus)
Christmas Evil (1980 Holiday Bonus)
Barry Lyndon (1975 Bonus Episode)
Nashville (1975 Bonus Episode)
1987 Epilogue
RoboCop (1987 Audience Choice)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987 Thanksgiving Bonus)
Withnail and I (1987 Future Cult Classic)
Evil Dead 2 (1987 Dave’s Pick)
The Last Emperor (1987 Best Picture Winner)
The Lost Boys (1987 Halloween Bonus Episode)
Working Girls (1987 Sundance Award Winner)
The Princess Bride (1987 Jason’s Pick)
Where Is The Friend’s House? (1987 Foreign Film)
Moonstruck (1987 Josh’s Pick)
Sherman’s March (1987 Documentary)
Under the Sun of Satan (1987 Cannes Palme d’Or Winner)
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