Studio:
Miramax Films.
Production Company:
Sweetland Films.
Project Phase: In The Can.
Who's In It:
Kenneth Branagh (Lee Simon); Judy Davis (Robin Simon); Leonardo DiCaprio (Brandon Darrow); Melanie Griffith
(Nicole Oliver); Famke Janssen (Bonnie); Michael Lerner (Dr. Lupus); Joe Mantegna
(Tony Gardella); Hank Azaria (David); Bebe Neuwirth; Winona Ryder (Nola); Charlize Theron;
Greg Mottola; Dylan Baker; Isaac Mizrahi; Kate Burton; Andre Gregory; Patti D'Arbanville; Gretchen Mol;
Mary Jo Buttafuoco; Joey Buttafuoco; Allison Janney; Donald Trump; Aida Turturro; Jeffrey Wright; Anthony
Mason; Saffron Burrows.
Who's Making It:
Woody Allen (Director, Screenwriter); Jean Doumanian (Producer); J.E. Beaucaire
(Executive Producer); Richard Brick (Co-Producer); Jack Rollins, Charles H. Joffe, Letty
Aronson (Co-Executive Producers); Sven Nykvist (Director of Photography);
Susan E. Morse (Editor); Santo Loquasto (Production Designer);
Tom Warren (Art Director); Susan Kaufman (Set Decorator);
Suzy Benzinger (Costume Designer); Les Lazarowitz (Sound);
Richard Patrick (Assistant Director).
Premise: Our story follows the misadventures of wannabe screenwriter Lee Simon after his break-up with his wife and his interactions with the wonderful world of celebrities.
Release Date: November 13, 1998.
Comments: So talk is since Celebrity has mega-superstar Leo in it (all 20 minutes of him), people are speculating that with this film Woody will finally crossover to the mainstream.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
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November 10, 1998... Our first test screening has arrived, and they love it! (Well, ok...maybe not love...well, ok, they really didn't like it at all...)
""This is Woody Allen's new movie, with his typical all-star cast and his typically neurotic characters. Woody may have gained good will by doing the voice for Antz, but he has become the dirty old man we all suspected. Kenneth Branagh plays the Woody Allen character this time, a compulsive womanizer who leaves one babe (Famke Janssen) for another (Winona Ryder), who in turn, is unable to be faithful to him. Like his previous, this contains lots of fairly crude gags and the big shocker is that Leonardo diCaprio is trying to go against his romantic leading man image by playing a druggie Johnny Depp-like character. The first time we see DiCaprio, he's beating his girlfriend (Gretchen Mol) up and he doesn't do much else besides snort coke and swear. He says the F-Word more times than Al Pacino in this. Charlize Theron also has a very hot dancing sequence--she plays this orgazmic (every part of her body turns her on) and she starts dancing with this black dude and humping him right on the dance floor. Don't expect lots of skin, it's mostly just embarrassing. I might say this is the worst major movie this year, right behind Hard Rain and Dangerous Beauty." [Review provided by 'SmartAss'.]
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