Matthew McConaughey was unavailable to work on the war film U-571.
He appeared in such films as the slasher Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , the legal thriller A Time to Kill -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , Steven Spielberg 's historical drama Amistad -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , the science fiction drama Contact -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , the comedy EDtv -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , and the war film U-571 -LRB- 2000 -RRB- .	A Time to Kill	A Time to Kill (1996 film)	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg	Amistad	Amistad (film)	Contact	Contact (1997 American film)	EDtv	EDtv	U-571	U-571 (film)
