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What, no Lord of the Rings movie this year! How will we replace you Frodo? Tom Hanks recommends
aride on The Polar Express, Nicole Kidman says give Birth a try, Tim Allen spends
Christmas with the Kranks and Leonardo DiCaprio takes flight with The Aviator
LADDER 49
WHO’S IN IT? John Travolta, Joaquin Phoenix
WHO DIRECTED? Jay Russell
(Tuck Everlasting)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A firefighter (Phoenix)
trapped in a burning building looks back on
his life while his Captain (Travolta) and the
rest of his squad frantically try to save him.
• HITS THEATRES OCTOBER 1
SHARK TALE
VOICES: Will Smith, Robert De Niro
WHO DIRECTED? Bibo Bergeron and
Vicky Jenson
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Various Italian-
American groups are unhappy with the
Italian stereotypes found in this animated
tale about a little fish (Smith) who incurs
the wrath of a mobster shark (De Niro).
Hmmm, aren’t there bigger fish to fry,
like, say, a reality show about a mobster’s
daughter and her three shockingly clueless
sons. Also pitching in with voice work,
Renée Zellweger and Ziggy Marley.
• HITS THEATRES OCTOBER 1
OCTOBER 1
I � HUCKABEES
WHO’S IN IT? Lily Tomlin, Jude Law
WHO DIRECTED? David O. Russell
(Three Kings)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This off-the-wall
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comedy finds an environmentalist (Jason
Schwartzman) hiring a couple of existential
detectives (Dustin Hoffman, Tomlin) to
help him understand the strange
coincidences taking place in his life,
and to come to terms with his fractious
relationship with an executive (Law) who
works at retail giant Huckabees. You
gotta check out the oh-so believable
Huckabees corporate website at
http://origin.huckabees.com/index.html.
OCTOBER 8
DEAR FRANKIE
WHO’S IN IT? Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler
WHO DIRECTED? Shona Auerbach (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Mortimer plays a
Scottish mother who hires a man (Butler)
to pretend to be her deaf son Frankie’s
long-lost father.