Variety articles from March 2001

Variety archives from March 2001

REALITY BITES: H'W'D IN LABOR.
March 26, 2001... Draconian strike plans feed town's neuroses Remember the Y2K virus that was going to send the world reeling? It never happened. Instead, Hollywood has been struck by the FOS virus -- Fear of Strike -- and everybody's going nuts. As...

Will TV skits boost webs' laughing stock?(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... NEW YORK Primetime TV desperately wants to catch some of that "Saturday Night" fever. Those network execs who fear they've missed out on the reality TV party now want to tap into the next phenom, and they're betting sketch comedy will be it....

REGAL COURT SPLITTING HEIRS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... Three separate investment groups are butting heads over Regal Cinemas, the nation's largest movie theater chain, in a sign the beleaguered biz has hit bottom, with nowhere to go but up. In the process -- and to the amusement of many on...

Still the main event.(Academy Awards)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Amid the myriad parties, press conferences and random celebrity suck-ups, the ever-durable Oscar still manages to keep its dignity. It's over at last -- Hollywood's annual celebrity super suck-up. Each year the ritualistic Oscar...

French film org taps Kessler.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... After months of internal strife, France's Centre National de la Cinematographie, which plows around 1.5 billion francs ($204 million) a year into the French film industry, is to get a new topper. David Kessler, culture and communications...

E-rights case logs on at Supreme Court.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... There's nothing unusual about journalists being inside the U.S. Supreme Court. What's unusual is for scribblers to be pleading their own case before the Supremes, which is what's scheduled to happen March 28. Specifically, freelance...

DYNAMIC DIVAS.
March 26, 2001... BETTE NOIRE Bette Midler has fired her agents in the wake of the cancellation of her CBS sitcom. DISHING `DOLLS' Fox is putting finishing touches on a script for a "Valley of the Dolls" sequel. BABE BONDING Pop diva...

Oscar bump loses luster in conglom era.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Investors, gussying up for Oscar night with wallets lightened by a dismal stock market, might well wonder if that gold best picture statuette has a Midas touch for the winner's share price. It might have -- once upon a time. Before...

Real media battles far from H'wood.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... LONDON One of the most common complaints I hear about Americans -- and believe me, I hear plenty -- is that "they think of Europe as a single place, not a multitude of countries and cultures." It's a fair observation, but it overlooks a...

ABC liquors up in push for Oscar ads.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... ABC had two things to say to Oscar advertisers this year: It could wait until the last minute to unload commercial spots to squeeze a nifty price hike from an imploding economy; and beer ads, long verboten by the Acad, were OK if deemed...

Studio tees off with first-time helmer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... After basking in the glow of Oscar season, Stephen Gaghan is getting ready to join an even more select group. When shooting starts on Paramount's "Abandon" next month, he'll become one of the few writers the studio has hired to direct a film....

`Pinocchio' case splinters biz deals.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD Last week's appellate court decision reversing an $80 million jury award to Francis Ford Coppola over his aborted 1995 "Pinocchio" project at Warners gave Hollywood studios plenty to cheer about -- and the artistic community new...

Online voters split on best-pic choice.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... In the Academy Awards race for best picture, there can be only one winner. But online voters want a split decision. While many in Hollywood were buzzing that "Traffic" and "Gladiator" were the only true contenders, Oscar polls on the Web...

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
March 26, 2001... Morton Downey Jr. did not write the songs "Pipeline" and "Wipeout." Information was incorrect in his obituary (Variety, March 19-25).

Variety taps Lerman.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Charles Koones, group vice president and publisher of Variety, announced the appointment of Andrew Lerman as Variety's East Coast sales director. In the newly created position, Lerman will oversee the advertising operations of Variety,...

Polanski pic integral to Polish film revival.(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... WARSAW Polish cinema is clambering back onto its feet after a decade of post-Communist uncertainty. A slew of local blockbusters is about to be unleashed into the country's new multiplexes. Even the prodigal son has come home to shoot. ...

RETURN ENGAGEMENT.
March 26, 2001... Biz finding new soul in the heart of Hollywood As the Oscars play their last gig at the Shrine Auditorium in downtown L.A., construction workers on scaffolding high above Hollywood Boulevard hammer incessantly, sending a cacophonous sound...

U exex get vote of confidence.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD In the wake of the Vivendi Universal merger, the stock of Universal Pictures' senior management team seems to be rising. The last two weeks have seen a major strategic restructuring of divisions under U Pix, headed by chairman...

Online pix tixers mix availability.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD A pair of online movie ticketers will combine their Web offerings, and the move -- along with a push to achieve print-at-home theater ticketing -- could greatly broaden consumer embrace of the services. In addition to...

MIXED O'SEAS SESH LONG ON LESSONS.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Lesson No. 1 from last week's mixed-bag B.O. frame: German audiences don't want to revisit World War II -- at least not as it's evoked in "Enemy at the Gates," Jean-Jacques Annaud's epic, which has suffered from poisonous word of mouth in...

Cannes-bound `Dina' hopes for change of luck.
March 26, 2001... COPENHAGEN Should "I Am Dina" be subtitled "I Love Trouble"? Principal photography for the pic has started under Ole Bornedal's direction, but the producers are facing problems they never read about in their "Manual for Feature Film...

Friday aims at arthouse diversity.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... NEW YORK a Jeff Friday, a co-founder of the Acapulco Black Film Festival, has launched niche distribution label Film Life, which he hopes will inject more cultural diversity into the arthouse market. Headquartered in Gotham, Film Life...

Roadshow exhibits positive attitude.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... SYDNEY At the end of one of the roughest weeks in Village Roadshow's history, marked by its stock price hitting an all-time low, managing director Graham Burke was doggedly fighting bad press and business setbacks. Burke acknowledges...

BRIT PIX PAIR FLIP-FLOP ON ROAD STOPS.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... LONDON Which $5 million British comedy, "Kevin and Perry Go Large" or "Saving Grace," was the bigger hit? At home in Blighty, the answer seems obvious. "Kevin and Perry," released by Icon, grossed $15 million in the U.K. "Saving Grace"...

Gassot speaks H'wood's lingo.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... PARIS French producer Charles Gassot has a love-hate relationship with Hollywood. "America doesn't give a damn about European cinema," he snorts, in protest of poor U.S. distribution of foreign-language Oscar nominee "The Taste of...

Moulin to cancan as Cannes fest opener.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... PARIS For the kickoff to this year's film fest, Cannes is going clubbing. Australian director Baz Luhrmann's 20th Century Fox-backed "Moulin Rouge" will open the 54th annual Cannes Intl. Film Festival in competition, organizers said last...

ACTION HEATS UP ON SET OF `RUSH HOUR 2'.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... HONG KONG With more than 40 years in the business, Hong Kong-based Salon Films, a company that provides on-site support services to moviemakers, thought it had been through just about everything -- until the current filming of "Rush Hour 2"...

Black and white issue has gray areas.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... SYDNEY Aboriginal films are enjoying a renaissance in Oz, but indigenous filmmakers want more "blackfellas" behind the lenses. Helmer Richard Frankland, best short film winner at the 2000 Hollywood Black Film Festival, is calling for at...

ANTENA 3 COMMITS $50 MILLION TO PIC WING.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... MADRID Telefonica Media's Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 (A3) has created pic production house Ensueno Films, which looks set to figure among the most powerful film financiers in the territory. In July 1999, A3 pledged $50.6 million over...

HARDTOP BIZ EXHIBITING SIGNS OF DISTRESS.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... LONDON The U.K. exhibition industry is teetering on the edge of a financial precipice, according to a report by Dodona Research. Investment in new multiplexes is outstripping the rise in claimed revenues, Dodona, which specializes in...

TOHO, NTT TEAM UP FOR DIGITAL DELIVERY.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... TOKYO Japan's top movie exhib Toho Co. will team with one of the nation's largest regional telecom carriers to test a system for delivering digital movies over a fiber-optic network. Toho and NTT West will spend $6 million to test the...

CATHAY TO REBUILD FLAGSHIP, EXPAND IN MALAYSIA.(Cathay Organization, motion picture theaters)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... SINGAPORE Cathay Organization plans to rebuild its 65-year-old Singapore flagship Cathay theater as a digitally equipped multiplex of six to 12 screens while the exhib continues to expand in Malaysia. Cathay president Wong Heang Fine says...

`AMERICAN BEAUTY' DOES BEST BIZ FOR Y2K.(box-office receipts and top-rated motion pictures in Switzerland, 2000)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... BERN UIP's "American Beauty" topped the Swiss box office in 2000, with 624,591 admissions. BVI's "The Sixth Sense" was second with 602,434, followed by "Erin Brockovich" with 545,327. Two UIP vehicles rounded out the top five: "Mission:...

PRE-AWARDS NEWS TAXING TO MAR DEL PLATA FEST.(increased sales tax imposition on motion picture theaters was announced during the Mar del Plata film festival in Argentina)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... MAR DEL PLATA Proposed government tax hikes dampened spirits at Argentina's Mar del Plata film fest, coming the day before the March 17 closing ceremony, where Polish drama "Te Ja, Zlodziej" (It's Me, the Thief) took top prize. Among...

DUTCH PIC HAS RECIPE TO TOP LECTER AT B.O.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... AMSTERDAM How do you push an ordinary teenybopper Dutch pic over the top so that it beats out even box office topper "Hannibal"? Well, to begin with, "Costa!," directed by soap producer Johan Nihenhaus, is no ordinary Dutch pic. It is...

MAVEN ON THE MOVE.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... SANDER SCHWARTZ will take over the reins as president of Warner Bros. Animation on April 16, as Jean MacCurdy becomes a creative consultant for the studio. Announcement was made by Warner Bros. chairman-CEO Barry Meyer and exec VP of...

BOX OFFICE NEWS[TM].(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... WEAVER MINES COMEDIC VEIN Sigourney Weaver's versatility as a performer is demonstrated by the fact that she's received Academy Award nominations for her work in drama ("Gorillas in the Mist"), comedy ("Working Girl") and sci-fi...

DVD WARRIOR MAKES THE CASE FOR VOD.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... WASHINGTON Warner Home Video prexy Warren Lieberfarb is trying to do for video-on-demand what he did for DVD. As Hollywood's most outspoken supporter of the by now widely accepted digital disc format, Lieberfarb played a key role in...

MORITZ, COL GO STEADY FOR THREE MORE YEARS.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD Though he still had a year remaining on his four-year deal at Columbia, prolific producer Neal Moritz has reupped his first-look pact at the studio for an additional three years. Deal includes a generous discretionary fund and...

WARNERS PUTS PEN TO WOO, FORD PROJECT.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD Warner Bros. Pictures will pay Andrew Marlowe ("Air Force One") an upfront fee of $750,000 to pen an untitled project for John Woo to direct and Harrison Ford to topline. Marlowe pitched the story to Ford, who loved it and will...

WB, BEL AIR ON `STREET' FOR LEVINSON.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... NEW YORK Warner Bros. and Bel Air paid $1.5 million upfront for "Street Boys," a novel to be written by author Lorenzo Carcaterra. The film will mark a reteam from the Carcaterra book "Sleepers," with Barry Levinson aboard to direct; he'll...

CAMPBELL TO MAKE HIS MARK FOR SONY.(director Martin Campbell)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... NEW YORK Director Martin Campbell has made a first-look directing deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment that paves the way for a sequel to his hit film "The Mask of Zorro." At the same time, Campbell is in final negotiations to first direct...

CASTING ABOUT ...
March 26, 2001... Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep has signed on to play a small role in the Steven Spielberg-helmed "Minority Report," starring Tom Cruise and Colin Farrell.... Screenwriter Emily Fox is about to turn in a draft of the "Valley of the Dolls"...

CABLERS PREPARE FOR RERUN RACE.(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... Hundreds of millions of dollars are about to flow from cablers to distributors as the bidding heats up for reruns of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Third Watch" and three or four other network...

LOSING GROUND.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... "Becker" and "Family Law" produce respectable numbers in the post- "Everybody Loves Raymond" timeslots in CBS' Monday lineup, but they are losing big chunks of the hit comedy's audience among key demos. Season-to-date shares for all three...

Buzz starts here for trio of shows.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... How does a buzz start on TV shows? Some skeins, like "Friends" and "ER," caught the buzz immediately. Others, such as "Seinfeld" and "Law & Order," took much longer. A few years ago, if you sang the praises of "Everybody Loves...

Crisis buffets Muppets, who seek new puppeteer.(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD Many might ask: Would you buy a used Muppet from this man? The answer already appears to be, "Yes -- at the right price." Little more than a year ago, Thomas Haffa and EM.TV acquired the storied Henson Co., home to Miss...

Alphabet's `Runner' off and running.
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD ABC's ambitious cross-country chase show "The Runner" is one step closer to reality: Net has tapped veteran producer Roger Goodman to serve as showrunner of the project, which many had assumed to be dead. Goodman, who designed...

ANCIER, KELLNER RETEAM.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD Garth Ancier has reteamed with longtime colleague Jamie Kellner, joining Turner Broadcasting as exec VP of programming. Ancier will be charged with figuring out ways in which the WB and the Turner cable networks can start...

MESSENGERS ON DEFENSIVE.
March 26, 2001... WASHINGTON Broadcasters have quickly found themselves on the defensive in Congress. With campaign finance reform all the buzz, lawmakers are suddenly free to unload years of bitterness at having to pay higher and higher election season...

NBC hoping for drama on weekend.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD Chances are that if you wish an NBC exec "a nice weekend" these days, you're likely to be met by a puzzled stare. The Peacock net may be strutting its way to another season-long demo victory, but it's been anything but a winner...

NIELSEN SYNDICATION RATINGS.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... For week ended March 11 Stations/ Rank Program % coverage AA% GAA% 1 Wheel of Fortune 260/99 11.1 -- 2 Jeopardy! ...

A&E FINDS `FORRESTER' IN $6.5 MILLION BUY.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... NEW YORK A&E has negotiated its first buy of a theatrical movie in its TV-premiere network window, laying out about $6.5 million for a 3 1/2-year license term to Columbia TriStar TV's "Finding Forrester," starring Sean Connery. While...

DILLER'S DIGITAL CRIME.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... NEW YORK Barry Diller plans to give Court TV a run for its money with a digital network called Crime. As part of his blueprint, Diller, chairman of USA Networks, which owns USA, Sci Fi Channel, Trio and Newsworld Intl., has bought the Web...

`HELL'S' FIERY RATINGS.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... HOLLYWOOD Cable net FX drew its highest level of households and viewers March 18 with the latest installment of its original-pic franchise, "A Glimpse of Hell." "Hell," starring James Caan, Robert Sean Leonard and Daniel Roebuck,...

VIACOM RUSHES TO TIP CAP BEFORE FED DEADLINE.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... NEW YORK Viacom moved swiftly to keep its TV assets intact, filing an emergency appeal in Washington, D.C., court for "interim relief" from a looming deadline that would force it to sell a handful of stations it badly wants to keep. ...

SOCCER GETS UGLY.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Europe roars as Kirch ups World Cup rights price LONDON Negotiating TV rights to World Cup soccer, known as the beautiful game, has become an ugly business. The international crown jewel of sports broadcasting is the subject of a...

Small screen's big ambitions in Spain.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... MADRID Nearly 600,000 Spanish viewers have seen the future. And it's pretty boffo. Bowing March 2, the raunchy youth actioner "No te fallare" (I Won't Let You Down) has become the highest-grossing Spanish pic this year with Pta404...

ZELEZNY'S EX BLOCKED BY COURT INJUNCTION.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... A Prague court has issued an injunction against the ex-wife of Vladimir Zelezny, general director of Nova TV, blocking the sale or transfer of property. The action comes in the wake of an international arbitration concluding that Zelezny...

BBC ON A ROLL AS IT BANKS ON THRIVING EXPORTS.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Bucking a trend, pubcaster BBC's commercial division BBC Worldwide has announced a 28% increase in its exports to 220 [pounds-sterling] million ($350 million) for 2000, up on 1999's $270 million, with exports exceeding imports. Results...

HEAR'SAY BECOME `POPSTARS' IN REALITY.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... The debut single of Hear'Say, the talent show winners in the U.K. version of"Popstars," has hit No. 1 on the U.K. charts in its first week, becoming the third fastest-selling single in the country's history. Its success is a testament to...

DOC FEST SPINS THE TRUTH ON DIGITAL MEET.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... This year's Hot Docs Documentary Festival will feature Cutting Truths, bringing docu filmmaking and the digital revolution together. Backed by Hot Docs, the Banff New Media Institute and the National Film Board, documentary filmmakers and...

FINALLY SWITCHING ON TO PRIVATE TV.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... After years of delays, private commercial television in Austria looks set to be greenlighted. Bill must still be passed by the government but looks likely to kick in early next year. Austria's vice chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer said it...

Independent producers bubbling up.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... SEOUL Soap-style dramas have long been a cornerstone of Korean television, and now independent producers may get a bigger cut of the action. The 2000 Broadcast Act passed in December requires that 15% of primetime and up to 27% of total...

DUET TOONS SALES.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Pair to rep each other's product in U.S., U.K. and Oz SYDNEY Australia's leading animation house, Yoram Gross-EM.TV, is cozying up to the EM. TV-owned Jim Henson Co. in a deal that entails a reciprocal repping of each other's product. ...

Pacts boost MTV Asia, Nick.(joint ventures with On Media and Mediaquest)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... SINGAPORE MTV Asia is upping its presence in South Korea and the Philippines to 24 hours a day by switching partners, and is using its clout to extend the penetration of sister web Nickelodeon in the region. The new alliances mean MTV...

MAVENS ON THE MOVE.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... RTL Group is upping TONY COHEN to chief exec of its production business, while managing director BRUNO CHAUVAT will take over the duties of RICHARD EYRE, who is ankling at the end of the month. Cohen is chief exec for worldwide production...

New pay TV player pulls plug on bid.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... HONG KONG Government plans to liberalize pay TV suffered another setback as a second new operator bailed out of the market, which some speculate is only big enough to support two or three players. Hong Kong Network TV, subsidiary of...

RECORD NUMBER EXPECT TO CLOCK IN FOR MIPDOC.(documentary films for television: exhibition)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... NEW YORK The pre-Mip TV documentary minimart that unspools at the Hotel Martinez in Cannes March 31-April 1 is bracing for a record number of companies registered to screen more product than ever. Despite the absence of big guns like...

MAKING HISTORY.(History Channel marketing its 'Gold!' production)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... The History Channel will launch the largest promotion and marketing campaign of its six-year existence for a global programming event: The cabler's "Gold!" premieres in the same week this summer across the network's joint ventures and...

FITZGERALD UPPED.(Brendan Fitzgerald promoted at Columbia TriStar International Television)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Brendan Fitzgerald has been promoted to VP, international production, for Columbia TriStar Intl. TV and will expand his responsibilities to include all business development in southern Europe and Latin America. His first project in his new...

GEM KUDOFESTS.(Endemol Entertainment releasing two award programs through Gem)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Endemol Entertainment's U.K. commercial arm, Gem, is launching two award shows at Mip. After the success of this year's Orange British Academy Film Awards telecast, produced by Gem sister company Initial for the U.K.'s Sky One and BBC 1,...

GAUL GOES GAUCHE.(Stephane Soubiran buys Rive Gauche, and will serve as vice president for two years)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... TV packager-distributor Stephane Soubiran has acquired Los Angeles-based TV distribution company Rive Gauche. Soubiran, a former senior exec with ASP Endemol Group in Paris, has relocated to Los Angeles to assume the role of exec VP...

EARTH TV.(German network will use telephone lines for international broadcasts)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... German outfit Earth Television Network (ETN) will take reality TV one step further when it unveils two series and its Earth TV Net broadcast technology at Mip. The system allows the transmission of broadcast-quality live TV images via...

WHALE WATCH.(new program productions from Tapestry)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Tapestry will unveil a half-dozen shows at Mip, including "Sperm Whale Oasis" and "Realm of the Killer Whale." Both pics feature high-definition underwater photography. The New York-based distrib is also fielding "Zoo School," a reality...

SMALL-SCREEN PIX.(six new productions from Hearst Entertainment)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... After the success of "Santa Who?" on ABC, Hearst Entertainment will launch six telepics at Mip. Drama, mystery and suspense underscore Hearst's newcomers, which include "Sex, Lies and Obsession," starring Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna, and...

DOWN UNDER DRAMA.(productions from Australia's Southern Star)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... After years of deficit-funding its drama series, Australia's Southern Star has managed to fully finance four productions from pre-sales and co-productions -- while leaving plenty of territory rights open to ensure there's a healthy upside in...

NOVEL FILM.(film for television: 'The Magnificent Ambersons' produced by DeAngelis Group)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... "The Magnificent Ambersons," a mini based on Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the original screenplay by Orson Welles, will be available to buyers at Mip. Shot in Ireland and directed by Alfonso Arau, "Ambersons"...

CANUCK SERIES.(two series, 'Blue Murder' and 'The Associates,' planned)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Alliance Atlantis Communications will take the wraps off two series at Mip -- "The Associates" and "Blue Murder." The former premiered on CTV in Canada earlier this year, attracting almost 1.3 million viewers. It chronicles the...

SAFE CROSSINGS.(Caligari subsidiary produces animated road safety series)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... One year after its launch, distribber Peppermint returns to the Riviera with the worldwide fights outside of German-speaking territories to "Traffix," a 3-D animation series about road safety for kids produced by Traffix Entertainment, a...

MORRISON GETS FACTS.(Mike Morrison becomes president of Fact Communications)(Brief Article)
March 26, 2001... Euro-based Fact Communications (FBC) has tapped Mike Morrison, formerly with Bloomberg TV, to the newly created post of president of FBC TV. He'll handle sales and marketing of all of FBC's properties, including the company's flagship program...

TOMCATS.(Review)
March 26, 2001... A Sony Pictures Entertainment release of a Revolution Studios presentation of an Eagle Cove Entertainment production. Produced by Alan Riche, Tony Ludwig, Paul Kurta. Executive producer, Todd Garner. Co-producers, Peter Riche, Bruce Franklin....

SPY KIDS.(Review)
March 26, 2001... A Dimension Films release. Produced by Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan. Executive producers, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Cary Granat. Co-producer, Tamee Smith-Zimmerman. Directed, written, edited by Robert Rodriguez. Camera (CFI...

SOMEONE LIKE YOU.(Review)
March 26, 2001... A 20th Century Fox release of a Fox 2000 Pictures presentation of a Lynda Obst production. Produced by Obst. Co-producer, Jim Chory. Directed by Tony Goldwyn. Screenplay, Elizabeth Chandler, based on the novel "Animal Husbandry" by Laura...