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• 2005, a conversation – “Kingdom of Heaven”

  This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, 2005)“Crash” (Paul Haggis, 2004)“Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” (George Lucas, 2005)“Black Hawk Down” (Ridley Scott, 2001)“Gladiator” (Ridley Scott, 2000)“Hannibal” (Ridley Scott, 2001)“War of the Worlds” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” (George Lucas, 1999)“Game of Thrones” (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, 2011-2019)“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (Rick Berman and Michael Piller, 1993-1999)“Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)“Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)“Braveheart” (Mel Gibson, 1995)“Alien” (Ridley Scott, 1979)“Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)“Tron” (Steven Lisberger, 1982)“Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012)“Napoleon” (Ridley Scott, 2023)“The Last Duel” (Ridley Scott, 2021)Audio quotation:“Kingdom of Heaven” (Ridley Scott, 2005), including the songs “Ibelin”, “To Jerusalem”, “Path to Heaven”, and “Crusaders” by Harry Gregson-Williams

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• 2005, a conversation – “Munich”

  This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)“The Color Purple” (Steven Spielberg, 1985)“The Brutalist” (Brady Corbet, 2024)“Havoc” (Gareth Evans, 2025)“The Raid” (Gareth Evans, 2011)“The RaId 2” (Gareth Evans, 2014)“The West Wing” (Aaron Sorkin, 1999-2006)“2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanely Kubrick, 1968)“Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)Audio quotation:“Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005), including “End Credits” and “Avner’s Theme” (2005) by John Williams“Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)

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• 2005, a conversation – “The Puffy Chair”

  This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Baghead” (Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, 2008)“CB4” (Tamra Davis, 1993)“Zero Dark Thirty” (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)“The Office” (Greg Daniels, 2005-2013)“The Mindy Project” (Mindy Kaling, 2012-2017)Audio quotation:“The Puffy Chair” (Jay Duplass, 2005), including “Disconnect the Dots” (2004) by of Montreal“CB4” (Tamra Davis, 1993)

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• Romance, a conversation – “Warm Bodies”

  This is part of a series about romance in movies. ***Referenced media:“28 Days Later” (Danny Boyle, 2002)“Shaun of the Dead” (Edgar Wright, 2004)“Dawn of the Dead” (Zack Snyder, 2004)“Station 11” (Patrick Somerville, 2021-2022)“War for the Planet of the Apes” (Matt Reeves, 2017)Audio quotation:“Warm Bodies” (Jonathan Levine, 2013), including music by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders and the songs “Yamaha” (2012) by Delta Spirit, “Missing You” (1984) by John Waite, and “Midnight City” (2011) by M83, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl-PS1ki3KJhFAu5XY3Aau1Yq3z3VmI3L

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• 2005, a conversation – “The Proposition”

  This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. ***Referenced media:“Distant Sky: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live in Copenhagen” (David Barnard, 2018)“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (Steven Spielberg, 2008)“Sexy Beast” (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)“Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)“McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (Robert Altman, 1971)“United 93” (Paul Greengrass, 2006)“World Trade Center” (Oliver Stone, 2006)“Cars” (John Lasseter, 2006)Audio quotation:“The Proposition” (John Hillcoat, 2005), including the songs “Happy Land”, “Down to the Valley”, “Martha’s Dream”, “Sad Violin Thing”, “The Rider Song”, “Road to Banyon”, and “Clean Hands, Dirty Hands” by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

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