Newsgroup: it.arti.cinema
Titolo: Upcoming movies (November-December)

November 1999
11/5
Any Given Sunday (Warner Brothers) The personal and professional
relationships of a pro quarterback. Stars Dennis Quaid, Al Pacino, Charlton
Heston, Cameron Diaz, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, Lela Rochon, Tom Sizemore,
and Elizabeth Berkeley
Official Website: 
www.anygivensunday.net
I Dreamed of Africa (Columbia) True story of wildlife crusader Kuki Gallman.
Kim Basinger, Robert Loggia and Vincent Perez
Man on the Moon (Universal) Much-heralded biopic of comedian and oddball
extraordinaire Andy Kaufman. Directed by Milos Forman and starring Jim
Carrey.
Official Website: 
www.universalpictures.com/manonthemoon/
American Movie (Sony Picture Classics) A Wisconsin man and his hilarious
attempts to get an indie film made.
Official Website: 
www.spe.sony.com/classics/archive/99/americanmovie.html
The Insider (Touchstone) The story of a tobacco executive who becomes a
government informer. Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Lindsey Crouse, Christopher
Plummer and Gina Gershon.
Light It Up (Fox) A group of students mobilize to reclaim and improve their
inner city school. Usher, Forest Whitaker, Vanessa L. Williams and Sara
Gilbert
Official Website: 
www.foxmovies.com/lightitupcs.html
Mansfield Park (Miramax) An adaptation of the Jane Austin novel. Embeth
Davidtz
Joan of Arc (Modaro Pictures) The incinerated saint returns to the big
screen. Stars Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, and John Malkovich.
Official Website: 
www.spe.sony.com/movies/jump/joanofarc.html
11/12
The Bachelor (New Line) Chris O'Donnell as a man who will inherit an
enormous amount of money if he marries by his 33rd birthday, which,
strangely enough, is tomorrow. Rene Zellweger
Official Website: 
www.nlcpub.com/Relsched/bachelor.html
Mewtew Strikes Back (Warner Brothers) An animated Pokemon movie, including
the short film, Pikachu's Summer Vacation.
11/19
Planet Deb (New Line) Teenage comedy set in a prep school.
The World is Not Enough (MGM) Apparently not, with this, the 19th of the
long-running James Bond series. Stars Pierce Brosnan.
Official Website: 
www.jamesbond.com/bond19/home.html
All About My Mother (Sony) A mother recovers from the death of her teen son.
Directed by Pedro Almodovar, who won the the Directors Award at the 1999
Cannes Film Festival for this film.
Felicia's Journey (Artisan) A poor, young Irish woman hooks up with a
psychopath while searching for a boyfriend. Bob Hoskins
Sleepy Hollow (Paramount) An adaptation of the Washington Irving short
story. Directed by Tim Burton. Johnny Depp, Christopher Walkenand Christina
Ricci
Foolproof (Universal) A butler kidnaps his boss's dog. Norm McDonald, Dave
Chappell and Danny DeVito
11/24
End of Days (Universal) The Devil is after a woman that only Arnold
Schwarzenegger can save.
Official Website: 
www.end-of-days.com
Toy Story 2: Collector's Item (Disney) Tom Hanks and Tim Allen return in
this sequel. Woody is apparently a collector's item and the rest of the
group must rescue him from an evil toy collector.
Official Website: 
disney.go.com/DisneyPictures/toystory2/index.html
Cider House Rules (Miramax) Adaptation written by John Irving based on his
own novel. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom and featuring Tobey Maguire, Michael
Caine, Charlize Theron and Kathy Baker
11/26
The Cradle Will Rock (Touchstone) A play written in 1937 that questioned
capitalism. Based on the true story of Orson Welles and John Houseman.
Directed by Tim Robbins and featuring John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Susan
Sarandon, Hank Azaria, Vanessa Redgrave and John Turturro
December 1999
12/10
Scream 3 (Dimension) Sidney (Neve Campbell) goes to Hollywood and the
murders start all over again. Courteney Cox and David Arquette also star.
Stuart Little (Columbia) E. B. White's children's book comes to the big
screen with voices from Geena Davis, Jonathan Lipnicki, and Michael J. Fox.
Official Website: 
www.spe.sony.com/movies/jump/stuartlittle.html
12/17
Mission: Impossible 2 (Paramount) Ethan Hunt returns. Stars Tom Cruise, Ving
Rhames and Anthony Hopkins, with John Woo directing.
The Green Mile (Castle Rock) Tom Hanks stars in the Stephen King story of a
prisoner on death row with a unique ability.
The End of the Affair (Columbia) Ralph Fiennes is a novelist who runs into
his ex-loverJulianne Moore's husbandStephen Rea. The novelist investigates
the reasoning behind her abandoning him and learns much more than he should
have wanted.
Official Website: 
www.spe.sony.com/movies/jump/endofaffair.html
Flawless (MGM) A retired security guard takes singing lessons from a drag
queen as part of his rehab from a stroke. Directed by Joel Schumacher.
Robert DeNiro
The Emperor and the Assassin (Sony) A concubine falls in love with the
emperor she is supposed to kill. Gong Li
Official Website:
www.spe.sony.com/classics/archive/99/emporerandassasin.html
Fantasia 2000 (Disney) The animated classic featuring parts of the original
Fantasia mixed with some new segments.
Official Website: 
disney.go.com/DisneyPictures/fantasia2000/index.html
12/22
Snow Falling on Cedars (Universal) Big-screen adaptation of the popular
novel. Starring Ethan Hawke.
Official Website: 
www.snowfallingoncedars.com
Girl Interrupted (Columbia) After one session with an unfamiliar
psychiatrist, a young woman is diagnosed with Borderline Personality
Disorder. She is sent to a psychiatric hospital and struggles to maintain
her identity, while trying to get out of the hospital. Winona Ryder, Vanessa
Redgrave, Whoopi Goldberg and Angelina Jolie
Official Website: 
www.spe.sony.com/movies/jump/girlinterrupted.html
12/24
The Story of Us (Polygram) Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer are a couple
trying to revive their marriage. Rob Reiner, Paul Reiser, Julie Haggerty,
Tim Matheson and Rita Wilson
Official Website: 
www.reellife.com/works/storyofus/index.html
Hanging Up (Columbia) Three sisters learn that their wild and somewhat
annoying father is on the verge of dying. Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton and Lisa
Kudrow. Directed by Diane Keaton
Official Website: 
www.spe.sony.com/movies/jump/hangingup.html
The Billion Dollar Hotel (Icon Entertainment) A rich man's son dies in a
run-down hotel and an FBI agent is assigned to determine if there was any
foul play. Mel Gibson, Jeremy Davies and Milla Jovovich
The Ninth Gate (Artisan) A rare-book finder (Johnny Depp) is hired by a
collector of demonic works to find two of the three remaining copies (the
collector has the original third copy) of a particularly evil rarity.
Directed and written by Roman Polanski
Official Website: 
www.artisanent.com/CA/attraction6.html
Next Friday (New Line) A follow-up to the 1995 comedy Friday. Ice Cube
returns as Craig, who tries to mooch off his cousins who recently won the
lottery.
Magnolia (New Line) An ensemble movie covering the relationships within a
family. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and featuring William H. Macy,
Felicity Huffman and Henry Gibson
Unscheduled Fall Movies
(in alphabetical order)
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (Paramount) A high school student learns
that his stepfather is a transexual.
fficial Website: 
www.paramountclassics.com/cole_frame2.html
Agnes Brown (October) An Irish woman is left with 7 kids when her husband
dies. Directed by and starring Angelica Huston
American Beauty (Dreamworks) A man has a midlife crisis and works to become
more muscular and attractive. Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening
American Psycho (Lions Gate) The story of a young professional who happens
to be a psychopath in his free time. Features Christian Bale, Jared Leto,
and Reese Witherspoon
Anywhere But Here (Fox) A teen and her mother move to L.A. from the midwest.
Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon
Anna and the King (Fox) A reputedly large scale contemporary remake of the
classic musical The King and I. Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat
The Beach (Fox) A man is stuck on a tropical island. Stars Leonardo
DiCaprio.
Beavis & Butthead: Another Movie (Paramount) The socially deviant cartoon
boys return to the big screen.
Best Laid Plans (Fox) When a young man finds that his father has left him
off the will, he tries to accomodate for this by an attempting an illegal
drug scam. The scam fails. Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin
Official Website: 
www.foxsearchlight.com/production/best.html
Bicentennial Man (Disney) A robot wants to become a human. Robin Williams
and Sam Neill
The Big Tease (Warner) A hairdresser travels to Los Angeles, thinking he is
going to participate in the World Hairdressing Championship, but finds he
was merely invited to attend. Craig Ferguson, Mary McCormick, Melissa
Gilbert and Frances Fisher
Black and White (Grey Productions) Teens and their obsession with hip-hop.
Elijah Wood, Gaby Hoffman, Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields, Ben Stiller and
Stacey Edwards
Breakfast of Champions (Disney) From the classic Kurt Vonnegut novel. Bruce
Willis, Albert Finney and Barbara Hershey
Bruno (New Angel) Obese Italian woman, left by her husband, struggles to
find meaning in her brilliant son's crossdressing. Directed by and starring
Shirley MacLaine. Features Alex D. Linz, Kathy Bates, Gary Sinise and Anne
Heche
Company Man (Paramount) A high school English teacher from the 1960's
accidentally becomes a operative in a plot to overthrow Fidel Castro. John
Turturro, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Phillippe, Heather Matarazzo and Woody
Allen
Committed (Miramax) A young woman hunts for her husband who abandoned her to
"find himself." Heather Graham, Luke Wilson and asey Affleck
Dogma (Release company to be determined) Two renegade angels (Matt Damon and
Ben Affleck) try to use a loophole to get into Heaven; one that will undo
humanity. A descendent of Christ (Linda Fiorentino), who happens to work at
an abortion clinic, is ordered to stop them. Alanis Morrisette as God. Alan
Rickman also stars. Note: This will remain in limbo as long as Miramax and
Bob and Harvey Weinstein continue to search for a U.S. distributor. The
movie is currently the subject of an impassioned debate between the
filmmaker(Kevin Smith) and the Catholic Church.
Dudley Do Right (Universal) The cartoon hero (Brendan Fraser) battles his
nemesis Snidley Whiplash (Alfred Molina) in order to save his girlfriend
Nell (Sarah Jessica Parker).
Duets (Disney) The story of three traveling couples who sing karaoke.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Scott Speedman, Forest Whitaker and Andre Braugher
Eugene Onegin (Miramax) Adaptation of the classic Russian novel. Ralph
Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Lena Headley and Martin Donovan
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (MGM) The goofy stuntmeister stars in
his very own feature.
Eye of the Beholder (Destination Film Distribution) A private investigator
tracks a woman and finds that she is either a hitwoman or a serial killer.
Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Jason Priestly and k.d. lang
Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks) A group of actors who star in a sci-fi T.V. series
are mistakenly abducted by aliens, who think they are military experts. Tim
Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman
The Idiots (October Films) A group of people decide to become a community of
idiots.
Joe the King (Trimark) Tale of a thieving child and his family. Ethan Hawke,
Camryn Manheim, John Leguizamo and Val Kilmer
Light Years Trilogy (Dimension) Three stories involving love between aliens
and humans. Kenneth Branagh, Heather Graham, Courtney Cox, Gary Sinise,
Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jennifer Lopez and Tony Shaloub
Long Walk to Freedom Story of Nelson Mandela. Morgan Freeman
Love's Labours Lost (Intermedia) The next Shakespeare adaptation by
actor/director Kenneth Branagh. Alicia Silverstone and Nathan Lane
Love Stinks (Independent Artists) A man discovers himself to be in a
relationship he can't get out of. French Stewart, Bridgette Wilson, Bill
Bellamy and Tyra Banks.
Official Website: 
www.lovestinksthemovie.com
Molly (MGM) A radical new treatment turns an autistic woman into a genius.
Elizabeth Shue
The Next Best Thing (Lakeshore) A gay man and a single woman fight over a
child they adopted together five years ago. Madonna, Rupert Everett, Lynn
Redgrave, Benjamin Bratt, Illeana Douglas and Stacy Edwards
The Night of the Living Dead: Special Edition Rerelease on the 30th
anniversary of the cult classic.
Passion of Mind (Paramount) A woman struggles to find her identity from two
separate worlds, one of which is real and the other is a very powerful
delusion. But which is which? Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgard
Quills (Fox) The Marquis de Sade and a priest vie for the love of a maid.
Geoffrey Rush, Joachim Phoenix, Kate Winslett and Michael Caine
Simpatico (Phaedra) Adaptation of the Sam Shepard play. Nick Nolte, Sharon
Stone, Jeff Bridges and Kimberly Williams
Sonny Liston (Paramount) Biopic of the champion boxer. Ving Rhames
Superstar (Paramount) Saturday Night Live's Mary Catherine Gallagher comes
to the big screen with Molly Shannon and Will Farrell.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Paramount) A young man is hired to find another
young man and finds that he would prefer to live as the other man. He thus
tries to appropriate the identity of the man he was hired to find. Matt
Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Phillip Baker Hall, Phillip Seymour
Hoffman and Cate Blanchett
Titus (First Look) Adaptation of Shakespeare's classic, Titus Andronicus
directed by Tony winner, Julie Taymor. Anthony Hopkins, Laura Fraser, Angus
MacFayden, Colm Feore
Andreij  Nikol' evic  [AR - I4M]
- E' tutto chiaro, Alex bello?
- Come un lago senza fango, sir.
  Cosě limpido come un cielo d'estate sempre blu.
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Si vede che non mi conosci !
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da parcheggiare fuori dal cinema !"
Davide,,,,
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cosě reale da pensare che fosse la vita
vera?
E cosa sarebbe accaduto se non fossi
riuscito a svegliarti? Saresti in grado di
riconoscere la differenza tra il mondo
dei sogni e quello reale?"
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Costa Azzurra; non nero come un
metalmeccanico ad Eraclea."
                                              (Davide,,,,)
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 Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Lena Headley and Martin Donovan
Questo sara' una pizza... ^_^
--
Ciao
Laurpal

 Da quanti anni non usciva un film di Forman?
Larry Flint.
Due anni fa
cordialmente
bibi


esce in italia il 12 nov

? Cos'e'?
Una delle donne + belle del mondo?
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davide 'soljARis' tosi
'L'espressione 'giustizia sociale' è semplicemente una
frode semantica della stessa scuderia del termine 'democrazia
popolare''
Charles Curran - The Spectator, 6 Luglio 1958

 ? Cos'e'?
Presentato a Cannes.  Lento, pesante, didascalico, molto noioso -
dicono.  Grandi scene in costume e poche emozioni - pare.
CN

 Due anni fa
E' vero...
Non l'ho visto e l'avevo dimenticato... :-(
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Ciao
Laurpal

dicono.  Grandi scene in costume e poche emozioni - pare.
Il regista č Chen Kaige? (quello di 'Addio mia concubina', 'La vita appesa
a un filo', ecc...)
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davide 'soljARis' tosi
'L'espressione 'giustizia sociale' č semplicemente una


 uhm...
Solo su IMAX.

Questo sara' una pizza... ^_^
Ma che ca**o dici? C'e' Ralph Fiennes, alla regia c'e' sua sorella
Martha... me lo vado a vedere di corsa!!! ;-P
MorganaLaFata
Nothing prepared me for your smile.
                    - David Bowie -