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1 Festival, marking the New Line specialty arm's first French-language acquisition since president Mark Ordesky took it over two years ago. Emulating the film's plot device, have patrons compose a personal ad seeking a no-strings-attached, purely sexual relationship, giving out concessions coupons for the funniest, sexiest, most original, etc.— probably not an activity for the kiddies. Family Tree Robert Forster ("Supernova") and Naomi Judd star in this family drama about a defiant son's fight against all odds and the lesson that anything worth having is worth fighting for. Matt ("Mrs. Doubtfire") and Andy ("Jack Frost") Lawrence co-star. Duane Clark directs a script by Paul Canterna; Mike Curb ("Wedding Bell Blues") produces. (Independent Artists, 4/21 NY/LA/Dallas/Miami) Exploitips: Invite a local genealogical society to set up a booth in your lobby as a play on this film's name and encourage families to attend by inviting kids to illustrate their own rudimentary family trees with construction paper and crayons. Third World Cop See our January-issue Trailers. (Palm, 4/21 Croupier Clive Owen ("The Rich Man's Wife") stars in this thriller as a novelist working at a roulette wheel who's seduced by a woman who convinces him to join her in a robbery scheme, an experience he writes about in his next book. Alex Kingston (TV's "ER") co-stars. Mike Hodges directs a script by Paul Mayersberg; Jonathan Cavendish and Christine Ruppert produce. (Shooting Gallery, 4/21) Exploitips: Set up a roulette wheel in the lobby, giving away popcorn and soda instead of cash to winners. Home Is Where the Heart Is In this dramedy, Natalie Portman ("Anywhere But Here") stars as a pregnant teenager abandoned by her boyfriend at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart with just over $7 in her pocket on their way to California. She decides to make the department store her home. Ashley Judd ("Double Jeopardy"), Stockard Channing ("Practical Magic") and Joan Cusack ("Cradle Will Rock") co-star. "Roseanne" creator Matt Williams makes his directorial debut; "EDtv's" Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel script from the novel by Billie Letts; Williams, Susan Cartsonis and David McFadzean produce. (Fox, 4/28) Exploitips: Although Portman was an integral player in "The Phantom Menace, " a boxoffice blowout we won't soon forget, her last outing, "Anywhere But Here," was a boxoffice disappointment, earning just over $18 million on a budget of $23 million, despite her pairing with Susan Sarandon. Avoid a similar fate with this film by coordinating with a local Wal-Mart for a community sleepover at the store under the premise that it's an experiment to see if a person could actually live there. Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her This romantic dramedy stars Cameron Diaz ("Any Given Sunday"), Calista Flockhart ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"), Glenn Close ( "Cookie's Fortune"), Holly Hunter ("Living Out Loud") and Kathy Baker ("The Cider House Rules") in 2interwoven stories about love and loss. Cinematographer Rodrigo Garcfa ("Body Shots") makes his screenwriting and directorial debut; Jon Avnet, who ex produced "Inspector Gadget," produces. (MGM, 4/28) Exploitips: "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" premiered at Sundance in January, an appropriate forum considering it originated at the Sundance Institute's Screenwriting Lab in 1998. It also spearheaded MCM's repositioning of United Artists as its specialty label, which will now produce or acquire eight films a year with budgets of less than $20 million. Committed Heather Graham ("Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me") tops this romantic comedy as a woman who journeys 2,000 miles to retrieve her midlife crisis-suffering husband. Casey Affleck ("Drowning Mona") and Luke Wilson ("Blue Streak") co-star. Lisa Krueger ("Manny & Lo") writes and directs; "Manny & Lo's" Dean Silvers and Marlen Hecht produce. (Miramax, 4/28) Exploitips: Graham's character is touted here as "the most committed woman in America." Coordinate with a local radio station, challenging callers to knock her off her throne with their true-life stories of commitment, offering them movie tickets for their trouble. James Caviezel ("The Thin Red Line") stars in this sci-fi thriller as a police officer who receives a ham radio message from a fireman, only to realize it's his own father, played by Dennis Quaid ("Any Given Sunday"), calling on the day he died in 1969. Gregory Hoblit ("Fallen") directs a script by Toby Emmerich; Howard Koch (who executive produced Hoblit's "Primal Fear"), Hoblit and Emmerich produce. (New Line, 4/28) Exploitips: Emmerich is the president of music at New Line. This is his first screenplay. Cooperate with a local music store to give out copies of the soundtrack, which Emmerich will likely have a hand in. Gossip See our September 1999-issue (Warner Bros., 4/28) Trailers. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Luis Buriuel ("Belle de Jour") writes and directs this reissue about a group of upper-middle class friends whose dinner plans are continually interrupted by increasingly surreal events. Jean-Claude Carriere scripts. (Rialto, 4/28) Exploitips: Book this one as a double bill with one of Buhuel's other films. Not One Less Zhang Yimou ("Shanghai Triad") directs this comic fable about a 13-year-old girl hired to teach the village schoolchildren in the teacher's absence and is determined not to allow one more student to drop out of class. Wei Minzhi, Zhang Huike, Tian Zhenda and Gao Enman, all non-professionals playing the roles they have in life, star. Shi Xiangshen scripts based on his novel; Zhao Yu produces. (Sony Classics, 4/28) Exploitips: "Not One Less" won the top prize, the Golden Lion, at the 1999 Venice Film Festival and made its North American debut at Sundance in January. Texas Rangers James Van Der Beek ("Varsity Blues ") and Dylan McDermott ("Three to Tango") lassoed the leads in this historical Western about a ragtag posse of cowboys who banded together after the Civil War to clean up the West. Ashton Kutcher (TV's "That '70s Show"), Robert Patrick ("The Faculty"), Randy Travis ("Black Dog") and Usher Raymond ("Light It Up") round up the cast. Steve Miner ("Lake Placid") directs a script by John Milius ("Clear and Present Danger"); Alan Greisman ("Fletch Lives") and Frank Price ("Circle of Friends") produce. (Miramax, April undated) Exploitips: In a role for which he was paid $200,000, Van Oer Beek led "Varsity Blues" to an unexpected $50-plus million, and his hot-ticket status resurrected "Texas Rangers" from production hell. The pic had originally been set up years ago at Columbia, where it was expected to be the last film by director Sam Peckinpah. It then moved to Sawy Pictures, where it was intended to be the startup's first big picture in 1993. Once Van Der Beek was attached (this time for a low sevenfigure sum), though, interest in the script resurfaced, and Dimension Films picked it up. A surefire hit among teens, promote this Western to other demos by dressing your staff up in boots, chaps and spurs and offering discounts to patrons who do likewise. The Wisdom of Crocodiles See our September 1999-issue (Miramax, April undated NY/LA) Trailers. The Yards Mark Wahlberg ('Three Kings") leads a multi-generational cast in this mystery as an ex-con fresh out of prison whose attempts to lead a straight life are thwarted by the corrupt family business, loaquin Phoenix ("8MM"), Charlize Theron ("The Cider House Rules"), Faye Dunaway ("The Messenger"), Ellen Burstyn ("Playing by Heart") and lames Caan ("Mickey Blue Eyes") co-star. James Gray ("Little Odessa") directs as well as scripts with Matt Reeves ("The Pallbearer"). Nick Wechsler ("The Player"), Paul Webster ("Gridlock'd") and Kerry Orent ("Cop Land") produce. (Miramax, April undated) Exploitips: This pic boasts a cast that virtually guarantees crossover among demos: Dunaway, Burstyn and Caan for the mature and distaff sets and Wahlberg, Phoenix and Theron for the young, hip crowd. This month's "Rules of Engagement," "U-571" and "Where the Money Is" will be formidable opponents. 20 BOXOFHCE
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