42 ~ Friday, Novernber 28, 1997 — North Shore News

CINEMA

NOCK

Holiday movies
CONSIDERING the price 2
tags of movies its no won-
der a lot of planning goes
into release dates.

Everybody knows well in
advance when films will be hit-
ting the theatres. New York and
Toronto may get them a week or
two earlier but they eventually
make their way down the food
chain. ;

The Christmas season is the busiest period of all with
major studios and independent producers targeting their
strongest product for the holidays. In this competitive
environment some films get lost in the mix.

Sally Potter’s long-awaited folleww-up to Orlando was
originally slated for Vancouver theatres on Nov, 14 but it
has now been apparently held back until January. The Last
Tango is finished and had a press screening here but there
are only so many venues. It did open in New York (think
Oscar) to rave reviews so the pull-out scems entirely
strategic. .

Clint Eastwood's version of the southern gothic besz-
seller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was actually
supposed to open closer to Christmas but Warner Bros.
sped up the process and placed it in theatres last week.

The Christmas rush has already started cinematically
speaking with films like The Wings of the Dove, One Night
Stand, and The Hanging Garden already on local screens.
The one big movie opening the last week of November is
a sequel,

Sigourney Weaver is back as warrant officer Ellen
Ripley for the fourth installment of the Alien series Alien
Resurrection. Jean-Pierre Jeunct (City of Lost Children)

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John Goodmar

directs the film which opens Friday at Park and Tilford

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Cinemas, It co-stars Winorta Ryder and Ron Perlman.

Below is a list of some of the movies Potter, Eastwood
and Weaver are up against in the next month with the

eit initiat North American release. They

should be the same for Vancouver theatres but actual
starts may vary by a week or two. All opening dates are
Fridays except Christmas Day which falls on Thursday
this vear.

Great Expectations opens New Year's Eve with

Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow in the lead roles.

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BRITISH actor Pierce Brosnan returns as. James Bond in the new 007 adventure Tomorrow Never Dies.
Michelle Yeoh costars in the film which is scheduled for release Dec. 19. .

DECEMBER. |2:

Scream 2 Teen horror sequel reunites director Wes Craven with

some of the original cast including TV stars Neve Campbell and
Courteney Cox.

The Horse Whisperer Robert Redford directed, produced and
stars in the film version of Nicholas Evans’ 1995 bestseller. The movie
costars Kristin Scomt Thomas and Sam Neill.

Sphere Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. jackson, Peter
Coyote star in Barry Levinson’s adaptation of the Michael Crichton
novel. This is blockbuster territory with the film costing an estimated
$75 million — quite a gamble for Warner isros. considering all che
major stars are also in other newly-released films.

DECEMBER 19:

Titanic Jaraes Cameron's retelling of one of this century's great disas-

ters was originally slotted for a summer release. The three hour-plus
epic stars Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane and
Kathy Bates. Those with vested interesis in the $200-million film hope
it isn’t anotrer Titanic or, for that matter, Heaven's Gate.

Tomorrow Never Dies The [8th James Bond adventure brings back
Pierce Brosnan as Agent 007. The excellent supporting cast includes
Hong Kong action film star Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Pryce and Teri
Hatcher. The film's marketing got off to a tad sturt last week with the
release of a weak theme song sung by Sheryl Crow. Not the worst
ever (Rita Coolidge?) but an inauspicious start none the less.

DECEMBER 25:

Jackie Brown ‘70s Blaxploitation heroine Pam Grier stars with

Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda and Michael Keaton
in Quentin Tarantino's adaptation of Enmore Leonard’s Rum Punch.

The Postman You mean it’s a film about a letter carrier? That's right.
Kevin Costner once again bungie jumps his way through Hollywood's

economic hoaps. It’s hard to believe chat after his last project he could
even get somon: to listen to this idea. Think Waterworld without water.

The Big Lebowski Coen Brothers filins often feature the same
actors but they always go off in new directions. Their latest stars jeff

Bridges, john Goodman, Julianne Moore and john Turturro.

Kundun Director Martin Scorsese chronicles the fife of Tibet's 14th
Dalai Lama.

Good Will Hunting Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck and
Minnie Driver star in Gus Van Sant’s latest for Miramax frem a script by
Damon and Affleck, .

Deconstructing Harry The lastest Woody Allen comedy features a
huge ensemble of actors including Mariel Hemingway. Julia Louis-
Dreyfus, Demi Moore. Elizabeth Shue, Robin Williams and Allen himself.
The New York Times Magazine (Sunday, Nov. 16) had a special issue on
filmmaking (Hollywood vs. independents) including a very insightful con-
versation between Scorsese and Alien.

Mr. Magoo Leslie Nielsen and Kelly Lynch star in Disney's production
of the cartoon character come to life. The film was directad by Stanley
‘Tong and shot in Vancouver.

Old Friends Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba
Gooding Jr. are featured in James L. Brooks’ comedy,

Mouse Hunt Dreamworks’ release is targeted for the whole family 7
(what a concept) and stars Nathan Lane and Lee Evans.

Amistad Steven Spielberg recounts the 1839 Caribbean mutiny on
board a Spanish slave ship The Amiszad. Morgan Freeman, Matthew
McConaughey and Anthony Hopkins star in the Drea:nworks’ epic.

DECEMBER 26:

The Boxer Daniel Day-Lewis and (Breaking the Waves’) Emily Watson
star in fim Sheridan's film. The director has worked twice before with
Day-Lewis in the films My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father. The
script is pardy based on Sheridan's biography of irish world feather-
weight champion Barry McGuigan.

DECEMBER:
Great Expectations Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert De
Niro and Anne Bancroft round out the month of releases in Alfonso
Cuarén’s Dickens’ update.

CALENDAR

From page 29

Info: 924-1834.

Portside Room, Seven Seas
Restaurant: Rubhermaids and Al
Harris, Nov. 28. Little Gorfin Annie,
Nov. 29, Terry Brennaa, Nov. 30. Girls
Rock the Boat hosted by Sussane
Wilson every Tuesday. Musician Drop
In hosted by Derck Nyberg every
Wednesday. For live music information
call 987-3344.

Sailor Hagar’s: Quiou Head and the
Tear Drops every Sunday night, 984-
3087.

Savary Island Pie Company: Thr Jass
Tollers, Nov. 28. Steve Day, Nov. 29.
Open Mike Sunday, Nov, 30. 1533
Marine Dr, West Van., 926 4021.
Waterfront Bistro: Saturday Night
Live Comedy. Nov. 29 Andrew Carr.

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Il Capo: Sibel Trasher and Fran Jare.
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Iv’s A Seeres Club: Armi Grane with
the Tony Foster Trie, North Van singer
offers jazz ana swing tunes every
Monday. 1221 Granville.

Ambleside Lights up for Christmas
Dee. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Hot drinks and
carols. 13th and Marine.

The Beach House at Dundarave
Pier: Festival of Lights, Sixth annual
lighting ceremony. Collingwood
Choir and celebs that include David
Burnham from Joseph and the

Amasing Technicolor Dreamcoat Dee.

Lat d:15 p.m.

Centennial Theatre: World
Adventure Tours'presents The Grand
Canyon narrated by Gray Warriner.

Dec. 4 at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets: 984-
4484.

* Cheshire Cheese, Lonsdale Quay:

Breakfast Salon with authors Bill
Richardson, Eric Newsome, Paula
Brook and Sarah Ellis. Breakfast and
readings. S15.”
Rudolph Steiner centre, 3743
Delbrook Plaza: Portry with David
Zicroth and Russell Thornton. Dee. 6 at
8 p.m. S5. Free to open mic readers but
register at 988-8424,
West Vancouver Baptist Church: Walk
to Bethlebem, Av annual recreation of the
Christmas story. Journey through a 40-
minute pageant. Dec. 4-7, 7-9 p.m. with
1-3 p.m. shows Dec. 6, 7.
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—~ Compiled by Martin Millerchip