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  • For the 1966 production Blauwe olifant, De, she plays Herself.

  • In 1992, she stars as Angela McCourt in the video Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine.

  • She stars as Maggie in the 2006 feature Brotherhood Sisterhood Week.

  • In 1989, Emily Watson plays Bess McNeill in the Angel Cop.

  • Emily Watson stars as Olive Stanton in the 2004 release 2 Guys.

  • In 2005, Emily Watson stars as Herself in the Attention Whores 3.

  • For the 1930 show Aura No. 1, she takes the role of Mary O'Brien.

  • Emily Watson stars as Herself in the 1951 production of Disc Jockey.

  • Elsie in the 1992 Battlestar Orgasmica.

  • Emily Watson is cast in the role of Jacqueline 'Jackie'/'Jacks' du PrĂ© in the 1993 tv series Barcelona '92: 16 Days of Glory.

  • For the 2005 movie Crooked Features, she is cast in the role of Herself.

  • For the 1920 release of Doktor Ruhland, Emily Watson stars as Anne Howe.

  • For the 1999 show Al margen, Emily Watson is cast in the role of Natalia Katkov.

  • Emily Watson plays Herself in the 1968 feature Ai no sanpunkan shiatsu.

  • For the 1926 movie The Arctic, Emily Watson stars as Marion.

  • For the 1992 Big Splash, she plays the part of Maggie Tulliver.

  • Emily Watson plays the part of Lena Leonard in the 1979 production of Babushkin vnuk.

  • She plays the part of Reba McClane in the 1997 tv series The 24th Annual American Music Awards.

  • Emily Watson's character is Herself/interviewee in the 1915 movie The Alster Case.

  • In 1974, Herself in the production of Asati.

  • For the 2007 show The 61st Annual Tony Awards, Emily Watson stars as Beatrice 'Trixie' Zurbo.

  • For the 1992 release of Detonator, Emily Watson plays Anne Manning.

  • She takes the role of Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series, Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie in the 1933 feature The Good Companions.

  • Emily Watson plays the part of Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role in the 1951 release of Blonde Atom Bomb.

  • For the 1921 show Bit Old Fashioned, A, she stars as Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role.

  • For the 1979 tv series Hollow Image, she stars as Herself.

  • For the 1915 movie Alone in the City of Sighs and Tears, Emily Watson's character is Martha Stanley.

  • Emily Watson plays the part of Anne Manning in the 1910 production of Billy's Bulldog.

  • For the 1954 movie The Hidden Heart, Emily Watson stars as Ruby Compton.

  • Emma Watson to sign £3m Chanel deal?

    
    Harry Potter star Emily Watson is rumoured to be signing a £3m contract to become the new face of Chanel.
    on 2008-06-15 12:53:48

  • Number Crunching: This Week's TV Ratings

    
    This Loser's a winner. The Biggest Loser scored big with its two-hour finale on Tuesday, which averaged 11.2 million viewers and jumped to 13.3 million viewers in the final half-hour, when the winner was revealed. The Office: open for business. If you t
    on 2008-04-19 16:52:59

  • Mulroney, Watson to star in 'Memory'

    
    Exclusives: Movie will air on Lifetime -- Lifetime has inked Dermot Mulroney and Emily Watson to star in the telepic "The Memory Keeper's Daughter."
    on 2007-10-24 00:45:57

  • Book-to-Movie News of the Day: Die a Little and The Memory Keeper's Daughter

    
    Another day, another couple film projects based on books. First, there's Die a Little, a crime thriller based on Megan Abbott's novel. The movie will star Jessica Biel and "explores how the lives of a schoolteacher and her LAPD detective brothe
    on 2007-10-24 20:58:59
  • Oceanstrip wrote: > John Smith wrote: > Test More than a test, it seems. She beat out Courtney Love (WOW! THAT TAKES TALENT!) and Emily Watson (that does, actually) for the roles of Janis. The project was on the make but because of copyright wranglings of the songs it was abandoned. But you are right. It went as far as test and ended there. John
  • "Thanatos" wrote in message news:atropos-5602CE.21455318032008@news.giganews.com... > In article > , > 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.
  • http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/338821p-289317c.html 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
  • In article , cup_o_cakes@yahoo.com says... > Rick in Oz wrote: > doesn't have indie-cred like Boogie Nights, but it was a really good film. > I like both. > that role. In fact, I was watching it just the other night, marvelling at > how incredible everyone was, how incredible the was -- it's an > amazing film. Leo -- no. No. Great minds, darling! Boogie Nights is one of my faves. I relish it. What a fantastic film. Walberg's best role to date. It's the movie that convinced me he can act. How does Paul Thomas Anderson get these performances out of people? Heather Graham, for god's sake! Everyone goes above and beyond in his movies - except Tom Cruise who only knows how to overact. No, I didn't like him in Magnolia at all and can think of a dozen actors who would have been better. Magnolia suffers because of Tom's involvement, and isn't nearly as good as PTA's other films. Adam Sandler was fantastic in Punch Drunk Love, Emily Watson a revelation. - PDL is a very under-rated film, BTW. Leo had no place in BN. The thought makes me cringe. bel
  • http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/ap20040511_1076.html Cannes Fest Goes Hollywood With Lineup Cannes Fest Goes Commercial With Hollywood-Heavy Lineup Like 'Shrek 2,' 'Troy' The Associated Press CANNES, France May 11, 2004 - There'll be no boring brown bunnies this time at the Cannes Film Festival, which has tossed in ogres, zombies, Greek warriors, assassins galore and a potty-mouthed Santa Claus to make up for last year's dreary offerings. A year ago, Vincent Gallo's inert drama "The Brown Bunny," featuring the filmmaker driving in silence for minutes at a time, came to symbolize a dull slate of movies at the world's most prestigious film festival. Organizers of the 57th Cannes fest, which opens Wednesday and runs through May 23, made sure to spice up the mix and hopefully stifle the yawns. Big summer flicks such as the animated ogre sequel "Shrek 2" and Brad Pitt's ancient Greece saga "Troy" are using Cannes to launch their theatrical releases. The schedule is heavy on movies from edgy filmmakers, among them Pedro Almodovar's "Bad Education," which opens the festival Wednesday night, Jean-Luc Godard's "Notre Musique" (Our Music), Wong Kar-Wai's "2046" and Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," the director's assault on President Bush's handling of the Sept. 11 attacks. Hollywood movies already out in the United States are at Cannes as a springboard for overseas release, including the zombie fest "Dawn of the Dead," the Coen brothers' crime comedy "The Ladykillers" and Billy Bob Thornton's foul-mouthed "Bad Santa." Cannes also is presenting the assassin vengeance tale "Kill Bill Vol. 2" from festival jury head Quentin Tarantino, who won the top honor at Cannes in 1994 for "Pulp Fiction." Gilles Jacob, festival president, said organizers this year renewed their efforts to select "popular auteur films, or, if you prefer, intelligent popular films." That populist approach can create fresh headaches for Cannes planners, with snooty critics complaining that Hollywood and commercial movies sometimes overrun more artistic choices. "As always, the difficulty comes in respecting the balance, and that's what we're trying to do," Jacob said. "The idea is to appeal to the tastes of as many media as possible, as many professionals, as many movie-goers, though it's a given that you never know in advance what movie will have the most success with the representatives of a given country or a particular profession. ... That's why the idea of maximum diversity is so difficult to reach, but we attained it, I hope." Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" will be one of the hottest tickets at Cannes, with audiences anticipating equal parts satire and outrage from the man whose hilarious and horrific "Bowling for Columbine" won the documentary Academy Award for 2002. Moore, who premiered "Bowling for Columbine" at Cannes that year, made a fiery anti-Bush speech at the Oscars. Even before its Cannes premiere Monday, "Fahrenheit 9/11" was causing a ruckus. Last week, Moore assailed the Walt Disney Co. for preventing subsidiary Miramax from releasing "Fahrenheit 9/11." Miramax financed the movie, but Disney boss Michael Eisner said the film was too political for a "nonpartisan company" to distribute. "Fahrenheit 9/11" is virtually certain to find an eager distributor, possibly during Cannes. "Bowling for Columbine" was the first documentary to screen in the main competition at Cannes. "Fahrenheit 9/11" is the second. "It's a powerful, explosive film, and people love it," Moore said. Another potentially explosive scenario comes from French show business workers locked in a standoff with the government over the French unemployment fund. The workers have vowed to protest at the festival, which could cause disruptions. Along with Pitt, Moore, Tarantino and his "Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman, celebrities expected at Cannes include: "Shrek 2" vocal stars Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy; Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron and Emily Watson, who co-star in "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"; Tom Hanks of "The Ladykillers"; and Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, who star in "The Assassination of Richard Nixon." Outside the official festival, Will Smith, Angelina Jolie and Jack Black will be on hand to promote their upcoming animated flick "Shark Tale." Distributor DreamWorks is presenting footage from the movie for reporters at Cannes. "There should be a lot more well-known actors this year, like Brad Pitt," said 18-year-old Amelie Archilla, who works in a trinket shop across from the red-carpeted stairs that stars mount on their way into premieres. "But I'm looking forward more to Tom Hanks. I think he's a better actor." Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd, stars of the Cannes closing-night film "De-Lovely," will be joined by musical co-stars Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette and Natalie Cole, who each sing tunes in the fanciful tale of composer Cole Porter. Kline, who has been at the festival before with "The Ice Storm," said the grandeur and ceremony of Cannes is unmatched in show business. "Nobody takes film quite as seriously as the French," Kline said. "You march up the red carpet and there's these guys with halberds and dressed like French Republican guards, and you think, are these guys from central casting? The pomp and circumstance is amazing." From Sunny Oz, Rick :) Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
  • NY DAILY NEWS By GRAHAM FULLER Nicole Kidman cried "repeatedly," she said, while acting in "Dogville," which opens Friday. Her distress was caused by the "harsh, judgmental" attitude of the movie's director, Lars von Trier, during the shoot in a former machine hall in Trollhattan, Sweden. It was this controversial Danish filmmaker whose direction of Bjork in "Dancer in the Dark" prompted the singer to vow she would never act again. "Lars goes right for the jugular and he can be so hurtful," Kidman told the Daily News. "So, partly, my initial contact with him was about saying, 'Listen, I'm standing here in a forest in Sweden with you because I admire you and because I want to make art.' "I don't mean to sound pretentious when I say that," she added. "I said it to him in the most bare, raw way. Because that was the whole motivation. Why else would you be standing in the snow freezing with someone people have called a madman? "You do it because you want to go on that journey of madness with him, though I actually don't think it is madness. I've also worked with ['Eyes Wide Shut' Director] Stanley kubrick, who was regarded the same way. Most of the extraordinary visionaries are deemed crazy." There is a beneficial side to von Trier's approach, Kidman said - a method in that madness: "Lars chooses to be brutally honest. He says exactly what he thinks and feels. If it's sexual, he says it. If it's painful, he says it. If he's desiring you, he says it. Everything is stated. "It's frightening at times," she admitted. "But what it does is transport you, if you're willing to go with him into a very close relationship, because you'll reveal so much, and most people spend their lives trying not to reveal." Noting he and Kidman remain on "very good terms," von Trier understands why she thinks he was brutal. "It's like when somebody's having a child, you have to say, 'No, you're not dying. Shut up,'" he said. "So, in that way, I can see that I was brutal, though I wouldn't have been without her permission. I don't think I've done harm to her. On the contrary, I think we worked extremely well together." Running from gangsters, Kidman's Grace arrives in the small town of Dogville in the Rockies during the Depression. Taken in by the few locals (played by the likes of Lauren Bacall, Ben Gazzara, Patricia Clarkson and Chloe Sevigny), she works for them to pay her keep. But they turn on Grace when threatened by her pursuers. They double her work and manacle her to an iron neck brace chained to a heavy wheel. She is then raped by all the men save one, her sexually frustrated protector (Paul Bettany), who duly betrays her to the gangsters. Grace does not martyr herself like Emily Watson's character in von Trier's "Breaking the Waves" or Bjork's in "Dancer in the Dark." Indeed, she plans to forgive her persecutors until the gang boss (James Caan) - a relative - accuses her of arrogance, leading to a ferocious conclusion. "It's arrogant, of course, to think you're better than others and treat them bad because of that," Von Trier explained. "But it's also arrogant to think you are better or wiser than other people, even if you treat them well." ANTI-AMERICAN SLURS "Dogville's" depiction of inhumanity in the heartland earned it anti-American slurs at last year's Cannes festival. Von Trier said he can see why observers might draw parallels between Grace's arrogance and the perception that George Bush's America is arrogant in its foreign policy, "but that's from looking at the film from a political rather than a nationalistic point of view. In my own country, I'm considered anti-Danish - again, that's more about politics than issues of nationality." Despite Kidman's discomfort, she clearly relished working with von Trier, though she has chosen not to appear in "Manderlay," the second leg of his proposed American trilogy. "I didn't trust him [off the set], but as soon as we were on the sound stage, I completely trusted him," Kidman said. "He would hold my hand during scenes and talk to me. I don't know if it's because I respond to people who are kind, but I would suddenly melt. "I was shocked by the way the film was dismissed at Cannes," she said. "I thought Lars would be heralded, but he was slapped very hard. He is difficult in press conferences, but he gets very nervous and his hands shake." She paused before adding, "He touches me in such a deep way at times."
  • http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|92863|1|,00.html By Michael Szymanski LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) When people recognize Drea De Matteo on the street, they don't ask her about her role on the NBC comedy "Joey." They ask her about Adriana, and how she got whacked on HBO's "The Sopranos." She has heard all the theories about how her mobster moll character may be brought back to the show, and she hates that she's been nominated for a Golden Globe for best supporting actress -- with Anjelica Huston ("Iron Jawed Angels"), Nicollette Sheridan ("Desperate Housewives") and Charlize Theron and Emily Watson ("The Life and Death of Peter Sellers") -- even though she went home with an Emmy in September. "I hate it, I can't believe that I'm nominated again," De Matteo tells Zap2it.com. "I will never be able to prepare a speech. I'll never be able to get up there and make sense. I'll never be able to thank people properly. So I'm just hoping and keeping my fingers crossed that one of the other girls wins." She says she was unaware of Adriana's popularity until her character died. "She was so sweet, she was such a good girl. People loved that character." Creator David Chase loved the character, too, which is why he did the unexpected and had her killed. "Even when people saw it coming, once it happened I don't think that people could really believe that they did it," De Matteo says. "She was so innocent and you see that family in a whole different light now, that they would actually even do that to her. Now you know what kind of animals they really are." Still, months later, the actress has some problems that Adriana left the house without a gun. "I could've shot him," she says. "I wouldn't believe that she would have left that house without a gun. She wasn't that stupid." Meanwhile, speculation continues as TV viewers didn't actually see Adriana get shot. "It's non-stop, but no one knows if she's dead. Sometimes I don't know because David is so crazy you never know. But I believe that she's dead. Steve Van Zant says it in a very funny way. He says, 'What do you think I was doing out there? Shooting squirrels?'" In addition to "Joey," De Matteo can also be seen alongside Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne in the upcoming crime drama "Assault on Precinct 13," opening in theaters nationwide on Wednesday, Jan. 19.
  • http://canoe.ca/JamMovies/nov3_pearce-can.html Guy Pearce warms to 'First Snow' By JAM! Movies Guy Pearce is set to star in "First Snow," according to Variety. The story revolves around a man whose life falls apart when a psychic predicts his death. Mark Fergus ("Consequence") will make his directorial debut from a script he wrote with Hawk Ostby. Pearce recently appeared in "Two Brothers" and is currently filming "The Proposition" opposite Emily Watson From Sunny Oz, Rick :) Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
  • In article , cup_o_cakes@yahoo.com says... > Rick in Oz wrote: > doesn't have indie-cred like Boogie Nights, but it was a really good film. > I like both. > that role. In fact, I was watching it just the other night, marvelling at > how incredible everyone was, how incredible the script was -- it's an > amazing film. Leo -- no. No. Great minds, darling! Boogie Nights is one of my faves. I relish it. What a fantastic film. Walberg's best role to date. It's the movie that convinced me he can act. How does Paul Thomas Anderson get these performances out of people? Heather Graham, for god's sake! Everyone goes above and beyond in his movies - except Tom Cruise who only knows how to overact. No, I didn't like him in Magnolia at all and can think of a dozen actors who would have been better. Magnolia suffers because of Tom's involvement, and isn't nearly as good as PTA's other films. Adam Sandler was fantastic in Punch Drunk Love, Emily Watson a revelation. - PDL is a very under-rated film, BTW. Leo had no place in BN. The thought makes me cringe. bel
  • http://entertainment.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4459,11009527%255E10431 %255E%255Enbv,00.html Depp to play Aussie heroin addict From correspondents in Los Angeles October 08, 2004 HOLLYWOOD heartthrob Johnny Depp is to produce and star in a movie version of the novel Shantaram, the story of an Australian heroin addict and jailbird, Daily Variety said today. In one of the biggest film rights deals of the year, Warner Bros studios and several partners acquired the rights from Gregory David Roberts for $US2 million ($2.77 million) and immediately signed Depp to lead the cast. Shantaram depicts the adventures of a drug addict who is convicted of robbery in Australia but escapes jail and flees to India where in reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay. He also relaunches his criminal career, dabbling in counterfeiting, smuggling and gunrunning in a series of adventures that led him to the wilds of Afghanistan. The 1000-page book, first published last year, was the first that Roberts has written and is based on his own experiences. The novel is being hailed in Hollywood as a new Papillon, the 1969 true-life prison adventures on Devil's Island, off Guyana, of author Henri Charriere that was also turned into a movie blockbuster. Among those involved in the movie rights deal are producer Brad Grey, movie star Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's production partner, and Initial Entertainment. Variety said that Australian Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe had initially been interested in playing the lead role in the film. The reluctant star Depp, 40, is currently shooting a remake of the film version of author Roald Dahl's children's story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Britain. He has also signed on to star in a new movie called Corpse Bride by director Tim Burton, who helped propel Depp to fame in Edward Scissorhands. Depp's voice wiill co-star in the film with those of Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard Grant, Joanna Lumley and veteran star Christopher Lee. Agence France-Presse From Sunny Oz, Rick :) Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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  • (January 2003) Performing "Twelfth Night" and "Uncle Vanya" in New York off Broadway.
  • "The challenge in playing Bess [in Breaking the Waves] is that, in physical, psychological, intellectual, moral, ethical and political terms, she's a disaster - part saint, part clown. But she has an infinite capacity to love and believe. I tried to make the logic of that transcend those judgements."
  • On being at the Cannes Film Festival opening of "Breaking the Waves" without the film's director, Lars von Trier: "It was a bit of a baptism of fire, because I had never done any press before. I had never done a single interview in my life. I had never made a film before, I just knew nothing. And I arrived in this maelstrom of publicity with this extraordinary film, and of course Lars von Trier didn't come to Cannes so we - just the actors - were left to explain what on earth he meant by this extraordinary film. The first experience of Cannes, the first time I was here, is like seared in my brain like a firebrand. It was very intense. I remember as the light went down, someone leaned over and said, "Emily your life is about to change forever." You know the official music? Whenever I hear that music that they play W_hen the film starts, my stomach starts to churn. But being with this film is more than great, because it's more about show business. There are ten of us here, and nobody is really carrying the film in that way."
  • On Hollywood's perception of women as beauty objects: "I'm lucky I don't do the kind of work where the main thing is that you're the girl and you look gorgeous. I don't look like that. I'm a funny-looking bugger. I don't feel that I can compete, and I wouldn't want to. Life's too short to spend seven hours a day in the gym and starving yourself."
  • On her childhood preparing her for an acting career: "I was taught the value of imagination at an early age. I didn't have a television. I read a lot of books and developed a good sense of storytelling. I was happy as well, and I think that helped. The more secure you feel, the more unbalanced you can let yourself become."
  • "I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn't even rebel as a teenager."
  • "I wasn't prepared for the way people responded to 'Breaking the Waves.' Suddenly, I was being interviewed and being asked all sorts of questions. All my life, I've loved movies, but I didn't foresee the glamour of the Academy Awards. In England, the awards are reported as straight news. In America, they're considered the height of glamour." - On her two 1999 roles, "Angela's Ashes" and "Cradle Will Rock", which had Oscar-potential.
  • "The first Oscarcast, I was definitely functioning in a surreal mode. It was like I was watching myself watch the ceremony. Yet I had a good time. Hey, wearing a beautiful dress and being surrounded by beautiful people is not a terrible way to spend an evening. And I had a great time at all the parties. The second Oscarcast, I just went and planned on enjoying myself. People think of me as such a serious actress, but I find myself behaving like a gadabout." - On her sudden success and America's award shows.
  • Her mother has a PhD in English, and is an English teacher.
  • Spent two years at the British Shakespeare School of Acting saying "News from town, my Lord." When "Breaking the Waves" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996, someone grapped Emily's shoulders and said to her, "Your life is about to change forever." And indeed it has.
  • She graduated from high school, went to University for three years, got a 2.1 ranking [in the English education system], then she applied to drama school but was refused. So she started waitressing and doing secretarial stuff along with some fringe theater. Then she applied to drama school again and was accepted, and did a one-year course. Her first professional job was in the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1992.
  • Won the role of Bess in "Breaking the Waves" after Helena Bonham Carter dropped out at the last minute because of the film's explicit sexuality.
  • Was spotted by Lars von Trier during a representation of Lilian Hellman's "The Children's Hour", in which she played a young student who falsely accuses her teacher of lesbianism.
  • Was considered for the lead role in "Bridget Jones's Diary", along with fellow Brits Kate Winslet and Rachel Weisz, and American model-turned-actress Cameron Diaz.
  • On December 31st 1999, Emily rode on the "millenium wheel" in London, the largest Ferris wheel ever built, which takes thirty minutes for one revolution.
  • Supports the English soccer team Arsenal.
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