SEPTEMBER 13. COMEDY. Revolution Studios/Columbia Pictures
Harvard,
America's most prestigious university and home to the world's
greatest minds, is a place where some trailer park families -like
John's ( Jason Lee) -could never afford to go. But now, John 's
niece has the chance of a lifetime, and all she needs is the tuition
that he had promised to pay if she got into a good college $ 29,
829 which he doesn't have. When John turns to his clueless friend
Duff ( Tom Green) for help, they wind up doing all the wrong things
for all the right reasons.
D I R E C T ED BY Bruce McCulloch
S C R E E N P LAY BY Peter Tolan
S T ORY BY Martin Hynes, Peter Tolan
P R O D U C ED BY Susan Cavan
E X E C U T I VE P R O D U C E RS Howard Lapides, Maureen Peyrot,
Chris Brancato, Albert J. Salke
CO - P R O D U C ER Marty Ewing
D I R E C T OR OF P H O T O G R A PHY Ueli Steiger, ASC
C A ST Tom Green, Jason Lee, Leslie Mann, Megan Mullally, Dennis
Farina, Richard Jenkins, John C. McGinley, Chris Penn.
Stealing Harvard has been rated PG- 13 by the MPAA for crude and sexual humor, language and drug references.
S E P T E M B ER 20, THRILLER. Columbia Pictures
When
Will and Karen Jennings ( Stuart Townsend and Charlize Theron)
are held hostage and their daughter is abducted, a
relentless 24- hour plan is set in motion that will challenge
everything they took for granted. Joe and Cheryl Hickey ( Kevin
Bacon and Courtney Love) , along with their cousin Marvin Pool
( Pruitt Taylor Vince) , have orchestrated and mastered the foolproof
plan to extort money from wealthy families. As the plan escalates
and unravels, Will and Karen, who are trapped in different cities,
are pushed to the limit to get their daughter back alive. In their
desperation, they are able to discover the true
motivation, which lies beneath the crime.
Trapped is an action- packed thriller starring Kevin Bacon ( Hollow Man , Wild Things ) , Charlize Theron ( Mighty Joe Young , Sweet November ) , Stuart Townsend ( About Adam ) , Courtney Love ( The People vs. Larry Flynt ) and directed by Luis Mandoki ( Angel Eyes , Message In A Bottle ) .
Trapped has been rated R by the MPAA for violence, language and sexual content.
B A S ED U P ON T HE NOV EL "24 H O U RS "BY Greg Iles.
D I R E C T ED BY Luis Mandoki
S C R E E N P LAY BY Greg Iles
P R O D U C ED BY Mimi Polk Gitlin, Luis Mandoki
E X E C U T I VE P R O D U C E RS Mark Canton, Hanno Huth, Neil
Canton, Glen Ballard, Rick Hess
CO - P R O D U C E RS Carston Lorenz, Nathan Kahane, Michael McDonnell
D I R E C T O RS OF
P H O T O G R A PHY Frederick Elmes, ASC, Piotr Sobocinski
C A ST Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Pruitt
Taylor Vince, Dakota Fanningand Kevin Bacon
SWEPT AWAY
OCTOBER 18. ROMANTIC COMEDY.
Screen Gems
Guy Ritchie directs Madonna in this romantic comedy,
where a young sailor ( Adriano Giannini) is cast adrift on an
island with his employer, a rich, self- centered woman who is
used to having her own way. Cut off from society, he reverses
their roles, stripping her of pride and vanity and controlling
her completely. Until, that is, she falls in love with him. Produced
by Matthew Vaughn.
Swept Away has been rated R by the MPAA for language and
some sexual/ nudity. Imagine being shipwrecked on a beautiful
island with someone you really can't stand.
D I R E C T ED BY Guy Ritchie
S C R E E N P LAY BY Guy Ritchie
P R O D U C ED BY Matthew Vaughn
CO - P R O D U C E RS Adam Bohling, David Reid
D I R E C T OR OF P H O T O G R A PHY Alex Barber
C A ST Madonna, Adriano Giannini, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Bruce Greenwood,
Elizabeth Banks, David Thornton, Michael Beattie, Yorgo Voyagis
OCTOBER 18 ACTION COMEDY. Screen Gems
Samuel L. Jackson stars in this action- packed comedy
as Elmo McElroy, an American master entrepreneur who heads to
England to set up his last big deal, the introduction of a new
designer drug to the European underworld. Elmo 's plan to set
up a quick score goes comically awry when he gets stuck in Liverpool
with an unlikely escort ( Robert Carlyle) and becomes entangled
in a bizarre web of double- dealing and double- crosses. Emily
Mortimer, Rhys Ifans and Meatloaf co- star. Acclaimed Hong Kong
action director Ronny Yu directs from a script by Stel Pavlou.
D I R E C T ED BY Ronny Yu
W R ITT EN BY Stel Pavlou
P R O D U C E RS David Pupkewitz, Malcolm Kohll
P R O D U C ED BY Andras Hamori, Seaton McLean, Jonathan Debin
E X E C U T I VE P R O D U C E RS Eli Selden, Julie Yorn, Stephanie
Davis
E X E C U T I VE P R O D U C ER Samuel L. Jackson
D I R E C T OR OF P H O T O G R A PHY Poon Hang Sang
C A ST Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Sean
Pertwee, Ricky Tomlinson, Rhys Ifans as 'Iki ' andMeatloaf as
'The Lizard '
Formula 51 has been rated R by the MPAA for strong violence,
language, drug content and some sexuality.
I SPY
NOVEMBER 1 ACTION COMEDY (Columbia
Pictues)
Fists
fly and the fighting gets down and dirty when undefeated middle-
weight champion Kelly Robinson ( Eddie Murphy) finally meets his
match, CIA super- agent Alex Scott ( Owen Wilson) , in the hilarious
adventure I Spy , directed by Betty Thomas ( Dr. Dolittle
, The Brady Bunch ) . It 's hate at first sight when
Scott is unwittingly paired up with Robinson to track down the
Air Force 's missing stealth bomber, the country 's new top secret
weapon. The fate of the free world is in their hands. Now if they
can only stop fighting with one other long enough to track down
the real enemy.
D I R E C T ED BY Betty Thomas
S C R E E N P LAY BY Cormac Wibberley &, Marianne Sellek Wibberley,
and Jay Scherick & David Ronn
S T ORY BY Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Sellek Wibberley
B A S ED ON C H A R A C T E RS C R E A T ED BY David Friedkin
and Morton Fine
P R O D U C ED BY Betty Thomas, Jenno Topping, Mario Kassar, Andy
Vajna
E X E C U T I VE P R O D U C E RS Warren Carr, Marc Toberoff,
David R. Ginsburg
D I R E C T OR OF P H O T O G R A PHY Oliver Wood
C A ST Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell
This film is not yet rated by the MPAA. For future ratings information refer to http:/ /www.filmratings.com.
HALF PAST DEAD
NOVEMBER 15 ACT ION -TH RILLER (Screen
Gems)
It
's 2002 and The California Penal Authority has reopened the most
notorious prison in history Alcatraz. Disgruntled Prison
Bureaucrat- turned- criminal mastermind Donny (Morris Chestnut)
has assembled a commando team to infiltrate the newly refurbished,
high tech fortress in order to force a death row inmate to reveal
the whereabouts of $ 200 million worth of gold. Inmate Nick Frazier
( Ja Rule) must help Undercover FBI agent Sascha ( Steven Seagal)
rally the other inmates to stop the invaders before they
murder the Supreme Court Justice who is present for the impending
execution. Kurupt co- stars in this action thriller written and
directed by Don Michael Paul and produced by Andrew Stevens, Elie
Samaha and Steven Seagal.
D I R E C T ED BY Don Michael Paul
W R ITT EN BY Don Michael Paul
P R O D U C ED BY Andrew Stevens, Elie Samaha, Steven Seagal
E X E C U T I VE P R O D U C E RS Christopher Eberts, Uwe Schott,
Randall Emmett, George Furla
D I R E C T OR OF P H O T O G R A PHY Michael Slovis
C A ST Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Kurupt,
Tony Plana, Claudia Christian
This film is not yet rated by the MPAA. For future ratings information refer to http:/ /www.filmratings.com.
ADAM SANDLER
'S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS
NOVEMBER 27 ANIMATED COMEDY
Adam
Sandler invites you to share some holiday cheer in the new, no-
holds- barred musical comedy Adam Sandler 's 8 Crazy Nights
. Davey Stone, a 33- year old party animal, finds himself
in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far.
In keeping with the holiday spirit, the judge gives Davey one last chance at redemption -spend the holiday performing community service as the assistant referee for the youth basketball league or go to jail. Davey thinks he 's gotten off easy until he meets Whitey Duvall, the eccentric, elf- like head referee.
The mismatch between Whitey 's good heart and never- ending optimism and Davey 's constant troublemaking soon have them both wondering if going to jail wouldn 't have been easier! In this new, full- length animated feature about basketball, old girlfriends, holiday spirits, and the mall, Adam Sandler voices the three lead characters of Whitey, Davey, and Whitey 's fraternal twin sister Eleanore!
D
I R E C T ED BY Seth Kearsley
W R ITT EN BY Brooks Arthur, Allen Covert, Brad Isaacs, Adam Sandler
P R O D U C ED BY Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Allen Covert
E X E C U T I VE P R O D U C ER Ken Tsumura
CO - P R O D U C ER Brooks Arthur
VO I C ES BY Adam Sandler, Jackie Titone, Austin Stout, Kevin
Nealon, Rob Schneider, Norm Crosby, Jon Lovitz ,Tyra Banks
Adam Sandler 's 8 Crazy Nights is rated PG- 13 by the MPAA for frequent crude and sexual humor, drinking and brief drug references.
ADAPTATION
DECEMBER 6 DRAMATIC COMEDY
(Columbia Pictures)
Nicolas
Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L. A. screenwriter overwhelmed
by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self- loathing
-and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother
Donald ( also Nicolas Cage) . While struggling to adapt The
Orchid Thief , by Susan Orlean ( Meryl Streep), Kaufman's
life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean
and John Laroche ( Chris Cooper), the orchid poacher and the subject
of Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search
for passion collides with the others'. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
and Donald Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze.
D I R E C T ED BY Spike Jonze
S C R E E N P LAY BY Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
B A S ED ON T HE B O OK "The Orchid Thief " by Susan
Orlean
P R O D U C ED BY Edward Saxon, Vincent Landay, Jonathan Demme
E X E C U T I VE P R O D U C E RS Charlie Kaufman, Peter Saraf
D I R E C T OR OF P H O T O G R A PHY Lance Acord
C A ST Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton,
Cara Seymour
Adaptation has been rated R by the MPAA for language, sexuality, some drug use and violent images.
DECEMBER 11 COMEDY (Revoluton Studios, Columbia Pictures)
Barry
Egan (Adam Sandler) is a small business owner with seven sisters
whose abuse has kept him alone and unable to fall in love. When
a harmonium and a mysterious woman ( Emily Watson) enter his life,
his romantic journey begins. Also, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Luis Guzman. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Punch- Drunk Love is rated R by the MPAA for strong
language including a scene of sexual dialogue.
D I R E C T ED BY Paul Thomas Anderson
W R ITT EN BY Paul Thomas Anderson
P R O D U C ED BY JoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson
D I R E C T OR OF P H O T O G R A PHY Robert Elswit
C A ST Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis
Guzman, Mary Lynn Rajskub
DECEMBER 13 ROMANTIC COMEDY (revolution Studios, COlumbia Pictures)
The
Chambermaid is the story of
Marisa Ventura ( Jennifer Lopez) , a single mother born and bred
in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-
class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity,
Marisa meets Christopher Marshall ( Ralph Fiennes) , a handsome,
debonair heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is
a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair
together for a magical night of romance. When Marisa's true identity
is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though
the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan
and the Bronx. This film is not yet rated by the MPAA. For future
ratings information refer to http://www.filmratings.com.
D I R E C T ED BY Wayne Wang
P R O D U C ED BY Shoelace Productions
C A ST Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley
Tucci, Tyler Garcia Posey and Bob Hoskins
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