Boxoffice-April.2001

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Mirth") and Alec Baldwin ("State and Main")
co-star. Randall Wallace ("Brave-heart")
scripts, (Buena Vista, 5/25)
Exploitips: Purportedly the most expensive
film ever greenlighted ("Titanic" was
given the go-ahead in the $90 million-SWO
million range before it ballooned to a
rumored $200 million), "Pearl Harbor" was
shaved down to $130 million$135 million
when Bruckheimer and Bay agreed to forfeit
their up-front fees until the film had
turned a profit, as did Affleck. Other costcutting
measures included the deferment of
salaries on the part of below-the-line crew
members and special-effects provider IIM,
the building ot partial sets and the digital
addition tit ships and planes in battles
scenes. Bruckheimer set the tone for the
shoot by hosting an elaborate memorial service,
including "Taps," flowers and P-40
Warhawks flyovers, on the first day of production.
Emulate the move by inviting
World War II vets, especially Pearl I larbor
survivors, and their families to a special
opening-weekend screening and hosting
matinees for local classrooms studying the
event. See BOXOFFICE's interviews with
Affleck, Beckinsale, Hartnett, Bay and
Bruckheimer in this month's cover story.
Cats and Dogs
This action-adventure comedy blends live
action with CGI and animatronic effects
bring to life the high-tech, secret war being
waged in neighborhoods everywhere
between the two great armies of cats and
dogs. Here, the cats have discovered thai
scientist lias invented a vaccine that will
cure all humans of clog allergies, and they
are determined to destroy it while the dogs
are bound and determined to prote< it, |efi
Goldblum ("lurassic Park"), Elizabeth
Perkins ("28 Days") and Alexander Pollock
star; Alec Baldwin ("Pearl Harbor"), Michael
Clarke Duncan ("See Spot Run"), Sean
lines (TV's "Will & Grace"), Jon Lovitz
("3,000 Miles io Graceland"), Tobey
Maguire ("Wonder Boys"), )oe Pantoliano
("Pluto Nash") and Susan Sarandon
in ("Rugrats Paris") voice. Larry Guterman
(additional sequences in "Antz") directs a
script by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra;
Andrew Lazar ("Space Cowboys"), Chris de
Faria and "American Pie's" Warren Zide and
Craig Perry produce. (Warner Bros., 5/25)
Sawy counter-programming
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