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Doctor Dolittle 2
Eddie Murphy reprises his role as the doctor who can talk
to animals in this sequel to the comedy that grossed over
$290 million worldwide. Here his four-legged friends call on
him to save their forest home from unscrupulous human
developers, so Dr. Dolittle sets out to find an endangered
species that the law protects. Steve Carr ("Next Friday")
directs; "Doctor Dolittle" scribe Larry Levin and producer
V John Davis return. (Fox, 6/22) ,
computers with artificial intelligence
to maintain its way of life.
Haley Joel Osment ("Pay It
Forward") stars as an 11 -year-old
robot boy who goes on an emotional
journey toward becoming
something more. Jude Law
("Enemy at the Gates"), Frances
O'Connor ("About Adam"), Sam
Robards ("Bounce"), Brendan
Cleeson ("The Tailor of Panama")
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Werner Herzog ("My Best
Fiend") writes, directs and produces
this drama set in 1930s
Berlin. A Jewish blacksmith from
Eastern Poland travels to the city
and joins a nightclub cabaret,
billed as the world's strongest
man. The claim is not well
received by the rising Nazi Party,
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Alec Baldwin ("Pearl Harbor"), Steve Buscemi ("28
Days"), Peri Gilpin (TV's "Frasier"), Ming-Na (TV's "ER"),
Ving Rhames ("Baby Boy"), Donald Sutherland ("Space
Cowboys") and James Woods ("Any Given Sunday") lend
their voices to this fantasy adventure based on the popular
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sold more than 30 million units
to a tune of $850 million.
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animation,
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Hironobu Sakaguchi, who produced
the "Final Fantasy" video
games, directs and produces;
Motonori Sakakibara codirects;
Al Reinert ("Apollo
13") and Jeff Vintar script;
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Aida and Chris Lee produce.
(Columbia, 7/13)
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Kathleen Kennedy ("The Sixth
Sense") and Bonnie Curtis (who coproduced
"Saving Private Ryan")
produce. (Warner Bros., 6/29)
This French biopic remembers
Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese
leader who was Prime Minister
for two short months under the
false preteni «• that his peopli had
gained independence before he
was killed. I riq Ebouane) stars
Raoul Pe< I- wtiirs and direi is,
Pascal Bonitzei si ripts
Bidou produi es. (Zeitgeisl 6/27)
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Angelina Jolie ("Original
Sin") stars in this big-screen
adaptation of the popular
video game as butt-kicking,
pistol-packing, but well-mannered
Lara Croft, the daughter
of a British aristocrat who
disavows her upper-class
upbringing, opting instead to
travel the world raiding
tombs— modern-day,
female Indiana Jones. Rumor
has it the movie picks up
where the third video game
left off, with Lara pursuing
the Achilles Shield in locations
like Antarctica and
Asia, lain Glen ("Beautiful
Creatures"), Daniel Craig ("I
Dreamed of Africa"), Leslie
Phillips and Jolie's dad Jon
Voight co-star. Simon West ("The General's Daughter")
directs; Patrick Massett , John Zinman and West script; "Die
Hard 2" and "Mystery Men's" Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd
Levin produce with Colin Wilson ("The Haunting'').
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coming-of-age comedy drama about a young man who has
fathered a child but still lives with his mother, refusing to
accept the responsibilities of adulthood. Unemployed, he
splits his time between the mother of his child and his new
Girlfriend until he finally learns to grow up and stop being a
aby boy. R&B singer Tyrese makes his acting debut in the
leaa role; Omar Gooding, Taraji Henson, A.J. Johnson, rapper
Snoop Dogg and Ving Rhames ("Mission: Impossible 2")
co-star. (Columbia, 6/29)
and while defending his people,
the weightlifter takes on the role
of a modern-day Sampson. Tim
Roth ("Vatel") and |ouko Ahola,
who won the World's Strongest
Man contest in 1997 and 1999
(he came in second in 1998),
star.
(Fine Line, June undated)
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Set in a 1970s commune, th
Swedish comedy-drama juxtt
poses the hypocrisy of the hippi
lifestyle with its mmis.mii idealist
and solidarity. Lisa Lindgren .in
Michael Nyqvist topline ai
ensemble cast. Dogma de\
Kiss of the Dragon
Producer-star Jet Li ("Romeo Must Die") and writer-producer Luc Besson ("The Messengei
The Story of Joan of Arc") collaborate on this actioner whose plot is
wraps but has been described
as a cross between Li's Hong
Kong pic "Fist of Legend" and
Besson's "The Professional."
Bridget Fonda ("Monkeybone")
and Tcheky Karyo ("The
Patriot") co-star. Commercial
and video helmer Chris Nahon
directs his feature debut;
Robert Mark Kamen (Besson's
"The Fifth Element") scripts;
Li's rep Steve Chasman prov
duces. (Fox, 7/6)
being kept tightly under