The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 2003
Animal-rights activists unleash monkeys infected with the Rage Virus; infection spreads to humans, becoming an epidemic as London is evacuated. (England) (28 Days Later)
The Kimberley Process ensures the diamond industry only uses conflict-free diamonds. (South Africa) (Blood Diamond)
Peter Le Fleur and the patrons of his Average Joe gym win the ADAA Dodgeball championship. (Nevada) (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story)
Domino Harvey, in the employ of bail bondsman Claremont Williams and tutelege of legendary bounty hunter Ed Moseby, wins Bounty Hunter of the Year. (Los Angeles, Ca) (Domino)
Darla, notorious for killing fish, receives a gimpy clown fish for a birthday present from her dentist uncle - unfortuately, the fish is lost down the drain. (Sydney, Australia) (Finding Nemo)
Hulk is created (The Hulk)
Police Inspector Lau, formerly a mole for a criminal organization, accidentally reveals his former criminal activities to the police as well as killing Superintendent Wing and non-fatally shooting himself, leaving himself mentally disabled. (Hong Kong, China) (Infernal Affairs III)
Marilyn Rexroth divorces her husband Rex Rexoth. He is represented in the divorce by ace divorce lawyer Miles Massey. Marilyn gets nothing in the divorce and plots her revenge against Miles. (Intolerable Cruelty)
The Bride awakes from a coma and then begins her revenge story. (Texas) (Kill Bill: Volume 1)
The Bride takes her revenge on those her tried to kill her. (Kill Bill: Volume 1)
Huck Cheever competes in the No-limit Texas Hold-em tournament in the World Series of Poker. (Las Vegas, NV) (Lucky You)
Country music mogul Irving Steinbloom dies. (A Mighty Wind)
Barbara Covett visits France with her friend and colleague Jennifer Dodd. (Paris) (Notes on a Scandal)
Willie Bank wins his first Five Diamond award for his hotel. (Ocean's Thirteen)
Frank Castle is "buried" after he was apparently slain, along with his family, by the assassins of crimelord Walter Saint. (Tampa, Fl) (The Punisher)
The Wood vs. Vicksburg case. (New Orleans, Louisianna) (Runaway Jury)
Jeff's son, Dylan, is killed by a drunk driver named Timothy Young. The only witness, Danica Scott, flees the scene. (Saw III)
Judge Halden sentences Timothy Young to six months in prison. Jeff swears revenge on those he believes responsible for his son's death. (Saw III)
Marcus signs his body over to Cyberdyne Systems before getting lethal injections. (Longview State Correctional Facility) (Terminator Salvation)
Erin tells her story of what happened to her and a few friends back in 1973. (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003))
Andrew Marek and friends travel to 14th century France to rescue Professor Edward Johnston. (Castleguard France) (Timeline)
The Beagle 2 Mars rover lands on Mars and is destroyed by a massive humanoid robot; the video transmission is classified "Top Secret" and a cover story about the lander crashing is concocted. (Mars) (Transformers)
George W Bush announces the new war in Iraq. (W.)
Saturday 18th January: Crime boss Lupino is interviewed about the drug Valkyr. (Max Payne)
Friday 24th January: Julie Powell breaks down in tears at the prospect of cooking with aspics. (Julie & Julia)
Friday 31st January: Kimberly Corman has a vision of a horrid pile-up, saving the lives of 9 people. (Final Destination 2)
February: Dwight Stifler has a sexual experience that involves a breath mint and writes about it in the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Wednesday 5th February: Julie Powell has a row with her husband after a famous book editor fails to make it to dinner, after Julie has made two boeuf bourgignons. (Julie & Julia)
Friday 14th February: Dwight Stifler returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Monday 28th April: Samantha Blackwell dies. (The Reaping)
Thursday 15th May: The Matrix Reloaded is released. (Funny People)
June: After graduating from college, Jim proposes to Michelle. (American Wedding)
Friday 13th June: Gigantic monolith found in orbit near Jupiter's moon Io. (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Friday 27th June: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is released. (United States) (Superbad)
July: Jesse and Celine reunite on the last stop of Jesse's book tour, for his book on his night in Vienna with her 9 years previously. (Paris) (Before Sunset)
Saturday 19th July: Steve Stifler crashes Jim and Michelle's engagement party. (American Wedding)
Tuesday 29th July: Jim tells Michelle that he's having trouble writing his wedding vows. (American Wedding)
Thursday 31st July: A bachelor party goes wrong and Stifler blames Finch to make himself look good in front of Michelle and Cadence's parents. (American Wedding)
August: Myspace is launched. (Funny People)
Friday 1st August: Jim shaves his pubic region. Stifler takes the wedding ring out of dog faeces, eats the faeces, and later causes the death of flowers for the wedding. He tries to repair the damage. (American Wedding)
Saturday 2nd August: Stifler accidentally has sex with Jim's grandma when he mistakes her for Cadence. Jim Levenstein and Michelle Flaherty get married. Finch and Stifler's mom go to a hotel room. Justin and John watch them in the bath tub. (American Wedding)
Tuesday 12th August: Julia Powell bones a duck, cooking the 500th and final recipe from Julia Child's cookbook. (Julie & Julia)
Saturday 16th August: Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin dies. (Saudi Arabia) (The Last King of Scotland)
Friday 5th September: Frank Castle steals Livia Saint's car & uses her cell phone to get Quentin Glass to the Wyndam Hotel. He then parks her car in a no parking zone in front of the hotel, where she receives a ticket. He then replaces the car before she knows it's missing. (Tampa, Fl) (The Punisher)
Friday 12th September: Based on "evidence" planted by Frank Castle, Howard Saint stabs Quentin Glass to death & drops his wife, Livia, off a bridge where she's hit by a train. (Tampa, Fl) (The Punisher)
Friday 12th September: The Punisher takes out Howard Saint's goons, demolishes his office building, & blows up his son. He then ties Saint by the ankle to the bumper of a moving car, dragging him into a parking lot of exploding vehicles. (Tampa, Fl) (The Punisher)
Wednesday 19th November: Joel Barish is bored at the prospect of being a boring couple with Clem Kruczynski, as they have dinner at Kang's again. (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Saturday 22nd November: The Wood vs. Vicksburg case ends the Wood family winning. (New Orleans, Louisianna) (Runaway Jury)
Tuesday 16th December: John W. Creasy is killed by "The Voice" after trading his life for Peta, a girl who was kidnapped. (Mexico City) (Man on Fire)
Tuesday 16th December: Daniel Sanchez "The Voice" was killed during the course of arrest. (Mexico City) (Man on Fire)
Thursday 18th December: World War 3 (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Tuesday 23rd December: Walter doesn't get off with Sybil at the work Christmas party. (The Number 23)