* In the 2004 epic war film Troy, Agamemnon is depicted as a ruthless power-mad king played by Brian Cox.

* Brian Hoffman – guitars ( 1987 – 2004 )

* 2004: Luminous Horizon by Paul O ' Brian

* Dolan, Brian ( 2004 ).

On 30 April 2004, Life of Brian was re-released on five North American screens to " cash in " ( as Terry Jones put it ) on the box office success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

* Both Mars Direct and Mars for Less concepts figure prominently in Brian Enke's 2004 novel, Shadows of Medusa.

* 1935 – Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager ( d. 2004 )

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys ( whose much anticipated Smile project would not emerge until 2004 ), Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac and Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd were early " acid casualties ", helping to shift the focus of the respective bands of which they had been leading figures.

Later archaeologists, including Christopher Chippindale of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge and Brian Edwards of the University of the West of England, campaigned to give the public more knowledge of the various restorations and in 2004 English Heritage included pictures of the work in progress in its book Stonehenge: A History in Photographs.

The album ( released on Gigitone Records ) was produced by Jeffrey Foskett, who has worked extensively with Brian Wilson and played on Wilson ’ s 2004 Grammy-winning version of SMiLE.

Scaled Composites ' SpaceShipOne was a reusable suborbital spaceplane that carried pilots Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie on consecutive flights in 2004 to win the Ansari X Prize.

* Burke-Gaffney, Brian, Starcrossed: A Biography of Madame Butterfly, EastBridge, 2004 ISBN 1-891936-48-4

On screen he has been portrayed by Eduard Franz in the film Lady Godiva of Coventry ( 1955 ), George Howe in the BBC TV drama series Hereward the Wake ( 1965 ), Donald Eccles in the two-part BBC TV play Conquest ( 1966 ; part of the series Theatre 625 ), Brian Blessed in Macbeth ( 1997 ), based on the Shakespeare play ( although he does not appear in the play itself ), and Adam Woodroffe in an episode of the British TV series Historyonics entitled " 1066 " ( 2004 ).

On the commentary track of the 2004 " 2 Disc Special Edition " DVD for the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Terry Jones stated that to his knowledge Ireland had banned only four movies, three of which he had directed: The Meaning of Life, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Personal Services.

Other former Poets Laureate include, Hone Tuwhare ( 2000 – 01 ), Elizabeth Smither ( 2002 – 03 ), Brian Turner ( 2004 – 05 ), Jenny Bornholdt ( 2006 – 07 ), Michele Leggott ( 2008 – 09 ) and Cilla McQueen ( 2009 – 11 ).

The main new works staged by the company have been The Little Mermaid by Anne Boyd ( 1985 ); Metamorphosis by Brian Howard ( 1985 ); Voss by Richard Meale ( 1986 ); Whitsunday by Howard ( 1988 ); Mer de glace by Richard Meale ( 1992 ); The Golem by Larry Sitsky ( 1993 ); The Eighth Wonder by Alan John ( 1995 ); Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Richard Mills ( 1999 ); Batavia by Richard Mills ( 2001 ); Love in the Age of Therapy by Paul Grabowsky ( OzOpera 2002 ); Lindy by Moya Henderson ( 2003 ); Madeline Lee by John Haddock ( 2004 ); Bliss ( 2010 ) by Brett Dean.

* Robert Brian Tate ( 2004 )

* Richard D. Janda and Brian D. Joseph ( Eds ), The Handbook of Historical Linguistics ( Blackwell, 2004 ) ISBN 1-4051-2747-3

The Legends of Dune prequel trilogy ( 2002 – 2004 ) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set over 10, 000 years before the events of Dune, chronicles the struggle between humans and thinking machines that would eventually become known as the Butlerian Jihad.

They acquired superstar center Shaquille O ' Neal on July 14, 2004 in a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant.

During the 2004 offseason, the team entered a rebuilding phase when O ' Neal was traded to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Brian Grant, Caron Butler, and a first-round draft pick.

During the 2004 United States presidential election, artists and bands including Brian Baker, Jello Biafra, Mike Watt, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Circle Jerks, Ensign, Sick of It All, The Unseen, Western Addiction, and Youth Brigade involved themselves with the anti-Bush political activist group Punkvoter.

Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne was a reusable suborbital spaceplane that carried pilots Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie on consecutive flights in 2004 to win the Ansari X Prize.

Directly afterward, SMiLE was abandoned, and Wilson would not return to complete it until 2004, when it was released as a Brian Wilson album of the same name.

* 2004 – The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.

On February 18, 2004 Daley said he would have " no problem " with Cook County issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, but stopped short of saying he would follow San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom by having the City of Chicago issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, saying only the county clerk's office can issue marriage licenses.

Chappell, Gavin ( 2004 ) Northvegr: The Discovery of Norway.

* Gavin Mortimer, Stirling's Men: the inside history of the SAS in World War Two ( Cassell, 2004 )

Chappell, Gavin ( 2004 ) Northvegr: The Discovery of Norway.

* Stephane Grappelli, Carl Hession, Frankie Gavin, Marc Fosset: Frankie Gavin 2003 – 2004 Collection / The Grappelli Era ( 2003 )

In 2004, Gavin Hunt observed the crows in the wild also making hooks, but the adaptation to the new material of the wire was clearly novel, and also purposeful.

Gavin Woods, one of the party's most respected MPs, drew up a highly critical 11 page internal discussion document at the request of the parliamentary caucus after a discussion in October 2004.

" In his 2004 biography Natalie Wood: A Life biographer and screenwriter Gavin Lambert wrote in passing, Wood's " first studio-arranged date with a gay or bisexual actor had been with Nick Adams.

* 2004: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual, edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant

In 2004, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon became the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the United States, since San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom allowed city hall to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The most notable National Freedom to Marry Day was February 12, 2004 when, following a directive from San Francisco, California mayor Gavin Newsom to his county clerk, the City and County of San Francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Expiration ( 2004 ) is an independent feature film written, directed and starring Gavin Heffernan.

Fong became the Interim San Francisco police chief in January 2004 after Alex Fagan Sr. was reassigned by Gavin Newsom.

Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her acting chief of police on January 22, 2004, and chief of police on April 14, 2004.

Ex-Battlezone bassist Gavin Cooper joined Lionsheart in December 2004, then moved onto Statetrooper in May 2005.

Pyrah was most recently in the news during the 2004 Chelsea Flower Show after an incident between garden designer and television presenter Diarmuid Gavin and the contestant in the neighbouring garden, Gardeners ' Question Time panellist Bunny Guinness.

Appleby also featured in a number of music videos, such as Bon Jovi's video for " It's My Life " with Will Estes, and the 2004 video for the song " I Don't Want To Be " by Gavin DeGraw, opposite Scott Mechlowicz.

Gray Davis ($ 675, 000 ); and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, whose campaign received $ 750 in 2004.

Fingerprints of Gavin and Michael were found on a particular magazine, but it was only analyzed for fingerprints after the 2004 grand jury proceeding when Gavin handled the magazine without gloves.

* 2004: Barenaked Ladies, Fantasia Barrino, Andrea Bocelli, Ryan Cabrera, Peter Cetera, Gavin DeGraw, José Feliciano, Tamyra Gray, Nina Sky, Raven-Symoné, Brooke Shields, Jeff Timmons, and Hayley Westenra