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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. ...
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You're The One
Dir: Jose Luis Garci. 2000. 111mins.Prod cos: Nickel Odeon Dos, Enrique Cerezo, PC 29. Backers: Television Espanola, Canal Plus. Spanish dist: Col TriStar Films de Espana. Int'l sales: TBD. Exec prod: Luis Maria Delgado. Prod: Jose Luis Garci. Scr: Jose Luis Garci, Horacio Valcarcel. DoP: Raul Perez Cubero. Set des: ...
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Almost Blue
Dir: Alex Infascelli. Italy. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Cecchi Gori Group. Int'l sales: Cecchi Gori (+39 06 3247 2244). Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Scr: Sergio Donati, Alex Infascelli, based on the book by Carlo Lucarelli. DoP: Arnaldo Catinari. Prod des: Eugenia di Napoli. Editor: Valentina Girodo. Music: Massimo Volume. Main ...
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Unbreakable
Dir: M Night Shyamalan. US. 2000. 107 mins. Prod co: Blinding Edge Pictures, Touchstone Pictures. US dist: Buena Vista. Int'l dist: BVI. Exec prods: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum. Prods: M Night Shyamalan, Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer. Scr: Shyamalan. DoP: Eduardo Serra. Prod des: Larry Fulton. Ed: Dylan Tichenor. Mus: James ...
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102 Dalmations
Dir: Kevin Lima. US. 2000.Prod co: Walt Disney Pictures. Worldwide dist: Buena Vista/BVI. Prod: Edward S Feldman. Scr: Kristen Buckley & Brian Regan, Bob Tzudiker & Noni White, from a story by Buckley & Regan and the novel The One Hundred And One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. DoP: Adrian Biddle. ...
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La Chambre Des Magiciennes (Of Women And Magic)
Dir: Claude Miller. France. 1999. 80 minsProd Co: Le Sept ARTE-teleclip/Les Films de la Boissiere. Int'l sales: UGC International, tel: (33) 1 4029 8900. Prods: Annie Miller, Jacques Fansten. Scr: Claude Miller partially based on The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt. DoP: Philippe Weldt. Ed: Veronique Lange. Mus: Hubert Persat. Main ...