All articles by John Hazelton – Page 28
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Little Nicky
Dir: Steven Brill. US. 2000. 90 mins. Prod cos: New Line Cinema in association with RSC Media. Dist (US): New Line. Intl sales: New Line International. Prods: Jack Giarraputo, Robert Simonds. Exec prod: Robert Engelman. Scr: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler, Steve Brill. DoP: Theo Van de Sande. Prod des: Perry ...
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Charlie's Angels
Dir: McG. US. 2000. 92 mins. Prod cos: Columbia Pictures, Leonard Goldberg, Flower Films, Tall Trees. US dist: Columbia. Int'l dist: Col TriStar. Prods: Leonard Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen. Exec prods: Betty Thomas, Jenno Topping, Joseph M Caracciolo. Scr: Ryan Rowe & Ed Solomon, John August. DoP: ...
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Lucky Numbers
Dir: Nora Ephron. US. 2000. 105 mins. Prod co: Paramount Pictures, Mad Chance, Alphaville. US dist: Paramount. Int'l dist: UIP. Int'l sales (Europe and Africa): StudioCanal. Prods: Andrew Lazar, Jonathan D Krane, Sean Daniel, Nora Ephron. Exec prod: G Mac Brown. Scr: Adam Resnick. DoP: John Lindley. Prod des: ...
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The Original Kings Of Comedy
Dir: Spike Lee. US. 2000. 115 mins.Prod cos: MTV Films, Latham Entertainment, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. US dist: Paramount Pictures. Int'l distributin: UIP. Prods: Walter Latham, David Gale, Spike Lee. Exec prod: Van Toffler. Co-prod: Butch Robinson. DoP: Malik Sayeed. Ed: Barry Alexander Brown. Exec music prod: ...
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What Lies Beneath
Dir: Robert Zemeckis. US. 1999. 126 mins.Prod co: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks Pictures, Imagemovers. Dist: DreamWorks (US, Canada)/Fox (International). Prods: Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke. Exec prods: Joan Bradshaw, Mark Johnson. Scr: Clark Gregg. DoP: Don Burgess. Ed: Arthur Schmidt. Music: Alan Silvestri. Prod des: Rick Carter, Jim Teegarden. ...
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Pokemon The Movie 2000
Lars von Trier's Palme d'Orwinner Dancer In The Dark will inaugurate this year's 45th annual ValladolidInternational Film Week (Oct 20-28).Dancer will screen out ofcompetition in the popular festival's Official Section. Von Trier's BreakingThe Waves opened Valladolid in 1996.The festival has unveiledthe full line-up for its competitive Official Section. Competing films ...
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X-Men
Dir: Bryan Singer. US. 1999. 96 mins.Prod co: 20th Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment Group, The Donners' Company/Bad Hat Harry. Dist: Fox. Prods: Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter. Exec prods: Avi Arad, Stan Lee, Richard Donner, Tom DeSanto. Scr: David Hayter. DoP: Newton Thomas Sigel. Prod des: John Myhre. Ed: Steven ...
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Shanghai Noon
Dir: Tom Dey. US. 2000. 110 mins.Prod cos: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment. US dist: Buena Vista. Int'l dist (major territories excl Germany, Japan): Buena Vista Intl. Other intl sales: Spyglass Entertainment. Prods: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman. Exec prods: Jackie Chan, Willie Chan, Solon So. Scr: Alfred Gough, Miles ...
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Spyglass in talks to buy part of Mann Theaters
Spyglass Entertainment, the two-year-old production and distribution operation that hit the jackpot last year with The Sixth Sense, is believed to be negotiating its first move into the exhibition business. In league with former exhibition and Fox Searchlight executive Jim Naify, Spyglass principals Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber are in ...
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Sony Classics takes US rights to Verticale
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) is close to acquiring North American rights to A La Verticale De L'Ete, directed by Vietnamese director Anh Hung Tran, which screened at Cannes in Un Certain Regard. Le Studio Canal Plus is handling international sales on the film, one of several Asian titles to secure ...
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US vote opens doors to China
Last November's agreement to further open China to the US entertainment industry is set to come into force after this week's vote in Congress to normalise trade relations between the two countries. The normalisation bill was passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 24), and is likely to ...
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Mission Impossible 2
Dir: John Woo. US. 2000. 126 mins.Prod co: Paramount Pictures, Cruise/Wagner. US dist: Paramount Pictures. Int'l distribution: UIP. Prods: Tom Cruise, Paul Wagner. Exec prods: Terence Chang, Paul Hitchcock. Scr: Robert Towne. DoP: Jeffrey L Kimball. Prod des: Tom Sanders. Ed: Christian Wagner, Steven Kemper. Visual effects supervisor: Richard Yuricich. ...
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Miramax set to bask in Tuscan Sun
Miramax has acquired an option on Frances Mayes' best-selling non-fiction book Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home In Italy. The book - for which Miramax reportedly paid a mid six-figure dollar sum - is about Mayes' work restoring an abandoned villa in the Italian countryside. It figured in the New ...
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Dinosaur
Dirs: Ralph Zondag. Eric Leighton. US. 1999. 82 mins.Prod co: Walt Disney Pictures. US dist: Buena Vista. Intl dist: Buena Vista Intl. Prod: Pam Marsden. Co-prod: Baker Bloodworth. Scr: John Harrison, Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on an original screenplay by Walon Green. Music: James Newton Howard. Ed: H Lee Peterson. ...
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Rules Of Engagement
Dir: William Friedkin. US. 2000. 127 mins.Prod cos: Paramount Pictures, Seven Arts Pictures. Dist: Paramount (US, UK). Intl sales: Seven Arts. Prods: Richard D Zanuck, Scott Rudin. Exec prods: Adam Schroeder, James Webb. Co-prod: Arne Schmidt. Scr: Stephen Gaghan. DoPs: Nicola Pecorini, William A Fraker. Prod des: Robert Laing. Ed: ...