2003 Movies : Comedy

With Jack Black • Mike White • Sarah Silverman • Joan Cusack

Hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur Dewey Finn (Jack Black) has been kicked out of his band. Desperate for work, he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers ready to compete in a local radio station's Battle of the Bands contest.

With Peter Dinklage • Bobby Cannavale • Michelle Williams • Patricia Clarkson • Mary Jane Skalski • Paul Benjamin • Jayce Bartok • Maile Flanagan • Thomas McCarthy • Raven Goodwin • Joe Lo Truglio • Robert May • Kathryn Tucker

When his only friend and co-worker dies, a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey. Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with an artist who is struggling with a personal tragedy and an overly-friendly Cuban hot dog vendor.

With Tom Hanks • Paul McCartney • Terry Gilliam • Eric Clapton • Ringo Starr • Tom Petty • Anoushka Shankar • Ravi Shankar • Dave Bronze • Gary Brooker • Joe Brown • Jim Capaldi • Ray Cooper • Dhani Harrison • Jim Horn • Jim Keltner • Katy Kissoon • Albert Lee • Andy Fairweather Low • Marc Mann • Tessa Niles; George Harrison • Eric Idle • Terry Jones • Michael Palin • Neil Innes

This concert documentary captures the performances of the "Concert for George" on November 29th, 2002 at Royal Albert Hall in London, as a celebration of the life and career of the Beatles' "quiet one," George Harrison. That day was the 1st anniversary of Harrison's death. The concert featured performances of Harrison's songs by the other two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as other friends and contemporaries of his like Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and fellow Traveling Wilburys Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. These performances include Jeff Lynne singing "I Want to Tell You," "Inner Light" and "Give Me Love"; Tom Petty singing "Taxman," "I Need You" and "Handle with Care"; Ringo Starr singing "Photograph" and Paul McCartney singing "For You Blue" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." There is also a performance of a special composition by Ravi Shankar, performed by his daughter Anoushka Shankar and a 16-piece Indian orchestra. The other Harrison songs that were performed were: "All Things Must Pass," "Here Comes the Sun," "Honey Don't," "Isn't it a Pity," "My Sweet Lord" and "Something." Finally, the musical performances are accompanied by some of George's favorite skits by his good friends, the Monty Python troupe, accompanied by Tom Hanks, including "The Lumberjack Song" and "Sit on My Face."

With George Clooney • Billy Bob Thornton • Geoffrey Rush • Brian Grazer • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • Catherine Zeta-Jones • Cedric the Entertainer • James Jacks • Julia Duffy • Edward Herrmann • Stacey Travis • Paul Adelstein • Kristin Datillo • Sean Daniel • Robert Ramsey • Matthew Stone

A slick Beverly Hills divorce lawyer (George Clooney) frames the wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) of a client to get him released from the marriage without a settlement. She vows to get revenge by marrying the attorney, aiming to take him to the cleaners in their own savage divorce, but what she doesn't expect is that she falls in love with him in the process...

With Molly Shannon • Matthew Broderick • Carl Reiner • Kevin Nealon • Brittany Murphy • Hunter Elliott • Donald Faison • Liam Aiken • Patti Allan • Jo Champa • D. Harlan Cutshall • Brittany Moldowan • Mikhael Speidel • John Hoffman

Twelve-year-old Owen Baker has been working as a dog- walker all summer long, and his hard work has finally paid off -- he gets to adopt a dog of his own! But Owen gets more than puppy love when he discovers his new dog, Hubble, is an interplanetary scout from the "Dog Star" Sirius. Thousands of years ago, dogs from Sirius came to colonize and dominate the Earth, but rumors have spread across the galaxy that Earth dogs have strayed from their original mission. Hubble has come to investigate. Now Owen must help Hubble train a group of undisciplined neighborhood dogs to shape up for a visit from their leader, the powerful Greater Dane. The fate of all Earth dogs hangs in the balance.

With Scott Christopher • Michael Flynn • K.C. Clyde • Andrea Anderson • Jaime Anderson • Kirby Heyborne • Cameron Hopkin • Alice Lonsdale • David Nibley • Scott S. Anderson

Four missionaries. Half a world away. The experience of a lifetime.

With Anna Faris • Regina Hall • Brian Lynch • George Carlin • Simon Rex • Charlie Sheen • Pamela Anderson • Jeremy Piven • Camryn Manheim • William Forsythe • Macy Gray • Hayden Schlossberg • Eddie Griffin • David Zucker • Craig Mazin • Pat Proft • Leslie Nielsen • Denise Richards • Jenny McCarthy • Anthony Anderson • Ja Rule • Darrell Hammond • Peter Boyle • Fat Joe • Timothy Stack • Jason Friedberg • Aaron Seltzer • Robert K. Weiss • Alyson Fouse • Jonathan Hurwitz • Phil Beauman

The comedy spoof series that knows no fear is at it again with its funniest installment yet. Taking shots at the latest crop of block-busters, "Scary Movie 3" irreverently roasts "The Ring", "Signs", "Matrix Reloaded", "The Hulk", "8 Mile", "The Others "and more, as well as pop culture trends such as "American Idol". The film brings director David Zucker back to the genre he helped create with the classics "Airplane!", "Naked Gun" and "Naked Gun 2 1/2". The cast of "Scary Movie 3" includes Charlie Sheen as the aliens-attracting farmer Tom and Denise Richards as his hapless wife Annie; Eddie Griffin as the prophetic Orpheus and Queen Latifah as his very un-Matrixy wife Laquisha; Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy as Catholic School Girls; Leslie Nielsen as the President of The United States; Simon Rex as rap-star wannabe George; Jeremy Piven as reporter Ross Giggins; Camryn Manheim as the formidable Trooper Champlin; Anna Faris as eager anchorwoman Cindy Campbell; Regina Hall as eerie school teacher Brenda Meeks; William Forsythe as The Glench; Anthony Anderson as rap promoter Mahalik; as well as George Carlin. Fat Joe, Simon Cowell, Method Man, Redman, Macy Gray, Master P., Ja Rule, D.L. Hughley, Wu Tang Clan and The Coors Twins.

With Sara Rue • Kett Turton • Karen Black • Paulo Costanzo • John Doe • Carolyn Baumler • Stephanie McVay • Anson Scoville • Todd Stephens

In the small, rural town of Sandusky, Ohio, two goth kids are each other's best friends, sharing their experiences of being the town outsiders. Teenage photography enthusiast Clive (Kett Turton) is on his way towards coming fully out of the closet, and Gypsy (Sara Rue) is an overweight 25-year-old girl with a love of Stevie Nicks music and a low-pay job at the photo hut in the parking lot of the local mall. When the duo hears about a "Night of a Thousand Stevies" karaoke show in New York City, they decide to make a road trip of it as a way to escape the drudgery of small-town Ohio in the heady nightlife of NYC.

With Angelina Jolie • Clive Owen • Martin Campbell • Teri Polo • Noah Emmerich • Linus Roache

This love story chronicles the romance that develops between an American disaster relief doctor (Clive Owen) and an aristocratic philanthropist socialite (Angelina Jolie) who keep meeting over several years in countries torn apart by wars and disasters.