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Best Friend's Wedding") and Jonathan<br />
Rhys Meyers ("Velvet Goldmine") co-star.<br />
Michael Thomas adapts Andrew Davies'<br />
novel; Stephen Woolley ("The Butcher<br />
Boy") and Colin Vaines produce. (See<br />
photo, p. 8.) (Miramax, 2/26 NY/LA)<br />
School of Flesh<br />
Last summer's "Six Days, Seven Nights,"<br />
"A Perfect Murder" and "Bulworth" continued<br />
the hallowed Hollywood tradition of<br />
older male characters dating/marrying<br />
younger women. Leave it to the French to<br />
turn the tables: Director Benoit Jacquot ("A<br />
Single Girl") presents a contemporary romance<br />
set in Paris between a younger man<br />
and an older woman. Vincent Martinez<br />
and Isabelle Huppert ("La Ceremonie") star<br />
as the unlikely couple. Jacques Fieschi<br />
scripts; Patrick Quinet, Fabienne Tsaii,<br />
Fabienne Vonier and Claude Waringo produce.<br />
(Stratosphere, 2/26)<br />
FEBRUARY UNDATED<br />
Je M'Appelle Crawford<br />
Don't be intimidated by the title: "Je<br />
M'Appelle Crawford" is no heavy French<br />
art film. Rather, it's a light comedy set in<br />
Los Angeles that stars "The Drew Carey<br />
Show's" Craig Ferguson. Crawford Mac-<br />
Kenzie (Ferguson) is a talented young hairdresser<br />
from Glasgow who misreads an<br />
invitation to attend the World Freestyle<br />
Hairdressing Championships as a challenge<br />
to participate and compete. Once he<br />
gets there, however, he refuses to let that<br />
slow him down and succeeds in capturing<br />
the competition's most prestigious award:<br />
David Rasche, Mary McCormack<br />
the Platinum Scissors. Frances Fisher ("Titanic"),<br />
("Deep Impact") and Chris Langam co-star<br />
along with a host of fashion/entertainment<br />
cameo players. Kevin Allen directs; Ferguson<br />
ana Sacha Gervasi script; Philip Rose<br />
produces. (Warner Bros., Feb. undated)<br />
Metroland<br />
Christian Bale ("Velvet Goldmine"), Lee<br />
Ross ("Secrets and Lies") and Emily Watson<br />
("Breaking the Waves") star in this romantic<br />
comedy about a couple of guys whose<br />
hatred for the sprawling Lonclon suburbs<br />
lead them in entirely different directions.<br />
One spends his life thoroughly avoiding<br />
"Metroland," while the other marries and<br />
settles there. When they reunite, it's a time<br />
to reevaluatetheir respective lifestyles. Elsa<br />
Zylberstein ("Jefferson in Paris") co-stars.<br />
Pnilip Saville (whose work has been seen<br />
mostly on British TV) directs a screenplay<br />
adapted by Adrian Hodges from the novel<br />
by Julian Barnes; Andrew Bendel produces.<br />
(Lions Gate, Feb. undated)<br />
Three Seasons<br />
This drama has the distinction of being<br />
the first full-length American feature film<br />
shot in Vietnam since the Vietnam War.<br />
Indie guru Harvey Keitel, who helped narrate<br />
the critically acclaimed documentary<br />
"Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam,"<br />
stars as a veteran who returns to the<br />
battlefields to search for his half-Vietnamese<br />
daughter. Tony Bui directs his own<br />
script and produces with Jason Kliot. (October,<br />
Feb. undated)<br />
Cosmos Flower<br />
Director Junichi Suzuki ("Sukiyaki")<br />
tackles the AIDS virus in this drama from<br />
Japan. High-schooler Akiko and her mother<br />
return to their small hometown in the countryside<br />
where everyone is well aware of her<br />
disease, if not understanding of it. A couple<br />
of bouts of sickness panic the townspeople<br />
further until Akiko's best friend stands up<br />
for her, encouraging understanding from<br />
this isolated, suspicious society. Akane<br />
Oda, Megumi Matsushita and Mari Natsuki<br />
star. (Phaedra, Feb. undated)<br />
Response No. 274 <strong>January</strong>, <strong>1999</strong> 13
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