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Box Office
1. Pokemon: The First Movie
(WARNERS) $31.0 / $50.8
2. The Bone C ollector
(UNIVERSAL)? 12.0/ $35.2
3. Dogma (LIONS GATE) $8.7 /
$8.7
4. The Messenger: The Story of
Joan of Arc (SONY) $6.3 I $6.3
5. Anywhere But Here (FOX)
$5.6/$5.6
6. The Insider (BUENA VISTA)
$5.0/$14.1
7. The Bachelor (NEW LINE)
$4.7/$14.5
8. House on H aunted Hill
(WARNERS) $4.3 / $34.8
9.
D ouble
Jeopardy
(PARAMOUNT) $3.0 / $108.7
10. The Sixth Sense (BUENA
VISTA) $2.6/$267.7
National Video
Rentals
1. “The Blair Witch Project”
(Artisan)
2. “The Matrix” (Warner Bros.)
3. “Arlington Road” (Columbia)
4. “Life” (Universal)
5. “The Mummy” (Universal)
6. “Election” (Paramount)
7. “Never Been Kissed” (Fox)
8. “ 10 Things I Hate About You”
(Touchstone)
9. “Analyze This” (Warners)
10. “ Enem y o f the S tate”
(Touchstone)
National Video Sales
1. “The Blair Witch Project”
(Artisan)
2. “Yellow Submarine” (MGM/
UA)
3. “The Mummy” (Universal)
4. “Playboy’s Blue Collar Babes”
(Playboy)
5. “Ricky Martin: The Oflfical
Video Collection” (Columbia)
6. “Young Frankenstein - Special
Edition” (Fox)
7. “M uppets From Space”
(Columbia)
8. “The Prince o f E gypt”
(DreamWorks)
9. “The Wizard o f Oz” (Warners)
10.
“Sarah
M cLachlan:
Mirrorball” (Warners)
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All About My Mother
Synopsis: Renowned Spanish di­
rector Pedro Almodovar returns
with another w om an-centered
m elodram a set in
Spain. After the acci­
dental death of her be­
loved son, C ecilia
Roth sets out on a
search for the boy’s
philandering father in
Barcelona. Her jour­
ney acquires a new
meaning after a series
of chance encounters
with various women. Winner of the
Best Director award at the 1999
Cannes Film Festival.
Genre: Art/Foreign.
Rating: R, for sexuality including
strong sexual dialogue, language,
and some drug content.
Cast: C ecilia Roth, M arisa
Maredes, Penelope Cruz, Eloy
A z o rin ,
and Toni
Cant.
C red its:
W r itte n
and d i­
rected by
P e d ro
Almodovar.
Produced
b
y
Augustin Almodovar.
Released by Sony Pictures Classics.
Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes.
Theatrical Release Date: Novem­
ber 19, 1999 - exclusive New York
engagement
Liberty Heights
L’
Synopsis: Writer-director Barry
L e v in s o n
(“D iner,” “Tin
Men”) returns to
Baltimore to cap­
ture the changing
times of the 50s as
issues o f race,
class and religious
differences erupt
at a local high school. Joe
Mantegna, Adrien Brody and Bebe
Neuwirth co-star.
Genre: Drama
Rating: R, for crude language and
sex-related material.
Cast: Tai Carawan Jr., Rachel
B e 1 o f s k y ,
Jonathan Benya,
Shane Black,
Adrien Brody,
Joe M antegna
and
Bebe
Neuwirth.
Credits: Written
and directed by
Barry Levinson. Produced by Barry
Levinson and Paula Weinstein. Re­
leased by Warner Bros.
Running Time: 2 hours 8 minutes.
Theatrical Release Date: Novem­
ber 17, 1999.
Mansfield Park
Synopsis: Based on Jane Austen’s
classic novel, this screen adaptation
casts Frances O’Connor as the def­
erential Fanny Price, the poor rural
girl who is sent to live at Mansfield
Park with her rich and privileged
re la tio n s.
Alessandro
Nivola and
E m b e t h
Davidtz are
the Lon-
d o n ers,
whose ar­
rival ignites
a sexual awakening in the young
adults.
Genre: Drama Rating: PG-13, for
brief violent images, sexual content
and drug use.
Cast:
Frances
O ’Connor,
A lessandro N ivola, Embeth
Davidtz, Lindsay Duncan. Jonny
Lee Miller, Sheila Gish, James
Purefoy and Harold Pinter •
Credits: Written and directed by
Patricia Rozema.
Based on the novel
by Jane Austen. Pro­
duced by Sarah
Curtis.
Released
by
Miramax.
Running Time: 1
hour 38 minutes.
Theatrical Release Date: Novem­
ber 18, 1999 - exclusive Los An-
geles/New York engagements; No­
vember 24, 1999 - expanded re-
lease, top 10 markets
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