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Intimacy
Screened at Sundance (Premieres). Dir: Patrice Chereau. UK. 2001. 119mins.Based on short stories by famed UK writer Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy, Patrice Chereau's first English-speaking feature, is a stunningly-made film that explores the mysteries of sexual desire in a dauntless way. This audacious treatment, accompanied by graphic portrayal of sex (showing ...
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The Wedding Planner
Dir: Adam Shankman. US. 2001. 100 mins.The Wedding Planner is an exceptionally lame romantic comedy only partially redeemed by a charismatic turn from lead actress Jennifer Lopez. Lopez rises above the sub-standard material and shows great promise as a romantic comedy star. The film opened with a respectable $13.5m over ...
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Dead Babies
Dir: William Marsh. UK. 2000. 105mins.Successful as they may be in the literary world, Martin Amis' books have proved resistant to cinema adaptation, the sole previous attempt being the anodyne and poorly-received 1989 version of The Rachel Papers. Dead Babies, Amis' second novel, written in 1974, has been a long ...
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The Caveman's Valentine
BEST PICTURE:Chocolat (Prods: David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran)Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Prods: Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee)Erin Brockovich (Prods: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher)Gladiator (Prods: Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig)Traffic (Prods: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford)DIRECTING:Stephen Daldry - Billy ElliotAng Lee - Crouching Tiger, ...
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Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Screened at Sundance (Dramatic Competition). Dir: John Cameron Mitchell. US. 2001. 95 mins.A conceptually bold, visually striking production - a style often associated with the work of indie producer Christine Vachon and brilliant designer Therese DePrez - marks Hedwig And The Angry Inch an impressive screen adaptation of the long-running, ...
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Memento
Screening at Sundance (Dramatic Competition). Dir: Christopher Nolan. US. 2000. 113mins.Not content with the challenges raised by making a film about a memory-deficient character who has to work out where he is every time he wakes up, Nolan has complicated life further by telling the story of Memento backwards, cut ...
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Chopper
Screening at Sundance (World Cinema). Dir: Andrew Dominik. Australia. 2000. 94mins.Writer-director Andrew Dominik spent a year working on commercials and music videos with producer Michele Bennett before the pair set to work on this, a haunting debut feature that depicts Australia's best known serial killer Mark 'Chopper' Read. A stylised ...
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Sexy Beast
Screening at Sundance (Premieres). Dir: Jonathan Glazer. UK. 2000. 84 mins.A much-anticipated debut from hot UK commercial and video director Jonathan Glazer, Sexy Beast at least lives up to its title. The acrobatic visuals and pumped-up soundtrack are certainly alluring, but the story is a two-act mongrel, a heist film ...
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All The Pretty Horses
Don't listen to Hollywood cynics who are dismissing Billy Bob Thornton's western, All The Pretty Horses, as a kind of The Hi-Lo Country. Stephen Frears' 1998 failure may have also co-starred Penelope Cruz, but further comparison is vastly unfair. While Pretty Horses is not an exciting epic or even a ...
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The Pledge
After the honorable failures of The Indian Runner and The Crossing Guard, Sean Penn makes a quantum leap forward with his third directorial effort, The Pledge, an intriguing murder mystery that's also effective as a psychological character study. Heading a splendid cast, Jack Nicholson, who also starred in Crossing Guard, ...
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All The Pretty Horses
Dir: Billy Bob Thornton. US. 2000. 117 mins.Prod co: Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures. US dist: Miramax Films. Int'l dist: Columbia TriStar. Exec prods: Sally Menke, Jonathan Gordon. Prods: Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Salerno. Scr: Ted Tally, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy. DoP: Barry Markowitz. Prod des: Clark Hunter. ...
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What Women Want
Dir: Nancy Meyers. US. 2000. 126 mins.Prod cos: Icon Productions, Wind Dancer. US dist: Paramount Pictures. Int'l sales: Icon Entertainment International (+ 44 20 7494 8100). Exec prods: Stephen McEveety, David McFadzean, Carmen Finestra. Prods: Nancy Meyers, Bruce Davey, Matt Williams. Scr: Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa from a story by ...
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Miss Congeniality
Dir: Donald Petrie. US. 2000. 104min. Prod co: Castle Rock Entertainment in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment. Dist: Warner Bros/Village Roadshow (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Cyprus and Greece). Exec prods: Marc Lawrence, Ginger Sledge, Bruce Berman. Prod: Sandra Bullock. Co-prod: Katie Ford. Scr: Lawrence, Ford, Caryn Lucas. ...
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The Claim
Dir: Michael Winterbottom. US. 2000. 120mins.Prod cos: United Artists Films in association with Pathe Pictures, The Arts Council Of England, StudioCanal, BBC and Alliance Atlantis. US dist: United Artists. Int'l sales: Pathe International, tel: (33) 1 40 76 91 65. Exec prods: Martin Katz, Alexis Lloyd, Andrea Calderwood. Prod: Andrew ...
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Traffic
Dir: Steven Soderbergh. US. 2000. 147 mins. Prod cos: Bedford Falls. US dist: USA Films. Int'l sales: Initial Entertainment Group (+ 1 310 315 1722). Exec prods: Richard Solomon, Mike Newell & Cameron Jones, Graham King & Andreas Klein. Prods: Edward Zwick, Marshall Hersovitz, Laura Bickford. Scr: Stephen Gaghan, based ...
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Compassionate Sex (Sexo Por Compasion)
Dir: Laura Mana. Spain-Mexico. 100mins.Prod cos: Sogedasa (The Filmax Group), Visual Grup SL. Co-producers: Resonancia Productora. Backers: Via Digital, Media, Tabasco Films, ICAA, IMCINE, L'Institut Catala de Finances. Spain distrib: Filmax. Int'l sales: Filmax International (34-93-336-8555). Prods: Julio Fernandez, Miguel Torrente. Exec prods: Carlos Fernandez, Fina Torrente. Co-prods: Fernando Camara, ...
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Cast Away
Dir: Robert Zemeckis. US. 2000. 143 mins. Prod cos: ImageMovers, Playtone. US dist: 20th Century Fox. Int'l dist: DreamWorks SKG. Exec prod: Joan Bradshaw. Prods: Steve Starkey, Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke. Scr: William Broyles Jr. DoP: Don Burgess. Prod des: Rick Carter. Ed: Arthur Schmidt. Mus: Alan Silvestri. ...
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The Family Man
Dir: Brett Ratner. US. 2000. 120 mins. Prod cos: Beacon, Universal Pictures. Domestic dist: Universal Pictures. Exec prods: Armyan Bernstein, Thomas A Bliss, Andrew Z Davis. Prods: Marc Abraham, Zvi Howard Rosenman, Tony Ludwig, Alan Riche. Scr: David Diamond, David Weissman. DoP: Dante Spinotti. Prod des: Kristi Zea. Ed: Mark ...
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Vertical Limit
Dir: Martin Campbell. US. 2000. 126 mins. Prod co: Columbia Pictures. US dist: Columbia Pictures. Int'l dist: Columbia TriStar. Exec prod: Marcia Nasatir. Prods: Lloyd Phillips, Robert King, Martin Campbell. Scr: Robert King, Terry Hayes from a story by King. DoP: David Tattersall. Prod des: Jon Bunker. Ed: Thom Noble. ...