This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005.  

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Referenced media:

• “The Emigrants” (Jan Troell, 1971)
• “The New Land” (Jan Troell, 1972)
• “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)
• “Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)
• “The Thin Red Line” (Terrence Malick, 1998)
• “John Wick” (Chad Stahelski, 2014)
• “Pocahontas” (Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, 1995)
• “Spaceballs” (Mel Brooks, 1987)
• “Apocalypto” (Mel Gibson, 2006)
• “Badlands” (Terrence Malick, 1973)
• “Days of Heaven” (Terrence Malick, 1978)
• “Avatar” (James Cameron, 2009)
• “The Jerk” (Carl Reiner, 1979)
• “Quest for Fire” (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1981)
• “Heaven’s Gate” (Michael Cimino, 1980)

Audio quotation:

• “The New World” (Terence Malick, 2005), including the songs “First Landing” and “All Is Lost” by James Horner, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF58BABF8997A9930
• “Cash Register Cha-Ching | Sound Effect | (Kaching) - Sound - HD” by cashregistersound, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trR5YxZjfes
• “The Jerk” (Carl Reiner, 1979)
• “Das Rheingold”, including “Prelude” by Richard Wagner (1869), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chLhMuCLEPk