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1995 MAY HAVE been the greatest year in Hollywood history.
From Pixar’s first feature film to Alicia Silverstone’s “Clueless,” the year marked hit after hit at the box office.
Clueless defined a generation, Pierce Brosnan debuted as James Bond, and a film about a beloved pig was nominated for Best Picture.
So now, we’re looking back at films you won’t believe are celebrating their 20th anniversaries this year.
All grosses have been pulled from Box Office Mojo.
Michael Bay’s directorial debut features Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as narcotics detectives in Miami.
The comedic action film resulted in a 2003 sequel, and Sony announced in August that two more sequels are in the works, to be released in 2017 and 2019.
Here’s how much the movie raked in:
Pixar revolutionised the animated-film industry with its first feature-length computer-animated film.
In a world where toys come to life, Toy Story follows Buzz Lightyear and Woody, two toys trying to make it back to their child after getting left behind at the restaurant Pizza Planet.
The film was nominated for three Academy Awards and was the highest-grossing domestic film of 1995. Two sequels have been released since, with a fourth slated for 2017, though it won’t be a continuation of the first three films.
Here’s how much the movie raked in:
Was the highest-grossing domestic film of 1995 and second-highest worldwide.
Ron Howard’s depiction of the 1970 aborted Apollo 13 moon-landing mission was nominated for nine Academy Awards.
The film features Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, and Gary Sinise as the astronauts trying to make a safe return from space.
Here’s how much the movie raked in:
Holds the third-highest domestic and worldwide gross for 1995.
This film marks Pierce Brosnan’s Bond debut and is the 17th film in the franchise, taking place post-Cold War.
Judi Dench portrayed M in the film, making GoldenEye the first Bond film in which M was played by a woman. This year’s Spectre will be the first time she hasn’t reprised the role in a Bond film.
The film was also made into a 1997 video game for the Nintendo 64, GoldenEye 007.
Here’s how much the movie raked in:
Holds the fourth-highest worldwide gross for 1995.
This crime drama is inspired by the real-life pursuit of criminal and ex-Alcatraz inmate Neil McCauley by former Chicago police officer Chuck Adamson. All of the names in the film are changed, except for McCauley, portrayed by Robert De Niro.
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This touching family dramedy about a sheep-herding pig was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It even beat Apollo 13 for Best Visual Effects.
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Adam Sandler stars as a 27-year-old heir who has two weeks to complete each grade of school, from first through 12th, to prove to his father that he’s capable of running the family company.
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Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt star as detectives in search of a serial killer whose murders reflect the seven deadly sins in director David Fincher’s psychological thriller.
Here’s how much the movie raked in:
Holds the ninth-highest domestic gross and seventh-highest worldwide gross for 1995.
“As if!”
Alicia Silverstone’s portrayal of a superficial, wealthy, popular student learning how to navigate her way through high school helped establish this comedy as a cult classic. The quotable sayings and memorable outfits don’t hurt, either.
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Mel Gibson stars as William Wallace, a Scottish warrior who led the charge against King Edward I in the First Scottish War of Independence, in this Best Picture winner.
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Chris Farley and David Spade, former Saturday Night Live castmates and good friends, appear in this comedy together. Farley plays the immature son of an industrialist and Spade plays the father’s assistant.
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Sandra Bullock stars in this thriller about a computer analyst who must prove her innocence against a conspiracy set by cyberterrorists.
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This dramedy follows a group of record-store employees trying to keep the place independent instead of being absorbed by a local franchise store.
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This fantasy film follows two siblings (Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce) and the adventure that ensues after finding a magical board game that brings the game to life. They also unleash a man (Robin Williams) who had been trapped in the game for 26 years.
Here’s how much the movie raked in:
Holds the seventh-highest domestic and 10th-highest worldwide gross for 1995.
Pfeiffer plays a retired US Marine-turned-teacher, LouAnne Johnson, as she attempts to help her students in a poor, underprivileged school district. The film is based on the novel My Posse Don’t Do Homework, written by the real-life Johnson.
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USA .. Jesus how far they have fallen.
@DB: It’s pathetic, the state of their current ‘President’.
@DB: fallen from where? They’ve always been a warlike nation.
@Cormac Ó Braonáin: And slavery with killing 9 out of every 10 Native Indians.
@TamuMassif2019: Native Americans, thank you. You’ll find native Indians on a different continent.
@DB: I think the demise happened after 9/11. Remember the sympathy they had from the whole world then? If something like that happened now it would not attract anywhere near that amount of pity. It started with Bush going into Iraq looking for those nonexistent wmds.. Trying to say Iraq had something to do with 9/11 when the world knew they didn’t. Then all the renditions and torture. The USAs “either with us or against us” rhetoric. Despite Obamas successes at home he had many foreign policy failures. And now there’s Trump who is probably the president that America deserves after the past two decades.
hmmm , nothing HOAX about his campaign manager Manafort being caught passing on polling data to the Russians , nothing HOAX about the Trump Tower meetings with Russian ‘lawyer’ , Nothing HOAX about the indictments already nailed by Muller ….keep spinning Donnie the clock is ticking..
@Dave Hammond: Exactly. But none of this matters to Trump supporters. They aren’t interested in evidence. They’ll flat out ignore it, no matter how clear it is.
Well that puts an end to that, I mean he wouldn’t lie?
A “big fat hoax” but mountains of evidence. Authorities are closing in Donald. It’s only a matter of time.
@Toby Fish: spinning a line ? Really you not seen the guilty pleas so far more to come.
@Toby Fish: “you have been spinning that line for a long time now. Will you get until 2020 out of it or give up before then?”
Spinning what line exactly? The investigation isn’t complete yet. What it has turned up so far is that it’s without a doubt that Trump’s team colluded with and shared data with Russia during Trump’s presidential campaign. Lots of guilty pleas. That is a verified fact.
I’ll tell you what line is being spun however, repeatedly. Is the fact that you’re a brand new account on Twitter with no followers. And there is a trend of brand new fake accounts coming on here for the past year trying to defend Trump.
Post on your real account, Boris… Ivan.. Aleksander or Vladimir or whatever your real name is. Because it certainly isn’t “Toby Fish”.
@Seán Ó Briain: has he been arrested? Fairly straightforward
@Toby Fish: Your 8-year-old child interpretation of politics and current affairs is cute. You do not arrest someone during an ongoing investigation, until it has concluded, and all evidence has been collated. If you do, you jeopardise justice being served, Trump will be impeached, that would be a good outcome for him.
@Toby Fish: The investigation isn’t complete yet. What part of that don’t you understand?
@Seán Ó Briain: you said what has turned up is without a doubt. So why haven’t charges been brought? They have nothing thats why.
@Seán Ó Briain: yeah, I was banned. I know why and that was my own inflammatory commentary. However, I have been following TheJournal for years. I recognise most commenters. But, there seems to be a lot of “new” commenters with tags to their avatars suggesting they have been here for years. PS, I agree with you, Seán.
@Toby Fish: read the next sentence, yes he said it’s without doubt, then backs it up with the guilty pleas. Manafort was sharing internal polling data with Russia ffs
@Dave O’Keeffe: and yet Trump is still president and no charges have been brought against him. Like I said spinning that line for a long time now. Will he keep spinning it until 2020 or give up beforehand
@Toby Fish: It seems the bot program has hit a logic loop. Have you tried rebooting.
@Toby Fish: can a president be arrested before impeachment?
Impeached,
Trump should be sectioned…
The Kremlin couldn’t do a much better job of damaging the US economy than Trump is doing at the moment with 800,000 public servants gone a month unpaid.
Everyday is Trump day
He must have been looking in the mirror! Sad man.
Oh look, a tweet from Hillary! Please don’t make a come back.
Junior trump and kushner have been silent for a long time now,anyone wondering why
If only he knew the guy in charge of the FBI
Donald is sound ffs
@Paul O Riordan: back to bed Vladimir
@Billy Nomates: ah billy you crack me up
@Paul O Riordan: Oh ok….I’ll bite….in what way is he sound?
Is it Fake News Mr President
Trumpski
Christ, do you really need a conspiracy like this to discredit Donald Trump of all people? Embarrassing for everyone involved.
He was born in Russia. Show us your birth certificate Donski! You heard it here first.
This Russian bull is crazy, I can see Trump wanting to grow his business into Russia but the rest is just crazy… It’s called passing the buck, when you blame Russia then you take responsibility of your own actions away, so nothing changes then. Trump can be impeached for so many things but the focus is on Russia. It’s like all those US cop shows that say how US justice is the best in the world when its nearly the worst, it’s crazy.
@TamuMassif2019: the point is so many in his election campaign lied about having meetings with Russians? They all said that they had no dealings whatsoever with Russia? That’s now been proven not to be the truth with so many now indicted and convicted for lying to the FBI about it? You have to ask yourself why did they lie, what were they covering up?
The latest is Trump secretly met Putin after the dinner in Helsinki in July 2017 and a cover story about Russian adoptions was agreed upon as the official reason Manafort and Trump Jr. met the Russian ‘lawyer’ at Trump Tower so that the real reason, to get colluding Russian Kompromat on Clinton could be denied, it was Mueller’s investigation that turned up the e-mails that showed Trump Jr was meeting the Russian to get the kompromat.
Are people still watching this? It jumped the shark in season 44.
Of course it is a hoax!
You’re just a joke at this stage trump
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