LONDON – Warner Bros. line-up for 2001 ranges from the Oscar tipped Pay It Forward starring Kevin Spacey; Helen Hunt and Hayley Joel Osment to the fantastic Best In Show from the team who
brought you 7771k Is Spinal Tap. Proof Of Life stars Russell Crowe,
David Morse and Meg Ryan and Miss Congeniality which takes Michael Caine
and Sandra Bullock into the world of beauty pageants are both due to
open in the spring.
Stars including Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg, Vinnie ]ones, Keanu Reeves,
Charlize Theron, Jennifer Anniston, Jack Nicholson and Robbie Coltrane
are slated for the forthcoming year.
POKEMON 2000 THE MOVIE
Release Date: December 22 Director: Kunihiko Yuyama RunningTime: 102
mins Cert: PG
Following box office smash Pokemon The First Movie, Ash, Pikachu and the
entire Pokemon universe return for a spectacular, all-new adventure. As
the Pokemon Universe is thrown out of balance it is up to the young
trainer Ash Ketchum to prove himself as the one person who can save the
world. Introducing a host of new Pokemon characters, this movie is set
to be a huge success.
Pickachu’s Rescue Adventure – 21 mins Pokemon 2000 – 81 mins
PAY IT FORWARD
Release Date: January 26th 2001 Director: Mimi Leder Cast: Kevin Spacey;
Helen Hunt; Haley Joel Osment; Jay Mohr RunningTime: 124 mins Cert:12
Academy Award winners Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey join an outstanding
cast including Academy Award nominee Haley Joel Osment (Sixth Sense) in
this heart-warming, bittersweet drama. This moving adaptation of
Catherine Ryan Hyde’s novel focuses on a young boy’s seemingly simple
class project in which random acts of kindness are “paid forward” to a
stranger rather than back to the giver.
Website: www.payitforward.com
BEST IN SHOW 1
Release Date: Early March 2001 Director/Writer: Christopher Guest
Cast:Christopher Guest; Michael Mckean; Eugene Levy; Catherine O’Hara;
Parker Posey RunningTime: 90mins Cert: 12
Best in Show follows a group of eager contestants, and their owners, as
they prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest
events of their lives – the Mayflower Dog Show. Directed by and starring
Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap), this is an
hilarious ‘dogumentary’. Also features Eugene Levy (American Pie),
Michael McKean (Spinal Tap) and Catherine O’Hara.
PROOF OF LIFE
Release Date: 2nd March 2001 Director: Taylor Hackford Cast: Meg Ryan;
Russell Crowe, David Morse; David Caruso RunningTime: 135 mins Cert: tbc
When guerrillas in Columbia take hostage an American engineer (David
Morse), kidnapping ransom specialist Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe)
arrives to negotiate his release. During the five-month battle to free
him, Thorne and the engineer’s wife (Meg Ryan) engage in a soulful
affair.
Taylor Hackford directs Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe in this compelling
drama.
MISS CONGENIALITY
Release Date: Late March 2001 Director: Donald Petrie Cast: Sandra
Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner,
Ernie Hudson Running time: tbc
Sandra Bullock starts as a tough FBI agent persuaded by fellow agent
Benjamin Bratt to go undercover in a beauty pageant. Bullock and Bratt
exude great on screen chemistry and Michael Caine excels as Bullock’s
beautician in this hilarious comedy.
