THE STATEMENT

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DECEMBER 26
THE STATEMENT
WHO’S IN IT? Michael Caine,
Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam
WHO DIRECTED? Norman Jewison
(The Hurricane)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Half-a-century after
ordering the execution of seven Jews
during World War Two, a former Vichy
Milice officer (Caine) is still running from
authorities with the help of his friends in
the government and the Catholic Church.
See interviews with Michael Caine,
Norman Jewison and producer Robert
Lantos, starting on page 28.
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
WHO’S IN IT? Ben Kingsley,
Jennifer Connelly
WHO DIRECTED? Vadim Perelman (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A divorcee (Connelly)
and a recent immigrant from Iran
(Kingsley) battle over the house that was
hers until the sheriff’s department
seized it. Based on the novel by Andre
Dubus III that was a hit with Oprah’s
book club. See Vadim Perelman interview,
page 22.
J ANUARY 9
CHASING LIBERTY
WHO’S IN IT? Mandy Moore,
Matthew Goode
WHO DIRECTED? Andy Cadiff (Leave it
to Beaver)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Moore plays the
American president’s daughter who, sick
of having her every move followed by
secret service agents, takes off to Europe
with a mysterious British stranger. Didn’t
she see the tragic final episode of last
season’s The West Wing?!!!
J ANUARY 16
TEACHER’S PET
VOICES: Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer
WHO DIRECTED? Timothy Bjorklund (debut)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This funky animated
feature is based on the Saturday morning
cartoon of the same name, in which a
particularly bright dog named Spot (Lane)
goes to school disguised as a boy named
Scott. But the movie departs from the
classroom as Spot travels across the
country in search of a mad scientist who
might be able to turn him into a real boy.
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BIG FISH
WHO’S IN IT? Ewan McGregor,
Billy Crudup
WHO DIRECTED? Tim Burton
(Sleepy Hollow)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? As William Bloom
(Crudup) sits by the deathbed of his
father (Albert Finney), he recalls all the
unbelievable stories he’d been told
about his pa over the years. McGregor
plays the young version of Finney in
flashbacks.
HITS THEATRES DECEMBER 26
MY BABY’S DADDY
WHO’S IN IT? Eddie Griffin,
Anthony Anderson
WHO DIRECTED? Cheryl Dunye
(The Watermelon Woman)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Three men (Griffin,
Anderson and Michael Imperioli) all get
their girlfriends pregnant at about the
same time, and have to deal with the
consequences.
HITS THEATRES JANUARY 9
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