Boxoffice-April.2001

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old black man, with whom she
becomes fast friends. Anne
Coesens, Michel Bompoil and
Tony Todd ("Final Destination")
star. Francois Marquis ("The
Dreamlife of Angels") produces.
(Arrow, July undated)
Thomas in Love
Shot on digital video, "Thomas
in Love" is a French-language
comedy about an agoraphobe
who hasn't left his home in eight
years. His only contact with the
outside world is through his computer,
and his life takes a drastic
turn when his longtime therapist
registers him on an online dating
site without his knowledge. Benoit
Verhaert stars. Belgian director
Pierre-Paul Renders ("The Seven
Deadly Sins") helms; Philippe
Blasband ("An Affair of Love")
scripts; Diana Elbaum, Jacques
Bidou and Arlette Zylberberg produce.
(IFC, July undated)
Bully
Brad Renfro ("Deuces Wild")
stars in this Larry Clark ("Kids")-
helmed drama as the best friend
of a school bully. The rest of the
kids are tired of being picked on,
so he and his girlfriend decide
that the bully would be better off
dead and lure him into a swamp
where a mob lies in wait to beat
him to death. When the kids are
caught, neither they nor their
parents see anything wrong with
the deed, claiming the bully
deserved it. Nick Stahl ("The
Thin Red Line") and Rachel
Miner co-star. David McKenna
("Blow") and Roger Pulis script
based on Jim Schutze's book;
Don Murphy ("Apt Pupil"), Chris
Hanley ("American Psycho") and
Jordan Gertner produce. (Lions
Rollerball
In this remake of the 1975 sci-fi actioner, set in the near
future, Chris Klein ("Say It Isn't So") and LL Cool J
("Kingdom Come") star as the champions of this dangerous
games on skates and wheels. Their greedy boss will do
anything and everything to maximize ratings, and in a
risky move, they try to expose the corruption. Rebecca
Romijn-Stamos ("X-Men") and Jean Reno ("|ust Visiting")
co-star. John McTiernan ("The Thomas Crown Affair')
directs and produces; Larry Ferguson ("Maximum Risk")
and John Pogue ("The Fast and the Furious") script;
Charles Roven ("Three Kings") and Beau St. Clair ("Tne
v Thomas Crown Affair') produce. (MGM, summer) /
Stars Chris Tucker and Jackie
Chan and director Brett Ratner
re-team for this sequel to the
1998 action comedy hit that
grossed over $250 million
worldwide. "Rush Hour 2" picks
up where the last one left off,
with the mismatched pair on a
Gate, July undated)
plane to Hong Kong. As they
r What's the Worst That Could Happen? 7\
Martin Lawrence ("Big Momma's House") stars in this
comedy as a professional thief who gets a tip on an easy
heist: the unoccupied beachfront mansion of a billionaire
tycoon, played by Danny DeVito ("The Heist"). The capitalist
catches him in the act, however, and gets back at him by
taking his lucky ring. The robber is determined to get it back
and will stop at nothing: not divorce, not public scandal, not
financial ruin, not prison. John Leguizamo ("Moulin Rouge")
co-stars. Sam Weisman ("The Out-of-Towners") directs;
Matthew Chapman ("Color of Night") and Barry Fanaro
("Big Trouble") script based on Donald E. Westlake's novel;
Lawrence Turman (an executive producer on "Original
Sin"), Wendy
D y m t a n ,
David Hoberman
(an executive
producer
on "Kingdom
Come")
produce.
(MGM, summer)
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Angel Eyes
Jay and Silent Bob
Strike Back
The fifth and last installment
in his New Jersey chronicles,
"lay and Silent Bob Strike Back"
is reportedly a comedy that
recalls writer-director-star Kevin
Smith's earlier "Clerks" and
"Mallrats" rather than his later'
romance "Chasing Amy" and
adventure "Dogma." The plot
being kept tightly under wraps,
other than that it's a road trip
movie, but several characters/actors
from his "View
Askewniverse" are reprising
their roles, including Jason
Mewes (who has starred in all
four films), Jason Lee (all but
"Clerks"), George Carlin
("Dogma"), Brian O'Halloran
(all four) and Jeff Anderson (all
but "Mallrats") as well
Jennifer Lopez ("The Wedding Planner") stars in this I
romance as a Chicago police
officer dealing with the effects
of an abusive childhood. James I
Caviezel ("Pay It Forward")
plays a lost soul grappling with
the death of his wife and son
who saves her life. The two fall
in love, working through their
pasts together. "Message in a
Bottle" helmer Luis Mandoki
and scribe Gerald Di Pego reunite;
Mark Canton ("Red
Planet") and Elie Samaha ("The
Heist") produce. (Warner
|
Bros., 3rd qtr)
become increasingly entangled
in a criminal conspiracy, their rumored resurrections by Ben
adventures lead them to Hong but Matt
(all Affleck "Clerks"),
Kong, Los Angeles and Las Damon ("Chasing Ann,"
Vegas, where they must use all "Dogma") and Chris Rock
their talents to trap one of the ("Dogma"). Judd Nelson ("Lighl
world's most feared gangsters, it Up"), lason Biggs ("Saving
Zhang Ziyi ("The Road Home") Silverman"), Shannon Elizabeth
and Chris Penn ("Corky
Romano") co-star. Jeff
Nathanson, one of the four writers
on the original film, scripts;
"Rush Hour's" Arthur Sarkissian
and Roger Birnbaum produce.
(New Line, 8/3)
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("Tomcats") and "Saturday
Nighl
Live's" Will Ferrell ana Tracy
Morgan co-star. Smith's partnei
Scott Mosier prodi
(Miramax, 8/10)
American Pie 2
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Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein
Best Canadian Feature Film at
Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid
the Toronto International Film
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making a bet with his col- grossed over $20(1 millioi
leagues as to who can stay worldwide, Helmei IB. Roger
indoors the longest. Fabrizio ("Sa) It Isn't So") join