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May 14, 2001 Issue Number 133
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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Quote Of The Week
2. Video Department
3. In The News - Movies & Entertainment
4. In The News - Television
5. Trailers
6. Top Box Office, Video, Soundtracks
7. In Theaters
8. MF Movie of the Week - Mission Impossible 2

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Hi Movie Fans!

I hope all our Mom readers had a special Mother's Day on Sunday!

In today's issue we have word of a prequel to 'Gladiator.' We
also got word that Mel Gibson has his eyes on the 'Signs'
project. Robert Duvall starts "Assassination Tango" and Limp
Bizkit frontman Fred Durst gets ready to helm his first feature
film. All this and more in today's Movie Fever..enjoy!

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1.QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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"That's what I love about these high school girls. I keep getting
older, but they stay the same age. Yes, they do." - Wooderson
(Matthew McConaughey)

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Thank you to Derek B. for sending in this weeks quote!

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2.VIDEO DEPARTMENT
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NEW TO DVD AND VHS
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Check out what's new on the shelves this week.

this week's releases: 5/8/01

- Duets (Gwyneth Paltrow, Scott Speedman)
- Quills (Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet)
- Sunshine ( Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz)
- What Women Want (Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei)
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==>Week of May 15, 2001<==

-> Best in Show
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Scott Speedman, Maria Bello, Andre
Braugher. Director: Bruce Paltrow

-> Pay it Forward
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin
Phoenix. Director: Philip Kaufman

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3. IN THE NEWS - Movies & Entertainment
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'GLADIATOR 2' IN THE WORKS?
Uh huh. According to E! Online's Anderson Jones, DreamWorks and
Universal are planning a prequel to Gladiator that could chart
Maximus' career from soldier to feared general.

DUVALL BEGINS SHOOTING 'TANGO'
Shooting has begun on the Latin American thriller "Assassination
Tango," which Robert Duvall serves as star, writer, director and
producer. In the film Duvall plays a New York hitman whose last
assignment takes him to Buenos Aires. Ruben Blades plays an
Argentinean whom he befriends in the local tango cafes; what
seems like an easy hit turns much more mysterious and dangerous.
Frank Gio, Kathy Baker and Luciana Pedraza also star.

LIMP BIZKIT SINGER TO HELM FILM
Fred Durst, lead singer for Limp Bizkit will helm his first
feature film, "Life Without Joe," according to Variety. The movie
is about a group of high school football players who must run for
their lives through the woods after stopping in a small town and
meeting some unusual characters. Production on the thriller, is
set to begin September.

FOX, SILVSTEDT TAKE 'BOAT TRIP'
Vivica A. Fox ("Kingdom Come") and former Playboy playmate of the
year Victoria Silvstedt will join Cuba Gooding Jr. and Horatio
Sanz in the indie feature "Boat Trip" for first-time director
Mort Nathan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Boat" centers
on two straight men (Gooding and Sanz) who embark on a Caribbean
cruise in search of love and romance only to realize that they
are on a gay cruise. Fox plays the fiancee to Gooding's
character. Silvstedt plays Inga, the head of the Swedish swim
team. Roger Moore and Rosalyn Sanchez also star in the film.

BREST WILL HELM AFFLECK STARRER
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Brest ("Meet Joe
Black") will direct "Gigli" from his script and has tapped Ben
Affleck to star in the project. "Gigli" marks the first time
Brest will direct from his own script in more than 20 years. The
helmer last wrote and directed the 1979 feature "Going in Style"
starring George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg. "Gigli" will
tell the story of a lowly hit man (Affleck) who kidnaps out of a
home for the mentally challenged a powerful district attorney's
simpleton younger brother. Holing themselves up in a one-bedroom
apartment, the hit man hooks up with a free-spirited female
partner he assumes is a hit woman.

GIBSON EYEING 'SIGNS'
Word has that Mel Gibson is interested in the lead role for M.
Night Shyamalan's next project, "Signs." The film tells the story
of strange crop circles appearing in the fields owned by a family
living in rural Pennsylvania.

WELLS OUT OF 'TIME' TEMPORARILY
Only 18 days before wrapping principal photography for his
live-action feature directorial debut on "The Time Machine,"
director Simon Wells has abruptly dropped out of the project.
Gore Verbinski ("The Mexican," "Mouse Hunt") has stepped in to
complete the movie on schedule. DreamWorks announced the move
Thursday afternoon, saying that Wells had to step down after
being diagnosed as "suffering from extreme exhaustion" and
ordered by doctors to rest for a minimum of two weeks. Wells
plans to return to oversee all postproduction duties.

DIRECTOR DONOVAN GETS CHAN'S 'TUXEDO'
Director Kevin Donovan is in final negotiations to make his
feature directorial debut in DreamWorks' "The Tuxedo," in which
Jackie Chan is attached to star. The action comedy will see Chan
playing a bumbling spy that invents a tuxedo that helps him
fight. The project is aiming for a fall start.

'IRON MAN' GETS DIRECTOR
Dark Horizons reports that Alan Rudolph will direct "Iron Man," a
coming-of-age drama about an undefeated high school wrestler,
played by Brad Renfro, who crisscrosses the country competing
under the watchful gaze of his alcoholic dad.

GOYER TAKES ON 'MURDER'
Filmmaker David Goyer will write and direct Dimension Films'
supernatural thriller "Murder Mysteries," according to The
Hollywood Reporter. Based on a short story by author and comic
book scribe Neil Gaiman, "Murder" is described as being in the
vein of "Wings of Desire." The story is a film noir set in heaven
during the last days of Earth's creation. It follows the angel of
vengeance as he sets out to solve the first murder ever
committed, which occurs among the angels in heaven.

COMBS IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR 'MONSTER BALL'
Hip-hop entrepreneur Sean Combs (aka "Puff Daddy" aka "P. Diddy")
is in negotiations to join Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger and
Halle Berry in Lions Gate Films' "Monster's Ball." The film
described by The Hollywood Reporter, centers on Hank (Thornton),
who lives with his aging racist father, Buck, and his
twenty-something son, Sonny (Ledger). Hank and Sonny work for the
local prison, where they are preparing the electric chair for a
black inmate (Combs). Hank winds up falling in love with the
inmate's widow, Leticia (Berry), who is unaware that Hank knew
her husband. A diner waitress, Leticia loses not only a husband
but also her son, house and car. Moving in with Hank, she hopes
for a better life only to discover Hank's connection to her
husband.

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PERRY COMO DIES AT 88
Singer Perry Como, whose career stretched from the 1930s to the
1980s, died on Saturday at his home in Florida. He was 88. His
daughter Terry Thibadeau is cited as saying he died in his sleep
at his home in Jupiter Inlet Beach Colony. [Our condolences to
his family and friends]

DOUGLAS ADAMS PASSES
More sad news; Douglas Adams died suddenly over the weekend at
his home. He was only 49. Adams work is known worldwide for his
extremely successful series of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
books: Hitchhiker's, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,
Life, the Universe and Everything, and So Long, and Thanks for
All the Fish. Over the last year or so, the author had been
working with director Jay Roach to craft a feature film version
of the first book in the series. Adams also worked as script
editor on the BBC's Doctor Who for most of the program's 17th
season [Again, our condolences to Mr. Adams' family and friends.]

NEW BABY FOR CLINT AND LISA BLACK
Country music sweethearts Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black are
the parents of a baby girl. Lily Pearl Black, who weighed in at 7
pounds, 14 ounces, was born Tuesday night. She is the couple's
first child.

GUN FOUND IN BLAKE MURDER CASE?
Police found a rare German Walther PPK pistol in a dumpster and
think it was the weapon used to kill actor Robert Blake's wife,
ABC News said Monday, but Los Angeles police refused to confirm
or deny the report.

NO CHARGES FOR DOWNEY JR.
Prosecutors will not file criminal charges against actor Robert
Downey Jr. in connection with his arrest last month, despite
forensic tests showing that he had cocaine in his system,
officials said on Monday. Instead the arrest will be handled as a
parole violation.

3 DOORS DOWN FRONTMAN WEDS
Brad Arnold, lead singer for the band 3 Doors Down and Terika
Roberts wed in a simple ceremony this weekend at Escatawpa
Assembly of God church.

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IN THE NEWS - Television
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BAKULA ON BOARD 'ENTERPRISE'
As expected, Scott Bakula ("Quantum Leap") has joined Paramount's
new "Star Trek" series, "Enterprise," in which he will play the
role of Capt. Jonathan Archer, described by the studio as a
"physical and intensely curious captain with a bold personality"
and "a bit of a renegade" with a Capt. Kirk-like bent toward
questioning and even disobeying orders if "he feels in his gut
that he is right."

JENNIFER LOPEZ MAKES TV DEALS
Jennifer Lopez has made a deal with NBC to star in and produce a
special this fall. She will produce three additional specials for
the network and also develop a half-hour sitcom based on her
family and upbringing in the Bronx. This deal marks her first
regular TV involvement since she began her career dancing in the
Flygirl ensemble of the Fox comedy series "In Living Color."

'POWER OF ATTORNEY' TO GET NEW JUDGE
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is stepping down as the judge on the
hit series "Power of Attorney." Cleveland Judge Lynn Toler will
take Napolitano's place on the court show when taping for season
two begins this summer. Napolitano will segue to an expanded role
at producer Twentieth Television's sister company, cable network
Fox News Channel, where he's been named senior judicial analyst.

DOHERTY LEAVES 'CHARMED'
Spelling Television has confirmed that Shannon Doherty is leaving
the WB's witch hit "Charmed." In a statement Spelling Television
said, "We have had a long and prosperous relationship with
Shannen and we didn't want to hold her back from what she wanted
to do. We wish her all the best and much continued success."

'DARK ANGEL' STAR TO WED
Jessica Alba of the Fox sci-fi drama "Dark Angel" has found an
angel of her own. The 20-year-old actress is marrying her
co-star, 32-year-old Michael Weatherly. People magazine reported
in its May 21 issue that the two got engaged last month in
Vancouver, Canada. No wedding date has been set.

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4. Trailers & Teasers
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Once again there are quite a few new trailers that have come out
this week, so as opposed to putting the description, cast etc..
in the newsletter I just put them up on the site for your viewing
pleasure. I'm actually starting to like this better as it cut's
down on the size of the newsletter a bit. If you prefer the old
format let me know!

FULL TRAILERS
-> Crazy/Beautiful [Stars: Kirsten Dunst]
-> Replicant [Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme]
-> Corky Romano [Stars: Chris Kattan, Peter Falk]
-> Arachnid [Stars: Alex Reid]
-> Darkness [Stars: Anna Paquin]
-> Atlantis: The Lost Empire [Stars: Michael J. Fox]
-> Jurassic Park III [Stars: Sam Neill, Téa Leoni]
-> Final Fantasy [Stars: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi]
-> Wicked Spring [Stars: Brian Merrick]
-> Biohazardous
-> Don's Plum [Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire] Note this
trailer is Rated R.

TEASERS
-> Mulholland Drive [Stars: Laura Herring]
-> Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back - Internet Only Teaser trailer
[Stars: Ben Affleck, Chris Rock, Joey Lauren Adams]

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5.Top Box Office, Video Rentals/Sales, Soundtracks
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TOP BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES - week ending 5/13/01

Movie Weekend Gross/Total (millions) Release Weeks

1. The Mummy Returns $33.7 / 118.0 2 week(s)
2. A Knight's Tale $16.5 / 16.5 1 week(s)
3. Bridget Jones's Diary $4.5 / 51.0 5 week(s)
4. Along Came a Spider $3.1 / 64.2 6 week(s)
5. Driven $3.0 / 26.1 3 week(s)
6. Spy Kids $2.7 / 101.7 3 week(s)
7. Crocodile Dundee.. $2.2 / 20.7 4 week(s)
8. Blow $1.9 / 47.1 6 week(s)
9. Memento $1.2 / 10.2 9 week(s)
10. The Tailor of Panama $0.8 / 10.5 7 week(s)
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TOP VIDEO RENTALS/SALES - week ending 5/11/01
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Rentals Sales

1. Space Cowboys 1. Gladiator
2. Almost Famous 2. Mary-Kate & Ashley: Winning..
3. Charlie's Angels 3. 102 Dalmatians
4. Meet The Parents 4. Meet The Parents
5. Wonder Boys 5. Playboy 2000: The Party..
6. Remember The Titans 6. Remember The Titans
7. Bounce 7. Playboy: Playmates On...
8. The 6th Day 8. Rugrats In Paris: The Movie
9. The Legend Of Bagger Vance 9. Farscape: Volume 2
10. The Contender 10. Big Momma's House
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TOP 5 SOUNDTRACKS
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1. Remember The Titans
2. Charlie's Angels
3. Almost Famous
4. Selmasongs: Dancer In The Dark (2000 Film)
5. Duets (2000 Film)

Source: Amazon.com

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6. IN THEATERS...
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WHAT'S THERE , WHAT'S COMING
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This weeks releases 5/11/01

- A Knight's Tale (Heath Ledger)
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==>Week of May 18, 2001<==

-> Angel Eyes (Rated R)
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Terrence Howard, Jeremy
Sisto, Sonia Braga.
Director: Luis Mandoki
Official site: http://www.angeleyesmovie.com
Review(s): http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?^Angel+Eyes+(2001)

-> Shrek (Rated PG)
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow,
Vincent Cassel.
Director: Andrew Adamson and Victoria Jenson
Official site: http://www.shrek.com
Review(s): http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?shrek
Trailer: http://www.movie-fever.com/trailers.shtml

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7. MF MOVIE OF THE WEEK
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Mission Impossible 2 (2000) (PG-13)

This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which
in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the
same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, leader of
the IMF team that is responsible for embarking on top secret,
dangerous missions that will maintain world peace and stability.
Their mission this time is to track down and destroy a deadly
virus that is on its way to falling into the wrong hands. With
the clock ticking, Hunt and his cohorts must save the day before
it's too late.

CAST:
Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Anthony
Hopkins.

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