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Movie history events from 2007

DEA members Tom Hanson and Doug Penhall, who used to work at 21 Jump Street, start going undercover to investigate a drug operation. (21 Jump Street)

The Naked Mile takes place. (American Pie 5: The Naked Mile)

Bobby subscribes to Campus Teaser, and Wesley goes to jail in Mexico. (American Pie: Beta House)

Evan Taylor, aka August Rush, conducts his rhapsody at a Central Park concert. The event reunites him with his mother and father. (New York) (August Rush)

The FBI recruits disgraced former ping pong champion Randy Daytona to infiltrate Master Feng's underground ping pong tournament. (Balls of Fury)

Michael Burry realizes that the US mortgage market is on the verge of collapse and figures out how to get rich by shorting the market using credit default swaps. (The Big Short)

Leigh's divorce is finalized. (Black Christmas)

Dante & Randall re-open the Quick Stop. (New Jersey) (Clerks 2)

Jacob Benson's father dies. His stepmother Helen takes care of him. (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

Brendon Hume is murdered by gang members. His father Nick Hume tries to avenge his death. (Columbia, South Carolina) (Death Sentence)

Kale Brecht, under house arrest, watches and tracks his neighbour Robert Turner, who is suspected of murder. (Disturbia)

Jerry drops out of Stanford University. (Stanford, California) (Eagle Eye)

During eighth grade, Olive and Todd pretend to kiss each other during "seven minutes in heaven". (Ojai, California) (Easy A)

The FBI starts investigating Leonard Saber's activities. (Los Angeles, California) (G-Force)

Remy Bressant dies. (Gone Baby Gone)

Lenny Feder beats one of his sons at basketball. (Grown Ups)

Head of the Sandford Police Service Nicholas Angel leaves flowers on the grave of Irene Butterman. He and Sergeant Danny Butterman drive to a supermarket where hippie-like fellows are messing with recycling bins. (Sandford, Gloucestershire) (Hot Fuzz)

Aldrich Killian begins physical therapy. (Iron Man 3)

James Howard wins New York Supercomputing Challenge. (New York City) (It's Kind of a Funny Story)

Ben Stone gets Allison Scott pregnant. (California) (Knocked Up)

The beginning year on Andi Garcia's license plate. (Little Fockers)

Professor John Oldman reveals to his friends and colleagues that he was born about 14,000 years ago and that he was Jesus. (The Man from Earth)

Aliens come to earth in a spaceship that looks like a human body. (New York) (Meet Dave)

Edward Magorium, avid shoe-wearer and proprietor of a magical toy store, dies, leaving his store to Molly Mahoney. (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium)

Mr Edward Magorium, toy aficionado, avid shoe-wearer, dies. (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium)

Freddy Krueger haunts dreams and kills teens who told on him years ago. (Springwood, Ohio) (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

AVERAGE AMERICAN 401K ACCOUNT 2007 $69,200 (The Other Guys)

Bar Gento is awarded its first small business award and will keep receiving it over the next six five years. (Blithe Hollows) (ParaNorman)

Ann Dover is born. (Conyer, Pennsylvania) (Prisoners)

Cheyenne's cousin's son is born. (Dallas, Texas) (Red State)

Dennis participates in the Nike River Run to gain Libby's approval. (London, England) (Run, Fat Boy, Run)

Homer Simpson dumps a silo of pig manure into Lake Springfield, the ecological disaster prompts the government to seal the town in a dome. (Springfield) (The Simpsons Movie)

FBI Deputy Director Stanley Locke renegues on a deal made with mafia snitch Buddy "Aces" Israel to get their hands on Primo Sparazza, aka: Freeman Heller. (Lake Tahoe, Nv) (Smokin' Aces)

Sonia Baker begins working for Rep. Stephen Collins. The professional mercenary group Pointcorp put her there. (Washington, D.C.) (State of Play)

Dewey Cox thinks about his entire life, performs onstage for the first time in 25 years, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award, and dies three minutes after his performance. (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)

40% of all American corporate profit comes from financial services. (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)

William becomes the 2007 Charades Champion. (The Wedding Date)

Gerry Lane is in Sri Lanka. (Sri Lanka) (World War Z)

January: Danny Ocean confronts Willie Bank about his bad treatment of Reuben Tishkoff. Willie spurns Danny. (Las Vegas) (Ocean's Thirteen)

Saturday 6th January: Dante Hicks does not marry Emma Bunting at the Lady of Perpetual Help Church at 2pm. (Clermont, Fl) (Clerks 2)

Monday 8th January: Jason Bourne is in Turin. (Italy) (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Tuesday 9th January: Eric Byer watches news coverage of the Waterloo assassination. Aaron Cross travels through Alaskan mountains. (The Bourne Legacy)

Tuesday 9th January: Journalist Simon Ross is murdered at Waterloo station, despite efforts by Jason Bourne to prevent it. (London) (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Wednesday 10th January: Jason Bourne meets Nikki in Madrid. (Spain) (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Thursday 11th January: Neil Daniels is killed by a hitman; the hitman is killed by Jason Bourne. (Tangier) (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Friday 12th January: Eric Byer is informed that Jason Bourne is in Manhattan. Aaron Cross gets rest after finishing a training mission. (The Bourne Legacy)

Friday 12th January: CIA Deputy Director Pamela Landy receives a phone call from Jason Bourne. She tells him his birthdate and that he is David Webb. (The Bourne Supremacy)

Friday 12th January: Pamela Landy's phone is tapped, and her conversation with Jason Bourne is monitored. Bourne flees from the CIA by jumping off of a roof and into water. (New York City) (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Saturday 13th January: Lt. Gen. Paulsen meets with Eric Byer. An unmanned drone is deployed to Alaska to kill Number Three and Aaron Cross. Cross gets away. (The Bourne Legacy)

Sunday 14th January: Aaron Cross meets Dr. Marta Shearing. (The Bourne Legacy)

Monday 15th January: Aaron Cross sees a news report about Jason Bourne. He and Marta leave for Manila in The Philippines. (The Bourne Legacy)

Monday 15th January: After a three-day search, Jason Bourne has still not been found. (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Tuesday 16th January: The police lose Aaron Cross and Marta Shearing. (Manila, Philippines) (The Bourne Legacy)

Saturday 20th January: The wedding of fireman Patrick Sullivan to Sofia does not take place, after Sofia decides to call it off thanks to advice from radio love doctor Emma Lloyd. (New York) (The Accidental Husband)

February: Ben proposes to Alison but she decides that they're not ready for marriage. (California) (Knocked Up)

Friday 2nd February: Arthur Edens strips unexpectedly at a court hearing. (Michael Clayton)

Saturday 3rd February: Debbie buys a crib for Alison and Ben. (California) (Knocked Up)

Monday 12th February: Fai Li's passport is issued. (China) (Contagion)

Wednesday 21st February: Annie-Claude Tremblay's driver's license is issued. (Friarstown, Illinois) (Source Code)

Saturday 24th February: Nick Dunne and Amy Elliott get engaged. (Gone Girl)

March: Flesh of the Stars does or doesn't go online. (Knocked Up)

Thursday 8th March: Forbes 946 Richest Billionaires of 2007 is published. (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)

April: An earthquake happens after Ben and Alison double-date with Peter and Debbie. (Northridge, California) (Knocked Up)

Friday 6th April: Tom Cutler of "Stericlean" goes to a house and cleans the remains of a very bloody homicide. (West Trenton, New Jersey) (Cleaner)

Monday 16th April: A dirty bomb explodes in Los Angeles, contaminating the air, and forcing citizens such as Brad to seal their homes, even from their significant others, such as Lexi. (Los Angeles) (Right at Your Door)

Tuesday 17th April: Samuel M. Barrat's ID expires. (Hatchet)

Monday 23rd April: Sidney Young accidentally lets a pig loose in a hotel. (London, England) (How to Lose Friends & Alienate People)

Tuesday 24th April: The hotel incident is mentioned in newspapers. Sidney gets a phone call from Clayton Harding, who hires hime to work for Sharps magazine in New York. (London, England) (How to Lose Friends & Alienate People)

Friday 27th April: While test piloting the ESD's first alien hybrid fighter, an unknown malfunction causes the untimely death of Colonel Hiller. (Independence Day: Resurgence)

May: Charlie doesn't have sex with Cam because Stu reminds him of the curse. Charlie pretends to be sick and puts the curse to the test. (Good Luck Chuck)

May: Debbie finds out that Peter has been hanging out with his friends and making a fantasy baseball draft. (California) (Knocked Up)

May: Ben and Peter get high off of mushrooms and go to Cirque du Soleil. (Las Vegas, Nevada) (Knocked Up)

Friday 4th May: Spider-Man 3 is released. (Knocked Up)

Wednesday 9th May: Peter tells Debbie that he's seeing a band but actually sees Spider-Man 3. (California) (Knocked Up)

Friday 11th May: Day 488: Tom meets Summer on a bench overlooking downtown LA. (500 Days of Summer)

Wednesday 16th May: Detective Danny Fisher arrests Miles Jackson, whose girlfriend dies in the confrontation. (12 Rounds)

Wednesday 23rd May: Day 500: Tom is over Summer, and moves onto Autumn. (500 Days of Summer)

June: Charlie and Cam have sex. Charlie tries not to lose her. (Good Luck Chuck)

June: Bean Lamensoff is born. (Grown Ups)

June: E! does a maternity month. (Knocked Up)

Wednesday 6th June: Cam has an appointment with her hair stylist George. (Good Luck Chuck)

Thursday 7th June: Teacher Sue Hodge's baby is due. (Notes on a Scandal)

Saturday 9th June: Realtor and future murderer Mary Windsor is sexually assaulted by a potential homebuyer. (Bel Air, California) (The Lincoln Lawyer)

Monday 11th June: Radio broadcaster Erica Bain is beaten up and her fiance David Kirmani is killed. (New York) (The Brave One)

Wednesday 13th June: Shrek the Third is released in France. (France) (Rush Hour 3)

July: Allison gives birth to a baby girl. (California) (Knocked Up)

July: Dr. Howard attends a Bar Mitzvah. (San Francisco, California) (Knocked Up)

July: Ben, Alison, and their daughter move into an apartment. (East Los Angeles, California) (Knocked Up)

Tuesday 3rd July: Willie Bank's Bank Hotel has its 'soft' opening, and is ruined thanks to the antics of Danny Ocean and friends. (Las Vegas) (Ocean's Thirteen)

Wednesday 4th July: Amber's car breaks down and she is attacked by The Fisherman. (I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer)

Wednesday 4th July: Disgruntled former government employee Thomas Gabriel creates a "fire sale," taking out the country's transportational, financial & utility infrastructure to throw the U.S. into chaos. Looks like a job for John McClane... (Washington, D.C.) (Live Free or Die Hard)

Wednesday 11th July: Lady Bird Johnson dies. (Austin, Texas) (Path to War)

Friday 27th July: Someone gets a perfect 300 bowling game. (Oakdale) (Mystery Team)

Saturday 28th July: A costume party where people dress as their favorite dead celebrities takes place. (New York City, New York) (How to Lose Friends & Alienate People)

August: Julie Cartwright is independent and without assistance until this month. (Drag Me To Hell)

August: Peter Klaven and Zooey Rice start dating. (Los Angeles, CA) (I Love You, Man)

August: Dustin starts dating Alexis. (Boston, Massachusetts) (My Best Friend's Girl)

Saturday 4th August: On the day of her wedding to Henry Mills, Kate is crushed by an ice sculpture. (Over Her Dead Body)

Sunday 19th August: An article titled "Two Fischers at War" is published. (Inception)

Wednesday 22nd August: Martin John Harris' drivers license is issued. (Weare, New Hampshire) (Unknown)

September: Dustin asks his best friend Sherman "Tank" Turner to help him get back his girlfriend Alexis. (Boston, Massachusetts) (My Best Friend's Girl)

Wednesday 5th September: Clay Swartz gets a perfect 300 bowling game. (Oakdale) (Mystery Team)

Saturday 15th September: The Case of the Silver Screen Sneak. The Mystery Team rat out Ricky Appleman, who sneaks into a movie. He is banned from the movie theater. (Oakdale) (Mystery Team)

Monday 17th September: Melvin Downing's driver's license is issued. (Valleyfield, Illinois) (Source Code)

Tuesday 18th September: A fiesta for Cinco de Mayo takes place. (America) (The Simpsons Movie)

Saturday 22nd September: At twelve noon, God sends a great flood, though not as great as the last one. (Evan Almighty)

October: After being kicked out of the Playboy mansion, Shelley Darlington becomes a housemother at Zeta house and helps them gain enough new members to keep it from getting shut down. (The House Bunny)

Thursday 11th October: Tank speaks to his father and spends the night with Alexis. (Boston, Massachusetts) (My Best Friend's Girl)

Friday 12th October: Tank dances with Alexis. (Boston, Massachusetts) (My Best Friend's Girl)

Sunday 14th October: Erik Stifler returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)

Thursday 25th October: Benjamin Mee departs. (Australia) (We Bought a Zoo)

Saturday 27th October: SHIT's probationary period ends. (Harmon, Ohio) (Accepted)

Tuesday 30th October: Michael Myers escapes. (Smith's Grove, Illinois) (Halloween)

Wednesday 31st October: Michael Myers searches for his younger sister. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween)

Wednesday 31st October: Laurie Strode is taken to the hospital. Michael Myers escapes from an ambulance. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween 2)

November: The Playboy issue with Miss November is released. (The House Bunny)

Wednesday 7th November: Mike Coozeman returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)

Sunday 11th November: A man's passport expires. (The Bourne Identity)

Tuesday 13th November: Dre Parker's height is measured on the day his dad dies. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid)

Friday 23rd November: Atlantic Armored is robbed. (Boston, Massachusetts) (The Town)

Saturday 24th November: Autopsy on Jennifer Toland (I Know Who Killed Me)

Tuesday 27th November: Les Grossman is featured on the cover of Forbes. (Tropic Thunder)

Tuesday 27th November: A cat is born, which will later meet a sticky end on a webcam. (Untraceable)

Friday 30th November: Benjamin Mee arrives. (Australia) (We Bought a Zoo)

December: Fred Claus works for his younger brother Santa Claus. (North Pole) (Fred Claus)

December: Neil Patrick Harris' license plate expires. (Virginia) (Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay)

December: Amber's license plate expires. (I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer)

December: Red's cat dies. (Clark County) (Pineapple Express)

December: Dale starts dating Angie. (Clark County) (Pineapple Express)

Friday 14th December: Down With The Butterfly perform at The Rivoli and Rancho Relaxo. (Toronto) (American Pie: Beta House)

Saturday 22nd December: Northcutt gives Santa Claus a notice of termination. (North Pole) (Fred Claus)

Monday 24th December: Jack Starks meets a grown-up Jackie, who tells him he's meant to be dead. (The Jacket)

Monday 24th December: Jasper burns John's book and jokes about his mom being pregnant. (Nebraska) (Mr. Woodcock)

Tuesday 25th December: Fred helps Santa by delivering presents around the world. (Worldwide) (Fred Claus)

Monday 31st December: Kenny Bostick, Brad Harris, and Stu Preissler prepare for a big year. (The Big Year)


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