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In keeping with its tradition as the world's leading award-winning independent film company, Miramax Films had the most Academy Award nominations of any studio for the third consecutive year with 15, winning two of the coveted Oscars, including Best Foreign Film for The Barbarian Invasions. In 2004, Miramax released Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2, which, combined with Kill Bill Vol. 1, led to a total box office gross of more than $300 million worldwide.
In November, Finding Neverland, starring Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman, was released. For December, Miramax presented The Aviator, the highly anticipated film from acclaimed director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Also released in December were Proof, starring Academy Award-winner Gwyneth Paltrow, and Gurinder Chadha's Bride & Prejudice, the "Bollywood" musical starring Martin Henderson and Aishwarya Rai.
Dimension's 2005 lineup includes Kevin Williamson's Cursed, directed by Wes Craven and starring Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson and Shannon Elizabeth; Sin City, directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke and Oscar-winner Benicio Del Toro; and The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D, a family film also by Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez.
2004 was another excellent year for Miramax Books, highlighted by eight New York Times bestsellers including Madam Secretary, by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Big Russ & Me by Tim Russert; and Sammy's Hill, the hilarious and touching fiction debut from Kristin Gore. Upcoming Miramax Books publications for 2005 should bring the imprint another strong year.
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Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Howard Hughes in Miramax's The Aviator.
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