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Movie history events from 1999
A monolith appears on the moon. (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Johnny Truelove and his crew kidnap Zack Mazursky to try and force his brother Jake to pay a debt he owes them. (California) (Alpha Dog)
Jim, Finch, Oz & Kevin make a pact that they will all lose their virginity by prom night. (Michigan) (American Pie)
Discovering his wife is a fembot, Austin Powers follows Dr Evil to 1969 and returns with Felicity Shagwell. (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
Danny Archer tries to find a large diamond buried by Solomon Vandy, who is looking for his brainwashed son Dia. (Sierra Leone) (Blood Diamond)
Chuck Noland rescued after four years stranded. (South Pacific Ocean) (Cast Away)
A basketball coach benches his undefeated team due to their collective poor academic record. (Coach Carter)
The Earths' giant monsters are released from containment on Ogasawara Island and attack major cities, controlled by the alien Kilaaks. (Destroy All Monsters)
Tyler Durden and Project Mayhem blow up the HQs of the world's largest credit companies. (Fight Club)
All existing evidence of the Krueger family is destroyed, and any children claiming to have seen Freddy in their dreams are quietly sent to Westin Hills and put on Hypnocil, an experimental dream suppressant drug. (Freddy Vs. Jason)
The events of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare take place. (Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare)
The Thermians arriving on earth at a Galexy Quest convention whisk "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" and his crew into space to help them defeat Sarris NSEA Protector crash lands in L.A. . (Los Angeles) (Galaxy Quest)
Actor Jason Nesmith & the "intrepid crew" of the Galalxy Quest TV show are whisked away by the the Thermians to confront their very real nemesis, Sarris. (Galaxy Quest)
108 year-old former prison guard Paul Edgecomb tells friend Elaine about his life after he becomes upset watching Top Hat. (The Green Mile)
Massacre at Two Pines Wedding Chapel. (El Paso Texas) (Kill Bill: Volume 1)
The Deadly Viper Squad shoot The Bride and leave her for dead during her wedding rehearsal. (Kill Bill: Volume 1)
Tim O'Hara, a TV reporter, finds a Martian; it soon becomes his favourite. (Los Angeles, California) (My Favorite Martian)
Josie Geller is assigned her first story as an undercover reporter, for that she goes to South Glen high school. (Never Been Kissed)
Peter Gibbons, Michael Bolton, and Samir Nagheenanajar download a computer virus that steals over $300,000 from the Initech Corporation; Milton's desk is moved for the fifth time, and his red Swingline stapler is taken, causing him to set the office building on fire. (Office Space)
Dance teacher Mr Jonathon gets Best Try at some dance awards. (Australia) (Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance)
Dr Malcolm Crowe has a "ghost" of a chance to help young Cole Sear with his mental disorder - he sees dead people. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (The Sixth Sense)
The Canadian and American war sparked by a movie with foul language. (Canadian Border) (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut)
The sixth space probe in the Voyager series is launched and continues studying the planets in Earth's solar system. (Star Trek)
Lenny Nero has a tough Millennium Eve, thanks to a snuff tape. (Strange Days)
Leigh Ann Watson, Luke Churner, and Jo Lynn Jordan imprison history teacher Eve Tingle when a confrontation about who is cheating gets out of hand. (Teaching Mrs. Tingle)
Monet's 'San Giorgio Maggiore at Sunset' is stolen from Guggenheim Art Museum. (The Thomas Crown Affair)
A group of Russian soldiers forms the 'Anarchy 99' which will specialize in drugs, prostitution and other criminal activities. (XXX)
Tuesday 20th April: Two members of trenchcoat mafia kill school kids and teachers before killing themselves . (Columbine High School, Denver) (Bowling for Columbine)
May: Brenda Martin claims her son Cody was kidnapped when she was carjacked, the police investigation sparks a riot. (New Jersey) (Freedomland)
Tuesday 1st June: Jason Bourne is inducted into the CIA. (The Bourne Ultimatum)
July: Alice, a website designer, moves from America to London. (London) (Killing Me Softly)
August: An artificial shield protects the earth as the ozone layer disintegrates, causing permanent night. (Highlander)
October: Big Daddy. (Manhattan) (Big Daddy)
Sunday 10th October: Aurora Borealis causes John Sullivan to talk to his father Frank in 1969 via a ham radio. (Frequency)
Wednesday 29th December: Controversial rap artist and reformist, Jeriko 1, is killed by two LAPD officers. (Los Angeles) (Strange Days)
Friday 31st December: The doctor saves Earth from the Master. (Doctor Who: The Movie)
Friday 31st December: The Devil in human form searches for his bride and tries to end the world before 11pm. (End of Days)
Friday 31st December: Virginia Baker and Robert MacDougal steal $8 billion thanks to the Millennium Bug. (Hong Kong) (Entrapment)