MEN
IN BLACK - COMING SOON
SIDEWALKS
OF NY - COMING SOON
CHELSA
WALLS
The
Chelsea Hotel echoes with loneliness, residents moving in and out,
dreaming behind closed doors and searching for someone -- or something
-- that got away. The Chelsea Hotel used to be grand, the place to
live for New York City artists. Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Tennessee
Williams, Arthur Miller, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix…they all passed
through the hotel’s halls. Now, the iron façade has become
rusty and the artists in residence are tarnished, too. Still, new
dreamers come every day, hoping to be inspired by the ghosts of the
past. Grace (Uma Thurman) and Audrey (Rosaria Dawson) are young poets,
who constantly struggle with issues of art and love. Never learning
from experience, they always seem to let the wrong men into their
hearts. Grace should love Frank (Vincent D’Onofrio), an artist
who respects and understands her. But she still responds to the siren
call of the lover who went to Hollywood. Similarly, Audrey lets impenetrable
Val (Mark Webber) back into her life, knowing he will go off with
Crutches (Kevin Corrigan) to do something that could take him away
from her forever. Down the hall, Bud (Kris Kristofferson) is a writer
who faces more endings than beginnings. His pretends that his wife,
Greta, (Tuesday Weld) and his mistress, Mary, (Natasha Richardson)
are his muses. But his eight-hundred page book is really fueled by
an endless supply of alcohol. A lion who is losing his roar, Bud is
out of time. For every worn out writer, there are two new musicians
who come to town. Ross (Steve Zahn) and Terry (Robert Sean Leonard)
have just driven in from Minnesota, eager to experience the sights
and sounds of the Chelsea Hotel. These new hotel residents, young
and full of expectations, mingle with the old hotel ghosts, ultimately
becoming interchangeable. They form a community, linked by their dreams,
their isolation, and their pain. The Chelsea Hotel never really leaves
the people who live there, nor do they ever really leave it.Chelsea
Walls (formerly Last Word on Paradise) directed by Ethan Hawke, stars
Kevin Corrigan, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Sean
Leonard, Natasha Richardson, Uma Thurman, Tuesday Weld, Frank Whaley
and Steve Zahn. The film is based on the play Chelsea Walls by Nicole
Burdette and was shot for three weeks on location at the famed hotel
and was produced by Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler of Killer Films
.STATISTICS
Genre(s):
adaptation
drama
Rating: MPAA R
Runtime: 112 mins.
Distributor(s):
Lions Gate Releasing (USA)
Theatrical Release:
4/19/2002
CAST
Uma Thurman - Grace
Kris Kristofferson - Bud
Rosario Dawson - Audrey
Mark Webber - Val
Robert Sean Leonard - Terry
Vincent D'Onofrio - Frank
Kevin Corrigan - Crutches
Steve Zahn - Ross
Natasha Richardson - Mary
Frank Whaley - Lynny
CREW
& CREDIT
Ethan Hawke- Director
Richard Rutowski - Director of photography
Christine Vachon - Producer
Richard Butler - Production designer
Nicole Burdette - Screenplay
THE
FIRST $20 MILLION IS ALWAYS THE HARDTEST
PICTURE
COMING SOON
Four
misfit inventors think that they have designed the computer of the
future, only to find their design stolen by another inventor, who
has the advantage of being well known.
STATISTICS
Genre(s):
adaptation
comedy
drama
Rating: MPAA
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox (USA)
Theatrical Release:
12/31/03CAST
Rosario Dawson - Alisa
Heather Paige - Kent
Adam Garcia - Andy
Jake Busey - Darrell
Enrico Colantoni Francis -Benoit
Ethan Suplee - Tiny
CREW
& CREDIT
Harold Ramis - Producer
Jon Favreau - Screenplay
HE
GOT GAME
A
man convicted of murdering his wife is offered a chance to have his
sentence lessened if he can persuade his heavily-recruited basketball
star son to sign with a local college.
STATISTICS
Genre(s):
sports
family
drama
Rating: MPAA R
Runtime: 134 mins.
Distributor(s):
Buena Vista International (international sales/United Kingdom)
Buena Vista Distribution Company (USA)
Touchstone Home Video (through Buena Vista Home Video) (video-USA)
Theatrical Release:
May 1 1998
CAST
Rosario Dawson - Lala Bonilla
Milla Jovovich - Dakota Burns
Lonette McKee - Martha Shuttlesworth
Denzel Washington - Jake Shuttlesworth
Jennifer Esposito - Ms Janus
Ned Beatty Warden Wyatt
Hill Harper - Coleman 'Booger' Sykes
J C MacKenzie - Doctor Cone
Bill Nunn - Uncle Bubba
John Turturro - Coach Billy Sunday
CREW
& CREDIT
Spike Lee - Director
Spike Lee - Producer
Kevin James - Production intern
Spike Lee - Screenplay
Cinque Lee - Video archivis
JOSIE
AND THE PUSSYCATS
Josie,
Val and Melody are lifelong friends from Riverdale determined to take
their band out of the garage and into the stratosphere--while staying
true to their own look, style and sound. Neither their look nor their
sound is trendy, but they mean every word they sing. And when nobody
shows up at their gigs, they understand that real musicians have to
pay their dues. Unfortunately, the Pussycats live in a glitz-obsessed
world where trends change every week and status symbols rule. Then
one day everything changes. Josie and the Pussycats are "discovered"
by hot-shot manager Wyatt Frame who presents them to MegaRecords CEO
Fiona as the next best thing, instantly positioning them for success
beyond their wildest dreams.
STATISTICS
Genre(s):
music
comedy
live-action
adaptation
Rating: MPAA PG-13
Runtime: 98 mins.
Distributor(s):
Universal Pictures/ MGM Distribution Company (USA)
Universal Home Video (video/DVD-USA)
Theatrical Release:
Apr 11 2001
CAST
Rachael Leigh Cook - Pussycats' Josie McCoy
Tara Reid - Pussycats' Melody Valentine
Rosario Dawson - Pussycats' Valerie Brown
Seth Green - Uncredited cameo "DuJour" Boy Band Member
Gabriel Mann - Alan M
Breckin Meyer - Uncredited cameo "DuJour" Boy Band Member--Marco
Alan Cumming - Wyatt Frame
Parker Posey - Fiona
Aries Spears - The Other Carson Daly
Jay Williams - Fiona's Dancer
CREW & CREDIT
Marc Platt - Producer
Tony Richardson - Best boy electric (2nd unit)
Betty Thomas
Adam Schlesinger - Songs "Pretend to Be Nice"
LIGHT
IT UP
A
neglected high school in Queens, New York. A favorite teacher is suspended.
Suddenly, six disparate students - a student council member, a punk-rocker,
a hustler, a star basketball player, a gangbanger and a gifted artist
- are bound together in a battle none of them ever imagined they would
fight. The students barricade themselves inside the school. As the
police, media and eyes of the country zero in on the sensational crisis,
the students realize for the first time in their young lives that
their voices might actually be heard. The question then becomes, What
do they have to say? What quickly escalated from a simple protest
to a hostage situation takes a startling turn as the students stand
their ground and make a statement. After a lifetime of injustice over
which they've had no control, the students use their negotiating power
to ask not for money, nor to gain immunity, but to demand their right
to receive a decent education. Even the police officer they reluctantly
take hostage is compelled to empathize with the students as he learns
what brought them here and supports their need to be heard. Ultimately
the officer puts his life in jeopardy to help them. R&B singing
phenomenon Usher Raymond, who made his big screen debut in Robert
Rodriguez's "The Faculty," has his first motion picture
starring role as the group's unlikely leader, Lester, the school's
star basketball player. Joining the Grammy nominee are Rosario Dawson
("He Got Game," "Kids") as Stephanie, the brainy
beauty who tries to rationalize and diminish the impending chaos while
helping the wounded cop; film newcomer Robert Ri'chard (Nickelodeon's
"Cousin Skeeter") as the sensitive artist, Ziggy, who unwittingly
causes the accidental shooting; Clifton Collins, Jr. ("187,"
"The Replacement Killers") as Rivers, the hip, wheeler-dealer
who sides with Lester; Rap musician Fredro Starr ("Sunset Park,"
"Clockers") as Rodney, the gang member with a lengthy rap
sheet and an itchy trigger finger; and Sara Gilbert ("Poison
Ivy," TV's "Roseanne") as Lynn, the pregnant teen who
inadvertently becomes part of the crisis. Forest Whitaker ("Bird,"
"The Crying Game," "Platoon") stars as Officer
Dante Jackson, the veteran N.Y.P.D. police officer who becomes the
pawn in the students' negotiations. Judd Nelson ("The Breakfast
Club," "St. Elmo's Fire," TV's "Suddenly Susan")
plays the dedicated teacher, Mr. Knowles, whose firing incites the
hostage drama. Vanessa L. Williams ("Dance with Me," "Eraser,"
"Soul Food") takes on the crucial role of hostage negotiator
Audrey McDonald. Veteran actor Glynn Turman plays the school's beleaguered
principal, Armstrong.
STATISTICS
Genre(s):
drama
action
Rating: MPAA R
Runtime: 99 mins.
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox (USA)
20th Century Home Entertainment (video-USA)
Theatrical Release:
Nov 10 1999
CAST
Usher Raymond - Lester Dewitt
Forest Whitaker - Officer Dante Jackson
Sara Gilbert - Lynn Sabitini
Rosario Dawson - Stephanie Williams
LeShay N Tomlinson - Student
Glynn Turman - Principal Armstrong
Reggie Theus - Intel Officer No 1
Sue Simmons - WNBC Anchor
Jennifer Say Gan - Intel Officer No 2
Dale Rivera - Security Guard (Bob)
CREW
& CREDIT
Mike Nichols
Richard Wilson - Song "How Many Wanna"
LOVE
IN THE TIME OF MONEY
PICTURE
COMING SOON
The
lives of nine New Yorkers become interconnected in their search for
love and sex.
STATISTICS
Genre(s):
drama
Rating: MPAA
Runtime: 89 mins.
Distributor(s):
ThinkFilm
Theatrical Release:
10/18/02
CAST
Vera
Farmiga - Greta
Domenick Lombardozzi - Eddie Iovine
Jill Hennessy - Ellen Walker
Malcolm Gets - Robert Walker
Steve Buscemi - Martin Kunkle
Rosario Dawson - Anna
Adrian Grenier - Nick
Carol Kane - Joey
Michael Imperioli - Will
CREW & CREDITPeter Mattei - Director
Stephen Kazmierski - Director of photography
Robert Redford - Executive producer
Peter Mattei - Screenplay
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