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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.
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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