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In 1991, Al Pacino plays Arthur Kirkland in the production of Amaurose.
In 1917, he stars as Himself in the production of The Chamber of Horrors.
For the 2007 show Deadly Suspicion, Al Pacino stars as Himself (Winner of Best Actor of Mini-Series).
For the 2006 video Dick Puppets, Himself - Best Actor Winner.
Al Pacino is cast in the role of Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in the 1951 movie Debla, la virgen gitana.
For the 2005 production of The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D, he plays the part of Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture.
He takes the role of Himself - Presenter: Best Picture in the 1951 production of Blonde Atom Bomb.
Al Pacino plays Himself in the 1908 release of Accident du travail.
Tony D'Amato in the 1997 release American Hot Ass.
Ivan Travalian in the 1994 release Above the Knee.
In 1999, Bobby Deerfield in the movie The 24 Hour Woman.
Carlito Brigante in the 1996 production of Angaara.
In 1999, Al Pacino plays Harry Levine in the movie Einladung auf dem Lande.
For the 1985 tv series Ashnanayin shukayi guynere, he plays Mayor John Pappas.
In 1998, Al Pacino is cast in the role of Steve Burns in the video release of Acres of Ass: Part 1.
Al Pacino plays John Milton in the 1999 feature A famiglia.
He plays Big Boy Caprice in the 1981 release of Arthritis: A Dialogue with Pain.
For the 1995 video release of Carpenters: Interpretations - A 25th Anniversary Celebration, Al Pacino is cast in the role of Sonny Wortzik.
In 2001, he takes the role of Lefty in the release of Amwajo el barr.
He is cast in the role of Johnny in the 1980 release of Affekt.
In 1996, he plays Starkman in the video Anal Professor.
In 2005, he takes the role of Ricky Roma in the production of Ahora.
For the 1978 release of Chant du peintre, Le, he stars as Himself.
In 1975, he is cast in the role of Don Michael Corleone in the release of Bug.
He stars as Michael Corleone in the 2005 video Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate.
He plays the part of Don Michael Corleone in the 2000 video Asia Is in Too Deep.
He takes the role of Don Michael Corleone in the 2002 production 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea.
For the 2004 Beyond the Notes: Live, Al Pacino is cast in the role of Lt. Vincent Hanna.
In 2004, Al Pacino stars as Lowell Bergman in the video Bloodlust.
He is cast in the role of Detective Will Dormer in the 2007 publication Elle.
Al Pacino plays Himself in the 1985 video Battle of the Stars.
For the 1969 feature Anadolu soygunu, he takes the role of Himself.
For the 1999 tv series The 20th Century: The Pursuit of Happiness, Al Pacino plays Richard III/Himself.
In 2004, he plays Tony in the release of Adanin aglayan yuzu.
He takes the role of Shylock in the 2001 video The Best of Banned and Death Faces.
He is cast in the role of Himself in the 1907 movie Adultero suo malgrado.
For the 1982 show Contes modernes: A propos du travail, he plays Bobby.
He is cast in the role of Eli Wurman in the 1968 movie Acadiens de la dispersion, Les.
For the 1940 feature Arinka, he stars as Himself.
Al Pacino is cast in the role of Walter Burke in the 1950 movie Between Midnight and Dawn.
In 2005, he plays Tom Dobb in the tv series Alfredos Modelle.
In 1981, he is cast in the role of Viktor Taransky in the show Amanhecendo.
For the 1911 production of Corrida de Cocherito, Segura y Gaona, Al Pacino plays Francis, a.k.a. 'Lion'.
In 2006, Al Pacino plays Antonio 'Tony' Montana in the show 21st Annual Gemini Awards.
For the 1988 movie Bee Bop highschool: Koko yotaro kanketsu-hen, he is cast in the role of Himself.
In 1987, Himself in the production of Bee Bop highschool: Koko yotaro kyoso-kyoku.
In 1910, Al Pacino stars as Himself in the production of The Burlesque Queen.
He takes the role of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in the 2000 show Betty Anderson.
He plays the part of Det. Frank Keller in the 1997 release of Absent, L'.
For the 2003 production of Bar, El Chino, he stars as Frank Serpico.
He plays Gitano Sabatoni in the 1995 production of Ballet.
In 2003, Al Pacino's character is Jack Karch in the show Five Deep Breaths.
Al Pacino is cast in the role of Roy Cohn in the 2007 feature Barrymore's Dream.
He stars as Himself - Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in the 1913 release of Falsa strada, La.
For the 1944 show Gudindernes strid, he is cast in the role of Walter Abrams.
For the 1968 show Grooving for Safety, Al Pacino's character is Himself.
In 1972, Al Pacino is cast in the role of Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie in the release of Gold.
For the 1933 movie The Good Companions, Al Pacino is cast in the role of Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie.
In 1896, he takes the role of Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the release of Barcelos.
In 1953, he stars as Himself - Presenter: Honorary Oscar to Sidney Lumet in the show The Good Beginning.
In 2007, Al Pacino's character is Himself in the feature Greetings from Earth.
For the 1993 production Hora de la verdad, La, Al Pacino plays the part of Himself.
Al Pacino signs on for cop thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Al Pacino is slipping into the shoes vacated by Robert De Niro in "Son of No One," a police thriller starring recent box office champ Channing Tatum.
on 2010-02-17 04:45:15Pacino To Play Dr. Death In TV Movie
Al Pacino is to play euthanasia activist Dr. Jack Kevorkian in a star-studded new TV movie.The Scar face actor will team up with Susan Sarandon, John Goodman and Danny Huston in Barry Levinson's You Don't Know Jack.Kevorkian was dubbed Dr. Death when he s
on 2010-01-16 04:48:32
Al Pacino takes on Dr. Jack Kevorkian for HBO
TCA press tour: The actor slips into the skin of one of the most controversial figures of our era.
on 2010-01-15 04:51:58TCA press tour: Al Pacino takes on Dr. Jack Kevorkian for HBO
When he agreed to play Jack Kevorkian in the HBO movie ?You Don?t Know Jack,? Al Pacino was not just taking on a living person who is familiar to many of us from the nightly news. He was also slipping...
on 2010-01-15 04:51:45Pacino: Shylock in the park
Maybe they made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Then again, it's hardly the first time Al Pacino has said hello to his friend, William Shakespeare.
This time he'll play Shylock in the Public Theater's "The Merchant of Venice," running June 9 thro...
on 2009-12-08 04:49:01Al Pacino set to play Shylock in NY's Central Park
(AP)
AP - Al Pacino meets William Shakespeare next summer in New York City's Central Park.
on 2009-12-08 04:45:22Pacino Lands Arthritis Award
Al Pacino is to be honoured by California's leading arthritis charity.The Southern California Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation will present the Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award to the movie star at the 22nd Commitment To A Cure Awards gala in Los Angeles
on 2009-11-05 04:49:37Al Pacino: 'I used to sell my body'
Al Pacino has confessed that he once sold his body in return for a roof over his head when he was a struggling actor.
on 2009-10-14 04:51:17Test Pattern: Meryl Streep keeps getting better
When it comes to great acting, Meryl Streep is one of the most dependable actors around. While Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have arguably damaged their legendary reputations with shoddy movie choices, Streep has remained consistently excellent.
on 2009-08-06 04:47:2850 Cent Gets Tattoo’s Removed
Rapper-turned-actor 50 Cent has had laser surgery on his arm to remove some of his tattoos - because he spends too long in the make-up chair on movie sets trying to cover them up.
The In Da Club star has carved out a career for himself in Hollywood with
on 2009-07-17 04:50:21Sarandon, Goodman join Kevorkian biopic
(Reuters)
Reuters - Susan Sarandon and John Goodman are set to join Al Pacino in "You Don't Know Jack," HBO Films' movie about Jack Kevorkian, the assisted-suicide specialist dubbed Dr. Death.
on 2009-07-13 04:45:20HBO Inflames Dr. Death's Critics
Al Pacino stars as Dr. Kevorkian -- "Jack the Dripper"-- in HBO movie.
on 2009-07-07 04:45:42FILM
BRYANT PARK: Al Pacino stars in Sidney Lumet's "Dog Day Afternoon," the 1975 drama about a Brooklyn bank robbery gone wrong, which screens Monday at sunset. 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue; 212-768-4242. FILM FORUM: "Bye Bye Birdie," the 1963...
on 2009-07-03 04:48:43Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Fred Segal Stud
Fitting in a bout of shopping, Jonathan Rhys Meyers was spotted out on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood on Thursday afternoon (May 28).
The “Tudors” hunk dropped by the popular Fred Segal shop, combing the racks before emerging with a few
on 2009-05-30 04:49:25He dresses Jay Leno, Al Pacino and can help you
As millions of people enter the job market and business owners struggle to entice consumers, Ryan Taylor may be better positioned than most to weather the economic crisis.
on 2009-05-29 04:50:41Buzz News Roundup, 5/27
John Lithgow has landed a - ahem - killer role on the upcoming season of Dexter. - The Futon Critic
Dustin Hoffman will star opposite Paul Giamatti in the indie drama Barney's Version, based on Mordecai Richler's final novel. - Variety
Jennifer Westfeld
on 2009-05-28 04:54:32Suicide pact? Al Pacino eyes Kevorkian biopic
(Reuters)
Reuters - Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in "You Don't Know Jack," a movie about convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian, the infamous advocate of doctor-assisted suicide.
on 2009-05-27 04:45:21Al Pacino eyes starring role in "Blink"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The mystery of how Malcolm Gladwell's nonfiction bestseller "Blink" will be turned into a movie is starting to give way to answers.
on 2009-05-13 04:45:06Al Pacino eyes starring role in "Blink"
(Reuters)
Reuters - The mystery of how Malcolm Gladwell's nonfiction bestseller "Blink" will be turned into a movie is starting to give way to answers.
on 2009-05-13 04:45:07Benedict honored with Boston award
Legit News: Al Pacino slated to accept on behalf of friend -- Al Pacino will accept a special Elliot Norton Award on behalf of his friend, the late actor Paul Benedict, when the Boston Theater Critics Assn. presents its annual honors May 11.
on 2009-04-17 04:47:40Al Pacino to Play Napoleon?
Al Pacino might transform himself into the famous French emperor, says a new report. Pacino is "on tap" to play Napoleon in a big screen adaptation of the children's book Betsy and the Emperor, says the Hollywood Reporter. Last year, the 68-year
on 2009-04-09 04:51:40Al Pacino to play Napoleon in family movie
(Reuters)
Reuters - Al Pacino, who has long been interested in tackling the character of Napoleon, is set to play the French strongman in a movie based on the children's book "Betsy and the Emperor."
on 2009-04-08 04:45:13De Niro And Pacino Team Up Again - for Lawsuit
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have joined forces to sue the makers of their recent movie Righteous Kill - in a dispute over a watch featured in the film.The shot of Pacino wearing a Tutima timepiece in the 2008 drama has already sparked a legal battle betw
on 2009-03-07 04:48:20Robert De Niro, Al Pacino: Righteous Plaintiffs
(E! Online)
E! Online - Robert De Niro and Al Pacino apparently do not believe they were paid in a timely manner.
on 2009-03-05 04:45:04Actors sue movie distributor for unauthorized ad
(AP)
AP - Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are teaming up in a lawsuit against a movie distributor and a watch company they say used their likenesses without permission.
on 2009-03-05 04:45:07Robert De Niro, Al Pacino: Righteous Plaintiffs
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino apparently do not believe they were paid in a timely manner.
The heavy hitters ganged up on watchmaker Tutima today in federal court, accusing the German...
on 2009-03-05 04:45:22Robert De Niro, Al Pacino: Righteous Plaintiffs
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino apparently do not believe they were paid in a timely manner.
The heavy hitters ganged up on watchmaker Tutima today in federal court, accusing the German...
on 2009-03-05 04:45:38Robert De Niro, Al Pacino: Righteous Plaintiffs
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino apparently do not believe they were paid in a timely manner.
The heavy hitters ganged up on watchmaker Tutima today in federal court, accusing the German...
on 2009-03-05 04:45:49Robert De Niro, Al Pacino: Righteous Plaintiffs
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino apparently do not believe they were paid in a timely manner.
The heavy hitters ganged up on watchmaker Tutima today in federal court, accusing the German...
on 2009-03-05 04:46:00DeNiro, Pacino team up in lawsuit
Actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are teaming up in a lawsuit against a movie distributor and a watch company they say used their likenesses without permission.
on 2009-03-05 04:46:29-
Candy man: an author's journey from page to screen
Creative minds . writer Luke Davies and director Neil Armfield tell a tale
of addiction.
May 4, 2006
Luke Davies tells Garry Maddox about life on the set of his first film.
TWO young lovers, played by Heath Ledger'>Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish, whirl on a Luna
Park ride. In the early days of a relationship, they are giddy with passion
and possibility. But when she shares his taste for heroin, the lovers take a
darker and more confronting ride.
For the poet, novelist and now screenwriter Luke Davies, watching the new
Australian film Candy has inspired extraordinary emotions.
"I love watching it," he says.
"I have moments of being distressed, in tears, traumatised but nonetheless
totally gripped. And almost side by side are these moments of exquisite joy
at the actual sense of achievement - 'Oh my God, I wrote this novel and it
got published and it got adapted and the film got made'."
Davies has a unique relationship to the film. It is based on his brilliantly
evocative and tender novel that fictionalises his experiences on heroin over
the best part of a decade. The worst years were from age 22 to 28.
"But to get to things being bad by 22, you're starting to wind up at 19, 20,
21 into messy territory," he says.
Davies collaborated with the famed theatre director Neil Armfield on the
screenplay, has a cameo on screen as a cheerful milkman and was on set
filming a "making of" documentary that has been boiled down from 45 hours of
footage to five so far. It centres on the writer's anxiety at letting go and
the odd-couple relationship between writer and director.
After first showing at the Berlin Film Festival, Candy premiered in Sydney
this week before its release later this month. It also stars Geoffrey Rush
as a gay junkie chemist and Noni Hazlehurst and Tony Martin as the
distressed parents of Cornish's character, Candy.
Speaking in a Newtown cafe - all lounge chairs, groovy decor and thumping
music - Davies says he is "bemused, bewildered and thrilled that this thing
has grown out of a couple of fragments of prose that I wrote 10 years ago".
The collaboration on the screenplay started in 1999. Davies often typed
while Armfield talked and acted through his vision for the film.
"He was like the Queen of Sheba," says Davies. "He was so often horizontal.
He's got this little place at Patonga, this little holiday shack, and he'd
lie there and I was like the amanuensis."
The big challenge was expanding a first-person novel, a passionate and
confronting romance that centres on the daily struggle to make a dollar,
shoot up and intermittently kick the habit, into a film.
"The book is essentially a completely claustrophobic interior monologue in
which, in a sense, even the title is ironic and the character Candy is a
two-dimensional approximation of the narrator's desires, obsessions and his
inability to see the truth at any deep level," says Davies. "The focus had
to shift around from inside his eyes to the two of them."
That meant including Candy's parents, expanding a minor character when Rush
joined the cast and allowing one scene to represent each stage - drying out,
for example - rather than repeating events from the novel.
Davies says he learnt how amazing actors are during filming.
"We spent years fretting about really important lines of dialogue that
carried information that got you from one place to another. It was, 'We've
got to find a way of expressing this, there's no way we can lose that', and
we lost that because Heath Ledger'>Heath Ledger would do something with a twist of his
face or a glance of his eye.
"That's why actors are so great and why they earn so much money. They take
away the anxious necessity to find the right words."
While working on the screenplay, Davies anxiously watched every new film
dealing with addiction.
"Every one that came along was like, 'Oh my God, we're never going to get
our film made because no one will finance it'. Leaving Las Vegas shits me -
it's just a really bad cliched prostitute-with-a-heart-of-gold film. Requiem
for a Dream shits me even more - it's all fireworks and no substance.
"Trainspotting I loved, but it doesn't impinge on our territory. But Jesus'
Son is the film that I really like. As an ex-user, it came the closest to
any film I've seen, perhaps with the exception of Panic in Needle Park, the
early '70s Al Pacino one, that actually gets the relationship [between the
couple] right to some extent."
Davies is convinced viewers will be knocked out by the film despite its dark
and troubling content.
"I'm the kind of cinema-goer who doesn't mind distressing cinema. What I
care about is good cinema. I don't care if it's light comedy, dark or
whatever. The experience of watching great cinema - great art - is life
enriching and spiritually uplifting no matter whether it's about as
difficult as it gets, like Breaking the Waves, or as light as it gets, like
Jerry Maguire, Election or Toy Story."
Having had a taste of film-making, Davies wants to resume his teenage
ambition to write and direct.
"At about 15 years old, I got my dad to give me an AFI [Australian Film
Institute] membership for my birthday. I was a weird kid. It wasn't until I
saw Aguirre: The Wrath of God at 16 that my whole world changed. The
obsession with that was equal to the obsession with writing."
He is making a short film as a precursor to a low-budget thriller.
"Being the writer is merely control freak level two. You've got to get to
control freak level one."
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22042006/364/williams-upset-pacino-sheep-noises.html
Robin Williams upset Al Pacino on the set of thriller Insomnia by
baa-ing at him.
The funnyman thought it would be amusing to poke fun at his costar's
penchant for roaring like a lion to get into character - but Pacino
wasn't laughing.
Williams recalls, "He gets p**sed. 'Sorry Mr Pacino - I didn't mean to
mess up.'
"You've got to f**k with them and have a good time, and then they
relax."
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Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of "Lili2"
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>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22042006/364/williams-upset-pacino-sheep-noises.html
>Robin Williams upset Al Pacino on the set of thriller Insomnia by
>baa-ing at him.
>penchant for roaring like a lion to get into character - but Pacino
>wasn't laughing.
>mess up.'
>relax."
Unless they take themselves way too seriously.
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Poss.
"Live young, die fast and love a good looking corpse." Eric Burdon,
2003.
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TG Magazin, Italy's leading media publication published the following
article:
http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/tgmagazine/articoli/articolo299995.shtml.
This is an exact translation of the original Italian article, named
Relazioni voi e i Famosi (Relationships with The Famous).
RELATIONSHIPS: YOU AND THE FAMOUS
Your connection to the stars
How much do you have in common with Paris Hilton, Brad Pitt and Demi
Moore? If you always dreamt of being involved with an international
celebrity, it's time you found out what your chances are of making
them fall in love with you or having a relationship with them. All you
have to do is enter a few personal details - such as your birth date
- and send them off with a click of your mouse. Within minutes, your
questions will be answered and you will find out whether your dreams
can become reality.
Top Synergy (www.topsynergy.com) is one of America's authoritative
sites dealing with "relationships" or interpersonal relations. It
will provide you with useful tips and analyses as to how to improve
your relationships with your colleagues and life partners. The
segment on "You & the famous" contains a very long alphabetized
list of stars:
>From Al Pacino to Woody Allen and anywhere from Britney Spears, David
Beckham, George W. Bush, Nicole Kidman, Tony Blair and Shakira in
between. The list includes celebrities from all walks of life: music,
film, politics and sports. Almost all of them are there - or at
least the most famous among them: those we would all like to share a
personal relationship with, at least once in a lifetime.
To test the extent of your compatibility with any of the celebrities,
all you have to do is click on them in order to read about the most
hidden aspects of the VIP in question. Once you enter your personal
details, the results of your compatibility test with the chosen
celebrity will be e-mailed to you.
The analyzed sections are divided between emotional relationships and
work-related ties: long-term relationships, romance, friendship, sexual
attraction and a long list of relationships in which the assumption is
that you are the boss, the consultant, the employer or the spiritual
guide of the VIP you have selected.
In any case, you will be told to what extent the intensity of the
cosmic energies support the different types of relationships and to
what degree of passion, commitment and intimacy the relationship will
be able to function or not.
Want an example?
About Paris Hilton we are told that she needs love and affection and
that in relationships, she develops a very childish and dependent
behavior toward her partner. She experiences a great deal of
difficulty with social relationships, but her basic character is warm,
healthful and full of understanding toward others. Nonetheless, she
has a very unconventional and open attitude toward sex, romance and
love. The relationship that suits her best is one that is intellectual
and spiritual with a partner that allows her ample space and does not
show a tendency toward jealousy and possessiveness.
The site also provides each and every celebrity's astral profile,
which is very useful for pinpointing compatibility or the lack thereof.
The results of your chances and potential compatibility with the
celebrity you have selected from the point of view of mutual passion,
intimacy, commitment and synergy are based on mathematic and astral
calculations.
Want to know something about David Beckham? When it comes to romantic
relationships, he prefers intelligent women with a well-honed sense of
humor to women with merely outward beauty. He loves women who make
demands and look for answers and in order to be fulfilled in a
relationship, he needs to share ideas, places and opinions and always
learn something new with his partner.
And if Madonna has crossed your minds, you should know that she always
loves to be the center of attention and cannot tolerate suffocating
relationships; however, all things told, she is hopelessly romantic and
an idealist.
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See, I took it a different way : I thought she was being quirky and
funny about her liking Jack Nicholson. And I was shocked how dishonest
and unopen she was about her unrequited love for Al Pacino :)......I
like Diane Keaton alot but she was "acting" when she was talking about
Jack Nicholson. Her silence about Pacino said more about what's in her
heart than any words that came out of her mouth.
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http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/115642004.htm
Scarlett Johansson's Napoleon Movie To Go Ahead
December 8, 2005, 7:27:18
SCARLETT JOHANSSON'S NAPOLEON FILM TO GO AHEAD AFTER AL PACINO BATTLE
Hollywood actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON has beaten AL PACINO in the race to get
their planned NAPOLEON BONAPARTE movies on the big screen, following a
bitter battle.
Early last year (04), it was announced that SCARFACE star Pacino planned to
play the Frenchman in a project called THE MONSTER OF LONGWOOD, an
adaptation of a STATON RABIN novel about Bonaparte's last days and his
relationship with a young British girl called Betsy who befriended him after
he was exiled to the tropical isle of St Helena.
The storyline is similar to Johansson's NAPOLEON AND BETSY, in which the
stunning actress takes on the role of Betsy.
As a result, The Monster Of Longwood producer HOWARD ROSENMAN has called in
the lawyers to halt the opposing project, claiming Napoleon And Betsy writer
REBECCA B KENNEDY had written the first draft of the Longwood project - and
that Johansson has flirted with his picture since she did a reading with
Pacino just a few months beforehand.
Furthermore, Rosenman claimed the actress' mother and manager MELANIE
JOHANSSON, was attached as associate producer to his project - but she then
shifted to produce Napoleon And Betsy. But the battle seems to have ended in
Johansson's favour, with an official announcement yesterday (07DEC05) that
BENJAMIN ROSS will go ahead with plans to write and direct the independent
movie.
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http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2005/11/27/1326606-ap.html
Keaton: love is easier in the movies
NEW YORK (AP) - Diane Keaton dated many of her leading men off screen, but
she says she prefers to fall in love on screen.
"You know where it's going, and you can just enjoy it for what it is,"
Keaton tells Time magazine. "Real life is complicated. Onscreen you know
what the lines are. Everybody's doing what they're supposed to do. He's not
gonna surprise you."
The 59-year-old actress credits her listening skills in making relationships
with Woody Allen, Al Pacino and Warren Beatty work.
"I was a good listener. But then that wears off. They get bored," she says.
Keaton plays a mother in the upcoming The Family Stone, about a Manhattan
career woman (Sarah Jessica Parker) who gets a cold reception from her
fiance's family.
She's not surprised by the lack of sexy roles for women over 50 despite the
success of Something's Gotta Give, for which she was nominated for an Oscar.
"It requires somebody who's a good writer who wants to write about that
subject," she says. "Who is gonna do that? George Lucas? I don't think so.
I'd have to be an alien, a sexy, older alien."
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http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-11-09/
Pacino & Hoffman's Fight Plan
Al Pacino was once approached to don boxing gloves and take on Dustin
Hoffman in an all-star fight night. The Godfather star reveals impresario
Alexander Cohen offered him the chance to go three rounds with Oscar-winning
Rain Man star Hoffman, as part of an early reality TV boxing match at New
York City's Madison Square Garden venue. Pacino recalls, "I wondered if he
ever mentioned that to Dustin, because he mentioned it to me. All I said
was, 'Can we do it without the gloves?' People have these ideas."
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penhall98@sbcglobal.net says...
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> I couldn't agree more. All he does now is yell.
>
Then you haven't seen Glengarry Glen Ross.
Pacino was unrecognizable as Tony Roma. Really, I have to think twice
while remembering this role - because Al Pacino just disappears inside
this movie.
The entire cast should have won an Oscar.
bel
>
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Pacino peaked 30 years ago
04/11/2005 - 16:02:42
Hollywood legend Al Pacino admits he hasn't made a good movie in 30 years.
The actor believes he peaked in 1975 movie Dog Day Afternoon and hasn't had
a decent role since, despite the four Academy Award nominations and one
win - for 1992's Scento Of A Woman - he has achieved since.
He tells the New York Daily News: "I know I haven't made a good film since
Dog Day Afternoon.
"Somebody at a press conference once asked me, 'Do you think you'll ever be
as good as you were in 'Dog Day'?' and I said flatly, 'No.' That answered
that."
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http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9232
Another Ugly Weekend at the Box Office; Doom Number One
Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for October 21-23, 2005
By John Hamann
October 23, 2005
Top Ten for Weekend of October 21-23, 2005
Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Doom 3,044 New $15.4 $15.4
2 Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story 2,007 New $9.3 $9.3
3 Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit 3,472 -25% $8.7 $44.0
4 The Fog 2,972 -38% $7.3 $21.5
5 North Country 2,555 New $6.5 $6.5
6 Elizabethtown 2,517 -46% $5.7 $19.0
7 Flightplan 2,513 -27% $4.7 $77.3
8 In Her Shoes 2,237 -36% $3.9 $26.2
9 A History of Violence 1,308 -25% $2.7 $26.3
10 Two for the Money 1,693 -49% $2.4 $20.7
11 Domino 2,223 -49% $2.4 $8.7
12 Good Night, and Good Luck 225 New $2.3 $4.6
We knew heading into this weekend at the box office that Hollywood was going
to have some bad news come this Sunday morning; the question was how bad it
was going to be. New releases last weekend didn't work. The Fog managed a
number one spot over Wallace and Gromit, but it definitely wasn't a
world-mover. Elizabethtown and Domino were large disappointments (so bad
that Domino doesn't even make a top ten appearance in its second frame).
This weekend things don't get any better. Doom is this weekend's Fog, and it
is joined by Dreamer and North Country, films that look good (if you're a
tween girl or a rural coal miner), but obviously won't have too much impact
on the box office. The result: more of the same.
The number one film of the weekend is Doom, the first person shooter video
game that was all the rage in the mid-'90s. The game-to-film adaptation that
cost $80 million to make did manage a gross above $10 million, earning $15.4
million from 3,044 venues this weekend. That gives it an average of $5,053,
and after its opening day number of about $6 million, Doom is left with a
weekend multiplier of 2.56. The weekend multiplier (weekend gross divided by
Friday gross) gives us an indication of how the film played over the
weekend. A multiplier higher than 3.0 would suggest that the film did very
well after its Friday opening, and may play well in the week's ahead. A
number well below 3.0 indicated big trouble for a film's producers.
Multipliers well below 3 can indicate front-loading, meaning that a large
percentage of a film's audience sees the film on opening night, and numbers
trail off from there. It can also be an indication of whether a film is any
good or not. Take for example video game-based Resident Evil. The Milla
Jovovich splatter fest had an opening weekend gross of $17.7 million and an
opening Friday take of $6.7 million. That left Resident Evil with a weekend
multiplier of 2.63, typical of a front-loaded film with a large built-in
audience. Its sequel had an even poorer multiplier of 2.47.
Doom stars The Rock'>The Rock, who was the King of the wrestling world not long after
Doom's reign of top video game. The Rock'>The Rock aka Dwayne Johnson has made some
excellent choices as to what films he chooses. Doom is his sixth project,
and the star has yet to appear in a film that earned less than $10 million
over opening weekend. The wrestler started his acting career the right way,
appearing in The Mummy Returns, which opened to over $60 million and
finished with over $200 million. Since then, he's opened The Scorpion King
($36.1 million open), The Rundown ($18.5 million open), Walking Tall ($15.5
million) and Be Cool (which is really a Travolta title but I'll include its
$23.5 million open). Coming up for The Rock'>The Rock are Southland Tales with Seann
William Scott and Sarah Michelle Gellar and Gridiron Gang, directed by Phil
Joanou.
Second spot this weekend goes to Dreamer, the Kurt Russell/Dakota Fanning
manipulator about a race horse saved from death by a little girl. Color me
surprised that the manipulative trailer and TV ads didn't sell more tickets
to the movie-of-the-week audience. Still, Dreamer grossed a solid $9.3
million this weekend from a small 2,007 venues, giving it a fair opening
weekend average of $4,633. It's certainly no Seabiscuit (that one opened to
a little over $20 million); however, Dreamer probably cost a quarter of
Seabiscuit's $86 million production budget. This is another good choice for
Kurt Russell, who most recently starred in the low budget but very
successful Disney movie Sky High, which opened to almost $15 million and
finished above $60 million. This will be Russell's third consecutive family
hit after appearing in Miracle, Sky High and now Dreamer. Next up for the
former Snake Plissken are a small role in Munich, Steven Spielberg's drama
about the Munich Olympics, and then Poseidon, a remake of the 1972 film The
Poseidon Adventure. As for Dreamer, this one should be a big success for
DreamWorks, as its budget was most likely around $25 million, it got good
enough reviews (65% fresh at RottenTomatoes), and should be a strong selling
family title on DVD.
Third spot this weekend is Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
,which drops only one spot from its second place finish last weekend. W&G
dropped only 25% this weekend, grossing a healthy $8.7 million. So far, the
DreamWorks/Aardman animated flick has grossed $44 million against a
production budget of only $30 million, making this a huge hit for
DreamWorks. The studio must be very happy to have the numbers two and three
spots in the top ten after three weekends of release for W&G.
Fourth this weekend is The Fog from Revolution and Sony, and it actually
held a lot better than I predicted it would. The John Carpenter remake
grossed $7.3 million in its sophomore weekend, down an excellent-for-horror
38%. The other good news for these two companies is that The Fog cost only
$18 million to make, a figure it should easily make from home video sales.
Its domestic box office figure sits at $21.5 million.
Fifth goes to North Country, the new Charlize Theron flick from Warner Bros.
Despite a strong marketing campaign, North County failed to live up to
expectations, grossing $6.5 million from 2,555 venues this weekend. It had a
venue average of $2,532 and a weekend multiplier of 3.4 - which also helps
define Doom's 2.5 multiplier. North Country also reviewed fairly but
certainly was no Whale Rider (both North Country and Whale Rider were
directed by Niki Caro). Of the 116 reviews counted at RottenTomatoes, 83
were positive, leading to a 72% fresh rating for the film. As a studio, you
can market the heck out of something like this, but if reviews and
word-of-mouth aren't there, we're going to see a quick exit. Let's see how
this one holds next weekend.
Sixth goes to Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown, and unfortunately we'll have to
wait another couple of years for the next film from the director of Say
Anything... and Almost Famous. Elizabethtown did not hold well in its second
weekend. The Orlando Bloom/Kirsten Dunst feature grossed $5.7 million this
weekend, off a severe 46% from last weekend. That leaves the Paramount
release with a domestic total of $19 million, and $50 million is probably
out of reach.
Flightplan lands in seventh this weekend, as the Jodie Foster film has shown
some legs in the autumn months. Flightplan grossed $4.7 million in its fifth
weekend and drops 27% from the previous frame. The thriller has now grossed
$77.3 million, and while $100 million is probably out of the question,
$90-95 million certainly isn't.
Eighth goes to In Her Shoes, the Cameron Diaz feature that didn't quite
work. The Fox release earned $3.9 million this weekend, off 36% from last
weekend. In Her Shoes has earned $26.2 million since its release.
A History of Violence lands in ninth, earning $2.7 million. The Viggo
Mortensen flick has been hanging on, dropping only 25% this weekend. The $30
million New Line release has now earned $26.3 million.
Tenth is Two for the Money, as the Al Pacino feature narrowly beats out
Domino. Two for the Money earned a not-very-good $2.4 million this weekend,
and sits with $20.7 million.
Overall, box office totals are simply embarrassing this weekend. Last year
the top ten films earned about $96.5 million. This year, the top ten earned
about $66.5 million, meaning that 2004's films simply left 2005's entries in
the dust.
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Another Ugly Weekend at the Box Office; Doom Number One
Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for October 21-23, 2005
By John Hamann
October 23, 2005
Top Ten for Weekend of October 21-23, 2005
Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Doom 3,044 New $15.4 $15.4
2 Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story 2,007 New $9.3 $9.3
3 Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit 3,472 -25% $8.7 $44.0
4 The Fog 2,972 -38% $7.3 $21.5
5 North Country 2,555 New $6.5 $6.5
6 Elizabethtown 2,517 -46% $5.7 $19.0
7 Flightplan 2,513 -27% $4.7 $77.3
8 In Her Shoes 2,237 -36% $3.9 $26.2
9 A History of Violence 1,308 -25% $2.7 $26.3
10 Two for the Money 1,693 -49% $2.4 $20.7
11 Domino 2,223 -49% $2.4 $8.7
12 Good Night, and Good Luck 225 New $2.3 $4.6
We knew heading into this weekend at the box office that Hollywood was going
to have some bad news come this Sunday morning; the question was how bad it
was going to be. New releases last weekend didn't work. The Fog managed a
number one spot over Wallace and Gromit, but it definitely wasn't a
world-mover. Elizabethtown and Domino were large disappointments (so bad
that Domino doesn't even make a top ten appearance in its second frame).
This weekend things don't get any better. Doom is this weekend's Fog, and it
is joined by Dreamer and North Country, films that look good (if you're a
tween girl or a rural coal miner), but obviously won't have too much impact
on the box office. The result: more of the same.
The number one film of the weekend is Doom, the first person shooter video
game that was all the rage in the mid-'90s. The game-to-film adaptation that
cost $80 million to make did manage a gross above $10 million, earning $15.4
million from 3,044 venues this weekend. That gives it an average of $5,053,
and after its opening day number of about $6 million, Doom is left with a
weekend multiplier of 2.56. The weekend multiplier (weekend gross divided by
Friday gross) gives us an indication of how the film played over the
weekend. A multiplier higher than 3.0 would suggest that the film did very
well after its Friday opening, and may play well in the week's ahead. A
number well below 3.0 indicated big trouble for a film's producers.
Multipliers well below 3 can indicate front-loading, meaning that a large
percentage of a film's audience sees the film on opening night, and numbers
trail off from there. It can also be an indication of whether a film is any
good or not. Take for example video game-based Resident Evil. The Milla
Jovovich splatter fest had an opening weekend gross of $17.7 million and an
opening Friday take of $6.7 million. That left Resident Evil with a weekend
multiplier of 2.63, typical of a front-loaded film with a large built-in
audience. Its sequel had an even poorer multiplier of 2.47.
Doom stars The Rock'>The Rock, who was the King of the wrestling world not long after
Doom's reign of top video game. The Rock'>The Rock aka Dwayne Johnson has made some
excellent choices as to what films he chooses. Doom is his sixth project,
and the star has yet to appear in a film that earned less than $10 million
over opening weekend. The wrestler started his acting career the right way,
appearing in The Mummy Returns, which opened to over $60 million and
finished with over $200 million. Since then, he's opened The Scorpion King
($36.1 million open), The Rundown ($18.5 million open), Walking Tall ($15.5
million) and Be Cool (which is really a Travolta title but I'll include its
$23.5 million open). Coming up for The Rock'>The Rock are Southland Tales with Seann
William Scott and Sarah Michelle Gellar and Gridiron Gang, directed by Phil
Joanou.
Second spot this weekend goes to Dreamer, the Kurt Russell/Dakota Fanning
manipulator about a race horse saved from death by a little girl. Color me
surprised that the manipulative trailer and TV ads didn't sell more tickets
to the movie-of-the-week audience. Still, Dreamer grossed a solid $9.3
million this weekend from a small 2,007 venues, giving it a fair opening
weekend average of $4,633. It's certainly no Seabiscuit (that one opened to
a little over $20 million); however, Dreamer probably cost a quarter of
Seabiscuit's $86 million production budget. This is another good choice for
Kurt Russell, who most recently starred in the low budget but very
successful Disney movie Sky High, which opened to almost $15 million and
finished above $60 million. This will be Russell's third consecutive family
hit after appearing in Miracle, Sky High and now Dreamer. Next up for the
former Snake Plissken are a small role in Munich, Steven Spielberg's drama
about the Munich Olympics, and then Poseidon, a remake of the 1972 film The
Poseidon Adventure. As for Dreamer, this one should be a big success for
DreamWorks, as its budget was most likely around $25 million, it got good
enough reviews (65% fresh at RottenTomatoes), and should be a strong selling
family title on DVD.
Third spot this weekend is Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
,which drops only one spot from its second place finish last weekend. W&G
dropped only 25% this weekend, grossing a healthy $8.7 million. So far, the
DreamWorks/Aardman animated flick has grossed $44 million against a
production budget of only $30 million, making this a huge hit for
DreamWorks. The studio must be very happy to have the numbers two and three
spots in the top ten after three weekends of release for W&G.
Fourth this weekend is The Fog from Revolution and Sony, and it actually
held a lot better than I predicted it would. The John Carpenter remake
grossed $7.3 million in its sophomore weekend, down an excellent-for-horror
38%. The other good news for these two companies is that The Fog cost only
$18 million to make, a figure it should easily make from home video sales.
Its domestic box office figure sits at $21.5 million.
Fifth goes to North Country, the new Charlize Theron flick from Warner Bros.
Despite a strong marketing campaign, North County failed to live up to
expectations, grossing $6.5 million from 2,555 venues this weekend. It had a
venue average of $2,532 and a weekend multiplier of 3.4 - which also helps
define Doom's 2.5 multiplier. North Country also reviewed fairly but
certainly was no Whale Rider (both North Country and Whale Rider were
directed by Niki Caro). Of the 116 reviews counted at RottenTomatoes, 83
were positive, leading to a 72% fresh rating for the film. As a studio, you
can market the heck out of something like this, but if reviews and
word-of-mouth aren't there, we're going to see a quick exit. Let's see how
this one holds next weekend.
Sixth goes to Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown, and unfortunately we'll have to
wait another couple of years for the next film from the director of Say
Anything... and Almost Famous. Elizabethtown did not hold well in its second
weekend. The Orlando Bloom/Kirsten Dunst feature grossed $5.7 million this
weekend, off a severe 46% from last weekend. That leaves the Paramount
release with a domestic total of $19 million, and $50 million is probably
out of reach.
Flightplan lands in seventh this weekend, as the Jodie Foster film has shown
some legs in the autumn months. Flightplan grossed $4.7 million in its fifth
weekend and drops 27% from the previous frame. The thriller has now grossed
$77.3 million, and while $100 million is probably out of the question,
$90-95 million certainly isn't.
Eighth goes to In Her Shoes, the Cameron Diaz feature that didn't quite
work. The Fox release earned $3.9 million this weekend, off 36% from last
weekend. In Her Shoes has earned $26.2 million since its release.
A History of Violence lands in ninth, earning $2.7 million. The Viggo
Mortensen flick has been hanging on, dropping only 25% this weekend. The $30
million New Line release has now earned $26.3 million.
Tenth is Two for the Money, as the Al Pacino feature narrowly beats out
Domino. Two for the Money earned a not-very-good $2.4 million this weekend,
and sits with $20.7 million.
Overall, box office totals are simply embarrassing this weekend. Last year
the top ten films earned about $96.5 million. This year, the top ten earned
about $66.5 million, meaning that 2004's films simply left 2005's entries in
the dust.
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Pacino Laughs Off Alley Romance
Rumors Al Pacino has laughed off reports he is romancing "Fat Actress" star
Kirstie Alley, insisting they're just good friends.
The pair were spotted enjoying a meal at a top restaurant, and eyewitnesses
claimed the 54-year-old beauty was stroking the actor's thigh.
Pacino's representative Pat Kingsley explains, "There was a group of about
eight people talking at a restaurant and it was not a dating situation."
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I saw this last night and want to encourage everyone who gets the chance
to go see it (no, I don't have any commercial interest in it).
It's a documentary made by a guy from Amsterdam about the events that the
movie "Dog Day Afternoon" was based on. He revisits the scene 30 years
later and talks to some of the hostages and police who were involved,
along with Sidney Lumet and Frank Pierson (director and screenwriter of
the movie). He also tries to get the real bank robber (the guy Al Pacino
played) to participate in his film, which turns into a whole other story
line.
It's very engaging and very well made, and as it is a little "art
film" doing the film festival circuit, I want to give it a shout-out in
hopes that people will go see it.
Fiona
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This year's fall and winter movie season looks fantastic.
That doesn't mean it's going to be particularly good, just that there
are so many ... fantasies.
There are children's fantasies like "Zathura" and "The Chronicles of
Narnia"; gravity-defying fantasies like "The Legend of Zorro" and "Aeon
Flux"; the animated fantasies "Chicken Little," "Tim Burton's Corpse
Bride" and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit"; sci-fi
adventures "Serenity," "Doom" and "A Sound of Thunder"; the fourth
Harry Potter movie, and Peter Jackson's remake of the ultimate
fantasy-adventure, "King Kong."
We begin our preview at the end of August, but the string of fantasies
gets an early start on Friday with Terry Gilliam's galloping "The
Brothers Grimm," which has more references to classic fairy tale
characters than all the other coming fantasies combined.
Some analysts may attribute the rash of fantasy films to the escapism
that comes with war, and that may play a role. But it seems just as
likely that fantasy reigns because the ability to create incredible
images today makes the genre irresistible to storytellers.
The trailers for all of the above movies are linked on the Web sites
www.apple.com/trailers and www.imdb.com. Take a look and you'll agree:
They look fantastic.
Fall/winter is also Oscar season, and there are plenty of potential
contenders. The high-profile films with awards ambitions include Steven
Spielberg's "Munich," a drama based on the search for the planners of
the assault on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games; Rob
Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha," based on Arthur Golden's acclaimed
novel about a woman who spends her life in the high art of pleasing,
and Terrence Malick's "The New World," an epic account of the first
Virginia colony and the meeting of John Smith and Pocahontas.
Recent Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski returns with a new version
of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," and Marc Forster'>Marc Forster ("Finding
Neverland") turns to drama with "Stay," the story of a psychiatrist's
efforts to stop a patient from carrying out a suicide threat.
Two Broadway musicals make the transition to the screen. Susan Stroman,
who directed "The Producers" on stage, handles the film adaptation as
well, while Chris Columbus directs "Rent."
A few laughs
Comedies abound. Among them are: "Rumor Has It," starring Jennifer
Aniston as a female version of "The Graduate's" Benjamin Braddock; "The
Man," a buddy film featuring unlikely chemistry between Samuel L.
Jackson and Eugene Levy; "The Weather Man," starring Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage as a
TV weather guy who wears his bad forecasts on his shoulders, and a pair
of old-fashioned family films about families that are too big - "Yours,
Mine, and Ours" and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2."
The following schedule may have changed by the time the ink was dry on
this newspaper. But the great majority of films listed are locked in to
those dates.
Every New Film
AUG. 31
The Constant Gardener Brazil's Fernando Meirelles ("City of God")
directs Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz in an adaptation of John
LeCarre's thriller about a British diplomat rousted from his Nairobi
garden to investigate the murder of his activist wife.
Games of Love and Chance Abdel Kechiche directs the Cesar-winning drama
about a group of French students coming of age in a political pressure
cooker of a French project.
William Eggleston in the Real World Director Michael Almereyada
followed the 65-year-old avant garde photographer, musician, draftsman
and videographer across country for this intimate documentary portrait.
SEPT. 2
The Underclassman Action-comedy starring Nick Cannon ("Drumline") as a
young L.A. detective who goes undercover at a posh prep school to break
up a stolen car ring. Directed by Marcos Siega ("Pretty Persuasion").
A Sound of Thunder Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley'>Ben Kingsley and Catherine McCormack
star in an adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story about a group of people
who travel back to the dinosaur era and cause a chain reaction that
alters the future to which they return. Directed by Peter Hyams
("Timecop").
The Transporter 2 Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, a man who
delivers anonymous packages to anonymous clients, no questions asked.
Inevitably, the packages get him into trouble, this time with a
gun-toting blonde (Amber Valletta).
SEPT. 7
Touch the Sound Documentary about symphony percussionist Evelyn
Glennie, a child prodigy from Scotland who lost her hearing at age 12
but didn't miss a beat. At 40, she's still performing.
SEPT. 9
The Exorcism of Emily Rose Laura Linney plays a lawyer defending a
priest (Tom Wilkinson) accused of murder after his exorcism of a
possessed woman leaves her dead. With Campbell Scott.
The Man Comedy of mistaken identity starring Samuel L. Jackson as a
special agent whose search for his partner's killer leads him to a
dorky salesman (Eugene Levy). Directed by Les Mayfield ("Encino Man").
Curandero "Sin City's" Robert Rodriguez wrote the for this
horror movie about a man caught up in black magic in Mexico City.
Director Eduardo Rodriguez is apparently no relation.
An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallstr=F6m's sentimental drama brings the
unlikely pairing of uptight rancher Robert Redford and emotional single
mom Jennifer Lopez. Don't expect sparks, though: he's a grieving
father, and she's the woman who married, and then accidentally killed,
his son. Can her preteen daughter unite them, or will she become just
another wedge in their long-simmering enmity? More important, will
Lopez benefit from a boost in her lukewarm screen career, or has the
shelf-life on this much delayed movie already expired?
Steal Me A 15-year-old boy abandoned by his mother befriends another
boy his age and moves in with his family, soon developing a crush on
both his friend's mother and the sexy older woman living next door.
Keane Lodge Kerrigan ("Claire Dolan") directs Damian Lewis
("Dreamcatcher") in a psychological drama about a man haunted by the
disappearance of his 6-year-old daughter at Manhattan's Port Authority
Bus Terminal - or was it all in his head?
The Outsiders - The Complete Novel Francis Coppola's elongated
version of his 1983 adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel. The DVD goes
on sale immediately after the release.
Cote d'Azur French comedy about a family whose seaside vacation gets a
little foamy when the couple's daughter takes up with a biker and their
son drifts off with his best friend, who is secretly in love with him.
Walking on the Sky A group of six New York friends have to wrestle with
the new dynamics in their relationships when another member of their
circle kills himself and leaves behind a revealing diary. Directed by
and starring New York native Carl T. Evans.
Green Street Hooligans Elijah Wood plays a wrongly expelled Harvard
student who moves to London, where he is instantly drawn into the
violent subculture of soccer hooliganism. With Charlie Hunnam, Claire
Forlani.
Music From the Inside Out Daniel Anker documentary weaving together a
mosaic of the stories, ideas and experiences of the 105 members of the
Philadelphia Orchestra, a musical institution that hasn't participated
in a film since "Fantasia."
Answering the Call Documentary honoring the people who answered
emergency calls on 9/11.
SEPT. 14
The Future of Food Documentary about genetically engineered products
that have become part of the U.S. food chain - whether they're good
for us or not. Directed by Deborah Koons Garcia, widow of Jerry Garcia.
SEPT. 16
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Big-fee action screenwriter Shane Black ("Lethal
Weapon") makes his directing debut with his own about a New York
actor (Robert Downey, Jr.) who impersonates a detective and gets
himself in all sorts of trouble. With Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan.
Lord of War Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage is an international gun dealer in Andrew
Niccol's topical black comedy, which co-stars Ethan Hawke as an
Interpol agent intent on bringing him down. With Donald Sutherland, Ian
Holm, Jared Leto.
Just Like Heaven "Mean Girls"' Mark Waters directs Mark Ruffalo and
Reese Witherspoon in a romantic fantasy about a young man and the
spirit of a comatose doctor who fall in love while sharing an
apartment. Once they're over their, uh, dimensional differences, the
race is on to keep her body from being taken off life support.
Proof Last time director John Madden and Gwyneth Paltrow worked
together, she landed herself an Oscar. Though more erudite and intimate
than "Shakespeare in Love," Madden's adaptation of David Auburn's
Pulitzer Prize-winning play might just catch the eyes of Academy's
voters, too. Reprising a role she has already tackled on the London
stage, Paltrow plays an overwhelmed young woman rapidly losing her grip
after the death of her father (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant math
professor. Hovering around the edges are her concerned support system:
brainy admirer Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal and coldly practical sister Hope Davis.
The Woods Psychological horror film about the students of an all-girl
boarding school who begin to go missing in the surrounding woods.
Patricia Clarkson is the headmistress and Agnes Bruckner'>Agnes Bruckner is the new
student caught up in the mystery.
Separate Lies It's been a while since we were faced with the sight of
middle-class Brits keeping a stiff upper lip while suppressing
dangerous secrets. Fortunately, Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson are
always willing to suffer stoically for our entertainment. "Gosford
Park" screenwriter Julian Fellowes makes his directorial debut, while
Watson and Wilkinson play a long-married couple who are still quite
happy together (aside from the passionate affair and possible homicide
she's hiding).
Venom Jim Gillespie ("I Know What You Did Last Summer") directs another
teens-in-trouble horror picture, this one involving voodoo in the
bayous of Louisiana. With Agnes Bruckner'>Agnes Bruckner (poor thing), Bijou Phillips.
The Libertine Johnny Depp takes on the role of notorious 17th-century
poet, derelict and debaucher John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester and
grand embarrassment of Charles II (John Malkovich). Samantha Morton is
the actress who comes under Wilmot's shaky tutelage.
Adapted from his play by Stephen Jeffreys and directed by first-timer
Laurence Dunmore.
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Another day, another Johnny Depp-Tim Burton
collaboration. Not that we're feeling cavalier about it: These two have
given us some of the most unusual movies in recent years. Since
Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant
Peach" are among them, we have high hopes for this latest stop-motion
animated fantasy, which is based on an old Russian folk tale about a
young groom (voiced by Depp) who inadvertently finds himself with two
wives (he could do worse than Helena Bonham Carter'>Helena Bonham Carter and Emily Watson).
Thumbsucker Offbeat comedy about a 17-year-old boy whose infantile
habit of sucking his thumb makes him the subject of ridicule and
isolation even in his own home. But the people trying to help him kick
the habit are even stranger. With Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Keanu Reeves, Vince Vaughn. It's the first feature directed by Mike
Mills, maker of the well-received short "Paperboys."
Everything Is Illuminated Actor Liev Schreiber makes his writing and
directing debut with his adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's darkly
comic best seller about a young American Jew who travels to Russia to
find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. With Elijah
Wood.
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
Documentary about the 1972 presidential campaign and political
humiliation of the idealistic former South Dakota senator.
Cry Wolf A high-school prank turns lethal when classmates listed on a
joke Web site as the next victims of a serial killer start turning up
dead. With Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi.
Hard Goodbyes: My Father Greek drama about a lonely boy who has to rely
on his imagination when the father with whom he'd shared a passion for
outer space does not come home.
The Thing About My Folks Paul Reiser wrote this film and co-stars in it
with Peter Falk as a son and father rediscovering the bond between them
on a cross-country trip in a restored '36 Ford. Directed by Raymond De
Felitta ("Two Family House").
The Weeping Meadow The first film in a planned trilogy by Greek master
Theo Angelopoulos follows a pair of refugee children as they come of
age in the small Greek village they are brought to after the Russian
Revolution.
SEPT. 23
A History of Violence With echoes of Alfred Hitchcock's "wrong man"
theme and Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs," David Cronenberg's latest film
stars Viggo Mortensen as a small-town family man whose celebrated
heroism in thwarting and killing two thugs in his diner draws gangsters
to town. The one with the deformed face (Ed Harris) claims he knew the
hero years before and he has come for some payback. Despite his
denials, Mortensen's character ends up having to fight violence with
violence. With Maria Bello, William Hurt.
Oliver Twist If ever there were a story that suited Roman Polanski's
dark sensibilities, it's Charles Dickens' classic saga of an orphan
whose fate falls and rises at the mercy of others. The screenplay was
written by Ronald Harwood, Polanski's partner on their Oscar-winning
"Pianist," so it is always possible that this artistically acclaimed
pair aims to entertain adults and youngsters alike, while
simultaneously approaching the Academy with a respectful request: "May
we have some more?" With Barney Clark as Oliver, Ben Kingsley'>Ben Kingsley as Fagin
and Jamie Foreman as Bill Sykes.
Flightplan In her first starring role in three years, Jodie Foster
plays a recently widowed woman whose 6-year-old daughter disappears in
the middle of a trans-continental flight from Berlin to New York. Since
no one else on the plane remembers seeing the girl, they question
whether she was there only in her mother's mind.
Daltry Calhoun Johnny Knoxville returns to his hometown as a roustabout
and would-be golf magnate whose ex-wife (Elizabeth Banks) throws a
twist into his life by dropping their 14-year-old daughter at his door.
Roll Bounce Nick Cannon, Bow Wow and Mike Epps star for "The Best Man"
director Malcolm D. Lee in this comedy-drama about a group of hip-hop
roller skaters preparing for a competition on the other side of 1970s
Chicago.
Dear Wendy Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, two of the founders of
the Danish film collective Dogme 95, team up as writer (von Trier) and
director (Vinterberg) of this parable about America's contradictory gun
culture. It follows a group of teenage outcasts in a fictional mining
town who form a secret club known as "The Dandies." Their purpose -
to love and admire guns but never use them on anybody - soon goes out
the window.
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Tom Hanks produced and
narrates this 3-D IMAX film that re-creates for the audience what the
12 astronauts who have walked on the moon experienced.
Into the Fire Drama about a troubled NYPD harbor cop who freezes during
a rescue attempt of a drowning woman and tries to make peace with his
conscience and the victim's identical twin. With Sean Patrick Flanery
and Melina Kanakaredes from TV's "Providence."
Dorian Blues Coming-out story about a young man who, on the cusp of
moving to New York, begins showing his preference for men, much to the
dismay of his right-wing father and his jock brother.
7 Dias Mexican film about a U2 super fan determined to raise the
half-million dollars it would cost to bring the band to his country.
Dirty Love Jenny McCarthy wrote this comedy and co-stars in it with
Carmen Electra. It's about a jilted woman who sees a psychic to find
out where she should search for true love.
Occupation: Dreamland Documentary focusing on the men of the 82nd
Airborne in Iraq and on the Army's recruitment tactics.
SEPT. 28
Forty Shades of Blue Rip Torn plays a legendary (and doesn't he know
it) Memphis music producer whose comfy existence is shaken when his
young Russian trophy wife (Dina Korzun) falls in love with his
estranged son.
SEPT. 30
Capote The estimable Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the late novelist and
social gadfly Truman Capote. It's not a conventional biopic, but an
account of the writer's research for "In Cold Blood," his classic
"nonfiction novel" about the murders of a Kansas farm family and the
subsequent trials and executions of their killers. Catherine Keener is
Harper Lee, Capote's young associate (and future author of "To Kill a
Mockingbird") and Clifton Collins Jr. plays the killer Perry Smith,
with whom Capote developed a strong relationship. Bennett Miller is the
first-time director.
The Greatest Game Ever Played Shia LaBeouf ("Holes") stars for director
Bill Paxton in the dramatization of 20-year-old American amateur golfer
Francis Ouimet's legendary victory at the 1913 U.S. Open in Brookline,
Mass. Stephen Dillane plays Harry Vardon, the cocky British champion
who was humbled before the golfing world.
Into the Blue "Blue Crush" director John Stockwell goes back to the
water for this thriller about a group of buff young divers who find a
fortune in the cargo bay of a sunken airplane and make the mistake of
keeping it. With Paul Walker and Jessica Alba.
MirrorMask British fantasy about a 15-year-old circus entertainer whose
guilt over her mother's illness sends her into an alternative universe
of contrasting light and dark kingdoms.
Serenity Feature-length finale to Joss Whedon's 13-episode sci-fi TV
series "Firefly," about a group of adventurers aboard a space
transporter 500 years in the future. Here, Capt. Mal Reynolds (Nathan
Fillion) and his crew are being chased by the galaxy-ruling Alliance,
which wants to reclaim the telepathic fugitive River (Summer Glau)
traveling with them.
Little Manhattan Mark Levin, a story editor for "The Wonder Years,"
makes his directing debut with this tale of first love between two
12-year-olds.
The War Within Drama about a Pakistani engineering student who is
mistaken for a terrorist and placed in confinement.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Julianne Moore is a mother of 10
helping her luckless husband (Woody Harrelson) make ends meet by
entering - and winning - jingles contests in the 1950s. Adapted
from the memoir of Terry Ryan, whose mother did such things.
Going Shopping Henry Jaglom directs his wife, Victoria Foyt, in a story
about a clothing boutique owner's wild experiences during a Mother's
Day weekend sale.
OCT. 5
The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach, son of former Village Voice film
critic Georgia Brown, wrote and directs a loosely autobiographical
drama about two brothers dealing with their parents' divorce in 1980s
Brooklyn. With Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney.
OCT. 7
Goodnight, and Good Luck This drama, directed by George Clooney, is
built around the public fight between legendary broadcast journalist
Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In the
1950s, McCarthy was the most visible member of the witch-hunting House
UnAmerican Activities Committee, which destroyed the careers of
innocent people from all walks of life by associating them with
Communists. Murrow led the reaction to McCarthy and got labeled a
Communist for his trouble. CBS News stuck with Murrow despite the
pressure, and McCarthy's power began to fade. Clooney co-stars as CBS
news producer Fred Friendly and Frank Langella plays the corporation's
chief, William Paley.
In Her Shoes Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential") goes all soft on us
with this story about two estranged sisters (Cameron Diaz and Toni
Collette) who are reconciled by the grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) they
never knew they had.
Two for the Money Matthew McConaughey is a former college football star
whose track record for handicapping sporting events draws him into the
world of high stakes gambling, where nothing short of his life will be
at stake. With Al Pacino as the betting agency mogul who comes to rely
on and dominate him. Directed by D.J. Caruso ("The Salton Sea").
The Gospel An R&B star (Clifton Powell) faces a spiritual crisis when
he returns home on learning of the illness of his father, a church
bishop, and his boyhood rival's plans to take over the church. With
Omar Gooding.
Before the Fall German drama about a young boxing prospect whose
repulsion over Nazi atrocities sets him against the biggest opponent of
all.
Waiting An "American Pie"-style comedy about the crude and rude
employees of a restaurant whose name - Shenanigans - describes
their behavior. With Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit What are the odds we'd
have two stop-motion movies to look forward to this season? (Strangely
enough, Helena Bonham Carter'>Helena Bonham Carter lends her voice to both.) Already the
subject of three Oscar-nominated shorts, inventor Wallace and his dog
Gromit make their feature debut in a comedy about a mysterious monster
who's destroying the garden plots of an English village. Naturally,
it's up to our intrepid heroes to stop him. "Chicken Run," the last
import from the inspired minds at Aardman Animation, was a surprise
smash. Wallace and Gromit deserve nothing less.
Dandelion A coming of age story about a 16-year-old boy and how his
search for his identity is connected with the various forms of love
that are missing from his life.
OCT. 12
Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque Documentary about the film
archivist who inspired French New Wave directors Godard, Truffaut,
Rohmer and Chabrol.
OCT. 14
Nine Lives Rodrigo Garcia directs a series of nine vignettes about
women getting on with their lives in Los Angeles. Each segment is done
as a single 10-minute take. With Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright Penn, Glenn
Close and Holly Hunter.
Elizabethtown Orlando Bloom is an industrial designer hit with three
pieces of devastating news: his girlfriend (Jessica Biel) is breaking
up with him; he has lost his job because of a disastrous mistake, and
his father has died. On the plus side, he meets an irrepressible flight
attendant (Kirsten Dunst) traveling to his father's funeral in Kentucky
and realizes that his life may get better - if it doesn't get worse.
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe ("Almost Famous").
North Country Oscar-winner Charlize Theron'>Charlize Theron ("Monster") stars in a
fictionalized account of the landmark 1984 sexual harassment case
involving a woman working in the Minnesota mining industry and her male
co-workers. With Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson. Directed by Niki
Caro ("Whale Rider").
Domino Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley assumes the title role in Tony Scott's highly
exaggerated account of the adventures of British actor Laurence
Harvey's daughter, who turned her back on a modeling and potential
acting career to become a bounty hunter; she died at age 35 in June.
With Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke.
Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter") adapts Rupert
Holmes' novel about a young journalist (Alison Lohman) probing for the
truth of a 15-year-old scandal that destroyed the careers of a revered
showbiz duo (Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth).
The Fog Rupert Wainwright ("Stigmata") directs the remake of John
Carpenter's 1980 horror film about the ghosts of long-buried lepers who
rise on a dense fog surrounding a coastal California town. Selma Blair
and Maggie Grace are among the terrorized.
Loggerheads Three interwoven stories about a young gay man (Kip
Pardue), his biological mother (Bonnie Hunt) and his adoptive parents
(Chris Sarandon and Tess Harper).
Innocent Voices Based on screenwriter Oscar Torres' childhood
experience, this is the story of a 12-year-old boy who is automatically
enlisted in the army in 1980s El Salvador. Directed by Luis Mandoki
("Message in a Bottle").
OCT. 19
Ushpizin Drama about the daily lives of ultra-Orthodox Jews learning,
living and loving in modern-day Israel.
OCT. 21
Shopgirl Steve Martin'>Steve Martin adapted his slight novella and co-stars with
Claire Danes in a story about a salesclerk at a Beverly Hills
department store who gets involved with a middle-age sugar daddy.
Barely Legal Three high-school sophomores try to make a porno movie in
their basement while their parents are at work. The results are
disastrous, especially when a school bully wants to participate in the
film.
Stay Marc Forster'>Marc Forster ("Finding Neverland," "Monster's Ball") directs Ewan
McGregor and Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts in a thriller about a psychiatrist's
nightmarish effort to prevent a patient from carrying out his threat to
kill himself in three days.
Kids in America At fictional Booker High in Brooklyn, a group of
politically active students joins forces with a fired teacher on a film
documenting their campaign against the repressive school principal.
Dreamer A "Seabiscuit"-like "underhorse" story about a filly who breaks
her leg and is nursed back to health by her trainer (Kurt Russell) at
the insistence of his daughter (Dakota Fanning). The horse then returns
to the track to try and win the Breeder's Cup.
After Innocence Documentary about the reentry into society of seven men
released from prison after DNA evidence proved they were innocent of
the crimes for which they were sent away for decades.
Protocols of Zion Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin takes his camera to
the streets of New York to learn from passing anti-Semites why they
hate Jews.
Doom The Rock stars in Andrzej Bartkowiak's feature version of the
super-hot '90s video game about Marines taking on invading monsters on
their base on a moon of Mars in the year 2145.
Innocence This Belgian-French film is based on an 1888 Gothic novella
about young girls growing up in a subterranean boarding school beneath
an isolated wood.
The Ordeal Belgian psychological drama about a singer who ends up in a
creepy, out-of-the-way motel after his car breaks down in the night.
Derailed Adapted from James Siegel's heralded first novel, this
thriller stars Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston as illicit Manhattan
lovers trying to outwit a violent blackmailer who is much smarter than
they are. With Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, RZA, Tom Conti, Xzibit,
Giancarlo Esposito.
White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Documentary about the brutality of
a jungle gulag created by Belgium's King Leopold II in the colonial
Congo in 1885.
OCT. 26
Ballets Russes Documentary about the famed ballet company, which is
about to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
OCT. 28
The Legend of Zorro The sequel to the 1998 "Mask of Zorro" traces how
Antonio Banderas' Don Alejandro is forced to put on the mask and take
up the sword several years after marrying the lovely Elena (Catherine
Zeta-Jones) and having a son. The boy is now 10 and unaware of dad's
outlaw fame, but he will soon learn as the mark of Zorro begins
appearing anew on the landscape and on the bodies of baddies in Old
California. Returning director is Martin Campbell.
Prime What's a girl (Uma Thurman) to do when she learns that the
psychotherapist to whom she's told the most intimate details of her sex
life is her boyfriend's mother? For that matter, what's the shrink to
do? A comedy by writer-director Ben Younger.
Three ... Extremes A pan-Asian sampler of 30-minute horror shorts from
China's Fruit Chan, Japan's Takashi Miike and South Korea's Chan-wook
Park.
The Dying Gaul A grieving gay screenwriter (Peter Sarsgaard) has a shot
at selling his about his relationship with his late lover and
agent, but there's a Faustian catch: He has to change it to a
heterosexual relationship. With Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott.
Craig Lucas (writer of "Long Time Companion") directs his own .
Saw II The serial killer known as Jigsaw returns to terrorize eight
more strangers with his murderous game playing in the sequel to last
year's Halloween hit.
Paradise Now A drama about two Palestinian boyhood friends spending
their last day together before going off on suicide bombing missions in
Tel Aviv.
The Weather Man Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage is a Chicago TV weatherman, family man and
neurotic whose decision to take a job in New York puts all of his roles
at risk in this offbeat comedy. With Hope Davis, Michael Caine.
Directed by Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean").
Blackmail Boy A blackmail scheme leads to murder in a small Greek town.
NOV. 4
Jarhead Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal is a young Marine forced to grow up fast during
Desert Storm. Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003
best-seller. With Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black. Directed by Sam Mendes
("American Beauty").
NY Doll This documentary about the late Arthur Kane, bassist with the
New York Dolls, centers on the notorious glam-punk band's 2004 reunion.
The Matador In writer-director Richard Shepard's black comedy, Pierce
Brosnan plays an international hit man who, on assignment in Mexico
City, befriends, then enlists, a woebegone businessman (Greg Kinnear)
as a partner in crime. With Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall.
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story British comedy actor Steve
Coogan ("24 Hour Party People") plays the title character in Michael
Winterbottom's audacious adaptation of Laurence Sterne's 1759 novel
"Tristram Shandy," about an egocentric country gentleman sharing his
views with readers, when not digressing about his family.
Chicken Little This non-Pixar CGI cartoon from Disney stars Zach Braff
as the voice of Chicken Little, a vigilant sky watcher who proves he
isn't always wrong when he says "the sky is falling." Joan Cusack, Don
Knotts, Fred Willard and Amy Sedaris also lend their voices.
The Family Stone A romantic comedy about a family that circles the
wagons when Ben Stone (Luke Wilson) brings home an uptight woman
(Claire Danes) he intends to marry. Facing a cold reception, she calls
in her sister (Sarah Jessica Parker) for support, then things get
really bad.
Summer Storm German coming-out story about a camping trip during which
one of two best friends discovers he wants more than friendship.
NOV. 9
The New World Terrence Malick ("The Thin Red Line") wrote and directed
this historical epic about the arrival of British colonists on the
coast of North America and their conflicts with the natives they found
there. It's the story of John Smith, Pocahontas and John Rolfe, and of
the teenage Pocahontas' role in saving the white colonists from her
tribe's warriors, and of her subsequent trip to England. Colin Farrell
plays Smith, Christian Bale is Rolfe and 15-year-old German-born
Q'Orianka Kilcher, partly descended from native South Americans, is
Pocahontas.
Pulse Remake of a Japanese horror film about a computer virus or
supernatural force that turns viewers into suicidal depressives. With
Kristen Bell (from TV's "Veronica Mars").
The Swenkas In South Africa, flamboyant, stylish - and straight -
blue-collar Zulu men replace their overalls with colorful designer
suits to compete in fashion shows of their own making, in a ritual
called "swanking."
NOV. 11
Bee Season Fans of Myla Goldberg's best seller ought to be happy with
the team behind this adaptation: Directors Scott McGehee and David
Siegel did a nice job exploring family tensions in "The Deep End." And
if any actor can handle the story's spiritual twists and turns, it's
surely the Dalai Lama's No. 1 fan, Richard Gere. He plays a theology
professor convinced his young daughter (Flora Cross) has a divine
connection to another plane. Meanwhile, his teenage son (Max Minghella)
and mentally ill wife (Juliette Binoche) are floundering right here on
Earth.
Take My Eyes Acclaimed Spanish drama about a woman who takes her son
and leaves the abusive husband she still loves.
Ellie Parker In this low-budget indie comedy, which originated as a
2001 short film project, Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts plays what she once was, an
Australian actress trying to get traction in Hollywood. With Chevy
Chase as her manager and writer-director Scott Coffey as her boyfriend.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Taking its cue from "8 Mile," this urban drama
is a loosely autobiographical tale about an inner-city thief and drug
dealer who leaves prison determined to become a rap star. He's played
by - and inspired by - Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The director is
Jim Sheridan ("In America").
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic The raw standup comic expounds on
politics, race, sex and religion.
Cape of Good Hope South African drama about three women whose lives
intersect at an animal rescue shelter, to their lasting good.
Zathura Less a sequel to 1995's "Jumanji" than another wild game. In
this one, directed by Jon Favreau ("Elf"), two young brothers find a
space adventure board game in the attic of their California bungalow
and are soon hoist - house and all - into the galaxy. Tim Robbins
plays their befuddled father. The screenplay by David Koepp and John
Kamps was based, like "Jumanji" and "Polar Express," on a book by Chris
Van Allsburg.
NOV. 16
The Syrian Bride Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis' drama about a Syrian
woman who, in her bridal outfit, is steps away from crossing the border
into Israel to meet her groom when politics stops her in her tracks.
NOV. 18
Walk the Line James Mangold ("Identity") directs Joaquin Phoenix in
this Johnny Cash biopic. Reese Witherspoon plays his wife, June Carter.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire In the fourth part of the series,
Harry, Ron and Hermione face down Voldemort's Death Eaters. There have
been some grumblings that Mike Newell, the director of "Four Weddings
and a Funeral," will not stay true to the daringly dark tone set by his
predecessor, Alfonso Cuar=F3n. As Dumbledore tells Harry, "We must all
face the choice between what is right and what is easy." Here's hoping
Newell chose wisely.
Pride & Prejudice A new adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about the
five Bennet sisters in Georgian England. Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley is Elizabeth,
the most self-determined of the girls, and Matthew MacFadyen is Darcy,
the snob whom love will tame.
Breakfast on Pluto Director Neil Jordan ("The Crying Game") takes up
with another transvestite character in his adaptation of Pat McCabe's
novel about an Irish cabaret singer and prostitute who is wrongly
accused of planting a bomb in a 1970s London club. With Cillian Murphy
("Red Eye") and Liam Neeson.
Wolf Creek Australian horror movie about three young people who follow
their spring break with a trip to the outback, where somebody intends
to have fun at their expense.
NOV. 21
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things A Southern Gothic movie about a
boy learning about the seedy sides of the world while on the road with
his impulsive young mother (played by actress-director Asia Argento).
With cameos by Winona Ryder, Marilyn Manson and Peter Fonda, among
others.
NOV. 23
Syriana George Clooney stars in the biographical drama of Robert Baer,
a 20-year veteran of the CIA, who worked undercover studying terrorists
in the Middle East and became fed up with the growing weakness of the
agency and the cozy relationship between the oil-hungry West and a
certain government (hint: Saudi Arabia). With Matt Damon, Amanda Peet.
Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan.
Rent Chris Columbus, director of the first two Harry Potter movies,
helms the screen version of Jonathan Larson's Tony- and Pulitzer
Prize-winning rock opera about a group of bohemians struggling with
life in the East Village. It stars Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs and
several members of the original Broadway cast.
The Ice Harvest "Groundhog Day's" Harold Ramis directs John Cusack and
Billy Bob Thornton in a comedy about two guys who embezzle $2 million
from corrupt Wichita businessmen and are set to make a clean Christmas
Eve getaway until an ice storm arrives.
Yours, Mine and Ours Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo take over for Henry
Fonda and Lucille Ball in the remake of the 1968 comedy about a man
with 8 kids who marries a woman with 10.
The White Countess The final Merchant-Ivory production (Ismail Merchant
died in May) is set in late-1930s Shanghai, where a blind,
disillusioned American diplomat (Ralph Fiennes) is making a careful
study of the decadent city's rankest bars with the idea of building the
perfect dive. Natasha Richardson plays the Russian taxi dancer who
catches the diplomat's eye and is recruited as the centerpiece of the
club.
Dying For Dolly After saving a mafioso's life, a young African-American
(R&B star Usher) is rewarded with a job in the mob and puts it in
jeopardy by falling in love with the boss' daughter. With Chazz
Palminteri, Emmanuelle Chriqui.
NOV. 30
The Boys of Baraka Documentary about the experience of a group of
Baltimore 12-year-olds sent to an experimental boarding school in
Kenya.
DEC. 2
Transamerica "Desperate Housewives'" Felicity Huffman plays a pre-op
he-to-she transsexual whose plans for the life-changing surgery are
disrupted by the discovery of a son (Kevin Zegers) fathered 20 years
before.
Aeon Flux Charlize Theron'>Charlize Theron has the title role in this adaptation of the
cult MTV action series about a physically agile heroine working as a
rebel operative in a walled city run by scientists 400 years in the
future. With Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo.
Be Here to Love Me Documentary about the late, hard-living songwriter
Townes Van Zandt, with appearances by fans Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett,
Steve Earle and Kris Kristofferson.
The Kid and I California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his first
post-inauguration movie appearance in a comedy about a 17-year-old boy
with cerebral palsy whose wealthy father (Joe Mantegna) decides to
grant his wish by financing an action movie for him to star in.
First Descent A documentary about snowboarding.
DEC. 9
Memoirs of a Geisha Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh, three of the
most beautiful Asian actresses, star in the adaptation of Arthur
Golden's epic novel about a peasant girl who is sold by her father to a
geisha house in 1920s Japan. As she flowers into adulthood, she becomes
the most desired geisha in the popular Gion district, and learns not
only the nuances of her profession but about human nature. With Ken
Watanabe. The director is "Chicago" Oscar nominee Rob Marshall.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe What,
you thought there was room for only one series of CGI-heavy epics made
in New Zealand from an Oxford don's quasi-religious, mythical stories
of good and evil ? Whether "Shrek" director Andrew Adamson can do as
well by C.S. Lewis as Peter Jackson did by J.R.R. Tolkien remains to be
seen, but this tale of four children who discover the land of Narnia
and fight the evil white witch (Tilda Swinton) holds even more
box-office promise. While "The Lord of the Rings" had three parts,
"Narnia" has seven.
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") directs
Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in an adaptation of Annie Proulx's
short story about two ranch hands who - to their great surprise -
fall in love in 1963 Wyoming. With Michelle Williams.
DEC. 14
King Kong Why, you ask, do we need another version of the 1933 classic?
Because the 1976 remake with Jessica Lange was awful and the special
effects in the black-and-white original are a bit too rudimentary for
today's audiences. Besides, Peter Jackson, hot off the "Lord of the
Rings" trilogy, was willing to do it. Unlike the '76 movie, Jackson's
film is faithful to the Depression period and to the original story.
Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts is in for Fay Wray as heroine Ann Darrow, Jack Black is
obsessed filmmaker Carl Denham, and Oscar-winner Adrien Brody ("The
Pianist") plays Watts' love interest, Jack Driscoll. Andy Serkis, who
did the body-motion performance for the computer-animated Gollum in
"Rings," does the same for Kong and also gets a role of his own, as
Lumpy the Cook.
The Grace Lee Project An Asian-American documentary filmmaker with the
extremely common name of Grace Lee sets out to learn what she can about
other Grace Lees current and past, and comes to some conclusions about
Asian stereotypes.
DEC. 16
All the King's Men Sean Penn stars in Steven Zaillian's new version of
Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning political satire about
a populist Southern governor (a thinly-veiled Huey Long) who becomes
intoxicated with power. A 1949 adaptation directed by Robert Rossen won
Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actor (Broderick Crawford). Jude Law
is Jack Burden, the journalist who unwittingly aids the cause of Penn's
Willie Stark, and Kate Winslet is Anne Stanton, the governor's niece
and Jack's girlfriend.
The Promise Chen Kaige ("Farewell My Concubine") directs this romantic
fantasy about a royal concubine in love with a slave.
DEC. 21
The Producers: The Movie Musical At last, the film version of the stage
musical of Mel Brooks' 1968 film arrives! Nathan Lane and Matthew
Broderick reprise their roles of Max Bialy=ADstock and Leo Bloom. The
only actors not from the Broadway production are Uma Thurman, as
Swedish secretary Ulla, and Will Ferrell, as retro Nazi Franz Liebkind.
Susan Stroman, director of the stage hit, makes her film-directing
debut, a stint that prompted rumors that Brooks stepped in to direct
some of the nonmusical scenes. The film was shot in the new Steiner
Studios in Brooklyn.
Fun With Dick and Jane The year's umpteenth remake stars Jim Carrey and
T=E9a Leoni in the roles played by George Segal and Jane Fonda in a 1977
comedy about a quiet suburban couple who moonlight as hooded robbers.
Cheaper By the Dozen 2 Steve Martin'>Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return for the
sequel to the 2003 remake of a 1950 comedy about a couple with an
oversized brood. Here, the Bakers find themselves in competition with a
family of eight children while on vacation. With Eugene Levy.
DEC. 23
Munich Steven Spielberg follows "War of the Worlds" with a true story
about a squad of Israeli secret agents assigned to track down and kill
the terrorists who engineered the plot against Israeli athletes at the
1972 Olympics in Munich. Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team
were killed along with all of their Palestinian captors in a failed
rescue mission. Eric Bana plays the Mossad agent in charge of the
post-Munich search. With Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Rush.
The Ringer Black comedy (you may prefer the word "sick") starring
Johnny Knoxville as a nonhandicapped athlete who infiltrates the
Special Olympics with hopes of dethroning the champion.
Hard Candy When a 32-year-old man brings home a 14-year-old girl he met
on the Internet, things don't go as well as he'd hoped. With Patrick
Wilson and Ellen Page.
Cach=E9 A TV book critic (Daniel Auteuil) and his wife (Juliette
Binoche) have their lives turned upside-down by an increasingly
intimate and anonymously sent stream of videos and drawings depicting
the family in alarming situations.
When the Sea Rises French film starring Yolande Moreau as a married
actress and mother whose out-of-town tour with her one-woman show is
spiced up by her impetuous romance with a parade float conductor.
DEC. 25
Casanova What happens when the legendary seducer meets a Venetian
beauty immune to his charms? Why, he falls in love. With Heath Ledger,
Sienna Miller. Directed by Lasse Hallstr=F6m.
Rumor Has It Rob Reiner is back in "When Harry Met Sally ..." country
with this romantic comedy about a young woman (Jennifer Aniston) who
puts off her engagement (to Mark Ruffalo) when she discovers that her
grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) was the inspiration for Mrs. Robinson in
"The Graduate." When she meets an older man (Kevin Costner) who has
slept with both her mother and her grandmother, she begins to believe
she is reliving the experiences of Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock.
Match Point Woody Allen abandons Manhattan to direct this English
tragicomedy about a former tennis pro who has an affair with the former
girlfriend of his wife's brother. With Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett
Johansson, Emily Mortimer. It was acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival
in May.
Mrs. Henderson Presents Judi Dench stars in the biographical story of a
society matron who bought an old London theater with hopes of drawing
back audiences that had been lured away by talking pictures. Her
roaring success was an all-nude revue. With Christopher Guest, Bob
Hoskins. Directed by Stephen Frears.
Hoodwinked CGI-animated spoof of "Little Red Riding Hood," involving
cops sent from the animal world to investigate disturbances at Granny's
house. Voices of Andy Dick, Sally Struthers, David Ogden Stiers.
DEC. 28
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein Documentary about a Russian Jewish woman
who became Carl Jung's first patient in 1904, then began a long
correspondence with Sigmund Freud and ended up a renowned psychoanalyst
in her own right.
DEC. 31
In the Land of Women After being dumped by his actress girlfriend, a
young Hollywood screenwriter (Adam Brody) goes home to Michigan to ease
his pain and spend time with his grandmother (Olympia Dukakis). While
there, he starts up a relationship with a family across the street that
will change all of their lives. With Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart.
Compiled and written by Jack Mathews and Elizabeth Weitzman
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"Rick in Oz" wrote in message
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> =205639887
> after signing to play Napoleon Bonaparte in a forthcoming biopic of the
> French emperor.
Gee, I thought he'd been playing Napoleon for about 40 years
already.
Kris
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> In article
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> TranslucentAmoebae wrote:
possession"http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/11/mary-ann-busted-with-mary-jane/
responsibility"http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/12/it-wasnt-mary-anns-mary-jane/
> difference?
He can't tell you...too drunk.
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Pacino to play Napoleon
17/08/2005 - 08:32:04
Hollywood legend Al Pacino is gearing up for another career-defining role
after signing to play Napoleon Bonaparte in a forthcoming biopic of the
French emperor.
After striking up a successful working relationship with producer Barry
Navidi and director Michael Radford on last year's The Merchant of Venice,
Pacino was keen to work with the team again for the Napoleon film.
Oscar-winner Pacino, 65, has been waiting seven years to play the diminutive
Frenchman and only agreed to step into the 19th century role when he found
the right film-makers.
Producer Navidi enthuses: "We're going to concentrate on the last few years
of Napoleon's life in exile.
"We've based it on the diaries of British teenager Betsy Balcombe, who
struck up a relationship with Napoleon when he was living on St. Helena, and
with whom he subsequently became infatuated.
"We were overjoyed when Al finally signed this week - we start filming next
summer and hope to take it to Cannes Film Festival in 2007."
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