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Digital Cinema.
While I believe in and am in favor 08
better projection processes for the moviel
patrons this industry depends on, a red
flag should be raised if the future techno-]
logical
advances discussed do become aj
reality, further homogenizing an enterJ
tainment source which at one time in
recent history was as unique in character
as the theatre a patron chose to visit to sea
the latest or best in motion picture enterj
tainment.
The day-and-date releasing touted bjfl
Digital Cinema proponents should in fact
be looked upon with trepidation bjj
exhibitors. Having every theatre in thd
world playing the exact same titles at thd
exact same time takes away from thd
excitement of going to the movies and id
more akin to television programming
Additionally, the ability for a film to plaj
everywhere at once will lead to the demisd
of second-run houses and possibly thd
whole of independent exhibition. And, nd
doubt, the turnaround time between the!
atrical release and television release will
shorten even further, giving the patron thd
option to wait [a few] weeks to view thj
product at home.
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be eliminated as well, downsizing thd
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cence to projection equipment as newel
more efficient (and, of course, morl
expensive) equipment is introduced. Thj
black box syndrome may also find its waj
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it
did to plague cable and satellite televfl
sion, with illegal decoders unscrambling
studio signals, allowing the viewer fraj
access to Hollywood's pictures.
Perhaps inventing better product vif
scripts, actors and marketing should bt
this industry's first concern, as those [el©
ments] are not scrutinized enough.
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Gets oft Scott Free
anticipation of their summer
In
2000 release "Chicken Run,"
DreamWorks and award-winning
Aardman Animation have
announced a four-picture deal.
Aardman, which has taken home
three Oscars for animated shorts
such as the Wallace and Cromit
films "The Wrong Trousers" and "A
Close Shave," will be making features
exclusively for DreamWorks,
which will own worldwide rights
to the films. The toon house will,
however, produce animated
shorts, commercials (such as the
Chevron ads with talking cars) and
television projects independently.
DreamWorks principal Jeffrey
Katzenberg, who was instrumental
in making the deal, says, "I
have long been a fan of
Aardman's extraordinary talent
and ingenuity. Working with
them on 'Chicken Run,' my
respect and admiration for their
entire team has grown exponentially.
I could
not be more thrilled
about this new creative partnership
and am very excited about
exploring the many storytelling
possibilities of this unique art
form with a company that is quite
simply the best in the business."
The pact has been pegged at
being worth $240 million. It has no
time limit, but a claymation movie
typically takes up to three years to
finish. After "Chicken Run," the first
project to go into development will
likely be "The Tortoise and the
Hare," based on Aesop's fable.
Nearly a year after ankling the
studio, former Universal Pictures
chairman and CEO Casey Silver
has finally hung his production
shingle, Gone Fishin' Prods., on
the Universal lot. Taking some
time off— perhaps to go fishin'
Silver has segued into a lucrative
multi-year production deal under
which the studio will cover the
production company's multi-million
dollar overhead and discretionary
fund, all to be replenished
annually. "I'm excited by
probably seeking additional financ-
I
ing now that they have a major distributor,
this opportunity," Silver says.
"Gone Fishin's ambition is to
but Universal will deter-
make movies that are artistically mine which films it will release.
Additionally, TSG will be supplying
and commercially successful.
can't wait to get started." The
Universal's new specialty
executive-cum-producer
division (see Hollywood Updates,
will
make movies with a range of
from event
December 1999) with about four
year, budgeted at about
budgets, varying big films a
films to smaller niche pictures. $10 million each. The arrangement
replaces TSG's previous pact
After four years at Universal,
Penny Marshall is moving her
production banner, Parkway
Prods., to the Sony lot. The threeyear,
first-look deal includes
"Riding in Cars with Boys," a pic
starring Drew Barrymore already
set up at Columbia. Marshall will
take with her three other development
projects that had been
put into turnaround at Universal:
CNN correspondents left behind as well as write and possibly
in the Gulf, and "Wild Oats," a executive produce other films and
rock n' roll buddy movie.
television shows. Mosier will also
Meanwhile, Parkway is likely work independently of Smith.
to pact with AList Pictures to coproduce
eight films with price
tags of $25 million a piece. Under
the deal, AList would provide
$200 million in bank-sourced
financing and may negotiate with
a foreign distribution partner. The
move indicates that Parkway, like
studio-based Mandalay and
Spyglass, is looking for more independence
from the studios.
Disney has pacted with
"Rugrats" creators |oe Ansolabehere
and Paul Germain, offering
them mid-to-high seven figures for
a three-year exclusive deal to produce
live-action television and
film projects. The move reflects
president Peter Schneider's interest
in hiring creators gifted with animation
skills, but contrasts with the
studio's current inclination to slash
onsite production deals.
Director-producers Ridley and
Tony Scott have struck a deal for
their Scott Free Prods, with
Bruckheimer Films, lerry
Bruckheimer's shingle on the
Disney lot. Details remain
unclear, but the Scotts will be free
to bring projects either to direct or
produce to Bruckheimer or his
non-action arm Technical Black
under the two-year, first-look
arrangement. Bruckheimer currently
has a five-year deal with
Disney and will fund Scott Free's
overhead from the studio's wallet.
Middle Fork Productions
("Anaconda") and The Shooting
Gallery ("Sling Blade") have pacted
with Universal Pictures in a threeyear
multi-picture deal to co-produce
and develop big budget feature
films for the studio to distribute
domestically. TSG will
handle foreign
territories. The two production
companies will co-finance the pics,
with Artisan Entertainment, which
expired at the end of last year.
On the heels of the success of
his controversial "Dogma,"
writer-director Kevin Smith and
his producing partner Scott
Mosier have extended their relationship
with Miramax, signing a
new three-year agreement that
encompasses all of the duo's
"Big Baby," a comedy about professional
wrestling, "Live From Smith will write and direct his
activities in television and film.
Baghdad," a war drama about own projects produced by Mosier
"By this point, Scott and I feel
like Harvey and Bob are like our
parents," Smith says of the
Miramax toppers, "and this deal
is the equivalent of mom and dad
letting us convert the attic into
our own sweet 'Johnny
Bravo'-
like pad. We have nothing but
love for our non-biological
mother and father, the brothers
Weinstein, and hope they never
kick us out or tell
us to get a job."
Patricia Rozema, writer and
director of Miramax's "Mansfield
Park," will also extend her relationship
with the company under
a first-look, two-picture deal.
Rozema's 1987 film "I've Heard
the Mermaids Singing" was one
of the minimajor's first
releases.
Supplementing his first-look
arrangement with New Line
Cinema, Ice Cube has made a
two-year, second-look pact with
Artisan Entertainment. The producer-director-actor
and his production
company Cube Vision
will develop and produce $3 million-or-less
pics for the indie distributor,
aiming for a niche market
and hoping to capitalize on the
soundtrack potential of the films.
Robert Nelson Jacobs, scribe
of Disney's upcoming animated
picture "Dinosaur," has inked a
multi-picture deal with the studio's
specialty offshoot Miramax.
Jacobs' first two films will be
"House of Angels," an adaptation
of the Swedish film
"Anglagard" with producer
Cathy Konrad attached, and
"Solomon Grundy," based on
Dan Gooch's novel with Richard
Gladstein to produce. Jacobs
began his relationship with the
minimajor when he wrote
"Chocolat," which will be directed
by Lasse Hallstrom sometime
this year (see Hollywood
Updates, December 1999).
Producer Laura Bickford
("Playing God") has inked a firstlook
deal with Lawrence Bender
Prods., joining John Baldecchi as
the second producer at the company
who will develop projects. The
Bender banner has a first-look deal
with Miramax and a second-look
deal with Fox, and released "Anna
and the King" over the holidays.
Acquiring North American
rights to first-time helmer Kevin
Jordan's "Goat on Fin' and Smiling
Fish,"
Stratosphere Entertainment
has offered him and his stars,
brothers Derick and Steve Martini,
a first-look deal with the company.
The trio will write, produce, direct
and act in their next films for the
indie distributor.
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HOT SET
A "Rose" By Any Other Name
"Domino" Effect
Never Mind the Bullock
"AUGGIE ROSE" An insurance
salesman ("Happy, Texas'"
William H. Macy) decides to
make his life more exciting by
assuming the identity of the titular
deceased ex-con while trying to
keep his double-life a secret from
his girlfriend ("Halloween H20's"
Jamie Lee Curtis). Anne Heche
("The Third Miracle"), Timothy
Olyphant ("Co") and Richard T.
Jones ("The Wood") also star.
(Distribution is
to be set)
"BEST IN SHOW" Much of the
"Waiting for Guffman" crew and
cast,
including writer/director/star
Christopher Guest, co-writer/star
Eugene Levy and co-stars
Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey
and Bob Balaban, will reunite for
"BOYS AND GIRLS" In this
comedy, two friends ("She's All
That's" Freddie Prinze Jr. and
"Meet Joe Black's" Claire Forlani)
find their relationship strained
after they become romantically
involved. "The Blair Witch
Project's" Heather Donahue costars
as the other woman in the
ensuing love triangle. (Miramax)
"100 GIRLS" A college freshman
("The Virgin Suicides'" Jonathan
Tucker) has an intimate liaison
with a woman on an elevator during
a blackout. He falls in love
without knowing what his paramour
looks like and subsequently
strives to find the from among
girl
100 possible candidates (including
"10 Things About
You's" Larisa Oleynik, "Snow
Day's" Emmanuelle Chiriqui and
"Clueless"' Stacey Dash).
(Distribution is
to be set)
"MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN" Ed
Norton ("The Fight Club") will
star in and produce this black
comedy about a detective who
must track down his mentor's
murderer, an investigation made
more complex by the fact that he
has Tourette's Syndrome and
involuntarily says whatever he is
thinking. (New Line)
"THE HEIST" David Mamet
("The Winslow Boy") will direct
Tommy Lee Jones ("Double
Danny DeVito ("The
Jeopardy"),
Big Kahuna") and Gene
Hackman ("The Replacements")
in this film about rival jewel
thieves. (Distribution to be set)
tor F. Gary Gray ("The
Negotiator"), who worked
together on 1 995's "Friday," may
reteam for this comedy about a
theme restaurant employee
who's transported back to
medieval times. (Fox)
"JOHNNY DOMINO" A musician
"HOW TO KILL YOUR NEIGH-
BOR'S DOG" A struggling playwright
("Velvet Goldmine's"
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) becomes
("Celebrity's" Kenneth
a star after being bitten by a vampire,
Branagh) finds his frustrations
and he soon finds a plasmat-
amplified by the constant bark-
ic paramour in another creature of ing of a neighbor's dog. He teams
up with an equally annoyed
the night ("Meet Joe Black's"
Claire Forlani). (Distribution is to
be set)
"SOUL SURVIVOR" In this
thriller, a girl (Eliza Dushku of
TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
("The Big Lebowski"), which is
based on James Dickey's World
War ll-set novel in which an
American tail gunner is shot
down over Japan and must make
an epic journey across Asia to
return home. (Fox)
"OUTLAWS" Two bank robbers
("Sixth Sense's" Bruce Willis and
"Red Planet's" Val Kilmer) vie for
the affections of a girl they're
presumed to have kidnapped in
this comedy. (Buena Vista)
"BABE BEHIND BARS" Sandra
Bullock will produce and possibly
star in this comedy about a
ruthless female Hollywood executive
who tries to use her corporate
skills to cope with life in the
bighouse when she's jailed for
reckless driving. (Warner)
"SAVE THE LAST DANCE" This
romance about the trials of a
young interracial couple will star
Julia Stiles ("O") and Sean Patrick
Thomas ("Cruel Intentions") and
will be helmed by Thomas Carter
("Metro"). (Paramount)
"LOSER" An unpopular college
student ("American Pie's" Jason
Biggs) is the target of his roommates'
plans to get him kicked out
of the dorm in this comedy, to be
scripted and directed by Amy
Heckerling ("Clueless"). Mena
Suvari ("American Beauty") costars
as the object of the social
pariah's desire,
but she's infatuated
with their professor ("Mystery
Men's" Greg Kinnear.) (Columbia)
"ANASAZI MOON" Two amateur
"THE BLACK KNIGHT" Chris
criminals ("Lost in Space's"
Tucker ("Rush Hour") and direc-
Gary Oldman and "Chill
Factor's" Skeet Ulrich) escape
from police but come across an
orphaned baby and must decide
what to do with it in this comedy,
to be directed and written by
David Seltzer ("Punchline").
(Millennium)
eight-year-old to solve the problem.
Michael Kalesniko, who
wrote the Howard Stern biopic
"Private Parts," scripts and makes
his directorial debut. (Distribution
is
to be set)
keeps vigil at the bedside of her
"BUYING THE COW" A commitment-phobic
hospitalized friend (newcomer
Melissa Sage Miller), who cannot
discern hallucinations from reality
Shots'" Jerry O'Connell)
man ("Body
retali-
following a car accident. Luke against the demands of his
ates
Wilson ("Blue Streak") will play a matrimony-minded girlfriend
("The House on Haunted Hill's"
priest who offers his counsel.
Bridgette Wilson) by going on a
(Artisan)
this mockumentary about the
dating spree in this romantic
world of dog shows. (Distribution
is to be set)
"TO THE WHITE SEA" Brad Pitt
("The Fight Club") may star in
comedy. (Destination)
this film by the Coen Brothers "THE SIXTH DAY" A helicopter
pilot ("End of Days'" Arnold
Schwarzenegger) who's thought
to be dead returns home only to
find himself replaced by a clone.
"Navy Diver's" Michael
Rapaport will play his best
friend; "Lost Souls'" Sarah
Wynter is the assassin sent to kill
the duplicated dupe. (Columbia)
"AGAINST THE GLASS" In
exchange for free therapy, a
woman ("Office Space's" Jennifer
Aniston) agrees to participate in
an experiment in which psychology
students observe her through
a two-way mirror. (Fox)
"SAUCE" Singer Lauryn Hill
(who appeared in "Sister Act
will produce and star in this
romantic comedy about the
granddaughter of a barbecue
sauce magnate who falls for the
grandson of her family's longtii
business rival. (New Line)
"WONDER WOMAN"
Sandra
Bullock may star as the lassowielding,
star-spangled super
hero from Paradise Island in this
remake of the '70s TV show.
(Warner)
Michael Caine ("Little Voice")
will play a King Lear-esque gangster
in the indie drama "King
Swanny"... John Waters' longthe-works
"Cecil B. Demented,"
in which an amateur director
kidnaps an A-list actress to star in
his film, is finally coming together,
with Melanie Griffith, Stephen
Dorff, Jack Noseworthy and
Alicia Witt attached to star
Patricia Arquette, Ellen Barki
Jon Lovitz, James Caan and Torr]
Waits will star in Lions Gates' "ln|
the Boom Boom Room," whicl
based on David Rabe's play.
is
A hostage negotiator (Russel
Crowe) falls for the wife (Mej
Ryan) of the man he's trying
save in Warner Bros.' "Proof o'
Life."
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December 1999:
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ID-EX. DTS, SDDS. SR. Scope.
Jruise. Henry Gibson. William H
Julianne Moore. John C. Reilly.
a Walters. Melinda Dillon. Philip
Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Jay. Dir: Paul Thomas
Angela's Ashes, 12 22 NY/LA. 1/7 exp.
R, DD. DTS. Flat Emily Watson, Robert
Carlyle, Michael Legge Dir: Alan
Parker.
The Talented Mr. Ripley. 12/24 ltd.
1/14 exp. DD. DTS. Scope Matt
Damon. Gwyneth Paltrow. Jude Law.
Cate Blanchett Dir: Anthony
Anna & the King. 12/17. PG-13. DD,
DTS, SR. SDDS. Scope Jodie Foster,
Chow Yun Fat. Bai Ling. Randal Duk-
Dir: Andy Tennant.
Man on the Moon, 1222, Dra/Com, R. The Green Mile, 12/10. Dra, R, DD, DTS,
118 min. DD. DTS, SDDS, SR, Flat. Jim SDDS, SR, Flat Tom Hanks, Sam
Carrey. Danny DeVito. Courtney Love, Rockwell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Barry
Paul Giamatti. Dir: Milos Forman.
Pepper, David Morse Dir: Frank Darabont
Snow Falling on Cedars, 1 2/22 lid. Any Given Sunday. 12/22. Dra. DD.
1/7wide. Rom/Dra, DD, DTS, SDDS, SR. DTS, SDDS. Al Pacmo. Dennis Quaid.
Elhan Hawke. James Cromwell, Max Von Vmg Rhames, LL Cool J. Jamie Foxx.
Sydow, Youki Kudoh Dir Scott Hicks Cameron Diaz. Lauren Holly. James
The Hurricane, 12/29 ltd. 1/14 wide. Dra. Woods. Ed Burns, Tom Sizemore. Dir:
R, 146 min, DD, SR. Denzel Washington.
Deborah Unger, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous
Shannon, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya.
ELEASES SCHEDULED NO RELEASES SCHEDULED
any 2000:
Souls. 2/4, Sup/Thr. R, 105 min,
DOS. SR, Scope. Winona Ryder,
-haplin, John Hurt, Ellas Koteas February 2000:
musz Kaminski.
Room. 2/18, Dra. R, DD. Ben NO RELEASES SCHEDULED
, Giovanni Ritxsi. Nia Long. Vin
Tom Everett Scott. Dir: Ben Younger.
March 2000:
Destination (formerly Flight 180).
Supernatural Thr. DO. Devon
Larter, Kerr Smith, Amanda
Dir: James Wong.
2000:
NO RELEASES SCHEDULED
NO RELEASES SCHEDULED
The Beach. 2/11, R. DD. DTS, SR.
Scope. Leonardo DiCapno, Virginia
Ledoyen. Guillaume Canel. Tilda Swinton,
Robert Carlyle. Dir: Danny Boyle.
March 2000:
Isn't She Great, 1/28, Com, R, DD,
DTS, SDDS, SR Bette Midler, Nathan
Lane, John Cleese. David Hyde-Pierce.
Dir: Andrew Bergman.
February 2000:
NO RELEASES SCHEDULED
NO RELEASES SCHEDULED Erin Brockovich. 3 17, DD Julia
Roberts, Aaron Eckhart, Albert Finney
Dir Steven Soderbergh.
My Dog Skip. 1/12 NY/LA. PG. DD.
DTS, SDDS. Kevin Bacon, Diane Lara
The Big Tease (formerly Je M'Appelle
Crawford), 1/21, Com, R, DD, DTS,
SDDS. SR, Flat. Craig Ferguson, Sarah
Gilbert. Veronica Webb. David Rasche,
Mary McCormack Dir: Kevin Allen.
February 2000:
The Whole Nine Yards. 2/18. Bruce
Willis, Matthew Perry. Roseanna
Arquette, Natasha Henstridge.
Chain of Fools. 3 3 Salma Hayek. Jeff
Goldblum, Steve Zahn.
Romeo Must Die, 3/24, Act/Dra. DD. DTS
Jet U. Aaliyah Dir Andrzei Bartkowial
ancy. 4/7, SF/Thr, DD. Dennis
.Jim Caviezel. Elizabeth Mitchell,
Braugher Dir: Gregory Hoblit.
and Basketball. 4 21, Rom/Dra,
Imar Epps, Allre Woodard. Debbi
in, Dennis Haysbert. Dir: Gina
i-Bythewood.
Ml. 8/20
Jenniter Lopez. Vince
in, Vincent D'Onolrio.
mites (aka Celebrity), 10/6,
DD. DTS. Ed Burns. Robert De

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Artisan
310-255-3716
The Ninth Gate, Thr. R. Johnny Depp,
Lena Olin, Frank Langella. Dir: Roman
Polanski. 12/24 NY/LA
Cinema Village
212-431-5119
Cartoon Noir, Ani (compilation), 85
nnin. Dir: Various. 12/3
Cowboy
212-929-4200
Kitchen. Dra, Hell's 101 min.
Rosanna Arquette, Mekhi Phifer,
Angelina Jolie. Dir: Tony Cinciripini.
12/3
Fine Line
212-649-4800
Simpatico, 106 min. Nick Nolte,
Sharon Stone, Jeff Bridges. Dir:
ltd
Matthew Warchus. 12/17 LA
AMPAS qualifier. 1/21 ltd
Baby Mother.
First Look
310-855-1199
A Map of the World, Dra. Sigourney
Weaver. 12/29
First Run
212-243-0600
J2 Up, Doc, 133 min. Dir: Michael
Apted. 12/10 NY
Fox Searchlight
310-369-4402
ritus, R. Anthony Hopkins, Jessica
-ange, Angus MacFadyen, Alan
humming, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.
Dir: Julie Taymor. 12/25 NY/LA, 1/21
sxp
Kino
212-629-6880
Genesis (Mali), Dra, 102 mm.
Botigui Kouyate, Balla Moussa

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Paramount Classics
23-956-5000 212-373-7000
npany Man. Ryan Phillipe,
iglas McGrath. Sigourney Weaver.
Douglas McGrath, Peter Askin.
Shooting Gallery
nans, Dra, 95 min. Gary Lewis,
iglas Henshall, Rosemarie
/enson, Stephen McCole, Frank
agher. Dir: Peter Mullan. 3/11
Sony Classics
t/West (France), Dra. Sandrine
naire, Oleg Menchikov, Serguei
rov Jr., Catherine Deneuve. Dir:
is Wargnier. 3/3
Trimark
Last September, Dra, R, 104 min.
igie Smith, Michael Gambon, David
lant, Fiona Shaw, Keeley Harris.
Deborah Warner. NY/LA
USA
ad Simple (re-release), Thr.
ices McDormand. Dir: Joel Coen.
ting the Dead. Billy Crudup,
lifer Connelly, Janet McTeer. Dir:
I Gordon. 3/3
Lions Gate
srlcan Psycho. Christian Bale,
se Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny,
id Leto. Dir: Mary Harron. 4/7
Kahuna. Kevin Spacey. Dir:
nyDe Vito. 4/14 NY/LA
Paramount Classics
Virgin Suicides, 97 min. James
)ds, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten
st, Danny DeVito, Giovanni Ribisi,
lael Dare, Josh Hartnett. Dir: Sofia
pola. 4/7
Sony Classics
Myself I, 104 min. Rachel Griffiths,
id Roberts, Sandy Winton, Yael
le, Shaun Loseby, Trent Sullivan.
Pip Karmel. 4/7
Trimark
>ped Parts.
USA
I about Mambo (formerly Perfect
ing), 100 min. William Ash, Keri
sell, Theo Fraser Steele, Joe Rea,
n Cox. Dir: John Forte. 4/14
sre the Money Is, PG-13. 4/28
:e et Martin. Juliette Binoche,
(is Loret, Carmen Maura. Dir:
re Techine.
Sony Classics
|ue du Soleil - Journey of Man
luedu Soleil. Dir: Keith Melton.
USA
at the Villa, Dra. PG-13. Kristin
tt-Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne
croft, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Davis.
Philip Haas. 5/12
Gould's Secret. 5/26
Lions Gate
Shadow of the Vampire, Dra. John
Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier,
Carey Elwes, Eddie Izzard,
Catherine McCormack. Elias
Dir:
Merhige.
Sony Classics
Trixie. Emily Watson, Nick Nolte,
Dermot Mulroney, Brittany Murphy,
Nathan Lane, Lesley Ann Warren, Will
Patton. Dir: Alan Rudolph. 6/9
Destination
Thomas and the Magic Railroad,
Fam. Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara
Wilson. Dir:
Britt Allcroft.
Sony Classics
Shower, Dra. Zhu Xu, Pu Cun Xin,
Jiang Wu. Dir: Zhang Yang. 7/9
USA
Whatever Happened to Harold
Smith?
Sony Classics
Not One Less, 106 min. Wei Minzhi,
Zhang Huike, Tian Zhaneda, Gao
Enman. Dir: Zhang Yimou. 8/24
Cherry Falls, R.
USA
Samuel Goldwyn
The Faithless (Sweden). Dii
Ullmann. 10/6
First Run
Wallowltch & Ross: This Moment,
Doc. Dir: Richard Wallace. 12/10 NY
Sony Classics
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
Act/Dra. Zhang Zi-Yi, Michelle Yeoh,
Chow Yun Fat, Chang Zheng, Zheng
Pei-Pei, Gao Xi-An. Dir: Ang Lee.
12/22
Artisan
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Dra,
95 min. Elijah Wood, Rachel Leigh
Cook, Janeane Garofalo. Dir: Martin
Duffy.
The Lost Son, 102 min. Daniel
Auteuil, Nastassja Kinski. Dir: Chris
Menges.
El Norte (reissue), Dra, R, 139 min.
Zaide Silvia Gutierrez. Dir: Gregory
Nava.
Requiem for a Dream. Jared Leto,
Marlon Wayans. Ellen Burstyn,
Jennifer Connelly. Dir: Darren
Aronofsky.
Way of the Gun. Ryan Phillipe,
Benicio Del Toro, taye Diggs.
Juliette Lewis. Dir: Christopher
McQuarrie.
Fine Line
The Filth and the Fury, Doc. The
Sex Pistols. Dir: Julian Temple.
Spring
State and Main. Alec Baldwin,
Charles Durning. Dir: Philip Seymour
Hoffman.
First Look
Alegria, Dra, PG. Frank Langella, Julie
Cox, Rene Bazinet, Heathcote
Williams, Clipper Miano. Dir: Franco
Dragone.
Fox Searchlight
Hard Men (U.K.), Dra, R. Vincent
Regan, Ross Boatman, Lee Ross. Dir:
J.K. Amalou.
Quills, Dra. Geoffrey Rush, Kate
Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix,
Michael Caine. Dir: Philip
Kaufman.
Woman on Top. Penelope Cruz,
Murilo Benicio. Dir:
Fina Torres.
IMAX
905-403-6500
American Road, Doc.
Mission to Mir, Doc.
New Latin
Clasicos de la Epoca De Oro: 1935-
1957 (touring film series). 2nd Qtr.
NY/LA/SF/PR
Palm
X, Ani. Dir:Taro Rin. 1st Qtr
The Criminal, Dra. Steven Macintosh,
Natasha Little, Eddie Izzard. Dir: Julian
Simpson. Spring
Lock Down, Dra. Master P, Richard
T. Bill Jones, Nunn, Gabriel
Casseus. Dir: John Luessenhop.
Spring
Paramount Classics
Deterrence, R, 101 min. Kevin
Pollack, Timothy Hutton. Dir: Rod
Lurie. 1st Qtr
Passion of Mind, PG-13. Demi Moore,
Stellan Skarsgaard. Dir: Alain Berliner.
2nd Qtr
Girl on the Bridge, 92 min. Daniel
Auteuil, Vanessa Paradis. Dir: Patrice
Leconte.
Phaedra
Beneath the Surface. Johanna
Sallstrom, Mikael Persbrandt. Dir:
Daniel Fridell. 1st Qtr
Metal Skin. Aden Young, Tara Motice,
Ben Mendelsohn. Dir: Geoffrey Wright.
1 st Qtr
Sweet Jane, Dra, 87 min. Samantha
Mathis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Dir: Joe
Gayton. 1st Qtr
On the Run. Michael Imperioli. Dir:
Bruno de Almeida. 2nd Qtr
Soft Toilet Seats, Mys/Com, R, 105
min. Sammi Davis, David Alex
Rosen. Dir: Tina Valinsky. 4th Qtr
1999
Shooting Gallery
Once in the Life, Dra Laurence
Dir:
Fishburne, Gregory Hines.
Laurence Fishburne. Winter/
Spring
You Can Count on Me, Dra
Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin,
Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Jon
Tenney. Spring
Sony Classics
Kikujiro (Japan), Dra/Com, 116 min.
Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi,
Kayoko Kishimoto. Dir: Takeshi Kitano.
SpringNY/LA
The Road Home, Dra. Dir: Zhanc
Yimou.
Strand
310-395-5002
Stella Does Tricks, Dra. 99 min. Kelly
MacDonald. Dir: Coky Giedroyc
Spring
Stratosphere
212-605-1010
Beautiful Joe. Spring
Jails Hospitals an
Danny Hoch. Spring
The Match, 95 min. Max Beesley
Laura Fraser, James Cosmo, lar
Holm, Richard E. Grant, Bill Paterson
Tom Sizemore. Dir: Mick Davis. 1s
Qtr
Nurse Betty, R. Renee Zellweger
Morgan Freeman. Dir: Neil LaBute
Summer
One Night at McCool's. Liv Tyler, Mat
Dillon, John Goodman. 3rd Qtr
Condo Painting, Doc. George Condo
William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg
Dir: John McNaughton.
The Idiots, 117 min. Louise Hassing
Anne-Grethe, Bjarup Riis. Dir: Lars
Von Trier.
Dad Savage. Patrick Stewart, Kevir
McKidd, Marc Warren. Dir: Betsar
Morris-Evans.
The Naked Man, Com. Michae
Rapaport, Arija Bareikis, Rachae
Leigh Cook, Martin Ferrero. Dir: J
Todd Anderson.
Resurrection Man. Stuar
Townsend, James Nesbitt, Sear
McGinley, Brenda Fricker. Dir: Marc
I
Evans.
Snarl Up. Dir: Michael Winterbottom.
Thursday. Thomas Jane, Aaron
Eckhart, Mickey Rourke, Glenn
Plummer. Dir: Skip Woods.
What Rats Won't Do (U.K.),
Rom/Com. Natascha McElhone,
James Frain, Charles Dance, Parker
Posey. Dir: Alaistair Reid.
Winstar
212-686-6777
Madadayo, Dra, 134 min. Hyakken
Uchida, Tatsuo Matsumura. Dir: Akira
Kurosawa. Spring
Book of Life. Dir: Hal Hartley.
Elles. Rom/Dra, 97 min. Miou-Miou,
Marisa Berenson. Dir: LuisGalvao
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Liam Neeson ("The Phantom
Menace") and Sandra Bullock
("Forces of Nature") break out of
their shells to star in this black
comedy about an undercover
agent who loses his nerve while
on a case. Oliver Piatt ("Three to
Tango") co-stars. Tyro filmmaker
Eric Blakeney scripts and directs;
Bullock and sister Cesine produce.
(Buena Vista, 2/4)
Exploitips: Bullock's Fortis
Films, which produced "Hope
Floats" and "Practical Magic,"
continues developing star vehicles
for her in an indie-esque
environment. "Gun Shy" was
financed via negative pick-up
by Buena Vista Film Sales, the
acquisitions and sales arm of
the Walt Disney Co., and found
distribution through Hollywood
Pictures.
Scream 3
"Scream" and "Scream 2" survivors
Neve Campbell, Courtney
Cox and David Arquette return
for the third and final
installment
of the franchise that reinvented
the horror genre. Now out of college,
the protagonists dodge
knives during the shooting of
"Stab 3." ("Stab," you'll recall,
skipping over its sequel.) Parker
Posey ("You've Cot Mail") co-stars.
Wes Craven returns to direct;
Ehren Kruger ("Arlington Road")
scripts; "Scream"-writer Kevin
Williamson and "Scream 2's"
Cathy Konrad and Marianne
Madalena produce. (Miramax, 2/4)
Exploitips: After penning a 30-
page outline, Williamson pulled
out of scripting "Scream 3, " citing a
full plate of other Miramax projects
including his disappointing directorial
debut "Teaching Mrs. Tingle"
and the fall TV series "Wasteland.
Because of this and other delays,
"Scream 3's" release date was
pushed back from December, the
release month for both "Scream"
and "Scream 2, " both of which surpassed
$100 million.
this animated kids movie is
about Tigger's search for his family.
When Tigger has no one to
play with, he goes on a search
for his family tree. His friends,
including Winnie the Pooh,
Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Piglet,
try to make him feel better by
disguising themselves as Tiggers,
but he discovers their ruse and
continues his quest, getting lost
in a snowstorm. (Buena Vista,
2/11)
Exploitips: Like "Doug's 1st
Movie, " which Disney promoted
from a direct-to-video release
after witnessing the runaway success
several studios (including
of "The Rugrats Movie,"
Miramax, Columbia, Paramount
"The Tigger Movie" was original-
and Warner Bros.) clamored for
ly intended for the small screen.
It's now only the second Winnie
the Pooh movie to make it to the
big time, the other being 1997's
"Many Adventures of Winnie the
Hanging Up
Diane Keaton ("Unstrung
Heroes") does double duty as the
director and star of this comedydrama
about how three sisters
come to terms with their ornery
father's death. Meg Ryan
("You've Cot Mail"), Lisa Kudrow
("Analyze This") and Walter
was the movie-within-a-movie in
Matthau ("Grumpier Old Men")
"Scream 2." Apparently we're just
co-star. "You've Cot Mail's"
tie Winona Ryder ("Girl, Interrupted") stars in
thriller as a young woman who becomes aware
a plot to enable the devil to walk the Earth in
nan form. Ben Chaplin ("The Thin Red Line") co-
Janusz Kaminski makes his directorial debut;
e Gardner scripts; Meg Ryan ("French Kiss")
R. Sadowsky produce. (February 2/4)
Exploitips: This may be Kaminski's first effort as a
tor, but he's no stranger to great filmmaking:
cinematographer of choice for Steven Spiellierg
m a couple of Oscirs lor "Shindler's
and "Saving Private Ryan. " Held from October.
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this film herself but eventually
deemed the subject matter a bit
too close for comfort: Her sister's
novel is semi-autobiographical.
Keaton's role in the
film, too, has been altered. She
had initially agreed to work on
the film solely behind the camera
until a reading with
Kudrow convinced the studio
that it wanted to sign both
women to star. Held from
December to avoid the glut of
The Beach
Twenty-million-dollar man
Leonardo DiCaprio ("Titanic"
The Tigger Movie
as if you didn't know) stars in
A la "Muppets From Space,"
this drama as an American traveling
through Thailand in
search of a beach that's
rumored to be paradise on
earth. What he finds there,
is however, short of the Eden
ideal. Danny Boyle
("Trainspotting") directs; Boyle
collaborator |ohn Hodge scripts
based on Alex Garland's book;
Hodge and Andrew
Macdonald, also a Boyle loyalist,
produce. (Fox, 2/11)
Exploitips: After DiCaprio
attached himself to this pic— the
first film tor which he received
his current titanic going salary—
distribution rights. Fox prevailed
largely because of its relationship
with both Boyle, for whom
it made "A Life Less Ordinary,"
and DiCaprio, for whom it
made both "Romeo + Juliet"
and "Titanic." The studio may
have wished otherwise, however,
when Thai locals objected to
the production's alterations to
Maya Beach on Phi Phi Island,
located several hundred miles
southwest of Bangkok. The public
relations nightmare included
accusations that the crew's leveling
of sand dunes, removal of
natural vegetation and planting
of coconut trees were destroying
an important ecological system
Delia and Nora Ephron script
based on the former's novel;
on the beach. A Thai court
Laurence Mark ("Bicentennial threw out the emergency court
order attempting to block shooting,
Man") produces with the latter.
(Columbia, 2/11)
but environmental groups
Exploitips: Nora Fphron have initiated Internet-based
vowing to boycott the
originally intended to direct petitions
film, despite DiCaprio's personal
promise that the beach would
be unharmed. All this after Fox
altered original plans to shoot
"Anna and the King" in the
film's setting of Thailand
because the Thai government
found the script "insufficiently
respectful to the Thai monarchy."
Originally intended as a
holiday release, the studio
pushed back "The Beach" to the
first quarter of 2000 to maximize
its commercial potential.
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Benoit Mariage directs and scripts this
dark comedy set in the poorest region of
Belgium, once a wealthy area due to mining
and metallurgy. A local newspaperman
decides his family deserves better, determining
that breaking a Guinness world
record is the only way to do it. The record?
Opening a door 40,000 times in 24 hours.
Benoit Poelvoorde ("Man Bites Dog") stars.
Emmanuelle Bada scripts; Dominique
Janne produces. (Samuel Coldwyn, 2/11)
Exploitips: Picked up at Cannes, Mariage
won the First Film Special Distinction
award at Montreal.
Bossa Nova
Bruno Barreto ("Four Days in September")
directs this Portuguese-language romance
about a struggling Brazilian lawyer and an
American English teacher living and working
in Rio de laneiro while she recovers from the
loss of her husband, who died two years
before. Sad and alone, both have resigned
themselves to
lifelong soul
never finding their respective
mates. Amy Irving ("The Rage:
Carrie 2") and Alexandre Borges star.
Alexandre Machado and Fernanda Young
script based on Sergio Santana's novel; Lucy
Barreto ("Four Days in September") produces.
(Sony Classics, 2/11 NY/LA)
Exploitips: After "Four Days in
September" was nominated tor a best foreign
film Oscar in 1 998, Barreto went on to make
"One Fough Cop" starring Stephen Baldwin,
which grossed a measly $1.2 million at the
boxoffice. Barreto returns to his roots for this
pic, making it a family affair: Irving is his
wife, and Lucy Barreto is his mom.
Held Up
"Any Given Sunday's" Jamie Foxx and
"The Best Man's" Nia Long star in this comedy
as an engaged couple having a hard
time getting along until the groom-to-be
becomes involved in a hostage situation at a
local convenience store. His life in danger,
he reflects on his relationship with his bride
and how it went wrong. Meanwhile, he
befriends the robber and helps him outsmart
the sheriff. Steve Rash ("Eddie") directs a
script by Jeff Eastin; "I Still Know What You
Did Last Summer's" Stokely Chaffin and
Neal H. Moritz produce. (Trimark, 2/11)
Exploitips: Five years in production,
"Held Up," previously known as
"Inconvenienced," began shooting three
years ago, only to be abandoned.
Production picked up again two years later
after the script was completely redeveloped
and envisioned as a starring vehicle for
Foxx, a more likely prospect now that he's
sharing the screen with Al Pacino in Oliver
Stone's football flick "Any Given Sunday.
Pitch Black
In this sci-fi drama, Vin Diesel ("Saving
Private Ryan"), Radha Mitchell ("High Art")
and Cole Hauser ("Good Will Hunting")
make up a motley crew who find themselves
stranded after their spacecraft crash lands on
a distant planet. Scorching hot during the
day, the apparently lifeless planet becomes
dangerous at night, when it
plunges into total
darkness and its inhabitants emerge to hunt.
David Twohy ("The Arrival") directs a script
by Ken and Jim Wheat ("A Nightmare on Elm
Street 4: The Dream Master"); Tom Engelman
("Terminal Velocity") produces. (USA, 2/11)
Exploitips: Like "Ride with the Devil,"
"Pitch Black" is a Universal picture that
USA Films is releasing.
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Boiler Room
Giovanni Ribisi ("Saving Private Ryan")
stars in this drama as a college dropout who
gets greedy and corrupt when he takes a job
as a broker making cold calls in a stock
house known as the "boiler room." "Saving
Private Ryan" buddy Vin Diesel, Ben Affleck
("Deception"), Jamie Kennedy ("Three
Kings"), Nia Long ("The Best Man") and
Tom Everett Scott ("Dead Man on Campus")
co-star. Tyro filmmaker Ben Younger writes
and directs; "Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me's" Suzanne and Jennifer Todd
produce. (New Line, 2/18)
Exploitips: Originally set up at Artisan,
New Line picked up this $6 million pic when
it went into turnaround for Feam Fodd, who
had a first-look deal with the studio.
The Whole Nine Yards
This black comedy stars Bruce Willis
('The Sixth Sense") as a hit man hiding out
in the witness protection program from the
mobsters who want him dead. His suburban
neighbors, seduced by the glamour of
organized crime life, turn him in to his enemies
but find themselves in over their
heads. Matthew Perry ("Three to Tango"),
Rosanna Arquette ("Sugar Town") and
Natasha Henstridge ("Dog Park") co-star.
Jonathan Lynn ("My Cousin Vinny") directs
a script by Mitchell Kapner ("Romeo Must
Die"); Allan Kaufman and Bruce's brother
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John Frankenheimer ("Ronin")
directs this thriller about an ex-con
who gets roped into a casino heist
against his will. Ben Affleck ("Forces
of Nature"), Gary Sinise ("Snake
Eyes") and Charlize Theron ("The
Cider House Rules") star. Ehren
Kruger ("Scream 3") scripts;
Miramax co-head Bob Weinstein,
Marty Katz and Chris Moore
("American Pie") produce.
(Miramax, 2/25)
Exploitips: Miramax genre arm Dimension jumped at the chance to shoot this script,
previously called "Reindeer Games," when slated for a Christmas release, paying Kruger
£
skills.
David ("Breakfast of I
(Warner Bros., 2/18)
lpions") produce.
Exploitips: The first of a three-pic pact
between Franchise Pictures and the Willis
brothers' Flying Heart Prods.,
the $40 million
"Whole Nine Yards" represents Willis'
goal of building a library of his films for his
company. He took the first step in that
direction last year, producing and starring
in Alan Rudolph's "Breakfast of
Champions, " which Disney distributed.
Drowning Mona
Danny DeVito ("Man on the Moon"),
Bette Midler ("Isn't She Great"), Neve
Campbell ("Scream 3") and Jamie Lee
Curtis ("Virus") star in this funny who-didn't-do-it.
When a small town's grand dame
drives her car into the river, everybody
becomes a suspect in her not-so-accidental
death. "Illtown's" Nick Gomez directs a
script by Peter Steinfeld; Al Corley, Bart
Rosenblatt and Eugene Musso (all executive
producers on "Palmetto") produce.
(Destination, 2/18)
Exploitips: Its third release (behind
"Bats" and "Eye of the Beholder"), tyro distrib
Destination purchased the North
American rights to Neverland Films/Jersey
Shore Productions' "Drowning Mona's"
last spring for roughly $7 million.
Kadosh
Amos Gitai writes and directs this drama
set in Jerusalem about a pair of sisters who
find that life with their respective true loves
is not to be. The first must give up her husband
to another woman when their relationship
doesn't produce children, and the
second finds a marriage has been arranged
for her when her boyfriend decides to leave
the community. Yael Abecassis, Meital
Bardea and Yoram Hattab star. (Kino, 2/16)
Exploitips: "Kadosh" screened at the
1999 Cannes Film Festival, where it was
mated for the Golden Palm.
Hamlet
"Great Expectations'" Ethan Hawke stars
in another modern-day remake of a literary
classic, here portraying Hamlet as a brooding
filmmaker who's an heir to the
Denmark Corp. Kyle MacLachlan ("One
Night Stand"), Sam Shepard ("Snow Falling
a high six-figure sum and demanding two more blind scripts from the scribe. Weinstein,
perhaps a little green at his brother Harvey's "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar, decided to
more hands-on with this proje
his usual executive proon
Cedars"), Diane Venora ("The Insider"),
Bill Murray ("Rushmore"), Casey Affleck
("Drowning Mona"), Karl Geary, Liev
Schreiber ("Jakob the Liar"), Julia Stiles ("10
Things I About You"), Dechen
Thurman, Jeffrey Wright ("Ride with the
Devil") and Steve Zahn ("Happy, Texas")
co-star. Michael Almereyda ("Nadja")
directs his own adaptation from the Bard's
original play; "Nadja's" Amy Hobby and
Andrew Fierberg produce. (Miramax, 2/25
NY/LA)
Exploitips: A double A films production,
this $2 million pic made a deal with
Miramax when the minimajor purchased it
in December 1 998 that includes back-end
participation for the producer, star Hawke
and other key actors.
Third World Cop
This actioner from Jamaica reunites a star
crime fighter with his boyhood friend, who's
turned to a life of crime and now heads a violent
gunrunning scheme. "Dancehall
Queen's" Paul Campbell and Carl Bradshaw
star. Chris Browne directs as well as scripts
with Suzanne Fenn ("Dancehall Queen")
and Chris Salewicz; Carolyn Pfeiffer
("Dancehall Queen") produces. (Palm, 2/25)
Exploitips: "Dancehall Queen," which
claims much of the same talent noted here,
was the highest grossing film in Jamaican
history. Palm Pictures' Chris Blackwell also
founded Island Records, a personal history
that permeates his filmmaking as well:
Music lovers have the added bonus of a
reggae and dance hall "Third World Cop"
soundtrack featuring new Jamaican music
talents. Held from September. BOXOFFICE
reviewed the pic in Toronto, giving it two
stars in the November 1999 issue: "Other
than the still cinematically underused
Jamaican setting, there's little that is fresh
about 'Third World Cop.' There's a good
performance by IMarkJ Danvers as a man
who can't see his way onto the straight and
narrow and a hint of complexity in the
ambivalent response of the locals to the
police, but 'Third World Cop' rarely surmounts
its cliches.
Judy Berlin
Edie Falco (TV's "The Sopranos") stars as
the title character in this drama about
failed filmmaker who returns to his small
East Coast home town from Hollywood and
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bumps into his high school flame
ludy Berlin, who plans to make
Exploitips: BOXOFFICE caught
this one at Sundance last year, giving
it four stars: "A uniquely literate
and humane little art film, 'Judy
Berlin' is better Woody Allen than
Woody himself has pulled off in
close to 10 years. It's to be hoped
Mendelsohn finds an audience for
this first effort, because despite the
Allen derivations, there are enough
suggestions of originality in 'Judy
Berlin' to make a sympathetic
viewer hope Mendelsohn gets to
make a second.
Free," 2.5 stars in last month's
Mifune
issue: "Karine Vanasse won a
Dogme 95 cohort Soren well-deserved acting award at the
Kragh-Jacobsen writes and Toronto International Film
Festival for her part as
directs this comedy about a
newly married businessman who Hannah....Her portrayal of childhood
angst is riveting, but the film
hears of his father's death.
Having neglected to tell
isn't nearly as fresh as she is."
his bride
and her family about his own
poverty-stricken rural relatives,
he returns to the farm where he
grew up and realizes that he
must find a caretaker for his mentally
disabled older brother. The
woman he hires, unbeknownst to
him, is a high-class prostitute on
the run. Anders W. Berthelsen,
Iben Hjejle and Jesper Asholt
star. Anders Thomas Jensen
scripts; "The Celebration's"
Birgitte Hald and Morten
Kaufmann produce. (Sony
Classics, 2/25 NY/LA, 3/3 exp)
Exploitips: The third film that
adheres to the Dogme "Vow of
six-figure sum for the pic. Norbu
Chastity," "Mifune" discards artificial
lighting, opticals, filters,
is better known as H.E.
Dzongsar Jamyang Rinpoche, a
non-natural sound and props,
distinguished leader of
limiting auterism to the point that
Buddhism who's said to be third
directors names aren't even mentioned
in the credits. BOXOFFICE and the spiritual adviser on
in line behind the Dalai Lama
found the effort successful, giving
the pic four stars in last
Bernardo Bertolucci's "Little
Buddha." BOXOFFICE reviewed
month's Toronto coverage:
"The Cup" at Toronto in last
"Thanks to fine ensemble acting,
the Dogme 95 aesthetic of handheld
cameras, available lighting
and genuine locations works
smoothly. There are few false
notes— just many that resonate.
Cotton Mary
Producer Ismail Merchant ("A
Soldier's Daughter Never Cries")
Gendernauts
directs this period drama set in
post-independence India in German director Monika
1954. Two women, the mistress
San Francisco
Treut traveled to
of the house and her servant, collide
to make this documentary
over the care of the former's about gender benders in vari-
newborn, revealing the deepseated
ous stages of their lives. (First]
wounds between the Run, February
undated)
British colonials and Anglo-
Indians. Greta Scacchi ("The Red
Violin") and Madhur laffrey star.
Alexandra Viets scripts; Gil
Donaldson, Nayeem Hafizka
and Merchant produce. (Artistic
License, February undated
the leap to la-la land herself.
Aaron Harnick co-stars. Eric NY/LA)
Mendohlson writes and directs; Exploitips: Jaffrey, who's the
Rocco Caruso produces. author of several Indian cookbooks,
(Shooting Gallery. 2/25)
is credited with introducing
Merchant to his long-time
producing partner James Ivory.
Emporte-moi
Veteran filmmaker Lea Pool
writes and directs this autobiographical
coming-of-ager about
a 1 3-year-old girl growing up in
1960s Montreal. Karine
Vanasse stars. Lorraine Richard
produces. (Artistic License,
February undated)
Exploitips: BOXOFFICE gave
this pic, also known as "Set Me
The Cup
The first film shot entirely in
the Tibetan language, the comedy
"The Cup" details how an
exiled Tibetan monastery
becomes infected with 1 998
World Cup soccer fever, attempting
to hook up a television and
satellite dish to watch the games.
Khyentse Norbu directs and
scripts based on a true story. (Fine
Line, Februrary exp)
Exploitips: Fine Line beat out
other distributors such as Sony
Pictures Classics, paying a low
month's issue, giving it 3.5 stars
and saying, "Although 'The Cup'
is paced a little slowly— by
Western standards— for a comedy,
the lush serenity of the
Himalayas is the perfect backdrop
for adolescent chicanery..
..'The Cup' is a satisfying
comedy about finding your
place in the world. " (See In the
Director's Chair, page 28.)
Exploitips: "Gendernauts" \
should have some luck at the\
boxoffice with niche audiences—
in San Francisco, particularly.
Response No. 243
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The Closer You Get
The producer of "The Full Monty," Uberto
Pasolini presents this romantic comedy about
a village of Irish men who, frustrated with the
lack of eligible and interested women in their
community, scheme to attract American
women to their annual dance. Romance
comes from an unexpected source, however—right
under their noses. Niamh Cusack,
Sean McCinley ("The General") and Ian Hart
("Monument Ave.") star. Aileen Ritchie
directs a script by William Ivory. (Fox
Searchlight, February undated)
Exploitips:
This pic was one of Pasolini's
first projects under the multi-year production
deal he signed with Fox Searchlight last
spring. Under his guidance, it has the potential
charm to achieve the same success that
"The Fully Monty" did. Held from August.
Luminarias
In East Los Angeles, four Latina women
gather in their favorite restaurant
Luminarias to talk about their personal and
professional lives. Jose Luis Valenzuela
directs a script by Evelina Fernandez, who
also stars; Sal Lopez produces. (New Latin,
February undated)
Exploitips: Like "Cendernauts," "Luminarias"
should be popular in its own setting,
East L.A., among the people it depicts.
Lifestyle
David Schisgall directs this documentary
set at the annual Lifestyles convention,
where middle-age suburbanites gather to
merge their conservative values with sexual
liberation. Dan Cogan produces. (Seventh
Art, February undated)
Exploitips: Explicit in nature, "Lifestyle" ma)
be released in a tour pattern, with the film's
director and subjects speaking at college campuses
and film societies around the country.
Beautiful People
Tyro filmmaker lasmin Dizdar writes and
directs this political comedy about a motley
crew of characters in 1993 London during the
heat of the Bosnian war. Charlotte Coleman
("Four Weddings and a Funeral"), Charles Kay
("Henry"), Rosalind Ayres ("Gods and
Monsters"), Heather Tobias ("High Hopes"),
Danny Nussbaum ("TwentyFourSeven") and
Gilbert Martin ("Rob Roy") make up the
ensemble cast. Ben Woolford produces.
(Trimark, February undated)
Exploitips:
Trimark acquired this film after
it premiered in the Un Certain Regard section
of the 1 999 Cannes Film Festival. The indie
distributor paid a low- to mid-six figure sum.
(See In the Director's Chair, page 24.)
Wallowitch & Ross: The Moment
John Wallowitch and Bertram Ross star
in this documentary about the partners'
lives on and off the stage. Performing on
cabaret stages since the mid-'80s, singer
Ross plays straight man to composerpianist
Wallowtich. Richard Morris directs.
(First Run, 12/10 NY)
Exploitips: First Run is opening
"Wallowitch & Ross" in New York, where
the duo most often performs.
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Ralph Fiennes ("The End of the Affair")
stars in his sister Martha's directorial debut
based on the epic poem by Aleksander
Pushkin as Evgeny Onegin, a ladies' man
who gently rebuffs the advances of a beautiful
young woman onlv to fall in love with her
six years later, after she's already happily married.
Peter Ettedgui and Michael Ignatieff
script; Simon Bosanquet and lleen Maisei
produce. (Samuel Coldwyn, 12/31 NY/LA)
Exploitips: Reviewing it at Toronto, BOX-
OFFICE gave "Onegin" two stars in last
month's issue, observing, "Adapting one of
the most famous works by Russia's national
poet Aleksander Pushkin is risky if you're
not Russian.. ..In that, and despite the fact
that the movie is in English, director Martha
Fiennes, in her debut, doesn 't do too badly.
However, miscasting and a tepid love story
undo all her best efforts."
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A Map of the World
In this drama, Sigourney Weaver ("Galaxy
Quest") plays a newcomer to a rural Wisconsin
community who must find inner strength when
her best friend's child drowns while she's
babysitting, lulianne Moore ("Magnolia") costars.
Scott Elliott directs; Peter Hedges ("Whafs
Eating Gilbert Grape") and Polly Piatt script
based on Jane Hamilton's novel; "Snow Falling
on Cedars'" Kathleen Kennedy and Frank
Marshall produce. (First Look, 1/21 ltd)
Exploitips: BOXOFFICE reviewed this pic
at Toronto, giving it 7.5 stars in last month's
issue: '"A Map of the World' is a self-consciously
life-affirming movie that uses
tragedy as a dramatic tool with which people
can improve themselves. It's a noxious
conceit at the best of times, but in 'A Map
of the World,' the screenplay has such
unspeakable dialogue that you don't even
believe in the characters you're watching."
Diamonds
Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas and Dan
Aykroyd ("Blues Brothers 2000") star in this
family drama as a one-time prizefighter and
his son who embark on a road trip
to find
13 mysterious diamonds. Lauren Bacall
("The Mirror Has Two Faces") and jenny
McCarthy ("BASEketbal") co-star. John
Asher directs a script by Allan Katz; Patricia
Green produces. (Miramax, 1/21)
Exploitips: Featuring Douglas' first big
screen role since his
debilitating stroke in
1995, "Diamonds" is rumored to be testing
through the roof for Miramax, with
Douglas' performance scoring II more
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points than Roberto Benigni's "Life in
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Eric Schaeffer writers, directs and stars in this
semi-autobiographical comedy about a commitment-wary
groom-to-be who flashes back
to his wild youth in
the days leading up to his
wedding. Eric Mabius ("Cruel Intentions") costars
as Schaeffer's high school counterpart.
Schaeffer cohort Terence Michael, Dolly Hall
("High Art") and Lloyd Segan ("The Bachelor")
produce. (WinStar, 1/21)
Exploitips: Schaeffer and Michael's third
collaboration (after "If Lucy Fell" and
"Fall"), "Wirey Spindell" is based on an
unpublished novel Schaeffer pounded out
ten years ago.
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Writer-Director Tim Robbins Recreates
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the 1930s American Art Scene in "Cradle Will Rock
by Annlee Ellingson
ical.' Certainly. I've heard it before, but I
would really question whether that's an
accurate description of me or my films.
films are humanist films," he
continues, talking to BOXOFFICF. from
his cell, cabbing it to his Manhattan
home after a hard day at the office. "My
films are films about compassion, love
and joy. They don't have anything to do
with politics."
Still, it's difficult to deny that there's a
common thread. "Bob Roberts" parodied
the very political process, and
Man Walking" catalyzed discussions
on a hot-button topic, most likely
because of—-rather than in spite of—the
care with which Robbins told all sides of
the story, refusing to make a martyr out
of a murderer.
"Dead Man Walking' is right clear
down the middle on the [capital punishment]
issue." he declares. "It's fair to
everybody. It doesn't conde
f"Dead
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"TX Tiih just three teature film body. People are given dignity, whose Flanagan, which was the history of the
\/\/ credits to his name, writer- opinions I don't agree with. I take pains Federal Theatre. Being a theatre major
T V director-producer Tim and make efforts to do this." a
in college and to not have learned that, .1I
Robbins (who occasionally moonlights The same is true of "Cradle Will was shocked."
an actor as well) has already established
a respectable and diverse oeuvre. tive with about 20 principal characters. funeral procession for a wooden dummy w.
Rock," a complex, multi-layered narra-
I "Arena" led him to a story about
In 1992 he made "Bob Roberts." a satire The title refers to Orson Welles' (Angus "The casting company and the audience *
about an extreme right-wing Senatorial Macfadyen) historic non-production of of 'Pinocchio' staged this mock funeral
candidate whose folk songs charm the Marc Blitzstein's (Hank Azaria) eponymous
musical. Banned from performing says. "I just loved the message and said,
march in protest of the budget cuts." he
constituency. Three years later came
"Dead Man Walking." his even-handed and barred from their theatre on opening
night, the cast and crew of "The the movie. That's another part of the
'Well, we definitely have to have that in
examination of the death penalty, which
garnered him an Oscar nomination for Cradle Will Rock" led their audience ending.' And I started filling in back
best director and star Susan Sarandon, through downtown New York City to from there.. ..I pretty much knew my
Robbins' long-time companion, a win put on the show in an abandoned theatre end. I knew my ending, and then I just
for best actress. And this Christmas, sans props or costumes.
had to fill in the first two acts."'
Disney will release "Cradle Will Rock," Meanwhile, Nelson Rockefeller (John One of the challenges on "Cradle"
Robbins' account of the censorship that Cusack) commissions Mexican artist was casting contemporary actors in roles
took place in the 1930s on the eve of Diego Rivera (Ruben Blades) to paint a of known historical figures. "The best
|World War II and the Red Scare.
mural in the Rockefeller Center. you can do is kind of imagine what people
were like," Robbins says. "Withr
But don't call his films political. He Unhappy with the final
J product, he
f doesn't like what that implies. "I think locks Rivera out of the building and Orson Welles and John Houseman and
I that if you were to ask any person in destroys the painting.
Nelson Rockefeller and others we had
I America what they thought of politics Other subplots include WPA employee
Hazel Huffman's (Joan Cusack) somewhat close, but we weren't doing
pictures, [and] it was important to get
I or politicians, that's probably one of
least favorite subjects and least efforts to shut down the Federal Theatre Legends in Concert in Vegas. We didn'i
favorite people," Robbins contends. "So Project because of allegedly un- need look-alikes. What we needed reallyl
i I feel like I've been kind of marginalized,
or an attempt has been made to
these people— what I imagine their spir-
American themes in some of its produc-
were people who were close in spirit to]
marginalize me, by using the word 'politits
must have been like, their personali-
tions and the head of the WPA Theatre
Hallie Flanagan's (Cherry Jones)
defense of the Federal Theatre in front
of the Dies Committee in Washington.
And Mussolini's mistress Margherita
Sarfatti (Sarandon) sells her country's
greatest works of art to Rockefeller and
his cronies to raise funds for the war in
Europe.
The
concept for "Cradle Will
Rock" began gestating the first
time Robbins heard about the
play's infamous opening. "It all started
with the story of that performance that
evening," he says. "I was [intrigued] by
the heroic nature of it. So I started
working backwards, filling in the people,
trying to figure out a way to arrive at the
climactic ending."
As he began to research, the theatre
buff stumbled across othe. equally captivating
images from the era. "The next
book I read after all the research on 'The
off the climactic scene, the ultimate per-
formance of "Cradle Will Rock." "That
le Will Rock' was 'Are: rena' by Hallie
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ties,
their energy.'"
Welles proved particularly difficult to
cast. "It was absolutely impossible to
find someone 2 1 years old to play Orson
Welles," Robbins remembers. "Because
that was the age he was at. That was his
real age. There is not a 21 -year-old actor
with the command of the language, the
deep rich voice, the incredible brilliance
and precociousness that I imagine
Welles to be. There's no one. That's
tribute to Welles, in a way. It makes you
understand why he was able to achieve
what he achieved at such a young age.
He truly was special. He was brilliant.
So Angus [Macfadyen] was absolutely
dead-on perfect in the role, but he also i
10 years older than Welles was at the
time."
Without talent such as Macfadyen's,
Robbins would have been unable to pull

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end of the film and having a dud. It was
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" had so many great things, so many great
weeks of wonderful performances. I
knew I had incredible, golden perforpnances.
But without the end, I was
nowhere.
"My fear was also that we had so
much to do [in the scene], and we weren't
telling [the extras] that we were going to
do it," he explains. "We really only nad
one shot with every number. If the audi-
|ence was bored, you'd really see
because [the scene] takes place in the
audience, so I really needed those extras
to be part of our world.
I took my time with them and
really laid out exactly what was going on
up until this point so that they really felt
like they were part of the movie. I told
them about the times, and I told them
that the week before there had been a
labor riot and everyone knew about it.
People had gotten beaten up and killed
in Chicago, and there were cops in this
theatre, so anything could happen. [As if
to the audience,] 'But I'm not going to
tell you anything that's going to happen.'
"[I] also [told] these actors [that] they
went to the original theatre downtown
and saw armed guards there. 'Something
is up. Something is seriously up here.
[You] marched uptown with everybody
else. There's a real excitement here. You
know that the actors have been forbidden
from performing. All you know is
that
| Marc Blitzstein (Hank Azaria) is
> going to be up here performing the
'..entire show for you. Some of you may
know some of the actors. Some of you
may not. Some of you may be FBI
[I] really took the time. And they
really were into it.
"I also had amazing actors. Probably
I had actors who realderstood
the material and were
Simportantly,
to do it. And I had five cameras
I wouldn't miss anything,
hooting that scene was] so electric
and so unbelievable. Most of the people
that I talked to, the actors and all the
icians, said they'd never seen anylike
it in the theatre before, never
excitement that they felt. I didn't
ose extras once to laugh or to cry
-pplaud or to cheer. It was all
ontaneous....You could feel this unbeevable
electricity. It was palpable. It
lly,
really special."
obbins set up the significance
of the final scene from the
-beginning moments of the
1. choreographing an intricate, seemingly
seamless, tracking shot that opens
backstage at a movie house, where a program
of newsreels detailing recent
events has begun. "I'd always envisioned
a kind of spectacular opening that tells

the story." Robbins explains, in a way.
the shot tells us, the audience, about the
world of the film and where we might be
going.
"The opening helps us first of all
understand when [the film takes place]
without hitting you over the head with.
'Okay, we think you're stupid. Here's
what you have to know before you're
allowed to watch this film.' To present
the newsreels in that way gives you the
choice. You can either watch them, or
you don't have to watch them. You can
watch [Olive Stanton (Emily Watson)],
and you can understand that something's
going on: She's dressing. We
understand that she's been sleeping
there. Then we understand that she's
being thrown out of the. theatre, that
she's a vagrant of some kind. So now
we're with her and she's poor, and by the
end of the shot, she's washing herself in
the fire hydrant.
"And then we're up into a [secondstory]
apartment where some kind of
creativity is happening. A
composer is composing, and
then he imagines that this
little doll in a [model] theatre
is singing, so there's a
surreal element as well.
"Pretty much, that is the
world of the film. I wanted
to be able to tell the world of
the film.... I want[ed] to tell a
story in this shot. I want[ed]
to very elegantly and quietly
and slowly show poverty.
Because in order to understand
why this is important,
why the end of this movie is
important, why their standing
up in that theatre is
courageous, you first have to understand
that they have nothing. This is where
she's starting, and this is where she could
go back to. So when she stands up in the
theatre, [there's] a real courage, a real
dignity to it."
It's this moment that first sparked
Robbins' imagination, and moments like
it that will continue to inspire him. whatever
their politics. "It all starts with
story." he says. "You have to be telling a
story. You have to have an interesting
story. So what you have to first come to
terms with is 'What is the story Cm
telling'?' And if you can't figure that out,
then you've got a problem. There's nothing
thematic or philosophical that binds
anv of the stories that I've told. I think
they're all great .'s, though.
"Cradle Will R

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2000 BAROMETER STAR POLL
Vote for the top stars of 1999 by sending in the attached ballot.
MALE STAR OF THE YEAR
1. Meat Loaf Ada> ('Fight Club." "Crazy in
Alabama"!
2. Ben Affleck ("Dogma," "Forces of Nature." "200
Cigarettes")
3. Tim Allen ("Galaxy Quest")
4. David Arquette ("Never Been Kissed")
5. Dan Aykroyd ("Diamonds")
6. Hank Azaria ("Cradle Will Rock")
7. Kevin Bacon ("Stir of Echoes")
8. Alec Baldwin ("Outside Providence")
9. Antonio Banderas ("The Thirteenth Warrior")
10. Tom Berenger ("One Man's Hero")
11. Charles Berling I "L'Ennui")
12. Craig Bierko ("The Thirteenth Floor")
13. Kenneth Branagh
(' Wild Wild West")
14. Jeff Bridges I'Simpatico." "Arlington Road")
15. Jim Broadbent ("Topsy Tur\>"i
16. Matthew Broderick ("Election." "Inspector
Gadget")
17. Adrien Brody ("Liberty Heights." "Oxygen."
"Summer of Sam")
18. Albert Brooks ("The Muse")
19. Pierce Brosnan ("The World is Not Enough." "The
Thomas Crown Affair." "Grey Owl")
20. Gabriel Byrne ("End of Days." "Stigmata")
21. James Caan ("Mickey Blue-Eyes." "This is My
Father")
22. Nicolas Cage ("Bringing Out the Dead." "8mm")
23. Michael Caine ("The Cider House Rules")
24. Robert Carlvle (
"Angela's Ashes." "The World is
Not Enough." "Ravenous." "Plunkett and Macleane")
25. Jim Carrey ("Man on the Moon")
26. Jackie Chan ("Twin Dragons")
27. John Cleese ("The Out-of-Tow ners"
28. George Clooney ("Three Kings")
29. Sean Connery ("Entrapment")
30. Mian ( orduncr ("Topsy Turvy")
31. Kevin Costner ("For Love of the Game," "Message
in a Bottle")
32. Russell Crowe ("The Insider." "Mystery. Alaska")
33. Billy Crudup ("Jesus' Son")
34. Tom Cruise ("Magnolia.'' "Eyes Wide Shut")
35. Billy Crystal ("Analyze This")
36. Alan Cumming ("Plunkett & Macleane")
37. John Cusack ("Cradle Will Rock." "Being John
Malkovich," "Pushing Tin")
38. Matt Damon ("The Talented Mr. Ripley." "Dogma")
39. Jeff Daniels ("My Favorite Martian")
40. Robert De Niro ("Flawless," "Analyze This")
41. Johnny Depp I
Wife")
Hollow." "The Astronaut's
42. Michael Des Barres ("Sugar Town")
43. Taye Diggs ( "The Best Man." "The House on
Haunted Hill." "The Wood")
44. Kirk Douglas ( "Diamonds")
45. Robert Downey Jr. ("Friends and Lovers," "In
Dreams")
46. Charles Dutton ("Cookie's Fortune")
47. Clint Eastwood I
Crime")
48. Omar Epps ("In Too Deep," "The Wood." "The
Mod Squad")
49. Rupert Everett ("An Ideal Husband." "Inspector
50. Richard Farnswortn ("The Straight Story ")
51. Ralph Kiennes (The End of (he Affair," "Onegin")
52. Colin Firth ("My Life So Far")
53. Laurence I ishburnc ("The Matrix")
54. Sean Patrick Flanery ("Body Shots." "Simply
Irresistible")
55. Dave Foley ( "Dick." "Blast From the Past")
56. Peter Fonda ("The Limey")
57. Harrison Ford I
Hearts")
58. Ben Foster ("Liberty Heights")
59. Brendan Fraser ("The Mummy." "Blast From the
Past." "Dudley Do-Right")
60. Edward Furlong ("Detroit Rock City")
61. Andy Garcia ("Just the Ticket")
62. Richard Gere ("The Runaway Bride")
63. Mel Gibson ("Payback")
64. Cuba Gooding Jr. ("Chill Factor." "Instinct")
65. Hugh Grant ("Mickey Blue-Eyes." "Notting Hill")
66. Rupert Graves ("Dreaming of Joseph Lees")
67. Seth Green ("Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged
Me." "Idle Hands")
68. Tom Hanks ("The Green Mile")
69. John Hannah ("The Mummy")
70. Woody Harrelson ("EDtv")
71. Ed Harris ("The Third Miracle")
72. Ethan Hawke ("Snow Falling on Cedars"!
73. Nigel Hawthorne ( "The Winslow Boy")
74. Dan Hedeya (The Hurricane," "Dick")
75. Dustin Hoffman (The Messenger")
76. Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Flawless," "Magnolia")
77. Anthony Hopkins ("Titus." "Instinct")
78. Bob Hoskins ("Felicia's Journey")
79. Sam Huntington ("Detroit Rock City")
80. Samuel 1.. Jackson ("The Red Violin," "Star Wars:
The Phantom Menace." "Deep Blue Sea")
81. Tommy Lee Jones ("Double Jeopardy")
82. Harvey Keitel ( "Holy
Smoke." "Three Seasons")
83. Val Kilmer ("Joe the King." "At First Sight")
84. Greg Kinnear
(
"Mystery Men")
85. Kevin Kline ("Wild Wild West," "A Midsummer
Night's Dream")
86. Jude Law ("The Talented Mr. Ripley," "eXistenZ")
87. Martin Lawrence ("Blue Streak." "Life")
88. John Legui/amo ( "Summer of Sam")
89. Jet Li ("Black Mask")
90. Matthew Lillard ("SLC Punk!," "Wing
Commander")
91. Jonathan Lipnicki ("Stuart Little")
92. Christopher Lloyd ("My Favorite Martian." "Baby
Geniuses")
93. William H. Macy ("Magnolia." "Happy, Texas,"
"Mystery Men")
94. Tobey Maguire ("The Cider House Rules." "Ride
With the Devil")
95. John Malkovich ("The Messenger." "Being John
Malkovich")
96. Miki Manojlovic ("The Powder Keg")
97. Steve Martin ("Bow finger." "The Out-of-Towners")
98. Matthew McConaughey ( "EDtv")
99. Dylan McDermott ("Three to Tango")
100. Ewan McGregor ("Star Wars: The Phantom
Menace")
101. Jonny Lee Miller ("Mansfield Park." "Plunkett &
Macleane")
102. Jay Mohr ("Go")
103. \ iggo Mortensen ("A Walk on the Moon")
104. Dermot Mulroney ("Goodbye Lover")
105. Eddie Murphy ( "Bowfinger," "Life")
106. Bill Murray ("Cradle Will Rock." "Rushmore")
107. Mike Myers ("Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me")
108. Liam Neeson ("Star Wars: The Phantom
Menace," "The Haunting")
109. Nick Nolte ("Simpatico." "Breakfasi of
Champions")
110. Jeremy Northam ("Happy. Texas." "An Ideal
Husband." "The Winslow Boy")
111. Ed Norton ("Fight Club")
112. Chris O-Donnell ("The Bachelor")
113. Al Pacino ("Any Given Sunday." "The Insider")
1 14. Guy Pearce ("Ravenous")
115. Sean Penn ("Sweet and Lowdown")
1 16. Matthew Perry ("Three to Tango")
117. Ryan Phillippe ("Cruel Intentions")
118. Joaquin Phoenix ("8mm")
119. Brad Pitt ("Fight Club")
120. Oliver Piatt ("Three to Tango." "Lake Placid")
121. Pete Postlethvvaite ("Among Giants")
122. Bill Pullman ("Brokedown Palace." "Lake
Placid")
123. Dennis Quaid ("Any Given Sunday")
124. Aidan Quinn ( "This is My Father")
125. Usher Raymond ("Light it Up," "She's All That")
126. Stephen Rea ("The End of the Affair,"
"Guinevere." "Still Crazy")
127. Keanu Reeves ( "The Matrix")
128. Giovanni Ribisi ("The Other Sister." "The Mod
Squad")
129. Tim Robbins ("Arlington Road")
130. Dennis Rodman ("Simon Sez")
131. Stephen Root ("Office Space")
132. Tim Roth ("Legend of 1900")
133. Geoffrey Rush ("The House on Haunted Hill,"
\h Me
134. Adam Sandler ("Big Daddy")
135. Rob Schneider ("Deuce Bigalow")
136. Liev Schreiber ( "The Hurricane." "Jakob the
Liar.""A Walk on the Moon")
137. Arnold Schwarzenegger i
of Days")
138. Brendan Sexton III ( "Desert Blue")
139. Will Smith ("Wild Wild West")
140. Kevin Spacey ("American Beauty")
141. David Spade ("Lost and Found")
142. Timothy Spall (
Turvy")
143. Terence Stamp ("The Limey")
144. Ben Stiller ("Mystery Men")
145. David Strathairn ( A Map of the World." "Limbo")
146. John Taylor ("Sugar Town")
147. David Thewlis ("Besieged")
148. Billy Bob Thornton ("Pushing Tin")
149. John Travolta ("The General's Daughter")
150. John Turturro ("Uluminala ")
151. Skeet Ulrich ("Ride With the Devil." "C
Factor")
152. Jean-Claude Van Damme ("Universal Soldier: The
Return")
153. James Van Der Beek ( "Varsity Blues")
154. Jon Voight ("Varsity Blues"!
155. Max ion Sydow ("Snow Falling on Cedars")
156. Mark Wahlberg (Three Kings," "The
Corruptor")
157. Christopher Walkcn ("Sleepy Hollow," "Blast
From the Past," "Ulummata")
158. Denzel Washington ("The Hurricane." "The Bone
Collector")
159. Isaiah Washington (True Crime")
160. Robin Williams ("Bicentennial Man," "Jakob the^
161. Treat Williams ("The Deep End of (he Ocean")
162. Bruce Willis ("Sixth Sense." The Story of Us,"j
"Breakfasi of Champions")
163. Luke Wilson ("Blue Streak." "Dog Park")
164. Ray Winstone (The War Zone." "The Veryj
Thought oi You")
165. James Woods ("The General's Daughter." "True
Crime," "Another Day in
Paradise")
166. Jeffrey Wright ("Ride With the Devil")
167. Chow Vun-Kat ("Anna and (he King." "The
Corruptor")
168. Steve Zahn ("Happy. Texas")
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FEMALE STAR OF THE YEAR
I. Joey Lauren Adams ("Big Daddy")
!. Jennifer Aniston ("Office Space")
1. Patricia Arquetle ("Bringing Out the Dead, 1
'Stigmata," "Goodbye Lover")
|
Lauren Bacall ("Diamonds")
». Drew Barrymore ("Never Been Kissed")
i. Angela Bassett ("Music of the Heart")
'. Kate Beekinsale I
Palace")
>. Juliette Binoche ("Lovers on the Bridge")
10. Cate Blanchett ("The Talented Mr. Ripley," \n
deal Husband," "Pushing Tin")
1. Sandra Bullock ("Forces o\ Nature")
2. Saffron Burrows ("Miss Julie." "Deep Blue Sea."
Wing Commander")
3. \eu- Campbell ("Three to Tango")
4. Kate C a pshaw ("The Love Letter"!
5. Helena Bonham Carter ("Light Club." "Portraits
rhinois")
I Cher ("Tea With Mussolini")
7. Glenn Close ("Cookie's I ortune")
8. Toni Collette ( "The Sixth Sense")
,9. Joan Cusack ("Cradle Will Rock." "The Runaway
Jride." "Arlington Road")
10. Claire Danes ("Brokedown Palace." "The Mod
iquad")
II.
Emheth Daudt/ ("Bicentennial Man")
12. Geena Davis ("Stuart Little")
13. Ellen DeGeneres ("The Love Letter." "Goodbye
14. Judi Dench ("The World is Not Enough." "Tea With
rfussolini")
5. Cameron Diaz ("Any Given Sunday." "Being John
Hkovich")
16. Illeana Douglas (
Fcxas." "Stir of Echoes")
64. Frances O'' nnnor ("Mansfield Park")
65. Thandie Newton ("Besieged")
"
66. Sandra Oh ("Last Night." "Guinevere,"
67.Gwyneth IVItrow ("The Talented Mr Ripley '
68. Anna Pau ("A Walk on the Moon." "She's Ml
That")
69. Michelle Pfciffer ("The Storj of I \
Midsummer Night's Dream." "The Deep 1 nd ol thl
Ocean")
70. Robin Wrighl I'enn ( "Message in a Bottle")
71. Rosie Perez (" I he 24-Hour Woman")
72. Joan Plowright ("Tea With Mussolini")
73. Natalie Porhnan ("Anywhere Bui I [ere," "Star Wars
The Phantom Meiu.ee")
74. Monica Potter ("The Verj Thought of You")
75. Kelly Preston ("For Love of the Game")
76. Christina Rieci ("Sleepj Hollow." "Desert Blue."
77. Denise Richards ("The World is Not Enough."
"Drop Dead Gorgeous")
78. Miranda Richardson ("Sleepy Hollow")
79. Julia Roberts ("The Runaway Bride." "Noding
80. Kathleen Robertson ("Splendor")
81. Cecilia Roth ("All About My Mother")
82. Rene Russo ("The Thomas Crown Affair")
83. Winona Ryder ("Girl Interrupted")
84. Susan Sarandon ("Cradle Will Rock." "Anywhere
But Here")
85. Greta Scacchi ("The Red Violin")
86. Chloe Sevigny ("Boys Don't Cry." "Julien Donkey-Boy")
87. Alicia Silverslone ("Blast From the Past")
88. Jean Smart ("Guinevere")
89. Maggie Smith ("Tea With Mussolini")
90. Mira Sorvino ("Summer of Sam." "At First Sight")
91. Tori Spelling! "Trick")
92. Sharon Shim f'Simnatign " "The Muse." "Gloria")
Daughter")
he
12. Jason Fleming ("Lock. Slock and 1
Bands"!
13. Gibson Fra/ier ("Man oi the Century"!
14. Clark Gregg ("The Adventure ol 5eba
15. Adrian c.renier ("I he Adventures
i
Cole," "Drive Me Crazy")
16. Eddie Griffin ("Foolish")
17. Jake Gyllenhaal ("Octobei Sky")
IX. Sha«n Hatosy ("Outside Providence")
19. Douglas llenshall (" twice 1 pon a Yesl
20. Rhys Ifans ("Notting Hill")
21. Chris Klein ("Election," "American Pie")
22. Neath Ledger ("111 LhingS
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23. Joshua Leonard ("The Blair Witch Projet I
24. Jake Lloyd ("Star Wars: The Phantom Menace")
25. Ron Livingston ("Otficc Space' 1
26. Don McKellar ("Last Night," "eXistenZ," "The Re
Violin")
27. Ulrich Nocthen ("The Harmonists")
28. Haley Joel Osmcnt ("I he Sivih Sense")
2*t. C iarun Owens (
eel. is Ashes")
30. Adrian Pang ("That's the Way I Like If!
31. Mark and Michael Polish ("Twin I alls Idaho")
32. Freddie Prinze Jr. ("She's All That." "Win
Commander")
33. Om Puri ("My Son the Fanatic")
34. Devon Sawa ("Idle Hands," "SLC Punk!")
35. Jason Schwartzman ("Rushmore")
36. Vicellous Reon Shannon ("The Hurricane")
37. Ben Silverstone ( "Get Real")
38. Miguel Angel Sola (" Lmeo")
39. Cole and Dylan Sprouse ( "Big Daddy")
40. Jacques Villeret ("The Dinner Game")
41. Michael Williams ("The Blair Witch Project"!
42. Owen Wilson ("The Minus Man." "The Haunting'
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Vote for the top stars of 1999 by sending in the attached ballot.
MALE STAR OF THE YEAR
1. Meat Loaf Aday ("Fight Club." Crazy in
Alabama")
2. Ben Affleck ("Dogma." "Forces of Nature." "200
Cigarettes")
3. Tim Allen ("Galaxy Quest")
4. David Arquette I "Never Been Kissed")
5. Dan Aykrovd ("Diamonds")
6. Hank Azaria ("Cradle Will Rock")
7. Kevin Bacon ("Stir of Echoes")
8. Alec Baldwin ("Outside Providence")
9. Antonio Banderas ("The Thirteenth Warrior")
10. Tom Berenger ("One Man's Hero")
11. Charles Berlingt'LEnnui' 1
12. Craig Bierko ("The Thirteenth Floor")
13. Kenneth Branagh ("Wild Wild West")
14. Jeff Bridges ("Simpatico," "Arlington Road")
15. Jim Broadbent ("Topsy Tuny")
16. Matthew Broderick ("Election." "Inspector
Gadget")
17. Adrien Brody ("Liberty Heights," "Oxygen."
"Summer of Sam")
18. Albert Brooks ("The Muse")
19. Pierce Brosnan ("The World is Not Enough." "The
Thomas Crown Affair." "Grey Owl")
20. t.ahricl Byrne ("End of Days." "Stigmata")
21. James Caan ("Mickey Blue-Eyes." "This is My
Father")
22. Nicolas Cage ("Bringing Out (he Dead." "8mm")
23. Michael Caine ("The Cider House Rules")
24. Robert Carlyle ("Angela's Ashes." "The World is
Not Enough." "Ravenous." "Plunkelt and Macleane")
25. Jim Carrey ("Man on the Moon")
26. Jackie Chan ("Twin Dragons")
27. John Cleese ("The Out-of-Towners")
28. George Clooney ("Three Kings")
29. Sean Connery ("Entrapment")
30. Allan Corduner
(
Turvy")
31. Kevin Costner ("For Love of the Game," "Message
in a Bottle")
32. Russell Crowe ("The Insider." "Mystery, Alaska")
33. Billy Crudup ("Jesus' Son")
34. Tom Cruise ("Magnolia." "Eyes Wide Shut")
35. Billy Crystal ("Analyze This")
36. Alan Cumming ("Plunkett & Macleane")
37. John Cusack ("Cradle Will Rock." "Being John
Malkovich." "Pushing Tin")
38. Matt Damon ("The Talented Mr. Ripley." "Dogma")
39. Jeff Daniels ( "My Favorite Martian")
411. Robert De Niro (""Flawless," "Analyze This")
41. Johnny Depp ("Sleepy Hollow." "The Astronaut's
42. Michael Des Barres ("Sugar Town")
43. Taye Diggs ("The Best Man." "The House on
Haunted Hill." "The Wood")
44. Kirk Douglas ("Diamonds")
45. Robert Downey Jr. ("Friends and Lovers." "In
Dreams")
46. Charles Dutton ("Cookie's Fortune")
47. Clint Eastwood ("True Crime")
48. Omar Epps ("In Too Deep." "The Wood." "The
Mod Squad'
49. Rupert Everett ("An Ideal Husband." "Inspector
Gadget ')
50. Richard Farnsworth ("The Straight Story")
51. Ralph Fiennes ("The End of the Affair," "Onegin")
52. Colin Firth ("My Life So Far")
53. Laurence Fishburne ( "The Matrix")
54. Sean Patrick Flancry ("Body Shots," "Simply
Irresistible")
55. Dave Foley ("Dick." "Blast From the Past")
56. Peter Fonda ("The Limey")
57. Harrison Ford ("Random Hearts")
58. Ben Foster ("Liberty Heights")
59. Brendan Fraser ("The Mummy." "Blast From the
Past." "Dudley Do-Right")
60. Edward Furlong ("Detroit Rock City")
61. Andy Garcia ("Just the Ticket")
62. Richard Gere ("The Runaway Bride")
63. Mel Gibson ( "Payback")
64. Cuba Gooding Jr. ("Chill Factor," "Instinct")
65. Hugh Grant ("Mickey Blue-Eyes." "Notting Hill")
66. Rupert Graves ("Dreaming of Joseph Lees")
67. Seth Green ("Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged
Me." "Idle Hands")
68. Tom Hanks ("The Green Mile")
69. John Hannah ("The Mummy")
70. Woody Harrelson CEDtv")
71. Ed Harris ("The Third Miracle")
72. Ethan Hawke ("Snow Falling on Cedars")
73. Nigel Hawthorne ("The Winslow Boy ")
74. Dan Hedeya ("The Hurricane." "Dick")
75. Dustin Hoffman ("The Messenger")
76. Philip Seymour Hoffman ( "Flawless." "Magnolia")
77. Anthony Hopkins ("Titus." "Instinct")
78. Bob Hoskins ("Felicia's Journey")
79. Sam Huntington ( "Detroit Rock City")
80. Samuel L. Jackson ("The Red Violin." "Star Wars:
The Phantom Men--"
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91. Jonathan Lipni
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96. Miki Manojlov
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102. Jay Mohr ("C
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109. Nick Noll
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110. Jeremy Nlorl
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112. Chris O'Donnell ("The Bachelor")
113. Al Pacino ("Any Given Sunday." "The Insider")
114. Guy Pearce ( "Ravenous")
115. Sean Penn ("Sweet and Lowdown")
1 16. Matthew Perry ("Three to Tango")
117. Ryan Phillippe ("Cruel Intentions ")
118. Joaquin Phoenix ("8mm")
119. Brad Pitt ("Fight Club")
120. Oliver Piatt ("Three to Tango." "Lake Placid")
121. Pete Postlethwaite ("Among Giants")
122. Bill Pullman ("Brokedown Palace." "Lake
Placid")
123. Dennis Quaid ("Any Given Sunday")
124. Aidan Quinn ("This is My Father")
125. Usher Raymond ("Light it Up." "She's All That")
126. Stephen Rea ("The End of the Affair."
"Guinevere," "Still Crazy")
127. Keanu Reeves ("The Matrix")
128. Giovanni Ribisi ("The Other Sister." "The Mod
129. Tim Robbins ("Arlington Road")
130. Dennis Rodman ("Simon Sez")
131. Stephen Root ("Office Space")
132. Tim Roth ("Legend of 1900")
133. Geoffrey Rush ("The House on Haunted Hill,"
"Mystery Men")
134. Adam Sandler ("Big Daddy")
135. Rob Schneider ("Deuce Bigalow")
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I. Joey Lauren Adams ("Big Daddy")
». Jennifer Aniston ("Office Space")
I Patricia Arqueite ("Bringing Out the Dead,"
•Stigmata," "Goodbye Lover"]
I. Lauren Bacall ("Diamonds")
>. Drew Barrymorc ("Never Been Kissed")
>. Angela Bassett ("Music of the Heart")
Kate Beekinsale ("Brokedoun Palace")
I. Annette Bening ("American Beauty." "In Dreams")
I. Juliette Binoche ("Lovers on the Bridge")
10. Cate Blanchett ("The Talented Mr. Ripley," \n
deal Husband." "Pushing Tin")
II. Sandra Bullock l
o( Nature")
12. Saffron Burrows ("Miss Julie." "Deep Blue Sea."
'Wing Commander")
13. Neve Campbell ("Three to Tango")
!4. Kate Capshaw ("The Love Letter")
5. Helena Bonham Carter ("Fight Club." "Portraits
rhinois")
16. Cher ("Tea With Mussolini")
7. Glenn Close ("Cookie's Fortune")
8. Toni Collette ("The Sixth Sense")
9. Joan Cusack ("Cradle Will Rock." "The Runaway
Iride." "Arlington Road")
!0. Claire Danes ("Brokedown Palace." "The Mod
iquad")
I Embeth Davidtz ("Bicentennial Man")
!2. Geena Daiis ("Stu.ul Little")
3. Ellen DeGeneres ("The Love Letter." "Goodbye
!4. Judi Dench ("The World is Not Enough," "Tea With
Mussolini")
15. Cameron Diaz ("Any Given Sunday." "Being John
Hkovich")
16. llleana Douglas rl lappy, Icvas." "Stir ol~ Echoes")
17. Minnie Driver ("An Ideal Husband")
18. Faye Dunaway ("The Messenger")
!9. Kirsten Dunst ("Dick." "Drop Dead Gorgeous")
10. Jamie Lee Curtis (" Virus")
11. JennaElfmanC'EDtv")
12. Linda Fiorentino ("Dogma")
13. Calista Flockhart ("A Midsummer Night's Dream")
14. Bridget Fonda ("Lake Placid")
15. Jodie Foster ("Anna and the King")
16. Janeane Garofalo
(
"The Minus Man." "Mystery Men")
17. Melissa Joan Hart ("Drive Me Crazy")
(8. Katie Holmes i
leaching Mrs. Tingle." "Go")
19. Sarah Michelle Gellar ("Cruel Intentions." "Simply
rresistible")
10. Heather Graham (
ipy Who Shagged Me")
llou finger." "Austin Powers: The
11. Melanie Griffith ("Crazy in Alabama." "Another
lay in Paradise")
12. Rachel Griffiths ("My Son the Fanatic.'" "Among
13. Goldie Hawn ("The Out-of-Towners")
14. Salma Hayek ("Dogma." "Wild Wild West")
15. Anne Heche ("The Third Miracle")
16. Anjelica Huston ("Agnes Browne")
17. Angelina Jolie ("Girl Interrupted," "The Bone
Collector." "Pushing Tin")
tX.
Mill* Jovovich ("The Messenger")
19. Ashley Judd
I
Jeopardy")
50. Nicole Kidman ("Eyes Wide Shut")
51. Lisa Kudrow ("Analyze This")
52. Diane Lane ("A Walk on the Moon")
53. Jessica Lange I
"Titus")
54. Jennifer Jason Leigh I
"eXistcnZ")
55. Gong Li ("The Emperor and the Assassin")
56. Juliette Lewis ("The Other Sister")
57. Andie MacDowell ("The Muse." "Just the Ticket")
58. Sophie Marceau ("The World is Not Enough")
59. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ("Limbo")
50. Rose McGowan ("Jawbreaker")
51. Helen Mirren ("Teaching Mrs. Tingle")
f)2.
Gretehen Mol ("The Thirteenth Floor")
S3. Julianne Moore ("The End of the AITair."
Husband")
"A Map of the World." "An Ideal
64. Frances O ,,nnor
(" Manslield Park )
65. Thandie \ * ion ("Besieged ")
66. Sandra Oh I
Night." "Guinevere." The Red
67. Gwyneth Paltrow ("The Talented Mr Riplc\ i
68. Anna Paun-,, r \ Walk on the Moon." "She* All
That")
69. Michelle Pfeirfer ("The Storj of Us \
Midsummer Nighi's
Ocean" I
Dream." "The Deep End of (he
70. Robin Wright I'enn ("Message in a Bottle")
71. Rosie Perez f I he 24-Hour Woman)
72. Joan Plowright ("Tea Willi Mussolini")
73. Natalie Porrman ("Anywhere Bui Here,""Stai Wars
The Phantom Men. ice"
74. Monica Potter ("The Very Thought of You")
75. Kelly Preston I I or Love of Ihe Game" I
76. Christina Ricci ("Sleepy Hollow," "Descil Blue."'
"200 Cigarettes")
77. Denise Richards ("The World is Not I QOUgh,"
"Drop Dead Gorgeous")
78. Miranda Richardson ("Sleepy Hollow*')
79. Julia Roberts ("The Runaway Bride." "Noiiing
Hill")
80. Kathleen Robertson (Splendor")
81. Cecilia Roth ("AH About My Mother")
82. Rene Russo ("The Thomas Crown AITair"
83. Winona Ryder ("Girl Interrupted")
84. Susan Sarandon ("Cradle Will Rock." "Anywhere
Bui Here")
85. Greta Scacchi ("The Red Violin")
86. Chloe Sevigny ("Boys Don't Cry," "Julien Donkey -Boy I
87. Alicia Silverstone ("Blast From the Past")
88. Jean Smart ("Guinevere")
89. Maggie Smith ("Tea With Mussolini")
90. Mira Sorvino ("Summer of Sam." "At First Sight")
91. Tori Spelling ("Trick")
92. Sharon Stone ("Simpatico," "The Muse." "Gloria")
93. Madeleine Stowe ("The General's Daughter")
94. Meryl Streep ('"Music of the Heart")
95. Tilda Swinton
(
"The War Zone")
96. Lili Taylor ("The Haunting")
97. Charlize Theron ("The Cider House Rules." "The
Astronaut's Wile")
98. Kristin Scott Thomas ("Random Hearts")
99. Urna Thurman ("Sweet and Lowdown")
100. Lily Tomlin ( "Tea With Mussolini")
101. Jeanne Tripplehorn ("Mickey Blue-Eyes")
102. Robin Tunncy ("End o( Days")
103. Kathleen Turner ("Baby Geniuses")
104. Liv Tyler ("One-gin." "Plunked & Macleane")
105. Lesley Ann Warren ("The Limey")
106. Emily Watson ("Angela's Ashes." "Cradle Will
Rock" I
107. Sigourney Weaver (
World")
108. Rachel Weisz ("The Mummy")
109. Michelle Williams ("Dick")
Quest," "A Map of the
111). Olivia Williams ("The Sixth Sense." "Rushmore")
111. Kate Winslet ("Holy Smoke." "Hideous Kinky")
112. Reese Witherspoon ("Election." "Cruel
Intentions")
113. Renee Zellweger
(
"The Bachelor")
114. Catherine Zeta-Jones ("The Haunting."
"Entrapment")
BREAKOUT STAR OF THE
YEAR—MALE
1. Corbin Allred ("Diamonds")
2. Wes Bentley ("American Beauty ")
3. Myles Berkowitz ("20 Dates")
4. Jason Biggs ("American Pie")
5. Lucas Black ("Crazy in Alabama")
6. Joe Breen ("Angela's Ashes")
7. Christian Campbell ("Trick")
8. Zachary Daiid Cope ("Stir of I chocs"
I
9. l.oren Dean ("Mumford ')
10. Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile I
11. Noah Fleiss ("Joe ih
12. Jason Fleming ("Lock, Slock and [wo Smoking
Barrels")
13. Gibson I ra/icr ("Man oi the Century")
14. Clark Gregg ("The Adventures of Seba
15. Adrian Grenier ("The Adventures
.
Cole." "Drive Me Crazy")
16. Eddie Griffin ("1 oolish")
17. Jake Gyileohaal ("Octobei sky")
18. Shawn llatosy ("Outside I'roudcnce i
19. Douglas Henshall ("Twice 1 pon a Yesterday")
20. Rhys Hans l
21. Chris Klein i
Hill")
I lection." "American Pie")
22. Heath Ledger ("10 rhings I
Vboul You")
23. Joshua Leonard ("The Blair Witch Projet I
24. Jake Lloyd ("Star Wars I lie Phantom Menace")
25. Ron Livingston ("Office Space")
26. Don McKellar ("Last Night," "eXistenZ," "The Red
Violin")
27. LUrich Noethen ("The Harmonists")
28. Haley Joel Osnienl I
24. Ciaran Owens I
I he Sixth Sense")
Ashes 'l
30. Adrian Pang (" 1 hat's the Way I Like ll")
31. Mark and Michael Polish ('Twin Falls Idaho")
32. Freddie Prinze Jr. ("She's All That," Wine
Commander")
33. Om Puri ("My Son the Fanatic")
34. Devon Sawa ("Idle Hands." "SLC Punk!")
35. Jason Schwartzman ("Rushmore")
36. \ icellous Reon Shannon

SPECIAL REPORT
THE FITH
ELEMENT
National Association of Theatre Owners
Appoints John Fithian as its New President
From
the moment William
Kartozian announced that
he would retire from his
position as the first full-time president
of the National Association
of Theatre Owners, the question as
to who would replace the
11 -year
leader has burned in the minds of
all those affiliated with the exhibition
industry. Recognizing that
Kartozian (who has been credited
with saving the organization from
extinction) would be a difficult act
to follow, NATO launched a
nationwide search for the perfect
successor. The assiduous quest
came to an end late last October
when the association announced
that John Fithian, a partner with
Washington D.C. -based law firm
Patton Boggs, would assume the
role of president on January 1,
2000.
Fithian says that when the organization
first approached him about
submitting his name for candidacy.
he was excited by the opportunity it
presented. "I was very happy with
the law practice I've had," he states.
"But when Bill announced that he
was retiring and [NATO] asked me
if I wanted to be considered, it was
just too interesting a possibility not
to take a look at."
Having served as NATO's general
counsel since 1992, the incoming
president is no newcomer to the inner
workings of the organization. "I've known
and worked with [NATO] closely for seven
years." says Fithian. "They're a very
important client [of mine] and I've been
involved in most of their major issues. I've
been at all their board meetings and I'm
familiar with the people, the issues and the
by Francesca Dinglasan
FITHIAN-GLY APPROPRIATE: New National Association
Theatre Owners President John Fithian.
organization. That was why [the presidency]
was very attractive to me—because it
[meant dealing with] folks that I respect a
lot and issues that are really exciting and
challenging."
Some of the issues that Fithian has
recently been involved with at the nation's
capital encompass the hot-button topics
of Hollywood's depictions of brutality
and what legislation, if any. should
be implemented to control the
amount of onscreen violence.
"I think that the issues that NATO
and exhibition face are very much bicoastal
right now," he explains. "There
are a lot of Washington issues involving
juvenile crime and the fallout from
the tragic shootings at several high
schools. A lot of people in Washington
have been taking a tough look at the
entertainment industry and proposing
all
kinds of Draconian measures. I've
been working on a lot of those [matters],
which will continue, and on a lot
of issues involving how the federal government
regulates [exhibitors'] business.
"There are [also] a bunch c
'California-type' issues,
for lack of
better word," continues Fithian. "A;
the industry looks to convert to digita,
technology, there's a lot of issue
about how that gets implemented
That will be a whole new world
exhibition with some very excitin;
technology."
Of vital importance, too, say
Fithian, is maintaining the vitality c.
the movie theatre business. "Continuin
to preserve exhibition as the primar
1
showcase for the film industry is esser
tial," he notes. "[There have been] a lc ;
of competing technologies and lots

Of course, sustaining this vibrancy
requires understanding and prioritizing
the needs of individuals working in
the
industry. Cognizant of this fact, Fithian
has made talking to NATO members
throughout the United States one of his
prerogatives.
"My first task is to get around to the
members and take in as much input as I
possibly can," he says. "I'll be traveling
around the country and meeting with
NATO members and executives [from
regional NATO offices] and getting their
input as quickly as I can because the issues
[that are important to them] are developing
quickly."
One
such topic Fithian is eager to
work on with association members
concerns the establishment
of NATO's objectives for the next millennium.
In November, the organization
announced that it had successfully met
the challenge presented by its first mission
statement, which, under Kartozian s
leadership, pledged to push North
American movie admissions to 1 .5 billion
by the year 2000. Fresh from its victory.
NATO seems poised to create and meet
an even greater challenge. However,
Fithian is cautious in his postulations
regarding future mission statements,
especially before he's discussed the possibilities
with other members.
"Is someone leaking my game plan for
the first 100 days?" he asks jokingly in
response to BOXOFFICE's conjecture
regarding a potential increase in the target
number of cinema attendance as the
next mission. "One of the first things that
[the NATO board] will be talking about
is the next mission statement. But I'm not
going to pre-empt them; they'll be working
with me on what they think their
goals should be."
Beyond the next statement, another
issue Fithian is anxious to tackle is one
"[Balancing such a relationship] is
always a challenge, particularly to an association
like NATO where there are so manj
members. This is a big trade association
with lots of members and they all have a lot
to say, so it's
a very vibrant group."
In addition to domestic membership.
Fithian is
also concerned about reaching
out to foreign exhibitors who are either
current, or perhaps future, members of
NATO.
"There are several international members
that come to the board meetings." he
says, "and I'll have discussions with them
there.
"It's a very interesting focus for
NATO's future [to see] how we develop
internationally." he adds. "As distribution
is global and as many of our members are
expanding overseas, it's really come upon
the association to help pick up on some of
those issues. My firm does trade work for
NATO and we are looking more at ways
"17/ be very mindful of
working with all the
members and listening to
the independents and
their particular
concerns— trying to
meld and compromise
those with the interests
of the big circuits so that
everybody can work
together as much as possible.
...This is a big trade
association with lots of
members and they all
have a lot to say, so it's
a very vibrant group."
the United States. While inhabitant on
either side of the country are usually
unable to find common ground with those
living on the opposite end, the new
president believes that a semblance does
exist between the two.
"1 like the [Southern California] community
a lot." says the longtime
Washington D.C. resident, "and there's
some interesting similarities between
1 Eollywood and Washington. It's very high
profile, with verj dynamic issues and
dynamic people and the ability to work
through those kind of high profile issues.
[One] always has to be careful of how
things are presented and what is said
because everything in Hollywood and
everything in Washington ends up in the
papers somewhere.
"There are some similarities between
the types of issues and the style and the
positioning— if necessary—to advocate
[one's] cause in both those towns. But I
have a lot to learn about Hollywood and
there's some dynamite people with NATO
who have a lot of experience there, and
I'm going to be seeking their counsel a lot
in the early days and beyond so that they
can teach me everything they know—
hope!"
Among those NATO members he holds
in high esteem is none other than the man
he is replacing, William Kartozian. "I've
worked with 1 5 to 20 different trade associations."
says Fithian, "and Bill is one of
the most intelligent, strong, effective leaders
I've ever worked with. Part of the
attraction of this job is that the people are
dynamite: Bill as the president and Mary
Ann Grasso, who is just a phenomenal
association organizer as the vice president.
"It's been a great experience with them.
It's also a bit of a daunting challenge to
know that Bill Kartozian is the guy thai
I'm following. Those are big shoes and
he's been a terrific leader. So it adds to the
challenge factor— that's for sure."
that was equally important to his predecessor:
to help our membership expand overseas
is
Fithian one man. however, who
preserving a harmonious relation-
and make it easier for them to develop
appears to relish challenges.
ship among all NATO members in order [sites] overseas.
Besides fighting difficult legislation
to work toward the common good.
"There are always issues of maintaining
"[The exchange between foreign and
domestic exhibitors] works both ways," on behalf of NATO and its members
in the nation's capital for the past seven
unity within the industry," he
continues Fithian.
says.
"Our domestic members
"It's a very diverse industry. You have
go overseas and then the overseas
years, and aside from daring to follow the
great William Kartozian as the head of
some very large circuits and [markets] benefit
a whole
from the work that we lot
do the world's largest trade organization for
of members that have a few screens here
cinema owners and operators, Fithian is
here. There's a lot of shared information
and there. Working together with the big
and guidance both ways.
now responsible for rising to the formidable
own
"The regulatory issues that develop
task presented to him by his circuits and the independents is essential...
here also develops overseas, and coordinating
organization: ensuring that NATO meets
in terms of having influence and
working with Washington and dealing
on our response and effective game its second mission statement.
plan on issues is helpful to our foreign Just shortly after Fithian heedfully and
with technology issues.
exhibitors. think more and more they're politely circumvented BOXOFFICE's questions
be very mindful of working with
members
I
seeing NATO as a resource for them. Our
pertaining to NATO's next mission
"I'll
the all and listening to the
international membership is growing and statement, the trade association declared
independents and their particular concerns—trying
to meld and compromise
we hope to continue that."
that it plans to "Increase annual theatrical
Fithian's ability to see a shared experience
attendance in North America to two bil-
those with the interests of the big circuits
between domestic and foreign lion by the year 2005." The organization
so that everybody can work together
as much as possible.
exhibitors seems natural, considering his and its members are looking to Fithian.
opinion of the East and West Coasts of their new president, to lead the way. MUc
.lanuan, 2000 37

SPECIAL REPORT: Industry Add! ass
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF THE MOVIE
BUSINESS
these pages last year,
OnMichael Campbell, president
of Regal Cinema's
3,400-plus screens, gave us a very
insightful analysis of exhibition
from his view at the top of the
nation's biggest theatre circuit. At
almost the opposite end of the
spectrum is Fridley Theatres—
family-owned and -operated business
comprised of 92 screens
throughout the Midwest in towns
with populations ranging from
2,000 to about 30,000.
What follows are my observations
of being in exhibition for 63
years—a career that started with
a jackrabbit circuit during the
Depression, which was not the
easiest way to learn the business.
With the advent of television
50 years ago. reasonable people
were predicting the end of the
motion picture theatre. There
were others whose predictions were not so
dire; they said that the only theatres that
would remain would be the big downtown
movie palaces. The latter observers were
almost right about the small town cinema—
at least 75 percent of those theatres
closed by 1960.
However, the predictions could not have
been more wrong about the big downtown
theatres. Instead of being in the hearts of
cities, the first-run theatres have moved to
ELEMENT: Robert Fridley, president of R.L. Fridley Theatres,
hard at work.
the suburbs, and they are quite different
from the old time movie palaces. They are
big in a different way, with many screens
all in one complex—a phenomenon that
leads one to wonder why someone didn't
think of the multiple-screen theatre sooner.
We can all thank the late Stan Durwood
for leading the way.
Today the competition for the entertainment
dollar is so keen, one would have to
be a little crazy to stick with the business.
But. despite the competition
from television, sporting events
and movies on video, college
campuses and hotel rooms,
we're still
here.
Either we are a hardy lot or
just backwards. Could we have
perhaps done better in the fields
of real estate, accounting or
insurance? Maybe, but how
dull. We exhibitors have
endured, even forged ahead
against the odds. There must be
many stories of why you fellow
exhibitors have chosen running
theatres as your career. For me
it was the fun (like in the old
Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland
musicals) of "putting on the
show"—hardly a rational, profound
or practical reason for
choosing one's life work, but it
has worked out.
Whether you are a giant like Regal
or small by comparison like
Fridley Theatres, there are certain
simple, fundamental procedures that
apply to every theatre operation. It is not
enough to have an attractive, inviting
spotlessly clean facility with state-of-theart
projection, Dolby Digital Sound and
stadium seating. There is also the human
element: It is the managers and their staff.
They are the first contact with your
Des Moines, Iowa-based Fridley Theatres
Topper and 60-Year Exhibition Business
Veteran Gives BOXOFFICE'S Second Annual
State of the Industry Address
by Robert L.
Fridley
.38 BOXOF1 l< t

Datrons. The managers must set the tone of
:he theatre and show staff" members by
jxample their responsibility in seeing that
;ustomers have a pleasant experience from
:he time they step up to the boxoffice.
The staff must be sincere in their friendiness
and not phony. The staff's professionalism
conveys to the customer that he
jr she will be free from any distractions
;uch as an out-of-focus picture, sound that is
oo loud or too quiet or auditorium temperiture
that is too cool or too warm.
Other distractions can be caused by
inruly children or teenagers. Having too lit-
In the past 30 years, the industry has
lost a large segment of its audience. People
go to the mo\ ies to have a good time. The)
want to laugh, cry or be thrilled by the
action up on the screen. Why would anyone
pay to get depressed? They can get
that on the evening news.
When friends or acquaintances show no
reluctance in telling me what they think of
the movies today and why they do not go
to our theatres. I get depressed. They have
asked, "Why should my intelligence be
insulted by the language in movies?" and
they have complained about the boring.
The lobby of R.L. Fridley Theatres' Paramount 5 in Ankeny, Iowa.
le or no order in one's theatre can kill busitess
quicker than anything else. Customers
vill
be thankful when they observe how a
heatre's manager and staff handle disrupions.
While these factors are so simple and
rlementary that it
should not be necessary to
nention them, they are all-important in havng
a well run operation.
When my
wife
and I go to a
restaurant,
the
special attention we get is
tppreciated and will be
)ne reason for us to
;ood meal, of course, will
nake us eager to return habitually.
It is for this reason that I envy successul
restaurant owners who can control the
quality of their products. We exhibitors
:annot. We are dependent on the film proiucers
and directors for their final product.
I am indeed grateful to them for the
hours of wonderful and incredible productions
they have created in the past, as well
is for the handful of entertaining films
that now come out each year. But I know
ihat moviemakers have the talent to do
>vm better.
Either we are a hardy
lot or just backwards.
Could we have perhaps
done better in the fields
of real estate, accounting
or insurance? Maybe,
never-ending violence and gratuitous,
unimaginative portrayal of sex that they've
seen. After all, who wants to wallow in the
gutter? I cannot but agree with these
remarks when 1 know what producers and
directors are capable of. How can I be
enthusiastic about selling and presenting
these films as entertainment?
I can just hear the
producer/director say,
"What does he know?
He's from the Bible
Belt." In reply, I say.
"Let's look at the
record."
eturn, but we will defilitely
come back only if
out of the top 30
In the past five years,
he the thing we but how dull. We
are there
grossers we played, only
'or in the first place— exhibitors have endured, one was rated R. It was
;ood meal—is also availtble.
An exceptionally
series,
even forged ahead one of the "Die Hard"
against the odds.
and it came in
29th place.
But. let's look at the results throughout
the entire country. Of the top 100 films
that drew the greatest attendance nationwide
over the past years. 34 were released
before the rating system came into being.
Of the remaining 66. which have been
released from 1968 to the present, only 11
were rated R and 55 were G. PG or PG-13.
Then let's analyze how the 1 1 R-rated films
were able to overcome the stigma of their rating.
Four of them had strong, interesting stories:
"The Godfather." 'One 1 leu Over the
Cuckoo's Nest," "Saving Private Ryan'" and
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doubled. It is a sad commentary on the
motion picture industry that such a small
portion of the growing population goes to
the movies. Some say audience tastes have
changed, but the audience that enjoys the
crude and the vulgar is limited. There is ;
much larger audience that wants to go to the
movies. They came by the millions to see
"Titanic." However, it does not need to be
an epic to get them out. Look at the boxoffice
success of two recent releases: "The
Runaway Bride" and "The Sixth Sense.'
So while some say that audiences have
changed, I don't buy that. People would be
coming out in greater numbers if we were
giving them what they wanted. Human
beings haven't changed in the last 30 yearsor
130 years, for that matter—except perhaps
for the better. People have become
more educated and more knowledgeable
about the world as time passes. There is no
better way to educate than to entertain while
doing it. I know that because half of my
education came from the movies—fortunately,
it was in a positive way.
Let's take our responsibility and use this
extraordinary, exciting medium to tell stories
with characters that audiences can
identify with and root for.
It is up to you producers and directors in
Hollywood—or wherever you are— to make
movies that appeal to an even wider audience.
It is important to make films that will regain
the affection of the public—making movies
their favorite form of entertainment. To me,
that is only good business.
So here I am, 60 years later, 82 years old
and still doing what I've done all my life,
even when I was in the army: running theatres.
People ask me why I haven't retired.
My reply is that I am having too much fun.
Besides, the battles (or should I say "skirmishes")
with the film distributors keep
the juices flowing—which, incidentally,
has been the norm in this business since il
began. Read the trade papers of the 1920s
When our film exchanges closed in De;
Moines 20 years ago. I was apprehensive
about doing business with strangers from s
distance. But today we deal by telephone
and fax machine with a great group o:
people in distribution. All of them have
large territories. Theirs is a difficult job
We'll still have our disagreements, but
have great respect for them, and after al
the arguments, we remain friends.
for the future, I hope I am aroun<
Asto see the technical changes tha
are on the horizon. Receiving ou
shows through the air from a satellite?
their wildest imaginations, who could hav
guessed such a thing 60 years ago?
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THE FABULOUS FIFTY
Below is a listing of the nation's Top 50 circuits, based on screen count.
For complete corporate information, please see the
Giants of Exhibition directory, which begins on page 42.
NAME

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Giants of Exhibition
A Directory of North America's
50 Largest Circuits Ranked by Size
(as of Jan. 1, 2000)
BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Mike Campbell, President,
Chairman & CEO, Regal Cinemas
1. REGAL CINEMAS*
7132 Commercial Park Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37918
PHONE: 423-922-1123
FAX: 423-922-3188
WEBSITE: www.regalcinemas.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Mike Campbell, Chairman & CEO
Greg Dunn, Exec. VP & COO
Neal Rider, Exec. VP & CFO
J.
E. Henry, Sr. VP & Chief Info.
Officer
Denise Gurin, Sr. VP & Head Film
Barry Steinberg, VP & Asst. Head
Film Buyer
Rob Del Moro, Sr. VP, Purchasing
Ray Dunlap, VP, Theatre Equipment
Mike Levesque, Sr. VP, Ops.
Fred Buffum, VP, Ops. — North
Curtis Ewing, VP, Ops. — West
Bill Koontz, VP, Ops. — South
Mark Reis, VP, Ops. — Central
Phil Zacheretti, Sr. VP, Mktg./Adv.
Randall Blaum, VP, Advertising
Keith Thompson, Sr. VP, Real Estate &
Development
Ron Reid, Sr. VP, Construction
John Roper, VP, Development —
South
Ronald Kooch, VP, Construction
Roger Frazee, VP, Technical Services
Randy Smith, VP & Hum. Res. Counsel
PeterBrandow, VP, Gen. Cnsl. & Sec.
Leon Hurst, VP, Security & Quality
Control
YEAR FOUNDED: 1989
1 What will be the biggest change in exhibition
Marc J.
Pascucci,
Sr. VP, Marketing,
LCE, U.S.
Allen Karp,
Chairman & CEO,
Cineplex Odeon
over the next 10 years:'
Ted Shugrue, Pres.,
Digital Cinema.
Loews Cineplex Intl.
YEAR FOUNDED:
2. What changes will need to he made to keep
1904
the industry healthy
TOTAL SCREENS
—Slow new building
(WORLDWIDE):
3000
—Dispose of old real estate
TOTAL SITES
— Further consolidation
(WORLDWIDE): 405
—Raise ticket prices
SCREENS LAST
—Generate new ancillary revenue
YEAR: 2700
sources.
SITES LAST YEAR:
3. What are your circuit's goals for the
400
21st century'.'
RANK LAST YEAR: 4
Increase market share, maintain margins and NEW (1999)
SCREENS: 300
position for the long term.
PROJECTED
SCREENS, 12/00: N/A
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
4474
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 13,000
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 438 CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 300
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 3650
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 23 States:
SITES LAST YEAR: 412
AZ, CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN,
RANK LAST YEAR: 1
KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, NH, NJ,
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 824
NY, OH, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA;
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: N/A
Austria, Canada, Hungary, Italy,
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
Spain, Turkey
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 17,000
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 300
THEATRE LOCATIONS:
32 States:
AK, AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA,
ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD
MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NV,
NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC,
TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WV
2. LOEWS CINEPLEX
ENTERTAINMENT*
711 5th Ave.
New York, NY 10022
PHONE: 212-833-6200
FAX: 212-833-6292
WEBSITE:
www.enjoytheshow.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Travis Reid, Pres., LCE, U.S.
Lawrence Ruisi, President &
CEO, LCE, U.S.
John Walker, CFO & Treasurer
Michael Norris, Exec. VP
Robert Lenihan, Exec. VP
Brian Blatchley, Sr. VP, Ops.
Fred Gable, VP, Concessions
Shauna King, Sr. VP, Film
Buying & Booking
3. AMC ENTERTAINMENT*
106 W. 14th St.
Kansas City, MO 64141
PHONE: 816-221-4000
FAX: 816-480-4617
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Peter C. Brown, Chairman, Pres. & CEO:
Philip M. Singleton, President & COO
James Beynan, Treasurer
Craig Ramsey, Sr. VP, Finance
John McDonald, Exec. VP, North
American Ops.
Phil Pennington, VP, Concessions
Richard Fay, President, Film Mlrtg.
Richard King, VP, Marketing
YEAR FOUNDED: 1920
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
2844
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 203
TOTAL SCREENS (OUTSIDE U.S.):
200
TOTAL SITES (OUTSIDE U.S.): 10
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 2291
SITES LAST YEAR: 229
RANK LAST YEAR: 6
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 553
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: N/A
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 14,000
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 200
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 24 States:
AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KS
LA, MD, MS, MI, MO, NE, NJ, NT)
NC, OH, OK, PA, TX, VA, WA;
Portugal, Spain, Hong Kong, Japa
BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Michael Patrick, President & CEO, Carmike Cinemas
1. What will be the biggest change in exhibition over the next 10 years?
Exhibitors will incorporate new marketing strategies specifically targeting
individual demographics. These strategies will include expanding thi
selection of concession items, utilizing unused floor space for additionaj
marketing and finding other methods of capitalizing on our captive
audience in order to maximize the per patron dollar.
2. What changes will need to be made to keep the industry healthy'.'
— In response to the increased construction and debt costs, exhibitors
must practice a more controlled and logical expansion.
-A bilateral modification to the film rent splits providing a more equitable
distribution of revenue to compensate for shorter run times.
3. What are your circuit's goals for the 21st century?
We are committed to improving the quality of our existing facilities in tht
secondary markets so as to maintain our leadership position as the primary
provider of entertainment to the small- and medium-size markets.
On The Move: Denotes Screen Increase Of More Than 10%
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CARMIKE CINEMAS
11 First Ave.
lumbus, GA 31901
ONE: 706-576-3400
K: 706-576-3433
iBSITE: www.carmike.com
ECUTIVE ROSTER:
±ae\ W. Patrick, President & CEO
V Durant, CFO/Treasurer
d W. Van Nov, Sr. VP, Theatre Ops.
Madison Shirley, Sr. VP, Concessions
thony J. Rhead, Sr. VP, Booking
ry M. Adams, Sr. VP, Info. Sys.
nar Fields, Sr. VP, Real Estate
Champion, Sr. VP, General Counsel
rilyn B. Grant, VP, Advertising
\R FOUNDED: 1982
TAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 2822
TAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 456
{EENS LAST YEAR: 2837
LAST YEAR: 536
NK LAST YEAR: 2
W (1999) SCREENS: -15
EJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 2950
EJECTED SITES, 12/00: 455
EATRE EMPLOYEES: 9630
RPORATE EMPLOYEES: 150
iATRE LOCATIONS: 36 States:
AR, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA,
vlD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH,
)K, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY
REMARK USA
)NE: ^72^65-1000
972-665-1004
3SITE: www.cinemark.com
CUTIVE ROSTER:
Roy Mitchell, Chairman & CEO
Stock, President
Warner, President, Cinemark Intl.
Higgins, President, Cinemark de Mexico
iy Mitchell, Exec. VP
Stedman, Sr. VP & CFO
Brand, VP, Film Licensing
t Carmony, Sr. VP, Ops.
Cavalier, General Counsel
-larton, VP, Construction
:er Hebert, VP, Purchasing
Jy Hester, VP, Mktg./Communications
garet Richards, VP, Real Estate
p Wood, VP, Mgmt. Info. Systems
R FOUNDED: 1984
IAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 2733
AL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 256
AL SCREENS (OUTSIDE U.S.): 637
AL SITES (OUTSIDE U.S.): 71
EENS LAST YEAR: 2731
| LAST YEAR: 276
IK LAST YEAR: 3
(1999) SCREENS: 2
JECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 3047
JECTED SITES, 12/00: 283
ATRE EMPLOYEES: 9,000
PORATE EMPLOYEES: 225
ATRE LOCATIONS: 32 States:
AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY,
MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY,
H, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI;
rgentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica,
r, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico,
icaragua, Peru
emark (Central)
Central Expressway, Suite 200
, TX 75025
NE: 972-527-9475
B Hannegan, Region Leader
Jiemark (Gulf States)
HI N.W. Freeway, Suite F123
3SMM PROJECTOR HEADS
BALLANTYNE PRO-35
CENTURY C 70 6mm Lens Holder
CENTURY C 101 6mm Lens Holder
CENTURY SA
CHRISTIE P-35-C
SIMPLEX E-7
SIMPLEX 35 Late Model
SUPER SIMPLEX
2,25000
2,295 00
2,695 00
2,750 00
4,500 00
550 00
35MM SOUNDHEADS-USEO
BALLANTYNE MODEL 6 1 095 00
CENTURY R-3/TR-3 1595 00
RCA 9030
7 50 00
RCA 1050 50000
SIMPLEX 5-STAR
1 595 00
SIMPLEX SH- 1000 1*200 00
SIMPLEX SH-1020 1200 00
MOTIOGRAPH SH-7500 '295 00
PROJECTORS AND SOUNDHEADS SOLD ONLY
WITH COMPLETE BOOTH
CINEMECCANICA V-8
CINEMECCAN1CA V-9
CINEMECCANICA V-5 w/auto turret
NORELCO FP-20 w/auto turret
3S/70MM
CENTURY JJ-2
CINEMECCANICA V-8
KINOTONE DP-75
NORELCO AA-II TODD-AO
3,500(
3,5001
3,995.1
CHRISTIE 1000 Wan
1 89
CHRISTIE 2000 Watt 220
CINEMECCANICA ZENITH 1,79
ORC 1000 Built-in Power Supply L59
ORC 1600 W/Separate Supply
1*7S<
STRONG SUPER LUMEX
2^99
XETRON XH-2000
2^39
-THE ABOVE LAMPHOUSES INCLUDE
POWER SUPPLIES-
DOLBY CP45
MISCELLANEOUS
"I M60-1468
Castillo. Region Leader
iiemark (Northeast)
5' Bethel Rd.
embus, OH 43220
rNE: 614-538-0404
Hy Street, Region Leader

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BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Shari Redstone, Executive Vice President,
National Amusements
1. What will be the biggest change in exhibition over the next
10 years'.'
The biggest change in exhibition over the next 10 years will
be in technology and improving the overall quality of the
moviegoing experience. Digital Cinema will become a reality
within the next four to eight years. Some consolidation is
likely, given the nature of overbuilding and the improved
quality of the newer theatres as compared to the older ones.
2. What changes will need to be made to keep the industry
healthy?
Long-term rational thinking by both exhibitors and distributors
will be necessary to insure the ultimate health of this
industry. Overbuilding, which may in fact be on the decline,
must stop as it is impossible to justify the economics when
too many screens are competing for the same limited audience,
and costs of construction are only increasing.
3. What are your circuit 's goals for the 21st century?
To continue to heighten the theatre experience via exciting
architectural design, new technology in presentation and sound, in-theatre amenities including
expanded customer service, and new options such as food courts and other innovations; and to
introduce interactive programs that maximize the promotional opportunities available from all our
entertainment and communications properties.
Cinemark (Southeast)
425 Codell Dr.
Lexington, KY 40509
PHONE: 606-269-5405
Michael Nett, Region Leader
Cinemark (Southwest)
3407 Wells Branch Pkwy.
Austin, TX 78728
PHONE: 512-388-7547
Bill
Boiling. Region Leader
Cinemark (Western)
3601 S. 2700 W.
West Valley City, UT 84119
PHONE: 801-969-6737
Kim Phillips, Region Leader
6. UNITED ARTISTS
THEATRE CIRCUIT
9110 E. Nichols Ave., Suite 200
Englewood, CO 80112
PHONE: 303-792-3600
FAX: 303-792-8668
E-MAIL: khall@uatc.com
WEBSITE: www.uatc.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Kurt C. Hall, President & CEO
Trent Carman, CFO/Treasurer
Ray Nutt, Exec. VP, Corporate Ops.
Neal Pinsker, Exec. VP, Theatre Ops.
Wally Helton, VP, Concessions
Mike Pade, Exec. VP, Film Buyer
Bruce Taffet, Exec. VP, Bus. Dvlpmnt.
Gene Hardy, Exec. VP & Gen. Counsel
YEAR FOUNDED: 1926
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
2036
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 291
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 2315
SITES LAST YEAR: 345
RANK LAST YEAR: 5
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -279
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: N/A
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 1,100
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 150
THEATRE LOCATIONS: AR, AZ, CA,
CO, CT, FL, GA, IN, LA, MD, MI,
MN, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, PA,
SC, TX, VA, WV
7. NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS
200 Elm St.
Dedham, MA 02026
PHONE: 781-461-1600
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Sumner M. Redstone, Chair. & Pres.
Shari E. Redstone, Exec. VP
Jerome Magner, Sr. VP, Finance &
Treasurer
William J. Towey, Sr. VP, Operations
Edgar A. Knudson, Sr. VP, Adv./Pub.
George Levitt, Sr. VP, Film Booking
William J. Moscarelli, VP, Real Estate,
Latin America
Thaddeus Jankowski, VP & Gen. Cnsl.
Mark Waiukevich, VP, Film, Intl.
John Bilsborough, VP, Ops., Intl.
Peter J. Brady, VP, Construction
Richard Sherman, VP, Finance &
Administration
David C. Sweetser, VP, Real Estate,
United States
James Hughes, VP, Concessions
Stephen Sohles, VP, Mgmt. Info. Sys.
James Murray, VP, Operations
John Zawalich, Asst. VP, Sales & Mktg.
Patricia Reeser, Asst. VP & Dep. Gen.
Counsel
Dana L. B. Wilson, Asst. VP, Corp. Comm.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1936
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
1354
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 125
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 1235
SITES LAST YEAR: 122
RANK LAST YEAR: 9
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 119
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 1500
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 145
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 5,000
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 225
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 14 States:
CT, DC, IL, IN, 1A, KY, MA, MI, NH,
NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA
8. GENERAL CINEMA THEATRES
1280BoylstonSt.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
PHONE: 617-264-8000
FAX: 617-277-9012
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Paul Del Rossi, Chairman
Frank Stryjewski, President
Gail Edwards, CFO
Neal Stolberg, Sr. VP, Ops.
John Selden, VP, Dvpmnt.
Alan deLemos, Sr. VP, Film
Tammy Diorio, Dir. of Purchasing
Page Thompson, Sr. VP, Marketing
Stephen Pritzker, Advertising
Doug Alexander, VP, Construction
Kathy Schoeffler, VP, Human
Resources
Susan Valente, VP, Finance
Brian Callaghan, Dir., Corp. Comm.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1922
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
1260
183
TOTAL SITES (OUTSIDE U.S.): 25
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 1262
SITES LAST YEAR: 172
RANK LAST YEAR: 8
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -2
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: N/A
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 5,900
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 150
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 24 States:
CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA,
MD, ME, MN, NC, NJ, NM, NY,
OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, Wl;
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico,
Uruguay
9. HOYTS CINEMAS
One Exeter Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
PHONE: 617-646-5700
FAX: 617-262-9096
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Paul Johnson, Worldwide CEO
Terry Moriaty, CFO
Jud Parker, Sr. Exec. VP, Film
Hal Cleveland, Sr VP, Development
Dan Vieira, Sr. VP, Ops. & Mktg.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1986
TOTAL SCREENS (USA): 970
TOTAL SITES (USA)- 114
SCREENS LAST \ FAR (USA): 945
SITES! AM Yl Ml (USA): 116
RANK LAST YEAR: 7
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 25
PROJECTED SCREENS (USA), 12/00: 1(
PROJECTED SITES (USA), 12/00: I
THEATRE EMPLOYEES (USA): 2,1(
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES (USA)
58
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 12 States:
CT, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA
RI, VA, VT, WV; Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile,
Germany, Mexico, New Zealand
10. FAMOUS PLAYERS*
146 Bloor St. W.
Toronto, ON M5S 1P3
| CANADA
PHONE: 416-969-7800
FAX: 416-964-3924
WEBSITE: www.famousplayers.c
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
lohn Bailey, President
Roger Harris, Sr. Exec. VP & Gen. Ml
Ton Kars, Sr. Exec. VP & CFO
Michael D. McCartney, Exec. VP, Fil
Michael Kennedy, Exec. VP & Hea
Film Buyer
)amien Cheng, Sr. VP, Bus. Plann
Brian Holberton, Sr. VP,
Design/Constr. Dvlpmnt.
Michael Scher, Sr. VP, Sec. & Gen.
Cnsl.
e Strebinger, Sr. VP, Film
Laura Brillinger, VP, IMAX
Ops./Mktg.
Nigel Bullers, VP, Central Ops.
Dean Einarson, VP, Finance &
Controller
Stuart Pollock, VP, Mktg.
David Polny, VP, West Coast Theatre C
Jeff Rush, VP, Concessions
Jean Rickli, VP, Eastern Ops.
Hartmut Sahl, VP, Design/Co
Doug Smith, VP, Human
Resources/Industrial Relations
YEAR FOUNDED: 1920
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE
832
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 11
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 569
SITES LAST YEAR: 105
RANK LAST YEAR: 11
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 263
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 91
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 124
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 6,500
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 195
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 8 Provii
Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, N.B., N.i
Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewa
Famous Players (Calgarj
16061 MacLeod Trail S.E.
Calgary, AB T2Y 3S5, CANADA
PHONE: 403-974-0478
FAX: 403-974-0477
Clarisse Shiskowski, Admin. Asst
Prairie Ops.
Murray Silk, Dir., Prairie Ops.
Famous Players (Califon
15821 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436
PHONE: 818-808-1607
FAX: 818-461-9539
Denise Klein, Admin. Asst.
Michael McCartney, Exec. VP, Fill
Famous Players (Vancou
15051 101st Ave.
Surrey, BC V3R 7Z1 , CANADA
PHONE: 604-588-0829
FAX: 604-588-6107
Tina Coates, Admin. Asst., West <
Ops.
Kevin DeRijck, District Mgr., Wes
Coast Ops.
Janette Kyle, Reception/Guest Se
David Polny, VP, West Coast Ops
Darci Smart, Mgr., Mktg., Wester,
Canada
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imous Players
ancouver-Construction)
) Nicola St.
ncouver, BC V6G 2C1
vNADA
[ONE: 604-609-0252
I: 604-609-2283
ce McCulloch, Project Mgr.
EDWARDS THEATRES
Newport Center Dr.
\rport Beach, CA 92660
'ONE: 949-640-4600
X: 949-721-7170
ECUTIVE ROSTER:
James Edwards III, Pres. & CEO
n Edwards Randolph, Sr. Exec. VP,
Chief Corp. Officer
in Fuller, VP & CFO
rcella Sheldon, Exec. Sec.
ris LeRoy, Exec. VP, Head Film Buyer
nk Haffar, VP, Const., Cone. &
Purch.
An Frahotta, VP, Theatre Ops.
.vrence Davidson, Exec. VP &
Tal Counsel
rt MacFarlane, VP, Engineering & MIS
ola Anderson, VP, Payroll, Film
Payment & Insurance
n Barton, VP, Mktg. & General
Sales Manager
> Coates, VP & CIO
d Bell, VP, IMAX
ine Melkonian, Controller
non Hernandez, Dir. of Asset
vlgmt.
\R FOUNDED: 1930
IAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
750
TAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 100
*EENS LAST YEAR: 775
ES LAST YEAR: 98
NK LAST YEAR: 10
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -25
PROJECTFD SCREENS, 12/00: N/
PROIECTED SITES, 12/00: N//
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: N/A
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES:
N/A
THEATRE LOCATIONS:
3 States: CA, ID, TX
12. CENTURY THEATRES*
PHONE: 41 ^~14S-8400
FAX: 415-448-8358
WEBSITE:
www.centurytheatres.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Raymond W. Syufy, CEO
Joseph Svufy, President
David Shesgreen, COO
Michael Dittmann, CFO
Michael Plymesser, Exec. VP,
Bus. Aff.
William Hulme, Sr. VP, Ops.
James C. Naify, Sr. VP, Film
Andrew McCullough, Sr. VP, Bus. Aff.
Robert McCleskev, Sr. VP, Corp. Anlys.
Victor Castillo, Sr. VP, Corp. Dvlpmnt.
Nancy M. Klasky, VP, Mktg.
Blair Walker, VP, Construction
Kim Ramsay-Parikh, VP, Hum. Res.
Lisa Rahn, VP, Concessions
Bob Shimmin, VP, Concessions
Phil Hacker, VP, Facilities & Projection
Chris Duffie, VP, Purchasing
Damian Wardle, VP, Info. Services
YEAR FOUNDED: 1941
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
725
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 64
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 527
SITES LAST YEAR: 58
RANK LAST YEAR: 13
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 198
BOXOFFICES EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Raymond Syufy, CEO, Century Theatres
I'KOIK IFDSCRI I i; mi mi-
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 86
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 4000
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 125
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 10 States:
AK, AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OR, SD,
TX, UT
13. WALLACE THEATRE CORP.*
919 S.W. Taylor St., Suite 800
Portland, OR 97205
PHONE: 503-221-7090
FAX: 503-796-0229
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Walter Aman, President
Scott C. Wallace, CEO
Timothy G. Wood, Sr. VP, Ops.
Steve Guffey, VP, Midwest Div.
Brett Havlik, VP, West Coast & Pacific
Rim Division
Robert Perkins, VP, Cone. & Purch.
1. II 'hat will be the biggest change m
exhibition aver the next 10 years?
Even more of an emphasis on
quality in the moviegoing experience.
2. K '//(// changes will need to be
made In keep the industry healthy.'
Careful growth concentrating on
quality vs. quantity.
3. What are your circuit's goalsfor
the 21st century?
To continue to work on the
quality moviegoing experience.
Steve Friedstrom, VP, Head Film Buver
David L. Lyons, VP, Advertising
Lawrence Reid, Controller
YEAR FOUNDED: 1991
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
618
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 103
TOTAL SCREENS (OUTSIDE U.S.): 29
TOTAL SITES (OUTSIDE U.S.): 5
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 188
SITES LAST YEAR: 31
RANK LAST YEAR: 25
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 430
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 750
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 100
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 2,000
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 37
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 10 States:
AL, CA, HI, ID, KS, MO, NV, OH,
OK, TX; American Samoa, Guam,
Marshall Islands, Saipan,
Federated States o( Micronesia
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Response No. 92
January, 2000 45

BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION
EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Bruce J. Olson, President, Marcus Theatres
What will be the biggest change in
exhibition over the next 10 years?
Technical aspects of the delivery of the
entertainment in a theatre are sure to
change in the decades ahead and
change will undoubtedly occur at a rate
10 times faster than the last century.
—We all expect a digital system for delivery
of movies, but it will only happen if
distribution makes the investment.
—Three-dimensional presentations will
become more commonplace for more
and more movies.
—Virtuality systems for motion pictures
will emerge as a new innovation
in "interactive entertainment."
—We are certain to employ other sensory or psychological techniques
and effects previously unexplored.
Unquestionably, the future of exhibition is without limits and is
restricted only by the minds of writers and inventors of the
future.
From a business point of view, consolidation will continue and.
of course, only the financially strong companies with state-ofthe-art
theatres will survive.
2. What changes will need to be made to keep the industry
healthy?
Film companies must lessen the squeeze on exhibitors. Film
costs have escalated to unaffordable levels, crippling exhibitors
across the country. The present financial condition of almost
every circuit is the most precarious in the history of exhibition.
Theatre owners have spent hundreds of millions of dollars
upgrading their theatres with digital sound, stadium seating and
many other architectural and service features for the benefit of
film distribution, resulting in record boxoffice levels. How have
the distributors responded?
—They have raised terms on pictures.
—They have disallowed increases in our house allowances.
They have shortened the windows between exhibition and all
of the ancillary markets that bring them billions of additional
dollars.
To compound the problem, our average admission price has not
risen in proportion to actual costs. How can we increase ticket
prices when consumers can wait just a few weeks and see it on
pay-per-view or videocassette for just a few dollars'?
The film companies must respond to us like they did for
Blockbuster—by cutting a fairer deal for exhibition!
3. What are your circuit's goals for the 21st century?
Marcus will never have a goal to become the largest chain in
America, but we will continue to strive to be the very best theatres
wherever we operate. We want to meet our mission statement,
which is "To Create Magical Movie Memories" for our
guests. If we do that, Marcus Theatres and everyone in exhibition
will continue to be successful.
In summary, the motion picture theatre has survived many
threats during the last century. Exhibitors, being the eternal
optimists that we are, are certainly positive that we will not only
survive, but flourish in the coming millennium. The fundamental
reason for predicting an indefinite, positive future is... the
theatre history itself. From the rise of modern civilization in
Greece, theatre has existed in some form or another. There will
always be a need for people to come together in a public place
to enjoy various forms of entertainment.
14. SILVER CINEMAS/
LANDMARK THEATRES
4004 Beltline Rd Suite 205
Addison, TX 75001-4363
PHONE: 972-503-9851
FAX: 972-503-9013
E-MAIL:
info@silvfrcinemasinc.com
WEBSITE: www.silvercinemas-
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Larry Hohl, CEO
Steve Holmes, CFO
Steve Kauzlaric, Treasurer
Paul Ledbetter, Gen. Counsel
Alan Blangy, Ops. Mgr.
(Landmark)
Aaron Alaniz, Ops. Mgr. (Silver)
Mike McClellan, Film Buyer
(Landmark)
Doug Freed, Film Buyer
(Landmark)
A.J. Roquevert, Film Buyer
(Silver)
Pam Breden, Film Buyer (Silver)
Cary Jones, Mktg. Dir. (Landmark)
Mark Ryan, Mktg. Dir. (Silver)
Kathi Gillman, Concessions Dir.
Lonnie Gillman, Purch./Constr. Dir.
Rob Woods, Advertising (Landmark)
Brian Wonder, I/S Dir.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1996
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
518
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 105
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 567
SITES LAST YEAR: 109
RANK LAST YEAR: 12
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -49
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 549
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 110
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 1900
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 70
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 20 States:
AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA , IL, LA, MA, MI,
MN, MO, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK,
TX, UT, WA, WI
15. KERAS0TES THEATRES
104 N. 6th St.
Springfield, IL 62701
PHONE: 217-788-5200
FAX: 217-788-5207
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Tony Kerasotes, President & CEO
Dean Kerasotes, COO
Jim DeBruzzi, CFO & Treasurer
Tim Johnson, Theatre Ops.
Rob Lehman, Concessions
Patrick Rembusch, Booking
Fred Walraven, Equipment Buyer
Barry Tester, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1909
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
500
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 100
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 475
SITES LAST YEAR: 93
RANK LAST YEAR: 15
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 25
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 550
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 2500
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 40
THEATRE LOCATIONS:
16. MARCUS THEATRES
250 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
PHONE: 414-905-1500
FAX: 414-905-2189
WEBSITE: www.marcustheatres.ci
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Bruce J. Olson, President
Steve Marcus, Chairman
Jeff Tomachek, CFO & Controller
Mark Gramz, VP, Operations
Don Perkins, VP, Operations
Mike Tiemeyer, Cone. & Equip. Buy
Mike Kominsky, Exec. VP & Film
Buyer
Pat Striebel, Advertising
Carlo Perrick, Mktg. & Promotions
YEAR FOUNDED: 1935
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
450
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 49
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 410
SITES LAST YEAR: 40
RANK LAST YEAR: 16
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 40
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 515
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 50
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: N/A
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: N/A
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 4 States:
IL, OH, MN, WI
17. PACIFIC THEATRES*
120 N. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
PHONE: 310-657-8420
FAX: 310-657-6813
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Christopher Forman, CEO
John Hunter, CFO & Treasurer
Chan Wood, VP & Booking/Adv.
Scott Brazwell, Theatre Ops.
Jodi Darrow, Concessions
YEAR FOUNDED: 1946
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE
401
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 6.'
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 352
SITES LAST YEAR: 57
RANK LAST YEAR: 18
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 49
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00:
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 5
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 1750
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 128
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 States:
CA, HI
18. MANN THEATRES
16530 Ventura Blvd., Suite 500
Encino, CA 91436
PHONE: 818-784-6266
FAX: 818-784-6518
WEBSITE: www.manntheatres.con
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Michael Solomon, Acting Presiden
John Waterman, CFO
Sally Basada, Ops., Concessions
Ben Barbosa, Booking
Martin Griego, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1973
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE
371
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE)
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 383
SITES LAST YEAR: 58
RANK LAST YEAR: 17
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -12
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: N
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: N/A
CORPORAI'F I MPIOM-'FS: h0
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 States
CA.CO
19. GOODRICH QUALITY
THEATERS*
4417 Broadmoor SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
PHONE: 616-698-7733
FAX: 616-698-7220
WEBSITE: www.ggti.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Robert E. Goodrich, President
Ross Pettinga, CFO
William T McMannis, VP & Gen.
Martin Betz, Theatre Ops. & Equ
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Nuffer, Concessions
dcHoskey, Booking
;a Van Sprange, Booking
nica Towne, Advertising
hew Johnson, Mktg. Dir.
ia Hoist, Film Buyer
R FOUNDED: 1930
\L SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
15
\L SITES (WORLDWIDE): 37
•ENS LAST YEAR: 186
5 LAST YEAR: 24
K LAST YEAR: 26
r (1999) SCREENS: 119
IECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 340
IECTED SITES, 12/00: 40
ATRE EMPLOYEES: 1,500
PORATE EMPLOYEES: 28
ATRE LOCATIONS: 5 States:
I KS, MI, MO
20. GKC THEATRES
755 Apple Orchard St.
Springfield, IL 62703
PHONE: 217-528-4981
FAX: 217-528-6490
WEBSITE: vvvvw.gkctheatres.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Beth kerasotes. President
George Kerasotes, CEO
Jeff Cole, CFO & Treasurer
Eileen Grace, Theatre Ops.
Krystal LaReese, Concessions
Bryan Jeffries, Booking
kvra Morgan, Equip. Buyer
Jim Whitman, Advertising
Matt Heissinger, VP,
Planning/Cons tr.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1937
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
299
BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Robert Goodrich, President, Goodrich Quality Theaters
1. li'lhil Hill he the highest change in exhibition over the next 111
years?
Keeping moviegoers excited about coming to our extraordinary
new theatres and at the same lime raise ticket prices so our revenue
gets in line with our expenses and capital outlays.
2. What changes will need to he made to keep the industry healthy?
Exhibitors must start connecting with film's creative community
producers, writers, directors and performers.
3. What arc your circuit's goals for the 2Isl century'.'
Continue expecting great movie entertainment. Enjoy the Tun of
working every day with people who love what we're all doing. Keep
improving our service to moviegoers.
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MeCarry Ln.
rette, IN 47904
NE: 765-447-1361
765-147-3392
larter, District Manager
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Country Club Dr.
son City, MO 65109
NE: 573-556-8710
573-893-2106
k Dunn, District Manager
idrich (Saginaw, Ml)
Kabobel
law, MI 48604
NE: 517-793-9241
517-793-5595
Simon, District
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PROIECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 315
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 41
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 800
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 25
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 5 States:
AZ, IL, DM, MI, WI
GKC (Illinois)
Peru Mall, Suite MT-1, 3940 Rte. 251
Peru, IL 61354
PHONE: 815-224-3447
Ruth Kreiser, District Manager
GKC (Michigan)
4511 Fashion Square Cinemas
Saginaw, MI 48604
PHONE: 517-797-6028
Ben Martinez, District Manager
21. CLEARVIEW CINEMAS
97 Main St.
Chatham, NJ 07928
PHONE: 973-377-4646
FAX: 973-377^303
E-MAIL: adm@clearcin.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
A. Dale "Bud" Mayo, Pres. & CEO
Paul Kay, COO
Craig Zelfner, VP, Film
Gary Lofreddo, Gen. Counsel
Wynn Salisch, Theatre Ops. &
Concessions
Craig O'Connor, Theatre Ops.
Frank Parise, Theatre Ops.
Rose Devery, Booking
Mary Shefford, Booking
Brett Marks, Equipment Buyer
Walt Shaeffer, Equipment Buyer
John Haleckv, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1987
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
296
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 65
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 300
SITES LAST YEAR: 65
RANK LAST YEAR: 19
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -4
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 380
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 76
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 1600
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 65
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 4 States:
CT, NJ, NY, PA
Clearview (New York)
260 W. 23rd St.
New York, NY 10011
PHONE: 212-645-1656
FAX: 212-645-9208
Frank Parise, New York Region Dir.
Adam Sands, District Manager
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Response No. 169
January. 2000 47

BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
A. Dale Mayo, President, Chairman & CEO,
Clearview Cinemas
1 What will he the biggest change in exhibition over the next 10 years'
Digital Cinema.
2. What changes will need to he made to keep the industry healthy'.'
Fewer screens or more product including non-movie content to fill
screens.
3. What arc your circuit's goals for the 21 st century?
To be a leader in the all-digital age.
22. WEHRENBERG THEATRES
12800 Manchester Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
PHONE: 314-822-4520
FAX: 314-822-8032
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Ronald P. Krueger, President & CEO
Charles Nicks, VP, CFO & Treasurer
Ronald P. Krueger II, Theatre Ops.
Larry Mattson, Concessions
Doug Whitford, VP & Booking
Bill Menke, Equipment Buyer
Kelly Hoskins, Advertising
- -OUNT - -
SCRE1
249
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 30
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 228
SITES LAST YEAR: 33
RANK LAST YEAR: 22
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 21
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 300
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 34
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 900
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 45
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 3 States:
AZ, IL, MO
23. CARIBBEAN
CINEMAS/REGENCY
CARIBBEAN ENTERPRISES
PUERTO RICO
PHONE: 787-727-7137
FAX: 787-728-2274
E-MAIL: ccinemas@tld.net
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Victor Carrady, President & CEO
Robert Carrady, Sr. VP & COO
Carol Carrady, VP & CEO,
Dominican Republic
Lorraine Carrady Quinn, VP, Real
Estate
Joe Ramos, Theatre Ops.
Alfredo Morales, Theatre Ops.
Joel Matos, Concessions & Equip.
Guillermo Ramis, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1968
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
227
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 34
TOTAL SCREENS (OUTSIDE U.S.):
59
TOTAL SITES (OUTSIDE U.S.): 8
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 219
SITES LAST YEAR: 30
RANK LAST YEAR: 23
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 8
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 308
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 43
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 1,800
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 42
THEATRE LOCATIONS:
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico,
U.S. Virgin Islands
24. MALC0 THEATRES
5851 Ridgewav Center Pkwy.
Memphis, TN 38120
PHONE: 901-761-3480
FAX: 901-681-2044
E-MAIL: comments@malco.com
WEBSITE: www.malco.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Stephen Lightman, President & CEO
Richard Lightman, Chairman
Bill Blackburn, CFO/Treasurer
Herbert Levy, Exec. VP
James Tashie, Sr. VP & Theatre Ops.
the
Robert Lew r. VP & Adv.
James Lloyd, VP
Jeff Kaufman, VP & Booking
Mike Thompson, VP & Equip.
Buyer
Larry Etter. Concessions
Don Burchett, District Mgr.
Alan Denton, Area MgT.
Julie Kelvman, Promotions &
Marketing.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1915
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLD-
WIDE): 217
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE):
31
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 243
SITES LAST YEAR: 34
RANK LAST YEAR: 21
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -26
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 312
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 232
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 1,000
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 25
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 5 States:
AR, KY, MO, MS, TN
25. GEORGIA THEATRE CO.
2999 Piedmont Rd., 2nd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30305
PHONE: 404-264-4542
FAX: 404-233-8184
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
William J. Stembler, President & CEO
Dennis P. Merton, CFO & Treasurer
John Stembler Jr., VP
Curt Harris, VP, Ops, Concessions &
Equip. Buyer
Kip Smiley Jr., VP, Head Film Buyer
Teri Leseueur, Asst. Film Buyer,
Marketing.
BOXOFFICES EXHIBITION
EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Dan Harkins, President and CEO,
Harkins Theatres
Tricia Thompson, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1991
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
196
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 23
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 179
SITES LAST YEAR: 23
RANK LAST YEAR: 28
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 17
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: N/A
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 500
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 10
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 States:
FL,GA
1. What will he the biggest change in exhibition
10 years''
the next
Obviously, the biggest change will be the advent of digital
cinema and its profound effect on almost all aspects of
production, distribution and exhibition.
2. What changes will need to be made to keep the industry
healthy'.'
—Mutual cooperation between distribution and exhibition.
—The partnership between distribution and exhibition to
make digital cinema happen sooner rather than later.
—The lessening of cannibalization and overbuilding in
overscreened markets.
3. II hoi arc your circuit's goals for the 2 1st century?
To continue our path of growth that makes our state-of-the-art theatres the venue of choice in
Arizona and neighboring states.
26. NEIL THEATRES
;Dr.
PHONE: 504-641-4720
FAX: 504-641-5726
E-MAIL: oti@gs.verio.net
WEBSITE: www.movie-info.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Timothy H. ONeil Jr., President
Timothy H. O'Neil III, VP
Betty G. O'Neil, Sec. /Treasurer
1
Steven L. Moss, Director, Field Op:
C. Jean Johnson, Director, Office 6!
YEAR FOUNDED: 1968
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 19
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 174
SITES LAST YEAR: 19
RANK LAST YEAR: 29
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 14
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 25
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 5
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 450
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 12
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 8 States:
AL, CT, FL, GA, LA, MS, TN, TX
27. HARKINS THEATRES
7511 E. McDonald Dr.
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
PHONE: 480-627-7777
FAX: 480-443-0950
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Dan Harkins, President
Wayne Kullander, Exec. VP, Theat
Ops.
Greta Newell, CFO
Mike Bowers, VP & Equipment I
Tim Spain, VP & Concessions
Lou Lencioni, Booking
Kelly A. Maloney, Exec. Dir.,
Mktg./Adv.
Janel Schwartz, Human Resource
Thomas Thompson, IT Director
YEAR FOUNDED: 1933
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWID
181
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE):
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 186
SITES LAST YEAR: 19
RANK LAST YEAR: 26
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -5
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00:
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 23
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 1000
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 36
THEATRE LOCATIONS: AZ
28. DICKINSON THEATRES
PHONE: 913-432-2334
FAX: 913-432-9507
E-MAIL: rhorton@dtmovies.c
WEBSITE: www.dtmovies.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
John Hartley, President
Wood Dickinson, CEO
Cheryl Ballieu, CFO/ Treasurer
Brett Miller, Theatre Operations
Kevin White, Cone. & Equip.
Ron Horton, Booking & Adv.
Marjone Van Horn, Advertising
Dvwayne Johnson, I.S.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1929
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWII
174
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE):
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 204
SITES LAST YEAR: 34
RANK LAST YEAR: 24
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -30
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00:
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 26
111! A1R1 EMPLOYEES: 450
CORPORATE EMPLOY EES: 81
1111 MRl UX A I IONS: 4 Stat.
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EASTERN FEDERAL
East Blvd.
irlotte, NC 28203
3NE: 704-377-3495
rge A. Royster Jr., CFO/Treasurer
icott Baldwin, Theatre Ops.
'tis Fainn, Booking
icy Y. Herron, Advertising
ies Stewart, Secretary
liam Wilson, Real Estate
ies Trippe, Sr. Sound Engineer
KR FOUNDED: 1933
1AL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 164
rAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 19
IEENS LAST YEAR: 157
ES LAST YEAR: 20
NK LAST YEAR: 30
\N (1999) SCREENS: 7
DJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 214
5JECTED SITES, 12/00:22
EATRE EMPLOYEES: 625
RPORATE EMPLOYEES: 21
EATRE LOCATIONS: 3 States:
NCSC
L0EKS-STAR THEATRES*
D Charlevoix Dr. S.E.
nd Rapids, MI 49546
DNE: 616-940-0866
(: 616-940-0046
BSLTE: www.star-theatres.com
•CUTIVE ROSTER:
rie Lawson Loeks, President
ies Loeks, CEO
lyon Shane, COO
ian Brown, CFO
Kleinhans, VT, Ops. & Cone.
Ermaringer, Booking
stal Bylund, VP, Advertising
Laninga, Treasurer
Karell, VP, Technical/Sound
Urrutia, VP, Star Southfield
YEAR FOUNDED: 1988
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLD-
WIDE): 143
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE):
11
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 115
SITES LAST YEAR: 9
RANK LAST YEAR: 35
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 28
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 164
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 12
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 500
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 15
THEATRE LOCATIONS: MI
31. CINEMA
ENTERTAINMENT
P.O.Box 1126
St. Cloud, MN 56302
PHONE: 320-251-9131
FAX: 320-251-1003
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Robert Ross, President
George Becker, CFO/Treasu
Anthony Tillemans, VP
Anthony Ross, VP, Finance
Noelle Hanson, Theatre Ops.
Stanley McCulloch. Booking
Andrew Bergstrom, Equipment Buyer
Dwight Gunderson, Dir., Film/Mktg.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1961
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 133
TOTAI SITES (WORLDWIDE): 18
SCREENS LAST YEAR 132
SITES LAST YEAR 19
RANK LAST YEAR: 32
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 1
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 160
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 19
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 400
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 12
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 4 States:
IA, MN, ND, WI
BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Wood Dickinson, President and CEO, Dickinson Theatres
32. SIGNATURE THEATRES
1600 Broadway, Suite 150
Oakland, CA 94612
PHONE: 510-268-9498
FAX: 510-268-9843
WEBSITE: wwrw.sigcinema.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Philip Harris III, President
George Mann, VP, Admin. & CFO
Joseph Cuculich, VP, Ops.
Ron Dunning, Dir, Field Ops.
William Herring, VP, Film
Michael Goakey, Dir, Constr. & Purch.
Jemlynne Dacuycuy-Conley, Dir.,
Advertising
Gwert Alkhourv, Controller
Hans Van Wesenbeeck, Info. Sys. MgT.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1988
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 132
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What will be the biggt •
in exhibition over the next 10
years?
The move to video projection.
2. What changes will need to be
made t« keep the industry healthy?
Film rent down, cost of construction
down so we can earn a living!
3. What are your circuit's goals for
the 2 1st century?
Grow! But in new and different
ways.
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 18
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 133
SHIM AM YEAR: 20
RANK LAST YEAR: 31
NEW (1994) SCREENS: -1
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 156
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 19
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 500
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 23
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 States:
AK,CA
33. B & B THEATRES
114 W. Second St., P.O. Box 171
Salisbury, MO 65281
PHONE: 660-388-5219
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Robert Bagby, Partner
Elmer Bills, Partner
Sterling Bagby, Partner
YEAR FOUNDED: 1924
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 11
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 27
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BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION
EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Robert Bagby, Partner, B&B Theatres
1. What will be the biggest change in exhibition oxer the
next 10 years?
Electronic/digital transmission of movies.
2. What changes will need to be made to keep the industry healthy':
Finding a way to pay for the new digital equipment.
3. What arc your circuit 's goals for the 21st century?
Continued regional expansion.
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 110
SITES LAST YEAR: 28
RANK LAST YEAR: 37
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 7
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 133
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 29
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 600
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 20
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 3 States:
KS, MO, OK
33. EMPIRE THEATRES
115 King St.
SteUarton, NSB0K150
CANADA
PHONE: 902-755-7620
FAX: 902-755-7640
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Stuart G. Fraser, President
Kevin MacLeod, VP, Ops.
Brian MacLeod, Dir, Concessions
Greg MacNeil, Film Buyer
Dean Leland, Dir., Marketing
YEAR FOUNDED: 1984
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 117
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 18
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 111
SITES LAST YEAR: 20
RANK LAST YEAR: 36
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 6
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 139
PROIECTED SITES, 12/00: 19
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: N/A
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: N/A
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 4 Provinces:
New Brunswick, Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia, P.E.I.
35. MUVIC0 THEATERS*
3101 North Federal Hwy., Suite 600
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306
PHONE: 954-564-6550
FAX: 954-564-6553
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Hamid Hashemi, President & CEO
Michael W. Melvin, Sr. VP
Dennis Jones, CFO/Treasurer
Jerry Gruenberg, Exec. VP
Deane Hashemi, VP, Ops.
John Townsend, VP, Construction
Mark Ciolko, Dir., Concessions
Randi Emerman, Dir., Mktg. & Adv.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1984
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 114
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 7
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 94
SITES LAST YEAR: 8
RANK LAST YEAR: 39
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 20
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 277
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 14
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 650
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 36
THEATRE LOCATIONS: FL
36. CONSOLIDATED THEATRES
5970 Fairview Rd., Suite 600
Charlotte, NC 28210
PHONE: 704-554-1695
FAX: 704-554-1696
WEBSITE:
www.consolKl.itod holKnood.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Herman A. Stone, President & CEO
A. Aubrey Stone Jr., VP & Gen. Mgr.
Alison Hawk, VP, Finance
Casey Brock, VP, Development
Rick Gunn, VP, Construction
David R. Poland, VP, Theatre Ops.
Ed Kershaw, VP, Booking
YEAR FOUNDED: 1990
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 110
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 10
SCREENS LAST YEAR: N/A
SITES LAST YEAR: N/A
RANK LAST YEAR: N/A
NEW (1999) SCREENS: N/A
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 266
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 20
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 400
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 10
THEATRE LOCATIONS:
3 States: NC, SC, VA
37. CINEMASTAR
LUXURY THEATERS*
12230 El Camino Real, Suite 320
San Diego, CA 92130
PHONE: 619-509-2777
FAX: 858-509-9426
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Frank J. Moreno, Pres. & COO
Jack R. Crosby, CEO
Paul Hobby, CEO
Norman Dowling, CFO/Treasurer
Clay Colbert, Theatre Ops.
BOXOFFICE'S
EXHIBITION
EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Hamid Hashemi, President
& CEO, Muvico Theatres
1. What will be the biggest change
in exhibition over the next 10 years'?
Digital technology.
2. What changes will need to be
made to keep the industry healthy?
Avoid overscreening.
3. What arc your circuit 's goals for the 21st century' 1
To be the premier moviegoing experience.
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BOXOFFICLS EXHIBITION
EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Frank Moreno, President & COO,
Cinemastar Luxury Theaters
1. What will he the biggest change in exhibition over the next 10 years?
The demise of older multiplexes.
2. What changes will need to be made to keep the industry healthy?
Closing 8.000 to 12,000 older screens.
3. What are your circuit's goals for the 21st century?
Give the ultimate service to our customers; grow to 200 screens
in the next 18 months.
John Eltz, Cone
Allen Elrod, Booking
Damon Ejbio, Equip. Buyer
Dan Cahill, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1989
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE):
103
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 9
TOTAL SCREENS (OUTSIDE U.S.): 10
TOTAL SITES (OUTSIDE U.S.): 1
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 79
SITES LAST YEAR: 8
RANK LAST YEAR: 47
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 24
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: N/A
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 375
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 15
THEATRE LOCATIONS: CA; Mexico
37. LANDMARK CINEMAS
OF CANADA *
522-11 Avenue S.W., 4th FL
Calgary, AB T2R OC8, CANADA
PHONE: 403-262-4255
FAX: 403-266-1529
E-MAIL: landmark@telusplanet.net
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Hector H. Ross, Chairman
Brian F. Mcintosh, President
Philip H. May, Sec. /Treasurer
Frank Kettner, Sr. VP
Charles D.K. May, Sr. VP
M. Barry Myers, Sr. VP
Kevin Graham, Ops. Mgr.,
Concessions & Equip. Buyer
Geott Linquist, Ops. Mgr.,
Concessions & Equip. Buyer
Kevin Norman, Mgr, Film Buying &
Booking
Donald Langkaas, Mgr., Adv. &
Creative Services
Gordon Imlach, Mgr. Mktg. & Promos.
Chuck Bradley, Mgr., Const. & Dvlpmnt.
BOXOFFICE'S
EXHIBITION
EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Robert Fridley,
President & CEO,
R.L. Fridley Theatres
1. Wltat will be the biggest change in
exhibition over the next 10 years?
The way motion pictures are delivered
to the theatres—namely by
satellite, tape or laser disc.
YEAR FOUNDED: 1965
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 103
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 40
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 93
SITES LAST YEAR: 39
RANK LAST YEAR: 40
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 10
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 118
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 41
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: N/A
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: N/A
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 5 Provinces
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Yukon
39. R. L. FRIDLEY THEATRES*
1321 Walnut St., Des Moines, IA 50309
PHONE: 515-282-9287
FAX: 515-282-8310
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Robert L. Fridley, President
Myrna Fridley, VP
Robert L. Fridley, CFO & Treas.
Terry Dotson, Gen. Mgr. & Theatre Op
Beth Morgan, Concessions
Brian Fridley, Booking
Brad Ramer, Equip. Buyer
Carl Seabaugh, Advertising
Lisa Dotson, Purchasing
YEAR FOUNDED: 1972
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 92
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 38
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 80
SITES LAST YEAR: 37
RANK LAST YEAR: 45
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 12
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 95
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 38
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 460
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 12
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 States:
IA,NE
2. What changes will need to be made to keep the industry health
To paraphrase Louis B. Mayer, to bring in the audience [we nee
more good pictures. The producers need to start thinking about t
audience, who wants to be entertained when they go to the movi
not depressed. [We need] more human stories and characters wi
whom we can identify and care about.
3. What are your circuit's goals for the21st century?
To give the public the best theatres in Iowa, and to build new tr
atres where the population justifies the investment.

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BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION
EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Bruce Sanborn, President
Sanborn Theatres dba The Movie Experience
Wliat will be the biggest change in exhibition aver the next 10 wars'
rhe delivery system of our future theatres could very well be the
ame system for the home. Thus, as the release window continues
o shrink, exhibition may face its biggest challenge ever.
What changes will need to be made to keep the industry healthy?
legarding new technology, exhibition needs to move forward with open
ninds and cautious optimism, never forgetting that our guests visit our
heatres looking for a totally different experience than at home.
9. JACK LOEKS THEATRES
:00 28th St. S.W.
rand Rapids, MI 49509
TONE: 616-532-6302
n Van Timmeren, Exec. VP, Marketing
& Advertising
eve Forsythe, VP, Ops. & Human
Resources
Mike Mihalich, Booking
Karen J. Kacvnski, Advertising
Jack Gordon, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1944
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): i
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 12
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 88
SITES LAST YEAR: 12
RANK LAST YEAR: 42
NEW (1999) SCREENS:
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 108
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 14
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 450
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 18
THEATRE LOCATIONS: MI
JOXOFFICES EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Myron Blank, President, Central States Theatres
. What will be the biggest change in exhibition over the next 10 years':
tig circuits buying up smaller circuits.
. WJiat changes will need to be made to keep the industry healthy'.'
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EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Bruce Corwin, President,
Metropolitan Theatres
1. What will be the biggest change in
exhibition over the next ID wary'
Consolidation- -no more than five
or six major companies.
2. What changes will need to be made ti
keep the industry healthy'.'
Stay ahead of the times; digital sound; reserved seating;
personalized food service: no lines.
3. What are your circuit's goals Jar the 21st century:'
Maintain and grow a family business in an era of consolidation.
41 . SANBORN THEATRES dba
THE MOVIE EXPERIENCE
13 Corporate Plaza, Suite 110
Newport Beach, CA »2hb0
THONE: "44-640-2370
FAX: 949-640-7816
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
A. Bruce Sanbom, President
Can,' Richardson, COO
Bonnie Richardson, CFO/Treasurer
Sean Wamer, Cone. & Equip. Buyer
Peter Cole, Booking
Lisa Kanno, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1918
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 8
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 12
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 100
SITES LAST YEAR: 14
RANK LAST YEAR: 38
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -14
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 102
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 13
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 400
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 13
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42. CLASSIC CINEMAS
603 Rogers St.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
PHONE: 630-968-1600
FAX: 630-968-1626
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EXECUTTVE ROSTER:
Willis Johnson, President
Chris Johnson, VP, Operations
Lou Michael, Booking, Great Lakes
Theatre Service
Shirley Johnson, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1978
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TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 19
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 82
SITES LAST YEAR: 19
RANK LAST YEAR: 44
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 3
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/Oft N/
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 333
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 17
THEATRE LOCATIONS: iL
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42. DOUGLAS THEATRE CO.
1300 P St., Lincoln, NE 68508
PHONE. 402-474-4909
FAX: 402-47M914
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EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Russell Brehm, Chairman
David Livingston, Pres. & CEO
Deborah Brehm, VP
Doug Kinney, Theatre Ops.
Frank Rhodes, Booking
Margaret Proffitt, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1952
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 85
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 14
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 83
SITES LAST YEAR: 14
RANK LAST YEAR: 43
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 2
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 115
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 17
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 600
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 26
THEATRE LOCATIONS: NE
44. MANN THEATRES
OF MINNESOTA
711 Hennepin Ave., Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55403
PHONE: 612-332-3303
FAX: 612-332-3305
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Stephen Mann, President
Penny Cody, CFO/Treasurer
Benjie Mann, VP
Ken Poita, Theatre Ops.
Jim Payne, Theatre Ops.
Neil O'Leary, Booking
YEAR FOUNDED: 1970
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 84
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 15
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 93
SITES LAST YEAR: 17
RANK LAST YEAR: 40
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -9
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 95
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 16
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 450
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 9
THEATRE LOCATIONS: MN
45. COMING ATTRACTIONS
-4SS-1H2I
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
John C. Schweiger, Pres. & CEO
Larry McLennan, Sr. VP & CFO
Don Immenschum, VP & Gen. Mgr.
Candace Schweiger, VP
Lee Fuchsmann, Dir, Ops.
Jan Bushnell, Dir, Sales & Mktg.
Richard Gambogi, Booking,
Continental Film
Chris Jones, Dir., Purchasing
YEAR FOUNDED: 1989
rOT.\LsCKB:\S(WORLDWIDE):82
TOTAl SITES (WORLDWIDE): 16
SCREENS LAST YEAR: N/A
SITES LAST YEAR: N/A
RANK LAST YEAR: N/A
NEW (1999) SCREENS: N/A
PROJECT! D SCREENS, 12/00: 120
PROJECT! D SITES, 12/00: 21
THEATRl EMPLOYEES: 200
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 9
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 States:
CA, OR
46. CENTRAL STATES
THEATRE CORP.
505 5th Ave., Suite 414
Des Moines, IA 50309
PHONE: 515-243-5287
FAX: 515-243-5892
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Mvron Blank, President & CEO
Arthur Stein Jr., COO
Ray Jackson, CFO/Treasurer
Roger D. Hansen, Theatre Ops.
Jim Nicholas, Cone. & Equip. Buyer
Jerry Alexander, Booking
Jim Emerson, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 1910
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 80
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 21
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 80
SITES LAST YEAR: 22
RANK LAST YEAR: 45
NEW (1999) SCREENS:
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 100
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 24
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: N/A
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: N/A
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 States:
IA, NE
47. METROPOLITAN
THEATRES
8727 W. Third St., L.A., CA 90048
PHONE: 310-858-2800
FAX: 310-858-8162
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
David Corwin, President & COO
Bruce Corwin, CEO
Fatima Dhalla, CFO/Treasurer
Ralph Breland, Theatre Ops. & Cone.
Mike Doban, Booking
Cheryl Pemble, Booking
Bill Hughes, Equip. Buyer
Alan Stokes, Advertising
Joan Anderson, Hum. Resources
YEAR FOUNDED: 1923
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 75
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 16
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 125
SITES LAST YEAR: 26
RANK LAST YEAR: 34
NEW (1999) SCREENS: -50
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 91
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: N/A
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 400
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 20
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 States:
CA, CO
48. CROWN THEATRES
64 N. Main St.
South Norwalk, CT 06854
PHONE: 203-846-8800
FAX: 203-846-9828
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Daniel M. Crown, Pres. & CEO
Milt Daly, Sr. VP & COO
David Clifford, Exec. VP & CFO
Glenn Garfrnkel, Exec VP & Gen. Cnsl
Chris Dugger, Dir., Theatre Ops.
Ron Lesser, Booking, Lesser
Theatre Service
Steve Gould, Advertising
Catherine Nonnenmacher,
Controller
Thomas Becker, Dir., Special Pro
YEAR FOUNDED: 1991
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): 7
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 12
SCREENS LAST YEAR 69
SITES LAST YEAR. 14
RANK LAST YEAR: 50
NEW (1999) SCREENS: 3
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00: 12
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 17
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 500
CORPORATEEMPLOYEES: 20
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 5 States
CT,FL,IL,MD,NY
49. CHAKERES
THEATRES
Mu
551)3
PHONE: 937-323-6447
FAX: 937-325-1100
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
Michael H. Chakeres, Pres. & CEC
Philip H. Chakeres, COO & VP
Elden L. Paden, Controller
Harry N. Chakeres, Vr
Pauline N. Chakeres, VP
Joe Brooks, Concessions, Genera
Manager — Lobby Shoppes
Fred Schweitzer, Film Buyer
Paul Ramsey, Advertising
YEAR FOUNDED: 190
TOTAL SCREENS (WORLDWIDE): I
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE): 2
SCREENS LAST YEAR: 70
SITES LAST YEAR: 20
RANK LAST YEAR: 49
NEW (1999) SCREENS:
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00:
PROJECTED SITES, 12/00: 21
THEATRE EMPLOYEES: 328
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 24
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 2 Stat.
KY,OH
49. THEATRE MANAGEMENT
P.O. Box 2076
Delane, FL 32721
PHONE: 904-736-6830
FAX: 904-738-2596
E-MAIL:
tmitheatres@hotmail.com
EXECUTIVE ROSTER:
C. Cline Demarsh, President
Frank Demarsh, VP
YEAR FOUNDED: 1987
•
TOTAL SCREEN'S (WORLDWIDE)
TOTAL SITES (WORLDWIDE)t
10
SCREENS LAST YEAR: N/A
SITES LAST YEAR: N/A
RANK LAST YEAR: N/A
NEW (1999) SCREENS: N/A
PROJECTED SCREENS, 12/00:
PROJECTED SITES 12/00 15
THEATRE EMPLOYEES 150
CORPORATE EMPLOYEES: 5
THEATRE LOCATIONS: 3 Sta
FL, PA, SC
BOXOFFICE'S EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE SURVEY
Clint DeMarsh, President, Theatre Management
1. What will be the biggest change in exhibition over the next 10 years?
Digital projection and customer service.
2. What changes will need to be made to keep the industry healthy?
Customer service upgrades and technology upgrades including internet access.
3. What arc your circuit's goals for the 21st ecu tun:'
To increase the screen count by investing in
mid-sized markets with state-of-the-;
facilities, and to bring the large-size market amenities to the smaller markets.
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EXHIBITION
BRIEFINGS
LEAD STORY: CINEMARK'S
THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
Piano, Tex. -based movie theatre circuit
Cinemark USA has reported that while its
third-quarter revenue increased by 28 percent
to $210.6 million, compared to $164.6
million earned during the same period a
year ago, the company's net income
decreased by 12 percent during the three
months, falling from last
year's $9.5 million
to $8.3 million. Earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization for the
chain, however, grew by 29 percent from
last year's $36.1 million to this year's record
$46.6 million. Cinemark took a $2.5 million
pre-tax charge resulting from closure and
writeoffs of non-performing assets.
CHANGES AT AMC AFFECT
SECOND QUARTER RESULTS
Kansas City-based exhibitor AMC
Entertainment, which recently consolidated
three of its regional offices into its corporate
headquarters (see Exhibition Briefings,
December 1999), has released the financial
results for its second quarter. Due to the closure
of its divisional branches, AMC's general
and administrative expenses fell to $12.3
million compared to year-ago figures of
$14.1 million. The circuit also reports net
earnings of $7 million, or 30 cents per share,
for the three-month period, falling slightly
from second quarter 1998 net earnings of
$7.9 million, or 34 cents per share. This
year's figure excludes a $12 million charge
related to the closure of regional operations.
AMC's revenue rose by 15 percent during
the period, growing from $290 million a
year ago to $334 million.
CINEMASTAR POWER
CinemaStar Luxury Theatres has
announced its financial results for the quarter
ending September 30, 1999. The San
Diego, Calif.-based chain reports that revenues
for the three-month period totaled
$8.2 million, falling slightly from last year's
$8.3 million. Total costs and expenses
accrued by the circuit equaled nearly $8.1
million, compared to year-ago figures of $8
million, while theatre cash flow during the
quarter came to $1.5 million, or 18.6 percent
of revenues, compared to $1 .7 million,
or 21 percent of revenues, for the same period
of the prior year.
MEXICO SELLS CINEMAS
According to local sources, the federal
government of Mexico is planning to auction
34 older cinemas located within the
country. Although leading Mexican
exhibitors, including Cinemex and Organizacion
Ramirez, have expressed interest in
purchasing the sites,
observers believe that
the outdated venues are virtually worthless,
with the exception of each theatre's real
estate value. Missing such features as digital
NATO REGIONAL NEWS
Starting this month, BOXOFFICE is incorporating a former section of the
known to longtime subscribers as Regional News, into an expanded Exhibition
column. BOXOFFICE invites all regional NATO offices to contribute any news item: the}
wish to have included in upcoming issues.
NATO OF ARKANSAS FORMED;
SOUTH CENTRAL STATES NATO NOW COMPLETE
Through a recently concluded balloting by mail, the exhibitors of Arkansas elected its
Board of Directors for 1999-2000. The following exhibitors were elected as directors:
Carol Allred, Paris Cinema, Paris; Eugene Boggs, Searcy Cinema, Searcy; Don Burchett,
Malco Theatres, Ft. Smith; Randy Hester, Cinemark USA, Piano, Tex.; Dean Lincoln,
Market St. Cinema, Little Rock; Jack Lowery, Picwood Cinemas, Russellville; Mark Reis,
Regal Cinemas, Knoxville, Tenn.; Paul Stinson, UA Theatres, Dallas, Tex.; and Ada
Williams, Rialto Theatre, El Dorado.
The board held its first meeting at the UA Cinema 150 in Little Rock on Tuesday, Oct.
12. After certifying the ballots, the board elected the following officers: Dean Lincoln,
President; Don Burchett, Vice President; Eugene Boggs, Treasurer; and Carol Allred,
Secretary. The board also voted to join South Central States NATO, which will be administering
the affairs of the association, as it now does for Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
After obtaining and reviewing the consitution
and by-laws of the previous NATO of
be made
Arkansas, which disbanded some years ago, application for re-certification will
to National NATO.
The addition of Arkansas completes the organizational effort in this region initiated by
National NATO and NATO of Texas. Contributed by Rein Rabakukk, executive director,
NATO of Arkansas
MID-ATLANTIC NATO SCHOLARSHIPS
Just a reminder that the applications for Mid-Atlantic NATO's 2000 Scholarship Program
will go out in early January 2000. Employees of our member theatres are eligible to participate,
and both high school seniors and college employees are able to apply for the
$17,000 in scholarships, which will be given out in May 2000. Be sure that managers and
employees are cognizant of this very popular Mid-Atlantic NATO program. Contributed
by Jerome Gordon, executive director, Mid-Atlantic NATO
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sound and modern seating, the cinemas lack
the qualities that have increased movie
attendance in the country significantly during
the past five years. Exhibitors have noted
that if they acquire the sites, they plan to
build new theatres from scratch on top of the
old properties.
SHOWEST WATCH
Sony Pictures distribution president Jeff
Blake has announced that the studio will
host the March 8 luncheon at this year's
ShoWest convention. Sony took a hiatus last
year from the NATO and NATO of
California/Nevada-sponsored event after
at appearing both the 1997 and 1998 conventions.
ShoWest general chairman Milton
Moritz says that the convention coordinators
are "enormously gratified to welcome back
Sony, which has consistently been one of the
top suppliers of successful, high-quality
entertainment to exhibitors all over the
world."
OBITUARY
Native San Franciscan and retired film
industry executive Charles F. "Mike" Powers
Jr. died September 1 9 at the age of 76 after a
hard-fought battle with cancer. Powers
began his long film career at the age of 13,
ushering at San Francisco's Alexandria
Theatre. Powers went on to work for 20th
Century Fox Film Corp., interrupting his
career during World War II to enlist in the
Navy. Afterwards, he joined Producers
00
Releasing Corp. in Portland. Powers' illustrious
career included a return to Fox, followed
by distinguished service with
Cinerama Releasing Corp., Affiliated
Theaters, American International Pictures,
Norman Lear's Filmways, Embassy Pictures
and Mike Powers Enterprises.
Active for many years in both San
Francisco's Round Table and Variety Club,
Powers was also an avid golfer and traveler.
He is survived by Dorothy, his wife of 55
years, their five children and 13 grandchildren,
as well as his stepmother, brother and
SHOWMINDER CALENDAR
Remember to save these dates:
ShoWest, March 6—9, Bally's
Hotel/Paris, Las Vegas. Call (310) 657-
7724... 7th International Urban
Entertainment Development Conference
March 13—14, 2000, New York City. Call
(202) 624-7140 ...NAC/Snack Bar
University, May 2—5, 2000, Washington
DC. Call (312) 236-3858 ...Large Format
Cinema Association 2000 Conference and
Large Format Film Festival, May 17-20,
Los Angeles. Call (209) 951-8113.
...ShowCanada, May 5—10, 2000, Chateau
Whistler, Whistler, British Columbia. Call
Dina Lebo at (416) 969-7057...Cinema
Expo, June 26—29, 2000, RAI, Amsterdam.
(all (212) 246-6460...ShowEast, Oct. 11 —
14, 2000, Mariott Worldwide, Orlando, Fla.
Call (212) 246-6460.
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heard
TECH
TALK
by Annlee Ellingson
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acquisition attempt, net
from $2 4 mil .
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by Ballantyne management. Net revenue-.
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percent to $21.6 million compared to * 2( ^
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mcome for the third quarter was $1.6 million, or
SUPPLY SIDE
the company up for sale.
decided that in the current business environment,
TIVOLI ORDERS OUT FOR ITALIAN
Tivoli Industrie, has merged w.th Targett,
Sankey, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Italian lighting manufacturer
Each Tivoli stockholder will receive a cash assets, employees and industry position. optim istic this process will result in an
payment of $4.50 per share of common
stock, bringing the total proceed* to stockholders
to approximately $5.6 mil ion. T.vol
that allow us the ability to tweak a chair
-
chairman and CEO Terrence C. Walsh will prImieTc^ntractT
without adding any huge cost to the chair,
remain with the new firm as vice chairman Five-year-old Baltimore-based Premier
and CEO, and president Charles F. Kimmel Seating Company has secured prestigious he adds. "We almost refer to it as an erect0r
will retain his current position.
seating contracts with two major U.S.
-| think [quality seating is] one of the most
Kimmel tells BOXOFFICE that the merger exhibitors. Premier will install 5,000 of s
,
important aspects of moviegoing, Wenger
will be mutually beneficial. "Targetti is going new V I P model seats at the former Majestic
concludes. "I think it's absolutely vital and I
To benefit in the U.S. market by having an Theater on 42nd Street in New York City in
think that's why companies like AMC and
than,
even stronger presence they had wrth the heart of Times Square. AMC ,s transforming
the historic
General Cinema are working very hard to
the ioint venture company [Targetti USA|
develop what they consider to be the perfect
building into a multistory,
25-screen
he says. "And Tivoli is going to have a much
seat. They have not taken it for granted; nor
stronger presence in international markets
have we."
megaplex, slated to
where the Targett, company has been strong
from a sales and marketing standpoint over
open in March 2000.
The seating company VOTING IS EVERYTHING
the
also has been tapped
'OnTof the things that's industry specific
is that Targetti does see a very big opportunity
particularly in the European
by General Cinema to
design and
k>"
In an effort to reach the 30 million voters
who go to the movies each week, the
supply luxrnarket-
Sprite/NBA All-Star 2000 contest has
— ury seats for the
place'for multiplex activity," he conttnu«.
Y
installed balloting in 2,500 theatres in .he
The V.I.P.
exhibitor's "club" and
"We've had a big run here in the U.S., as
United States and Canada. Basketball fans
everybody knows, and it's just starting in he "premium" viewing areas premising in
can vote using the 24
European market, where the multiplex activity
is starting to pick up. Targett, sees that Premier VP and COO Paul Wenger says
select theatres throughout the country.
million ballots or the
2,000 balloting kiosks
opportunity, and Tivoli, as the leading vendonnto
that industry, should be able to take tor "That common denominator is that
that both deals have a common denomina-
located in participating
theatres or online
we're not a company that approaches things
at nba.com. In support
of the campaign,
advantage of that." . ,
Meanwhile, Tivoli has been recognized from the standpoint that 'This is.what we
by the Illumination Engineering Society of have,'" he tells BOXOFFICE. "We really
a pre-feature short
North America (IESNA) for its Tivoli Beacon approach things from the standpoint of
starring
Allar
and Tivoli Usher theatre lighting systems 'What would you like?
(see New Products, November 1999).
"We've adopted certain technologies
Houston, Glen Rice
Damon Stoudamire _
and Kerry Kittles start- R,
ed running on 17,000
(newproducts introduced two
At ShowEast, QSC Audio
uD nrM 7
new four-channel amplifiers,
the DCA 1644 and
the DCA 1824, designed
to offer more amplifier
channels in less rack
space. QSC also premiered
the newest models
of its Digital Cinema
Monitor Series in
designed for six-channel tri-amp or eight chanplays,
the AlphaVision FS series, a, ^naMSM
design that can
contemporary thin,
display up to 20 lines of information. A
corresponding software program,
Simply Theatre, programs the display
and posts all theatre communication.
Write 7840 N. 86th St., Milwaukee,
Wl 53224; call (800) 558-7022 or
(414) 357-2020; fax (414) 357-2029;
e-mail sales@ams-i.com; or logon at AlphaVision
www.ams-i.com.
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screens in November, and Sprite drinkers
can win "Movie Cash" in an under-the-cap
promotion.
SCREENCHECKING IN
The Movie Experience (formerly SoCal
Cinemas) has been certified by the Kodak
ScreenCheck program, which evaluates the
presentation quality in individual auditoriums.
"I thought this was a great program the
moment about it, says Movie
I
Experience president Bruce Sanborn. Our
family has always believed it is our obli
tion to provide a high-quality moviegoing
experience for the public This program
notifies our guests that they have been
[experiencing! and will continue to expertence
movies the way they are intended to be
|
seen and heard."
LED HIGH-TAILS IT TO NEVADA
I igl" ng & Electrical Design (LED) has
relocated to 141 Cassia Way, Units B and C
Henderson, NV 89104. The toll-tree phone
is still (800) 700-5483, and the toll-free tax
remains (888) 223-6599.
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DIGITAL CINEMA
DISNEY GOES DIGITAL...AGAIN
Following the appointment of Phil Barlow,
executive VP of the Walt Disney Motion
Pictures Croup, to explore the development of
digital cinema and "Tarzan's" successful digital
launch in July (see National News, October
1999), Buena Vista announced six digital play
dates for "Toy Story 2," making it the first major
studio feature to be released day and date in
both digital and traditional film formats and the
first film to be entirely created, mastered and
exhibited digitally. Predicting success, the studio
will
also exhibit "Bicentennial Man," "Mission
to Mars" and "Dinosaur" digitally,
Instruments' DLP Cinema prototype.
LARGE FORMAT
using Texas
IWERKING ON THE BOTTOM LINE
Iwerks Entertainment reported revenues of
$7.6 million for the first quarter results for fiscal
2000, up slightly from revenues of $7.4
million for the quarter ending in September
1998. The large-format, ride-simulation and
specialty venue company experienced a net
loss of $1 .6 million, or 1
3 cents per share, for
the quarter. Part of that loss is directly attributable
to the Iwerks' touring operation. The
company has committed to selling the touring
operation's assets and focusing on its core
areas of business, including hardware sales,
which were up approximately 46 percent
over sales from the first quarter of fiscal 1 999.
WIRED WORLD
DTS DOT-COMS TECH CENTER
DTS has launched an online tech center at
www.dtsonline.com, making it
possible to access
product information, manuals, installation and
set-up photos, troubleshooting and post-production
guides and answers to frequently asked questions
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
NEW ONLINE CINEMA
Having already struck an advertising deal
with America Online, New Line Cinema continues
to focus its marketing energies on the
Internet, investing $5 million in Snowball.com,
a network of Websites that targets "Generation
I,"
or the 12- to 29-year-olds growing up during
the Internet revolution. In the multi-year,
cross-promotional agreement, Snowball's
sites—including ChickClick.com, ICN.com,
PowerStudents.com and lnsideCuide.com
will advertise New Line films, which will feature
product placement of the sites.
NOTHING BUT 'NET
CinemaScore, an audience market research
firm, has made its film data available to the
public through CinemaScore.com, a free
weekly e-mail newsletter that reveals audience
reactions compiled on films' opening
nights. The service's reports are based on age
plus surveys gathered over the past 18 years.
9 ON THE 'NET: Regal Cinemas' Chief Information Officer J.E. Henry I
Answers BOXOFFICE's Nine Questions About the Circuit's Website
and gender, and includes an archive of 2,000-
BOXOFFICE: Why did you devote a sizable
homepage footprint (and the minimum
$25,000 up-front cost) to Regal's
"ilovethemovies.com" branded e-mail?
What have the results been so far?
HENRY: Free e-mail is a great service.
Approximately 1,000 people have signed
up. The up-front cost was negotiated. We
negotiated a deal that allows Regal
Cinemas to share in advertising revenue.
BOXOFFICE: Why did you brand the e-
mail "ilovethemovies" rather than regalcinemas.com?
HENRY: We simply decided that we
should use something other than regalcinemas.com.
We were surprised that "ilovethemovies"
was available. We wanted something
that reflected a movie theme.
BOXOFFICE: Pepsi and Visa also receive
regal treatment on the homepage. How did
those deals come about?
HENRY: We have a
long-standing partnership
with Pepsi. We provide this visibility
to Pepsi at no expense. The VISA logo
displayed on the home page is part of a
Henry
negotiated short-term contract.
BOXOFFICE: Which areas are receiving
the most user hits on your website? Has
the value of the
comment cards
been experienced
more at the HQ or
manager level?
HENRY: Twothirds
of all hits on
our site are for showtimes,
with a significant
volume on
Thursday through
Saturday. We sell
several thousand dollars'
worth of gift certificates
each month,
Comment cards alio' our customers to provide
immediate feedback regarding their
experience at a specific theatre. This feedback
is critical to our continuing efforts to
enhance customer service. The comment
cards make us aware at corporate of problems
that should be addressed with general
managers in the field. The comment cards
also make us aware of those sites that are
meeting or exceeding expectations.
BOXOFFICE: Besides online gift certificates,
what e-commerce initiatives might
be forthcoming?
HENRY: We continue to explore new
opportunities. We believe that Internet ticketing
makes sense and will become an
accepted way of buying tickets in the
future. We also believe that reserved seating
could enhance the
ticket buying experience
in high demand
markets, and that fits
into the Internet ticketing
model.
BOXOFFICE: Given
the multiple designs
that various parts of
the site have, has
thought been given to
providing a unified
feel throughout regalcinemas.com
in the
future?
HENRY: We are in the process of re-engineering
the site. As a matter of fact, by the
time this article is released, our site should
look much different. We surveyed over 1 ,500
site visitors, and they told us what they wanted.
That input is driving the changes. The new
look will be more upscale in nature and will
provide for consistency throughout our site.
Our website has gone through three major
upgrades. We see our site evolving over time.
BOXOFFICE: You contract out your site
(with Knoxville local Media-pulse LLC)
rather than develop the site in-house.
What direct positives and/or negatives, if
any, have resulted?
HENRY: Mediapulse has been a great
partner. We manage all of the hardware and
security at Regal's corporate office.
Mediapulse handles the creative side. We
have found Mediapulse to be very responsive
to our needs. They are very customer
service oriented, and their prices are reasonable.
They have created a site that is
generally very fast regardless of what
browser is being used. Some sites have lots
of glitz and glamour but many of these sites
are very slow, which is frustrating.
BOXOFFICE: What thinking powered the
decision to offer visitors a Shocked version
of your website?
HENRY: The vision came from
Mediapulse, specifically Scott Spaid. We try
to be forward thinking in everything we do
as a company, and Mediapulse has been
able to utilize many creative technologies to
meet both short-term and long-term needs.
BOXOFFICE: What new content or directions
might regalcinemas.com see by the
time 2001 arrives?
HENRY: More customer feedback—what
our customers like about Regal Cinemas and
what they don't like. We believe the Internet
is a great way to solicit feedback about our
operations. We plan to start sending showtimes
to those customers who are willing to
share their
e-mail address with us and their
favorite Regal theatres. We believe that this
will be a great service
for our customers.
We would pro-actively
send showtimes
each Thursday for the
upcoming weekend.
We will definitely
start showing trailers
on our site. The technology
is improving
in this area. Internet
ticketing will likely be
done via our site
sometime in the year
2000.
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INVESTORS OVERSUBSCRIBE LEO
On the eve of the latest Bond release,
MGM announced that company
investors had oversubscribed a $720 million
rights offering, raising $721 million
even before controlling shareholder
Tracinda Corp., Kirk Kerkorian's investment
company, had exercised its rights.
The studio had cancelled its initial public
offering when its shares reflected a
generally weak market (see National
News, December 1999), opting instead
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to offer current shareholders one discounted
share for every three they
already owned.
"The oversubscription of our rights offering
underscores the financial community's
support of our vision for the new MGM,"
says Alex Yemenidjian, MCM's chairman
and CEO.
The studio estimates that 99.3 percent of
its shareholders exercised their rights in the
offering, and Tracinda purchased all the
rights available to it, bringing Tracinda's
shares to 44.3 million and all
other holders'
to 5.4 million. MCM's total common stock
stands at 201 .3
million shares.
SHHH.. .DISNEY'S GOT A SECRET
The Walt Disney company has combined
its visual effects house, Dream Quest
Images, with its feature animation division
For the fiscal year ending September 30, the Walt Disney Co. reported a 30 percent
drop in net income, down to $1.3 billion. Operating income, excluding a $132 million
tax restructuring charge and a $322,000 loss from its purchase of Internet portal
Infoseek, fell 21 percent to $3.2 billion. Revenues barely budged, rising two percent to
$23.4 million. For the fourth quarter, Disney reported a net income of $212 million, or
10 cents a share, down from $296 million a year earlier. Fourth-quarter profits also
dropped 37 percent. The company largely blames the sluggish performance on its home
video and product licensing businesses and expects the trend to continue for at least
another year. Film, however, is performing well: Income from theatrical releases, including
"The Sixth Sense," which is now the 12th highest grossing film of all time, rose by
$150 million for the year. Still, Disney plans to shed development deals and slash costs
in the division.
Universal Studios parent Seagram Co. likewise reported in the red for the quarter ending
in September. The company lost $95 million, or 22 cents a share, compared with earnings
of $95 million, or 27 cents a share, in the same time period last year. Net loss came
in at $124 million on a 62 percent rise in revenues to $3.6 billion, largely reflecting the
company's acquisition of Polygram. Universale film division reported an operating loss of
$59 million, down from $75 million in operating profits a year ago, and revenues of $873
million due to the disappointing showings of "Mystery Men," "Dudley Do-Right" and "For
Love of the Came" at the boxoffice.
Time Warner, however, posted a net income of $369 million for the quarter ending
September 30, up significantly from $39 million in the same timeframe last
year, including a one-time $477 million gain due to the sale and/or exchange of
various cable systems. Operating cash flow reached a record $1.61 billion, up
nearly 50 percent from $1.08 billion in 1998. Revenue nudged two percent to
$6.72 billion. The company's film division, which encompasses Warner Bros, and
New Line, saw revenue fall two percent to $228 million, despite an 11 percent gain
at Warner.
Viacom likewise reported strong quarter results. Revenues were $3.32 billion, compared
with $3.29 billion for the same time period in 1998. Cash flow reached $610 million,
excluding a one-time restructuring charge associated with the acquisition of Spelling
Entertainment, compared with $599.8 million in last year's third quarter. Operating
income, however, declined to $402.3 million from $407.3 million last year, excluding the
restructuring charge, as did net profit, down 22 percent to $97 million. The company's
entertainment division, suffering from comparisons to last year's titanic gains, reported revenues
of $1 .2 billion, down from $1 .3 billion a year ago, and operating cash flow of $95.7
million, down 55 percent from $214.7 million in 1998, including the Spelling restructuring
charge.
Sony Corp. surprised analysts by posting a 3.1 percent rise in net income to $435
million for the quarter ending in September, despite a strong yen and disappointment
at the boxoffice. Operating income dropped by 37 percent to $656 million,
and revenue slid seven percent to $15.3 billion. Sony Pictures Entertainment suffered
a 19 percent sales slide to $1 .07 billion and saw its operating income halve to
$82 million due to the poor performances of "Jakob the Liar," "Dick" and "Muppets
from Space."
Like Viacom, News Corp. suffered from comparisons to last year's fiscal figures, when
"Titanic" boosted the bottom line. Net earnings for the three months ending in September
slid 1 6 percent to $165 million from $196 million in the same timeframe last year. Revenue
dropped ever so slightly—one percent—to $3.16 billion from $3.19 billion last year, and
operating income declined to $395 million from $407 million in 1998. Filmed entertainment's
revenue slumped 28 percent to $791 million from $1.09 billion a year ago, and
operating income for the division dropped 63 percent to $46 million from $1 23 million in
1998.
Seeing results from the video release of "A Bug's Life," Pixar Animation Studios
announced a quarter net income of $32.3 million on sales of $79.2 million against a net
of $867,000 on revenue of $2.5 million in the same timeframe in 1998—a 3,700 percent
rise in net earnings.
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to create a new entity dubbed the Secret
Lab. Together, Dream Quest, which worked
on the effects in "Armageddon," "Mighty
Joe Young" and "Con Air," and Disney's animation
department, which has handled the
computer-generated effects most recently in
"Tarzan" and the upcoming "Dinosaur,"
will
generate state-of-the-art CGI character
animation and visual effects for Disney's
live action and animated projects. "102
Dalmations," scheduled for a holiday 2000
release, is slated be the Secret Lab's first
film.
THE BLAIR RICH PROJECT
Artisan Entertainment, whose "Blair Witch
Project" put the distributor on the map, has
hammered out a three-year, $200 million
revolving credit facility that will fund a minimum
of eight films with budgets of up to
$40 million, plus marketing costs. The deal
could lead to a total investment of up to
$400 million to $500 million if the first pictures
covered by the pact generate the funds
to supplement the initial investment. The
move frees up the studio's existing $1 75 million
credit facility to acquire film and television
libraries and clears the way for other
capital-raising ventures, such as the publicrights
offering the company has been considering
lately.
"DOGMA" ROARS FOR LIONS GATE
"Dogma," which Lions Gate acquired
from Miramax's Weinstein brothers, has
proven to have wings, opening on 1,269
screens and pulling in $8.8 million on its
opening weekend for the independent
distributor. By its second week of release,
the comic fantasy surpassed Lions Gate's
previous highest grossing film, "The Red
Violin," which earned $10 million at the
boxoffice.
"This is a certifiable home run for Lions
Gate," says Tom Ortenberg, co-president of
the company. "The movie exceeded industry
expectations and, more importantly, displayed
Lions Gate's ability to open a picture
in wide release throughout North
America."
ON THE MOVE
Brian Mulligan, recently appointed cochairman
of Universal Pictures (see
National News, September 1 999), has been
named CFO of Universal parent company
Seagram, replacing Robert Matschullat,
who departed his post to pursue other business
ventures. As a result, Stacy Snider,
Mulligan's partner at Universal, will take
over as the studio's sole chairman.
Meanwhile, Rick Finkelstein, previously a
senior VP, has been promoted to president
of Universal Pictures.
20th Century Fox also did the executive
shuffle, creating the position of president of
the 20th Century Fox Film Group for Tom
Rothman, who will oversee the Fox production
arm (now dubbed TCF) and Fox
2000, working closely with Bill Mechanic,
chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed
Entertainment. In the wake of the departure
of Fox 2000's president Laura Ziskin, who's
leaving to return to independent producing,
Elizabeth Gabler has been promoted to
take the reins, and Hutch Parker, an executive
VP, has been tapped to take her previous
position as president of production
or TCF.
HEARTFELT DONATIONS
Taking time out of their busy schedules,
Wayne Lewellen, president of distribution at
Paramount Pictures, and Erik LomK, senior
executive VP at MGM, traveled across the
country presenting major gifts to prestigious
pulmonary hospitals on behalf of the Will
Rogers Institute. The funds were raised in part
by the theatrical public service announcements
featuring Fox NFL Sunday sportscasters lames
Brown, Howie Long, Cris Collinsworth and
Terry Bradshaw (see National News, August
1999) run in local movie theatres across the
country.
Century Theatres' Jim Naify, University of San
Francisco's Dr. lay Nadel, Lomis and Lewellen.
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Last October, California governor Gray
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the earnings of child actors. The SB 1 1 62
regulation, which went into effect on
January 1, 2000, amends 1939's Coogan
Law. The original law was designed to
ensure that minors in Hollywood receive
a portion of their earnings when they
reach majority age. While the previous
statute did allow a court considering
approval of a minor's contract with a studio
to require that a portion of the child's
net earnings be placed in a trust account,
the law left nearly 95 percent of entertainment
industry minors unprotected since
very few contracts are reviewed in court.
The SB 1162 stipulates that every time a
minor works under an entertainment contact,
1 5 percent of the gross earnings must
be set aside until the child reaches majority
age.
LEGISLATION PROTECTS
DECEASED PERSONALITIES
FROM EXPLOITATION
Governor Davis also recently signed SB
209, legislation designed to protect the
unauthorized commercial use of
deceased personalities. Co-sponsored by
the Screen Actors Guild and Fred Astaire's
widow Robyn, the new law specifies that
commercial exploitation is not allowed,
even if it occurs in a body of work that has
been otherwise exempt, such as a film or
magazine. Other provisions enumerated
by the legislation include an extended
period of protection after the death of the
personality, increasing from 50 to 70
years, as well as a choice of law provision
that allows a living relative to recover
financial damages should the personality's
image be commercially exploited (as
defined by the statute) in the state of
California.
SAG FIGHTS PRODUCTION FLIGHT
Also recently receiving heavy support
from the Screen Actors Guild was a cam-
government
paign to pressure the federal
in enacting legislation that halts the
increasing number of U.S. film and television
productions from relocating to foreign
countries in order to benefit from tax
subsidies. The campaign aimed to generate
thousands of phone calls to increase
support for a letter, which was drafted by
eight member of Congress (six representing
California, one from Florida and one
from Illinois). The letter, addressed to U.S.
Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky,
asked her to present the issue at the round
of global trade talks in Seattle last
November. According to a recent report
released by SAG and the Directors Guild
of America, an estimated 60,000 full-time
positions have been lost in the last three
years because of the decline in domestic
film and television production.
MINORITY LEADER
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) has
introduced legislation that provides a tax
incentive to media companies that sell
properties to minorities. McCain is working
to revive a minority tax-certificate program
that strives to expand cultural and
ethnic diversity among television, telephone
and cable company owners. Under
the proposed legislation, media enterprises
that are sold to historically underrepresented
buyers qualify for deferral of the
capital-gains tax. However, restrictions
would be imposed on the size of a qualifying
company and the resale of the business
by the purchaser. McCain's proposal
comes at a time when television networks
are under fire for the lack of minority representation
in programming.
SENATE PROPOSES
CULTURAL WATCHDOGS
Under the charge of Senator Sam
Brownback (R-Kan.), the Senate appears
ready to establish a Special Committee on
American Culture aimed at probing the
impact of Hollywood product on youth.
Brownback, who is expected to head the
new Committee, has established himself
as a fierce critic of the entertainment
industry, having suggested that
Hollywood is to blame for creating a society
embedded in violent behavior and
profane language. Among the committee's
goals are to collect data regarding the
impact of pop culture and to examine the
possible relationship between onscreen
portrayals of violence and crime as well
as depictions of sex and real-life sexual
activity among teenagers. Under terms of
the current proposal, the committee
would officially work until the end of this
year.
CREATIVE COALITION DISCUSSES
VIOLENCE AND THE MEDIA
The Creative Coalition, an entertainment
industry advocacy group headed by
actor William Baldwin, and Hollywood
trade paper "Variety" sponsored an event
last October entitled "Violence in
America: A Hollywood Production."
Intending to explore the relationship
between the media's depictions of violence
and real events, panel members
represented a diverse group of professionals,
including sociologist Amitai Etzioni,
director Michael Bay, syndicated columnist
Arianna Huffington, rapper Chuck D,
actor Stephen Collins and "Variety" editor-in-chief
Peter Bart, who moderated the
evening discussion. Focusing on the hotbutton
topic of recent school shootings,
members of the panel mentioned problems
associated with the current motion
picture rating system and primetime television
programming as having some
degree of influence on young minds.
However, several other factors, such as
gun ownership, irresponsible parenting
and drug use, were presented as more
likeiy reasons for the spate of violence
taking place in high schools across the
country.
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NORTHERN EXPOSURE
Canadian News Notes by Shlomo Schwartzberg
GALAXY'S SMALL-TOWN BIG BANG
A new theatre chain. Galaxy Entertainment, is up and running and dedicated
to building and improving theatres in smaller, underscreened Canadian markets
ignored or underserved by the larger chains. Ellis Jacob, a former Cineplex Odeon
senior executive, is
the company's CEO. Victor Loewy. head of Serendipity Point
Films, and independent producer/ex-Alliance Atlantis president Robert Lantos are
investors and board members. Gerald Schwarz, chairman, president and CEO of
Onex Corp., is the majority owner of the company with 57 percent of its stock.
Galaxy began by buying seven theatres of the 12 owned by Ontario Theatres
Group in six Ontario towns: Peterborough, Cornwall, Brockville, Georgetown.
Sault Ste. Marie and Owen Sound. "Our intention is to build state-of-the-art cinemas
in markets of 70.000 to 120,000 people," says Ken Prue, another former
Cineplex executive and spokesman for Galaxy. "Smaller markets are not well
served by cinema exhibitors and major distributors." he told BOXOFFICE.
Galaxy demolished Cornwall's seven-plex, replacing it with an 11-plex spanning
52,000 square feet and boasting 2,400 seats, stadium seating and wall-to-wall
screens. A similar project is now underway in Sault Ste. Marie, which currently has
only one seven-plex in the whole town but will soon see that replaced by a 12-plex.
Other Galaxy builds are going up in the Alberta cities of Strathcona and Medicine
Hat, with more locales to be announced.
MOWING FAMOUS
Famous Players Inc. continued its large-scale expansion this
all with new SilverCity multiplexes in North Toronto; Victoria,
Jritish Columbia; Sudbury. Ontario; and Hull, Quebec, as well as
i Coliseum in Kirkland Lake. Quebec.
The 94,000-square-foot, 2,800-seat SilverCity Victoria cost
r$21 million (USS14.3 million) and contains 10 state-of-the-art
mditoriums with wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling screens, all with
)olby Digital Surround Sound EX. Other Famous Players
imenities.
including automated ticket machines, speciality foods
ind the Techtown gaming center, are also offered in SilverCity
/ictoria, the fifth SilverCity to be opened in the province of
Jritish Columbia.
The 74,000-square-foot. C$20 million (US$13.6 million)
iilverCity North York, located in the heart of North York, is
ilso loaded with Famous Players' typical frills. It is, however, a
nore subdued venue, more "grown-up," when compared to the
ither SilverCity multiplexes, said Famous Players president
ohn Bailey to BOXOFFICE at the official launch of the multiilex.
"It's got a sophisticated look, [which] fits the market
iround here."
At the launch. Bailey pointed out that Famous Players has
een a 30 percent jump in business because of its new multiplexes—a
significant part of the countrywide jump of nine percent in
ilmgoing in the last year.
The new SilverCity is just a few blocks west of Cineplex
)deon's state-of-the-art Grande, a year-old 10-plex situated on
he other site that Famous Players was originally considering
lefore settling on Empress Walk.
But Roger Harris, senior vice
iresident of Famous Players, feels there's no need to worry about
ompetition. He credits Cineplex "with taking a big stride [with
'he Grande]. It's worked well for them. We felt the market could
andle another 10 screens."
EXPANDING THE EMPIRE
Empire Theatres, Atlantic Canada's leading
exhibitor, has announced that 21 new screens
will be erected by Christmas. These include a
new multiplex in St. John's. Newfoundland, and
a five-screen expansion to Halifax's Bayers
Lake Park, turning it
in that part of Canada.
into a megaplex, the first
CINEPLEX'S CALGARY STAMPEDE
Cineplex Odeon has begun construction on
a new 14-plex in Calgary, Alberta. It will span
65,000 square feet and will feature wall-to-wall
curved screens and THX and digital sound.
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European News Notes by Francesca Dinglasan
LEAD STORY: UGC ACQUIRES VIRGIN
September of last year. Figures indicate that 43 million tick-
LONDON—In a deal estimated to be worth about £215 million ets were sold during the nine-month period, dropping by 7.5
(USS359 million). Cine Cite, a subsidiary of French film company million from the 1998 total. Boxoffice receipts tumbled
UGC. has acquired UK.-based Virgin Group's cinema circuit. The nearly 13 percent to 473.5 billion lira (US$252 million)
newly purchased chain, which consists of 300 cinemas located through- compared to year-ago figures, despite the reasonable sueout
Ireland and Britain, brines Cine Cite's total number of theatres to cess of fi |ms in release during the period, including
700. UGC topper Alain Sussfeld remarked that the Virgin cinemas were "Shakespeare in Love," "The Mummy" and local product
a good fit with Cine Cite, considering that both chains featured state-ofthe-art
venues. UGC, which is constructing plexes in Spain and Belgium
with plans to enter Italy, will also develop new sites in the U.K. that had SLOWER THIRD QUARTER FOR FRENCH EXHIBS
been planned originally by Virgin. Virgin intends to focus its energies in PARIS—Similar to their Mediterranean neighbors, the
building new cinemas throughout Japan, where it currently owns and French showed a declining appetite for movies with cinema
operates two multiplexes. attendance in the country slipping by four percent during
third quarter 1999. The Federation Nationale des Cinemas
BAC IN BUSINESS
Francais reports that on a year-on-year basis, each of the
first three PARIS— French
quarters
indie distributor Bac Films
recorded
has unveiled
a 15 percent drop in movie ticket
plans
sales,
to construct a total of
with the
15 multiscreeners throughout France
month of September recording an especially disappointing
over
the next three years. The first site in development
24 percent tumble from last year.
is a 12-plex in
the northern town of Douai. Construction of the theatre, which is
slated for a September bow. began last November, with groundbreaking
for the second and third cinemas scheduled to start this
month. Bac president Jean Labadie noted that while the distributor
would be able to finance construction of the new venues, the
company will most likely seek a partner, as well as initiate a flotation
on the Paris stock exchange, to help quicken theatre development.
Labadie also stated that his company is looking to prevent
the overscreening of certain regions in France by targeting niche
markets that do not have existing multiplexes in place.
CAUSING QUITE A STER
PRAGUE—Ster Century, the European
trading brand of South African cinema
operator Ster Kinekor, has revealed its plans
to change the standard ratio of boxoffice
receipt sharing between exhibitors and distributors
with its new multiplexes in Central
Europe. Industry observers report that the
company, which recently opened a 14-
screen, 3,000-seater near the Czech town of
Brno, intends to seek a 60-40 split in the
boxoffice share, compared to the longestablished
50-50 apportionment. Ster
Century believes that the new plex. located
200 miles south of Prague, will increase the
number of theatre admissions in the region
by 50 percent to over one million in the next
12 months, justifying the uneven division of
boxoffice take. Reactions to the circuit's
plans have been varied among local distributors,
with some fearful that the practice
might spread to non-multiscreen theatres,
while others acknowledge that the
exhibitor's investment in the market warrants
its augmented share of boxoffice earnings.
In addition to the new 14-screener, Ster
Century has also opened multiplexes in
Budapest. Hungary and the Polish cities of
Warsaw and Wroclaw, with four more in
development throughout the Czech
Republic.
BOXOFFICE LAGS IN ITALY
ROME—According to Italy-based
Cinetel. cinema admissions throughout the
Boot fell by 15 percent between January and
DE LAURENTIIS NAMES COMPANY EXECS
ROME—De Laurentiis Cineplex, a joint venture between ,
Loews Cineplex International and Italy-based Filmauro. has
announced the appointment of two executives. Andrea Jachna
has been tapped as the company's new managing director in
charge of overseeing business including real estate, finance, operations
and marketing. Alessio Coppola, former development
manager for United Cinemas International, will serve as deputy
managing director, responsible for theatre site development. Dei
Laurentiis Cineplex was formed last May to build and operate
cinemas throughout the Italian market.
PACIFIC OVERTURES
Notes From the Pacific Rim
LEAD STORY: H0YTSY-T0ITY NEW THEATRES
SYDNEY—Down Under exhibitor
Hoyts Cinemas has opened two new upscale
venues in Fox Studio Australia's new retail section. The main theatre, which holds 12
screens, features a ticketing service dubbed "La Premiere." For a slightly higher admission
fee, patrons can enter the movie house via red carpet to a special VIP viewing area
replete with loveseat cinema seating attached with wine-bottle holders and tables
designed for cocktails and cheese. The second location, known as the Cinema Paris, is
a four-screen art house that will screen classic Australian features films, shorts and trailers
in addition to the latest indie fare. The four-plex will also feature a permanent exhibit
of Down Lmder film memorabilia.
SH0CHIKU SELLS STUDIO
TOKYO—Shochiku. Japan's oldest film company, has announced that it
has decided
to sell its 60-year-old studio. Despite protests from local film buffs wishing to preserve
the historic significance of the studio, the company has claimed that years of
financial difficulties have left it no other choice but to put it on the block. Shochiku has
accepted an offer from a woman's college for the studio, which is located south of
Tokyo.
E-CITING NEW PLEXES IN INDIA
NEW DELHI—Subhash Chandra, chairman of India-based Zee Telefilms, has
announced the formation of E-Citi, which will develop entertainment centers in major
cities throughout the country. The new company has targeted sites in 27 metropolitan
areas with multiplexes scheduled to open to the public by January 2001 . While the multiple-screeners
will be the main featureB of the new complexes, the builds are also
expected to include food courts, bowling alleys, pubs and discotheques.
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Moviegoer Activity Report
for the month of October 1999
MovieFone' (777'-FILM') and its sister ;
widing information to over 100 million moviec
Total
Requests
New York
1.303,553
Philadelphia
303,072
San Francisco
258,172
San Diego
181,783
Kansas City
157.286
Most Requested Exhibitors Last Mopth s
Ex hibitor
Total Requests Rank
LCE
1,209,710 1
AMC
840.942 2
United Artists
REGAL/ACT III
General Cinema
Cinemark
Harkins
Clearview
Century
National Amuesments
Top 10 Exhibitors & Theatres
Most Requested Theatres
708,029 3
404,936 4
342.278 5
216.398 6
Rank Theatre (# screens)
Total
Requests
1 Clvw Beekman Theatre (1
17,683
49.184
2 LCE Village (7)
3 Clvw 62nd & Broadway (1)
6,102
1 Mann Festival Westwood (1)
i.754
2 Pacific Cinerama Dome (1
3 Mann National (1)
1 O'NeilWestEnd(10)
2 United Artists Plaza (8)
3 CnmkTmseltown Six Flags Mall (9)
1 LCE Webster Place (8)
2 LCE Lincoln Village 1-6 (6)
3 LCE 900 North Michigan (2)
1 Hark Metro (12)
2 Hark Centerpoint Luxury (11)
3 Hark Shea 14 Luxury (14)
1 Cinemagic 3 At Penn (3)
2 UA Sameric (4)
3 UA Riverview Plaza (11)
1 Regal Kendall (9)
2 UA Movies At The Falls (1 2) 15,834
10,411
3 AMC Kendall Town & Country (1 0)
5,547
1 Century 21 (1)
2 UA Coronet (1)
3 UA Stonestown Twin (2)
1 LCE Cheri (4)
2 BMofSOmni(l)
3.599
18.041
3 NA Circle (7)
1 Famous Eglinton (1)
1.835
2 Famous Markville (4)
5.927
3 LCE Promenade (6)
8.432
1 AMC Fashion Valley (18)
31.328
2 AMCLaJolla(12)
3 AMC Mission Valley (20)
1 AMC Crown Center (6)
2 AMC Parkway (22)
26,311
10
Rank Market Theatre
LCE Lincoln Square
LCE Village 7
UA Union Square 14 Theatre
LCE Kips Bay Theatre
AMC Century 14
LCE Orpheum
LCE 19th St. East
Hark Arizona Mills
UA Riverview Plaza
AMC Fashion Valley 18
Most Requested Theatres Per Screen
6,164
Last Month's
Rank
Total
Requests
Minneapolis
144,894
Seattle
87.987
Washington. DC
85,709
San Antonio
69.826
Cleveland
58,325
Rank
Theatre (# screens)
1 Mann MN Suburban World (1
2 GCC Har-Mar 1-3 (3)
3 LCEEdina(4)
1 LCE Memorial City Mall (8)
2 LCE River Oaks Plaza (12)
3 LCE Spectrum (9)
1 LEF Plaza (2)
2 GCC Parkway Pointe (15)
3 UA Lenox Square (6)
1 UA Colorado Center (9)
2 UA Continental (6)
3 Mann Cherry Creek (8)
1 GCC Cinerama (1)
2 Landmk Guild 45th (2)
3 LCENorthgate(l)
1 LCE Uptown (1)
2 AMC Courthouse (8)
3 LCE Avalon (2)
1 Regal/Act 1
Quarry (1 4)
2 Regal/Act III Galaxy (14)
3 Regal/Act III Bandera (6)
1 UA Showcase (8)
2 UA The Rainbow Promenade (1 0)
3 UA Green Valley (8)
1 GCC Ridge Park Square (8)
2 GCC Westgate Mall (6)
3 GCC Westwood Town Center (6)
1 Century Century Stadium (12)
2 Century Cinedome Sacramento (9)
3 GCC Bird Cage Walk (6)
1 R&R Campus Twin (2)
2 Carmike Hickory (8)
3 Carmike Carmike (6)
1 LCE Trolley Corners (3)
2 Century 1 6 Salt Lake City (16)
3 Cnmk Sugarhouse Movies (10)
Last Month's
Total Requests Rank
54,776
49,184
48,930
48,765
46.090
41,828
36,379
32,703
31,328
Total
Requests
3,706
6,083
8,769
7.679
2,974
7.203
3.234
5,457
Last Month's
Rank
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January 2000
DAY AND DATE: JAN. 12
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MY DOG SKIP
Starring Frankie Muniz, Kevin Bacon
and Diane Lane. Directed by fay
Russell. Written by Gail Gilchriest.
Produced by Mark Johnson and John
Lee Hancock. A Warner Bros, release.
Drama. Rated PG for some violent content
and mild language. Running time:
94 min.
Willie Morris wrote about the South, and
in particular about his home state
Mississippi. He
was its first Rhodes
scholar. His stories
were unabashedly
sentimental, especially
the ones
about his childhood.
This movie, based
on his novella,
captures that wonderfully
warm and
emotional spirit
and translates it to
the screen with
care and feeling.
The days are
sunny, the people are quirky, the real
troubles of the world— like World War
II—seem far away. But, because this is
told through the eyes of a child, the
small things are writ large.
Our hero is in crisis because his disciplinarian
father won't let him keep the
puppy his mother bought for a birthday
present. Of course, dad relents and Skip
joins the family. According to Morris, it
was this pet that helped him grow into a
young man. It certainly did help the shy,
bookish Willie form relationships with
both sexes. Skip (brilliantly played by
Moose of "Frasier" fame) is a real babe
magnet.
The whole film is beautifully photographed
and the musical score matches
the lush images. It was obviously a
labor of love for the people who made
it. It is also funny: On a bet, Willie
spends the night in the cemetery, reportedly
haunted by a local witch, and runs
afoul of bootleggers. And has subtle
social commentary:
The movies
in Yazoo were
segregated as
indeed was the
whole place but
the best athlete
was a black man
who half the town
had never heard
of.
"My Dog Skip" is
a beautiful movie,
but be sure to take
a box of Kleenex.
The performances
Mr Dog Skip."
are terrific, especially
Kevin Bacon ("Stir of Echoes") and
Diane Lane ("A Walk on the Moon") as
the parents and newcomer Frankie
Muiniz as young Willie. Morris himself
died last August, just a week after seeing
the final
print.
This is a film for everyone but sadly,
despite all the clamor for family-friendly
movies, they often underperform. This
effort really deserves an audience.
Perhaps if they just changed the name to
"The Yazoo Witch Project."—Mike
Kerrigan
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THE HURRICANE
Starring Denzel Hashing ton, Dan
Hedaya, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Liev
Schreiher, John Hannah, Deborah linger
and David Paymer. Directed by Norman
Jewison. Written by Armyan Bernstein,
Dan Gordon and Christopher Cleveland.
Produced by Armyan Bernstein, John
Ketcham and Norman Jewison. A Universal
release. Drama. Rated R for language and
some violence. Running time: 140 min.
Bob Dylan's galvanizing 1975 anthem
marked the first time most Americans
heard of imprisoned black prizefighter
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, then already a
decade into serving three life sentences for
a New Jersey murder conviction. The case
enjoyed another round of publicity when
Carter was finally freed in the mid-1980s,
thanks to the dogged efforts of a teenager
from Brooklyn and three Canadians.
Director Norman Jewison places this
dazzling story about racism, injustice
and redemption under the spotlight it
deserves. Denzel Washington delivers a
heart-rending, Oscar caliber performance
in the role of a boxer who, as the
lyrics on the soundtrack suggest, "coulda
been the champion of the world."
The cop with a grudge (Dan Hedaya)
who wrongfully arrests Carter at age 1 1 for
lesser offenses later frames him as an adult
for killing three people. An all-white jury
puts the top middleweight contender behind
bars, where he remains until young Lesra
Martin (Vicellous Reon Shannon) happens
upon a secondhand copy of Carter's 1974
autobiography, "The 1 6th Round."
Inspired, the boy convinces the Toronto
io-gooders he lives with—Sam (the always
Drilliant Liev Schreiber), Terry (John
Hannah) and Lisa (a lackluster Deborah
Linger)—to take up the cause. The tale
)ffers both a drumbeat for literacy and a
ceen sense of fate: "Sometimes we don't
)ick books; they pick us," Sam muses.
The periodically disorienting but
lynamic chronology culminates in the
hrill of detective work that unearths new
ividence leading to Carter's final day in
ourt. Susan Green
INGELA'S ASHES
***i/2
Starring Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle,
Michael Legge, Ciaran Owens, Joe Breen
nd Shane Murray-Corcoran. Directed by
Wen Parker. Written by Laura Jones and
tllen Parker. Produced by David Brown,
Man Parker and Scott Ruilin. A Paramount
elease. Drama. Rated R for language and
ome sexual content. Running time: 145 min.
Based on Frank McCourt's Pulitzer
'rize-winning memoir of the same title,
Angela's Ashes" is the coming-of-age tale
f the author's impoverished young life in
.imerick. Ireland. After the death of their
ewborn baby girl, the McCourt familv
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return to their native Ireland, leaving
behind the unfulfilled promise of the
United States. The grievous condition of
their homeland, which suffers from the
worldwide Depression and widespread consumption,
pros ides the clan even less hope.
At the center of this turmoil is Frank (Joe
Breen/Ciaran Owens/Michael Legge), who,
with the aid of his indomitably spirited
mother (Emily Watson) and his playful
brother Malachy Jr. (Shane Murray-
Corcoran), learns how to persevere despite
the dire circumstances of his life,
including
the continuing deaths of his siblings, an
alcoholic father (Robert Carlyle) and the
oppressive nature of his Catholic religion.
Despite the grievous mood integral
telling the story of the McCourt family,
"Angela's Ashes" never descends to a level
of complete despondency. Heightened by
the incredibly moving performances of
Breen as five-year-old Frank and Owens as
10-year-old Frank, the film shines with an
optimism resulting from McCourt's ability
to find comedy in even the most desperate
of situations.
TOPSY-TURVY
Francesco Dinglasan
•**
Starring Jim Broadhent, Allan Corduner,
Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook
and Wendy Nottingham. Directed and written
by Mike Leigh. Produced by Simon
Channing-Williams. A USA Films release.
Period Drama. Rated Rfor a scene of risque
nudity. Running time: 160 min.
The contentious yet fruitful relationship
between Britain's famed 19th century
masters of light opera, Gilbert and
Sullivan, forms the dramatic core of
"Topsy-Turvy," which joins the duo in the
early
1880s after such hits as "The Pirates
of Penzance" had already rocketed them to
the pinnacle of success. But success has
spoiled them both, agitating an already
uneasy relationship to
the point of fracture.
Sullivan (Allan Corduner) blames
Gilbert's incessant preoccupation with
magical fables of "topsy-turvydom" for
stifling his musical creativity, while Gilbert
(Jim Broadbent) resents having been
forced to subjugate his words and stories
to Sullivan's sprightly, popular music.
Faced with a seemingly irresolvable ere- -
ative impasse, the pair appear destined to
never work together again. But when
Gilbert attends a traveling exhibition of
Japanese art. craft and performance, he
experiences his own kind of topsy-turvy,
inspiring him to embrace an entirely new
kind of light opera which, in short order,
becomes their greatest and most enduring
work. "The Mikado."
In working up to Gilbert's epiphany,
writer/director Mike Leigh mostly
adheres to traditional English biopic conventions,
laying out his characters and their
respective conflicts in
as straightforward a
to
manner as possible. But as the film shifts
to the arduous process of planning and
staging the complexities of "The Mikado."
Leigh's penchant for improvisational fiabbiness
sets in, stretching a seemingly endless
series of rehearsal scenes to unimaginable
lengths. Thankfully, the stretch isn't
entirely uninteresting, sustained by sporadic
forays into the backstage dramas of
the actors, with Leigh's reliable "Secrets
and Lies" star Timothy Spall simply
superb as lead baritone Richard Temple.
Indeed, it is all but impossible to fault
the film's performances, with Corduner
and Broadbent both in peak form, and
supporting actors uniformly outstanding.
— Wade Major
THE GREEN MILE •••1/2
Starring Tom Hanks, David Morse,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Doug Hutchison
and Bonnie Hunt. Directed and written by
Frank Darabont. Produced by Frank
Darabont and David Ualdes. A Warner
Bros, release. Drama. Rated R for violence,
language and some sex-related material.
Running time: 182 min.
Hollywood types often seem wont to
set themselves the onerous task of adapting
the worst novels mankind has ever
encountered, those being from the hands
of horrormeister Stephen King. It's uncertain
whether director/scripter Frank
Darabont, who seems incapable of putting
onscreen any sequence that is not captivating,
should receive an Oscar for his work
here, or instead a humanitarian award for
making drivel play like a dream for moviegoers.
And a dream it is, beginning dark
and ending in light, as it tells the 1930s-set
story of a down-South Death Row prison
guard, Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks), who
encounters in the person of a giant black
inmate, the condemned John Coffey
("Bulworth's" Michael Clarke Duncan), a
gift from God: the ability to heal any malady,
however desperate, by the simple laying
on of hands. Cured first of an uncomfortable
condition by Coffey. Edgecomb
finds himself in the end cured of a condition
of soul as dank as the cells and certain
of the other inhabitants with which the
guard spends his days. Even then, though.
Edgecomb finds, there is a cost.
The supporting cast provides fine
accompaniment to Hanks, who manages
to meld the beloved everyman personality
that seems to come so naturally to him
with the much-less-natural persona of a
King character. "The Green Mile" still suffers
from lingering touches of Kingitis. the
cures for which would be beyond even the
magic of a John Coffey—or a Frank
Darabont. There is grace gleaming for the
eyes, but there is also remaining about the
nose the stench of a miasmal humanity.
— Kim Williamson
January, 2000 (R-2) 63

THE END OF THE AFFAIR ••••
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Julianne
Moore and Stephen Rea. Written and
direeted by \eil Jordan. Produced by
Stephen Woolley. A Columbia release.
Romantic Drama. Rated R for scenes of
strong sexuality. Running time: 99 min.
For those who believe they don't
make 'em like they used to. Neil Jordan
happily proves they can and do with his
evocative tale of jealousy and obsession.
"The End of the Affair." A sort of flipside
of the cherished romantic chestnut
"Brief Encounter" (David Lean's 1945
directorial debut). "Affair." set in postwar
London, follows Maurice Bendrix
(Ralph Fiennes), a cynical young novelist
who can't quite escape the drama of
his own imagination even when confronted
by a more fantastic reality.
Haunted by a passionate war-time
affair that ended mysteriously. Bendrix
offers a strange service to old friend
Henry Miles (Stephen Rea in an uncharacteristic
stuffed-shirt role) who suspects
his wife Sarah (Julianne Moore) of infidelity.
Realizing Henry's gentleman
ethics will never allow him to make
inquiries, the less morally encumbered
Bendrix hires a detective (Ian Hart in a
deliciously earnest supporting role), who
gradually turns up more than either man
wants to know about the unexpectedly
enigmatic Sarah.
Adapting faithfully from the Graham
Greene novel, Jordan expertly weaves
suspicion and doubt through the gradual
revelations that explain Bendrix's fixation
on Sarah and Henry. A prisoner of
his obsessions and fevered imagination,
Bendrix can only gauge love by the jealousy
it inspires, and his own faithlessness
destines him for the sort of peculiar
twist of fate for which Greene's thoughtprovoking
tales are noted.
Fiennes' Bendrix glowers and lusts
with an attractive, tortured maliciousness
reminiscent of his uber-romantic victim.
Count Almasy of "The English Patient."
The picture belongs to Moore, however,
who goes British faultlessly, giving a stunning,
low-key. textured performance as a
woman torn, but capable of the great selflessness
of real love. Luisa F. Ribeiro
TOY STORY 2
••••
Voiced by Tom Hanks and Tim Allen.
Directed by John Lasseter. Written by
Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug
Chamberlin and Chris Webb. Produced
llclenc Plotkin and Karen Robert
Jackson. A Buena Vista release.
Animated. Rated G Running time: 85 min'
Hey fellas, somebody got it wrong.
64 (R-3) BOXOFFICE
REVIEW
Sequels are not supposed to be betler than
the original. But not only is "TS2" superior
to the first outing, it is better than most
movies released this year. It works on almost
every level. It's funny, it's great to look at
it's even moving. In short, it's wonderful
entertainment and not just for kids.
The guys, gals and assorted oddities
from part one are joined by some excellent
additions as Woody (voiced by Tom
Hanks) discovers that not only was his
character a TV star but he is valuable, too.
and has a corral-full of new friends. The
key to the whole thing is great performances—ensemble
acting at its very best.
The fact that the players provide voices for
brilliantly animated characters is almost
incidental. It would still work with stick
figures or possibly even a blank screen.
Hanks and Tim Allen work off each other
like the pros they are, and there is not a
single weak link in the rest of the starstudded
cast.
That is not to take anything away from
the visual magic. Director John Lasseter
has set the bar for animation art to a rarefied
level. It still has the basic look of the
original — just better. Reflective surfaces
have a whole new subtlety, and the more
authentic-looking greenery obviously
profited from the experience gained on "A
Bug's Life".
Some of the biggest laughs come from
send-ups of familiar movies. Other grins
Adrien Brody, Ben Foster and Orlando
Jones. Directed and written by Barry
Levinson. Produced by Barry Lcvinson and
Paula Weinstein. A Warner Bros, release.
ComedylDrama. Rated R for crude language
and sex-related material. Running
time: 128 min.
Barry Levinson returns to his roots
once again to explore what it was like to
grow up in Baltimore in the mid-'50s. The
result is a charming film, infused and emotionally
heightened by the imagination of
memory, which captures the struggle
between embracing one's own uniqueness
and reaching out for the whole wide world.
The Jewish community in which two
brothers—high-schooler Ben and college
student Val
are raised is isolated from within
and without by its own traditions and others'
prejudice. Within lies not just specific
culture but the individuality of a family in no
way stereotypical. While mother and grandmother
keep custom alive, father steps
beyond his fading burlesque business into
illegal gambling, a racket which is undergoing
its own cultural diffusion.
As the boys concern themselves with
growing up and finding love beyond that
of family, the family remains the essential
foundation, however shaken, of life's
blessings. Fear of the different may be
always foolish and often cruel—as this
film constantly reveals—but the sense of
being loved breeds the hope and confidence
that problems and prejudices can
be surmounted.
Both Adrien Brody as Val and Ben
Foster as Ben are endearing, convincing
and sweetly attractive as the decent
young men trying to make sense of a
melting pot society which keeps freezing
up on them. Joe Mantegna and Bebe
Neuwirth have their own particular
emotional glamour as the parents, but
their characters, viewed more from without
than within, are never as compelling
as those of their sons and the young
women, particularly Johnson's Rebekah.
whom the boys aspire to love.
The film contains much humor,
which it often handles better than its
more serious nature. The issues of race,
class and religion which the film confronts
are eloquently woven into that
humor, but sometimes seem a little
heavy-handed when overtly voiced or
acted out. Bridget Byrne
••
are garnered by the limbo-dancing Barbies END OF DAYS
who are unable to bend at the knee, and Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
you will love Wheezy the penguin doing his Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney and Kevin
big-band version of "You've Got a Friend Pollak. Directed by Peter Hyams.
In Me" with voice courtesy of Robert Written by Andrew W. Marlowe.
Goulet. Mike Kerrigan
Produced by Armyan Bernstein and Bill
Borden. A Universal release. Thriller.
LIBERTY HEIGHTS ***1/2
Rated R for intense violence, gore, language
and an intense sex scene. Starring Joe Mantegna, Bebe ISeuwirth,
Running
time: 118 min.
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Jericho
Cane, a semi-suicidal ex-cop/high-tech
security specialist with a drinking problem
and a lapsed faith. There are four
action movie cliches in that sentence
alone, not even including his bombastically
significant name. At the end of the
Millennium, the Catholic Church (just
once couldn't it be the Jehovah's
Witnesses?) foretells a prophecy: He who
has no name will rise, take the form of a
man and mate with The Chosen One.
who will bear his son and bring time to
an end. This overly familiar plot is actually
"End of Days'" strength; the movie
is so full of hackneyed ideas, imagery
and dialogue that it's unintentionally
quite funny. Added to those few occasions
when it's intentionally funny and
that comes out to a lot of laughs.
Director Peter Hyams ("The Relic")
handles the action sequences well
enough, but if you've seen one explosion
and CGI demon, you've seen them all.
— Tim Cogshell

|
Worse
SLEEPY HOLLOW **1/2
Stalling Johnny Depp and Christina
Ricci. Directed hy Tim Burton. \\ ritten hy
Andrew Kevin Walker. Produced hy Scott
Rudin and A dam Schroeder. A Paramount
release. Thriller. Rated R for graphic horror
violence and gore, and for a scene of
sexuality. Running time: 105 min.
Based on the hauntingly romantic
advance publicity photos, audiences
might have formed the impression
that "Sleepy Hollow" is about two
mesmerizingly gothic paramours
whose love story unfolds against the
chilling mystery of the murderous
Headless Horseman. However, the
film is Far more akin to the spirit of
Burton's offputtingly malicious black
comedy "Mars Attacks" than his tenderly
tragic "Edward Scissorhands."
Preceding the entrancingly phantasmagoric
title sequence, the
Horseman swiftly dispatches two victims
(including Martin Landau in a
wordless and obviously extremely
brief cameo) via decapitation: the
heads are never found. A New York magistrate
orders Crane, a bothersome public
defender who dares to question the harsh
judgments of the court, to travel to the
small town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate
the crime. With his handmade 1 8thcentury
detective equipment. Crane is
determined to apprehend the Horseman
and prove him to be a flesh-and-blood
mortal, not the vengeful phantom the
villagers fear. But his own encounter
with the homicidal hellion quickly convinces
Crane of the preternatural nature
of the cranium-craving criminal.
There is some dark humor to be
found in Depp's mincing Crane, who
puts women and small boys in front of
him in dangerous situations and, despite
his scientific background, can't seem to
examine a corpse without endlessly
spurting himself with blood. But there's
a line that Burton seems increasingly
determined to cross, to ill effect. In
"Mars Attacks," it was a feature-length
cacophany of cartoonish killings; here,
it's
the cavalier dismemberment of animals
and even the stalking and implied
murder of a child.
than transgressions of taste or
encroachments of the audience's boundaries
is the simple fact that "Sleepy
I Hollow" is not devilishly funny enough
to be a black comedy, not remotely scary
enough to be an effective thriller, and
> too deficient in chemistry to be any kind
I
of a romance. And the climax contains
all the intrigue of a Scooby Doo reveal.
As usual. Burton's greatest strength is
his wonderfully eerie aesthetics and
atmospherics. Christine James
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SPECIAL FORMAT: IMAX 3-D
GALAPAGOS **l/2
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh. Directed and produced by Al Ciddings and David
Clark. Written by David Clark and Barry Clark. An Imax release. Documentary.
Unrated. Running time: 40 min.
"Galapagos" transports viewers to the eponymous Ecuadorian archipelago where
much of the terrain is made up of solidified lava and exotic creatures reside in the
land and sea. What would otherwise be a dry nature documentary is brought to life
by the magic of Imax 3-D, which allows viewers
the rare opportunity to perceive themselves
within petting distance of indigenous species
of iguanas, giant turtles, sea lions and fish,
with marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin
doing all the life-endangering stuff so we don't
have to. She scuba dives perilously near a
school of hammerhead sharks and attracts the
unwanted attention of a nasty-looking nest of
moray eels, but fortunately this footage isn't of
the exploitative "When Animals Attack" ilk;
there's no bloodshed and no feeding frenzies
(except when a cadre of lizards swim into the
ocean to feast on seaweed).
While some of the creatures are truly
remarkable, such as a fish with leg-like appendages and one entity that resembles living
gossamer, we spend a scant amount of time at 3,000 feet and don't see enough of
these fascinatingly alien organisms. Baldwin points out that only about one percent of
the ocean floor has been explored, and that we probably know more about outer space
than our own world (it being two-thirds water); unfortunately, this documentary comes
up shallow in plumbing the secrets of the deep. Christine lames
SIEGFRIED & ROY: THE MAGIC DOX
•••1/2
Starring Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn. Directed by Brett
Leonard. Written by Lyn Vaus and Brett Leonard. Produced by Michael V. Lewis. An
Imax release. Documentary. Unrated. Running time: 47 min.
It promised to be a match made in movie heaven as the most spectacular illusionists
in Las Vegas teamed up with the leading exponent of giant screen movie magic.
And fans of both will be thrilled with the result.
Director/co-scripter Brett Leonard's use of the
Imax 3-D format was breathtaking when he made
"T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous." He took audiences
to places they had never been. But it turns
out that was just a warm-up for the astonishing
visuals he delivers with this movie.
Where in "T-Rex" the closest images appeared
to be a few feet in front of you, now they are inches.
You really feel you can reach out and touch
them. Viewers will have to fight the urge to flick
Stardust off their shoulders—it's that real.
Adding immeasurably is the subject matter.
While a roaring, giant T-Rex was impressive, a
real-life white lion looking you straight in the eye
at barely an arm's length is
truly daunting.
In the flesh, Siegfried and Roy put on a heck of
a performance and have for more than three
decades. On the giant screen, it is even more
impressive. You are practically a part of the show.
The only weakness comes with the narrative as
the film explains how these two loners grew up in WWII-scarred Germany, found
comfort in magic and animals and had a chance meeting on a ship bound for the U.S.
Leonard pulls all kinds of fabulous visual stunts but the story is never as big as the
telling. Still, the on-stage and at-home in Las Vegas footage more than make up for it.
In 1952, the first commercial 3-D movie, "Bwana Devil" with Robert Stack, was
released. The tagline was "a lion in your lap." Sadly, that never really happened.
Now, thanks to Siegfried, Roy and Brett, it finally has.—Mike Kerrigan
January, 2000 (R-4) 65

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH •*•
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie
Marceau, Robert Carlyle and Denise
Richards. Directed hy Michael Apted.
Written hy Seal Purvis and Robert Wade.
Produced by Michael G. Wilson and
Barbara Broccoli. An MGM release.
Action. Rated PG-li for action violence
and sexuality. Running time: 128 min.
Chock full of everything that makes a
Bond movie a Bond movie—high-octane
action sequences, double entendre-laden
dialogue, — slick gadgets and sexy sidekicks
"The World Is Not Enough" lives
up to the 007 formula, even taking it a step
further to tongue-in-cheek.
After the murder of a Russian oil
tycoon, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) vows
to protect his daughter, Elektra King
(Sophie Marceau), who's taken over her
father's operation. Bond suspects that
Renard (Robert Carlyle), who had kidnapped
Electra years before, is responsible
for her father's death and determined to
ambush the pipeline she's building across
the Russian countryside.
Once again proving that his casting as
Bond is damn near perfect. Brosnan is
joined here by the equally talented and
attractive Marceau, who's more convincing
as a revengeful daughter than a helpless victim.
Carlyle is underused, however, as a villain
who can feel no pain—a quality that
could have inspired gripping scenes of torture.
Denise Richards as nuclear scientist
Christmas Jones is so bad that one can only
hope her character is a self-aware mockery
of all the Bond girls that have come before
her.
Annlee Ellingson
THE HUNGRY BACHELORS CLUB
•1/2
Starring Jorja Fox, Bill Nunn and
Suzanne Mara. Directed by Gregory
Written by Fred Dresch and Ron
Ruzzin.
Produced hy Dan Gifford and Amy
Ratliff.
Sommer. A Mama's Boys release. Romantic
comedy. Rated PG-li for some mature thematic
elements. Running time: 91 min.
Intended as a succulent dish spiced
with equal parts quirkiness and homeyness,
"The Hungry Bachelors Club" starts
out appetizing enough, but ends as a bland
mishmash of conflicting ingredients.
Of the many problems with "The
Hungry Bachelors Club," primary is the
stunted development of almost all
of the
characters (who are not nearly as unique or
unusual as intended) and the numerous
plot threads that dribble off into nothing of
consequence. Clearly hoping to recreate the
food-as-social-bonder spirit so delectably
done in "Fried Green Tomatoes" a few
years back. "The Hungry Bachelors Club"
leaves one starved for something more substantial.
Luisa F. Riheiro
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LIGHT IT UP
**l/2
Starring: t slier Raymond, Forest Whitaker,
Fredro Starr, Rosario Dawson, Robert
Richard, Sara Gilbert, Clifton Collins Jr.,
Vanessa L. Williams and Judd Selson.
Directed and written hy Craig Bolotin.
Produced by Tracer E. Edmonds. A Fox
2000 release. Drama. Rated R for language
and violent content. Running time: 99 min.
With school funds being cut to the bone,
students are forced to share books in freezing,
overcrowded classes being taught by
substitute teachers. When one of the few
decent teachers is wrongfully suspended,
the protest triggers a confrontation that
leaves a school security officer ("Ghost
Dog: Way of the Samurai's" Forest
Whitaker) bleeding in the hallway with a
bullet in his leg. With no luck convincing
authorities that the act was an accident, six
students take over the school and hold the
officer hostage in an attempt to make the
truth known. However, their motive takes a
detour as the students use the press coverage
as a way to voice the need for improved
conditions in their deteriorating school.
While igniting social awareness about
the dire state of the public school system,
"Light It Up" also touches on abuse, teen
pregnancy and police brutality. But it tends
to inform instead of entertain, neglecting
to dwell on the power struggles and bonding
that goes on between the students,
which would have helped viewers to connect
with and care more about the characters
and their plight. Dwayne E. Leslie
THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF
JOAN OF ARC ••
Starring Milla Jovovich, John
Malkovich, Faye Dunaway and Dustin
Hoffman. Directed hy Luc Besson. Written
by Andrew Birkin and Luc Besson. Produced
by Patrice Ledoux. A Columbia release.
Historical drama. Rated R for war violence,
rape and language. Running time: 141 min.
"The Messenger" has all the makings of
a historical epic: lush cinematography,
elaborate sets, a sweeping score, A-list
cameos and a brutal running time. This
particular historical epic depends on the
charisma of a single character—a character
who defied the circumstances of her
birth and the traditions of her culture to
liberate France from England's stranglehold.
A character too important and complex
for model-cum-actress Milla
Jovovich.
"The Story of Joan of Arc" depends on
Joan's ability to convince her Dauphin
(John Malkovich) that she's the warrior
destined to reclaim the city of Rheims
from the English so that he can officially
be crowned King. At this Jovovich succeeds,
adeptly adopting a quivering lip as
she approaches him for the first
time as a
shy peasant girl. Once she's achieved his
confidence, however, her performance
becomes wildly erratic, vacillating between
tremulous indecision and fearless confidence,
often coming off as a maniacal,
bug-eyed crazy person who exhibits none
of the qualities that would inspire her
army, let alone an entire nation.
Apart from this glaring error in casting.
Besson has peppered his mostly European
cast with Hollywood heavyweights who
bring gravity to their critical roles.
Malkovich is funny and charming as a
king uncomfortable with his newfound
power. Faye Dunaway, playing the
Dauphin's mother-in-law, exhibits strength
and presence of mind when he doesn't.
And as The Conscience, Dustin Hoffman's
penetrating baritone resonates to one's
very core. But without an adequate protagonist,
"The Messenger" fails to deliver.
— Annlee Ellingson
P0KEM0N: THE FIRST MOVIE
• •1/2
Starring Pikachu, Ash, Misty, Brock,
Team Rocket and Mewtwo. Directed by
Kunihiko Yuyama. Written by Takeshi
Shudo. Produced by Norman J. Grossfeld,
Choji Yoshikawa, Tomoyuki Igarashi and
Takemoto Mori. A Warner Bros, release.
Animated. Rated G. Running time: 98 min.
Mewtwo, a scientific clone of the rare
Pokemon Mew, destroys his creators,
intending to
take over the world by harvesting
more Pokemon clones and destroying
the original Pokemon and their human
masters. Dark and scary, this movie draws
from Japanese anime (animated entertainment
tailored for discerning adults) and
sci-fi classics such as "Alien."
In the battle finale, all the Pokemon are
combating clones of themselves in fights
that can only end in death. "Pokemon"
attempts to justify this scene—and its
whole premise— by pointing out how it
differs from typical Pokemon battles and
spouting aphorisms that advocate antiviolence
and tolerance. Unfortunately,
pontificalions like "The circumstances of
one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do
with the gift of life that determines who
you are" are probably too verbose to significantly
influence the target audience.
There's room for camp here, of
course. The dialogue is frequently sarcastic
and punny, particularly in the case
of the wisecracking Meowth, the only
Pokemon (aside from the telepathic
Mewtwo) who can speak and who says
things like. "Send in the clones" and "I
almost made a clawful mistake." And
while kids will be traumatized when the
Pikachu clone bitch-slaps the real Pikachu,
the scene's gut-wrenchingly hilarious fori
adults with a sense of humor about such
things.
Annlee Ellingson
66 (R-5) BOXOFFK I

STUART BUSS
•*•
Starring Michael Zelniker.
Written and
produced by Michael Zelniker and Neil
Grieve. Directed hy Neil Grieve. A Cinema
Guild Release. Black Comedy. Unrated.
Running time: 88 min.
"Stuart Bliss" is a clever dark comedy
about an everyday Joe who becomes one of
those odd fellows you see standing on
street corners foretelling the end of the
world. The movie, however, begs the
question: Are you paranoid if weird
things really are happening to you?
Stuart is a guy who seems to have
everything: a beautiful wife, a great job
creating sales campaigns for things people
don"t need, and even a promotion to
a higher position. Then, out of the blue,
his wife leaves him, co-workers begin
acting suspiciously, birds are flying the
wrong way and surveillance cameras
suddenly appear in the oddest places.
Even his grandmother starts acting
weird. What's worse, the televangelist
she watches constantly seems to be talking
directly to him. It's all very funny, often bordering
on farce, yet still extremely unsettling,
making the black comedy even more
effective.— Tim Cogshell
THE BACHELOR ••
Starring Chris O'Donne 11, Renee
Zellweger and Artie Langc. Directed hy
Gary Sinyor. Written hy Steve Cohen.
Produced hy Bing Howenstein and Lloyd
Segan. A New Line release. Romantic comedy.
Rated PG-13 for mild language.
Running time: 101 min.
In "The Bachelor," an update of the
1925 Buster Keaton silent pic "Seven
Chances," the inverse of last summer's
"Runaway Bride" takes place: Instead of
following the escapades of a woman continually
fleeing from the altar, the film
revolves around the adventures of a single
male desperate to get married.
The man in question is Jimmie (Chris
O'Donnell), the owner of a billiards table
company who has learned that he stands
to inherit $100 million dollars from his
deceased grandfather if he marries by 6:05
p.m. on his 30th birthday, which happens
to be just 27 hours away. Adding to the
time-sensitive nature of the problem is the
fact that his true love Anne (Renee
Zellweger) has decided to leave town after
he botches two marriage proposals to her
(the first involves the ill-chosen phrase.
"You win," while the second entails a
blank stare in response to her question.
"Are you really ready to commit?"). Since
the future of Jimmies employees depends
on his receiving the inheritance, he sets out
on a mission with his best friend (Artie
Lange) and a priest waiting on stand-by
(James Cromwell) to win over one of his
several exes as a last-minute bride.
REVIEWS
FLASHBACK: November 23, 1940
What BOXOFFICE Said About...
FANTASIA
/BOXOFFICE's 7940 review of "Fantasia" embraced the originality of the now-classic
animated epic opera and noted its groundbreaking use of multichannel stereophonic
sound, but voiced an uncertainty as to who the film's audience might be, deeming the
film too artsy for the general public and
too harrowing for children. Buena Vista's
update, the G-rated "Fanstasia 2000," is
scheduled for release on the first day of
the new millennium.]
"Fantasia" defies all
precedent. Whether
the forerunner of a new entertainment
format or not is something for time—and
the fate of "Fantasia" itself—to determine.
Actually, this innovation is a concert on
film. Its eight selections are reproduced
through four distinct sound channels
which place passages, chords and effects
in different parts of the screen and theatre. Those selections, ranging from Bach's
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony to Tschaikowsky's
Nutcracker Suite and Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice, are visually interpreted by Disney
and his artists in terms of alternately beautiful and whimsical cartoon and thunderous
and frightening moods which, in fact, make "Fantasia," as it stands, unsuitable for
children. The whole, however, is done in magnificent color, in brilliant imagination
and in lasting recognition of Disney's enormous talents. Will the film public take it?
No one knows beyond reminding it has not gone for fine music thus far.
SELLING ANGLES:
There is great novelty value in "Fantasia." It is the first full-length effort to interpret
classical music in terms of popular appeal through cartoon and abstract treatment.
It carries the distinction of the Disney sponsorship, the music of the Philadelphia
Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski and the music commentary of the well-known
Deems Taylor. Its color photography is magnificent; its imprint of Disney mannerisms
is sharply defined. Out of this combination and with special emphasis on the
truth of the statement that "Fantasia" is fresh and entirely new, a campaign could
be built whenever the picture goes into general distribution. This, however, is considerably
in the future and through a releasing company not yet determined.
CATCHLINES:
Disney and Stokowski—Screen Art and Music Art Combine...
You've Seen Nothing Like It.
Beyond the film's many stabs at humor
resulting in mere annoyances, including the
negative stereotypes of women embodied
by each of Jimmie's former flames (the
clingy obsessive, the narcissistic diva, theangry
feminist and the snooty rich
bitch),
the most obvious problem is the bachelor
himself. While O'Donnell's anxious groomto-be
is likable enough, his lack of comic
timing does little to improve Steve Cohen's
unimaginative script, which doesn't spend
nearly enough time exploring the affection
that exists between the two leads.
Instead,
Anne's constant anger at and exasperation
with Jimmie makes it seem appropriate
that they remain unmarried—an attribute
none too desirable in a romantic comedy.
"The Bachelor" is probably best left as the
one that got away. Francesco Dinglasan
EAST OF HOPE STREET **1/2
Stoning Jade Henera. Directed hy Nate
Thomas. U ritten andproduced hy Nate Thomas
and Tim Russ. A Cinema Guild Release.
Drama. Unrated. Running time: 93 min.
"East of Hope Street" is about a young
girl's struggle through neglect, sexual abuse
and nihilistic behavior that lands her in
Juvenile Hall. Alicia (Jade Herrera) is not
unlike many poor Latinas; in fact, writers
Nate Thomas and Tim Russ (the latter
"Star Trek: Voyager's" Mr. Tuvok) based
their script on a true story. They got a lot
out of their SI 00.000 budget, using the facilities
at Cal State Northridge (where Thomas
teaches cinema) to shoot much of the film.
While the pathos is real, in the wake of similarlj
themed works ("Mi Vida Loca" for
one) it
often plays as trite.— Tim Cogshell
is
January, 2000 (R-6) 67

• ••1/2
THE INSIDER
self into the case and in the process finds
Starring A I Pacino, Russell Crowe, she has to confront her own demons in
Christopher Plummet; Diane Venom and order to have any chance at rescuing the
Philip Baker Hall. Directed by Michael victim who has been buried alive, with a
Mann. Written by Erie Roth and Michael limited oxygen supply, by her captors.
Mann. Produced by Pieter Jan Brugge and The plot unfolds with few surprises, it
MichaelMann. A Buena I ista release. Drama. sags badly in the middle and the ending is
Rated Rfor language. Running time: 157 min. a pretty much foregone conclusion. But
Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino. subdued the film is essentially saved by a couple of
since "The Devil's Advocate") is a produc-
superb acting jobs. Mike Kerrigan
er at "60 Minutes." known for his ability to
secure difficult interviews and for the
dependability of his word. His integrity is
compromised when he gains the trust of
Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), an exemployee
of tobacco giant Brown &
Williamson whose insider knowledge of
the operation threatens the safety of his
wife and two little girls. Securing Wigand's
testimony that the "seven dwarfs." as he
calls the seven CEOs of big tobacco, were
fully aware of the dangers of smoking
when they testified to the contrary,
Bergman is betrayed by his company. CBS
refuses to air the segment because of a lawsuit
threatened by Brown & Williamson.
As Wigand. Crowe steals the show.
Besides deliberately gaining weight and
graying for the role, the Australian has
adopted the nervous ticks of his character,
honestly portraying the reluctant hero as a
man plagued by a hot temper, belligerence
and revenge, but also a loving father torn
between protecting his family and revealing
the truth to the American people.
Writer-director-producer Michael Mann.
who last directed 1995's crime drama
"Heat." employs the same stylistic elements
here, amply using slow motion and
handheld close-ups that, while sometimes
as dizzying as those in the notorious
"Blair Witch Project," demonstrate the
confusion and desperation experienced by
the characters. Mann's elegant stylization
and Crowe's superb performance pull
together a picture daunted by potentially
dry subject matter and a hefty running time.
— Anniee Ellingson
OXYGEN
**l/2
Starring Maura Tierney and Adrien Brody.
Directed and written by Richard Shepard.
Produced by Jonathan Stern. Richard
Shepard, Carole Curb Nemoy and Mike Curb.
A Vnapix release. Crime drama. Rated R for
violence and language. Running time: 92 min.
Detective Madeline Foster (Maura
Tierney) is having a rough day. After a fleeing
felon uses her for target practice she
unwinds with a bout of rough- -make that
sadistic—sex with a mystery lover and
copious amounts of alcohol. All of which
hardly makes her a
suitable candidate to
solve a kidnapping, especially as the person
heading up the investigation is her
unsuspecting husband. But she throws her-
REVIEW
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL ••
Starring Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen,
Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Chris Rattan, Peter
Gallagher and Bridgette Hi/son. Directed
by William Malone. Written by Dick Beebe
and William Malone. Produced by Robert
Zemeckis, Joel Silver and Gilbert Adler. A
Warner Bros, release. Horror. Rated R for
horror violence and gore, sexual images and
language. Running time: 93 min.
Billionaire theme-park mogul Steven
Price ("Mystery Men's" Geoffrey Rush)
loves designing thrill rides and is always
trying to outdo himself. So when his wife
("The Faculty's" Famke Janssen) asks to
have her birthday party at an abandoned
psychiatric institute for the criminally
insane, he sets out to make the evening a
to-die-for experience. Things go smoothly
until unforeseen demonic forces intervene
and the staged game becomes deadly.
The evil that pervades the asylum is
brought to life using some of the best
special effects seen on film; however, all
the visual bravura doesn't fill in the gaping
plot holes or generate any real frights.
—Dwayne E. Leslie
LIARS POKER *1/2
Starring Richard Tyson, Caesar Luisi,
Jimmy Blondell and Flea. Directed and
written by Jeff Santo. Produced by Billy
Savino and Jeff Santo. A North Branch
Entertainment release. Drama! Thriller.
Rated R for language, sexuality and pervasive
violence. Running time: 93 min.
"Nobody beats me at Liar's Poker."
announces Jack (Richard Tyson) to a circle
of card players—a remark that also
metaphorically applies to his other dealings
with members of the group, including
the womanizing Niko (Caesar Luisi),
the
hapless Freddy (Flea) and the enigmatic
Vic (Jimmy Blondell), all of whom appear
to associate with Jack as more a matter of
obligation than camaraderie. The film follows
each character's business dealings
with the alpha male, whose volatile temperament,
combined with the enormous
wealth he's obviously gained from sources
other than his day job as a car salesman,
imply he has a position as a mob boss.
It's quite evident that almost every
aspect of "Liar's Poker," Jeff Santos directorial
debut, is supposed to create an
oppressive tension. From the uniformly
slow dialogue delivery by the ensemble cast
to the Cimmerian soundtrack that thumps
incessantly throughout the pic. one gets the
impression that a sense of overwhelming
dread should be sinking in. Disinterest,
however, is the more pervasive feeling, with
the disjointed chronological sequences
forcing the viewer to work harder at following
a plot that isn't very compelling in
the first place.
•••
Francesco Dinglasan
DATS
Starring Dina Meyer, Lou Diamond
Phillips, Leon and Bob Gunton. Directed by
Louis Morneau. Written by John Logan.
Produced by Brad Jenkel and Louis Rosncr.
A Destination Films release. Horror. Rated
PG-13 for intense sequences of bat attacks,
and brief language. Running time: 91 mins.
"Why? I'm a scientist, that's why," is the
reason given for genetically altering two
bats to be smarter, more aggressive and
omnivorous. The research bats quickly
spread the virus they carry amongst thousands
of local bats, and soon the night
belongs to the horde and nothing in
path is safe once night falls.
their
This is a very intense film once it gets
past the preliminaries of introducing
everyone. After the first attack, it's apparent
how vicious the bats can be—so when
the town ignores warnings to stay indoors,
one can't help but cringe at what's coming.
The film skillfully mixes in humor without
undermining the tension. Dwayne E.
Leslie
DODY SHOTS
**l/2
Starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Jerry
O'Connell, Amada Peet and Tara Reid.
Directed by Michael Cristofer. W ritten by
David McKenna. Produced by Jennifer
Keohane and Harry Colomhy. A New Line
release. Drama. Rated R for strong sexual
content including graphic sex-related dialogue,
language, violence and scenes of alcohol
abuse. Running time: 102 min.
This is an old-fashioned cautionary tale
under the glossy veneer of a sex romp.
Much of the film is taken up with people
talking dirty about the most primeval of
urges, and the rest of the time they are
practicing them. But the underlying theme
is that sex—especially casual, drunken
sex—comes with a price.
Four women and four men all in their
20s are independently plotting their
evening which seems to basically consist of
mass quantities of booze, some lively
dancing and a chance of a close encounter
of the carnal kind. The octet gets together
in various combinations and the games
begin. But even in the many steamy scenes.
nobody seems to be having much fun. It is
a good-looking cast but it's hard to tell
how talented they really are. Mike
Kerrigan
68 (R-7) BOXOFHCI

BRINGING OUT THE DEAD
• •
Starring Sicolas Cage and Patricia
Arquette. Directed by Martin Scorsese. \\ ritten
by Paul Schroder. Produced by Scott Rodin and
Barbara De Fina. A Paramount release.
Drama. Rated Rfor gritty violent content, drag
ose and language. Running time 121 min.
A graphic, sometimes harrowing and
sporadically eccentric ride-along with a
New York City paramedic named Frank
Pierce (Nicolas Cage). •Bringing Out the
Dead" begins with the same kind of alienated,
introspective voice-over as one might
expect from Robert DeNiro's similarly
four-wheeled nocturnal philosopher Travis
Bickle. Constant nightly exposure to the
decadence and depravity of a pre- Rudy
Giuliani urban jungle riddled with crime,
drugs, alcoholism and the stench of death
has begun to push Pierce over the proverbial
edge. Only after meeting Mary Burke
(Patricia Arquette). the troubled daughter
of a heart-attack victim who refuses to die,
does Pierce suddenly find a reason to try to
beat his demons and help her.
The obvious parallels to the DeNiro/
Jodie Foster axis in "Taxi Driver" notwithstanding,
"Bringing Out the Dead" fails on
almost every level at which "Taxi Driver"
succeeded. It's a stylistic hodge-podge that
is worsened by a convoluted narrative that
substitutes too many recurring weirdos
and repetitive themes for dramatic substance.—
Wade Major
REVIEWS
CRAZY IN ALABAMA ••1/2
Starring Melanie Griffith, Meat Loaf
Aday and l.acas Black. Directed by
Antonio Bonderas. Written by Mark
Childress. Produced by Debra Hill and
Diane Sillan Isaacs. A Columbia release.
Drama. Rated PG-13 far some violence,
thematic material, language and a scene of
sensuality. Running time: 109 min.
This '60s-set civil-rights tale's biggest
flaw is the parallel it tries to make between its
two divergent stories: In the first, lusciouslipped
Kewpie doll Lucille (director Antonio
Banderas' wife. Melanie Griffith) sets off for
Hollywood with her abusive husband's severed
head in a hat box. In the second, her
young nephew Peejoe ( Lucas Black. "Swing
Blade"), stands up to a racist sheriff (Meat
Loaf Aday of "Fight Club"), who accidentally
kills a young boy trying to integrate the
public swimming pool. "He died for freedom,
she had to kill for it," or something
similar, says the script, trying to link the tales.
Uh, actually, the descendants of Martin
Luther King Jr. might not put a loopy starlet's
grab for fame on a par with the institutional
murder of a boy seeking justice.
We're supposed to be tickled when
Lucille artlessly announces to anyone who
asks that her hubby's head is in her luggage.
But the lines just kind of hang there.
And though Black is more successful as
the wide-eyed Peejoe, the whole civil-rights
story is a giant cliche.
Melissa Morrison
PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED: DECEMBER/JANUARY/FEBRUARY FILMS
The alphabetical list below notes the issue of BOXOFFICE in which our review of an
upcoming film appeared, the star rating, and the distributor/release date information.
"Agnes Browne" •••: USA, 1213; see September 1999.
"The Big Tease" • •: Warner Bros., 1121; see September 1999.
"The Cider House Rules" • *: Miramax, 12110; see November 1999.
"The Cup" •••1/2: Fine Line, 1128; see November 1999.
"The Emperor and the Assassin" •••1/2: SPC, 12117; see July 1999.
"Eye of the Beholder" •••••: Destination, 1128; see July 1999.
"Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai" ••: Artisan, 1114; see September 1999.
"Jesus' Son" •: Lions Gate, 12129; see November 1999.
"A Map of the World" *l/2: First Look, 1213; see December 1999.
"Mifune" ••••: SPC, 2125; see December 1999.
"Miss Julie" ••: MGM, 12110; see December 1999.
"Mr. Death" ••: Lions Gate, 12129; see November 1999.
"Onegin" ••: Samuel Goldwyn, 12117; see December 1999.
"Simpatico" ••: USA, 12117; see November 1999.
"Snow Falling on Cedars" ••••1/2: Universal, 12122; see December 1999.
"Spanish Fly" ••: Avalanche, 1213; see November 1998.
"Sweet and Lowdown" **l/2: SPC, 1213; see November 1999.
"The Third Miracle" •••: SPC, 12129; see November 1999.
"Third World Cop" ••: Palm, 2125; see November 1999.
"Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment" •••: First Run, 12110; see June 1999.
"The War Zone" •••1/2: Lot 47, 12110; see April 1999.
"Wonderland" ••••: USA, 2118; see July 1999.
LA CIUDAD (THE CITY)
•••1/2
Starring Joe Rigano, Cipriano Garcia,
Letida Herrera and Jose Rahelo. Directed and
written by David Riker. Produced by David
Riker and Paul S. Mezey. A Zeitgeist release.
Drama. Spanish- and English-language: subtitled.
Unrated. Running time: 89 min.
"La Ciudad (The City)" is a beautiful if
melancholy snapshot into the lives of illegal
Latin immigrants who have come to
New York City in the hopes of earning
money to send to their impoverished families
back home. Broken into four separate
tales, "La Ciudad's" mild sensation of narrative
frustration heightens the film's overall
feeling of traumatic if poetic yearning
of people determined to try against all
odds.
The stories, entitled "Bricks," "Home,"
"The Puppeteer," and "Seamstress," reveal
much about the large and small elements
that tug at each of the protagonists as they
face life in the harshness of a sprawling foreign
city. Riker's film is a stark and powerful
vision of life on the streets for illegal
immigrants and the bleakness that surrounds
them and their quest for a not just
a better life, but any life. "La Ciudad's" stories
tell of realities too many of us would
prefer to ignore. Luisa F. Riheiro
MOLLY *1/2
Starring Elisabeth Shue and Aaron
Eckhart. Directed by John Duigan.
Written
by Dick Christie. Produced by William J.
MacDonald and Frank Bodo. An MGM
release. DramalComedy. Rated PG-13 for
mild thematic elements and some sex-related
material. Running time: 89 min.
The usually engaging Elisabeth Shue
("Leaving Las Vegas") takes an awkward
and embarrassing turn in "Molly," the latest
in a long line of pics ("Rain Man,"
"Awakenings," "What's Eating Gilbert
Grape," "The Other Sister") attempting to
demonstrate how developmentally challenged
individuals have much to teach others
about appreciating the simpler things in life.
An experimental operation on Molly's
brain frees her from the limitations of her
autism and allows her to experience the
delights of "normal life." In spite of the
film's lofty goal to remind the masses that
the disabled are human beings with feelings
just like everyone else, "Molly"
abounds with cliches about the very people
it purports to represent, making it even
more painful to watch Shue's grossly overacted
take on autism. From attempting to
liberate lobsters destined for the dinner
plate at a fancy restaurant to a suggestion
she makes to her brother that they have sex
(all played with innocent naivete, of
course), the scenes in which Molly is supposed
to warm one's heart instead turn
one's stomach. Francesco Dinglasan
January, 2000 (R-8) 69

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REVIEWS
THICKER THAN WATER
• ••
Starring: Mack 10, Fat Joe,
CJ Mack, MC Eiltt, Kidada
Jones and Tomya Bowden.
Directed by Richard Cummings
Jr. Written by Ernest Nyle
Brown. Produced by Dairy/ Taja
and Andrew Shack. A Palm
is lengths not to glorify thug far more interested in Oscar
life.
Having rappers and hip hop as a "safe" chaperon for his
artists from the west artist
and east
mistress Amy Post (Neve
coasts working together gives Campbell) than as an architect,
audiences a double dose of a humiliating exercise to which
unity and lets them see both Oscar nonetheless agrees out of
sides of the coin and, in the end, loyalty to Peter. Naturally.
receive the messages the film Oscar winds up falling hopelessly
in love with Amy and finds
is
trying to get across to those in
similar situations. One lesson himself forced to confront the
is
that when drugs and big money age-old dilemma of choosing
are involved, there is no loyalty. between love and money.
The central theme, however, While "Three to Tango" is
is
that one should take care of hardly spectacular, it is nevertheless
pleasantly diverting and
business at home, because blood
is thicker than water. Not every-
consistently entertaining, quickly
finding its footing after some
one is given a second chance,
and it is what DJ and Lonzo do
with theirs that makes this film
worthwhile. Dwaync E. Leslie
THREE TO TANGO * • •
Stalling Matthew Perry, Neve
Campbell, Dyltui McDermott and
Oliver Piatt. Directed by Damon
guage. Running time: 98 min.
A calculated and surprisingly
70 (R-9) BOXOFF1CE
Much like the Kevin Kline
comedy "In and Out," "Three to
Tango" centers on the comedic
travails of a heterosexual man
whose life is turned upsidedown
after an innocent misunderstanding
gives way to the
rumor that he is gay. Unlike "In
and Out," however, the woebegone
hero of "Three to
release. Drama. Rated R for
strong violence and drug content,
Tango"—skittish architect Oscar
nonstop language and some nudity.
Running time: 90 min. no doubts as to his sexuality. He
Novak (Matthew Perry)—has
is This urban drama centers
irreversibly and unapologetically
straight. Unfortunately,
around two gangs in the midst of
a turf war who call a truce
correcting the misunderstanding
in
order to pool resources to make risks jeopardizing a multi-million
dollar contract that he and
"big bank"' (lots of money). As
long the drug money keeps coming
in. all is well with collaboraner
Peter Steinberg (Oliver Piatt)
his genuinely gay business parttors
DJ (Mack 10) and Lonzo have fought hard to secure. As it
(Fat Joe)—that is, until a variety
turns out, their would-be
of rivals plot against patron—egotistical them.
tycoon Charles
This film goes to great Newman (Dylan McDermott)
initial expository clumsiness.
And though many of its components
borrow liberally from
other films (most notably
"Tootsie"), it strays from formula
often enough to engender
a unique charm of its own.
Debut director Damon
Santostefano. Written by Rodney Santostefano delivers a restrained
Vaccaro and Aline Brosh McKenna. and workmanlike product, wisely
Produced by Bobby S'ewmyer, allowing his performers to take
Jeffrey Silver and Bettina Sofia
center stage and do precisely what
Mviano. A Warner Bros, release. audiences expect them to do.
Romantic Comedy. Rated PG-13 Perry, of course, is the real draw
for sex-related situations and lan-
here, doing little more than a variation
on his "Friends" persona.
Chandler, whose own ambiguous
original romantic comedy featuring
three of television's most similar jibes on the show. Here, at
sexuality has been the subject of
popular performers, "Three to
least. Perry has the chance to
Tango" is an endearing, engaging prove the cinematic viability of
farce that bodes well for these
the persona, a task which he
small-screen stars looking to manages more successfully than
translate the power of their personae
to the bigscreen.
in the little-seen "Fools Rush
In." Wade Major
Review Digest
Genre key: (Ac) Action: (Ad) Adx 'ure; (Ani) Animated;
C) Comedy; IDi Drama; (Doc) Docu ntary; (F) Fantasy; (Hor)
Horror I Mi Musical; (My) Mystery; ( R) Romance; (Sat) Satire;
SFi Science Fiction; I Sus) Suspense; ( Fh) Thriller, ( W) Western.
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General Managers. If you are a team player, enjoy
working with the public and are seeking a career and
a future in the motion picture exhibition industry, send
your resume to: Personnel Director, Wallace Theatre
Corp., 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Building One, Box 55,
Honolulu Hawaii, 96831.
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
BURLAP WALL COVERING DRAPES SJ 05 per yard
flame retardant. Quantity discounts. Nurse & Co., Old
Millbury Rd„ Oxtord, MA ill 540 (508i 832-4295.
COMPLETE THEATRE EQUIPMENT (New, Used or
Rebuilt) Century SA, R#, RCA 9030, 1040, 1050
Platters: 2 and 5 Tier, Xenon Systems 1000-4000 Watt,
Sound Systems mono and stereo, automations, ticket
machines, curtain motors, electric rewinds, lenses,
large screen video
PROFESSIONAL
projectors.
SERVICE
Plenty
AND
of used chairs.
INSTALLATION
AVAILABLE DOLBY CERTIFIED. Call Bill Younger,
Cinema Equipment, Inc., 1375 N.W. 97th Ave., Suite
14, Miami, FL 33172. Phone (305) 594-0570. Fax
(305) 592- 6970. 1-800-848-8886.
CUPHOLDER ARMREST. "State of the art." Call Cy
Young Industries Inc. 800-729-2610.
CURTAINS & MASKINGS. Wall draperies sewn to
your specs. Any size or style. Our fabric or yours.
Complete kits for side, top or bottom maskings with
motors. Installed by you or by us. Please call |oe or
Paul at (800) 200-6837.
DIGITAL SOUND SYSTEM: DTS-6D (used four
weeks, like new), Dolby CP-50, JBL power amps,
Altec stage speakers, |BL 4688-4 subwoofer, 8 surrounds,
$7900. Phone (301 ) 949-4761 , fax (301 ) 949-
4763.
GOLD MEDAL 48" Coronado enclosed popcorn
machine with 48 oz. kettle. Only 1 7 months old—like
new—$4200. Other concession equipment available.
Phone (301 ) 949-476 1
, fax (301 ) 949-4763.
MICRO-FM'" STEREO RADIO Sound Systems for
Drive-in Theatres. Static free. Call or write: AUDIO
VISUAL SYSTEMS, 320 St. Louis Ave., Woonsocket, Rl
02895. Phone (401 ) Fax (401 ) 767-2081.
OPERATING THEATRE will close mid-November. All
projection, sound (stereo) and concession equipment
has to be sold. Excellent condition. Please contact The
Flicker Shack, P.O. Box 838, Sedona, AZ 86339; or
call (5201 282- !""
I cue message ll necessary
PATRON TRAY. Fits into cupholder armrest. Call Cy
Young Industries Inc. at 800-729-2610.
PROIECTION BOOTHS — COMPLETE. $7950
includes: projector, soundhead, base, planer, lamphouse,
power supply, automation, light dimmer,
sound system, stage speaker, scope lense. Excellent
'' s hape Phono H 'M'l
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4"l.l lax <
Ull l M49-4763.
REBUILT CENTURY SA & R3 projector/soundhead
$4450. Simplex XL $4750. Xenon lamps, platters,
many lenses, excellent line of other used projection
and sound equipment. TANKERSLEY ENTERPRISES.
PO Box 36009, Denver, CO 80236. Phone (303) 71 6-
0884; fax (303) 716-0889.
TABLET TRAYS Fits into all cupholder armrests. Used
in multi-purpose theatres, bingo, etc. Call Cy Young
Industries Inc. at 800-729-2610.
TELEPHONE ANSWERING EQUIPMENT All major
brands of reliable, heavy-duty tape announcers and
digital announcers are available at discounted prices.
Please call Jim at Answering Machine Specialty, (800)
222-7773.
USED EQUIPMENT: 2ed model 1 600 ( )RC lamphouses
w/power supplies showing 5290 & 5566 hrs.
$1 500 ea. One Simplex E-7 projector w/vertical drive
shaft in good shape, $750. 2ea SH-1000 soundheads,
bone stock $1000ea. 2e^ SH-1020 soundheads, bone
stock $1000ea. 2ea SH1000 soundheads, used but
previously reconditioned including solar cells.
$1000ea. One PAS 2000 Simplex 35 dual sound syslem
$500. Call Ray at i'a>.' 4I.I M,V
USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: PROJECTORS,
Prewired Stereo Racks, Platters, Lamps, etc. Premier
Seating Co. Inc., 1 (888) 456-SEAT, Fax (410) 488-
9969, Email mtn'O'premierseating com.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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check to BOXOFFICE, P.O. Box 25485, Chicago, IL
60625, at least 60 days prior to publication
BOX NUMBER ADS: Reply to ads with box numbers
by writing to BOXOFFICE, P.O. Box 25485,
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and in
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lower-left corner of your envelope.
HELP WANTED
on for a talent-
AT MARQUEE CINEMAS our search is
ed service technician. Technician must have knowledge
of digital sound systems and the ability to complete
new booth installation. THX certification is a
plus! For more information please call lames Cox at
(304) 255-4036. 552 Ragland Road, Beckley, WV
2 58(11 li ift"i i mi-mas , mil
BOOTH TECHNICIAN position is available. We
believe that state-of-the-art sound and presentation
are the keys to success in the movie industry. Join our
team as we expand throughout the country. We offer
a wide variety of benefits and opportunity for
professional
growth. Send your resume with salary history
to: Century Theatres Inc. Art: Facilities Dept., 150
IVIu.in Way S.in K.il.H'l ' VM'tOl
LET THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE your new or existing
small business. Grants/loans to $800,000. Free
recorded message: [7071 448-027(1. IRN7)
MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Regal Cinemas
has openings available for management positions.
Please visit our website at www.regalcinemas.com for
further informal and i listings.
BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE'S new Giants of American
Exhibition 2000 (see this issue, pages 41-52) is
now available in database form to our readers.
Users can search and sort as they like, plus
crunch numbers and statistics, in any of the
popular database programs, including Access,
dBase and Filemaker. The data can also be
imported as tab-delimited data in a variety of
spreadsheet programs, such as Excel and Lotus.
The price is $1,295.00. For further information,
contact BOXOFFICE editor Kim Williamson at
(626) 396-0250 or e-mail
boxoffice@earthlink.net.
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VVUU.I INFMAEQUIPMENT.COM. New x. used projection
& sound ec|uipment, theatre seating, drapes,
wall panels, FM transmitters, popcorn poppers, concession
counters, Xenon lamps, booth supplies, cleaning
supplies, more call Cinema Consultants and
Services International, Inc. (412) 343-3900, fax (412)
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WILL TRADE: YOUR THEATRE SEATS FOR OUR
USED THEATRE EQUIPMENT. Great condition at
great prices. Platters, projectors, lamphouses, complete
prewired stereo rat ks and much, much more.
Premier Seating Co. Inc., 1 (888) 456-SEAT, fax (410)
488-9969, email inloi-lpirmieiseating.com.
EQUIPMENT WANTED
PURCHASE OR TRADE For \our used theatre equipment,
concession equipment, theatre seats. Ask about
our storage facilities. Premier Seating Co. Inc.. (888)
456-SEAT, Fax: (410) 488-9969, Email: info@prernierseating.com.
VINTAGE TUBE TYPE AMPS wool, 'is, drivers, horns,
parts, from Western Electric, Westrex, Altec, Jensen,
JBL, EV, Tanno\ Mcintosh, Marantz. Phone David at
(626) 441-3942. P.O. Box 80371, San Marino, CA
91118-837).
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: We will purchase
Century projectors or soundheads, new or old, complete
or incomplete, for cash. Also interested in XL
and SH-1000. Call (502) 499-0050. Fax (502) 499-
0052 Madden Theatre Supply Co., attn. Louis.
WE WILL BUY OR TRADE for used new equipment
on any projei tor'soundhejil jilattt'r lamphouse'console/
speakers/lens and concession equipment. We
can remove or pick up anywhere in the U.S. or overseas.
TANKERSLEY ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 36009,
Denver, CO 80236. Phone i -|(,.|)8H4; fax (303)
THEATRES FOR SALE/LEASE
ALBIA, IOWA
(515) 9)2-
ART-DECO STYLING, built in 1946, last operated
1980s, 45 miles to next theatre. West Texas college
town. 5 yr. old roof w/Simple\ XLs, Xetron lamphouses,
film transports and 700 sell-rising seats on location.
Needs completion to operate. Contact Ray at
(505) 461-6182. Trades considered.
FOR SALE: Nice

Close Focus
SUBJECT: MIKE CAMPBELL
TITLE: Chairman and Chief Executive
COMPANY: Regal Cinemas, Knoxville
FIRST ON THE DAY'S AGENDA, 1/3/00:
Review weekend theatre reports.
MOST FREQUENTLY USED—PC, PEN, E-MAIL, PHONE:
Phone.
FAVORITE LEAST ESSENTIAL ITEM IN OFFICE:
Candy jar.
FIRST ACTIVITY ON ARRIVING HOME AT NIGHT:
Dinner with my wife.
BEST FILM OF THE '90s: "Forrest Gump." WORST: "The Avengers."
FAVORITE MOVIE STAR, AMERICAN: Tom Hanks. IMPORT: Sean Connery.
CONSTANT CONCESSION CHOICE: Popcorn. REASON: Tradition.
PREFERRED THEATRE VARIETY— 8, 16 OR 24: 16.
MOST-READ NON-FILM PUBLICATION:
Forbes.
BEST EXHIBITION ANALYST: Many are good. Most outlooks are improving.
NTASY INVENTION FOR INDUSTRY ELVES:
Escape clause for old theatre leases.
PROBABLE CONSENSUS INDUSTRY ADJECTIVE DESCRIBING YOU:
Lucky.
WHAT MOM MIGHT SAY:
Hard working.
Regal again ranks #1 in our annual Giants of North American Exhibition survey, published in this issue.
Penned by Mike Campbell for BOXOFFICE last year (see our Jan. 1999 issue), our first annual State of
the Industry address was the article most requested in the past 12 months by business journalists.
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