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C h ick en Run On Film Loving Jezebel Synopsis: Theodorous Melville (Hill Harper) has spent his life searching for Mrs. Right. Much to his consternation, each woman he meets is already married to a Mr. Right. While waiting for a confrontation with the husband of his latest love, he reminisces on a long history of romantic travesties. Genre: Comedy Rating: Not Yet Rated Cast: Hill Harper, Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, Sandrine Holt and David Moscow. Credits: Written and directed by Kwyn Bader. Produced by David Lancaster. Released by The Shooting Gallery. Running Time: 1 hour 26 minutes Theatrical Release Date: Aug. 18, 2000 Synopsis: Life is hard behind the wire at Tweedy’s Chicken Farm, where hens live in mortal fear of missing their egg quotas. In a claymation spoof of “The Great Escape” and other prison-camp flicks, a plucky bird hatches a plot to fly the coop. Genre: Family Rating: G Cast: Voices of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha and Miranda Richardson. Credits: Directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park. Produced by David Sproxton. Screenplay by Karey K irkpatrick. R eleased by Dreamworks. Special Feature: See the alternative “C hicken Run” trailers and commercials! Theatrical Release Date: June 23, 2000 X-Men Synopsis: Anti-mutant hysteria drives two camps ot the genetically exceptional into conflict. Prof. Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his proteges, who hope for peaceful coexistence with non-mutants, must stop a group of their counterparts who seek to save mutants by destroying the human race. Genre: Action/Adventure Rating: Not Yet Rated Cast: Patrick Stewart, lan McKellen, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman and Famke Janssen. C redits. Directed by Bryan Singer. Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Richard Donner and Ralph Winter. Screenplay by Ed Solomon and Christopher McQuarrie. Released by Fox. Theatrical Release Date: July 14, 2000 Box Office 1. Gone in 60 Seconds BUENA VISTA $25,336,048 2. Mission: Impossible 2 PARAMOUNT $158,068,698 FOX $52,424,411 4. Dinosaur June 14, 2000 Focus (The ^lartlanù ffibseruer BUENA VISTA $110,451,125 5. Gladiator DREAMWORKS $150,174,374 6. Shanghai Noon BUENA VISTA $41,606,214 7. Road Trig DREAMWORKS $54,154,445 8. Frequency NEW LINE $40,105,507 9. Small Time Crooks DREAMWORKS $13,233,440 10. U-571 UNIVERSAL $72,911,300 Page 7
