The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 2005
Detective Jack Mosley has to take a witness 16 blocks to a courthouse; corrupt cops stand in their way. (16 Blocks)
The plan changes and it is believed by the Adjustment Bureau that Elise Sallas should stay with Adrian and not end up with David Norris. (The Adjustment Bureau)
Harry Osborn is sent to boarding school. (New York City, New York) (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Jim Levenstein impregnates his wife Michelle. Jim's dad accepts Michelle's position as the MACRO at Tall Oaks Band Camp. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
Edgar Willis tries joining a fraternity of midgets and ends up having sex with a sheep. Dwight Stifler starts trying to convince the board of trustees to approve of co-ed bathrooms. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (American Pie: Beta House)
After wondering the world Bruce Wayne returns to fight the injustice of Gotham as Batman (Gotham City, USA) (Batman Begins)
Scientists discover a distant planet believed to have a climate nearly identical to Earth. (Battleship)
Ray Liotta wins an emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a drama series. (Bee Movie)
After an unprecedented 3-way tie at the end of the regular Piston Cup season, Lightning McQueen gives up the chance to be the first rookie champion by helping "The King" Strip Weathers, who had crashed; Chick Hicks wins. (Los Angeles) (Cars)
The Baker clan goes to Lake Winnetka one last time, and Tom drags the family into competing against the Murtaughs for the Labor Day Cup. (Cheaper by the Dozen 2)
Quick Stop burns down because Randall left the coffee-maker on; he and Dante get jobs at Mooby's. (New Jersey) (Clerks 2)
Jason and Cynthia become business partners. (Chicago, Illinois) (Couples Retreat)
The WB network picks up a reality TV show called "Bounty Squad," which follows the exploits of Domino Harvey, Ed Moseby and Choco; the show is hosted by Ian Zeiring and Brian Austin Green of "90210" fame. (Hollywood, Ca) (Domino)
Mitch Baylor dies in his home town. His suicidal son convinces his mother and sister to come there for the memorial. (Elizabethtown, KY) (Elizabethtown)
Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Susan & Johnny Storm and Victor von Doom are bombarded by cosmic radiation aboard von Doom's space station. (Fantastic Four)
A spaceship smashes into Big Ben. (London) (Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Micky Ward marries Charlene Fleming. (The Fighter)
Julia Pratt goes missing flying home to America with her mother Kyle - believed to have never been on board but her mother believed otherwise. (Over the Atlantic) (Flightplan)
14 yr old Hayley Stark kidnaps and tortures 32 yr old suspected paedophile Jeff Kohlver. (Hard Candy)
Elliott and Adrianne break up. (New Orleans, Louisiana) (Hatchet III)
Andi and Bruce have their first foster home. (Hotel for Dogs)
A group of friends discover the House of Wax and are picked off one by one. (Ambrose, Louisiana) (House of Wax)
Mel Stein has been using the internet by now. (Los Angeles, CA) (I Love You, Man)
An army librarian and a prostitute are frozen in stasis as a military experiment. (Idiocracy)
Sid starts working for Google. (Mountain View, CA) (The Internship)
Michael Murphy is born. (Just Go with It)
Penny Rose Mansfield dies. (New York City, New York) (Kick-Ass 2)
Emma Bender dies. (New York City, New York) (Kick-Ass 2)
Spring Training (Allenville Penitentiary, Texas) (The Longest Yard)
Hank Bullard dies. (The Love Guru)
Greg Gaines starts being "invisible" to others. (Pittsburgh, PA) (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
Wayne Beering and Buck Dolby are released after being in prison for 18 months and turning evidence against Denny Z. (Middle Men)
Quentin Smith starts taking medication. (Springwood, Ohio) (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Willie Banks' hotel wins him his third Five Diamond award. (Ocean's Thirteen)
AVERAGE AMERICAN 401K ACCOUNT 2005 $102,014 (The Other Guys)
AVERAGE EXECUTIVE SALARY $10,765,000-$11,800,000 (The Other Guys)
Craig Mitchell - Agent 005 - stops being M's bodyguard. (Quantum of Solace)
Charles Keefe, the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, is nearly assassinated at the Lux Atlantic Hotel in Miami. (Miami, Florida) (Red Eye)
Rocky and Paulie go to the cemetery 3 years after Adrian's death. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (Rocky Balboa)
Tibby, Bridget, Lena, and Carmen find a pair of jeans that magically fits all of them, despite their differences in size. (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
Peter Parker is flunking out at NYU, MJ is getting married to an astronaught, Harry hates him for keeping mum about Spidey's identity, & Doc Ock wants him dead. (New York City, NY) (Spider-Man 2)
Seth has bad acne and becomes an expert on cover-up. (Superbad)
Jules gets hot over the summer. (Superbad)
Jules gets hot over the summer. Officer Michaels learns alongside Officer Slater. (Superbad)
Splinter starts teaching the turtles ninjitsu. (New York City, New York) (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Debbie sees her father Oliver for the last time before 2012. (Los Angeles, California) (This Is 40)
Unicron attempts to devour the planet Cybertron, but is thwarted by the Autobots, under the leadership of Rodimus Prime; Optimus Prime dies. (Transformers: The Movie)
Frank Barnes' wife dies from cancer. (Unstoppable)
A mysterious stranger named Brandon Nichols comes to the small town of Anitoch, apparently with the power to heal others. (Antioch) (The Visitation)
Huge machines called "tripods" start to pulverize people in all world. (USA) (War of the Worlds)
Steven Price's firm is bought out. (UK) (The World's End)
January: Illeana Scott lures Martin Asher by making him think that she is pregnant and kills him. (Carusle, Pennsylvania) (Taking Lives)
Saturday 1st January: Just past midnight, Police Sergeant Jake Roenick assembles cops and criminals within Precinct 13 to defend against a rogue mob. (Detroit, Michigan) (Assault on Precinct 13)
Monday 3rd January: Maxwell Mart is terminated. (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Saturday 8th January: Nick Dunne meets Amy Elliott (Gone Girl)
Monday 10th January: Amy writes in her diary. (Missouri) (Gone Girl)
Tuesday 1st February: Charlie Bucket and four other children tour Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. (London, England) (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Friday 11th February: Three assailants attack a couple at an isolated holiday home. (The Strangers)
March: Jay has sex with Beth. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
March: The US Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India to find out what makes Muslims laugh. (Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World)
April: Matt has sex with three college girls in one week during spring break. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
April: Sergeant Nicholas Angel gets an award. (London, England) (Hot Fuzz)
Sunday 3rd April: The robot later to be known as "Andrew Martin" is powered up for the first time. (Bicentennial Man)
Friday 8th April: The 20-year rematch between Randy 'The Ram' Robinson and The Ayatollah, in what would potentially become Randy's final wrestling match. (The Wrestler)
Friday 15th April: Bethany Hamilton visits troops at an air base. (Ramstein, Germany) (Soul Surfer)
Monday 18th April: Cade Childs is taken under the care of foster parents Hank and Barbara Clemens. (Dudley, Ohio) (Rise of the Dead)
May: Morton Schmidt does not go to the prom. Greg Jenko is told that he is failing his classes. (21 Jump Street)
May: Matt tries calling his older brother Steve, who is in charge of a porno company called Stifler Productions. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
May: Ben and Christine go to a seventh grade dance together and become a couple. (New Orleans, Louisiana) (Hatchet)
Sunday 22nd May: San Francisco Board of Education grants Certificate of Appreciation to music teacher Charles Rodman. (San Francisco, CA) (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
June: Steve sends a postcard with insults to Matt. Matt ruins the senior graduation concert at East Great Falls High School. Chuck Sherman, now a guidance counsellor, sends Matt to band camp. Matt's high school friends go to a club party where they drink Brazilian rum. Matt starts filming a porno at band camp to impress his brother. He beats snare drummer Brandon by playing bagpipes and videotapes Oscar and Sharie in the woods. Ernie impresses Chloe with his robot. (American Pie: Band Camp)
June: A boy named Sawyer Nelson finds an injured bottlenose dolphin later named Winter trapped in a crab trap. He calls for assistance. (Mosquito Lagoon, Florida) (Dolphin Tale)
June: Wendy Christensen has a vision of a horrid Roller Coaster crash, saving the lives of 9 people. (Final Destination 3)
Sunday 5th June: Pixies perform at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. (Morrison, Colorado) (This Is 40)
Saturday 18th June: A quartet of theives disguised as former First Ladies steals $10 million from the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino. (Las Vegas, Nv) (Domino)
Wednesday 22nd June: Illeana Scott does a presentation at the police station detailing Asher's M.O. (Montreal, Canada) (Taking Lives)
Friday 24th June: Barb and her brother Johnny go to their aunt's funeral at Shady Rest Cemetery and encounter zombies. (Night of the Living Dead 3D)
Saturday 25th June: Barb and the Cooper family try to survive the zombies, but it is hopeless. (Night of the Living Dead 3D)
Saturday 25th June: Bethany Hamilton gets 1st place in NSSA National Surfing Championship. (Soul Surfer)
July: Matt bonds with Ernie, Oscar, Jimmy, and Elyse. (Tall Oaks, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
July: Dr. Cameron McCarthy starts working on a prosthetic tail for Winter. (Florida) (Dolphin Tale)
July: A rollercoaster crashes at a theme park, killing everyone on it, and, eventually, those who got off it. (Final Destination 3)
July: Alex is evicted and has to live with Grandma Lilly. Eternal Death Slayer 3 is tested. JP tries to steal credit for making Demonik, but Lilly proves that it's Alex's game. (Grandma's Boy)
Monday 4th July: PJ Davis is killed accidentally by a group of friends who swear to never speak of it again. (I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer)
Tuesday 5th July: Professor Dayton marries Kathy at 1st Church of Creeps. (Creepyville, CA) (Creepshow III)
Wednesday 13th July: Brooke attends an Old 97's concert at the Riviera Theater. Gary doesn't show up. (Chicago, Illinois) (The Break-Up)
Friday 15th July: A message appears on Alex Beck's computer implying that his wife is still alive. (Tell No One)
August: David, Jay, and Cal find out that Andy is a 40-year-old virgin. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
August: Matt unintentionally causes the East Great Falls band to vomit during a band playoff. Mr. Levenstein tells Matt that everybody hated his brother. (Tall Oaks, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
August: The prosthetic tail is finished and news of Save Winter Day airs on TV. (Florida) (Dolphin Tale)
August: Henry and Samantha Focker are born. (Little Fockers)
Tuesday 9th August: A passport is issued to Robert Fischer. (Australia) (Inception)
Friday 12th August: Dalton Russell leads a bank robbery on Manhattan Trust Bank. (New York) (Inside Man)
Friday 12th August: Wall Street Journal headline: "Dow Closes at Five-Year Low." (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)
Sunday 21st August: Matt sees The Shermanator, who believes that Matt is making progress. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
Saturday 27th August: Save Winter Day (Florida) (Dolphin Tale)
Saturday 27th August: Bethany Hamilton helps tsunami victims for World Vision. (Phuket, Thailand) (Soul Surfer)
Sunday 28th August: Daisy has her daughter Caroline read aloud the diary chronicling the life of her friend Benjamin Button. (Louisiana) (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Wednesday 31st August: Bethany finishes her work helping tsunami victims. (Phuket, Thailand) (Soul Surfer)
September: Andy starts dating Trish Piedmont. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
September: Matt and the rest of the band help Elyse win a scholarship for Robards Conservatory. (Lansing, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
Thursday 1st September: Dre Parker's height is measured. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid)
Saturday 3rd September: The back to school concert is held at East Great Falls High. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
Monday 5th September: Matt Stifler returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Sunday 11th September: Charles "Chuck" Logan is issued his driver's License. (Seattle, Washington) (Good Luck Chuck)
Saturday 17th September: The Tottington Hall Vegetable Competition. (Tottington Hall) (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit)
Wednesday 21st September: Henry Jekyll wakes up and discovers a dying girl in his bath tub. (United States) (Jekyll + Hyde)
Wednesday 21st September: Bethany Hamilton makes first pitch at Yankee's game. (Soul Surfer)
October: Ben, Jason, Jay, Jonah, and Martin start contructing a website called Flesh of the Stars. (California) (Knocked Up)
October: A documentary called Full Disclosure Report: Piecing Together Jigsaw is airs on TV. (Saw)
Saturday 1st October: Andy and Trish have their fifth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Sunday 2nd October: Andy and Trish have their sixth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Tuesday 4th October: Andy and Trish have their seventh date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Friday 7th October: Andy and Trish's eighth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Monday 10th October: Andy and Trish's ninth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Wednesday 12th October: Andy and Trish's tenth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Thursday 13th October: Andy and Trish's eleventh date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Friday 14th October: Memorial auditions. (Date Night)
Friday 14th October: Harold Pinter dies. (Synecdoche, New York)
Saturday 15th October: Andy and Trish's twelfth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Monday 17th October: Andy and Trish's thirteenth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Tuesday 18th October: Andy and Trish's fourteenth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Friday 21st October: Andy and Trish have their fifteenth date. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
November: After their twentieth date, Andy tells Trish that he is a virgin. (Los Angeles, CA) (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
November: Five Texas A & M cheerleaders witness a murder, so Texas ranger Roland Sharp moves in with them to protect them. (Texas) (Man of the House)
November: Will Rodman works on a potential cure for Alzheimer's disease around this time. (San Francisco, CA) (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
November: Britney Spears' licence plate expires. (Hollywood, CA) (Seed of Chucky)
Monday 21st November: Dr. Sven Torkensep performed an autopsy on Mr. James Reilly who committed suicide. He shot himself in the head. (Portland, Oregon) (Untraceable)
Tuesday 22nd November: A date on K. Gotti's package full of underwear. (The Bounty Hunter)
Saturday 26th November: Clinton Brown dies. (Courageous)
December: Sergeant Nicholas Angel is stabbed in the hand by a man dressed as Father Christmas. (London, England) (Hot Fuzz)
December: Deputy Pete marries Darla. (Dallas, Texas) (Red State)
December: Officer Michaels starts going six months in. (Superbad)
Saturday 3rd December: Dre Parker's height is measured. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid)
Wednesday 21st December: Chris Grandy's taxi-driver's license expires. (New York City) (13 Going On 30)
Wednesday 21st December: Kirby Dick appears in front of the MPAA's appeal board to appeal the NC-17 rating given to this movie. He loses. (This Film is Not Yet Rated)
Friday 23rd December: Munich comes out in theaters. (Knocked Up)
Saturday 31st December: A teen basketball star and a brainy new girl meet at a New Year's Eve party when they are randomly chosen for karaoke. (Colorado) (High School Musical)