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movies-digest Thursday, September 10 1998 Volume 02 : Number 086
RE: [MV] Private Ryan
RE: [MV] Private Ryan -Reply
Re: [MV] Private Ryan
RE: [MV] Private Ryan
Re: [MV] Private Ryan
Re: [MV] Private Ryan
RE: [MV] Private Ryan
RE: [MV] Private Ryan
RE: [MV] Private Ryan
[MV] subject lines
Re: [MV] Private Ryan
Re: [MV] The Gerald Taylor Files
Re: [MV] Private Ryan
[MV] Movie News - 09/10/98
Re: [MV] Private Ryan
[MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 09/10/98
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:41:23 -0600
From: jkrudy <jkrudy@micron.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Private Ryan
I couldn't agree more. Armageddon was one of the best action movies I have
ever seen. The acting was superb, and the humor from everybody, not just
Buscemi was incredible. People who spend a great deal of time speculating
as to whether the plot was plausible or not (and I've met at least a dozen)
shouldn't have gone to see the movie in the first place. I said it before,
I'll say it again. If a movie meets or exceeds my expectations then it was
well worth it. Armageddon more than exceeded my expectations.
JAMES K. RUDY
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Subject: Re: [MV] Private Ryan
Sorry to butt in , but personally I thought that Armageddon was class. Best
film I have seen in a while, but Private Ryan 'aint over here yet though
Bruce probably played his best acting to date, and Will Patton i thought was
brilliant, while Buscemi was hillarious. Any comments?
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:52:51 -0700
From: Bruce Bridges <Bruce@SABAN.COM>
Subject: RE: [MV] Private Ryan -Reply
I am constantly amazed at how many people honestly enjoyed Armegeddon.
God, I wish I had. Just as I wish I had enjoyed Godzilla, Snake
Eyes and Knock Off and all the other big, fat production pieces that
left me empty. If only wishes could come true my life would be
filled with joy.
It is important to note that just because a person doesn't like an
action film means they don't like that genre. I love good action
flicks but unfortunately they are becoming more and more rare. Or
maybe the bad ones are just becoming more and more common.
Has anyone heard about Ronin? It seems that it may be more of a
throwback to gritty 70s action films.
bb
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:04:35 -0600
From: "Gregory A. Swarthout" <greg_swarthout@autosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Private Ryan
Jayson wrote:
>
> On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Gene Ehrich wrote:
>
> > My wife and I went to see Saving Private Ryan last night and came away
> > agreeing on some basic points.
> >
> > 1. Brilliantly made movie.
> > 2. Excellent acting and characterizations.
> > 3. Most realistic war movie we have ever seen
> > 4. Total waste of our time.
> > 5. We hated it even more than Armageddon.
> >
> > Gene & Yolanda
> > ------------------------------------------------------
>
> I think your comments are conflicting. First, you say that it was
> brilliantly made and then you say it's a total waste of time and you hated
> it more than Armageddon. Doh!
Personally, I don't see them as conflicting. The first three comments
don't preclude, for example, the film being boring and/or uninvolving.
Greg
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 09:54:36 -0400
From: Gene Ehrich <g@ehrich.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Private Ryan
At 03:44 PM 9/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm just curious what it was about the movie that made you feel it was a
>waste of your time? What were you expecting from the movie? I'm sorry but
I thought there would be something in the movie other than watching
people die.
It was more like watching a very realistic video game where you see how many
people you can kill off. At least at Armageddon there was some story for the
first half of the movie. War movies can be great but this seemed to have
only
one objective and that was to see how badly they could shock you with scenes
of gruesome death. Take out all the scenes of people dying and you have
a ten minute movie.
>I'm of the opinion that if a movie meets or exceeds my expectations then it
>was well worth my time. I would really be interested in your critique of
This fell much short of our expectations. One of the ten worst we've seen
over the last five years. As I said before it was a very poor choice of a
way
to spend three hours of our time.
>this movie, because your first 3 points don't seem to jive with your last 2.
I disagree. It was artistically brilliant but not at all enjoyable or
worth watching.
>This is the first time I've replied to a posting so If I'm totally out of
>line, I'm sure you will all let me know.
Keep posting your opinions, thats what this is all about.
We all learn by reading what others have to say.
Gene
>
>JAMES K. RUDY
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gene Ehrich [SMTP:g@ehrich.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 3:32 PM
>To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>Subject: [MV] Private Ryan
>
>My wife and I went to see Saving Private Ryan last night and came away
>agreeing on some basic points.
>
>1. Brilliantly made movie.
>2. Excellent acting and characterizations.
>3. Most realistic war movie we have ever seen
>4. Total waste of our time.
>5. We hated it even more than Armageddon.
>
>Gene & Yolanda
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 09:57:22 -0400
From: Gene Ehrich <g@ehrich.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Private Ryan
>> 1. Brilliantly made movie.
>> 2. Excellent acting and characterizations.
>> 3. Most realistic war movie we have ever seen
>> 4. Total waste of our time.
>> 5. We hated it even more than Armageddon.
>>
>> Gene & Yolanda
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>I think your comments are conflicting. First, you say that it was
>brilliantly made and then you say it's a total waste of time and you hated
>it more than Armageddon. Doh!
>
Did you ever see something you did not like but could appreciate the
brilliance of the artist who made it?
We could have, and should have, appreciated the brilliance for a few
minutes and then better spent our time seeing something that was worth
watching.
Gene
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 13:22:20 -0400
From: Gene Ehrich <g@ehrich.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Private Ryan
At 11:04 AM 9/10/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Jayson wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Gene Ehrich wrote:
>>
>> > My wife and I went to see Saving Private Ryan last night and came away
>> > agreeing on some basic points.
>> >
>> > 1. Brilliantly made movie.
>> > 2. Excellent acting and characterizations.
>> > 3. Most realistic war movie we have ever seen
>> > 4. Total waste of our time.
>> > 5. We hated it even more than Armageddon.
>> >
>> > Gene & Yolanda
>> > ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I think your comments are conflicting. First, you say that it was
>> brilliantly made and then you say it's a total waste of time and you hated
>> it more than Armageddon. Doh!
>
>Personally, I don't see them as conflicting. The first three comments
>don't preclude, for example, the film being boring and/or uninvolving.
I think you hit the nail on the head (no pun intended).
It was a very, very boring film.
Gene
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:26:32 -0600
From: jkrudy <jkrudy@micron.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Private Ryan
Good point, and yes I have: OUT OF AFRICA, but I went and saw the premiere
of it at the insistence of my older sister. Had I seen a preview of it, I
would have not went and seen it at all. Yes I was impressed with quite a
lot of it, but it was a waste of my time. I guess I was prepared to see
Saving Private Ryan. A lot of people had told me how graphic it was, and my
father had told me quite a lot about the D-day invasion and the war in
Europe. He earned a purple heart in France several days after the invasion.
I went to see the movie to see what the war was like, and from all first
hand accounts that I've heard, the movie was right on. To sugar coat it in
any way would have made it just another Lee Marvin WW2 movie (I'm not
getting down on those movies I think they're great). Since I had a special
purpose in mind when seeing it, I walked away from it with a special meaning
within myself. I think it helped me understand my father quite a bit and so
I guess I'm just a little touchy when somebody says it was a waste of time.
My apologies, I'll be a little more opened minded in the future of other
people's opinions. Now Armageddon on the other hand...I loved for no
particular reason at all except I enjoyed the heck out of it, both the first
and second time (4 days later) that I saw it.
JAMES K. RUDY
- -----Original Message-----
From: Gene Ehrich [SMTP:g@ehrich.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 7:57 AM
To: movies@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [MV] Private Ryan
>> 1. Brilliantly made movie.
>> 2. Excellent acting and characterizations.
>> 3. Most realistic war movie we have ever seen
>> 4. Total waste of our time.
>> 5. We hated it even more than Armageddon.
>>
>> Gene & Yolanda
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>I think your comments are conflicting. First, you say that it was
>brilliantly made and then you say it's a total waste of time and you hated
>it more than Armageddon. Doh!
>
Did you ever see something you did not like but could appreciate the
brilliance of the artist who made it?
We could have, and should have, appreciated the brilliance for a few
minutes and then better spent our time seeing something that was worth
watching.
Gene
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 10:54:37 PDT
From: "Movie Central" <moviecentral@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Private Ryan
This is my first post so I appologize in advance if I'm out of line
or completely out in space(I should also apologize for my spelling :-).
SO far in this thread there have been a few movies mentioned, most of
which I've seen. I agree with Gene on one point, the movie was
technicaly excelent and brilliant. But it is also a movie that is quite
grusome and because of that the movie is only for a very specific
portion of the movie going audience. So seeing the 5 points that were
made originaly I would have to argue that they weren't contradictory to
each other(they might seem that way but they were not) I have seen some
really good movies that I know were good but I didn't enjoy what so ever
and I thought I had wasted my time watching them(I wont open a hornets
nest by mentioning any)
Now Armaggedon was also mentioned, this movie I think has to be one
of the better made action movies out there. Of course its not realistic,
well not completely if it was I wouldn't want to see it. And yes they
tried keeping the movie withing some bounds of beleivability... so some
people had to die. It wasn't the best movie ever made but it sure as
hell was a good action movie that was fun to watch(at least I thought
so). The other movies that were mentioned Snake eyes and Knock Off well
everyone I know says they were bad. I saw Knock Off and I more than
emphaticaly agree it sucks. So to group Armaggedon and Saving Private
Ryan in with those two movies is in my opinion a mistake even if they
are the same genre.
Well enough of the long winded rant, I just thought that I'd throw my
two cents worth into the conversation.
Cheers,
Matt
>At 03:44 PM 9/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>I'm just curious what it was about the movie that made you feel it was
a
>>waste of your time? What were you expecting from the movie? I'm
sorry but
>
> I thought there would be something in the movie other than watching
>people die.
>
> It was more like watching a very realistic video game where you see
how many
> people you can kill off. At least at Armageddon there was some story
for the
> first half of the movie. War movies can be great but this seemed to
have
>only
> one objective and that was to see how badly they could shock you with
scenes
> of gruesome death. Take out all the scenes of people dying and you
have
> a ten minute movie.
>
>>I'm of the opinion that if a movie meets or exceeds my expectations
then it
>>was well worth my time. I would really be interested in your critique
of
>
> This fell much short of our expectations. One of the ten worst we've
seen
> over the last five years. As I said before it was a very poor choice
of a
>way
> to spend three hours of our time.
>
>>this movie, because your first 3 points don't seem to jive with your
last 2.
>
> I disagree. It was artistically brilliant but not at all enjoyable or
>worth watching.
>
>>This is the first time I've replied to a posting so If I'm totally out
of
>>line, I'm sure you will all let me know.
>
> Keep posting your opinions, thats what this is all about.
>
> We all learn by reading what others have to say.
>
> Gene
>
>>
>>JAMES K. RUDY
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Gene Ehrich [SMTP:g@ehrich.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 3:32 PM
>>To: movies@lists.xmission.com
>>Subject: [MV] Private Ryan
>>
>>My wife and I went to see Saving Private Ryan last night and came away
>>agreeing on some basic points.
>>
>>1. Brilliantly made movie.
>>2. Excellent acting and characterizations.
>>3. Most realistic war movie we have ever seen
>>4. Total waste of our time.
>>5. We hated it even more than Armageddon.
>>
>>Gene & Yolanda
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>>
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:04:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: ANTONIO CORDERO <corderoa2@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Private Ryan
HEY!! AMIGO
SO WHY DO THEY CONSIDER THE MOVIE AS THE 7 ART IF WE SHOULD EXPECT
ALWAYS THE SAME STORIES, FOR ME A MOVIR IS GOOD IF REALY WONDER,
SCARDE ME, SURPRISE ME, ETC. CAUSE ANY EMOTION OR FEELING. EITHER FOR
THE SCENS YOUR ARE WATCHING AT OR THE THINGS THEY REMIND YOU. LET'S BE
OBJECTIVE WHEN JUDGING BUT ALSO BE SENSIBLE (WITH THE ARTS AT LEAST)
SALUDOS Y GRACIAS CINEFILOS
- ---Gene Ehrich <g@ehrich.com> wrote:
>
> At 03:44 PM 9/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >I'm just curious what it was about the movie that made you feel it
was a
> >waste of your time? What were you expecting from the movie? I'm
sorry but
>
> I thought there would be something in the movie other than watching
> people die.
>
> It was more like watching a very realistic video game where you
see how many
> people you can kill off. At least at Armageddon there was some
story for the
> first half of the movie. War movies can be great but this seemed
to have
> only
> one objective and that was to see how badly they could shock you
with scenes
> of gruesome death. Take out all the scenes of people dying and you
have
> a ten minute movie.
>
> >I'm of the opinion that if a movie meets or exceeds my expectations
then it
> >was well worth my time. I would really be interested in your
critique of
>
> This fell much short of our expectations. One of the ten worst
we've seen
> over the last five years. As I said before it was a very poor
choice of a
> way
> to spend three hours of our time.
>
> >this movie, because your first 3 points don't seem to jive with
your last 2.
>
> I disagree. It was artistically brilliant but not at all enjoyable
or
> worth watching.
>
> >This is the first time I've replied to a posting so If I'm totally
out of
> >line, I'm sure you will all let me know.
>
> Keep posting your opinions, thats what this is all about.
>
> We all learn by reading what others have to say.
>
> Gene
>
> >
> >JAMES K. RUDY
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Gene Ehrich [SMTP:g@ehrich.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 3:32 PM
> >To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> >Subject: [MV] Private Ryan
> >
> >My wife and I went to see Saving Private Ryan last night and came
away
> >agreeing on some basic points.
> >
> >1. Brilliantly made movie.
> >2. Excellent acting and characterizations.
> >3. Most realistic war movie we have ever seen
> >4. Total waste of our time.
> >5. We hated it even more than Armageddon.
> >
> >Gene & Yolanda
> >------------------------------------------------------
> >
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 13:16:14 PDT
From: "Danielle Conkle" <danyelli@hotmail.com>
Subject: [MV] subject lines
****Hey! Just a quick note, could people please start using the subject
lines? Or at least change them, because i often sift through all my
email by them when it comes to the movie list. When the subject says
"private ryan" but the email is about armaggedon, something's not
linking up! THANKS! :) *****
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 13:22:58 PDT
From: "Danielle Conkle" <danyelli@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Private Ryan
>> > agreeing on some basic points.
>> >
>> > 1. Brilliantly made movie.
>> > 2. Excellent acting and characterizations.
>> > 3. Most realistic war movie we have ever seen
>> > 4. Total waste of our time.
>> > 5. We hated it even more than Armageddon.
>> >
>> > Gene & Yolanda
>> > ------------------------------------------------------
I felt Saving Private Ryan was very well done, including the
acting right down to the details, but even with all that i didn't find
it enjoyable. And that's the reason i go to the movies. I mean
underneath the entertainment movies are supposed to teach you something.
Something you can find from the movie and reflect it on your own
experiences or knowledge, but above all that, a movie should be
something fun to do. Even when the movie is sad, it is still
'enjoyable', and Private Ryan didn't do that for me.
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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 22:16:14 -0700
From: Jason Cormier <movieman@netcom.ca>
Subject: Re: [MV] The Gerald Taylor Files
I haven't seen it yet buddy...but feel free to email me directly -
movieman@netcom.ca - I'd be glad to continue our conversation - I've got
tons more films in my pocket...!
At 06:23 AM 9/10/1998 +0100, you wrote:
>>>>
<excerpt><bold><bigger>Apology accepted.......but I still would not mind
you posting a list of some of your favourites if they have not yet shown
up on either Jay or my list. I am always on the look out for good
films........incidentally can someone tell me why another post I have
sent has not appeared on the mailing list? I have tried to send another
responce to Jay three times!~
Gerry T
~~~~~
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self
contained,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake and weep for their sins,
they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
not one is dissatisfied, not one demented with the mania of owning
things,
Not one kneels to another nor to his own kind that lived thousands of
years ago,
not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Walt
Whitman.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
</bigger></bold><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>
</smaller></fontfamily>
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 17:20:47 -0400
From: "Jen Melone" <melonejn@sas.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: [MV] Private Ryan
> I felt Saving Private Ryan was very well done, including the
> acting right down to the details, but even with all that i didn't find
> it enjoyable. And that's the reason i go to the movies. I mean
> underneath the entertainment movies are supposed to teach you something.
> Something you can find from the movie and reflect it on your own
> experiences or knowledge, but above all that, a movie should be
> something fun to do. Even when the movie is sad, it is still
> 'enjoyable', and Private Ryan didn't do that for me.
This is the first time Ive responded, and I wouldnt classify myself as a
"film buff" or anything, but I enjoyed Private Ryan. Maybe I havent been
exposed to enough war film to tell the difference between what is and isnt
crap. However, I thought the film was excellently crafted and raised some
interesting questions. I enjoy films that make me think, and Ryan did that.
Just my opinion.
~Jen
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:53:53 -0600 (MDT)
From: The Reporter <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Movie News - 09/10/98
Harvard dropout (with only two semesters left to go) Matt
Damon, who's been at the Venice Film Festival promoting his
new movie "Rounders," might someday revive his academic
pursuits. "If I have the time to go back, I'll go back," he
told Reuters. "There's no real pressure from [my parents].
Realistically, they say, 'You're an English major, but
you're getting paid to write screenplays. The fact you don't
have a degree ... you're doing it backward!'"
-=> * <=-
SPLIT: Cute couple Cameron Diaz and Matt Dillon, according
to New York's two tabloids. Publicists for both deny the
break-up, but a source close to the couple confirmed the
split to The PEOPLE Daily.
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 14:29:06 -0800
From: Ken Andrews <kendrew@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [MV] Private Ryan
I have to stick up for Private Ryan. Why? Personally, I felt that there
has been a couple of movies that I have watched that changed my life. This
was one of them.
Besides the incredible scenes and the gruesome detail, there were major
themes of loyalty, compassion and committment, along with others.
What changed my life about this movie?
My Grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I will never see him in
the same light again. His sacrifice for my freedom, well, I have to
honestly say that I had not appreciated it as much as I should have.
In the past, I would have been quick to send our soldiers in to battle so
that as "Americans" we can stand up and do what is right. The vivid
pictures of war, will make me consider long and hard as to whether our
young men and women should have to go into battle.
This movie destroyed my romantic view of war. Did I enjoy it? Probably
not. Did I think it was valuable? Yes. Why? Because I left the theatre
changed. A better man.
Now, let me say that I realize that not everyone romanticized war, and that
not everyone needed to appreciate vets more, and that not everyone would be
quick to send young men and women into war. For me this movie was life
changing. One of the other movies that changed my perspective, my view,
and my actions in life was Schindler's List.
When I walked out of that theatre after Private Ryan, I was not the same
person. I was a better man when I left.
Ken
PS. This is just how it affected me, and I realize that I am not
everyone. I'm just me.
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:28:44 -0600 (MDT)
From: The Reporter <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 09/10/98
Clint Eastwood plans to produce, direct and star in the
upcoming Warner Bros. SF movie Space Cowboys,
according to Variety. The film is based on a script by
Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner about a group of
retired Air Force pilots who are recalled to duty in order to
fly the space shuttle.
Eastwood is reportedly interested in bringing Jack
Nicholson and Sean Connery onboard the film as his
co-stars. He will likely begin shooting the project after he
wraps up work on his current film, True Crime, which is
now in postproduction.
-=> * <=-
The recently announced live-action movie trilogy based
on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic saga The Lord of the Rings is
already attracting a lot of attention in Hollywood.
Variety reports that "a gang of grizzled Hollywood
veterans" are putting their weight behind the film,
including Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne from New Line,
co-chairmen Bob and Harvey Weinstein from Miramax,
independent producer Saul Zaentz, and Wingnut Films'
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.
As previously announced in Sci-Fi Wire, Jackson will be
directing the films, but now comes word that he will also
co-write and produce the trilogy with his partner Walsh,
and his company Weta Digital will be handling the special
effects. New Line is backing the trilogy with $130 million,
not including a $10 million payment to Miramax for the
movie rights to both Rings and Tolkien's famous precursor
novel, The Hobbit.
The Weinsteins will still have a hand in the project,
serving as executive producers for all three films. Miramax
and Zaentz will also receive a back-end cut from the
films, while Zaentz still holds most of his rights to the
franchise.
Meanwhile, Jackson and Walsh are already at work on the
scripts, and they plan to have preliminary drafts of all
three completed by the end of the year. The project is
slated to begin filming in New Zealand in May 1999, with a
tentative release date of Christmas 2000 for the first film.
Although no casting has been done, Rings will likely
feature newcomers in the lead roles, with name actors
relegated to secondary and cameo appearances.
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New Line Cinema's effects-laden vampire action flick
Blade brought in an estimated $17 million during its
debut weekend, beating out Saving Private Ryan for
the No. 1 position at the box office. Blade went on to
earn more than $11 million in its second week of release,
enough to top the box office once again.
The powerful performance of Blade put it among the top
10 openers of all time for the month of August, alongside
New Line's Spawn and Mortal Kombat. The film, directed
by Stephen Norrington and starring Wesley Snipes, is
based on the Marvel Comic book series of the same name.
-=> * <=-
Armageddon earned $2.6 million during its debut
weekend in Italy, making it the highest-grossing
English-langauge film ever to open in that country.
-=> * <=-
Starship Troopers frontliner Casper Van Dien has
signed on to star opposite Johnny Depp in Tim
Burton's upcoming movie Sleepy Hollow, based on
Washington Irving's classic story "The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow."
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