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Sfarti ani* (Dbaerovr
November 17,1999
Box Office
Light it up
1. Pokem on: The First M ovie
• Genre: Drama
• S y n o p sis: U sh e r R a y m o n d ,
• Rating: R, for language and violent
Rosario Daw son and Sara Gilbert
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a re h ig h
•
C a st:
sc h o o l
U s h e r
s tu d e n ts
Raym ond,
w h o
R o s a rio
dem and an
D aw so n ,
explanation
M a r c e llo
a f te r th e
R obinson,
u n ju s t
V
anessa L.
termination
W
illia m s
o f teacher
and
Forest
J u d d
W hitaker
N e ls o n .
• C redits:
T h e
D ire c te d
in n o c e n t
and written
p ro te s t
b y C ra ig
turns into a
Bolotin. Produced by T racey E.
police standoff when security guard
Edmonds. Released by 20thCentury
Forest W hitaker is accidentally shot
Fox.
and taken hostage. The students
• Running Time: 1 hour 38 m inutes
decide to use the brew ing m edia
frenzy to voice their concern about • T h e a tr ic a l R e le a s e D ate :
N ovem ber 10, 1999
the state o f education.
(W A R N E R S) $52.1
2.
The
B one
C o lle c to r
(U N IV ER SA L) $35.3
3. D ogm a (L IO N S G A T E )
o f Joan o f Arc (SO N Y ) $6.3
5. A nyw here But H ere (FO X )
$5.7
6. T h e I n s id e r (B U E N A
V ISTA ) $14.2
7. The B achelor(N E W LIN E)
$14.42
8. H ouse on H au n ted H ill
(W A RN ERS) $34.8
D o u b le
Jeo p ard y
(PA R A M O U N T) $108.7
10. The Sixth Sense (BU EN A
V ISTA ) $267.8
National Video
Rentals
The world is not enough
1. “The B lair W itch Project”
(Artisan)
2. “The M atrix" ( W am er Bros.)
3. “The M um m y” (U niversal)
4. “ A nalyze T h is” (W arner
Bros.)
5. “ Life” (U niversal)
6. “Election” (Param ount)
7.
“ F o rc e s
Of
N a tu r e ”
(D ream W orks)
8. “G o” (Sony)
9. “ T h e R a g e : C a rr ie 2 ”
(M G M /U A )
10. “ T he T hirteenth F loor”
(Sony)
National Video
Sales
1. “The Blair W itch P roject”
(Artisan)
2. “The M um m y” (U niversal)
3.
“ Y e llo w
S u b m a r in e ”
(M G M /U A )
4. “ T he P rin c e o f E g y p t”
(Dream W orks)
5. “ P la y b o y ’s B lu e C o lla r
Babes” (Playboy)
6. “ Ricky M artin: the O fficial
V ideo Collection” (C olum bia)
7. “ P lay b o y 2000 - V ideo
Playmate C alendar” (Playboy)
8. “A m erican History X ” (N ew
Line)
9. “ D o u g 's
1st
M o v ie ”
(Disney)
10. "E lizabeth” (U SA )
• Synopsis: D irector Atom Egoyan
(“ Exotica,” “The Sweet H ereafter”)
returns to the screen w ith another
a c u te
observation
in to th e
hum an
dark side.
E la in e
C a s s id y
p la y s
a
young,
e x ile d
Iris h g irl
lo o k in g
fo r
her
boyfriend in England. Instead, she
m eets B ob Hoskins, an outw ardly
sym pathetic figure w ith a particular
soft spot for lonely, young girls.
• Genre: Dram a
• R a tin g : P G -1 3 , fo r m a tu re
th e m a tic elem e n ts an d re la te d
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$8.8
4. The M essenger: The Story
9.
Felicia’s journey
• Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan returns
as sexy super-spy Jam es Bond. The
agent’s assignm ent is as follows: he
must protect
S o p h ie
M a rc e a u ,
the sole heir
o f a British
oil tycoon,
f r o m
te rro ris ts ’
in f lu e n c e .
UnliTtunalely.
she double-
crosses him
and
th e
w o rld ’s oil
supply is put in peril. Now, he must
take on a villain w ho feels no
physical pain, w ith the help o f do-
gooder scientist D enise Richards.
• Genre: A ction/A dventure
• Rating: N o Rating
• C ast: P ierce B rosnan, Sophie
M arceau, Denise Richards, Robert
Carlyle and
Judi Dench
• C r e d its :
Directed by
M ic h a e l
A p t e d .
W ritten by
B r u c e
F e irs te in ,
M ic h a e l
F ra n c e ,
N eal Purvis,
D a n a
Stevens and
Robert W ade. Produced by Barbara
Broccoli and M ichael G. W ilson.
Released by M GM /UA.
• T h e a tr ic a l R e le a s e D ate :
N ovem ber 19, 1999.
Anywhere but here
• Synopsis: Susan Sarandon plays a
single m other in Beverly H ills who
d re a m s
Pokemon: the First Movie
• Synopsis: Released in Japan in
1998, this first Pokem on feature
length anim ation has finally m ade
its w ay to the
s h o re s
of
America. In this
latest adventure.
M a s te r
A sh
faces his greatest
challenge in his
quest to become
the w orld’s top
P o k e m o n
trainer. He m ust capture and tam e a
new strain o f genetically im proved
S u p e r P o k em o n w h o se p o w e r
disturbing images
• C a s t: E la in e C a s s id y , B o b
H o sk in s, S id n ey C ole, A rsin ee
K han jian
and Brid
Brennan
• Credits:
W r itte n ,
d ir e c te d
a n d
produced
by A tom
E goyan.
B ased on
the novel
b
y
W illia m T re v o r. R e le a s e d by
A rtisan Pictures.
• R unning Time: 1 hour 56 m inutes
• T h e a tr ic a l R e le a s e D a te :
N o v e m b e r 12, 1999 - lim ite d
engagem ent; N ovem ber 2 4 ,1 9 9 9 -
expanded release
exceeds those o f the existing ones.
• G enre: Family
• Rating: G
• Cast: various
a n im a te d
Pokemon
•
C r e d its :
P ro d u c e d
by
Shogakukan
Productions Co.,
Ltd. Released by
W arner Bros.
• R unning Time:
1 hour 36 m inutes
• T h e a tr ic a l R e le a s e D a te :
N ovem ber 10, 1999
never m aterializes; Sarandon works
a dead-end jo b , w hile Portm an,
y earn in g for hom e, gru d g in g ly
endures the consequences o f her
m other’s whims.
• Genre: D ram a
• Rating: PG -13, for sex-related
material
• Cast: Susan Sarandon, N atalie
Portman,
Shaw n
H a to s y ,
H a r t
B o eh n er
a n d
B o n n ie
Bedelía
C re d its :
D irected
b
y
W ayne
W ang.
W r itte n
by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel
by M ona Simpson. Produced by
Laurence M ark. R eleased by 20th
Century Fox.
• Running Time: 1 hour 53 m inutes
• T h e a tr ic a l R e le a s e D a te :
N ovem ber 12, 1999.
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