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November 01, 2000
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The Little
Vampire
Synopsis: Kiddie horror pic follows
the adventures o f an American kid
living in Scotland (Lipnicki) who
befriends a boy vampire. Based on
the German children’s books by
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.
G enre: Family
Rating: PG, for some mild peril.
Cast: Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E.
Grant, James Carter, Alice Krige and
Rollo Weeks.
C redits: Directed by Uli Edel. Pro
duced by Richard Claus. Screenplay
adapted by Larry Wilson and Karey
Kirkpatrick. Released by New Line
Cinema.
T heatrical Release Date: Oct. 27,
2000
Pay It
Forward
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S y n o p sis: A TV w eatherm an
w ho ow ns a fledgling snow
m obile d ea le rsh ip in P e n n sy l
v an ia tries to solve his m oney
p ro blem s in a schem e w ith
friends to scam the local lo t
tery.
G e n r e : C om edy
R a tin g : R C a s t: John
T ra v o lta , T im R oth, L isa
K udrow , M ichael R apaport
C r e d its : N ora E phron - D i
r e c t o r A d a m R e s n ic k -
screen p lay
T h e a tr ic a l R e le a se D ate:
O ct. 27, 2000
forward. Asashow ofcom m itm ent,
he takes in a hom eless addict
(Caviezel) to live with his alcoholic
single mother (Hunt). Based on the
novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde.
G enre:
R ating: PG -13, for for mature the
matic elements including substance
abuse/recovery, some sexual situa
tions, language and brief violence.
C ast: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt,
Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr and
James Caviezel.
C redits: Directed by Mimi Leder.
Screenplay by Leslie Dixon. Re
leased by W arner Bros.
T h eatrical Release Date: Oct. 20,
2000
Bring
It On
S y n o p s is : C h e e r le a d e r T o r
rance Shipm an (K irsten D unst)
th in k s sh e has a c h ie v e d h er
d re a m — le a d e rs h ip o f the
school pep squad and a shot at
th e n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip s .
H ow ever, reality strik es in the
form o f a grudge m atch w ith a
riv al school and her a ttra c tio n
to an o u tc a st (Jesse B radford).
G e n re : C om edy
R a tin g : PG -13, for se x -re la te d
m a t e r ia l
and
la n g u a g e .
C a s t: K irsten D unst, G ab rielle
U nion, Je sse B rad fo rd , E liza
D ushku and C laire K ram er.
C r e d its : D irected by P eyton
R e e d . P r o d u c e d b y M a rc
A braham . S creenplay by J e s
sic a B e n d in g e r. R e le a se d by
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R unning Tim e: 1 ho u r 38 m in
utes
Sex a n d G o re S c o re : See our
parent-friendly review o f ’Bring
It O n” (W arning: possible sp o il
ers)
T h e a tr ic a l R elease D a te : Aug.
25, 2000
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Synopsis: Inspired by his social-
studies teacher (Spacey), a boy
(Osment) comes up with a karmic
school project based on a decep
tively simple concept: Don’t waitto
pay back good deeds; pay them
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S y n o p s is : P ie r r e D e la c ro ix is a y o u n g ,
H a rv a rd -ed u c a te d m an, w ho is the sole person
o f c o lo r, w ritin g for an u p start netw ork w ith
flo u n d erin g ratings. D espite several attem pts,
D elacro ix has yet to see any o f his concepts go
in to p ro d u c tio n . N ow his
b o ss, th e ra tin g s -h u n g ry ,
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■t "Pierre Ffelatr«i«"*
cu ltu re-v u ltu re D unw itty, is
sues him a se a rin g u ltim atu m : com e up w ith a
hot, tre n d -se ttin g , h e a d lin e -m a k in g , urban hit
or get fired.
F eelin g d o o m ed , D elacroix decides to presen t r |AD* FIN A IT T SMI1H
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the m ost outrageous,
u n b e lie v a b le farce o f ste re o ty p ic a l
com edy he can im agine - hearkening
back to the old days o f “ b la c k -fa c e ”
m in strel show s w ith a v a rie ty show
f e a tu r in g M a n ta n , a h o m e le s s tap
d an cer, and his sidekick W om ack. In
c re d ib ly , D e la c ro ix ’s sp o o f turns into
a ra tin g s b o n a n z a , a c u ltu ra l p h enom enon that has the m edia
p u n d its ra v in g and a u d ie n c e o f all types h o w lin g . B ut, for
D ela c ro ix , th e run aw ay su ccess o f “ M antan The N ew M illennium
M in stre l S h o w ” is the sta rt o f a rap id un rav elin g .
G e n r e : C om edy
R a tin g : R
C a s t: D am on W ayans - P ierre D elacroix
S avion G lo v e r - M anray, M antan
Jad a P in k e tt S m ith - S loan H opkins
T om m y D av id so n - W om ack, Sleep ‘N Eat
M ichael R a p a p o rt - D u n w itty
C red its: W ritte n and d ire c te d by S pike Lee
T h e a tr ic a l R e le a se D a te : O ct. 6, 2000
The Yard
S y n o p sis: A fte r being im p riso n e d for a crim e he d id n ’t com m it,
Leo H an d ler ju s t w ants to get his life back on track, so he heads
hom e to take a jo b in the N ew Y ork C ity subw ay y ard s, w here his
highly c o n n e c te d U ncle F rank now runs the show . He m eets up
w ith his old c h ild h o o d frien d , W illie G u itie rre z , his cousin, and
his g irlfrie n d , E rica, and fo r once he feels settled and safe. He
soon d isc o v e rs, how ever, th a t U ncle F rank has turned the fam ily
bu sin ess into a d a n g e ro u s w o rld o f sab o tag e, h ig h -stak es payoffs,
and m urder. He in a d v e rte n tly gets a hold o f som e in fo rm atio n that
m akes him a ta rg e t o f the m ost ru th less fam ily in the city , and in
the in te re st o f ju s tic e he vow s to expose them all.
G e n r e : D ram a
R a tin g : R
C a s t: M ark W ahlberg
(C ST ) - L eo H an d ler
Jo aq u in Phoenix
W illie G u itie rre z
C h a rliz e T heron
E rica S toltz
Jam es C aan
F rank O lchin
E llen B urstyn
Val H andler
Faye D unaw ay
I
K itty O lchin
C had A aron
B ernard S to ltz
L isi E llio t P e te r F V allone - (C am eo A ppearance
C r e d its : Jam es G ray D ire c to r Jam es G ray screen p lay M att R eeves
- sc re e n p la y
T h e a tr ic a l R e le a se D a te : O ct. 20, 2000