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From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
Date: 01 Mar 2000 12:13:32 -0000
Regarding the whole "adults only" situation. Here in Sheffield in the
UK our largest multiplex has two special screens. The ticket price is
=A310.00 compared to the normal =A34.90, but for this you get free =
popcorn,
nachos etc. a Bar, a special seated waiting area to relax in before =
the
film starts, you can take your beer to your seat which is absolutely
huge, fully reclining with its own table, you can also have a waiter
bring you drinks during the film. Because they serve alcoholic drinks,
these screens (called the "Premier Screens") are only available to over
18's. So you can pay more money, but the comfort and benefits are
fantastic.
MARK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David F. Nolan [SMTP:DFN@alum.mit.edu]
> Sent: 29 February 2000 09:16
> To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> Subject: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
>=20
> This just in .........
>=20
> LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The new year continued at an unspectacular
> but respectable pace as February's national boxoffice rang up $491.4
> million, up 10% on last year's $445.3 million but only the third-best
> performance for the month. Dimension's "Scream 3" was by far the
> frame's most popular film, scaring up $73.1 million during its first
> 21 days of release - more than doubling the take of its nearest
> competition, illustrating the relative lack thereof. Neither were
> turnstiles spinning as fast as during years past - ticket units
> posted a modest 2% gain on last year's 92.9 million, good enough only
> for third-best ever. This February racked up an estimated 95 million
> admissions, down 14% from 1997's record-high 110.5 million and off
> nearly 12% from 1998's 107.7 million. As this year's estimated
> admission count was well below those of 1998 and 1997 - the only
> years during which February ticket units surpassed 100 million - the
> boxoffice increase can essentially be attributed to higher ticket
> prices.=20
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>=20
> So there you have it folks. Higher prices DO drive down attendance,=20
> especially as home viewing becomes an increasingly attractive option.
>=20
> Personally, I don't mind paying $15-$20 for two tickets plus
> refreshments=20
> IF ... and this is the big if ... I get a first-class experience: =
good
>=20
> movie, well-shown on a big, flawless screen, surround sound, no
> talkers,=20
> crying babies, or loud eaters. Hey, it's still cheap compared to any =
> live show!
>=20
> Problem is, most moviegoers today are used to watching movies at =
home,
>=20
> where they can chat away to their heart's content. That, and the=20
> ubiquitous overpriced, noisy food (snap, crackle, pop....)
>=20
> I realize that theater owners rely on food sales to turn a profit, =
but
>=20
> maybe there are alternatives. How 'bout a reserved-seat section, in
> the=20
> prime part of the theater, with a $2 surcharge? Or decent-quality=20
> headphones you can rent for $2 that plug into a special jack on the=20
> armrests of some seats? This would let people hear the movie
> soundtrack=20
> w/o extraneous noises. (Note: They'd have to be GOOD headphones, not=20
> those crappy airline air-tube deals.)
>=20
> Also, I second the suggestion of having "adults only" showings, where =
> babies, kids and teenagers are barred.... unless there's some =
dumb-ass
>=20
> law against this kind of "age discrimination."
>=20
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From: "Wade S" <wds9974@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: Concessions
Date: 01 Mar 2000 09:01:13 CST
And I say, "STICK IT TO THE MAN!"
>From: David F. Nolan <DFN@alum.mit.edu>
>Reply-To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>To: <movies@lists.xmission.com>
>Subject: Re: [MV] re: Concessions
>Date: Tue, 29 Feb 00 17:03:31 -0000
>
>OZ wrote:
> >The fact of the matter is that over the last 20 years concession
> >prices have dribbled upwards so slowly that nobody ever really
> >bothered saying "um, we're being ripped off here, screw you" in
> >large numbers. "Oh, it's gone up 30c more? Rip off. Okay, hand
> >'em over" - so the theatre owners haven't noticed any huge drop-off
> >in sales. What they also haven't noticed is the POTENTIAL
> >increase in sales if they priced things like every other food outlet in
> >the world.
>
>The problem is, you can't look at a movie theatre as just a food outlet;
>it's a package deal: movies and food bundled together. I doubt that most
>theatre owners would price their crappy food so high if they got a larger
>cut of the box office receipts. As it is, basically they acquire the
>right to a captive food market by renting movies to show at a very low
>profit margin. That's why they'e a LOT unhappier when they catch people
>smuggling in food than they are when people sneak in to an extra movie
>after paying for the first one (unless the second movie is sold out).
>
>The studios demand such a high percentage of the ticket sales because
>they're paying outrageous salaries to movie stars and big-name producers,
>and to hype the hell out of their overproduced movies. So in essence,
>your popcorn costs $4 because Jim Carrey got paid $20 million. If you
>don't like it, wait 'til the movie you wanna see hits the second-run
>theatres, or rent it on video. (Life is tough.)
>
>And if you've just gotta-gotta see it NOW, pay the freight, and/ or
>smuggle in a candy bar. Who says we have to eat while watching movies
>anyhow?
>
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From: "Wade S" <wds9974@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
Date: 01 Mar 2000 09:06:52 CST
Holy crap, that's not a multiplex, it sounds more like Nirvana!
The price you're paying for all that is sweet, too, around 17-18 american
dollars which will get you two MATINEE tickets (two after 6pm tickets will
run you 13-15 dollars together) two medium drinks and a medium popcorn. but
no beer not table and no relaxing area, and certainly no damn waiter...
There are a few theaters in the US where you can sit and have pizza or
burgers and beverages while you watch a theater flick, I think there's one
in Dallas, but I don't know if it is even still open..
wade
>From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
>Reply-To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:13:32 -0000
>
>Regarding the whole "adults only" situation. Here in Sheffield in the
>UK our largest multiplex has two special screens. The ticket price is
>ú10.00 compared to the normal ú4.90, but for this you get free popcorn,
>nachos etc. a Bar, a special seated waiting area to relax in before the
>film starts, you can take your beer to your seat which is absolutely
>huge, fully reclining with its own table, you can also have a waiter
>bring you drinks during the film. Because they serve alcoholic drinks,
>these screens (called the "Premier Screens") are only available to over
>18's. So you can pay more money, but the comfort and benefits are
>fantastic.
>
>MARK
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David F. Nolan [SMTP:DFN@alum.mit.edu]
> > Sent: 29 February 2000 09:16
> > To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> > Subject: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
> >
> > This just in .........
> >
> > LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The new year continued at an unspectacular
> > but respectable pace as February's national boxoffice rang up $491.4
> > million, up 10% on last year's $445.3 million but only the third-best
> > performance for the month. Dimension's "Scream 3" was by far the
> > frame's most popular film, scaring up $73.1 million during its first
> > 21 days of release - more than doubling the take of its nearest
> > competition, illustrating the relative lack thereof. Neither were
> > turnstiles spinning as fast as during years past - ticket units
> > posted a modest 2% gain on last year's 92.9 million, good enough only
> > for third-best ever. This February racked up an estimated 95 million
> > admissions, down 14% from 1997's record-high 110.5 million and off
> > nearly 12% from 1998's 107.7 million. As this year's estimated
> > admission count was well below those of 1998 and 1997 - the only
> > years during which February ticket units surpassed 100 million - the
> > boxoffice increase can essentially be attributed to higher ticket
> > prices.
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > So there you have it folks. Higher prices DO drive down attendance,
> > especially as home viewing becomes an increasingly attractive option.
> >
> > Personally, I don't mind paying $15-$20 for two tickets plus
> > refreshments
> > IF ... and this is the big if ... I get a first-class experience: good
> >
> > movie, well-shown on a big, flawless screen, surround sound, no
> > talkers,
> > crying babies, or loud eaters. Hey, it's still cheap compared to any
> > live show!
> >
> > Problem is, most moviegoers today are used to watching movies at home,
> >
> > where they can chat away to their heart's content. That, and the
> > ubiquitous overpriced, noisy food (snap, crackle, pop....)
> >
> > I realize that theater owners rely on food sales to turn a profit, but
> >
> > maybe there are alternatives. How 'bout a reserved-seat section, in
> > the
> > prime part of the theater, with a $2 surcharge? Or decent-quality
> > headphones you can rent for $2 that plug into a special jack on the
> > armrests of some seats? This would let people hear the movie
> > soundtrack
> > w/o extraneous noises. (Note: They'd have to be GOOD headphones, not
> > those crappy airline air-tube deals.)
> >
> > Also, I second the suggestion of having "adults only" showings, where
> > babies, kids and teenagers are barred.... unless there's some dumb-ass
> >
> > law against this kind of "age discrimination."
> >
> > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ]
> > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]
>
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From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
Date: 01 Mar 2000 16:26:34 -0000
This is the same cinema - "Virgin" - which issues an 8 week multi pass.
Basically, you pay =A325 for a pass, and you can go as many times as =
you
want for an 8 week period. Bear in mind it usually costs =A34.90 to =
go,
so as soon as you have been 5 times, any time after that works out for
free - cool huh!
MARK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wade S [SMTP:wds9974@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 01 March 2000 15:07
> To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
>=20
> Holy crap, that's not a multiplex, it sounds more like Nirvana!
>=20
> The price you're paying for all that is sweet, too, around 17-18
> american=20
> dollars which will get you two MATINEE tickets (two after 6pm tickets
> will=20
> run you 13-15 dollars together) two medium drinks and a medium
> popcorn. but=20
> no beer not table and no relaxing area, and certainly no damn
> waiter...
>=20
> There are a few theaters in the US where you can sit and have pizza =
or
>=20
> burgers and beverages while you watch a theater flick, I think =
there's
> one=20
> in Dallas, but I don't know if it is even still open..
>=20
> wade
>=20
>=20
> >From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
> >Reply-To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> >To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> >Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
> >Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:13:32 -0000
> >
> >Regarding the whole "adults only" situation. Here in Sheffield in
> the
> >UK our largest multiplex has two special screens. The ticket price
> is
> >=A310.00 compared to the normal =A34.90, but for this you get free
> popcorn,
> >nachos etc. a Bar, a special seated waiting area to relax in before
> the
> >film starts, you can take your beer to your seat which is absolutely
> >huge, fully reclining with its own table, you can also have a waiter
> >bring you drinks during the film. Because they serve alcoholic
> drinks,
> >these screens (called the "Premier Screens") are only available to
> over
> >18's. So you can pay more money, but the comfort and benefits are
> >fantastic.
> >
> >MARK
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: David F. Nolan [SMTP:DFN@alum.mit.edu]
> > > Sent: 29 February 2000 09:16
> > > To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> > > Subject: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
> > >
> > > This just in .........
> > >
> > > LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The new year continued at an
> unspectacular
> > > but respectable pace as February's national boxoffice rang up
> $491.4
> > > million, up 10% on last year's $445.3 million but only the
> third-best
> > > performance for the month. Dimension's "Scream 3" was by far the
> > > frame's most popular film, scaring up $73.1 million during its
> first
> > > 21 days of release - more than doubling the take of its nearest
> > > competition, illustrating the relative lack thereof. Neither were
> > > turnstiles spinning as fast as during years past - ticket units
> > > posted a modest 2% gain on last year's 92.9 million, good enough
> only
> > > for third-best ever. This February racked up an estimated 95
> million
> > > admissions, down 14% from 1997's record-high 110.5 million and =
off
> > > nearly 12% from 1998's 107.7 million. As this year's estimated
> > > admission count was well below those of 1998 and 1997 - the only
> > > years during which February ticket units surpassed 100 million -
> the
> > > boxoffice increase can essentially be attributed to higher ticket
> > > prices.
> > >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > So there you have it folks. Higher prices DO drive down
> attendance,
> > > especially as home viewing becomes an increasingly attractive
> option.
> > >
> > > Personally, I don't mind paying $15-$20 for two tickets plus
> > > refreshments
> > > IF ... and this is the big if ... I get a first-class experience:
> good
> > >
> > > movie, well-shown on a big, flawless screen, surround sound, no
> > > talkers,
> > > crying babies, or loud eaters. Hey, it's still cheap compared to
> any
> > > live show!
> > >
> > > Problem is, most moviegoers today are used to watching movies at
> home,
> > >
> > > where they can chat away to their heart's content. That, and the
> > > ubiquitous overpriced, noisy food (snap, crackle, pop....)
> > >
> > > I realize that theater owners rely on food sales to turn a =
profit,
> but
> > >
> > > maybe there are alternatives. How 'bout a reserved-seat section,
> in
> > > the
> > > prime part of the theater, with a $2 surcharge? Or =
decent-quality
> > > headphones you can rent for $2 that plug into a special jack on
> the
> > > armrests of some seats? This would let people hear the movie
> > > soundtrack
> > > w/o extraneous noises. (Note: They'd have to be GOOD headphones,
> not
> > > those crappy airline air-tube deals.)
> > >
> > > Also, I second the suggestion of having "adults only" showings,
> where
> > > babies, kids and teenagers are barred.... unless there's some
> dumb-ass
> > >
> > > law against this kind of "age discrimination."
> > >
> > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe
> ]
> > > [ movies" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com
> ]
> >
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>=20
>=20
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> I'm not=20
> so sure about the first one."
> --Albert Einstein
>=20
> "I don't kill flies but I like to mess with their minds. I hold them
> above=20
> globes. They freak out and yell, 'Whoa, I'm way too high!'"
>=20
> --Bruce Baum
>=20
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From: Mel Eperthener <bcassidy@usaor.net>
Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
Date: 01 Mar 2000 15:07:19 -0500
At 12.13 PM 01/03/2000 -0000, MARK wrote:
>Regarding the whole "adults only" situation. Here in Sheffield in the
>UK our largest multiplex has two special screens. The ticket price is
>=A310.00 compared to the normal =A34.90, but for this you get free popcorn,
>nachos etc. a Bar, a special seated waiting area to relax in before the
>film starts, you can take your beer to your seat which is absolutely
>huge, fully reclining with its own table, you can also have a waiter
>bring you drinks during the film. Because they serve alcoholic drinks,
>these screens (called the "Premier Screens") are only available to over
>18's. So you can pay more money, but the comfort and benefits are
>fantastic.
But how well do they work???
If life is fair, these will do great business. Do you know if the theatres
make more money this way??
After decades of stagnation here in Pittsburgh (the newest theatre before
last year was the 15-year-old Super Savers), theatres are popping up
everywhere. Some of them show promise (and one of these days, I will find
the time to make the hour drive to see a movie at the nearest one), with
"skybox" seating, waiter service, and oversized recliner chairs. Yes, you
pay extra for these, but I see a market for them, and hope they do well.
Regards,
--Mel
--Mel Eperthener
president, Gowanna Multi-media Pty http://www.webz.com/gowanna =20
mailto:bcassidy@usaor.net mailto:gowanna@australiamail.com
419 Butler Street =20
PO Box 95184
Pittsburgh, PA 15223-0184
(412) 781-6140 (412) 781-6380
1-888-45-GOWANNA -- TOLL FREE (1-888-454-6926)
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From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
Date: 02 Mar 2000 09:04:44 -0000
They seem to be successful, they show only the major blockbusters in
these screens so people use them as an overspill when other screens are
sold out, also people use them for "special" cinema visits, just to add
that little bit more to a night out.
MARK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel Eperthener [SMTP:bcassidy@usaor.net]
> Sent: 01 March 2000 20:07
> To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
>=20
> At 12.13 PM 01/03/2000 -0000, MARK wrote:
> >Regarding the whole "adults only" situation. Here in Sheffield in
> the
> >UK our largest multiplex has two special screens. The ticket price
> is
> >=A310.00 compared to the normal =A34.90, but for this you get free
> popcorn,
> >nachos etc. a Bar, a special seated waiting area to relax in before
> the
> >film starts, you can take your beer to your seat which is absolutely
> >huge, fully reclining with its own table, you can also have a waiter
> >bring you drinks during the film. Because they serve alcoholic
> drinks,
> >these screens (called the "Premier Screens") are only available to
> over
> >18's. So you can pay more money, but the comfort and benefits are
> >fantastic.
>=20
> But how well do they work???
>=20
> If life is fair, these will do great business. Do you know if the
> theatres
> make more money this way??
>=20
> After decades of stagnation here in Pittsburgh (the newest theatre
> before
> last year was the 15-year-old Super Savers), theatres are popping up
> everywhere. Some of them show promise (and one of these days, I will
> find
> the time to make the hour drive to see a movie at the nearest one),
> with
> "skybox" seating, waiter service, and oversized recliner chairs. =
Yes,
> you
> pay extra for these, but I see a market for them, and hope they do
> well.
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> --Mel
>=20
>=20
> --Mel Eperthener
> president, Gowanna Multi-media Pty http://www.webz.com/gowanna
>=20
> mailto:bcassidy@usaor.net
> mailto:gowanna@australiamail.com
>=20
> 419 Butler Street =20
> PO Box 95184
> Pittsburgh, PA 15223-0184
> (412) 781-6140 (412) 781-6380
> 1-888-45-GOWANNA -- TOLL FREE (1-888-454-6926)
> ____________________________________________
> "Mulder, if you had to do without a cell phone for
> two minutes, you'd lapse into catatonic schizophrenia"
> --Dana Scully
> ______________________________________________
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>=20
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From: julie_klenko@pleasantco.com
Subject: [MV] movie question
Date: 02 Mar 2000 13:52:00 -0600
Does anyone know of movies that deal with Mexican immigrant border
crossings?
The only one I know of is El Norte.
Thanks
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From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: [MV] re: movie question
Date: 02 Mar 2000 13:07:00 -0700
> Does anyone know of movies that deal with Mexican immigrant border
> crossings?
The only two movies I can think of off the top of my head are
BORN IN EAST LA
BOWFINGER
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From: Mel Eperthener <bcassidy@usaor.net>
Subject: RE: [MV] Re: Theatre Economics
Date: 02 Mar 2000 14:41:17 -0500
At 09.04 AM 02/03/2000 -0000, you wrote:
>They seem to be successful, they show only the major blockbusters in
>these screens so people use them as an overspill when other screens are
>sold out, also people use them for "special" cinema visits, just to add
>that little bit more to a night out.
What I would really like to see is them trying a few "art" films there. Of
course, I live in a city where Run Lola Run played the arthouses for two
weeks, then was gone. Come to think of it, so did Boys Don't Cry. And
American Beauty hasn't exactly been overexposed in this market:-)
Maybe a midnight showing of Blade Runner or Rocky Horror, to see what kind
of crowd they can attract. Make the theatre-going experience a real treat.
Regards,
--Mel
--Mel Eperthener
president, Gowanna Multi-media Pty http://www.webz.com/gowanna
mailto:bcassidy@usaor.net mailto:gowanna@australiamail.com
419 Butler Street
PO Box 95184
Pittsburgh, PA 15223-0184
(412) 781-6140 (412) 781-6380
1-888-45-GOWANNA -- TOLL FREE (1-888-454-6926)
____________________________________________
"Mulder, if you had to do without a cell phone for
two minutes, you'd lapse into catatonic schizophrenia"
--Dana Scully
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From: "Wade S" <wds9974@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: movie question
Date: 02 Mar 2000 15:43:20 CST
If Bowfinger is okay, then why not Men In Black.
Two movies I can think of:
The Border - 1980-83 flick with Jack Nicholson as a corrupt border patrolman
with a conscience, or something like that...
El Norte - early 80s film I think about a groups of Mayan Indians who
attempt to cross into the US.
Wade
>From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
>Reply-To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>To: movies@lists.xmission.com, movies@leben.com, film@egroups.com
>Subject: [MV] re: movie question
>Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 13:07:00 -0700
>
> > Does anyone know of movies that deal with Mexican immigrant border
> > crossings?
>
>The only two movies I can think of off the top of my head are
>
>BORN IN EAST LA
>BOWFINGER
>
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From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: movie question
Date: 02 Mar 2000 15:02:00 -0700
> If Bowfinger is okay, then why not Men In Black.
Because BOWFINGER deals specifically with Mexican immigrants, which is what
the original poster asked for.
Two movies I can think of:
> The Border - 1980-83 flick with Jack Nicholson as a corrupt border patrolman
> with a conscience, or something like that...
I've never heard of this, but it sounds good. IMDB voters only give it a 5.9.
Any good?
While I was on the IMDB I did a search on keywords "illegal immigrants" and
"mexico." It turned up LONE STAR. That's a great, great movie. Highly
recommended, although I forget how it dealt with illegal immigrants. Probably
as a subplot...
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From: julie_klenko@pleasantco.com
Subject: [MV] movie question
Date: 02 Mar 2000 13:52:00 -0600
Does anyone know of movies that deal with Mexican immigrant border
crossings?
The only one I know of is El Norte.
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From: Mel Eperthener <bcassidy@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: movie question
Date: 02 Mar 2000 18:25:08 -0500
At 01.07 PM 02/03/2000 -0700, Paul D Richardson wrote:
>> Does anyone know of movies that deal with Mexican immigrant border
>> crossings?
>
>The only two movies I can think of off the top of my head are
>
>BORN IN EAST LA
>BOWFINGER
Where was this is Bowfinger?? Must've missed that, gotta watch it again.
How much detail are we talking about?? A movie that centres on border
crossings, or just a few scenes??
Both of these delt with border crossings:
From Dusk till Dawn
Blue Streak
I also believe it was The Chase (with Charlie Sheen) that ended at the
border crossing. And on that note, one of the 80s teen comedys (Porkeys,
Fast Times, Last American Virgin) had the kids going to Tiajuana to do
whatever it is that they were doing.
And in this vein, I am sure there are heaps more.
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From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: movie question
Date: 02 Mar 2000 16:53:00 -0700
> Where was this is Bowfinger?? Must've missed that, gotta watch it again.
Bowfinger grabs some illegal immigrants at the border to work as his crew. By
the end of the movie they become hip Hollywood types, complete with cell
phones. It was a background subplot that slowly developed...one of the
funniest parts of the movie.
> I also believe it was The Chase (with Charlie Sheen) that ended at the
> border crossing. And on that note, one of the 80s teen comedys (Porkeys,
> Fast Times, Last American Virgin) had the kids going to Tiajuana to do
> whatever it is that they were doing.
The original question was asking specifically about Mexican immigrants, not
just any border crossing.
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From: Patrick KRAUS <magicpatrick@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: movie question
Date: 02 Mar 2000 20:36:24 -0800 (PST)
I am thinking of Men In Black. It is the only thing
coming into my mind.
But we couled add The Game and T2, but I am not sure.
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From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [MV] movie question
Date: 03 Mar 2000 09:07:03 -0000
Men In Black
LOL
MARK
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From: Patrick KRAUS <magicpatrick@yahoo.com>
Subject: [MV] les Visiteurs
Date: 03 Mar 2000 04:14:21 -0800 (PST)
Have you heard about a remake of the French movie
called "Les visiteurs" of Jean Poire with Jean Reno
and Christian Clavier still played by these actors
and directed by Jean Poire. The movie takes place in
Chicago, I think, and Reese Witherspoon play in it. I
know it has been shot in October or something like
that last year but until that date, no news back. Any
infos ?
Thanks
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From: "Wade S" <wds9974@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: movie question
Date: 03 Mar 2000 08:13:48 CST
Hey, Paul, I'm not questioning you. I am saying why not Men In Black also.
The immigrant issue in Bowfinger is a real tiny part of the movie and then a
real slight gag in the movie. So, if that is okay, then Men In Black ought
to be okay too for its introductory sequence.
The Border I don't remember as being any good. I know it had Harvey Keitel
in it, but it has sort of a early 70s indie low budget feel to it. Real
grainy and dirty, almost along the lines of a bad Peckinpah movie. And,
Nicholon hasn't been bad himself in over 30 years so he is probably okay in
it.
wade
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>Reply-To: movies@lists.xmission.com
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>Subject: Re: [MV] re: movie question
>Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 15:02:00 -0700
>
> > If Bowfinger is okay, then why not Men In Black.
>
>Because BOWFINGER deals specifically with Mexican immigrants, which is what
>the original poster asked for.
>
>Two movies I can think of:
>
> > The Border - 1980-83 flick with Jack Nicholson as a corrupt border
>patrolman
> > with a conscience, or something like that...
>
>I've never heard of this, but it sounds good. IMDB voters only give it a
>5.9.
> Any good?
>
>While I was on the IMDB I did a search on keywords "illegal immigrants" and
>"mexico." It turned up LONE STAR. That's a great, great movie. Highly
>recommended, although I forget how it dealt with illegal immigrants.
>Probably
>as a subplot...
>
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From: "Amanda K. Schnarr " <cuaks3@mail.pen.eiu.edu>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 09:29:35 -0600 (CST)
I was just wondering if anyone had seen Hanging Up and what people thought
of it. I really liked it, but it's been getting slammed by a lot of
reviewers. Any comments?
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From: "Keith H. Poole" <keith_poole@yahoo.com>
Subject: [MV] Re: Hanging Up
Date: 03 Mar 2000 08:26:14 -0800 (PST)
Hanging Up attempted to be an endearing chick flic about
sisters and dealing with aging parents. It was also supposed to
be a coy play on everyone "hanging up" the phone on each other.
It didn't really succeed on either count. It's just kind of boring.
Not bad, just not interesting - watching poor little rich people just
isn't that interesting.
My female movie companion was really looking forward to seeing
Hanging Up, but was disappointed as well.
Keith
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From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: [MV] re: les Visiteurs
Date: 03 Mar 2000 11:36:00 -0700
> Have you heard about a remake of the French movie
> called "Les visiteurs" of Jean Poire with Jean Reno
> and Christian Clavier still played by these actors
> and directed by Jean Poire.
I found information at the Internet Movie Database. It's called (surprisingly
enough) THE VISITORS.
> The movie takes place in
> Chicago, I think, and Reese Witherspoon play in it.
Witherspoon is not listed in the cast list for the film.
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Subject: [MV] Hanging Up
Date: 03 Mar 2000 11:43:00 -0700
> I was just wondering if anyone had seen Hanging Up and what people thought
> of it. I really liked it, but it's been getting slammed by a lot of
> reviewers. Any comments?
I thought it was simply awful. Some problems:
1. This is not a problem with the film itself, but with the advertising. It
was advertised as a ensemble comedy, but it's actually a drama that focuses on
one character (Meg Ryan). Diane Keaton and Lisa Kudrow have relatively minor
roles.
2. Do we really need another movie about a dying father? Hell, MAGNOLIA had
TWO dying fathers in it!
3. Walter Matthau gives a good performance, but is underused.
4. There is nothing in this film that is original. Nothing that we haven't
seen a zillion times before. One exception is the sub-plot with the doctor
and his mother. If that were the focus of the film, it would have been much
much better.
5. Meg Ryan plays the same perky-but-sensitive character she plays in every
other movie.
*shrug*
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From: Patrick KRAUS <magicpatrick@yahoo.com>
Subject: [MV] RE: Les Visiteurs
Date: 03 Mar 2000 11:20:34 -0800 (PST)
Thanks for your answer. I make a mistake when I say
Witherspoon was in it, I meant Applegate.
Do you know when that movie will be on theaters ?
The original movie (in France) made one of the highest
total of entries ever. I am curious to see the
adaptation in English.
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From: "Gerry T." <geeg23@lineone.net>
Subject: Re: [MV] movie question
Date: 04 Mar 2000 09:31:18 -0000
How about "Borderline" with Charles Bronson? Have not seen it but it was
released around the same time as "The Border", is set in Mexico about a
Border cop, so what else could it be about?
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From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [MV] movie question
Date: 06 Mar 2000 10:43:14 -0000
Isn't there one with Nick Nolte - "Extreme Prejudice" - 1987 directed by
Walter Hill??
MARK
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> How about "Borderline" with Charles Bronson? Have not seen it but it
> was
> released around the same time as "The Border", is set in Mexico about
> a
> Border cop, so what else could it be about?
> Gerry T.
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Subject: [MV] MovieJuice! - THE NEXT BEST THING - Desperately Reeking Susan
Date: 06 Mar 2000 11:27:56 -0500 (EST)
THE NEXT BEST THING - Desperately Reeking Susan
by Mark Ramsey
March 5, 2000
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Talk about a lucky star.
This is The Next Best Thing all right, the next best thing to a movie
worth seeing. As Bart Simpson would say, I didn't think it was
possible, but this both sucks and blows!
Madonna, of course, is famous for shedding images the way small
screen lesbians Michelle Williams and Cloδ Sevigny shed tube tops.
Man oh man, girls, if these walls could talk they'd shout: "More
windows!"
Isn't Madonna a little old for the Sandra Bullock roles? Here, she's
the apple of Benjamin Bratt's eye - an eye which is in dire need of a
corrective lens.
Ben, of course, is Julia Roberts' main squeeze, and word has it that
this is one project Julia turned down. It's hard to get excited
about a project that has bounced in and out of more actresses laps
than Leo DiCaprio on the Riviera.
Ben is pretty much the perfect male, and thus an extremely unlikely
paramour for Madonna. So perfect is he, a close inspection of his
bare chest reveals the towing hooks used to suspend him in the
factory assembly line as a team of engineers riveted components to
his frame. Ben, are you nuts? This material girl's fabric hasn't
been tightly wound since 1985!
In The Next Best Thing, Madonna plays a yoga teacher and possible
body double to Sarah Jessica Parker. Why yoga? Because she's in
touch with her inner pop legend, of course. Besides, her computer
skills are weak and the only dot-com she knows is the faux Indian one
on her forehead. Damn, girl, you know more twisty moves than the
clay animations in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
Yoga, of course, brings harmony to life, even as it stubbornly
refuses to explain "Get Into the Groove." Hey, no system of posture
and awareness can do everything.
"Open your chest," she advises her yoga class, which must be
comprised of chakra cardiologists. It's nice that Madonna's in tune
with universal vibrations - now if she can just vibrate her ass over
to some acting lessons. My God, she's William Shatner with a Grammy!
Mysteriously missing in action is that frontal gap in Madonna's teeth
- the one gracing a generation of video music history and various
track marks on Dennis Rodman's ass.
Here's the deal: Madonna has a baby by gay buddy Rupert Everett and
they live in one big non-traditional family unhappily ever after.
Having copped Rupert's Brit accent, Madonna doesn't even bother to
soak up his talent. I'm telling you, Madonna is unspeakably bad in
this movie. No natural fibers in this material girl, just the
affected ones. Papa don't preach, and mama can't act. No wonder the
audience opened its chest and stretched into the Howling Dog
position.
Did Rupert even read this script first? He has turned into the
official Gay Gal Pal. With "out" roles like this to look forward to,
it's no wonder most gay actors stay safely stowed in the closet. Who
wouldn't want to nuzzle a tie-rack before striking poses with
Madonna? Trading dialogue with this babe is like running lines with
post-it notes on a wall, except post-it notes come in more shades.
What most folks know about this movie is that it features Madonna's
remake of the Don McLean classic "American Pie." And like any good
theme song, this tune is reprised frequently and at the most peculiar
moments. Yes, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper are even eulogized as
Madonna and her non-traditional family playfully frolic on the beach.
The good ole boys spread tanning lotion and rye, singing this'll be
the day that I fry!
Hey, it's the day the music died, gang - toss me a Frisbee and pass
the brewski!
My favorite moment comes when Rupert's parents fly in to greet him on
Endeavor Air. Endeavor Air? Would you fly something called Endeavor
Air? What's their slogan, "We Try to Fly and it Shows"?
This piece of crap is Will and Disgrace - that's like Will and Grace,
but with more Lotus poses and no bathroom breaks.
Time for me to stretch into the Retching Camel pose. Sorry, there's
no ray of light here. It's worse than borderline.
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Subject: [MV] MovieJuice! - MISSION TO MARS - The Rad Planet
Date: 11 Mar 2000 14:32:19 -0500 (EST)
MISSION TO MARS - Angry Rad Planet
by Mark Ramsey
March 11, 2000
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They used to think the moon was made of Swiss, but believe me, the
solar system's cheesiest planet nowadays is definitely Mars.
Mission to Mars is the first gasp of Spring and the last sigh of
Winter. It's 2020: Gary Sinise drives a futuristic car and wears
the same aviator shades Tom Cruise popularized back in 1985. Gary's
a "stick jockey," meaning he pilots spacecraft and occasionally
answers to the name "she."
Mysteriously, a sudden Martian dust-storm reveals a face on the
planet strongly resembling the visage of Lucy Liu from Ally McBeal!
"What does it mean?" asks Don Cheadle. "It means Charlie's Angels is
coming to a theater near you," replies Gary Sinise. "Roger that,"
says Cheadle.
See, Don gets stranded on Mars, so Tim Robbins and company must get
new motherboards, software, and drives to Mars as quickly as
possible. Is this a rescue mission or a tech support housecall?
Does Don have life insurance or a service contract?
This is one happy family of astronauts, brother! I haven't seen such
warm and fuzzy beings venture into space since the muppets. You know
what Jim Henson always used to say, the next best thing to a hand up
your back is a check in the bank.
Time to launch! Engage EVA station and HPU. Engage creepy organ
music. Copy! Engage techno-jargon! We're go/no go for M.O.I.
Engage overzealous CGI from ILM to fill in where lame script is DOA.
Roger, that, baby!
When our heroes finally arrive on the red planet, they are greeted by
the Martian natives: Actors William Hurt and Margot Kidder, who live
in a 4,000 square foot colonial with huge walk-in closets to hang
their straight-jackets. It's nestled in what the subtitle tells us
is "Cydonia, Mars" even though it looks more like "Sedona, Arizona"
through an orange filter.
It's refreshing to learn that - even in 2020 - you can still ballet
to Van Halen. Indeed, Tim's wife is on the trip with him, and her
mission specialty seems to be ballroom dancing. "Honey," says Tim,
"the precise choreography of this mission requires a classically
trained dancer, plus somebody's got to fetch the beer. Now, engage
waltz maneuver!" "Copy that!"
Jerry O'Connell builds a DNA string out of M&Ms in Zero G. Who knew
that M&Ms come in plain, peanut, and amino acid base-pair?
Genetically speaking, the difference between a candy dish and a
monkey is only 3 percent!
It's Oktoberfest at NASA, and Armin Mueller-Stahl is the mission
director: "Za ztresses haf nevah been tezted in Zpace," says Armin.
"Hey Sinise," says Robbins, "get the Enigma decoding device. I can't
understand a word Armin's saying." "Roger that, Mr. Sarandon" says
Gary.
Now I'm just crazy about Tim Robbins, but something tells me this
flick was the price Tim paid Touchstone for his chance to make Cradle
Will Rock last year.
Back on Mars, astronauts Gary, Don and the gang cruise out and try to
communicate with the giant face in the sand by bombarding it with
electronic signals. Unfortunately, the face's only response is a
marked decrease in the appearance of tiny lines and a faint message
later decoded to read: "What do I look like, Frances Farmer?"
Mission to Mars allegedly cost 90 million dollars. That includes
about 15 million for production and 75 million for Mike Eisner's
year-end bonus. God only knows where they put all the money, because
I can't seem to find it on the screen. Did they tape bills
underneath theater seats? Are they hosting a raffle?
What's with these aliens? They look like "Antz" clothed in Anna Sui.
You can hold my DNA in your hand if you like, Mr. Alien, just don't
use it to probe my ass.
Mission to Mars is from director Brian De Palma, and it has its share
of foolhardy heroics of the "you'd do the same for me" variety.
Especially in the exciting climax, when Sissy Spacek reaches from
beneath the Martian sand to snatch away any forthcoming De Palma
projects and drag Brian down into the Hellish depths whence comest
this script. In my theater, some toddler kept talking to the screen.
And his dialogue was better!
The red planet is orange and opening weekend will no doubt be green
galore, but beware: Word of mouth will turn red to dread faster than
you can say "Roger that," baby.
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I just read your review of The Next Best Thing. I have to ask, did
you even see the movie? Because it seems to me that considering the
shallow overviews and
blatent miss-quotation that you just heard about it and thus made up
a scathing review. Julia Roberts was NEVER even considered for this
film. Where did you
hear that? Its been well published that Rupert Everet had a friend
rewrite the script for him and Madonna exclusively. It seems to me
that you did not do a professional job in reviewing this film. Make
sure you know what you are talking about next time. Yours was the
Next best thing to an intelligent review. Pathetic!
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Damn you Pat Kingsley and your pseudonymous mail bombs! You're
taking the time to write me about that stinker and you have the nerve
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FINAL DESTINATION - Spine Tinkler
by Mark Ramsey
March 16, 2000
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Having lost a slew of Oscar ballots and a couple crates of award
statues, frustrated Motion Picture Academy officials were further
embarrassed today when they declared: "We can't find our keys."
Final Destination is what happens when an ambitious gopher and
Starbucks Fulfillment Engineer at New Line Cinema figures: "If Paul
Thomas Anderson can write a screenplay, then I can too!" So
"monkey-see, monkey-do" ferments into monkey doo-doo. Hey, just
repeat this magic spell hundreds of times a day and you too can
develop a knack for dialogue: "Can I tell him who's calling?"
Don't look for stars in this movie, pal, unless you count the ones
sailing around your dizzy head. You'll recognize America's Most
Wanted before one of these kids, believe me.
Here's the deal: Our hero Alex and his buds board a plane to France.
He freaks out when he discovers it's a Robin Williams film festival
all the way to Paris! Suddenly, he has a vision of the plane going
down in a ball of doubtfire.
Naturally, his hunch is right. Fortunately, Alex and his pals escape
with their lives - and the queer tendency to call all drinks
"beverages."
But death does not surrender so easily; it must take life or legroom!
So everyday housewares conspire in ever more creative ways to kill,
kill, kill. Like a daisy-chain of tumbling dominos, kitchenware goes
homicidal with such fine-tuned choreography, the teapot might as well
sing tunes from The Little Mermaid.
In one scene water leaks from the toilet to chase a guy around the
house. Who wouldn't run from that? Who taught the plumbing to heel,
anyway? Can it fetch my paper and slippers?
Alex gets a crush on a survivor-girl named "Clear," whose name speaks
volumes about her complexion and her driving record, not to mention
her calendar once the grosses for this turkey are tallied. I get the
attraction; Clear's hip-hugging jeans and navel are enforcing a legal
separation agreement of epic proportions!
Pity the sensitive moment when Clear begins that tell-tale dialogue
which is the universal signal for a concession stand break: "When I
was a kid...."
Skating a thin line between tribute and insult, Alex and the gang are
named after legendary horror movie directors. There's "Browning" who
brought us the horrifying Dracula, "Lewton" who brought us the
horrifying Cat People, and "Hitchcock" who brought us Tallulah
Bankhead horrifyingly overacting in Lifeboat.
Eerily, Alex knows which famed horror director's going to die next.
How? Because he traces a diagram of the plane on an isosceles
triangle and uses the quadratic formula to calculate the optimal
distance between Clear's bare belly and membership in the mile-high
club. Or something like that.
My favorite part comes when the gang inexplicably busts into the
morgue to view the cadaverous remains of a dead pal. Who should be
mysteriously lurking over his body but the Candyman himself, Tony
Todd. After making everything he bakes satisfying and delicious and
killing off Virginia Madsen's career, Tony is now the resident morgue
philosopher. "In death there are no accidents," he whispers,
ominously.
Easy, Tony. This ain't Othello. You've been doing too much
Shakespeare in the Park - or is it the Parking Lot? Tony even cribs
Brian Dennehy's best line from the Arthur Miller classic, Death of a
Salesman: "You don't want to F--- with that mack-daddy!"
It's not long before Alex is convinced that death has a design for
him and all his friends.
Unfortunately for the audience, death's architect is Frank Lloyd
Wrong.
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MOVIEJUICE.COM HATE MAIL OF THE WEEK
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 7:01 PM
I just wanted to express my displeasure with your review of Michael
Mann's "The Insider." Who cares about length? Some of the greatest
films have been 3 hours long. Look at "JFK," "Schindler's List" and
"Gandhi." "The Insider" is an extremely important drama, a film
that's full of information and Mann's script is riveting. It's a
thrilling movie that just received the Oscar nomination for Best
Picture. It's also an exquisite work in style and detail (as evident
of Mann's work like "Heat"). What you must have an attention span
disorder, which is typical of today's fucked culture. I loved "The
Insider" because it was intelligent, complex and thrilling. It's also
an important story people need to know about. That is, the smart,
thoughtful people who have the attention span to appreciate work like
this.
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I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to your note. It was too long.
What do you want again?
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Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 03/17/00
Date: 17 Mar 2000 13:20:39 -0700
New Line has set tentative release dates for Peter
Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy: Christmas
2001, Christmas 2002 and Christmas 2003, according
to Variety. The dates were announced in a "show reel"
featuring new footage from the films that was screened
for attendees at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas.
The three films, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's three novels of
the same name, are being shot back to back in New
Zealand. The reel mixed behind-the-scenes footage, cast
interviews and scenes from the films, the trade paper
reported.
Trailers for upcoming SF&F films The Cell, Little Nicky, Lost
Souls and Highlander End Game also drew applause at the
convention.
-=> * <=-
Toby Emmerich didn't have a time-travel story in mind
when he wrote the script for New Line's upcoming SF
thriller film Frequency. "I like movies that ask a simple
'What if?' ... and then try to explore that premise in the
real world," Emmerich told The Hollywood Reporter
columnist Martin A. Grove.
In this case, the "What if?" question is "What if you could
reach back in time to speak to your dead father by ham
radio? What if you were able to warn him about his
impending death?" That's the premise of Frequency, in
which a young New York cop (Jim Caviezel) in 1999 talks
to his firefighter father (Dennis Quaid) in 1969 and warns
him about being killed the next day. The result is that the
future is changed in unexpected ways.
Emmerich told Grove that the idea is a twist on one he'd
been working on for a while. "It was about two kids who
find their grandfather's ham radio in the attic. He's a
World War I veteran. The grandfather starts telling them
[over the radio] about some buried treasure he brought
home from France. Then I became interested in writing a
movie about the relationship between policemen and
firemen. And I thought, 'What if the two guys talking over
the radio were a cop and a fireman?' Then I [thought of]
this father-son thing." Frequency, which is directed by
Gregory Hoblit, opens April 28.
-=> * <=-
Columbia Pictures is developing a feature film based on
the Top Cow comic book series The Darkness, about
a young mafioso who discovers he is in line to inherit
a mysterious ancient power, according to The Hollywood
Reporter. Chris Lee (Final Fantasy: The Movie) will
produce, and Chris Morgan is adapting the comic into a
screenplay.
The Darkness tells the story of a mafia scion who is the
next to inherit a power, called "The Darkness," on his 21st
birthday. The catch: he can't have sex, or he will die
instantly.
The Darkness is only the latest Top Cow title being
developed for the screen. They include Witchblade, which
is in production at TNT as a possible television series for
the fall.
-=> * <=-
Final Fantasy: The Movie, based on the SquareSoft
video game series Final Fantasy, wowed theater
owners with its computer-generated actors and
effects, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A sneak
preview of the movie, which is slated for a summer 2001
release, was shown to exhibitors at the ShoWest
convention in Las Vegas.
The movie is directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi and features
the voices of Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald
Sutherland and Steve Buscemi.
Daily Radar.com, meanwhile, reported that the film is
nearly 90 percent complete, and speculated that Sony
may move up release of the film to Christmas this year.
The film already has an official Web site.
-=> * <=-
Eddie Murphy has signed on to star in a feature film
remake of the 1957 SF classic The Incredible
Shrinking Man, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is to be directed by Peter Segal (Tommy Boy) for
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, the trade
paper reported.
The original film, which was written by Richard Matheson
based on his novel The Shrinking Man, told the story of a
man who finds himself shrinking after being exposed to a
mist. Fred Wolf, former head writer on TV's Saturday Night
Live, has written a draft for the remake, the trade paper
reported.
Murphy was expected to begin filming Shrinking Man after
he wraps filming on Pluto Nash, which starts shooting next
month.
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A new feature film based on Oscar Wilde's novel The
Picture of Dorian Gray will update the story's setting
and time to contemporary Hollywood, according to
Variety columnist Michael Fleming. Alexander Payne (who
co-wrote Election) will co-write and direct the
as-yet-untitled movie for Independent Pictures.
The novel, which was first turned into a film in 1945, tells
the Faustian story of a man who seems not to age while a
painting in his house ages instead. Payne will co-write the
script with former UCLA classmate Nate Goodman.
-=> * <=-
Wolfgang Petersen has passed on directing the feature
film version of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novel
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, according to
Variety columnist Michael Fleming. Rob Reiner is also
reportedly passing due to political problems with Castle
Rock partner Alan Horn, who would be making decisions
about the film, Variety said.
Warner Bros. will meet with other directors this week
about taking on the high-profile project, already rejected
by Steven Spielberg, Fleming added.
-=> * <=-
The Tripods Trilogy, a series of SF children's books by
John Christopher, will be developed as feature films by
Walt Disney Co.'s Touchstone Pictures. Newcomer
screenwriter Darren Lemke will adapt the books, which
include The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead
and The Pool of Fire, according to Variety.
The three books, set in the 21st century, tell the story of
an Earth conquered by Tripods, aliens who have implanted
mind-control devices in anyone older than 15. A young
boy and his friends strive to overthrow the Tripods. The
books were previously adapted as a BBC television series
in 1984, according to the trade paper.
-=> * <=-
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, one of Bruce
Coville's popular Magic Shop series of children's books,
is being adapted for the movies by screenwriter Tim
McCanlies (The Iron Giant). Dragon Hatcher is being
developed for the screen by Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co.
(TV's Teletubbies), according to Variety.
Dragon Hatcher is envisioned as a live-action feature film
with computer-generated special effects. The book tells
the story of a boy who buys a dragon's egg and attempts
to raise the creature that hatches from it.
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From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: [MV] ERIN BROCKOVICH
Date: 20 Mar 2000 10:45:00 -0700
Film can do some amazing things. It can make us believe in worlds that don't
exist, and watch superhuman feats performed right in front of our eyes.
However, I've never seen anything as incredible as the effect in ERIN
BROCKOVICH, which creates the illusion that Julia Roberts can act!
Just kidding. However, Julia Roberts is quite good in this film, better than
she's ever been before. Aaron Eckhart, as always, is also very good (why
isn't this guy a star?). Albert Finney is terrific! These three actors play
three interesting characters, and that alone makes the film worth seeing.
Steven Soderbergh really has a knack for getting the best out of actors, and
this film is no exception to that rule.
Too bad the story is so familiar. In fact, it's practically identical to A
CIVIL ACTION. Yes, I know that they were both based on true stories, but when
the stories are so similar, something's got to give. I got restless in ERIN
BROCKOVICH as I watched the obligatory "parade of victims." However, I guess
I'd rather watch familiar material (which was really necessary in order to
tell the story) than not get to meet these characters at all.
All in all, I recommend ERIN BROCKOVICH. It's entertaining, engaging, and
well-written. It's even managed to change my opinion of Julia Roberts (much
in the way TRUMAN SHOW changed my opinion of Jim Carrey). Let's hope she
continues to pick scripts like this in the future.
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Subject: [MV] MovieJuice! - ADVANCE - HIGH FIDELITY - Sonic Truth
Date: 21 Mar 2000 09:45:25 -0500 (EST)
HIGH FIDELITY - Sonic Truth
by Mark Ramsey
March 21, 2000
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I love High Fidelity!
Once the Oscar hangover has passed and we're reminded that
small-screen Billy Crystal once-a-year beats big-screen Billy Crystal
any day, what better time to wrap yourself in an exceptionally clever
comedy that's so well crafted it's downright scary.
Check out this cast:
There's mighty John Cusack who made the 80's safe for teenhood - no
matter he was 40 at the time. Hey, any guy who chooses Daphne Zuniga
over Nicollette Sheridan in The Sure Thing:
A) is one hell of an actor
B) proves the maxim: "It's only a movie"
Damons come and Leos go, but Cusack's here forever, baby!
There's John's super-funny and always underrated sister Joan who,
with John and Lili Taylor, complete the Say Anything reunion which is
almost pleasure enough.
There's the sensational Jack Black. You don't know Jack Black? You
will. Think John Belushi with Courtney Love's facial hair. He's got
the girth of birth and he knows how to use it.
Jack and Billy Corgan's twin brother work with Cusack at his record
store. It's ground zero for intellectual, opinionated, music
minutiae maniacal underachievers, and it's called Championship Vinyl
- that's right, VINYL, for Chrissake. Need an LP? Just turn left at
the 78's and pass the wax cylinders. You'll find 'em right between
the auto hand-cranks and the bake-bread-from-scratch supplies.
Come on, vinyl has as much chance of a comeback as Santana!
These guys know everything there is to know about music, except why
Kevin Bacon spends so much career-time hosting game shows on VH-1.
Does he get free Jessica Simpson and Hoku CDs or something?
Ironically, these record rats are oblivious to the term "mp3."
Fortunately, plans are on to build a website by the time Detroit
manufactures aero-cars to park at the store's hyperport - or when
M*A*S*H reruns stop airing, whichever comes first.
What's more, John and his crew are top-five-list-crazy. Everything
has a list. One by one, John ticks 'em off:
- Top 5 all-time breakup list
- Top 5 songs for every occasion
- Top 5 glowing adjectives used by Larry King to describe every
movie ever made, except Natural Born Killers
- Top 5 redundant teen movies starring Julia Stiles
You get the idea.
High Fidelity is all about John Cusack's relationship crisis. In the
forest of romantic confusion where most guys find ourselves most of
the time, John's girlfriend splits.
John's girl, played by Iben Hjejle, is best known in America as a
random combination of letters. Her mission is to encourage Scrabble
players everywhere to throw their arms up to the heavens and shout
"Oh, what's the use!"
Who can't love a movie where Cusack shouts at the window of
ex-girlfriend number one: "Charley, you f--kin' bitch, let's work it
out!" Who can't empathize when he asks ex-girlfriend number two what
the chance is they'll reunite, and she answers "9 percent; we have a
9 percent chance of getting back together." Who can't groove on one
character's description of his babe as "a post-Partridge Family,
pre-L.A. Law Susan Dey kind of thing. You know, Black." This movie
is rich, rich, rich with that kind of sharp humor.
Every rose has a thorn, the song goes, and the pricks in this movie
come courtesy of pretentiously cool, one-time funky 80's clotheshorse
Lisa Bonet. Lethargic Lisa is a somber, seriouso songstress who
covers Frampton tunes the way a casket covers a corpse. "Oh, Baby I
Love Your Wake, Every Day." Either Lisa's suffering rigor mortis or
she's the new Local News Anchor - now I know why they're called
"anchors."
Is Lisa sleepy or just hypnotized by that trance-inducing maze of
fractals on Papa Cosby's sweater?
Meet Lisa's band: The Droopy Narcoleptics, and hear their Top 5
hits: "I'm not Michael Stipe, but I am in R.E.M." and "Brains! Give
us Brains!"
Catherine Zeta Jones is another of John's exes - the one carrying
Michael Douglas's baby. And for perhaps the first time, Catherine's
ass is not the name above the title! She actually has a character to
play this time, and she's rather good, too!
High Fidelity is a brilliantly written, clever satire, piled high
with lush characters, scads of funny stuff, and the coolest
performances this side of an Oscar.
You don't need to be an audiophile to fall in love with High
Fidelity. You just need an ear for what will certainly be one of my
top 5 comedies of the year.
High Fidelity opens at the end of the month. Get into the groove and
see this movie!
Copyright 2000 Mark Ramsey. All rights reserved. NO PORTION MAY BE
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MOVIEJUICE.COM STALKER MAIL OF THE WEEK
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 1:14 PM
My mom and I are both subscribed to your Movie Juice mail list, and
we were both guessing what you looked like. We had it narrowed down
to the comic book store owner from The Simpsons, you know, the one
who's always full of sarcastic comments. It was quite a surprise
when we saw your picture on the web site. Maybe you should match
your picture up with his, just for kicks! Keep up the good wit!
MY REPLY
I pride myself on bringing together moms and daughters - much like
Oprah or, say, Warren Beatty.
I appreciate your interest in my appearance, and I'm sorry to say I'm
not on the Bruce Villanch/Harry Knowles axis at all - I'm more on the
Dave Foley/Bob Saget axis.
As for my picture, it has often surprised people, starting with my
parents.
Thanks for the note.
MRR
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From: "The Reporter" <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 03/21/00
Date: 21 Mar 2000 13:35:00 -0700
Filmmakers have quietly returned to the Maryland
woods to begin production on The Blair Witch Project
2, the much-anticipated sequel to 1999's surprise hit
The Blair Witch Project, according to a Maryland
newspaper. A crew of nearly 300 actors, photographers,
directors, cameramen and lighting technicians shot in
Seneca Creek State Park last week, according to The
Gazette newspaper in Damascus, Md.
Blair Redux Productions also set up a base camp in nearby
Germantown and were filming scenes around Montgomery
County, close to the location of the original film. After
encountering hostile reactions recently from the residents
of Burkittsville--the "Blair" of the original
movie--filmmakers have been keeping a low profile about
the production and a tight lid on details of the plot. Blair 2
is slated for a fall release.
-=> * <=-
New Line Cinema has secured the rights to the classic
1956 SF movie Forbidden Planet and will fast-track a
big-budget remake, according to Variety. Forbidden
Planet, loosely based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest,
starred Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon and Anne Francis,
and it introduced Robbie the Robot.
New Line bought the rights from Lindsay Dunlap and Ember
Entertainment Group, the trade paper reported. Michael
De Luca, the studio's president of production; Richard
Saperstein, senior executive vice president; and Bryan
Hickel, creative executive, will shepherd the movie's
development. Plans are to update the story with
state-of-the-art special effects.
-=> * <=-
Director Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One) told
Cinescape magazine that he bowed out of helming
Warner Bros.' upcoming film Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone because there wasn't enough time to
make the effects-laden movie. "If [they] really want to do
Harry Potter for next summer, [they] should start
yesterday," Petersen told the magazine.
Petersen said the movie had "an enormous amount of
visual effects" and that the studio was aiming at a July 4,
2001, release date. Petersen, Rob Reiner and Steven
Spielberg, among others, have passed on the movie,
which is based on J.K. Rowling's popular children's novel of
the same name.
Warner Bros, meanwhile, has reserved a piece of
cyberspace for an official Harry Potter Web site. There's
nothing there now, but stay tuned.
-=> * <=-
It's official: Steven Spielberg's next job will be writing
and directing A.I., the SF film based on an idea by
Stanley Kubrick. The announcement was made
Tuesday, March 14, by Warner Bros. and DreamWorks
Pictures, which will share production of the film.
"Stanley had a vision for this project that was evolving
over 18 years," Spielberg said in a statement. "I am intent
on bringing to the screen as much of that vision as
possible, along with elements of my own." Spielberg, who
recently underwent surgery to remove a kidney, will begin
work on the movie July 10, with an eye to a summer 2001
release date, the statement said.
Spielberg, who this week won the Lifetime Achievement
Award of the Directors Guild of America, has been mulling
which project to take on next. Until recently, bets were
on his directing Tom Cruise in Minority Report. But Cruise
told Entertainment Tonight earlier this week that he and
Spielberg wouldn't begin work on Minority Report until April
or May of 2001.
Minority Report, based on a short story of the same name
by legendary SF author Philip K. Dick, deals with cops who
travel back in time to apprehend criminals before they can
perpetrate their crimes. Spielberg had earlier turned down
the chance to direct a film based on J.K. Rowling's popular
Harry Potter series of children's books.
A.I., loosely based on Brian Aldiss' 1969 short story
"Super-Toys Last All Summer Long," is set in a future
where the polar icecaps have melted and robots possess
artificial intelligence, or A.I. Spielberg has been reportedly
completing a script based on Kubrick's treatment. Kubrick
spent years developing the material and intended to direct
himself, before his death last year.
-=> * <=-
Oscar nominees Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)
and Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) are in talks to
star in A.I., the SF thriller to be directed by Steven
Spielberg based on a treatment by the late Stanley
Kubrick, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Law
reportedly turned down a Paramount film, Four Feathers,
which was scheduled to go into production around the
time A.I. is set to begin.
Osment is nominated for a best-supporting-actor Oscar
for his performance in Sense. Law is also nominated for
best supporting actor for his role in Ripley.
Spielberg said earlier this week that A.I., whose title
stands for "artificial intelligence," would be his next
project. Spielberg is writing and directing the film based
on a treatment by Kubrick, which in turn is loosely based
on the Brian Aldiss short story "Super-Toys Last All
Summer Long." A.I. is scheduled to begin shooting July 10,
aiming at a summer 2001 release.
-=> * <=-
Rob Bowman (The X-Files feature film) is in final talks
to direct Generation Ship, an SF film based on Harlan
Ellison and Edward Bryant's novel Phoenix Without
Ashes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie is
slated to go into production at the end of the year, the
trade paper reported.
The film tells the story of an ark-like starship carrying the
remnants of several Earth biospheres through the cosmos.
The inhabitants, who have descended from the original
crew over 5,000 years, are unaware they are aboard a
ship until one of them discovers they are about to crash
into a star.
The novel was based on Ellison's 1970s Canadian
television series The Starlost. David Goyer (Blade) wrote
the script for Generation Ship; he and Bowman will
collaborate on a rewrite.
-=> * <=-
Matt Wagner, creator of the Mage series of comic
books, told the Comics2Film Web site that he is very
pleased with John Rogers' initial screenplay for the
upcoming Mage feature film. "One of the things I love
about it is, it's not crazy faithful," Wagner said. "It knows
it has to adapt and so it changes things. For instance,
there's a whole other character in this that isn't in [the]
'Hero Discovered' [story arc] at all."
Wagner added that Rogers "explains the magic real well.
He takes stuff that I had written when I was 20 years old
and writes from a 30-year-old standpoint, so it's a little
more eloquent. It's great." And the script remains faithful
to the comics, Wagner added. "[Rogers] manages to lift
huge sections straight from the book that will ring very
familiar and true to almost everybody. And yet he still
brings his own sense of humor to it. [Rogers provides]
each of the main four characters with a real distinct voice
and a real distinct relationship with each of the other
characters in the group."
Rogers is at work on a second draft of the screenplay for
Spyglass Entertainment and Critical Mass Entertainment,
which are developing the film.
-=> * <=-
Mimic director Guillermo del Toro will helm Blade 2:
Blood Hunt, the sequel to the hit 1998 vampire movie
Blade, based on the Marvel Comics series Blade:
Vampire Hunter, according to Variety. Wesley Snipes will
reprise his starring role as the half-human, half-vampire
hero, and Kris Kristofferson will make an appearance,
though his character died in the first movie.
David Goyer, who wrote the script for the first film, will
write the sequel. Stephen Norrington directed the original
film for New Line Cinema. Blade 2 is set to start
production in the fall, with an eye to a summer 2001
release, the trade paper reported.
-=> * <=-
The fantasy children's book The Polar Express will
become a movie with Tom Hanks producing and
starring, according to Variety. Hanks will play the
conductor of a train called the Polar Express, which takes
a boy to visit Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. The film is
slated for a Christmas 2001 release.
The book was written by Chris Van Allsburg, who also
wrote the book on which the film Jumanji was based.
Another Van Allsburg book, the witch tale The Widow's
Broom, is in development at Paramount and Nickelodeon
Pictures with a script by Van Allsburg himself.
-=> * <=-
Rock-star-turned-actress Courtney Love is reportedly
under consideration as the leader of an interplanetary
expedition in John Carpenter's Ghost of Mars, an SF
film in development at Screen Gems. Variety columnist
Michael Fleming reports that Love would play the
"butt-kicking leader of an expedition to Mars," with
Whoopi Goldberg possibly playing her science officer.
The story concerns a mission to Mars to hunt down a
colonist accused of several murders. But the astronauts
discover that the colonist has been framed by the ghosts
of long-dead Martians.
Fleming also reported that Carpenter wants Jason
Statham (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) for the
male lead.
-=> * <=-
Andy Tennant will direct Afterlife, an SF thriller based
on a script by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire
Slayer), according to Variety. Tennant (Anna and the
King) will also rewrite the screenplay that Whedon sold to
Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1994, before his Toy Story
became a huge hit.
Afterlife tells the story of a terminally ill scientist who
seeks to avoid death by transplanting his brain into
another body--that of an escaped serial killer. He later
seeks to reunite with his wife while avoiding temptations
to murder.
-=> * <=-
Will Smith was overheard saying that he'll be reading a
script for Men in Black 2, a proposed sequel to his
1997 hit film Men in Black, according to the Dark
Horizons Web site. Smith made his comments to a British
radio interviewer last week during the ShoWest
convention in Las Vegas.
As to whether Smith will reprise his leading role in the film,
he reportedly said, "If it is hot I will do it; if it's not, then I
won't."
-=> * <=-
Mission to Mars landed in the No. 1 spot in the North
American box office rankings during its debut, earning
$23.1 million during the weekend of March 11 despite
being blasted by critics. Mars' revenues were more than
the total of the next four films combined, according to the
Hollywood trade papers.
The Ninth Gate, Roman Polanski's supernatural thriller
starring Johnny Depp, debuted in the No. 2 slot with $6.7
million. That film also garnered lukewarm reviews. Pitch
Black remained strong, coming in ninth with $3.1 million for
the weekend and a total of $34.2 million after 24 days in
release.
-=> * <=-
Director David Fincher (Fight Club) may be
considering helming a feature film version of Arthur
C. Clarke's classic SF novel Rendezvous with Rama,
according to the Dark Horizons Web site.
-=> * <=-
Brad Silberling (City of Angels), Chris Columbus
(Bicentennial Man), Alan Parker (Angela's Ashes) and
Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys) are on the short list to
direct the film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's hit
children's novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone, according to Variety. Steven Spielberg
turned the project down in favor of A.I.
-=> * <=-
New Zealand actor Marton Csokas will play
Celeborn, Galadriel's husband, in the feature film
trilogy The Lord of the Rings, according to
TheOneRing.net Web site. Csokas has appeared in
episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and
Xena: Warrior Princess.
-=> * <=-
Samuel L. Jackson will reprise his role of Jedi
knight Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode II, the
actor told the Calgary Sun newspaper. "I haven't
seen a script yet, so I don't know if I'll be going to
Tunisia, Italy or Australia, but George [Lucas] has
assured me I'm going," Jackson told the paper.
-=> * <=-
Ethan Hawke, who was to play Faramir in New
Line's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, is no longer
part of the production, according to a report on
TheOneRing.net Web site. The site offers no
explanation for the change.
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From: "Gregory A. Swarthout" <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 27 Mar 2000 09:16:17 -0700
BEST PICTURE
AMERICAN BEAUTY
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Michael Caine in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Hilary Swank in BOYS DONÆT CRY
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Angelina Jolie in GIRL, INTERRUPTED
BEST DIRECTOR
AMERICAN BEAUTY - Sam Mendes
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AMERICAN BEAUTY - Conrad L. Hall
ART DIRECTION
SLEEPY HOLLOW - Rick Heinrichs and Peter Young
COSTUME DESIGN
TOPSY-TURVY
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
KING GIMP
FILM EDITING
THE MATRIX - Zach Staenberg
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
MAKEUP
TOPSY-TURVY
ORIGINAL SCORE
THE RED VIOLIN - John Corigliano
ORIGINAL SONG
"You'll Be in My Heart" from TARZAN - Phil Collins
SHORT FILM - ANIMATED
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN'S DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK
SOUND
THE MATRIX - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and David Lee
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
THE MATRIX
VISUAL EFFECTS
THE MATRIX
SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES - John Irving
SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL
AMERICAN BEAUTY - Alan Ball
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From: "Gregory A. Swarthout" <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 27 Mar 2000 09:27:54 -0700
I thought it was interesting that "The Matrix" won all four awards it was
nominated for, effectively shutting out "Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom
Menace".
"Gregory A. Swarthout" wrote:
>
> BEST PICTURE
> AMERICAN BEAUTY
>
> BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
> Kevin Spacey in AMERICAN BEAUTY
>
> BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
> Michael Caine in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
>
> BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
> Hilary Swank in BOYS DONÆT CRY
>
> BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
> Angelina Jolie in GIRL, INTERRUPTED
>
> BEST DIRECTOR
> AMERICAN BEAUTY - Sam Mendes
>
> CINEMATOGRAPHY
> AMERICAN BEAUTY - Conrad L. Hall
>
> ART DIRECTION
> SLEEPY HOLLOW - Rick Heinrichs and Peter Young
>
> COSTUME DESIGN
> TOPSY-TURVY
>
> DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
> ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER
>
> DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
> KING GIMP
>
> FILM EDITING
> THE MATRIX - Zach Staenberg
>
> FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
> ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
>
> MAKEUP
> TOPSY-TURVY
>
> ORIGINAL SCORE
> THE RED VIOLIN - John Corigliano
>
> ORIGINAL SONG
> "You'll Be in My Heart" from TARZAN - Phil Collins
>
> SHORT FILM - ANIMATED
> THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
>
> SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
> MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN'S DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK
>
> SOUND
> THE MATRIX - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell and David Lee
>
> SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
> THE MATRIX
>
> VISUAL EFFECTS
> THE MATRIX
>
> SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION
> THE CIDER HOUSE RULES - John Irving
>
> SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL
> AMERICAN BEAUTY - Alan Ball
>
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From: KenKnows@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 28 Mar 2000 20:27:52 EST
In a message dated 03/27/2000 8:28:25 AM Pacific Standard Time,
gregorys@xmission.com writes:
<< I thought it was interesting that "The Matrix" won all four awards it was
nominated for, effectively shutting out "Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom
Menace". >>
Maybe "Star Wars: Episode 1" should have been called "Take the Money and
Run". "The Matrix" was a much better film IMHO, although other people could
disagree with me and with the majority of voters in four Oscar categories.
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From: KenKnows@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 28 Mar 2000 20:32:02 EST
In a message dated 03/27/2000 8:18:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
gregorys@xmission.com writes:
<< ORIGINAL SONG
"You'll Be in My Heart" from TARZAN - Phil Collins >>
Phil Collins is wonderful and he deserves a lifetime achievement award for
his songs, but all five songs were played and sung on the Oscar telecast, and
"Blame Canada" is by far the best song. Robin Williams and the dancers who
joined him on stage were truly entertaining.
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From: Gene Ehrich <gene@ehrich.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 28 Mar 2000 22:38:24 -0500
At 08:27 PM 3/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Maybe "Star Wars: Episode 1" should have been called "Take the Money and
>Run". "The Matrix" was a much better film IMHO, although other people could
>disagree with me and with the majority of voters in four Oscar categories.
I didn't see the star wars one so can't comment on that. The Matrix
certainly deserved the four awards. It was technologically the most advance
movie we have ever seen and also coincidental one of the very worst. Kind
of like watching over a kids shoulder while he is playing a video game. The
sound and graphics were superb, the story non existent or at best stupid.
Great to watch for a few minutes but how long can you watch somebody else
play a video game, a dull one at that.
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From: Diane Christy <dchristy10@earthlink.net>
Subject: [MV] supporting actor award...
Date: 28 Mar 2000 22:43:36 -0600
How did you all feel about Michael Caine getting the Oscar for "Cider
House Rules" ? Did you think he deserved it??
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From: Ariel Rosner <random_lunasol@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 03:00:35 -0800 (PST)
I agree Matrix was the far better contender, yet
SW:E1:tPM had visual FX of a supreme level: it was so
realistic yet there were so few actual (living)
characters! It lacked the ingenuity of Matrix, but U
gotta hand it to Lucas the scenes were SUPER.
i.e. the pod race, THE battle, Amidala before the
assembly... etc.
> << I thought it was interesting that "The Matrix"
> won all four awards it was
> nominated for, effectively shutting out "Star Wars:
> Episode 1: The Phantom
> Menace". >>
>
"The Matrix" was a much better film IMHO,
> although other people could
> disagree with me and with the majority of voters in
> four Oscar categories.
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Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 03:02:53 -0800 (PST)
"I am wit U"
-couldn't have said it better!
> << ORIGINAL SONG
> "You'll Be in My Heart" from TARZAN - Phil Collins
> >>
>
> Phil Collins is wonderful and he deserves a lifetime
> achievement award for
> his songs, but all five songs were played and sung
> on the Oscar telecast, and
> "Blame Canada" is by far the best song. Robin
> Williams and the dancers who
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From: Ariel Rosner <random_lunasol@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 03:04:06 -0800 (PST)
I take it Ur not an SF fan!
--- Gene Ehrich <gene@ehrich.com> wrote:
> At 08:27 PM 3/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Maybe "Star Wars: Episode 1" should have been
> called "Take the Money and
> >Run". "The Matrix" was a much better film IMHO,
> although other people could
> >disagree with me and with the majority of voters in
> four Oscar categories.
>
> I didn't see the star wars one so can't comment on
> that. The Matrix
> certainly deserved the four awards. It was
> technologically the most advance
> movie we have ever seen and also coincidental one of
> the very worst. Kind
> of like watching over a kids shoulder while he is
> playing a video game. The
> sound and graphics were superb, the story non
> existent or at best stupid.
> Great to watch for a few minutes but how long can
> you watch somebody else
> play a video game, a dull one at that.
>
> ================================
>
>
>
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From: Gene Ehrich <gene@ehrich.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 07:43:20 -0500
At 03:04 AM 3/29/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I take it Ur not an SF fan!
I am a huge SF fan. There have been some really great SF movies over the
years and a shame that there are not many any more. I love movies that make
you think and the Matrix, although superb visuals, was not good SF. Not a
good story, nothing that was thought provoking, characters were not really
interesting. Just a two hour video game with great graphics & sound. Star
Wars movies are much better SF than the Matrix any day.
>--- Gene Ehrich <gene@ehrich.com> wrote:
> > At 08:27 PM 3/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Maybe "Star Wars: Episode 1" should have been
> > called "Take the Money and
> > >Run". "The Matrix" was a much better film IMHO,
> > although other people could
> > >disagree with me and with the majority of voters in
> > four Oscar categories.
> >
> > I didn't see the star wars one so can't comment on
> > that. The Matrix
> > certainly deserved the four awards. It was
> > technologically the most advance
> > movie we have ever seen and also coincidental one of
> > the very worst. Kind
> > of like watching over a kids shoulder while he is
> > playing a video game. The
> > sound and graphics were superb, the story non
> > existent or at best stupid.
> > Great to watch for a few minutes but how long can
> > you watch somebody else
> > play a video game, a dull one at that.
> >
> > ================================
> >
> >
> >
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> > http://www.voicenet.com/~generic
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> >
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> > Marlton NJ
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From: "W S" <wds9974@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 09:22:33 CST
I like that assessment. I do think that some of the effects in Star Wars
were certainly noteworthy, but in some places annoying. I thought the Matrix
was easily more deserving of the awards, with the possible exception of the
best sound editing.
wade
>From: Gene Ehrich <gene@ehrich.com>
>Reply-To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:38:24 -0500
>
>At 08:27 PM 3/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>Maybe "Star Wars: Episode 1" should have been called "Take the Money and
>>Run". "The Matrix" was a much better film IMHO, although other people
>>could
>>disagree with me and with the majority of voters in four Oscar categories.
>
>I didn't see the star wars one so can't comment on that. The Matrix
>certainly deserved the four awards. It was technologically the most advance
>movie we have ever seen and also coincidental one of the very worst. Kind
>of like watching over a kids shoulder while he is playing a video game. The
>sound and graphics were superb, the story non existent or at best stupid.
>Great to watch for a few minutes but how long can you watch somebody else
>play a video game, a dull one at that.
>
>================================
>
>
>
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>
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From: "W S" <wds9974@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] supporting actor award...
Date: 29 Mar 2000 09:24:09 CST
Yeah, I am ok with him getting it to some extent because he did an excellent
job. Haley Joel was my choice though, and I was disappointed he didn't get
it, and after him Duncan. But, as long as Cruise didn't get it, I would have
been ok with any of the choices really. Even Law, whom I am not sure
should've been nominated.
Wade
>From: Diane Christy <dchristy10@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>Subject: [MV] supporting actor award...
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:43:36 -0600
>
>How did you all feel about Michael Caine getting the Oscar for "Cider
>House Rules" ? Did you think he deserved it??
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From: "W S" <wds9974@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 09:25:31 CST
That was a very funnily done number, likely due to Robin Williams'
performance. I saw the clip of the actual song from the movie on E! last
week (bleeped in a couple of spots of course) and the song is truly
hilarious. I haven't seen the movie yet.
Wad
>From: Ariel Rosner <random_lunasol@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
>Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 03:02:53 -0800 (PST)
>
>"I am wit U"
>-couldn't have said it better!
>
> > << ORIGINAL SONG
> > "You'll Be in My Heart" from TARZAN - Phil Collins
> > >>
> >
> > Phil Collins is wonderful and he deserves a lifetime
> > achievement award for
> > his songs, but all five songs were played and sung
> > on the Oscar telecast, and
> > "Blame Canada" is by far the best song. Robin
> > Williams and the dancers who
> > joined him on stage were truly entertaining.
> >
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Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 09:32:26 CST
In general I agree, but I think there is more to the Matrix that just fell
apart as the script went Hollywood-mush by the end.
I think the movie had a wonderful opportunity for hidden meanings and
themes, but I think the script just couldn't capture it. There were a lot of
discussions last year about the psuedo-Christian themes in it, and while I
think that is stretching, I do catch certain references, which had the
script been more intelligent, that aspect could've been more interesting and
given the story some depth. There was also an opportunity to delve into deep
existential stuff about what is real and so forth, but that is missed, too.
The story ends up turning into a race-against-the-clock mixed with a
unnecessary romance, all of which appears to be the remnants of Hollywood
mush formulas.
So, while I don't quite see it as simple as a video game, I do think that a
possible depth was missed to the story that could've made this movie one of
the premiere SF movies of the past decade.
As it was, a great techincal achievement but a dull story.
wade
>
>At 03:04 AM 3/29/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>I take it Ur not an SF fan!
>
>I am a huge SF fan. There have been some really great SF movies over the
>years and a shame that there are not many any more. I love movies that make
>you think and the Matrix, although superb visuals, was not good SF. Not a
>good story, nothing that was thought provoking, characters were not really
>interesting. Just a two hour video game with great graphics & sound. Star
>Wars movies are much better SF than the Matrix any day.
>
>
>>--- Gene Ehrich <gene@ehrich.com> wrote:
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>> > the very worst. Kind
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>> > you watch somebody else
>> > play a video game, a dull one at that.
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From: Vi On <vi@cs.bu.edu>
Subject: [MV] weekly Movie news
Date: 29 Mar 2000 11:38:37 -0500 (EST)
There used to be a weekly email to this mailing list about what new
movies are coming out, reviews, and top box office hits.
This weekly email also made us debate more about up coming new movies.
What happen to it?
Does anyone know where I can go to get this information?
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Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 09:09:10 PST
>I didn't see the star wars one so can't comment on that. The Matrix
>certainly deserved the four awards. It was technologically the most advance
>movie we have ever seen and also coincidental one of the very worst. Kind
>of like watching over a kids shoulder while he is playing a video game. The
>sound and graphics were superb, the story non existent or at best stupid.
>Great to watch for a few minutes but how long can you watch somebody else
>play a video game, a dull one at that.
Oh no, then you totally missed the movie! It was so much more than the
special effects and what not, I thought there was a great story to it.
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Subject: Re: [MV] weekly Movie news
Date: 29 Mar 2000 09:29:49 -0800
There are numerous newsletters and Websites providing this type of
information. InfoBeat (entertainment@infobeat.com) publishes an e-mail
newsletter 3 times a week. FlickPicks (http://www.flickpicks.com) carries a
list of about 40 current releases, with ratings and comments from
moviegoers, plus links to many other sites. FP also publishes a weekly
newsletter listing new releases in theatres and on video.
on 3/29/2000 8:38 AM, Vi On at vi@cs.bu.edu wrote:
>
> There used to be a weekly email to this mailing list about what new
> movies are coming out, reviews, and top box office hits.
>
> This weekly email also made us debate more about up coming new movies.
> What happen to it?
>
> Does anyone know where I can go to get this information?
>
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Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 10:49:00 -0700
> Maybe "Star Wars: Episode 1" should have been called "Take the Money and
> Run". "The Matrix" was a much better film IMHO, although other people could
> disagree with me and with the majority of voters in four Oscar categories.
While I agree that THE MATRIX was a better film than TPM, in terms of visual
effects I think that TPM should have won the Oscar. The effects in THE MATRIX
were all very flashy, and called attention to themselves whereas in TPM the
effects were in the background and seamlessly intergrated into the story so
that you forgot they were there. On my second viewing of TPM I really noticed
all of the things that were going on in the background, a real attention to
detail in terms of effects. Too bad there wasn't an interesting story to go
along with them.
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Subject: [MV] re: supporting actor award...
Date: 29 Mar 2000 11:28:00 -0700
> How did you all feel about Michael Caine getting the Oscar for "Cider
> House Rules" ? Did you think he deserved it??
I haven't seen THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, but I really must comment that Caine's
speech was one of the best acceptance speeches I've ever seen. What a
gracious winner! Compare, for instance to John Irving or that smug MATRIX guy
(who acts like the "bullet time" stuff is so innovative, even though it was
used in a Gap commericial before showing up in THE MATRIX).
Based on his speech, I think Caine was well-aware that the award was really
for his lifetime of achievement, rather than for this particular performance.
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Subject: Re: [MV] Academy Award Winners
Date: 29 Mar 2000 11:51:00 -0700
> Star Wars movies are much better SF than the Matrix any day.
I would have to disagree. For me, one thing that distinguishes good science
fiction is the science. I ask myself, "If you take away the science, do you
still have a story?" Good science fiction has the science (whether based in
truth or not) intergrated firmly into the story. Take away the science in
STAR WARS and you have a "B" Western (right down to the farmboy saying "You
killed my pa!") Take away the science in THE MATRIX and you have no movie.
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Subject: [MV] re: supporting actor award...
Date: 29 Mar 2000 13:12:58 -0600
On 3/29/00, 11:28 AM -0700, Paul D Richardson said so nicely:
> > How did you all feel about Michael Caine getting the Oscar for "Cider
>> House Rules" ? Did you think he deserved it??
>
>I haven't seen THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, but I really must comment that Caine's
>speech was one of the best acceptance speeches I've ever seen. What a
>gracious winner! Compare, for instance to John Irving or that smug MATRIX guy
>(who acts like the "bullet time" stuff is so innovative, even though it was
>used in a Gap commericial before showing up in THE MATRIX).
>
>Based on his speech, I think Caine was well-aware that the award was really
>for his lifetime of achievement, rather than for this particular performance.
I must say that I agree with your assessment of Caine's speech.
Wonderful!! I did see "The Cider House Rules" and thought Caine was
very, very good. But, Osmont was astounding and I think he deserved
the award!
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Subject: [MV] Re: your mail
Date: 29 Mar 2000 13:52:13 -0600 (CST)
I saw it and thought that it was good. It wasn't what I was expecting
with those actors in it because I thought it would be more of a comedy
rather than a drama with a few funny scenes. The way it was presented in
the previews made it appear that it would be a funny movie, however, the
previews were very deceiving, nonetheless, the movie was still worth
seeing, but I was glad I was in the mood to see a sad film.
JOY
On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Amanda K. Schnarr wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone had seen Hanging Up and what people thought
> of it. I really liked it, but it's been getting slammed by a lot of
> reviewers. Any comments?
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Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 03/29/00
Date: 29 Mar 2000 14:00:22 -0700
Star Trek: Voyager executive producer Rick Berman
said there is definitely a tenth Trek movie in the
works, and it will feature the cast of The Next
Generation, according to the Fandom.com Web site. "I
will be a tease a little bit to you and tell you that
although I can't talk about it, or even talk about who is
involved, I can say that we are about to begin the writing
stages on what hopefully will be the next Star Trek
feature film," Berman told the site.
Berman also denied rumors about the new Trek television
series that is in the planning stages, to replace Voyager
when it ends its seven-year run next year. "What I can
tell you is that it's something that we have been working
on nearly a year. Contrary to rumors, it's the only concept
that we've developed. It's not one of three concepts
we've developed. It's a concept that the studio is behind,
and that we are discussing and finessing. As far as when
it's going to go into production, as far as when it's going
to go on the air, I don't know."
But Berman appeared to quash any hopes that a new
series would be based on the character of Capt. Hikaru
Sulu and the crew of the U.S.S. Excelsior, as many Trek
fans have urged. "The only thing I can say about the
series is that it's definitely Star Trek, but it is dramatically
different," he told Fandom.com. "It is going to be far more
different than really all three of the last series have been
from the original."
-=> * <=-
Former rapper LL Cool J (Deep Blue Sea) joins American
Pie's Chris Klein as a future athlete in Rollerball,
director John McTiernan's remake of the classic 1975
SF film of the same name, according to The Hollywood
Reporter. The MGM film goes before the cameras in
mid-July in Montreal, the trade paper reported.
The film will update the original, which told the story of a
society in which corporations had supplanted governments
and Rollerball, a violent combination of roller derby and
football, was the sport of the day. The new film, set in
2005, tells the story of Rollerball superstars played by
Klein and LL Cool J who conflict with their team owner, a
ruthless Russian businessman.
The new film will be written by John Pogue (The Skulls).
The original film's director, Norman Jewison, is one of the
producers of the new film.
-=> * <=-
Dead Man's Run, a supernatural feature film about a
man who dies for a living, is in development at
Centropolis Entertainment, the Hollywood trade
papers reported. The company bought the project from
screenwriter Jesse Alexander (Ground Zero).
Centropolis partners Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich
(Godzilla) will produce the film. Alexander and his partner
Ellory Elkayem also co-wrote Arac-Attack for Centropolis.
-=> * <=-
Mimic 2, a sequel to the 1997 Mira Sorvino SF thriller
Mimic, will begin production in Los Angeles in late
May, according to Variety. Cinematographer Jean de
Segonzac (TV's Homicide) will make his film-directing
debut on the movie, which is written by Joel Soisson
(Prophecy III).
Sorvino won't appear in the sequel, which will instead star
Alix Koromzay, who played sidekick Remy in the original
film. The plot will pick up where the last film left off,
telling the story of the fight against human-sized
cockroaches. The original film was directed by Guillermo
del Toro.
-=> * <=-
Screenwriter James Robinson (Starman) told fans on a
DC Comics message board that he will be adapting
Ursula K. LeGuin's The Farthest Shore for the movies,
according to the Comics2Film Web site. "It's for the Jim
Henson Company," Robinson said. Shore is the third novel
in LeGuin's acclaimed Earthsea series.
Robinson also said he will adapt Alan Moore's comic series
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a Victorian-era
superhero story, the site reported. League producer Don
Murphy told the Web site that Robinson was "almost
signed."
-=> * <=-
The Year Without Santa Claus, the 1974 Claymation
television special, is being remade as a live-action
feature film under the direction of onetime production
designer Bo Welch, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The holiday-themed fantasy film is slated for a Christmas
2001 release.
The television special, which was based on Phyllis
McGinley's novel of the same name, concerns Santa's
decision to take a break from Christmas while his elves try
to persuade him to come back. The special featured the
voices of Mickey Rooney and Shirley Booth. The movie will
change some elements of the original special while
preserving others, the trade paper reported.
-=> * <=-
Unbreakable, the upcoming film from Oscar-nominated
director M. Night Shyamalan, will bring surprises just
like his breakthrough feature film, The Sixth Sense.
"[Unbreakable is] about a man, played by Bruce [Willis],
who is in a really horrific train accident and he's
miraculously the only survivor," he told Hollywood
Reporter columnist Martin Grove.
Shyamalan added, "[Willis] questions why he was the only
survivor. There's a stranger, played by [Samuel L.]
Jackson, who approaches him and offers a very bizarre
explanation about why he was the only survivor.
Essentially, the movie's about Bruce and his family coming
to terms with whether this theory is correct is not."
The director is coy because he wants to preserve the
film's secrets. "Well, I'm trying to make films about many
things," he said. "So there are the things you can be told
before you come into the theater, and there are the
things that really are about the movie experience, about
sitting in a theater. To reserve that kind of [information is
important]. You know, like, maybe you know the guy gets
the girl and it's a romance, but you don't know something
else. I'm trying to maintain that kind of feeling."
Unbreakable, which is now in post-production, is slated
for a November release.
-=> * <=-
Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter will star in Till
Human Voices Wake Us, a supernatural love story
directed and written by Michael Petroni, according to
The Hollywood Reporter. Petroni also wrote the script for
the upcoming adaptation of Anne Rice's vampire novel The
Queen of the Damned, the trade paper reported.
Voices will tell the story of a man (Pearce) haunted by his
dead childhood sweetheart (Bonham Carter) when he
returns to his rural hometown. Petroni's script won the
best new script award from the Writers Guild of
America/Scenario Magazine before being optioned by
Sandra Bullock's Fortis Films, the trade paper reported.
Voices begins production in May in Australia.
-=> * <=-
Former Fox executive Richard Zanuck will produce that
studio's big-budget remake of the classic 1968 SF film
Planet of the Apes, according to Variety. Ironically,
Zanuck was president of production at Fox more than
three decades ago when the original Apes and its four
sequels were produced.
"It's like my own time warp," Zanuck told Variety, alluding
to the time-travel motif of Apes. Zanuck said he got
involved with the 1968 movie when it was in turnaround
and explained that "I was intrigued by it, but I was
worried the audience would laugh at the ape characters."
Variety concluded that the addition of Zanuck to the new
Apes roster is another signal that the remake is a top
priority at Fox, which hopes to begin production on the
film this fall for a summer 2001 release. Tim Burton has
signed on to direct the picture based on a script by Bill
Broyles.
Zanuck would reveal little about the latest incarnation of
Apes, but he did tell Variety, "Our objective is to make a
very entertaining picture that does have substance and
has characters--human and ape--that people will care
about."
-=> * <=-
Rudolf Martin has signed on to play Vlad "The Impaler"
Dracula in the independent film Passions of Dracula: A
True Story, according to Variety. Roger Daltrey of
The Who fame will star opposite Martin as King James of
Hungary, whose actions bring about the horrific reign of
Dracula.
The real-life Dracula ruled Wallachia from 1453-1462 and
is credited with killing tens of thousands of people, most
often by impaling. The vampire villain of Bram Stoker's
1897 novel Dracula is based on Vlad Dracula and has lent
the name further infamy.
Peter Weller and Jane March will also co-star in Passions,
which is being directed by Joe Chappelle from a script by
Tom Baum. The film starts shooting April 3 in Bucharest,
Romania.
-=> * <=-
Professional wrestler The Rock, otherwise known as
Dwayne Johnson, is in final talks to play the Scorpion
King in The Mummy 2, the sequel to the 1999 hit
movie The Mummy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Rock joins original cast members Brendan Fraser,
Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo and Oded Fehr
under writer-director Stephen Sommers, the trade paper
reported.
The Rock will play a resurrected half-human, half-scorpion
ruler of all evil. The sequel begins shooting in May.
-=> * <=-
Critically panned Mission to Mars dropped to No. 2 in
the domestic box-office rankings in its second
weekend of release, bringing in only $10.9 million, the
Hollywood trade papers reported. The movie's take for the
weekend of March 18 was a sharp 52 percent decline in
revenues from its premiere weekend; the movie has
earned $40.1 million to date.
The supernatural thriller Final Destination opened in the
No. 3 slot, with $10.2 million, which New Line considered
respectable given the film's R rating, lack of big-name
stars and under-$20 million budget. The Ninth Gate
dropped from second place to fifth in its second weekend
of release, taking in just $3.5 million for a total of $12.5
million.
-=> * <=-
Martin Lawrence will star in a fantasy comedy feature
film based on a pitch by screenwriter Ty King (TV's
Buffy the Vampire Slayer), according to The
Hollywood Reporter. The untitled project is slated to start
shooting in June with Sam Weisman directing, the trade
paper reported.
The Warner Bros. film will tell the story of a man (Martin)
who stumbles upon an art shipment that revives demons
and monsters of ancient Greece. The paper reported that
the studio hopes to develop the idea as a franchise.
-=> * <=-
The Green Goblin and the Kingpin appear to be the
enemies Spider-Man will face in the upcoming
feature film version of the Marvel Comics series,
according to the Daily Radar Web site.
-=> * <=-
Tom Rickman will write the script for the SF thriller
film Back to the Moon, based on the novel of the
same name by Homer H. Hickam Jr., according to
the Cinescape Web site. The novel tells the
futuristic story of a disillusioned NASA astronaut
who hijacks a space shuttle to fly to the moon to
save the Earth.
-=> * <=-
Producer Joel Silver told Entertainment Tonight
that he has talked with Sandra Bullock about playing
the lead role in Wonder Woman, his feature film
based on the DC Comics character, according to the
Coming Attractions Web site. Silver didn't say who
else was under consideration to play the superhero.
-=> * <=-
Producer Joel Silver and director Robert Zemeckis,
who set up Dark Castle Productions to redo classic
schlock horror films, are planning a remake of William
Castle's 1960 thriller 13 Ghosts, according to the
Dark Horizons Web site.
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Date: 30 Mar 2000 17:01:14 +0200
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Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted descently
in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just being himself
in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment, the kid from 6th
Sense was going to win this one and if not, it surely was going to be
Tom Cruise in my mind, if not for magnolia, at least to reward him a
little bit for Eyes Wide Shut.
I also was surprised when Red Violin won the oscar for best Score..... I
mean have these guys even been listening to the score from Insider and
American Beauty??????? Every goddamn year the same, I mean movies like
La vita e bella, The full monty won for the best score....one of these
when Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer (Thin Red Line) was nominated, I
mean....Come on!!!!
I also was really dissappointed that Insider got nothing at all.
Cool though that Matrix won 4 of them......sweet dreams George
Lucas...hehe!
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Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted descently
in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just being himself
in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment, the kid from 6th
Sense was going to win this one and if not, it surely was going to be Tom
Cruise in my mind, if not for magnolia, at least to reward him a little
bit for Eyes Wide Shut.
<BR>I also was surprised when Red Violin won the oscar for best Score.....
I mean have these guys even been listening to the score from Insider and
American Beauty??????? Every goddamn year the same, I mean movies like
La vita e bella, The full monty won for the best score....one of these
when Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer (Thin Red Line) was nominated, I mean....Come
on!!!!
<BR>I also was really dissappointed that Insider got nothing at all.
<BR>Cool though that Matrix won 4 of them......sweet dreams George Lucas...hehe!
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On 3/29/00, 11:28 AM -0700, Paul D Richardson said so nicely:
> > How did you all feel about Michael Caine getting the Oscar for "Cider
>> House Rules" ? Did you think he deserved it??
>
>I haven't seen THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, but I really must comment that Caine's
>speech was one of the best acceptance speeches I've ever seen. What a
>gracious winner! Compare, for instance to John Irving or that smug MATRIX guy
>(who acts like the "bullet time" stuff is so innovative, even though it was
>used in a Gap commericial before showing up in THE MATRIX).
>
>Based on his speech, I think Caine was well-aware that the award was really
>for his lifetime of achievement, rather than for this particular performance.
I must say that I agree with your assessment of Caine's speech.
Wonderful!! I did see "The Cider House Rules" and thought Caine was
very, very good. But, Osmont was astounding and I think he deserved
the award!
--
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Jefferson, LA
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From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: [MV] Got DVD?
Date: 30 Mar 2000 10:07:00 -0700
I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else
has a DVD player. I must say that these things are a must-have for every
movie buff. Here's why:
1. Picture and Sound quality are superb. DVD supports digital sound formats
such as Dolby and DTS. The picture has spoiled me terribly. Whenever I watch
something on video it's like I'm viewing it through a cheesecloth.
2. Whereas pan/scan is the norm on video, on DVD widescreen presentation is
the order of the day, from letterboxing to anamorphic.
3. Portability. DVD's can hold several hours of material. For example, the
entire miniseries "The Stand" fits on two sides of a DVD. Plus, there's no
rewinding and with chapter search you can get to part of the DVD you want to
see immediately. Interactive menus make all of this a snap.
4. Language selections. Depending on the DVD, you can choose from a wide
range of languages, both dubbed and subtitled.
5. Extras. Many DVD's contain additional extras not found on video.
Theatrical trailers are common, also "making-of" documentaries, interviews,
sometimes the entire script! Deleted scenes and outtakes are always fun to
watch. My favorite feature by far is the commentary track where somebody
(usually the director) will talk while you watch the movie. It's a
fascinating new look at the film and often offers a lot of insight.
There are other benefits too, but those are some of the main ones. Drawbacks
to DVD are...
1. Cost. Buying a DVD is more expensive than buying a video...but not by
much. DVD players cost more than VCRs, but that cost is expected to go down
once Playstation 2 comes out (it will play DVD movies).
2. Title selection. DVD is only a few years old, so there are still quite a
few titles that haven't been released. However, titles get released all the
time, and DVD is rapidly catching up. The standard now is to release new
movies on video and DVD (unless your name is George Lucas). Title selection
is getting better at video stores as well.
Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth
checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player?
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From: KenKnows@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
Date: 30 Mar 2000 12:40:44 EST
In a message dated 03/30/2000 7:13:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,
mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be writes:
<< Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted descently
in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just being himself
in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment, the kid from 6th
Sense was going to win this one and if not, it surely was going to be
Tom Cruise >>
The movies I saw last year received few if any nominations. I did not see any
of the movies that you mentioned, but Michael Caine's acceptance speech was
magnificent and it was very possibly the best acceptance speech that was
given during the entire program. This agrees with an opinion that Paul gave
here earlier.
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From: Wez <wez@williams-net.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
Date: 30 Mar 2000 15:38:50 -0500
"(Paul D Richardson)" wrote:
> I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else
> has a DVD player. I must say that these things are a must-have for every
> movie buff. Here's why:
> .....
>
> Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth
> checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player?
Another benefit you left out which I enjoy immensly is the ability to also play
VCDs, which can be burned with any PC CD-Recorder. I make music video
compilations and such, along with other things....my DVD player has been well
worth the money.
Wez
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From: Mel Eperthener <bcassidy@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
Date: 30 Mar 2000 15:29:31 -0500
At 10.07 AM 30/03/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else
>has a DVD player.
But of course. Have had it for over a year now.
I must say that these things are a must-have for every
>movie buff. Here's why:
>
>1. Picture and Sound quality are superb. DVD supports digital sound formats
>such as Dolby and DTS. The picture has spoiled me terribly. Whenever I
watch
>something on video it's like I'm viewing it through a cheesecloth.
Picture is nice, but you need a large screen to really appreciate it. (Not
that it is a waste on a small screen, just not as noticably greater).
Sound will blow you away, tho. One of my favourite DVDs is The Big Chill.
With the soundtrack, the DVD is head and shoulders above the video sound.
>
>2. Whereas pan/scan is the norm on video, on DVD widescreen presentation is
>the order of the day, from letterboxing to anamorphic.
>
Yes, but try explain the benefits to the "unwashed masses":-)
>4. Language selections. Depending on the DVD, you can choose from a wide
>range of languages, both dubbed and subtitled.
North America has nothing on Asia. The DVDs there may contain up to 10
languages. Still, English/French/Spanish (with subtitles in each) is
common on DVDs in our region.
>
>5. Extras. Many DVD's contain additional extras not found on video.
>Theatrical trailers are common, also "making-of" documentaries, interviews,
>sometimes the entire script! Deleted scenes and outtakes are always fun to
>watch. My favorite feature by far is the commentary track where somebody
>(usually the director) will talk while you watch the movie. It's a
>fascinating new look at the film and often offers a lot of insight.
Very true.
>
>There are other benefits too, but those are some of the main ones. Drawbacks
>to DVD are...
>
>1. Cost. Buying a DVD is more expensive than buying a video...but not by
>much. DVD players cost more than VCRs, but that cost is expected to go down
>once Playstation 2 comes out (it will play DVD movies).
Well, actually, considering that most videos are released with an initial
suggested retail price of $110 or more (which can be quickly repriced as
soon as the rental market dries up), and DVDs are $20-30 right away, DVD is
actually cheaper than video, out of the gate.
>
>2. Title selection. DVD is only a few years old, so there are still quite a
>few titles that haven't been released. However, titles get released all the
>time, and DVD is rapidly catching up. The standard now is to release new
>movies on video and DVD (unless your name is George Lucas). Title selection
>is getting better at video stores as well.
>
Almost everything that comes out new is pretty much on DVD, except (as was
mentioned above) anything by Lucas or Speilberg. (American Beauty is also
not going to be on DVD right away, and that is Speilberg's baby). There
are literally hundreds of DVDs out every week. There is a free email
newsletter, the DVD-Daily, which I read to keep up on all of them. Very
good reference, if rather long (especially for email). You can subscribe
like thus:
>Subscriptions to this magazine are free, and can be attained
>by sending email to majordomo@redbank.net with the subject line
>--- 'subscribe dvd-daily HTML' --- for the special HTML version of
>the magazine (if your mail agent can accept HTML-based mail),
>'subscribe dvd-daily TEXT' --- for the text-based version, or
>'subscribe dvd-daily URL' for new half-page, URL version (for
>individuals who find the TEXT and HTML e-mailings too large).
I think my biggest complaint is that the powers that be have split up the
world into 6 different regions, and DVDs coded for one region will not
normally (there are work-arounds:-) play on machines in other regions.
Regards,
--Mel
--Mel Eperthener
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From: Garrett Winters <gargoyle@iol.ie>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
Date: 30 Mar 2000 23:21:53 +0100
on 30/3/2000 18:07, ("Paul D Richardson") at Richardson.Paul@amstr.com
wrote:
> Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth
> checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player?
oh yes, I had to get myself one at xmas last and you are so right about the
pluses and minuses of the format. without a doubt it has rung the death
knell for vcr, especially once a recordable ( affordable) machine arrives.
I've been slowly building up a collection of region 2 titles but I'm dying
to get the much better prepared region 1 movies ( so I will be chipping the
machine later this year I'm sure).
I can't wait to get a full set of Buffy for it.
Garrett
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From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
Date: 31 Mar 2000 14:23:38 +0100
Although I'm not fanatical about Episode I, do you really think that it
not winning an Oscar has affected George Lucas in the slightest? The
guy is a multi-billionaire already from all his Star Wars films and I
think that having an Oscar for Episode I did not matter a jot!
MARK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: manuel morrens [SMTP:mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be]
> Sent: 30 March 2000 16:01
> To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> Subject: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
>=20
> Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted
> descently in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just
> being himself in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment,
> the kid from 6th Sense was going to win this one and if not, it =
surely
> was going to be Tom Cruise in my mind, if not for magnolia, at least
> to reward him a little bit for Eyes Wide Shut.=20
> I also was surprised when Red Violin won the oscar for best =
Score.....
> I mean have these guys even been listening to the score from Insider
> and American Beauty??????? Every goddamn year the same, I mean movies
> like La vita e bella, The full monty won for the best score....one of
> these when Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer (Thin Red Line) was =
nominated,
> I mean....Come on!!!!=20
> I also was really dissappointed that Insider got nothing at all.=20
> Cool though that Matrix won 4 of them......sweet dreams George
> Lucas...hehe!=20
> --=A0
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