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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:02:53 -0600
From: "The Reporter" <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Movie News - 09/15/99
LONDON (AP) - Charles Crichton, a director of comedy films in the
1940s and 1950s who made a resurgence with "A Fish Called Wanda,"
died Tuesday. He was 89. Crichton died at his home in the London
neighborhood of South Kensington after a short illness, said his son,
David Crichton. Crichton directed 1946's "Hue and Cry," the first
so-called Ealing comedy, named after the west London film studio. One
of his best-loved Ealing productions was 1951's "The Lavender Hill
Mob," about a timid bank clerk played by Alec Guinness who schemes to
get even with his employer by masterminding a foolproof robbery. It
featured a young Audrey Hepburn in one of its opening scenes.
Crichton directed a steady stream of films throughout the '50s, but
his career hit a setback in 1962 when an argument with producer-star
Burt Lancaster during the making of "Birdman of Alcatraz" caused him
to quit in mid-production. "He Who Rides a Tiger," directed in 1965,
wound up being his last feature film for 23 years, until John Cleese
enticed him out of television work to direct "A Fish Called Wanda."
In 1989, at the age of 78, Crichton was nominated for an Academy
Award as best director for "Wanda," a comedy starring Cleese, Kevin
Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis that rollicked along in the best Ealing
tradition.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The fall season got off with a big bang as
movie fans in key markets around the world enthusiastically embraced
new entries making debuts in their countries over the weekend.
Australia's welcome mat went out to "Tarzan," Japan's to "The
Matrix," Brazil's to "Runaway Bride" and Mexico's to "The Haunting."
At the same time, "The Sixth Sense," in its first overseas visit,
provided a sense of things to come with an auspicious arrival in Hong
Kong. "Tarzan" breezed into Australia with $1.3 million (including
previews) at 273 screens, hailed by Buena Vista International as the
third-biggest debut ever of an animated film in the country after "A
Bug's Life" and "The Lion King."
The cume to date from runs in the Pacific Rim and Latin America has
reached $53 million, achieved prior to a European tour starting in
the U.K. in October. As it nears the end of its overseas journey,
"The Matrix" - with an international cume to date of a mighty $203.6
million - got a thunderous reception in Japan, a whopping $8.4
million (including previews) at 282 screens.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - In their first on-screen pairing, Goldie
Hawn has signed on to play opposite real-life daughter Kate Hudson in
Robert Altman's "Dr. T and the Women." Shooting begins Nov. 15 in
Texas. Hawn will play Hudson's on-screen mother and wife to Richard
Gere in the story of a gynecologist (Gere) in the throes of a midlife
crisis. Hudson plays a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader who is planning her
wedding. Helen Hunt, Liv Tyler and Tara Reid, who plays Gere's other
daughter, round out the cast. Written by Anne Rapp, "Dr. T" is
co-financed by Initial Entertainment. Altman will also produce the
film with James McLindon. Cindy Cowan will exec produce.
Hawn most recently starred in "The Out-of-Towners" opposite Steve
Martin. She next stars in Warren Beatty's "Town and Country." Her
other recent credits include "Everyone Says I Love You," "The First
Wives Club" and "HouseSitter." Hawn won a best supporting Oscar for
her performance in 1969's "Cactus Flower."
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:06:11 -0400
From: Enrique Bird <ebird@gmgroup.com>
Subject: RE: [MV] Empire Strikes Back DVD Release
Friends,
Hey, is this for "real"?
Enrique Bird
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jkrudy [SMTP:jkrudy@micron.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 11:05 AM
> To: 'movies@lists.xmission.com'
> Subject: [MV] Empire Strikes Back DVD Release
> Importance: Low
>
> I just heard there's going to be an extra scene included in the DVD
> release
> of EMPIRE STRIKES BACK coming up next year!
>
> Basically, it expands on the scene where Vader reveals his fatherhood to
> Luke, and ties up some loose ends created with the release of Episode 1...
>
> The Empire Strikes Back: Extra-Special Edition
> -----------------------------------------------
> INT: BESPIN GANTRY - MOMENTS LATER:
>
> A furious lightsaber duel is underway. DARTH VADER is backing LUKE
> SKYWALKER
> towards the end of the gantry.
>
> A quick move by Vader, chops off Luke's hand! It goes spinning off into
> the
> ventilation shaft.
>
> Luke backs away. He looks around, but realizes there's nowhere to go but
> straight down.
>
> Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father.
>
> Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!
>
> Darth Vader: No... I am your father!
>
> Luke: No, it's not true! It's impossible.
>
> Darth Vader: Search your feelings... you know it to be true...
>
> Luke: NO!
>
> Darth Vader: Yes, it is true.. and you know what else? You know that brass
> droid of yours?
>
> Luke: Threepio?
>
> Darth Vader: Yes... Threepio... I built him... when I was 7 years old...
>
> Luke: No...
>
> Darth Vader: Seven years old! And what have you done? Look at yourself, no
> hand, no job, and couldn't even levitate your own ship out of the swamp...
>
> Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star!
>
> Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-handedly destroyed
> a
> Trade Federation Droid Control ship!
>
> Luke: Well, it's not my fault...
>
> Darth Vader: Oh, here we go... "Poor me... my father never gave me what I
> wanted for my birthday... boo hoo, my daddy's the Dark Lord of the Sith...
> waahhh wahhh!"
>
> Luke: Shut up!
>
> Darth Vader: You're a slacker! By the time I was your age, I had
> exterminated the Jedi knights!
>
> Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's Canyon...
>
> Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor... 10 years old, winner of
> the
> Boonta Eve Open... Only human to ever fly a Pod Racer... right here baby!
>
> Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step towards it.
>
> Darth Vader: I was wrong... You're not my kid... You're not good enough to
> be my kid.
>
> Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges down the
> shaft.
>
> Darth Vader looks after him.
>
> Darth Vader: Get a haircut!
>
>
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:12:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: maillist@moviejuice.com
Subject: [MV] MovieJuice! - ADVANCE - MUMFORD - Is "Mum" the Word?
MUMFORD û Is ôMumö the Word?
by Mark Ramsey
<a href="http://www.moviejuice.com/1999/mumford.htm">Click here for the full review!</a>
http://www.moviejuice.com/1999/mumford.htm
September 15, 1999
Alec Guinness is on record: Obi-Wan Kenobi hates Star Wars.
Reflecting on his career and hyping the third installment of his biography, In Case You Missed It The First Two Times, Sir Alec called his Star Wars dialogue "bloody awful" and "banal."
A furious George Lucas immediately shot back, claiming this is nothing but a clever Jedi mind trick. Said Lucas, "As a service to fans, I am adding a downloadable Quicktime definition of the word 'banal' to the starwars.com website so fans don't have to look it up like I did." Not surprisingly, millions of hits were registered and numerous overzealous collectors auctioned the definition of "banal" on ebay for ridiculous sums.
What about Mumford?
Mumford is neither Dumbford nor Plumbford, it's more like Numbford.
It's a small movie with no stars, no special effects to speak of, and a not so very high concept. There's barely even a projectionist - the usher just hands you a pad of scene stills and you flip them with your thumb to simulate action. Because God knows there's not much real action here.
Let's see, no stars, little action, but a fine little script. Hey, don't they call that a "play"?
Unfortunately, I was condemned to endure this screening with a typically undiscriminating gaggle of media blowhards, and blow they do, all over the local TV stations. That's where they flack flicks to the Brylcreem generation - the folks convinced that "Chris Rock" is some special brand of cocaine available only during the holidays. These media folks have the giggles! Is it the gin under the TelePrompTer?
Mumford is the brainchild of industry superstar writer/director Lawrence Kasdan, and - despite the "Lost Ark" reference - it ain't Larry's best. That would require an Indy fedora or a Jedi light sabre or a young and naked Kathleen Turner or a Kevin Costner on the cutting room floor.
Especially Kevin Costner on the cutting room floor.
Obi-Wan hates the cutting room floor.
I think Martin Short has secretly harnessed the power to translocate matter, just like Jeff Goldblum in The Fly. From the looks of him, Katharine Hepburn crept unnoticed into the transmutation chamber with him, and Marty's now permanently half Short, half Kate. He may not shake, but he wears a pantsuit like nobody's business!
The biggest name in Mumford is TV vet Ted Danson, and I'm talkin' letter-count-big. Ted's in and out in about two pages - that's quicker than you can say "And the Emmy for 'Most Transient Couple' goes to Jack Nicholson and Lara Flynn Boyle."
Obi-Wan hates Emmy.
Mumford (the guy) is an enigmatic faux-shrink with a sordid past and a peculiar fascination with Unsolved Mysteries and its part-time host, part-time marble statuette and human coat-rack Robert Stack. Didn't I see a giant Robert Stack battling Rodan and Mothra back in the 60's? I'm watching Bob on TV and I'm thinking "this is a billboard, isn't it?" Is that a nest under his left arm, or is some entrepreneur using Bob as fertilizer for a tree nursery? Does he get a new ring under his eyes every year?
Mumford is played by the barely known Loren Dean, who puts a flotilla of "nilla" in vanilla and seems to have left his charisma with Kevin Costner on the cutting room floor. Somebody spinal tap Julia Roberts and inject Loren, stat! He needs some B-vitamins in a big way. Is this what Kasdan meant by The Big Chill?
What small town would be complete without a 20-something computer mogul in residence? Jason Lee (who's super good, by the way) may know his way around a CPU, but the fairer sex is too RAM-intensive with a mind-boggling operating system worthy of Unsolved Mysteries. Say, what good is a warranty when it's always MY fault?
"Even though I make 23 percent of the world's modems," says Jason, "I can't make one simple connection with a woman who loves me." Listen carefully: Turn off the fucking computer and go outside! And bring Obi-Wan with you.
I hate to dissuade you from seeing this movie because it is not without charm. It's a Hallmark card of a writer's movie from a writer's writer. And if that sounds dull to you then listen up:
Mum's not the word.
Copyright 1999 Mark Ramsey. All rights reserved. NO PORTION MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:23:12 -0400
From: Spooky <dahrin@inna.net>
Subject: Re: [MV] Empire Strikes Back DVD Release
course its not real.. anyone else that asks.. i slap you in advance.. hehe
Enrique Bird wrote:
> Friends,
>
> Hey, is this for "real"?
>
> Enrique Bird
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jkrudy [SMTP:jkrudy@micron.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 11:05 AM
> > To: 'movies@lists.xmission.com'
> > Subject: [MV] Empire Strikes Back DVD Release
> > Importance: Low
> >
> > I just heard there's going to be an extra scene included in the DVD
> > release
> > of EMPIRE STRIKES BACK coming up next year!
> >
> > Basically, it expands on the scene where Vader reveals his fatherhood to
> > Luke, and ties up some loose ends created with the release of Episode 1...
> >
> > The Empire Strikes Back: Extra-Special Edition
