The Movie Timeline - it's like a timeline, but of movies
Movie history events from 2002
Monty Brogan enters prison on a seven-year sentence for drug-dealing. (25th Hour)
Elyse writes a bagpipe part for Matt. Matt plays in a kilt at the eight grade recital. Steve Stifler and his friends watch and make fun of him. Matt tries to impress them by tying Elyse's underwear to the flagpole. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
Austin Powers captures Dr Evil, and arrives back from 1975 with Foxy Cleopatra to save the world. (Hollywood) (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
Two small time crooks sneak a nuclear bomb onto a plane and nearly kill millions of people, but are stopped by a local Ad agent; there is a government cover up. (Miami, Fl) (Big Trouble)
Jason Bourne becomes an assassin. (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Elvis Presley and JFK fight an evil Egyptian mummy out to suck all the residents' souls. (East Texas Rest Home) (Bubba Ho-Tep)
Evan Treborn, a student, loses Kayleigh in various ways in different timelines. (The Butterfly Effect)
Charles Townsend Agency detectives Natalie Cook, Dylan Saunders, and Alex Munday uncover and stop a plan to sell a database which has all the people in the Witness Protection Program to criminals. (California) (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
Dave and Ronnie get married. (Chicago, Illinois) (Couples Retreat)
Giant spiders attack the town. (Prosperity, Arizona) (Eight Legged Freaks)
Alex starts making Demonik. (Grandma's Boy)
Undercover cop Chan Wing Yan is killed in an attempt to regain his identity and expose Lau, a criminal mole in the police department. (Hong Kong, China) (Infernal Affairs)
Bobby's daughter is born. (New York City) (It's Kind of a Funny Story)
Ollie Trinke meets Maya, and has to choose between his career and his daughter's school show. (New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)
Kevin starts talking about opening a shoe store. (Lottery Ticket)
Aileen Wuornos executed for killing seven men. (Monster)
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Rachel Keller investigates a mysterious video tape that is said to kill you seven days after watching it. (The Ring)
Adrian Balboa dies from cancer. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (Rocky Balboa)
Dennis leaves Libby at the altar. (Run, Fat Boy, Run)
Dennis Doyle leaves pregnant Libby Odell at the altar. (London, England) (Run, Fat Boy, Run)
Dennis and Libby's son Jake is born. (London, England) (Run, Fat Boy, Run)
Celeste Wood meets Wendell Rohr. (New Orleans, Louisianna) (Runaway Jury)
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, suggesting something more frightening to come... (Signs)
High school student Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically engineered spider & receives amazing arachnid-like powers - he then must battle the Green Goblin. (New York City, NY) (Spider-Man)
George W Bush ponders the definition 'axis of evil'. (Washington) (W.)
Billy Newwood dies in a para-sailing accident. (Costa Rica) (Without a Paddle)
Tom Marshall, Jerry Conlaine, and Dan Mott search for D.B. Cooper's lost treasure. (Oregon) (Without a Paddle)
Tuesday 1st January: Dre Parker's height is measured on New Year's Day. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid (2010))
Wednesday 23rd January: Journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped. (Karachi, Pakistan) (A Mighty Heart)
Wednesday 30th January: Flight 180 explodes - due to a premonition, nine passengers disembark minutes before. (Final Destination)
Thursday 31st January: Daniel Pearl's kidnappers email Mariane Pearl with their demands. Colin Powell appears on TV saying that the US government cannot give in to terrorists' demands. (Karachi, Pakistan) (A Mighty Heart)
February: The license plate of a van that says CATZRULE expires. (Cats & Dogs)
Friday 1st February: Journalist Daniel Pearl beheaded. (Karachi, Pakistan) (A Mighty Heart)
Tuesday 19th February: Joe Wilson has a meeting at the C.I.A. Headquarters to discuss his knowledge of the sale of "yellow cake" uranium to Iraq. (Langley, Virginia) (Fair Game)
Sunday 5th May: Marni Olson shoots a video segment explaining how bad life is for her at her high school. It goes into a time capsule. (California) (You Again)
Monday 10th June: John J. Gotti Jr dies of throat cancer. (Springfield, Missouri) (Gotti)
July: Kevin "K" Brown returns to the Men In Black to help fight off an attempt to take over another planet. (New York City) (Men in Black II)
July: $9 billion stolen, and many of the world's terrorists killed. (Los Angeles) (Swordfish)
Sunday 11th August: Julie Powell makes her first blog post in making every recipe from Julia Child's first cookbook (Julie & Julia)
Tuesday 13th August: Julie Powell makes her first of 500 Julia Child dishes in 365 days - artichokes in hollandaise sauce (Julie & Julia)
Saturday 24th August: Julie Powell learns how to cook mushrooms properly, and begins to spend large amounts at the supermarket, including a small tree. (Julie & Julia)
Saturday 24th August: Irene, mother of Raimunda and Sole, dies in a house fire. (Volver)
September: As England beats Germany 5-1 in the World Cup qualifiers, a platoon of soldiers are hunted by werewolves. (Scotland) (Dog Soldiers)
Tuesday 3rd September: Edward Weese finds out that he's HIV positive. (New Orleans, Louisianna) (Runaway Jury)
Wednesday 4th September: Dre Parker's height is measured. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid (2010))
Wednesday 18th September: Julie Powell receives her first blog comment, from her mother telling her to give up. (Julie & Julia)
Tuesday 24th September: The dead walks around in Raccoon City. (Raccoon City) (Resident Evil)
October: Lucy Whitmore suffers brain damage in a car accident causing her to lose her long-term memory. (Hawaii) (50 First Dates)
Saturday 5th October: October Fest (Highlands, New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)
Wednesday 16th October: Chris Vail's driver's license is issued. (Wickliffe, Ohio) (Accepted)
Wednesday 23rd October: Gus Lacey films his two hamsters while they stare for three hours. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (The Men Who Stare at Goats)
Wednesday 30th October: Six college students win a competition to appear on an internet reality show. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween: Resurrection)
Thursday 31st October: College students go into the Myers house and find that they are not alone. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween: Resurrection)
November: Reporter Bob Wilton interviews Gus Lacey. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (The Men Who Stare at Goats)
November: Andrew Hennings, son of the Mayor of New York, proposes to Melanie Carmichael (aka Smooter), so she goes back to Alabama to finalize her divorce, but ends up falling for her husband again. (New York and Alabama) (Sweet Home Alabama)
Saturday 2nd November: Little Willie Edison at Forum. (Date Night)
Wednesday 6th November: The Knicks beat the Kings at basketball 96-88; Ben Barry misses the end because girlfriend Andie Anderson insists in a soft drink. (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
Monday 11th November: James Bond and Jinx go to a clinic in search of information about Zao. (Cuba) (Die Another Day)
Wednesday 11th December: Dre Parker's height is measured on the day he loses his first tooth. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid (2010))
Sunday 15th December: Holiday House Tour (Highlands, New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)