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From: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com (movies-digest) To: movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: movies-digest V2 #154 Reply-To: movies-digest Sender: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-movies-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk movies-digest Friday, January 15 1999 Volume 02 : Number 154 [MV] REVIEW: THE THIN RED LINE [MV] Vamps -Interview with... -Reply RE: [MV] Vamps -Interview with... -Reply RE: [MV] re: Vamps [MV] RE: knock off RE: [MV] re: Vamps -Reply RE: [MV] re: Vamps -Reply [MV] CECIL'S TRASHY TABLOID GOSSIP - JANUARY 13, 1999 [MV] Movie News - 01/13/99 [MV] re: Vamps (the thread continues!) [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 01/13/99 Re: [MV] Vamps [MV] Movie News - 01/14/99 [MV] (╡LÑD├D) [MV] Saving private Ryan [MV] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5BMV=5D_=28=B5L=A5D=C3D=29?= [MV] No Way Back [MV] Two choices Re: [MV] No Way Back Re: [MV] Two choices Re: [MV] Two choices [MV] Shedding on Teleportation... [MV] About "While You Were Sleeping" [MV] No Way Out (was: No Way Back) Re: [MV] Shedding on Teleportation... [MV] Out of Sight [MV] buckle your seatbelts for this one... [MV] speaking of Kevin Costner.... RE: [MV] speaking of Kevin Costner.... [MV] Out of Sight -Reply RE: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply RE: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply -Reply RE: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply -Reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:27:28 -0700 (MST) From: Scott Renshaw <renshaw@inconnect.com> Subject: [MV] REVIEW: THE THIN RED LINE THE THIN RED LINE (20th Century Fox) Starring: Sean Penn, Ben Chaplin, Jim Caviezel, Arie Verveen, Elias Koteas, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson, Dash Mihok, Adrien Brody. Screenplay: Terrence Malick, based on the novel by James Jones. Producers: Robert Michael Geisler & John Roberdeau and Grant Hill. Director: Terrence Malick. MPAA Rating: R (violence, profanity, brief nudity, adult themes) Running Time: 168 minutes. Reviewed by Scott Renshaw. The announcement that THE THIN RED LINE would mark Terrence Malick's return to the director's chair after a twenty year absence was greeted as the cinematic equivalent of J. D. Salinger popping open his Smith-Corona to give it another go. This was, after all, the hermit-genius of Great American Movie-Making, whose only two previous films -- BADLANDS and DAYS OF HEAVEN -- were spoken of in tones of reverence. Yet try as I might, I couldn't work up the same enthusiasm. As adept as Malick was at crafting stunning visuals, narrative seemed to be an afterthought to him, something to be cobbled together with voice-over narration. Good films, yes, and profoundly beautiful ones, but not profound ones. Malick reaches for profundity once again in THE THIN RED LINE; the result is another good, great-looking tone poem where deep thoughts stand in the way of genuine drama. Based on James Jones' 1962 novel, it tells the tale of the 1942-43 World War II Guadalcanal campaign through the eyes of several members of a U.S. Army rifle company called C-for-Charlie. Malick weaves his way through the minds and eyes of several characters as C-for-Charlie prepares for its first action, including: company commander Capt. Staros (Elias Koteas), an officer concerned about his men; Lt. Col. Tall (Nick Nolte), the batallion commander who sees this campaign as a career-making opportunity; Pvt. Witt (Jim Caviezel), an idealist who repeatedly goes AWOL; Sgt. Welsh (Sean Penn), whose cynicism hides a heart; and Pvt. Bell (Ben Chaplin), whose every thought is focused on his wife back home. It's instantly clear that Malick intends to take THE THIN RED LINE in a very different direction from Jones' novel. Jones, while he frequently found his way into the heads of his characters, was equally concerned with providing a vivid sense of the physical -- the oppressive heat and humidity, the boots full of water, and the insect attacks that challenged the men on Guadalcanal before a single shot was fired. For long stretches of THE THIN RED LINE, Malick seems to forget that these characters have bodies at all. The narration captures the men thinking about God, about the nature of evil, about their lives and loves. The incessant koan-like philosophizing becomes aggravating enough, but it's even more frustrating that every one of the men, from the law school-educated Staros to Kentucky-bred farm boy Witt, thinks in the same college-sophomore-on-a- double-bong-hit, my-fingernail-could-be-a-whole-nother-universe terms. With only a couple of notable exceptions -- Bell's obsessive love for his wife, and Tall's careerist self-loathing -- Malick's internal monologues turn the characters into an indistinct jumble of existential angst. Ironically, THE THIN RED LINE is at its best when it does get down and dirty, following the company's assault on a well-defended Japanese hill position. It's a superb piece of kinetic war film-making, the camera bursting through tall grass as soldiers are cut down during a suicidal head-on attack. It is here, during the heat of battle, that Malick finds his most affecting and insightful moments: a platoon sergeant (Woody Harrelson) facing a greater threat from his own carelessness than from the enemy; Doll reacting to his first kill; Staros and Tall facing off over a risky attack order. There's more poetry and insight as the men discover what battle will make of them than there is in an hour's worth of navel-gazing and heavy-handed juxtapositions of war ("bad") and nature ("good"). There's little question that THE THIN RED LINE is an aesthetic wonder, shot by John Toll in fickle available light and edited into a wartime KOYAANISQATSI. And it all might have worked much better if Malick had let viewers draw their own messages from the images, rather than letting a soldier inform us that "war don't ennoble men...it turns 'em into dogs, poisons the soul." Even that tactic might have worked better if the voices had been distinctive, or if there were some exploration of esprit de corps which connected these men to one another. Each character in THE THIN RED LINE is living too squarely inside his own head to connect much with anyone else. That sentiment applies to Terrence Malick as well, who returns from his two decade sabbatical for three hours of stunningly photographed, overwrought introspection. On the Renshaw scale of 0 to 10 flat lines: 6. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Scott Renshaw's MoviePage http://www.inconnect.com/~renshaw/ *** Subscribe to receive new reviews directly by email! See the MoviePage for details, or reply to this message with subject line "Subscribe". - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:31:13 -0800 From: Bruce Bridges <Bruce@FFWW.COM> Subject: [MV] Vamps -Interview with... -Reply I remember that and the cynic in me had to believe that the ad was a ploy to sell more tickets. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:08:54 -0700 From: jkrudy <jkrudy@micron.com> Subject: RE: [MV] Vamps -Interview with... -Reply It was probably both: A sincere apology and a sincere attempt to sell more tickets! James K. Rudy - -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Bridges [mailto:Bruce@FFWW.COM] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 10:31 AM To: movies@lists.xmission.com Subject: [MV] Vamps -Interview with... -Reply I remember that and the cynic in me had to believe that the ad was a ploy to sell more tickets. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:14:53 -0800 From: "Romero, Leticia" <lromero@saonet.ucla.edu> Subject: RE: [MV] re: Vamps > I haven't heard anything about sequels, but it woud make sense considering > how popular the books are. My only request: bring back Antonio Bandares as > the vampire Armand! He was my favorite part of the whole movie and was > perfectly cast (in my opinion) for that role. [Romero, Leticia] I COMPLETE AGREE!!! In "The Vampire Lestat" Armand was one of the main characters towards the end of the story, and I beleive it would make an interesting movie... anything with Antonio would be "interesting"... does he have to be dressed? > - cHriS > > > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:17:21 -0800 From: "Romero, Leticia" <lromero@saonet.ucla.edu> Subject: [MV] RE: knock off You can totally tell which scene Van Damme had used too much cocaine! But in all honesty, I thought it was an okay movie! It was very much like a "high quality" Hong Kong movie made in english. It was fun to watch! > -----Original Message----- > From: wade snider [SMTP:wsnider@brazoselectric.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 6:21 AM > To: 'movies@lists.xmission.com' > Subject: RE: [MV] Bad Movies > > > Waste, yep. Well, Jean Claude was doped on cocaine when he made the movie, > > so I hope that explains most of it.But given his recent past, I doubt it. > My wife and I thought it was pretty sad that the only thing we actually > liked in the movie was Rob Schneider, who is really not very funny. Can > you > believe that the guy who wrote the screenplay is the same guy who penned > the first two Die Hards???? Yeesh. DeSouza hasn't written a good one since > > then either. There were some interesting directions in the movie, some > very > kewl shots and angles, typical of the HK movies that the director is well > known for overseas, but not so typical for American action flicks. Too bad > > any glimmer of interest was wasted on this trash. > > I am sorry you had to sit through a date at that movie. I am fortunate to > have only paid a rental charge as opposed to two tickets. > > Wade > > > > >wade snider wrote: > ><<< Knock Off <---- second worst next to Avengers >>> > > >I definitely agree with you about Knock Off being terrible! I went to > see > >this at the theater for a first date with this guy. I swear if I had been > >with a friend or a family member I would have gotten up and left. It was > >so boring, plus part of it was foreign! I hate subscripts! Jean Claude > >Van Damme should NOT have done this movie, it was a waste! > > >-Tonya > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:19:54 -0800 From: "Romero, Leticia" <lromero@saonet.ucla.edu> Subject: RE: [MV] re: Vamps -Reply But then she saw an advanced screening of the movie and took out a two page ad (orgasim) in the LA Times saying that Cruise was perfect for the part.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Bridges [SMTP:Bruce@FFWW.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:03 AM > To: movies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: [MV] re: Vamps -Reply > > I saw an interview with Anne Rice in which she said that they were > actively trying to get Cruise to participate in a sequel. This was > especially interesting since she went on record during the original's > production as being unhappy with the casting of Cruise. > > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:34:20 -0600 From: wade snider <wsnider@brazoselectric.com> Subject: RE: [MV] re: Vamps -Reply I seemed to remember seeing something to the effect that she had written the part with rutger hauer in mind. Maybe she saw buffy the vampire slayer.. hardy har../. Wade But then she saw an advanced screening of the movie and took out a two page ad (orgasim) in the LA Times saying that Cruise was perfect for the part.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Bridges [SMTP:Bruce@FFWW.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:03 AM > To: movies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: [MV] re: Vamps -Reply > > I saw an interview with Anne Rice in which she said that they were > actively trying to get Cruise to participate in a sequel. This was > especially interesting since she went on record during the original's > production as being unhappy with the casting of Cruise. > > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 12:45:14 -0700 (MST) From: CECIL <gregorys@xmission.com> Subject: [MV] CECIL'S TRASHY TABLOID GOSSIP - JANUARY 13, 1999 What does a sexy Hollywood star wear to the beach? Well, if you're ultra-thin ALLY MCBEAL star Calista Flockhart, you wear long khaki pants and a woolen cardigan buttoned up to your neck. This info courtesy of the STAR, whose sources apparently even reach to the beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Another interesting tidbit: Temperatures were in the high eighties. [What was she trying to cover up? Well, it sure wasn't her "I Love McDonald's" tattoo.] Some lucky junk dealer has a valuable treasure on his hands! Of course, that depends on your definition of treasure. The GLOBE reports that Courteney Cox got rid of live-in fiance David Arquette's bachelor furniture while he was away, including his favorite chair, which was shaped like an enormous hand. [She shoulda had a yard sale and sold that hand to Pee Wee Herman or George Michael.] Look for a famous face to show up on future episode of THE X-FILES. Hollywood insiders report to the STAR that Cher will appear on the hit sci-fi show. She'll play David Duchovny's latest love interest, who just happens to be an alien. [The people in wardrobe already have an idea for Cher's appearance. To look like an alien, all she has to do is wear that crazy headpiece she wore to last year's Oscars.] Sounds like Martha Stewart's wearing her rollers too tight. Those close to the action tell the GLOBE that the homemaking maven was rude to a fan while getting her hair done at a pricey New York beauty parlor. According to sources, after a fan approached Martha, she snapped, "Can't you see I'm having my hair colored?" and then told her colorist to hurry the job along. [Martha's hair dye is made of a secret recipe. I can't tell you the whole thing, but the first item on the ingredients list is "one natural blonde, crushed beyond recognition by dental records."] Jim Carrey's not afraid to reach deep into his pockets for a sexy gal. Those close to the action tell the STAR that Carrey, along with several pals, was extremely well-behaved on a recent trip to L.A.'s hot Crazy Girls strip club. The dancers were happy to oblige Carrey and his crew after he tipped every single topless dancer $300 per dance. Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche have added an interesting decorating detail to their shared home: Metal spikes on the wall surrounding their property! Of course it's a security measure, according to the GLOBE. Word has it that John Travolta's considering a new career. According to the STAR, John's planning to become a marriage counselor for the Church of Scientology. Those in the know say that John and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, have benefited from Scientology's relationship therapy and want to help other members achieve marital bliss. [They're first recommendation: That both you and your mate become gorgeous, rich movie stars.] Costumers didn't have to look far in their search for a wedding dress for Brooke Shields to wear on an upcoming SUDDENLY SUSAN. Insiders tell the GLOBE that the actress will wear the same gown she wore to her *real* wedding to tennis great Andre Agassi. Ever wonder just who those people are who take little babies into the movie theater? Well one of 'em is Will Smith! Onlookers tell the GLOBE that Will showed up with his two sons, including 6-month-old Jaden, at a theater to see RUGRATS: THE MOVIE. After little Jaden started bawling and people started "shushing" Will gave up and took the tots home. [The way I see it, if theater owners wanted babies at the show, they'd serve Coke in baby bottles and popcorn from a blender.] Just how does MOESHA star Brandy keep that gorgeous figure of hers? It must be hereditary, because it can't be her diet! According to the GLOBE, Brandy likes to go to a Beverly Hills deli and chow down on -- get this -- fried egg and jelly sandwiches. Diners at a Tinseltown restaurant recently got a free Bette Midler performance. The GLOBE reports that the Divine Miss M was so happy to see her food after a long wait, she began singing to it! For all you Midler fans, the lyrics went exactly like this: "Oh, my little breakfast burrito, how delicious to me you look." [Bette thought she heard some applause, but it turned out to be her Rice Crispies.] Copyright (c) 1998, InterPrep.Com [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:00:56 -0700 (MST) From: "Gregory A. Swarthout" <gregorys@xmission.com> Subject: [MV] Movie News - 01/13/99 Sean Connery still sounds upset about being passed over for one of Britain's highest honors -- a knighthood. "I think it lacks class on their part," the Scottish-born actor was quoted as saying in Monday's Glasgow Evening Times. The Scottish National Party accused the British government in February of rejecting Connery because he is a longtime advocate of independence for Scotland. Connery told the newspaper that it was "strange" how he'd played a knight in last summer's film, "The Avengers." Describing the character of Sir August De Wynter as "a scoundrel, a blackmailer and a cheat," Connery said: "It makes you wonder at times what exactly is the criteria to qualify." -=> * <=- James Bond will meet "The Full Monty" -- sort of. Britain's most famous spy will face Robert Carlyle (star of the hit 1997 British comedy about jobless steelworkers who become strippers) when Carlyle takes on the role of the villain in "The World Is Not Enough," the latest 007 adventure, this time set in the oil world. Carlyle plays Renard, who has a bullet lodged in his brain that makes him immune to pain. Pierce Brosnan plays Bond for the third time. -=> * <=- HONORED: "Stepmom" leading lady Susan Sarandon, with her own slab of cement in front of Hollywood's Chinese Theater. "I'm really so overwhelmed and proud," she said ... Country music star (1975's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls") Freddy Fender will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- after some behind-the-scenes pull from Texas Gov. George W. Bush, who wrote the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to say Fender was "most deserving" of the honor. -=> * <=- Billy Crystal out, Whoopi Goldberg in. Whoopi was named Tuesday to host the 71st annual Academy Awards ceremony, to be held Sunday, March 21. It will be her third time at the helm of the event. "I am thrilled to escort Oscar into the new millennium," she said in a statement. "Who would have thought I would be hosting the last Oscar telecast of the century?" Goldberg, who won a best supporting actress Oscar in 1991 for her role in "Ghost," hosted the Oscar ceremony in 1994 and again in 1996. She earned Emmy nominations both times. Weekdays she can be seen in the center square in the syndicated TV show "Hollywood Squares." Billy Crystal, who hosted the Oscar show six times and was hilarious when he did it last year, reportedly turned down an offer to return this year. -=> * <=- Dustin Hoffman, nominated for an Oscar for his cross-dressing role in the 1982 hit film "Tootsie," told an LA court Tuesday he did not want his image from that movie used to sell dresses. Hoffman is suing Los Angeles magazine over a computer-generated photograph in a March 1997 fashion feature that showed him wearing a butter-colored silk dress designed by Richard Tyler and Ralph Lauren heels -- with the prices listed. "If I were to be asked to be a model selling clothes, it would be worth millions of dollars," Hoffman, 61, said in U.S. District Court. "But if I were to do a commercial, I hardly think it would be selling clothes, male or female." He is seeking unspecified damages from the magazine and its parent, Capital Cities ABC, which is owned by the Walt Disney Co. -=> * <=- DIED: Brian Moore, 77, writer of 20 critically acclaimed novels ("The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne") and screenplays (Alfred Hitchcock's "Topaz"), Sunday, in Malibu, of pulmonary complications following an illness ... William H. Whyte, 81, who helped pioneer the scholarly study of urban human habitats and warned against the proliferation of corporate conformity in his 1956 best-seller "The Organization Man," Tuesday, in New York. -=> * <=- "I am known to cause diabetes." -- MEG RYAN, acknowledging her cute persona, at Premiere magazine's Women in Film luncheon, Tuesday in Beverly Hills. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:07:40 -0600 From: cHriS <csothman@nwchiro.edu> Subject: [MV] re: Vamps (the thread continues!) Wade noted: "I seemed to remember seeing something to the effect that she had written the part with rutger hauer in mind." Anne Rice has also mentioned rock star Sting as an influence/inspiration for Lestat. As far as Tom Cruise as Lestat, he didn't quite pull the role off for me. I never saw the vampire Lestat on screen; I saw Tom Cruise wearing a blonde wig and ruffles. Brad Pitt, on the other hand, had me convinced that he was the anguished vampire Louis, and Antonio Banderas (my apologies for repeating myself) was excellent as the distinguished vampire Armand. I think part of my problem with Cruise was that he was too healthy looking to play a vampire; I kept seeing Maverick with fangs. I'm not sure who I would have cast as Lestat (maybe Julian Sands?), but Cruise would not have been at the top of my list. But that's just me... - - cHriS [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:10:06 -0700 (MST) From: The Reporter <gregorys@xmission.com> Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 01/13/99 Numerous online sources as well as the TV show Access Hollywood have reported that George Lucas has released the opening text for Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The latest version of the obligatory introductory scroll--made famous in Star Wars with the words "Star Wars - Episode IV"--purportedly reads: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with the blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo. While the Congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace, to settle the conflict..." Lucas also told Vanity Fair in a recent interview that the new movie focuses on the heyday of the Jedi Knights, who serve as the guardians for peace and justice in the galaxy. Other Episode I tidbits include the news that Anakin Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine--who were bad guys in the original trilogy--are the good guys in this film, and that Anakin won't start down the road to evil until Episode II. -=> * <=- Star Wars creator George Lucas said he won't be making any more movies in his epic space adventure film series after the completion of the new trilogy in 2005, according to CNN. Lucas spilled the beans in the Jan. 4 issue of Vanity Fair, which quoted him as saying "I never had a story for the sequels, for the later ones." Fans and filmmakers alike have long believed that Lucas planned to create nine movies set in the Star Wars universe, to be filmed as three separate trilogies. However, the 55-year-old director said he will be too old by the time the sixth film is finished to attempt any more. The first of the new films, Star Wars - Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, will hit theaters on May 21. It will be followed by two sequels that will be released in 2002 and 2005. -=> * <=- Star Trek: Insurrection took the foreign box office by storm during the New Year's weekend, premiering at No. 1 in both the United Kingdom and Germany, according to Variety. The ninth flick in the Trek franchise garnered $5.7 million from German moviegoers, while Brits ponied up $4.5 million to see the Jonathan Frakes picture. Insurrection also set an all-time opening record for the Trek franchise in Australia, where fans bought $1.3 million worth of tickets. Australian trekkers were wooed to theaters in part by Brent Spiner, who went on a publicity tour Down Under in support of the film. -=> * <=- Six of the seven finalists for Oscar nomination contention in the best visual effects category are SF films, according to Variety. The Motion Picture Academy announced that the SF films Armageddon, Godzilla, Mighty Joe Young, Small Soldiers, The Truman Show and What Dreams May Come made the short list for the Academy Awards, along with Babe: Pig in the City. On Feb. 3 the MPA will select three nominees from among these seven films to place on the final Oscar ballot, and the ultimate winner will be announced on March 21. The award itself will be given to the people--up to four per film--responsible for supervising the visual effects of the winning flick. -=> * <=- The Walt Disney Co. is working on an animated film called Dinosaurs that could carry a price tag of more than $200 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie is the brainchild of director Paul Verhoeven, who conceived of Dinosaurs while on the set of his 1987 film Robocop, though he is no longer attached to the project. The film is reportedly about a baby dinosaur born in the Cretaceous era who is separated from his family as an egg. The young dino is raised by lemur monkeys and later goes on to save his species from extinction when an asteroid strikes the Earth. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 07:53:13 +0800 (HKT) From: Jayson <ja970600@balut.admu.edu.ph> Subject: Re: [MV] Vamps On 13 Jan 1999, ABYRNE.IE.ORACLE.COM wrote: > Since I seemed to start this conversation, I think I'll continue it. > Has anyone heard anything about a sequel to Interview with a Vampire. > I heard a while ago that Pitt was out, as he found it too > depressing(altogether AHHHHHHHHH), but Cruise is in. > Any comments? I'm not really sure but the last I heard was that they're entirely skipping "The Vampire Lestat" (which seems damned in development hell) and Anne Rice just finished the script for "Queen of the Damned". I'm not sure about the casting but yeah, I also heard about Cruise and Pitt being out of the project. Jayson [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:06:58 -0700 (MST) From: The Reporter <gregorys@xmission.com> Subject: [MV] Movie News - 01/14/99 In his first singing role since 1978's "Grease," John Travolta is set to star as Jimmy Roselli -- a crooner favored by the Mafia and then targeted for extinction when he turned his back on the mob -- in "Standing Room Only," to be directed by Gus Van Sant (the "Psycho" remake). The film starts shooting March 15, reports Variety. "He'll be the 'Raging Bull' of lounge singers, but with the humor John brings to the role," said Jonathan Krane, whose company is financing the movie, which will be distributed by Disney. "John will be singing the standards the way Roselli did ... the mobsters' wives, who loved him, saved Roselli's life several times." Of Travolta's pipes, the moneyman added, "People might forget that John has a wonderful voice, did all his singing in 'Grease,' and recently sang with Carly Simon on her album." -=> * <=- Undaunted by criticism of its top 100 motion pictures list last year, the American Film Institute is picking the 50 greatest American film legends of the 20th Century. Humphrey Bogart, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Rita Hayworth and Spencer Tracy were obvious candidates on the list of 500 nominees, which seemed to include everyone who ever starred in a movie (including the Three Stooges). AFI defined "American screen legend" as an actor with a significant screen presence in American movies whose screen debut occurred prior to 1951 or whose debut occurred after 1950 but whose death marked a completed body of work. That allowed inclusion of James Dean, Grace Kelly. John Belushi, Elvis Presley, Steve McQueen, Anthony Perkins and others, even Divine. Winners will be announced in June. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:40:28 +0800 From: 487030486 <s07675@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Subject: [MV] (╡LÑD├D) [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:06:35 +0800 From: 487030486 <s07675@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Subject: [MV] Saving private Ryan Is there anyone who has seen the movie"Saving private Ryan"? Please speak up you opinions about and feelings about "Saving private Ryan" on that. I will truly appreciate. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 99 03:17:24 PST From: "Rebecca Bezant" <sunybruk@infoblvd.net> Subject: [MV] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_=5BMV=5D_=28=B5L=A5D=C3D=29?= Who is 487030486, and what was the purpose of this blank email entitled = , [MV] (=B5L=A5D=C3D)? ____________________ > > > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:30:18 +0800 From: Ada <s07722@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Subject: [MV] No Way Back Is there anyone who has seen the movie"No Way Back"? Please describe the contain of this movie for me . I will truly appreciate. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:48:29 +0800 From: cecilia <s07675@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Subject: [MV] Two choices Hello, everybody. I am Cecilia. I'd like to see movies cuple days later, but I got two choices , "Let It Be Me" and "Turbulence",Is there anyone kind enough to tell me which one is better between them. I'll be quite appreciate. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:15:25 +0800 From: Cecilia <s07675@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Subject: Re: [MV] No Way Back Ada ╝g╣DíG > Is there anyone who has seen the movie"No Way Back"? > Please describe the contain of this movie for me . > I will truly appreciate. > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] This movie is talk about a FBI special agent but he made a fatal mistake on a case recently, that made a bad situtation btween he and his son. One day, his son was kidnaped and he is the only way to make his son back. By the way, This movie's actress is Helen.Hunt and I think she is a very good one, that make this movie become better. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: 15 Jan 99 12:28:55 +0000 From: "ABYRNE.IE.ORACLE.COM" <ABYRNE@ie.oracle.com> Subject: Re: [MV] Two choices - --=_ORCL_6814333_0_0 Content-Transfer-Encoding:quoted-printable Content-Type:text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Well, if it's Turbulence with Ray Liotta,, see it. He is hillarious. I haven't seen the other one, but if Turbulence is the one= I'm thinking of, see it! Thanks & Regards, ****************************************************************************= ** ****************************************************************************= ** Anto Byrne Net:abyrne@ie.oracle.com Oracle E.M.E.A. Quality Rep. Unit 14 Phone:8031466 Airways Industrial Estate Fax:8031541 Cloghran email:abyrne Dublin 17. Ireland ****************************************************************************= ** "In Order to find his equal, an Irish Man is forced to talk to God" ****************************************************************************= ** - --=_ORCL_6814333_0_0 Content-Type:message/rfc822 Date: 15 Jan 99 11:48:29 From:cecilia <s07675@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> To:movies@xmission.com Subject:[MV] Two choices Reply-to:IEUNIX1.IE.ORACLE.COM:movies@lists.xmission.com Return-Path:<owner-movies@lists.xmission.com> Received:from iedns1.ie.oracle.com by iemail1.ie.oracle.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-4.1) id LAA25271; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:45:35 GMT Received:from mail-gw3.uk.oracle.com (ukaa04.uk.oracle.com) by iedns1.ie.oracle.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA29604; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:48:25 GMT Received:from uksn98.uk.oracle.com (uksn98.uk.oracle.com [138.3.208.67]) by mail-gw3.uk.oracle.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA27256 for <ABYRNE@ie.oracle.com>; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:50:07 GMT Received:from lists.xmission.com ([198.60.22.7]) by uksn98.uk.oracle.com via smtpd (for ukaa04.uk.oracle.com [138.3.208.99]) with SMTP; 15 Jan 1999 11:50:07 UT Received:from domo by lists.xmission.com with local (Exim 2.05 #1) id 1017l4-000345-00 for movies-goout@lists.xmission.com; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 04:49:46 -0700 Received:from [198.60.22.22] (helo=mail.xmission.com) by lists.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 1017l2-000340-00 for movies@lists.xmission.com; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 04:49:44 -0700 Received:from [140.122.65.51] (helo=mail.cc.ntnu.edu.tw) by mail.xmission.com with smtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 1017ks-0000NT-00 for movies@xmission.com; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 04:49:35 -0700 Received:from cc.ntnu.edu.tw by mail.cc.ntnu.edu.tw (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA02367; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:51:01 +0800 Message-Id:<369F2B0D.A47964FD@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Sender:owner-movies@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type:text/plain; charset=big5 Content-Transfer-Encoding:7bit Hello, everybody. I am Cecilia. I'd like to see movies cuple days later, but I got two choices , "Let It Be Me" and "Turbulence",Is there anyone kind enough to tell me which one is better between them. I'll be quite appreciate. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] - --=_ORCL_6814333_0_0-- [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:36:32 +0800 From: Ada <s07722@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Subject: Re: [MV] Two choices cecilia ╝g╣DíG > Hello, everybody. I am Cecilia. > I'd like to see movies cuple days later, but I got two choices , "Let > It Be Me" and "Turbulence",Is there anyone kind enough to tell me which > one is better between them. > I'll be quite appreciate. > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] I'd like to introduce you to see "Let It Be Me", This movie mentioned some emotion problems between couples. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 01:10:06 +0800 From: ANDY <s07724@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Subject: [MV] Shedding on Teleportation... - --------------43FAB041A6C836CD615BE596 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=big5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There must be a better way of getting around . It's too bad we can't just beam ourselves around , like in Star Trek . copy from English Digest99/1 Is there anyone who has seen the movie " The Right Stuff " ? Please speak up you opinions about and feelings about " The Right Stuff " on that. I will truly appreciate. - --------------43FAB041A6C836CD615BE596 Content-Type: text/html; charset=big5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> There must be a better way of getting around . It's too bad we can't just beam ourselves around , like in Star Trek . copy from English Digest99/1 Is there anyone who has seen the movie " The Right Stuff " ? Please speak up you opinions about and feelings about " The Right Stuff " on that. I will truly appreciate.</HTML> - --------------43FAB041A6C836CD615BE596-- [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 01:50:53 +0800 From: Elton <s07674@cc.ntnu.edu.tw> Subject: [MV] About "While You Were Sleeping" Is there anyone can tell me details about "While You Were Sleeping" thanks. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:48:55 -0500 From: Mel Eperthener <bcassidy@usaor.net> Subject: [MV] No Way Out (was: No Way Back) At 07.30 PM 14/01/99 +0800, Ada wrote: >Is there anyone who has seen the movie"No Way Back"? Haven't seem No Way Back, but No Way Out is one of my favourites. S L I G H T S P O I L E R S Kevin Costner (back when he was good:-), a military man, works for Gene Hackman, a senator. They are also dating the same woman. Hackman kills her, but blames the murder on her other boyfriend (he does not know it's Costner). Costner is assigned to find the murderer. Worth the price of admission just for the twists and turns (if you think the above is the major plot of the movie, you will be very surprised), especially at the end. Regards, - --Mel - --Mel Eperthener president, Gowanna Multi-media Pty Please support the endeavour of a friend and fellow Australian. Political Corrections by Michael Jaymes Cassidy http://www.angelfire.com/ma/politicalmusings ____________________________________________ Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas. - -Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery __________________________ [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:03:27 -0700 From: "Gregory A. Swarthout" <gregorys@xmission.com> Subject: Re: [MV] Shedding on Teleportation... "The Right Stuff" is one of my favorite movies, though it does get awfully slow during the final third. Every American should see it at least once. Greg ANDY wrote: > > > There must be a better way of getting around . It's too bad we > can't just beam ourselves around , like in Star Trek . > > copy from English Digest99/1 > Is there anyone who has seen the movie " The Right Stuff " ? > Please speak up you opinions about and > feelings about " The Right Stuff " on that. > I will truly appreciate. [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:59:17 PST From: "Danielle Conkle" <danyelli@hotmail.com> Subject: [MV] Out of Sight I keep hearing all this great stuff about "Out of Sight" but i don't know anyone who's actually seen it. ...anyone on the movie list happen to catch it? I heard they were re-releasing it. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:01:33 PST From: "Danielle Conkle" <danyelli@hotmail.com> Subject: [MV] buckle your seatbelts for this one... >Well, if it's Turbulence with Ray Liotta,, see it. >He is hillarious. I haven't seen the other one, but if Turbulence is the one= Oh Please, Turbulence? That is the worst movie of all time! It's not even worth it to watch this trash movie to laugh at it. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:05:05 PST From: "Danielle Conkle" <danyelli@hotmail.com> Subject: [MV] speaking of Kevin Costner.... Hey, i recently watched The Postman on video, and was thinking it wasn't as bad as everyone said it was. It actually was pretty okay...but like a lot of his movies just a lil too long. Anyone else see it, have comments on it?? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:23:43 -0700 From: jkrudy <jkrudy@micron.com> Subject: RE: [MV] speaking of Kevin Costner.... In the Road Warrior it was post Apocalyptic thugs running around in cars in a desperate quest for gas, in Waterworld (another Costner movie) it was post Apocalyptic thugs running around on jet skis in a desperate quest for dirt, in The Postman it's post Apocalyptic thugs running around on horse back in a desperate quest to somehow squeeze a few more cinematic bucks out of Kevin Costner's movie career which seems to have reached it's zenith with Dances With Wolves and has dropped like a stone since...I mean come on!!!!!!!!! Okay it was a good story but it just didn't have the action that was promised in the previews and it didn't come close to the "thinking man's" movie that might justify sitting spellbound in front of your TV set for 3 hrs. *******************SEMI SPOILER MAYBE *****************The highlight of this movie was the brief appearance by Tom Petty as himself. The only thing this movie left me with was a deep suspicion of Copier Machine salesmen (you'll just have to see the movie to understand what I mean). Don't get me wrong I'm not criticizing The Road Warrior, it's just that one movie like that was really enough. James K. Rudy - -----Original Message----- From: Danielle Conkle [mailto:danyelli@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 2:05 PM To: movies@lists.xmission.com Subject: [MV] speaking of Kevin Costner.... Hey, i recently watched The Postman on video, and was thinking it wasn't as bad as everyone said it was. It actually was pretty okay...but like a lot of his movies just a lil too long. Anyone else see it, have comments on it?? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:08:21 -0800 From: Bruce Bridges <Bruce@FFWW.COM> Subject: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply Out of sight was one of the best movies of last year. It was funny and exciting and was a really great return of the director Steven Soderberg. This is the movie that proves that what's his name can carry a movie. Ving Rhames is great as his stand up sidekick. bb [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:24:03 -0800 From: "Romero, Leticia" <lromero@saonet.ucla.edu> Subject: RE: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply What are the chances, do you think, of it being a dark horse condender for best picture? > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Bridges [SMTP:Bruce@FFWW.COM] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 5:08 PM > To: movies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply > > Out of sight was one of the best movies of last year. It was funny > and exciting and was a really great return of the director Steven > Soderberg. This is the movie that proves that what's his name can > carry a movie. Ving Rhames is great as his stand up sidekick. > > bb > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:41:19 -0800 From: Bruce Bridges <Bruce@FFWW.COM> Subject: RE: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply -Reply I think there is no chance in hell to be honest even though it may deserve it. It isn't the kind of movie the academy gives notice to. It wasn't "important" or "cutting edge" or "Ironic" or even "deep". Just a really great movie. bb [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:36:43 -0800 From: "Romero, Leticia" <lromero@saonet.ucla.edu> Subject: RE: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply -Reply You're right, I know... I should have said Best Adapted Screenplay.... we all know that the Academy is too old to pay attention. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Bridges [SMTP:Bruce@FFWW.COM] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 5:41 PM > To: movies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: RE: [MV] Out of Sight -Reply -Reply > > I think there is no chance in hell to be honest even though it may > deserve it. It isn't the kind of movie the academy gives notice to. > It wasn't "important" or "cutting edge" or "Ironic" or even "deep". > Just a really great movie. > > bb > > [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To leave the movies mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ movies (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ End of movies-digest V2 #154 **************************** [ To quit the movies-digest mailing list (big mistake), send the message ] [ "unsubscribe movies-digest" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]