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www.cinezine.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Release Date: October 18, 1999 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Issue Number 130 As soon as you pry your mother away from her second husband, I'm sure you'll have just what you need. -Saffron Burrows in Lovelife <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Adjust Your Screen TERMS OF SERVICE . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To subscribe to C I N (( E )) Z I N ET write to
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address, you have ALREADY been subscribed and need do nothing to remain on the list. WORD AROUND THE CAMPFIRE . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fight Club co-founder Brad Pitt may play an estranged novelist in Urban Townies, which Ashley Judd might also star in. His character would be a rebellious fellow who wants little if nothing to do with his rich family, though he returns to them when his father is dying. While there, he gets the groove on with an old flame (possibly Judd). Music video veteran Mark Romanek (NIN, Madonna) will helm the picture. Perhaps inspired by The Blair Bitch Project, director Mike Figgis is fixing to make an improvised thriller to be en_title_d Time Code 2000. Moreover, he's apparently planning to film it entirely with digital cameras and in a _style_ seemingly close to Dogme 95. Stellan Skarsgard and Saffron Burrows may star, as well as several others. Stuart Townsend (Wonderland) has bailed on Lord of the Rings, one week into production. Looks like Viggo Mortensen, one of the creepiest guys in the biz, will replace him. Why did Townsend leave? Your guess is as good as ours. In similar news, Dougray Scott is out of The X-Men. Instead, Hugh Jackman will play Wolverine, the film's lead character. Apparently there was a scheduling conflict because of Scott's role in the Plot: Implausible sequel. Check out the rest of the news at
www.cinezine.com (SHAKING THE) MONEY MAKERS . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following are the top 9 movies at the U.S. box office during the three-day weekend October 15 - 17. Included is their estimated weekend gross. 1. I'LL TAKE FUGITIVE RIPOFFS FOR EIGHT BUCKS, ALEX (Double Jeopardy/$10,500,000) 2. THE STORY OF UCK (The Story of Us/$10,400,000) 3. MIGHT FLUB? (Fight Club/$10,300,000) 4. BEARING GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND ER (Three Kings/$7,300,000) 5. LUST IN SPACE-Y (American Beauty/$6,800,000) 6. BLAND UM, FARTS (Random Hearts/$5,800,000) 7. ANOTHER LOSER FROM S-N-HELL (Superstar/$5,700,000) 8. I SEE THAT DEAD GUY IN THE NUMBER TWO MOVIE (The Sixth Sense/$5,200,000) 9. IS HE TURNING BLUE OR IS HE IN A COMA? (Blue Streak/$3,800,000) Source: Exhibitor Relations Co. inc. Sarcasm by Jody Boyns IN U.S. THEATRES . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FIGHT CLUB (R) by Michael McCarthy I have found a wonderful place. A place chock full of energy and brutal reality where adrenaline and, yes, testosterone get the heart pumping and remind the soul that someday it won't have a mortal body to cling to anymore. This place, my friends, is called Fight Club. An adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel, which I plan to rush out and buy very soon, Fight Club is the work of director David Fincher (you know, the twisted but artistic fellow who brought us Seven and The Game) and screenwriter Jim Uhls. And what a rocking work it is, though I'm sure plenty of people who don't like movies that make them think will absolutely hate it. Read the rest of this review at
www.cinezine.com GET BRUCE! (R) by Jody Boyns Admit it. You've tuned in to the Hollywood Squares after the national news (or whatever crummy time slot it's on in your region) and wondered aloud, who is that bespectacled, bearded guy who looks like he fell off the Henson bandwagon sitting next to Whoopi ? Get Bruce! answers all those queries....and less. Comedy scribe and Hollywood Square regular Bruce Vilanch, as this film tells, is the gag writer that most comedians seems to call when they're hosting galas or award shows. He's been the Geppetto to Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal's Pinocchio's at the recent Oscar fests. He's written for Robin Williams, introduced Bette Midler to Sophie Hunter and has even had the daunting task of penning witty quips for the likes of Steven Seagal. The entire writing process is touched upon, from molding material to the persona to the multi-colored _script_ revisions that seem to pile up on an almost hourly basis on the day of the big show. Unfortunately, what we don't really see much of is Vilanch the person. His mother, who Bruce got his flamboyance from and seems to be a hoot, deserves more screen time than the likes of Paul Reiser or Racquel Welch. One wishes that we found out more about Bruce, like during the final cathartic scenes in which Vilanch, an openly gay crusader in the battle against AIDS as witnessed by his tireless charitable efforts, is finally given the mike as opposed to the Comic Relief Trio (who, by all accounts have entertained millions of fans throughout the world, hundreds of thousands of which are looking for their money and time back). Director Andrew Kuehn's documentary has done a nice job of getting Vilanch over as the Funny Breckenridge of Hollywood galas but I'm still left to ponder, Who's Bruce? Read reviews of BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS, PLUNKETT & MACLEANE, THE BOYS, GREGORY'S TWO GIRLS, and 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU at
www.cinezine.com THE TOP SHELF: SELECTIONS . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MICHAEL'S: Buffy The Vampire S_layer_ - The Album. The best show on The WB might be the last to be honored with an offical soundtrack release, but it's easily the best of said soundtracks with great tunes from Garbage, Hepburn, Bif Naked and Rasputina. If only it had amusing dialogue excerpts from the show . . . CHRISTIAN'S: It was an absolutely glorious weekend here in New England. The weather was perfect, especially Saturday afternoon where I had the luxury of being out on the esplanade along the Charles. Plus the city streets were hoppin' with people (twice as many thanks to the _base_ball game). With this kind of weather, the foliage, the people... who on earth would want to live somewhere else? (btw, The Mets beat the Braves Sunday night in one of the greatest games I have ever seen. My elation can barely be contained) JODY'S: VH1's The List - Politically Correct type of round table discussion with four quasi-stars discussing such water cooler topics as 'Sexiest Teen of the 80's' or 'Best Band of the 80's'. On a current show with the latter as a topic, a former Baywatch babe listed Billy Joel as her third choice while Rick James listed himself as the best band of the 80's. No lie, between commercials, host Joe Rogan had to change the topic from Best Band to Best Band or Entertainer of the 80's. RICH'S: Richard Farnsworth's performance in The Straight Story. Astounding. BOTTOM OF THE BARREL: REJECTIONS . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MICHAEL'S: I miss Paris. I really, really miss Paris. So, I guess being here instead of there is my complaint of the week. But if you all head to
www.cinezine.com and check out our new site, I'm sure I'll cheer up. Especially if you send us some feedback. CHRISTIAN'S: Not enough time in the day. I just can't seem to get everything done that I want to do. I need 30 hour days. JODY'S: Commercialism in the business of professional sports - That's not a typo. There's no such thing as pro sports in America. It's all a big business. Classic example - this past Saturday's American League _base_ball Championship game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees was preceeded by the ceremonial first ball tossed out by a _link_ to both rivals storied past, Dom Dimaggio. Did we see this on television though? No, because we instead were treated to a preacher from Missouri trying to win a million bucks in the Gillette 'Throw a Strike' challenge. Ugh. RICH'S: Print availability - this is the reason why several press screenings this week are being rescheduled for two or three weeks from now (when I won't be here). It all seems a bit suspicious when I know the prints are in the country. And it's frustrating because there are some big films (Cradle Will Rock and American Beauty, to name two) that I've had in my calendar for a few weeks and was really looking froward to. Ah well. POSTMASTER . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not receiving your weekly Cinezine fix
