Boxoffice-April.2001

30 BOXOFFICE
Adventures of Felix
n this French comedy, a jovial
/ man, Felix, discovers a
cache of old letters that his
estranged father sent his mother,
who recently died, and decides
to check out the return address,
hoping to reunite with the man
who abandoned him before he
was born. Along the way, he
makes a series of acquaintances
who in essence become the family
he seeks. Sami Bouajila stars.
"Jeanne and the Perfect Guy's"
Olivier Ducastel and Jacques
Martineau write and direct;
Philippe Martin produces.
(Winstar, 6/1 NY/LA/SF)
The Wide Blue Road
Yves Montand portrays a playboy
whose lifestyle is challenged
when he meets a woman played
by Alida Valli in this 1957 Italian
drama. Cillo Pontecorvo directs.
(Milestone, 6/6 NY)
Happenstance
In this French comedy-drama,
originally released as "The
Beating of Butterfly's Wings"
after the theory of a random
Brother
series of unlinked events, firsttime
writer-director Laurent
Firode follows a half-dozen or so
characters as they interact over
the course of a day in Paris.
Audrey Tautou ("Venus Beauty
Institute") stars. Pascal Judele-
'
Joyride
Steve Zahn ("Saving
Silverman"), Paul Walker
("The Skulls") and Leelee
Sobieski ("The Glass
House") star in this thriller
as a trio who, while on a
road trip during summer
break, play a prank on a
trucker via their CB radio.
Their joke backfires when
the lonely driver, who's
apparently seen Steven
Spielberg's 1971 "Duel"
one too many times, turns
out to be a psychotic killer.
John Dahl ("Rounders")
directs a script by Clay
Tarver and J.J. Abrams
("Armageddon"); Chris
Moore ("Reindeer Games")
and Abrams produce.
v (Fox, 6/1) .
wicz (a co-producer on "Place
Vendome") and Anne-
Dominique Toussaint produce.
(Lot 47, 6/1 5 NY/LA)
In his first film made outside of
his native Japan, Takeshi Kitano
("Fireworks") writes, directs and
stars in this NC-17-rated crime
thriller as legendary Yakuza
gangster Yamamoto, who lias
A Knight's Tale
Heath Ledger ("The Patriot") stars in this medieval
action-adventure as a peasant squire who impersonates his
master when he dies, enlisting a pre- "Canterbury Tales"
Chaucer to draw up the necessary genealogy scrolls so that
he might become a jouster and win the heart of the lady he
loves. Alan Tudyk ("28 Days"), Mark Addy ("Down to
Earth"), Laura Fraser ("The Match"), Paul Bettany and new
discovery Shannyn Sossamon co-star. Brian Helgeland
("Payback") writes, directs and produces; Tim Van Rellim
(an executive producer on "The Invisible Circus") and Todd
Black ("A Family Thing") produce. (Columbia, 6/1)