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Peek Preview ■vwrv II .• From scandalmomeerime students to sandal-wearing warriors, from ball-bouncing lovers to baby-bouncing mothers, check out this cheat sheet covering some of the spring’s most anticipated flicks. BY ERIN RICHTER RELEASE DATE STUDIO THE PLAYERS THE SKINNY SOUNDS LIKE... YEA NAY THE BUZZ April 21 Paramount Classics Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods Sofia Coppola wrote and directed this ’70s-era paean to ill-fated sisters. Dazed and Confused Ordinary People A dreamy Dunst; Air’s ethereal electronica score Hartnett’s bad ’70s hair Too literary, but Mrs. Spike Jonze can direct. KEEPING THE FAITH April 14 Touchstone Edward Norton, Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman A priest and a rabbi walk into...the arms of a leppy gentile. Reality Bites a Sfranper Amonp lls Great actor Norton adds “movie director" to his rbsume. But perhaps Stiller should have potten that job. Everyone's prayinp this priest-rabbi joke is actually funny. FREQUENCY April 28 New Line Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Brau^her He can't see dead people, but a New York cop hears his dead father and attempts to alter history. The Sixth Sense Somewhere in Time Director Gregory Hoblit helmed Primal Fear. Superman turned back time to save Lois Lane, but will this work for an average Joe? Communicating with the dead is hot. but the trailer hints that things could ^et sappy. April 7 Warner Bros. David Arpuette. 4 Scott Caan. Oliver Platt Two dunderheaded wrestling fans try to revive the career of their dethroned hero. Dumb and Dumber Play It to the Bone Appearances by Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, and the Nitro Girls Is it us, or should 1-800-A-R-Q-U-E-T-T-E hang it up for a while? * j Any more mugging and the cast would be under arrest. 1 LOVE & BASKETBALL F April 21 New Line Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard Childhood friends play the ?ame of love as they both try to make it to the pros. He and She Got Hoop Dreams Romance and sports— could be a perfect date movie; produced by Spike Lee Eddie, Forget Paris, The Air Dp There. Blve Chips. shall we ^o on? Scored bi^ points at Sundance April 28 Warner Bros. James Marsden. Lena Headey. Norman Reedus A college assignment on the nature of rumors leads to rape accusations and a suicide. Wild Things' Body Shots Foxy cast includes Kate Hudson, Joshua Jackson, and Marisa Couphlan. Costar Eric Boposian utters the phrase “This revolution will be televised." Could be pood, trashy fun a la Crvel Intentions COMMITTED April 28 Miramax Heather Graham, Luke Wilson, Casey Affleck A devoted newlywed hoofs it to El Paso in search of her errant husband. Unhappy, Texas Hunky ER doc Goran Visnjic moonlights as a desert sculptor. Do puirky road ro mances have any new pround to cover? Cutesy and stylish > GLADIATOR May 5 DreamWorks/Universal Russell Crowe, Joapuin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen Exiled from Rome and forced into slavery in a.d. 180, a former general returns to wreak havoc in the Colosseum. Spartacvs Beyond Thunderdome Director Ridley Scott made Alien and Blade Runner... ...and 1492: Conquest of Paradise and White Squall. Audiences have been paspinp at that trailer. WHERE THE HEART IS April 28 Twentieth Century Fc» Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channinp A 17-year-old ^ives birth in a Wal-Mart and becomes a local celebrity. She's Having a Baby Waiting for Gvffman Based on Billie Letts’ 1998 Oprah Winfrey-blessed novel Didn’t we see some thing like this on Jerry Springer? Portman, Judd, and baby—a guaranteed estro^en-fest
