Boxoffice-January.2000

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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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