Universal / Amblin Entertainment
Domestic Revenue: $229.10 + $385 Overseas Revenue: = $614.10 Worldwide Revenue:
Production Budget: $73 / Domestic Rentals: $130.086 / Release Date: May 23, 1997
USA, ACTION/SciFi, 129 Minutes, Rated PG-13, Color (DeLuxe), Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
"Oooh! Ahhh! That's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming."
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Awards:
Academy Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Visual Effects Randy Dutra, Michael Lantieri, Dennis Muren & Stan Winston
Grammy Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Instrumental Composition Motion Picture John Williams
Golden Satellite Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media Gerald R. Molen & Colin Wilson
Image Awards Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress Vanessa Lee Chester
MTV Movie Award Nomination:
1998 Nomination for Best Action Sequence "T-Rex attacking San Diego"
Rembrandt Awards:
1998 Audience Award Best Director -- Steven Spielberg
Bogey Awards:
1997 Best Picture
Razzie Awards:
1998 Worst Remake or Sequel
1998 Worst Screenplay - David Koepp
1998 Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property
Summary: In order to have a sequel, you need another island ("Site B") with more species of dinosaurs. And they had to make sure that the ""rapt-pack" was back. If you do, then Jurassic Park 2 is a "go" on Isla Nublar. Of course, John Hammond has to trick Ian Malcolm into following his new girlfriend (Julianne Moore) to the dangerzone and have his multi-racial, "tumbling-tot" of a daughter stowaway so that he can defeat the bad guys and save the good guys. As a final gesture of goodwill Goldblum then saves San Diego from Mama T-Rex, who is looking for her baby to rescue it from the clutches of InGen. The effects are spectacular and the story so dumb that it is the eighth highest grossing movie of all-time. All The Lost World: Jurassic Park asks of the audience is that it get on the rollercoaster and ride as often as possible. Yes Dorothy, there will be a Jurassic Park 3! "And the money keeps rollin in " (Evita)
Credits:
Director Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter Michael Crichton and David Koepp
Based on the novel The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Executive Producer Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg
Producer Gerald R. Molen and Colin Wilson
Associate Producer Bonnie Curtis
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski
Lighting Director David Devlin
Editor Michael Kahn
Composer John Williams
Production Designer Rick Carter
Costume Designer Sue Moore
Casting Janet Hirshenson
Special Effects Michael Lantieri
Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM Dennis Muren
Animatronic Effects Stan Winston
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Cast:
Jeff Goldblum Dr. Ian Malcolm
Julianne Moore Dr. Sarah Harding
Pete Postlethwaite Roland Tembo
Arliss Howard Peter Ludlow
Richard Attenborough John Hammond
Vince Vaughn Nick Van Owen
Vanessa Lee Chester Kelly Malcolm
Peter Stormare Dr. Richard Levine
Harvey Jason Sidhu Ajay
Richard Schiff Eddie Carr
Thomas F. Duffy Dr. Robert Burke
Cameron Thor Lewis Dodgson
Joseph Mazzello Tim Murphy
Ariana Richards Lex Murphy
Camilla Belle Cathy Bowman
Cyndi Strittmatter Mrs. Bowman
Robin Sachs Mr. Bowman
Elliot Goldwag Senior Board Member
J. Patrick McCormack Board Member
Ross Partridge Curious
ManIan Abercrombie Butler
David Sawyer Workman
Geno Silva Barge Captain
Alex Miranda Barge Captain's Son
Ian Zajonc InGen Helicopter Pilot
Rick Wheeler Cargo Helicopter Pilot
Kenyon Williams Cargo Helicopter Pilot
Bradley Jensen Cargo Helicopter Pilot
Bob Boehm Cargo Helicopter Pilot
Alan D. Purwin Cargo Helicopter Pilot
Ben Skorstad Cargo Helicopter Pilot
Gordon Michaels InGen Worker
J. Scott Shonka InGen Worker
Harry Hutchinson InGen Worker
Bill Brown InGen Worker
Brian Turk InGen Worker
Jim Harly Harbor Master
Colton James Benjamin
Carey Eidel Benjamin's Dad
Katy Boyer Benjamin's Mom
David Koepp Unlucky Bastard
Eugene Bass Jr. Attorney
Bari Buckner Screaming Woman
P. B. Hutton Screamer
David St. James Screamer
Mark Brady Screamer
Marjean Holden Screamer
Jaqueline Schultz Screamer
Domini Hoffman de Saldago Screamer
Thomas Stuart Screamer
C. Ransom Walrod Ship Driver
David Gene Gibbs Police Helicopter Pilot
Michael N. Fujimoto Asian Tourist
Paul Fujimoto Asian Tourist
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Cast (Continued):
arryl A. Imai Asian Tourist
Darryl Oumi Asian Tourist
Vincent Dee Miles Screaming Hunter
Bernard Shaw Himself (CNN Anchor)
Steven Spielberg Popcorn-Eating Man (Uncredited)
Men in Black (MiB) (1997)
Columbia & Universal / MacDonald-Parkes / Amblin Entertainment
Production Budget: $90 / Domestic Rentals: $114.11 / Release Date: July 2, 1997
Domestic Revenue: $250.1 + Overseas Revenue: $336 = World Wide Revenue: $586.1
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction/Fantasy, 98 Minutes, Rated PG-13, Color, Aspect Ratio
"You know the difference between you and me? I make this look good."
Academy Awards:
1998 Best Makeup -- David LeRoy Anderson, Rick Baker
Academy Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Art Direct-Set Decor - Cheryl Carasik (set dec), Bo Welch (art dir)
1998 Nomination for Original Musical or Comedy Score - Danny Elfman
British Academy Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Special Effects Rick Baker, Eric Brevig, Peter Chesney & Rob Coleman
Golden Globes Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Golden Satellite Awards:
1998 Best Motion Picture - Animated / Mixed Media - Laurie MacDonald & Walter F. Parkes
Cinema Audio Society Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Sound Mix-- Michael Barry, Lee Dichter, Peter F. Kurland & Skip Lievsay
Motion Picture Sound Editor Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR
1998 Nomination for Best Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign &
1998 Nomination for Best Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley
Grammy Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Instrumental Composition -- Motion Picture -- Danny Elfman
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards:
1998 Most Performed Songs for Motion Pictures "Men In Black" Patrice Rushen, Will Smith & Theresa McFaddin
Golden Satellite Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical -- Tommy Lee Jones
1998 Nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Comedy or Musical - Rip Torn
1998 Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Linda Fiorentino
1998 Nomination for Best Visual Effects - Rick Baker
MTV Movie Awards:
1998 Best Fight -- Between Will Smith and an cockroach.
1998 Best Movie Song -- Will Smith for "Men In Black".
MTV Movie Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Movie
1998 Nomination for Best Comedic Performance -- Will Smith
1998 Nomination for Best On-Screen Duo -- Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards:
1998 Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi - Will Smith
1998 Favorite Soundtrack
Blockbuster Entertainment Award Nominations:
1998 Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi - Will Smith
1998 Nomination for Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi Tommy Lee Jones
1998 Nomination for Favorite Supporting Actor - Sci-Fi Vincent D'Onofrio
1998 Nomination for Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi Linda Fiorentino
Bogey Awards:
1997 Best Picture
Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films Awards:
1998 Best Science Fiction Film
1998 Best Supporting Actor Vincent D'Onofrio
1998 Best Music Danny Elfman
Hugo Awards:
1998 Best Dramatic Presentation
Summary: Men in Black is based on the Malibu comic by Lowell Cunningham. And it is the smartest, "hipest," wickedest and "saaviest" SF comic book adaptation in films to date. Agents of Division 6, a top-secret law enforcement agency, Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and Jay (Will Smith) are assigned by their controller, Zed (Rip Torn), to monitor alien immigration on earth. They foil the dastardly plot of a cockroach-terrorist (Vincent D'Onofrio) to assassinate an alien ambassador. MiB is outrageously funny, because it plays the insane humor straight up. The originality of the alien designs is the remarkable work of Rick Bakers crew. The special effects work of ILM is also top notch. It is creepy bad fun. It is irreverent! Crunch!
Credits:
Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter Ed Solomon and David Koepp (Uncredited)
Based on the comic book by Lowell Cunningham
Producer Laurie MacDonald and Walter F. Parkes
Associate Producer Steven R. Molen
Co-Producer Graham Place
Executive Producer Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer Donald Peterman
Editor Jim Miller
Composer Danny Elfman
Production Designer Robert W. (Bo) Welch
Set Designer Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
Art Director Tom Duffield
Set Decorator Cheryl Carasik
Costume Designer Mary E. Vogt
Creature Effects, Special Make-Up Effects Rick Baker
Cast:
Tommy Lee Jones K (Kay)
Will Smith J (Jay)
Linda Fiorentino Dr. Laurel Weaver
Vincent D'Onofrio Edgar
Rip Torn Z (Zed)
Tony Shalhoub Jeebs
Siobhan Fallon Beatrice
Mike Nussbaum Gentle Rosenberg
Jon Gries Van Driver
Sergio Calderón Jose
Carel Struycken Arquillan
Fredric Lehne INS Agent Janus
Richard Hamilton Dee
Kent Faulcon 1st Lt. Jake Jensen
John Alexander Mikey
Keith Campbell Perp
Ken Thorley Zap-Em Man
Patrick Breen Mr. Redgick
Becky Ann Baker Mrs. Redgick
Sean Whalen Passport Officer
Harsh Nayyar News Vendor
Michael Willis Cop in Morgue
Willie C. Carpenter Police Inspector
Peter Linari Tow Truck Driver
David Cross Morgue Attendant
Charles C. Stevenson Jr. MIB Agent Bee
Boris Leskin Cook
MIB Cast (Continued):
Steve Rankin INS Agent
Andy Prosky INS Agent
Michael Goldfinger NYPD Sergeant
Alpheus Merchant Security Guard
Norma Jean Groh Mrs. Edelson
Bernard Gilkey Baseball Player
Sean Plummer First Contact Alien
Michael Kaliski First Contact Alien
Richard Arthur Second First Contact Alien
Debbie Lee Carrington Alien Father
Verne Troyer Alien Son
Mykal Wayne Williams Scared Guy
Tim Blaney Frank The Pug (Voice)
Mark Setrakian Rosenberg Alien (Voice)
Brad Abrell Worm Guy (Voice)
Thom Fountain Worm Guy (Voice)
Carl J. Johnson Worm Guy (Voice)
Drew Massey Worm Guy (Voice)
Amistad (1997)
Red Feather / DreamWorks SKG / Home Box Office (HBO)
Production Cost: $40 Million World Premiere: Washington, DC December 4, 1997
Release Date: 10 December 1997
Domestic Revenue: $44.2 + Overseas Revenue: $16.2 = Worldwide Revenue: $60.4
USA, DRAMA/ Social, 152 Minutes, Rated R, Color, Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
"What kind of a land is this where you almost mean what you say?"
DVD DreamWorks 84162
Academy Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Cinematography -- Janusz Kaminski
1998 Nomination for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score -- John Williams
1998 Nomination for Best Costume Design -- Ruth E. Carter
1998 Nomination for Best Supporting Actor -- Anthony Hopkins
PGA Golden Laurel Awards:
1998 Vision Award Debbie Allen, Steven Spielberg & Colin Wilson
PGA Golden Laurel Awards:
1998 Nomination for Motion Picture Producer of the Year Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson & Steven Spielberg
Amistad Awards (Continued):
Directors Guild of America Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures -- Steven Spielberg
American Society of Cinematographers Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
Grammy Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Instrumental Composition Motion Picture or TV John Williams
Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Male Actor Anthony Hopkins Golden Globe Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Director - Motion Picture - Steven Spielberg
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture - Drama
1998 Nomination for Best Performance by an Actor - Djimon Hounsou
1998 Nomination for Best Performance by an Supporting Actor - Anthony Hopkins
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards:
1998 Best Supporting Actor -- Anthony Hopkins
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Picture
Golden Satellite Awards:
1998 Best Motion Picture Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
Golden Satellite Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture - Drama - Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson & Steven Spielberg
1998 Nomination for Best Director of a Motion Picture - Steven Spielberg
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Adaptation - David Franzoni
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture Film Editing - Michael Kahn
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture Score - John Williams
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture Art Direction - Rick Carter
1998 Nomination for Best Motion Picture Costume Design - Ruth E. Carter
1998 Nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Djimon Hounsou
Image Awards:
1998 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture - Djimon Hounsou
1998 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Morgan Freeman
Image Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture
Summary: Amistad was the first film directed by Steven Spielberg to be released by DreamWorks/Red Feather. In 1839, there was
a mutiny onboard a slave ship, Amistad that was traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. The mutineers and the slavers were taken into custody, then the slavers were released and the mutineers were tried for mutiny/murder. During the trial the slavers attempted to regain the "property." President Martin van Buren had tilted the case against the defendants. The Queen of Spain became involved in the controversy surrounding the trial. And former President John Quincy Adams was part of the defense team. Writer Barbara Chase-Riboud unsuccessfully sued to prevent the release of this film, claiming that the screenplay copied portions of her novel Echo of Lions.Amistad Credits:
Director Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter David H. Franzoni and Steven Zaillian (Uncredited)
Based on the book Black Mutiny by William Owens
Producer Debbie Allen, Colin Wilson and Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer Laurie MacDonald and Walter F. Parkes
Co-Executive Producer Robert M. Cooper
Co-Producer Tim Shriver
Associate Producer Bonnie Curtis and Paul Deason
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski
Lighting Director David Devlin
Editor Michael Kahn
Composer John Williams
Production Designer Rick Carter
Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter
Visual Effects by: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Cast:
Morgan Freeman Theodore Joadson
Nigel Hawthorne Martin Van Buren
Anthony Hopkins John Quincy Adams
Djimon Hounsou Cinqué
Matthew McConaughey Baldwin
David Paymer Secretary Forsyth
Pete Postlethwaite Holabird
Stellan Skarsgård Tappan
Razaaq Adoti Yamba
Abu Bakaar Fofanah. Fala
Anna Paquin. Queen Isabella
Tomás Milián Calderon
Chjwetel Ejiofor Ensign Covey
Derrick N. Ashong Bukei
Geno Silva Ruiz
John Ortiz Montes
Ralph Brown Lieutenant Gedney
Darren E. Burrows Lieutenant Meade
Allan Rich Judge Juttson
Paul Guilfoyle Attorney
Peter Firth Captain Fitzgerald
Xander Berkeley Hammond
Jeremy Northam Judge Coglin
Arliss Howard John C. Calhoun
Willie Amakye Folowa
Luc Assogba Gbatui
Mariah Campbell Masery
Amistad Cast (Continued):
Stephen Conteh Morlai
Monguehy Fanzy Fabanna
Jimmy Fotso Kwong
Adekunle Ilori Kahei
Sheriff Kargbo Almamy
Saye Lah Kessbe
Sylvestre Massaquoi Santiglie
Samson Odede Kpona
Chike Okpala Sorie
Willie Onafesso Jina
Samuel Pieh Suuleh
Lansana Sawi Morlu
Abu Sidique Tsukama
El Hadj Malik Sow Golabu
Lamine Thiam Mahmud
Austin Pendleton Professor Gibbs
Daniel von Bargen Warden Pendleton
Rusty Schwimmer. Mrs. Pendleton
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. General Espatero
Frank T. Wells Crier
Michael Massee Prison Guard
Roy Cooper Pickney
Jake Weber Mr. Wright
Victor Rivers Captain Ferrar
Joseph Kosseh Birmaja
Steve Passewe Cinque's in-law
Sherly Acosta Williams Cinque's Wife
Matt Sarles Aide
George Gerdes Marshal
Gerald R. Molen Magistrate (as Jerry Molen)
Kevin J. O'Connor Missionary
Robert Walsh Guardsman
Sean McGuirk Courier
Tony Owen Farmer
William Young Businessman
Michael Riley British Officer
León Singer Slave dealer Don Pablo
Castulo Guerra Spanish Priest
Harry Groener Tecora Captain
Hawthorne James Cook
Ingrid Walters Woman with Baby
*Harry Blackmun Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story
Edward Appiah Followolo
Abdul-Fatai Balogun Amistad African extra
Charlean Isata Bangalie Margru
Ahmed Bangura Amistad African extra
Rory Burton Vakina
Prince Coke Amistad African extra
Seydou Coulibaly Amistad African extra
Juliette Darko Teme
Denver Dowridge Kpau
Roosevelt Flenoury Njaooni
Marlon Francis Amistad African extra
Baboucar Jobe Amistad African extra
Amistad Cast (Continued):
ndrew W. Josiah Tamba
M. S. Kaleiwo Kaleiwo
Bundu Kamara Amistad African extra
George Kamara Amistad African extra
Brian Macon Yauai
Peter Mansaray Kapr
Issac Mayanja Sanpha
Clarence Mobley Kenei
Lester Mombelly Amistad African extra
Desere Mondon Amistad African extra
James Mosres Amistad African extra
Paul Mwakutuya Sessi
Tony Onafesso Baa
Samuel Orekhio Fawni
Daniel Reid Amistad African extra
Ibrahim Sesay Amistad African extra
Jeremy Shelton Amistad African extra
Curtis Shields Bassie
Andrew Shoemo Amistad African extra
Bernard Singleton Amistad African extra
Yaya Sissoko Amistad African extra
Carlos Spivey Chike
Lawal Tajudeen Amistad African extra
Ransford Thomas Alkali
Omo Lara Tosin Kula
Amadou Traore Amistad African extra
Charles Udoma Kessebe
Tesfay Yohannes Amistad African extra
Mouse Hunt (1997)
DreamWorks SKG
Production Budget: $38 Release Date: December 19, 1997
Domestic Revenue: $61.8 + Overseas Revenue: $50.0 = Worldwide Revenue: $111.8
USA, COMEDY/Fantasy, 99 Minutes, Rated PG, Color, Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
"I don't think we're dealing with an ordinary mouse."
DVD DreamWorks 84159
Summary: The hapless Schmuntz brothers (Nathan Lane & Lee Evans) inherit a dilapidated old house that includes a string factory from their father. The house is run by the mouse from hell that defeats the deadliest of all the exterminators (Christopher Walken). This slapstick layered with black humor is a treat, in large measure to the pratfall comic style of the Schmuntz putzes. They are the Laurel and Hardy or if you add in the mouse as Curly, The Three Smouses. It is all wham, bamm and scram.
Credits:
Director Gore Verbinski
Screenwriter Adam Rifkin
Producers Bruce Cohen, Tony Ludwig, and Alan Riche
Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael
Editor Craig Wood
Associate Producer Bart Brown
Composer Alan Silvestri
Special Effects Rhythm & Hues, Stan Winston Studio & Cinema Production Services, Inc
Cast:
Nathan Lane Ernie Smuntz
Lee Evans Lars Smuntz
Christopher Walken Caesar
Vicki Lewis April Smuntz
Maury Chaykin Alexander Falko
Eric Christmas The Lawyer
Michael Jeter Quincy Thorpe
Debra Christofferson Ingrid
Camilla Søeberg Hilde
Ian Abercrombie Auctioneer
Annabelle Gurwitch Roxanne Atkins
Eric Poppick The Banker
Ernie Sabella Maury
William Hickey Rudolph Smuntz
Cliff Emmich Mayor McKrinkle
Melanie McQueen Mayor's Wife
Brianna Shebby Becky
Danielle Shebby Betty
Leslie Upson Leslie Reinhart
Mario Cantone Zeppco Suit #1
Peter Anthony Rocca Zeppco Suit #2
Steve Bean Lester Dinkus
Suzanne Krull Waitress #1
William Frankfather Mr. Texas
Patrick Thomas Construction Worker #1
Peter Gregory Doctor
E.J. Callahan Historical Clerk
Susan Blommaert Ms. Park Avenue
Valorie Armstrong Franklin's Wife
Mouse Hunt Credits (Continued):
Michael Rae Sommers Paramedic
Michael Ross Cop
José Rey Cuban Postal Worker
Carmen Filpi Pallbearer #4
Harper Roisman Factory Worker #1
David Fresco Factory Worker #2
Scott Smith City Paramedic
Sarah Dampf Crying Child
Orville Stoeber Expert #1
David Weisenberg Expert #2
Fred Pierce Large Nosed Man
Clement Blake Homeless Man
Saverio Carubia Photographer
Pep Torres Bus Boy
The Peacemaker (1997)
Red Feather / DreamWorks SKG (The first release)
Production Budget: $50 / Release Date: September 26, 1997
Domestic Revenue: $41.3 + Overseas Revenue: $60.6 = Worldwide Revenue = $101.9
USA, ACTION/Adventure, 123 Minutes, Rated R, Color (Technicolor), Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
"But the truth is, I'm not a monster. I'm a human man. I'm just like you, whether you like it or not."
DVD DreamWorks 84160
The Peacemaker Blockbuster Entertainment Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Favorite Actress - Action/Adventure Nicole Kidman
Summary: The Peacemaker was the first film released by DreamWorks SKG/Red Feather. It was also the feature film directorial debut of Mimi Leder, an "ER" alumnus, who later directed Deep Impact for DreamWorks SKG. Russian dissidents cause two trains to crash, one train is nuclear weapons. After hijacking several devices, the thieves explode a nuclear device to distract all world governments from the conspiracy to sell the remaining nuclear devices to terrorists. A White House nuclear expert (Nicole Kidman) and a Special Forces Intelligence Officer (George Clooney) chase the conspirators through Europe to New York City.
Credits:
Director Mimi Leder
Screenwriter Andrew Cockburn & Leslie Cockburn (book) Michael Schiffer
Based on the book One Point Safe by Cockburn & Cockburn
Producer Branko Lustig and Walter F. Parkes
Executive Producer Laurie MacDonald and Michael Grillo
Co-Producer Pat Kehoe, John Wells, Andrew Cockburn and Leslie Cockburn
Co-Executive Producer Pat Wells
Cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann
Editor David Rosenbloom
Composer Hans Zimmer Additional music by Frédéric Chopin (from Nocturnes")
Production Designer Leslie Dilley
Costume Designer Shelley Komarov
Effects by: Pacific Data Images / Effects Associate Ltd.
Cast:
George Clooney Thomas Devoe
Nicole Kidman Julia Kelly
Marcel Iures Dusan Gavrich
Alexander Baluyev Alexsander Kodoroff
Rene Medvesek Vlado Mirich
Gary Werntz Hamilton
Randall Batinkoff Ken
Jim Haynie General Garnett
Alexander Strobele Shummaker
Holt McCallany Appleton
Michael Boatman CPN Beach
Joan Copeland Senator Bevens
Carlos Gómez Santiago
*Armin Mueller-Stahl Dimitri Vertikoff
Slavko Juraga Stevo
Alexander Peskov Vassily
Dejan Acimovic Driver
Harsh Nayyar Doctor Taraki
Matt Adler Alan
Tamara Tunie Jody
The Peacemaker Cast (Continued):
lexander Yatsko Russian Corporal
Bruce MacVittie Tech
Lunoir Paulovic Pockman
Charles Dumas Branigan
Ramsey Faragallah Cabbie
Murphy Guyer INS Agent
*Leslie Dilley New York Priest
David S. Lomax FBI Agent
Adina Porter New York Female Cop
Hubert Kramer Kordech Guard
Alma Cuervo UN Representative
Sébastian Roche German Backpacker
Blaise Corrigan FBI Agent
Gordon Catlin Gunner
John Ottavio FBI Agent
Goran Visnjic Bazta Sergeant
Jay Acovone Cop
Hannah Werntz Piano Student
James Colby Limo Driver
Jean Rogers Sarajevo CNN Representative
Matt Winston UN Official
Terry Serpico Sniper #1
Thom Mathews Major Rich Numbers
Jerry Dixon Sniper #2
David Lagle Pilot 3
Louis Mustillo Costello
Bozidar Smiljanic Serb Minister
Michael Potts DOE tech #1
Richard Poe DOE tech #2
Slobodan Dimitrijevic Serb Official
Martin Nikodym Polish IFOR Soldier
Charles Cavalier Angry Motorist
Jerome Jamal Hardeman Pilot #1
David Hamilton Simonds Philly Agent
Irmelin Mai Hoffer Vienna Cafe Singer
Chuck Cooper NYPD Cop
Jono Kouzouyan Bazta Merchant
Jared Chandler Marine
Evert Sooster Praporshik
*Branko Lustig Man with Poodle
Matthew Sussman National Guard Captain
Bill Christ DOE Agent
William Hill Agent
Bernie McInerney Carey
Andrea Doven Kelly Girl
James DuMont Young Sniper
Mark W. Johnson CIA Agent
Alexander Kuznetsov Russian Controller
Ed Semenov Radio Officer
Bruce Gray CNN Newscaster
Endre Hules. Older Major
ANTZ 1998)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG / Pacific Data Images
Production Budget: $60
Premiere Toronto Film Festival (September 19, 1998) Wide Release: October 2, 1998
Domestic Revenue: $90.7 Overseas Revenue: $ 77.6 = $168.30 Worldwide Revenue:
USA, COMEDY/Animation, Color, 87 minutes, Rated PG, Color, Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
"You know, when you're the middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention."
DVD DreamWorks 84199
British Academy Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Special Effects
Golden Satellite Award Nominations:
1999 Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media Brad Lewis, Aron Warner and Patty Wooton
Motion Picture Sound Editor Awards:
1999 Best Sound Editing - Music - Animated Feature Brian Richards and Adam Milo Smalley
Motion Picture Sound Editor Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature
Summary: Z-4195, a worker ant (Voice of Woody Allen), is out of sync with his totalitarian hive society. He trades positions with his friend Weaver, a soldier ant (Voice of Sylvester Stallone), to get the attention of Princess Bala (Voice of Sharon Stone) during a parade. Unfortunately, war breaks out and Z becomes a reluctant hero. He starts to spread the idea of individualism throughout the hive, but the evil General Mandible (Voice of Gene Hackman) has plans of his own to grab power and marry the Princess. Woody saves the hive and gets the girl. This a wonderful adult film, but may have been over-the-heads of the "Disneyphile" kids. This was the first CGI-animated film released by DreamWorks SKG.
credits:
Directed Eric Darnell, Lawrence Guterman and Tim Johnson
Screenwriters Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz
Producer Brad Lewis, Aron Warner and Patty Wooto
Executive Producer Penney Finkelman Cox, Sandra Rabins and Carl Rosendahl
Composer John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams With additional music Gavin Greenaway, Steve Jablonsky and Geoff Zanelli
Editor Stan Webb
Production Designer John Bell
Art Direction Kendal Cronkhite
Cast:
Woody Allen Z-4195 (Voice)
Sharon Stone Bala (Voice)
Gene Hackman General Mandible (Voice)
Sylvester Stallone Weaver (Voice)
Christopher Walken Colonel Cutter (Voice)
Danny Glover Barbados (Voice)
Dan Aykroyd Chip (Voice)
Jane Curtin Muffy (Voice)
Anne Bancroft Queen (Voice)
Jennifer Lopez Azteca (Voice)
John Mahoney Drunk Scout (Voice)
Grant Shaud Foreman (Voice)
Paul Mazursky Psychologist (Voice)
Paulie 1998)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG, Mutual Film Company
Domestic Revenue: $27 Release Date April 17, 1998
USA, COMEDY/Fantasy, 91 Minutes, Rated PG, Color,
"I'm a bird. I have a small brain, and it's about to explode."
Summary: DreamWorks SKG is attempting to compete with Disney in both child-oriented Animation and live action films. Paulie is a fine offering that had limited success, but should do well in the video and YV markets. Paulie, a stand-up comic of a parrot, the story of his life to a janitor at the research institute, where he is an experimentally abused and neglected bird. He has passes one owner to the next living a life of adventure. Paulie helps a little girl lose her stutter, but her father fails to believe in a parrot that can think as ell as communicate. This ia a film that parents can appreciate and laugh along with their children,
Credits:
Director John Roberts
Writer Laurie Craig
Producers Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Allison Lyon Segan
Executive Producer Ginny Nugent
Co-Producer Michele Weisler
Cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editor Bruce Cannon
Composer John Debney
Production Designer Dennis Washington
Art Director Tom Targownik
Set Decorator Denise Pizzini
Costume Designer Mary Zophres
Cast:
Gena Rowlands Ivy
Tony Shalhoub Misha
Cheech Marin Ignacio
Bruce Davison Dr. Reingold
Trini Alvarado Adult Marie
Jay Mohr Benny/Voice of Paulie (Voice)
Buddy Hackett Artie
Hallie Kate Eisenberg Marie
Matt Craven Warren Alweather
Bill Cobbs Virgil
Tia Texada Ruby/Voice of Lupe
Laura Harrington Lila Alweather
Peter Basch
mily Mura-Smith
al Robinson
Tamara Zook
Nicole Chamberlain
Charles Parks
Seth Mumy
Dig Wayne
Michael Leydon Campbell
Kristie Transeau
Francesca Federico-O'Murchu
Jerry Winsett
Bud Cox
Miguel Angel Arechiga
Paulie Cast (Continued):
Adalberto Yanez
Oscar Flores
Jose Luna
Marcelo Berestovoy
Josh Cruze
Yussi Wenger
Lawrence Goldman
Martin Flores
Craig Hosking
Al Jones
Eugene Collier
Laura Dash
Glory Fioramonti
Al Goto
Randy Hall
Brett A. Jones
Clint Jones
Danielle Shumate
Glenn Derry
Matt Heimlich
Trevor Hensley
Lindsay MacGowan
Eric Ostroff
Small Soldiers (1998)
DreamWorks SKG, Universal Pictures, Red Feather Photoplays
Production Cost: $40 / Release Date: July 10, 1998
Domestic Revenue: $55.1 Overseas Revenue: $39.1 = Worldwide Revenue: $87.2
USA, COMEDY/Fantasy, 108 Minutes, Rated PG-13, Color, 2.35 : 1
"We're not toys, we're action figures!"
DVD DreamWorks 84161
Summary: This is a pint-sized version of the "The Dirty Dozens does Suburbia." The ugly Gorgonites are the good guys and the Commando Elite turns out to be the paranoid bad guys, whose prime directive is to destroy the Gorgonites. The key plot point is that the toy designer installed military computer chips in the Major Chip Hazard (Voice of Tommy Lee Jones) and the other members of his team. The Gorgonites are lead by Archer (the magnificent voice of Frank Langella), and hide in a precocious teens parent's house. Unfortunately, the good guys are programmed to lose. The computer Animation is terrific wonderful, but the teens and their parents are annoying in extremis. And the action is violent. This was Phil Hartmans last film, before his wife murdered him. This was DreamWorks first mixed media release.
Credits:
Director Joe Dante
Writers Ted Elliott, Zak Penn, Adam Rifkin, Terry Rossio,
Gavin Scott and Anne Spielberg (Uncredited)
Producer Colin Wilson
Executive Producer Walter F. Parkes
Co-Producers Paul Deason and Michael Finnell
Cinematographer Jamie Anderson
Editor Marshall Harvey
Composer Jerry Goldsmith Additional music Richard Strauss (from "Also sprach Zarathustra")
and Franz Waxman (from "Bride of Frankenstein
Special Effects Stan Winston Studio and Industrial Light & Magic
Cast:
David Cross Irwin Wayfair
Jay Mohr Larry Benson
Alexandra Wilson Ms. Kegel
Denis Leary Gil Mars
regory Smith Alan Abernathy
Dick Miller Joe
Kirsten Dunst Christy Fimple
Jacob Smith Timmy Fimple
Jonathan Bouck Brad
Kevin Dunn Stuart Abernathy
Ann Magnuson Irene Abernathy
Wendy Schaal Marion Fimple
Phil Hartman Phil Fimple
Archie Hahn Satellite Dish Installer
Robert Picardo Clean Room Technician
Julius Tennon Toy World Supervisor
Belinda Balaski Neighbor
Rance Howard Husband
Jackie Joseph Wife
Tommy Lee Jones Chip Hazard (Voice)
Frank Langella Archer (Voice)
Ernest Borgnine Kip Killagin (Voice)
Small Soldiers Cast (Continued):
Jim Brown Butch Meathook (Voice)
Bruce Dern Link Static (Voice)
George Kennedy Brick Bazooka (Voice)
Clint Walker Nick Nitro (Voice)
Christopher Guest Slamfist/Scratch-It (Voice)
Michael McKean Insaniac/Freakenstein (Voice)
Harry Shearer Punch-It (Voice)
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci Gwendy Doll (Voice)
Marcia Mitzman Gaven Globotech Announcer (Voice)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
DreamWorks SKG / Red Feather
Production Budget: $60 / Release Date: December 16, 1998
Domestic Revenue: $101.0 + Overseas Revenue: $108.6 = Worldwide Revenue: $209.6
USA, COMEDY/Animation, 97 Minutes, Rated PG, Color, Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1
"Let my people go!"
Academy Awards:
1999 Best Song Stephen Schwartz ("When You Believe")
Academy Award Nomination:
1999 Nomination for Best Music Original Musical/Comedy Score Stephen Schwartz & Hans Zimmer
Motion Picture Sound Editors Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Editing - Music - Animated Feature
Golden Globe Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Original Score Stephen Schwartz & Hans Zimmer
1999 Nomination for Best Original Song Stephen Schwartz ("When You Believe")
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards:
1999 Best Animated Film (Tied with A Bug's Life)
1999 Best Song Stephen Schwartz ("When You Believe")
Golden Satellite Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
1999 Nomination for Best Original Song Stephen Schwartz ("When You Believe")
Summary: An animated musical retelling of the Exodus of the Jews led out of bondage in Egypt. The Jews are led the prophet Moses despite the resistance of the Pharaoh Rameses. It was the first cel-animated release of DreamWorks SKG. It is a work of high art.
Credits:
Director Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells
Screenwriters Philip LaZebnik
Nicholas Meyer (additional screenplay material)
Producer Penney Finkelman Cox and Sandra Rabins
Executive Producer Jeffrey Katzenberg
Associate Producer Ron Rocha
Editor Nick Fletcher
Composer Hans Zimmer
Songs by Stephen Schwartz
Additional Music Harry Gregson-Williams and Ruppert Gregson-Williams
The Prince of Egypt Cast:
Val Kilmer Moses/God (Voice)
Amick Byram Moses (Singing Voice)
Ralph Fiennes Rameses (Voice)
Michelle Pfeiffer Tzipporah (Voice)
Sandra Bullock Miriam (Voice)
Sally Dworsky Miriam (Singing Voice)
Jeff Goldblum Aaron (Voice)
Danny Glover Jethro (Voice)
Brian Mitchell Jethro (Singing Voice)
Patrick Stewart Pharaoh Seti (Voice)
Helen Mirren The Queen (Voice)
Linda Dee Shayne The Queen (Singing Voice)
Steve Martin Hotep (Voice)
Martin Short Huy (Voice)
Ofra Haza Yocheved (Singing Voice)
Eden Riegel Young Miriam (Singing)
Invasion America (1998)DreamWorks SKG
TV Series
First Telecast June 8, 1998
Japan, ACTION/Science Fiction/ Animation, 30 Minutes
Summary: A young half-cast (half-human and half-alien) fights to keep both of his worlds from going to war. His father, a Tirusian emperor, and his mother, an earthling, have disappeared and David Carter must determine who supports his quest and who is in opposition to him. On his success depends the fate of both his worlds.
Credits:
Director Dan Fausett
Developed by Harve Bennett
Screenwriter Michael Reaves
Producers Harve Bennett, Dan Fausett, Michael Reaves and Steven Spielberg
Consulting Producer Wayne Lemon
Associate Producer Christina Mahotz
Composer Carl Johnson
Art Director Kuni Tomita
Cast:
Mikey Kelley Voice of David Carter
Thom Adcox-Hernandez Voice of Simon
Edward Albert Voice of Rafe
Greg Eagles Voice of Philip Stark
Tony Jay Voice of the Dragit
Lorenzo Lamas Voice of Cale Oosha
Kristy McNichol Voice of Angie Romar
Leonard Nimoy Voice of General Konrad
Kath Soucie Voice of Rita Carter
Rider Strong Voice of Jim Bailey
Robert Urich Voice of Briggs
Harve Bennett Voice
Susan Blu Voice
Jim Cummings Voice
Timothy Daly Voice
Jennifer Darling Voice
Scott Mosenson Voice
James B. Sikking Voice
Invasion America Episodes Season 1 (1997-98)
Episode 1 The Legend [aka The Son] June 8, 1998
Episode 2 The Assault [aka Flight] June 9, 1998
Episode 3 Renewal [aka Renewal] June 16, 1998
Episode 4 Capture [aka The Trip] June 23, 1998
Episode 5 Friendly Fire [aka Allies/Charade] June 30, 1998
Episode 6 Final Mission [aka Rendezvous/Countdown/Darkside] July 7, 1998
The Last Days (1998)
October Films / Survivors of The Shoah Visual History Foundation
Release Date: Oscar Qualification Screening October 23, 1998
Limited Release: February 5, 1999
USA, DOCUMENTARY, 90 Minutes, Rated PG-13, Black & White and Color
Academy Awards:
1999 Best Documentary Feature Ken Lipper and James Moll
American Cinema Editor Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Edited Documentary Film James Moll
Summary: A documentary on the horrors of the Holocaust for the Hungarian Jewish children. The documentary focuses on the last year of World War II, when Hitler and his Nazi accomplices accelerated the extermination of innocents before they lost the war, by diverting men and resources from the front to kill every Jew they could. Five survivors of the death camps, who now live in the United States, return to the sites of their imprisonment with their offsprings and describe their experiences. It is one of the most powerful films ever made about the extent of these despicable atrocities. The five survivors recount pleasant childhood memories, their deportation to the camps, unbelievable escapes from execution, liberation, and immigration to America The film is described as "the story of five remarkable people whose strength and will to live represent the extraordinary power of the human spirit." One of the participants is Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to Congress. Alice Lok Cahana is a gifted artist whose work expresses the horrors and joys of life. Bill Basch is retired from the fashion industry. Irene Zisblatt is a proud grandmother and self-made businesswoman. Renee Firestone works closely with the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Educational Outreach Program and Shoah speaking to audiences of school children on the current implications of the Holocaust. It is the inspirational story of their survival of a tragedy that has no explanation, at least in human terms. One interviewee explains that when she understood the brutality of the Germans towards children that that was when she stopped talking to God.
It is a movie about five harrowing journeys that must always be remembered or they will continue to be repeated as they have been in Cambodia, Africa, Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Kosovo. The new word that must be deleted from mans inhumanity to man is "ethnic cleansing."
Credits:
Director James Moll
Producer June Beallor and Ken Lipper
Executive Producer Steven Spielberg
Associate Producer Elyse Katz and Aaron Zarrow
Cinematographer Harris Done
Editor James Moll
Composer Nathan Wang
Associate Composer Hans Zimmer
Special Effects Industrial Light & Magic
Cast:
Bill Basch
Alice Lok Cahana
Renee Firestone
Dario Gabbai
Tom Lantos
Irene Zisblatt
Deep Impact (1998)
Red Feather Photoplays (International) / Paramount Pictures [USA]
Zanuck/Brown Productions / DreamWorks SKG / Paramount Pictures
Production Budget: $75 Release Date: May 8, 1998
Domestic Revenue: $140.5 + Overseas Revenue: $208.3 = Worldwide Revenue $348.8
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction/Disaster, 120 Min., Rated PG-13, Color, Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
"Life will go on, we will prevail."
DVD Paramount 330827
Motion Picture Sound Editors Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley
Blockbuster Entertainment Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi Robert Duvall
1999 Nomination for Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi Morgan Freeman
1999 Nomination for Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi Téa Leoni
1999 Nomination for Favorite Supporting Actor - Sci-Fi Elijah Wood
Image Awards:
1999 Outstanding Supporting Actor Morgan Freeman
YoungStar Awards:
1998 Nomination for Best Performance by a Young Actor Drama Elijah Wood
Summary: Deep Impact was the first mega-hit produced by DreamWorks SKG (with Zanuck-Brown) and released overseas by Red Feather Photoplays. Paramount released the film domestically. The film is another doomsday movie, wherein mankind must figure out how to avoid or at least reduce the effect of a near apocalyptic event. The disaster movie genre has been reborn recently with volcanoes erupting and twisters thrashing about. After all the millenium is approaching! In 1994, over 20 pieces of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were caught in Jupiters gravitational pull and the chunks slammed into the surface of the planet with spectacular results. That, plus what we now think happened to the dinosaurs, triggered two films, Deep Impact and Armageddon, and both of them were hits in 1998. Deep Impact traces the changes wrought in the lives a wide range of protagonists. A high school student (Elijah Wood) spots the approaching comet in the night sky and it is eventually named for him. As the Wolf-Biederman comet races towards earth an NBC reporter (Tea Leoni) traces the story. Eventually, the President (Morgan Freeman) announces the dreadful news. And then there is a lottery of sorts to save a nucleus of humans, ala Dr. Strangelove. Astronauts are sent off blast the comet off course, but chunks of it reach Earth so that the movie can have spectacular FX in the last reel.
Credits:
Director Mimi Leder
Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin & John Wells
Based on Phillip Wylie & Edwin Balmer (novel When Worlds Collide) and Arthur C. Clarke (novel The Hammer of God)
Producer Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown
Executive Producer Joan Bradshaw, Steven Spielberg and Walter F. Parkes
Associate Producer D. Scott Easton
Cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann
Editor Paul Cichocki and David Rosenbloom
Composer James Horner
Production Designer Leslie Dilley
Costume Designer Ruth Myers
Visual Effects by: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Deep Impact Cast:
Robert Duvall Spurgeon Tanner
Téa Leoni Jenny Lerner
Elijah Wood Leo Biederman
Vanessa Redgrave Robin Lerner
Morgan Freeman President Beck
Maximilian Schell Jason Lerner
James Cromwell Alan Rittenhouse
Ron Eldard Oren Monash
Jon Favreau Gus Partenza
Laura Innes Beth Stanley
Mary McCormack Andrea Baker
Richard Schiff Don Biederman
Leelee Sobieski Sarah Hotchner
Blair Underwood Mark Simon
Dougray Scott Eric Vennekor
Gary Werntz Chuck Hotchner
Bruce Weitz Stuart Caley
Betsy Brantley Ellen Biederman
O'Neal Compton Morten Entrekin
Rya Kihlstedt Chloe
Denise Crosby Vicky Hotchner
Alexander Baluyev Mikhail Tulchinsky
Charles Martin Smith Marcus Wolfrest
Len Berdick Fleeing Pedestrian (Uncredited)
W. Earl Brown McCloud
Charles Dumas
Phil Hawn Refugee (Uncredited)
Joel Nater Jr. Astronomy Club Member (Uncredited)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Sony / TriStar / Amblin Entertainment / Zorro Productions
Production Cost: $65
Domestic Revenue: $93.8 + Overseas Revenue: $139.6 = Worldwide Revenue: $233.40
USA, ACTION/Western, 136 Minutes, Rated PG-13, Color, Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
"There is a saying, a very old saying: when the pupil is ready the master will appear."
DVD Columbia/Tristar 21699
Academy Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Effects Editing Dave McMoyler
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Pud Cusack, Kevin O'Connell & Greg P. Russell
British Academy Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Costume Design Graciela Mazón
European Film Awards:
1998 Audience Award Best Actor Antonio Banderas
European Film Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema Antonio Banderas
Golden Globes Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
1999 Nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy/Musical Antonio Banderas
Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley
Cinema Audio Society Award Nominations:
999 Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mix
Blockbuster Entertainment Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure Antonio Banderas
1999 Nomination for Favorite Female Newcomer Catherine Zeta-Jones
1999 Nomination for Favorite Villain Matthew Letscher
Imagen Foundation Awards:
1999 Lasting Image Award Antonio Banderas
Summary: The new Zorro, Alejandro Murietta (Antonio Banderas), rides out again as the peoples champion a Mexican Robin Hood in Old California. He defeats with the help of the old Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins), the ruthless former Mexican Governor Raphael Montero (Stuart Wilson) and his Gringo assassin, Captain Harrison Love (Matthew Letscher). And the old Zorro gets his sexy, very sexy, daughter (Catherine Zeta Jones) back from the kidnapper Montero. The reason you need two bad guys is that the old Zorro fights Montero in the resolution while the young Zorro takes on Capitano Love. But the best dueling is saved for Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones. The film is somewhat muddled but has elan and wonderful swordplay. So they have the history screwed, its movie and audiences loved the cocksure performances of all of the principals. An director Martin Campbell made sure there was plenty of good old boy Western James Bond action on the screen.
Credits:
Director Martin Campbell
Screenwriter Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, John Eskow & David S. Ward (U) Story by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Randall Jahnson
Producer Doug Claybourne, David Foster & Lucas Foster (Uncredited)
Executive Producer Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes & Steven Spielberg
Co-Producer John Gertz
Associate Producer Tava R. Maloy
Cinematographer Phil Meheux
Editor Thom Noble
Composer James Horner
Production Designer Cecilia Montiel
Art Director Michael Atwell
Set Decorator Denise Camargo
Costume Designer Graciela Mazón
The Mask of Zorro Cast:
Antonio Banderas Alejandro Murietta / Zorro
Anthony Hopkins Don Diego de la Vega / Older Zorro
Stuart Wilson Raphael Montero
Catherine Zeta Jones Elena de la Vega
Matthew Letscher Captain Harrison Love
Maury
Chaykin Prison WardenTony Amendola Don Luiz
edro Armendáriz Jr Don Pedro
L.Q. Jones Three Finger Jack
Matthew Letscher Captain Love
William Marquez Fray Felipe
José Pérez Corporal Armando Garcia
Victor Rivers Joaquin Murrietta
Jose Maria de Tavira Young Alejandro Murieta
Deigo Sieres Young Joaquin Murieta
Emiliano Guerra Boy Crying
Yolanda Orisaga Woman Crying
Paco Morayta Undertaker
Pedro Altamirano Squad Leader
Luisa Huertas Nanny
Maria & Monica Fernandez Cruz Baby Elena de la Vega
Julieta Rosen Esperanza de la Vega
Raúl Martínez Heavyset Lieutenant
Tony Cabral Soldier Holding "Wanted" Poster
Tony Genaro Watering Station Owner
Ivan Rafael Small Boy at Watering Station
David Villalpando Stupid Soldier
Paul Ganus Prison Guard
Sergio Espinosa Leper Zorro
Conrad Roberts Black Zorro
Abel Woolrich Ancient Zorro
Moises Suarez Don Hector
Humberto Elizondo Don Julio
Fernando Becerril One of the Six Dons
Alberto Carrera One of the Six Dons
Eduardo Lopez One of the Six Dons
Gonzalo Lora One of the Six Dons
Rudy Miller One of the Six Dons
Manolo Pastor One of the Six Dons
Diego Sandoval Padre at the Beach
Enrike Palma Bartender
Erika Carlson Don Pedro's Wife
Manuel de Jesus Vasquez Morales Guitar-Playing Soldier
Oscar Zerafin Gonzalez Giant Soldier
Kelsie Kimberli & Kaylissa Keli Garcia Baby Joaquin
Vanessa Bauche Indian Girl
Gheorghe Muresan Giant Spanish Soldier (Uncredited)
J.D. Roberto Firing Squad Drummer (Uncredited)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)Read Feather / Paramount and Amblin/DreamWorks SKG/Paramount/Mutual Film/Mark Gordon
Production Budget $70 Release July 24, 1998 and Re-release February 5, 1999
Domestic Revenue $215.0 + Overseas Revenue $256.8 = Total Revenue: $471.8
USA: Technicolor: R rated; 170 Minutes; Aspect Ratio 1:85:1
"He better be worth it. He better go home & cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb."
Saving Private Ryan Academy Awards:
1999 Best Director Steven Spielberg
1999 Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
1999 Best Film Editing Michael Kahn
1999 Best Sound Effects Editing Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
1999 Best Sound Ron Judkins, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom & Gary Summers
Academy Award Nominations:
1999 Best Picture Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn & Steven Spielberg
1999 Best Original Screenplay Robert Rodat
1999 Best Actor Tom Hanks
1999 Best Original Score John Williams
1999 Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Lisa Dean & Thomas E. Sanders
1999 Best Makeup Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan & Daniel C. Striepeke
British Academy Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Film Ian Bruce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn & Steven Spielberg
1999 Nomination for Best David Lean Award for Direction Steven Spielberg
1999 Nomination for Best Actor Tom Hanks
1999 Nomination for Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
1999 Nomination for Editing Michael Kahn
1999 Nomination for Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music John Williams
1999 Nomination for Best Make-Up/Hair Lois Burwell & Jeanette Freeman
1999 Nomination for Best Production Design Thomas E. Sanders
1999 Nomination for Best Special Effects
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Richard Hymns, Ron Judkins, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom & Gary Summers
César Award Nominations:
1999 Best Foreign Film Steven Spielberg
European Film Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Five Continents Award Steven Spielberg
Golden Globe Awards:
1999 Best Director - Motion Picture Steven Spielberg
1999 Best Motion Picture - Drama
Golden Globe Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Original Score John Williams
1999 Nomination for Best Actor Tom Hanks
1999 Nomination for Best Screenplay Robert Rodat
Grammy Awards:
1999 Best Instrumental Composition John Williams
Golden Satellite Awards:
1999 Best Motion Picture Film Editing Michael Kahn
Golden Satellite Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Supporting Actor Tom Sizemore
1999 Nomination for Best Director of a Motion Picture Steven Spielberg
1999 Nomination for Best Picture Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn & Steven Spielberg
1999 Nomination for Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
1999 Nomination for Best Score John Williams
1999 Nomination for Best Screenplay Original Robert Rodat
1999 Nomination for Best Visual Effects Neil Corbould, Stefen Fangmeier & Roger Guyett
Saving Private Ryan Awards (Continued):
Directors Guild of America Awards:
1999 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Steven Spielberg
Writers Guild of America Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Original Screenplay Robert Rodat
PGA Golden Laurel Awards:
1999 Best Motion Picture Producer Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn & Steven Spielberg
Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast
1999 Nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor Tom Hanks
American Society of Cinematographers Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
American Cinema Editor Awards:
1999 Best Edited Feature Film Michael Kahn
Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Director Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Excellence in Production Design Thomas E. Sanders
Motion Picture Sound Editor Awards:
1999 Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR
Motion Picture Sound Editor Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Sound Editing Music
Cinema Audio Society Awards:
1999 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing Ron Judkins, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom & Gary Summers
London Critics Circle Awards:
1999 Film of the Year
London Critics Circle Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Director of the Year Steven Spielberg
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards:
1998 Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
1998 Best Director Steven Spielberg
1998 Best Picture
New York Film Critics Circle Awards:
1998 Best Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards:
1998 Third Place Best Film
1998 First Place Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards:
1999 Best Director Steven Spielberg
1999 Best Score John Williams
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Picture
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards:
1999 Best Picture Steven Spielberg
Chicago Film Critics Association Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Best Actor Tom Hanks
1999 Nomination for Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
1999 Nomination for Best Director Steven Spielberg
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards:
1999 Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
Blockbuster Entertainment Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Favorite Actor Drama Tom Hanks
1999 Nomination for Favorite Supporting Actor Drama Jeremy Davies
People's Choice Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture
1999 Nomination for Favorite Motion Picture
Saving Private Ryan Summary: This is the most powerful World War II drama ever made. The fictionalized film is based upon the true story of the Niland brothers: one brother was killed on D-Day while in the 82nd Airborne, another brother was killed on Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division, and the third was killed in Burma. General George Marshall, the army Chief of staff determines to save the last brother and send him home to his grieving Mother. A patrol is sent to find Private James Ryan (Matt Damon) shortly following the invasion of Normandy (D Day the 6th of June 1944. The seven men in Captain John Millers (Tom Hanks) squad have managed to survive the horrific carnage of Omaha Beach and the are assigned the onerous task of Saving Private Ryan. Only Oliver Stones Platoon (the Vietnam War) and Stanley Kubricks Paths of Glory (World War I) match this film in its exploration of heroism and humanity as well as harrowing chaos of the battlefield.
Credits:
Director Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter Robert Rodat & Frank Darabont (Uncredited)
Producer Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn and Steven Spielberg
Co-Producer Bonnie Curtis and Allison Lyon Segan
Associate Producer Kevin De La Noy
Associate Producer Mark Huffam
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski
Editor Michael Kahn
Composer John Williams
Production Designer Thomas E. Sanders
Art Direction Tom Brown, Ricky Eyres, Chris Seagers, Mark Tanner & Alan Tomkins
Set Decoration Lisa Dean
Costume Designer Joanna Johnston
Supervising Sound Editor Richard Hymns
Sound Ron Judkins
Sound Designer Gary Rydstrom
Special Effects Supervisor Neil Corbould
Special Effects Industrial Light and Magic
Cast:
Tom Hanks Captain John Miller
Tom Sizemore Sergeant Horvath
Edward Burns Private Reiben
Barry Pepper Private Jackson
Adam Goldberg Private Mellish
Vin Diesel Private Caparzo
Giovanni Ribisi Medic Wade
Jeremy Davies Corporal Upham
Matt Damon Private James Ryan
Ted Danson Captain Hamill
Paul Giamatti Sergeant Hill
Dennis Farina Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
Joerg Stadler Steamboat Willie
Max Martini Corporal Henderson
Dylan Bruno Toynbe
Daniel Cerqueira Weller
Demetri Goritsas Parker
Ian Porter Trask
Gary Sefton Rice
Julian Spencer Garrity
Steve Griffin Wilson
William Marsh Lyle
Saving Private Ryan Cast (Continued):
arc Cass Fallon
Markus Napier Major Hoess
Neil Finnighan Ramelle Paratrooper
Peter Miles Ramelle Paratrooper
Paul Garcia Field HQ Major
Seamus McQuade Field HQ Aide
Ronald Longridge Coxswain
Adam Shaw Delancey
Rolf Saxon Lieutenant Briggs
Corey Johnson Radioman
Loclann Aiken Soldier on the Beach
John Barnett Soldier on the Beach
Maclean Burke Soldier on the Beach
Victor Burke Soldier on the Beach
Aiden Condron Soldier on the Beach
Paschal Friel Soldier on the Beach
Shane Hagan Soldier on the Beach
Paul Hickey Soldier on the Beach
Shane Johnson Soldier on the Beach
Laird Mackintosh Soldier on the Beach
Brian Maynard Soldier on the Beach
Martin McDougall Soldier on the Beach
Mark Phillips Soldier on the Beach
Lee Rosen Soldier on the Beach
Andrew Scott Soldier on the Beach
Matthew Sharp Soldier on the Beach
Vincent Walsh Soldier on the Beach
David Grahame Wood Soldier on the Beach
John Sharian Corporal
Glenn Wrage Boyle
Crofton Hardester Senior Medical Officer
Raph Taylor Goldman
Martin Hub Czech Wehrmacht Soldier
Nigel Whitmey Private Boyd
Sam Ellis Private Hastings
Erich Redman German No 1
Tilo Keiner German No 2
Stephen Grothgar German No 3
Stephane Cornicard Jean
Michelle Evans Jean's Wife
Martin Beaton Jean's Son
Anna Maguire Jean's Daughter
Nathan Fillion Minnesota Ryan
Leland Orser Lieutenant DeWindt
Michael Mantas Paratrooper Lieutenant
David Vegh Paratrooper Oliver
Ryan Hurst Paratrooper Michaelson
Nick Brooks Paratrooper Joe
Sam Scudder Paratrooper No 1
John Walters Old French Man
Dorothy Grumbar Old French Woman
James Smith-Innes MP Lieutenant
Harve Presnell Gen. George C. Marshall
Dale Dye War Department Colonel
Saving Private Ryan Cast (Continued):
ryan Cranston War Department Colonel
David Wohl War Department Captain
Eric Loren War Department Lieutenant
Valerie Colgan War Department Clerk
Amanda Boxer Mrs. Margaret Ryan
Harrison Young Ryan (as old man)
Kathleen Byron Old Mrs. Ryan
Rob Freeman Ryan's Son
Thomas Gizbert Ryan's Grandson
Toonsylvania (Steven Spielberg Presents Toonsylvania) (1998)
TV series)
USA, COMEDY/Animation, Color
DreamWorks SKG / Amblin
Annie Award Nominations:
1998 Nomination for Outstanding Voice Acting Male David Warner "Doctor Vic Frankenstein".
Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards:
1999 Best Sound Editing - TV Animation Music Gary Falcone, Lisle Leete, Jay Duerr
and Terry Reiff "My Fair Monster"
Credits:
Director Jeff DeGrandis
Producer Jeff DeGrandis
Executive Producers Bill Kopp and Steven Spielberg
Associate Producer Monique Beatty and Dave Witting
Editor Joe Campana
Composer Thom Sharp
Cast:
Charles Adler Cartoon Voice
Nancy Cartwright Cartoon Voice
Sandy Fox Cartoon Voice
Brad Garrett Cartoon Voice
Jess Harnell Cartoon Voice
Wayne Knight Cartoon Voice
Valery Pappas Cartoon Voice
Kath Soucie Cartoon Voice
David Warner Cartoon Voice
Billy West Cartoon Voice
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain(1998)
Amblin Entertainment/Warner Bros.
This is the Fourth TV Season of Pinky and the Brain
First Telecast September 19, 1998 (PAZ Site)
Daytime Emmy Award Nominations:
1999 Nomination for Outstanding Children's Animated Program
1999 Nomination for Outstanding Sound Mixing Thomas J. Maydeck & Patrick Rodman
Summary: Pinky and the Brain are two genetically enhanced mice, who are attempting to conquer the world. Unfortunately they have lost their headquarters, the ACME Labs, so they run things out of the home of Elmyra Duff, an overbearing lover of down trodden members of the animal kingdom. The boys are continually on the look out to avoid the local bully as well as Elmyra. Despite those troubles there is a conspiracy by a secret organization out to kidnap the Brain, shades of The X-Files gone to Toon-Hell.
Credits:
Director Russell Calabrese, Robert Davies & Nelson Recinos
Head Writer & Story Editor Charles M. Howell IV and John McCann
Senior Producer Tom Ruegger
Supervising Producer Rusty Mills
Producer Liz Holzman, Charles M. Howell & John P. McCann
Executive Producer Steven Spielberg
Associate Producer Barbra J. Gerard
Composer Richard Stone
Cast:
Rob Paulsen Pinky (Voice)
Cree Summer Elmyra Duff (Voice)
Maurice LaMarche The Brain (Voice)
Nancy Cartwright Rudy Mookich (Voice)
Season 4 (Pinky, Elmyra, & The Brain; 1998-1999)
Episode 66 Patty Ann/Gee Your Hair Spells Terrific September 19, 1998
Episode 67 Cute Little Alienhead/Better Living Thru Cheese September 26, 1998
Episode 68 My Fair Brainy!/The Cat That Cried Woof October 3, 1998
Episode 69 Narfily Ever After/The Girl With Nothing Extra November 7, 1998
Episode 71 The Icky Mouse Club/The Man From Washington November 21, 1998
Episode 72 Yule Be Sorry/How I Spent My Weekend December 12, 1998
Episode 73 At the Hop! January 16, 1999
Episode 74 Pinky's Dream House January 23, 1999
Episode 75 Squeeze Play January 30, 1999
Episode 76 The Raven February 6, 1999
Episode 77 Wag the Mouse February 13, 1999
Episode 78 A Walk in the Park February 20, 1999
Episode 79 Teleport a Friend February 27, 1999
Episode 80 That's Edutainment March 6, 1999
Episode 81 Mr. Doctor March 13, 1999
Episode 82 Fun, Time, And Space March 20, 1999
Episode 83 Hooray For Meat March 27, 1999
Episode 84 Party Night April 3, 1999
Episode 85 The Mask Of Braino April 10, 1999
Forces of Nature (1999)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG / Roth-Arnold Productions
Release Date: March 19, 1999
Domestic Revenue To Date: $49.5
USA, COMEDY/Romantic, 105 Minutes, Rated PG-13, Color, Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
"I haven't known you that long, but I think there may be something wrong with you."
Summary: Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurb-ologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagull flies into the engine as the plane is taking off. All later flights are cancelled because of an approaching hurricane, so he is forced to hitch a ride in a Geo Metro with an attractive but eccentric woman named Sara.
Tim Horrigan {horrigan@aol.com}Credits:
Director Bronwen Hughes
Screenwriter Marc Lawrence
Producers Susan Arnold, Ian Bryce and Donna Roth
Cinematographer Elliot Davis
Editor Craig Wood
Composer John Powell
Production Designer Lester Cohen
Art Director Christa Munro
Set Decorator Chuck Potter and Leslie Morales
Costume Designer Donna Zakowska
Cast:
Sandra Bullock Sarah Lewis
Ben Affleck Ben Holmes
Maura Tierney Bridget
Steve Zahn Alan
Blythe Danner Virginia
Ronny Cox Hadley
Joe Don Baker
thena Maria Bitzis Juanita the Bull Tamer
Janet Carroll
ohn Doe Carl
Bill Erwin Murray
Michael Fairman Richard Holmes
Anne Haney
steve Hytner Jack Bailey
Jack Kehler
Meredith Scott Lynn Debbie
William Marquez Herman
Joanne Pankow Glayds
Richard Schiff
avid Strickland Steve Montgomery
George D. Wallace
Jade Wu Traveler (Uncredited)
American Beauty (1999)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG
USA, COMEDY/Black, Color
Credits:
Director Sam Mendes
Screenwriter Alan Ball
Producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks
Cinematographer Conrad L. Hall
Production Designer Naomi Shohan
Costume Designer Julie Weiss
Cast:
Annette Bening
Kevin Spacey
Scott Bakula
Peter Gallagher
Wes Bentley Ricky
Thora Birch Jane
Phil Hawn Subway Rider (Uncredited)
Matthew Kimbrough Range Instructor
Sam Robards
Amber Smith
Chris Cooper
Mena Süväri Angela
Wakko's Wakko Wish (1999)
Amblin Entertainment / Warner Bros.
USA, COMEDY/Animated Cartoon, Color
Summary: The Warner Brothers, Wakko and Yakko, go on a quest with their sister, Dot. This set of characters was originally part of the Animaniacs lineup.
Credits:
Producer Tom Ruegger
Composer Richard Stone
Cast:
Rob Paulsen Yakko
Jess Harnell Wakko
Tress MacNeille The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) go on a quest.
Anna Says (1999)
DreamWorks Television / Lottery Hill Entertainment
Television Series / First Telecast March 24, 1999
USA, COMEDY/Situation, 30 Minutes, Color,
Summary: This comedy about a single ad exec living in NYC on ABC.
Credits:
Executive Producer Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan
Cast:
Tracy Pollan Anna
It's Like, You Know (1999)
DreamWorks Television / ABC / 42 Pound Productions / EWH3 Productions
USA, COMEDY/Situation, 30 Minutes, Color,
Summary: It's Like, You Know... is a DreamWorks/ABC situation comedy that examines LA through the eyes of a diehard New Yorker, journalist Arthur Garment, is visiting the Southern California for the first time. He is here to write a book about the area and knows that he already dislikes it. Arthur plans to stay for only two months until the book is done or the show is cancelled. He rooms with another New Yorker, Robbie Graham, whose friend Shrug is a wealthy eccentric with his life out of his control. The next door neighbor is Jennifer Grey, who plays herself. It's unpredictable; it's sharp; its not a little derivative of Seinfeld.
Credits:
Director Andy Ackerman
Producers Richard Doctorow, Suzy Mamann-Greenberg and Amy Welsh
Executive Producer Ted Harbert and Peter Mehlman
Co-Executive Producer Jeff Astrof and Mike Sikowitz
Composer W.G. Snuffy Walden
Cinematographer Wayne Kennan
Editor Ron Volk
Production Designer Brandy Alexander
Cast:
Christopher Eigeman Arthur Garment
Jennifer Grey Jennifer Grey
Steven Eckholdt Robbie Graham
A.J. Langer Lauren Woods
Evan Handler Shrug
It's Like, You Know... Season 1 (1998-1999)
1-1 Pilot (Originally Aired 3/24/99)
1-2 The Getaway (Originally Aired 3/31/99)
1-3 Memories Of Me (Originally Aired 4/7/99)
1-4 The Client (Originally Aired 4/14/99)
1-5 Two Days In The Valley (Originally Aired 4/21/99)
1-6 Author! Author! (Originally Aired 4/28/99)
1-7 The Conversation (Originally Aired 5/5/99)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Red Feather Photoplays / Universal / DreamWorks SKG
Release Date: December 1999
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction/Comedy, Minutes, Rated , Color, Aspect Ratio
Summary: When rebel forces of an alien empire intercept broadcasts of a 1970's Earth television series about the brave Captain Peter Quincy Taggart of the U.S.E.A. Protector (Tim Allen), they kidnap him and his co-stars (Sigourney Weaver, Sam Rockwell and Rickman) to help them defeat their evil oppressors.
Credits:
Director Dean Parisot
Screenwriter Robert Gordon and David Howard
Producer Suzann Ellis, Mark Johnson and Charles Newirth
Co-Producer Sona Gourgouris
Cinematographer Jerzy Zielinski
Editor Don Zimmerman
Production Designer Linda DeScenna
Art Director James Nedza
Costume Designer Suzann Ellis
Special Effects Industrial Light & Magic and Stan Winston
Cast:
Tim Allen
Alan Rickman
sigourney Weaver
tony Shalhoub
Enrico Colantoni
Daryl Mitchell
Sam Rockwell
J.P. Manoux Excited Alien
Gladiator (1999)
DreamWorks SKG, Universal Pictures
USA, DRAMA/Historical, Minutes, Rated , Color, Aspect Ratio
Summary: General Narcissus Meridas (Russell Crowe) is well loved and trusted by the Emperor, Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). So much so that he is named heir to the throne. But, when his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murders the Emperor, Narcissus is banished to the Coliseum. As Maximus the Gladiator, he seeks revenge. The film begins with the Romans manning the Danube frontier. Narcissus is a Spaniard who has never actually seen Rome, but commands the army, because he is able and has the confidence of the Emperor. The emperor's 20-year-old son, makes a surprise visit to see his father at the battle field. The young man's delusions of grandeur are immediately apparent, and he is jealous of Narcissus, who is a family man with a wife and daughters at home. Commodus makes it appear Narcissus has betrayed his army and banishes him to be killed as a gladiator. Juba (Djimon Hounsou) is a Narcissus ally, and he too is banished to the gladiatorial arena. Proximo (Oliver Reed) is the head of the gladiator school and a smart businessman, and therefore sees the profit potential. The great gladiators were the star athletes in Rome, much like sports stars today. But the way to become a star gladiator is to be the one who stays alive the longest fighting against other gladiators and exotic, ferocious beasts.
Historically, according to historian Cassius Dio, 'Commodus was a greater curse to the Romans that any pestilence or crime.' Vain and frivolous, he ordained that Rome be called Commodianna and gave himself up to the pleasures of executions, chariot races and lion baiting. Finally after 12 years of misrule, Commodus was assassinated." Marcus Aurelius probably died of the plague. This subject was also filmed as The Fall of the Roman Empire by Anthony Mann starring Alec Guiness (Marcus Aurelius), Christopher Plummer (Commodus) and Stephen Boyd (Livius).
Credits:
Director Ridley Scott
Screenwriter David H. Franzoni and John Logan
Producer David H. Franzoni and Douglas Wick
Cinematographer John Mathieson
Editor Pietro Scalia
Composer Hans Zimmer
Special Effects Mill Film
Cast:
Russell Crowe Maximus/Narcissus Meridas
Djimon Hounsou Juba
Joaquin Phoenix Emperor Commodus
*Oliver Reed Proximo Palindromos (Reed died during principal photography.
The Malta Times quoted sources close to the directors of the film indicating that Reed's scenes in the film had been ``pretty much been completed'' and they will be retained in the film.
Richard Harris Marcus Aurelius
Derek Jacobi
Spencer Treat Clark
Vinnie Jones
Ralph Moeller
Connie Nielsen
David Hemmings
Tomas Arana
The Haunting (1999)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG / Roth-Arnold Productions
Production Budget: $75 Release Date: July 23, 1999
DRAMA/Thriller, USA, Color
Summary: A remake The Haunting (1963) directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom and Richard Johnson. The story concerns a team of four paranormal experts who are investigating strange occurrences in a haunted house. Soon, the group is at odds with each other, and surviving the night might not be a certainty, at least not with one's sanity intact. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will struggle for their lives as the house attacks the scientists.
Credits:
Director Jan de Bont
Screenwriter David Self (Debut film)
Based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Producers Susan Arnold, Donna Roth and Colin Wilson
Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel
Editor Michael Kahn
Composer Jerry Goldsmith
Production Designer Eugenio Zanetti
Costume Designer Ellen Mirojnick
Special Effects Tippett Studio and Industrial Light & Magic
Cast:
Liam Neeson Dr. Jeffrey Marrow
Catherine Zeta-Jones Theodora
Lili Taylor Eleanor Lance
Owen Wilson Luke Sannerson
Marian Seldes Mrs. Sannerson
Alix Koromzay Carrie Fredericks
Todd Field Todd Fredericks
Bruce Dern Mr. Dudley
Virginia Madsen Carrie
Mobile Suit Gundam (1999)
DreamWorks SKG, 20th Century Fox
Release Date: May 14, 1999
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction,
Summary: In U.C. 0087 the Earth Federation completes secret development of 12 new Gundam prototype units and a new super-carrier, MSC Galaxy. Mankind began migrating elsewhere to ease Earths overpopulation 87 years before. A civil war is now being fought between Earth and her colonies. Elite units from all sides are raging a savage war, and the crew of the MSC Galaxy is caught between political loyalty to the Earth Federation, and moral loyalty to mankind. This production is based on the Japanese animated (anime) TV series and video games of the same name.
Credits:
Director Gordon Hunt
Special Effects Banned from the Ranch Entertainment & Sony Pictures Imageworks
Cast:
Scott Glenn Captain Henry "Red" Stanley
Jillian Hennessy Commander Claire O'Brien
In Dreams (1999)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG
Release Date: January 15, 1999
USA, DRAMA/Thriller, 98 Minutes, Rated R, Color,
Summary: Claire Cooper dreams strange things from time to time. One night, she dreams about a little girl being taken away by a stranger, right in her neighborhood. When her own daughter Rebecca is kidnapped and murdered only a little later, Claire is sure about the chilling truth that her and the killer's mind are connected to each other in dreams. But nobody believes her being able to foresee the killer's next steps, as she could with her own daughter. In addition, the nervous breakdown she suffers gets her into a mental facility after a suicide attempt. And here, locked away in a padded cell, she dreams of her husband being murdered. Roger Ebert said "this is a well-made bad movie."
Credits:
Director Neil Jordan
Screenwriter Bari Wood, Bruce Robinson and Neil Jordan
Based on the novel Doll's Eyes by Bari Wood
Producer: Stephen Woolley
Co-Producer Redmond Morris
Cinematography Darius Khondji
Editor Tony Lawson
Composer Elliot Goldenthal
Cast:
Annette Bening Claire Cooper
Aidan Quinn Paul Cooper
Stephen Rea Dr. Silverman
Robert Downey Jr. Vivian Thompson
Paul Guilfoyle Detective Jack Kay
Katie Sagona Rebecca Cooper
Dennis Boutsikaris Dr. Stevens
Prudence Wright Holmes Mary
Krystal Benn Ruby
Dee Nelson Teacher
Ken Cheeseman Paramedic
Pamela Payton-Wright Ethel
John Fiore Policeman
Margo Martindale Nurse Floyd
Wally Dunn Walter
Devon Cole Borisoff Vivian as a boy
June Lewin Kindly Nurse
Dossy Peabody Vivian's Mother
Geoffrey Wigdor Vivian as a Teenager
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Awards:
1999 Silver Raven - Neil Jordan
The Love Letter (1999)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG
Release Date: May 21, 1999
USA, DRAMA/Romance, Color,
Summary: A bookstore manager finds an anonymous love letter, and tries to find out who wrote it. n the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter-ardent, sensual ... and unsigned. Everybody who reads it wonders who it's for and speculates who it's from. As the letter falls into different hands, the residents in the small town start to eye one another with renewed interest. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, changing the lives of everyone it touches.
Credits:
Director Peter Chan
Screenwriter Maria Maggenti and Cathleen Schine
Based on the novel by Cathleen Schine
Producer Kate Capshaw, Sarah Pillsbury and Midge Sanford
Executive Producer Beau Flynn and Stefan Simchowitz
Cinematographer Tami Reiker
Cast:
Margaret Ann Brady Selma
Kate Capshaw Helen MacFarquhar
Walter Covell
Blythe Danner
Ellen DeGeneres
Patrick Donnelly
Lucas Hall
Erik Jensen (II)
Juliane Nicholson
Tom Everett Scott
Tom Selleck
Gloria Stuart
Paradise Falls (1999)
DreamWorks SKG
USA, COMEDY/Situation, Minutes, Rated , Color. Aspect Ratio
Credits:
Director Mark Romanek
Screenwriter Darren Lemke
Producer Ron Hutchinson
Straight Man (1999)
DreamWorks SKG USA,
Credits:
Director Brad Silberling
Screenwriter
Based on the novel by Richard Russo
Thunder Below (1999)
DreamWorks SKG USA
Possibility: Thunder Below! By Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey
The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
1. "The real story of a real hero." -- Tom Clancy
2. "Fluckey offers a grippingly detailed account of his command's hell-and-high-water feats, which won him the Congressional Medal of Honor, as well as four Navy Crosses. . . . A standout in a field crowded with first-rate entries." -- Kirkus Reviews
3. "The most detailed account yet of the Barb's exploits, and the able and effective Fluckey tells it vigorously. . . . A book likely to find a good many readers among naval history buffs." - Booklist
4. EUGENE B. FLUCKEY, REAR ADMIRAL, USN (Ret.) has the most decorations of any living American veteran, four Navy Crosses and the Congressional Medal of Honor. The crew of the USS Barb received the Presidential Unit Citation and Navy Unit Commendation. Of his many citations, Fluckey says he is most proud of the one medal no member of his crew ever was awarded--the Purple Heart. The admiral and his wife make their home in Annapolis.
Credits:
Producer John Wells
Family Dog Vacation (1999)
Universal Pictures / Warner Brothers / Amblin / Nelvana
USA, COMEDY/Animation USA,
Band of Brothers (1999), HBO
DOCUMENTARY (TV Mini-Series)
USA,
Summary: Miniseries based on renowned WWII historian Stephen Ambrose's nonfiction book about an Army rifle company that parachuted into France on D-Day.
Screenwriter
Based on the book by Stephen Ambrose
Executive Producer Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (1999)
Universal/Amblin/Hanna-Barbera
USA, COMEDY/Fantasy, Color,
Publicity: In this live-action sequel to the 1994 comedy hit, the Flintstones and the Rubbles go on a trip to Rock Vegas, where Wilma is pursued by playboy Chip Rockefeller. There is an entirely new cast involved in the production.
Credits:
Director Brian Levant
Co-Producers Bart Brown
Executive Producers Steven Spielberg
Cast:
Mark Addy Fred Flintstone
Stephen Baldwin Barney Rubble
Jane Krakowski Betty Rubble
Kristen Johnston Wilma Flintstone
Joan Collins Pearl Slaghoople
Alan Cumming Gazoo
Thomas Gibson Chip Rockefeller
Why Can't I be Audrey Hepburn (1999)
USA
DreamWorks SKG
Credits:
Executive Producer Gayle Fraser-Baigelman
Cast:
Téa Leoni
Jurassic Park 3 (2000)
Amblin/Universal
Release Date: Summer 2000
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction, Minutes, Rated , Color, Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1
Summary: Late June, 1998... Universal officially announces a third Jurassic picture for summer 2000. Amblin Entertainment, Spielberg's production company, will produce the film. In the Universal press release Spielberg said "We have an opportunity to build on the experience and excitement that audiences have come to expect from us. Michael Crichton knows how to surprise and entertain audiences with themes and stories that are smart and original. We've had great success together and, along with Universal Pictures and my colleagues at Amblin, look forward to continuing our association with this next Jurassic Park film."
In the aftermath of yet another Jurassic Park-related disaster, something has survived. Yep, you guessed it, lots of cool dinosaurs. A rumor exists it may be a prequel. Another rumor is that novel may be titled Embryo or Extinction. In which embryos are created on the mainland and then the dinosaurs are set free in the civilized world. Or the plot takes place long after the second in a scenario on the mainland. Nature takes its course and an earthquake frees the beasts onto the streets of an overpopulated city full of humans.
Credits:
Screenwriters Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin and Steven Spielberg
Based on the novel by Michael Crichton
Producers Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski or Dean Semler
Editor Michael Kahn
Composer John Williams
Special Effects Stan Winston Studio and Industrial Light & Magic
Sound Skywalker Sound
Minority Report (2000)
DreamWorks / 20th Century Fox / Amblin Entertainment / Blue Tulip
Release Date: June 30, 2000
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction, Minutes , Rated, Color
Summary: The film is based a Philip K. Dick short story, Minority Report. It concerns a futuristic police officer, who arrests killers before they commit the crimes. The determination utilizes future viewing technology. The Tom Cruise character is accused of a future crime and must find out what triggered the killing and stop it before it occurs. The project was developed at Fox, but DreamWorks' production and distribution participation was reportedly a condition of Spielberg coming aboard. The deal also calls for DreamWorks SKG and Fox to partner on a future Spielberg project.
Credits:
Director Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter Jon Cohen
Based on a story by Philip K. Dick
Producer Jan deBont
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski
Composer John Williams
Special Effects Industrial Light & Magic
Cast:
Tom Cruise
Men in Black 2 (2000)
Amblin / Columbia / Sony
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction/Comedy, Minutes, Rated , Color, Aspect Ratio
Summary: Agent J (Will Smith) needs help so he is sent to find Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and restore his memory.
Credits:
Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter Paul Rudnick
Special Effects Cinovation Studios and Industrial Light & Magic
Cast:
Agent K Tommie Lee Jones
Agent J Will Smith
Zed Rip Torn
The Martian Chronicles (2000)
Amblin Entertainment
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction, Color,
Credits:
Screenwriter Ray Bradbury
Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury
Producer Steven Spielberg
Memoirs of a Geisha (2000)
Columbia / Sony
Summary: A 9-year-old girl sold into slavery in 1929. She grows up to become the most renowned Geishas in Japan.
It doesn't look like Steven Spielberg will be heading to the Far East anytime soon. The Hollywood Reporter indicated the production would be delayed. Spielberg is having as his next film Minority Report starring vehicle for Tom Cruise.
Credits:
Director Steven Spielberg
Screenwriters Ronald Bass
Based on the novel by Arthur Golden
Producers Ian Bryce, Bonnie Curtis, Douglas Wick and Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski
Composer John Williams
Editor Michael Kahn
Costume Designer James Acheson
Cast:
Maggie Cheung Mameha
Rika Okamoto Nitta Sayuri
Julyana Soelistyo
Cast Away (2000)
DreamWorks SKG, 20th Century Fox
USA, ACTION/Adventure, Color
Summary: The tale of a man left adrift on a deserted island.
credits:
Director Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter William Broyles Jr
Producers Steve Starkey and Robert Zemeckis
Editor Arthur Schmidt
Composer Alan Silvestri
Cast:
Tom Hanks
Viveka Davis
Helen Hunt
The Road to El Dorado (2000) (The Gold of El Dorado)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG
Release Date: March 2000
USA, COMEDY/Animation, Rated PG-13, Color
Summary: This is the DreamWorks SKGs third animated movie after the computer assisted Antz and the traditionally cel-drawn The Prince of Egypt. The Road to El Dorado is billed as a light-hearted ACTION/Adventure set in the beautiful setting of post-Colombian Mexico, with the Aztec Empire still at its height of power. Two stable hands stow away on one of the ships of Spanish conquistador Cortez. The two get their hands on a map to the fabled city of gold, El Dorado. Their plan goes bad and they end up lost at sea after a number of misfortunes. Oddly enough, they end up on the shores of El Dorado before the arrival of Cortez and the two swindlers are worshiped by the natives for their foreign appearance.
Credits:
Director Bibo Bergeron and Will Finn
Screenwriter Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio
Producer Brooke Breton and Bonne Radford
Composer Hans Zimmer
Songs by Tim Rice and Elton John
Cast:
Armand Assante Voice
Kenneth Branagh Voice
Kevin Kline Voice
Edward James Olmos Voice
Rosie Perez Voice
Shrek (2000)
Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG / Pacific Data Images
USA, COMEDY/Animation, Color
Summary: Shrek is a hideous green monster that sets out on a quest to find his perfect wife - an equally ugly princess. The monster terrifies everyone he meets during his adventures. The film is based on the picture book by William Steig.
Credits:
Director Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury
Screenwriter Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio and William Steig
Based on the book by William Steig
Producers Aron Warner and John H. Williams
Associate Producer Jane Hartwell
Cast:
Cameron Diaz Voice
John Lithgow Voice
Eddie Murphy Voice
Linda Hunt Voice
What Lies Beneath (2000)
20th Century Fox / Red Feather Photoplays / DreamWorks SKG / Image Movers
Release Date: May 26, 2000
USA, ACTION/Horror, Color
Summary: When supernatural things start happening in the basement of a college, Norman, a professor (Harrison Ford), decides to investigate. It is a thriller with a murder, mystery with horror elements.
Credits:
Director Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter Sean Collins, Clark Gregg and Steven Spielberg
Based on a story by Steven Spielberg
Producer Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke and Robert Zemeckis
Composer Alan Silvestri
Special Effects Industrial Light & Magic
Cast:
Harrison Ford Norman
Michelle Pfeiffer Claire
X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (2000)
DreamWorks SKG / Orion Pictures
USA, ACTION/Science Fiction, Color
Credits:
Director Tim Burton
Screenwriter Bryan Goluboff
Producer Tim Burton and Larry J. Franco
Slap Her, She's French (2000)
DreamWorks SKG / Bandeira Entertainment
USA, Comedy/Situation, Color
Summary: A popular teenage girl's life is turned upside down when her family in a small Texas town hosts a French foreign-exchange student.
Credits:
Director Francine McDougall
Producer Beau Flynn, Jonathan King and Stefan Simchowitz
Untitled Cameron Crowe Project (2000)
Red Feather Photo Plays / DreamWorks SKG
USA, DRAMA/Romance, Color
Summary: A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story about an up-and-coming rock band.
Credits:
Director Cameron Crowe
Screenwriter Cameron Crowe
Cast:
Fairuza Balk
Anna Paquin Polexia
Billy Crudup
Kate Hudson
Jason Lee
Bijou Phillips
Noah Taylor
Indiana Jones and the Lost Continent (2001)
Lucasfilm / Paramount
Credits:
Director Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter Jeffrey Boam and George Lucas
Composer John Williams
Cast:
Harrison Ford Indiana Jones
Sean Connery Henry Jones