Cineplex Magazine April 2002
Cineplex Magazine April 2002
Cineplex Magazine April 2002
ASHLEY JUDD
TESTIFIES FOR
HIGH CRIMES
STEVE SMITH
ROLLS THROUGH
DUCT TAPE FOREVER
STROLL SPRINGS
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Tobey Maguire
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FEATURES
COLUMNS
10 HEARSAY
36 LINER NOTES
24 RETRO AGAIN?
Jeanne Beker takes a look at spring
fashion and finds that, once again,
designers are looking to the past for
inspiration
26 BASHFUL ASHLEY
Why is Ashley Judd bunkered away in
Tennessee? Because shes afraid of you.
Now starring in the court drama High
Crimes, Judd reveals shes not always
comfortable with fans | By Earl Dittman
C O V E R
S T O R Y
DEPARTMENTS
06 EDITORIAL
12 SHORTS
16 THE BIG PICTURE
Changing Lanes, The Scorpion King
and The Sweetest Thing hit theatres
28 COMING SOON
34 TRIVIA
Which star of The Scorpion King used
to be a bodyguard?
35 ON THE SLATE
New projects for Robbins and Roberts
44 HOROSCOPE
46 FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Wanna travel like a star? Bring
nose spray
famous 5 | april 2002
37 CUI-SEEN
Harrison Ford salivates over salad
38 BIT STREAMING
FameTracker rubs the shine off celebrity
26
editorial |
PUBLISHER
SALAH BACHIR
EDITOR
MARNI WEISZ
DEPUTY EDITOR
SEAN DAVIDSON
ART DIRECTOR
VADIM MOSCOTIN
PRODUCTION MANAGER
SHEILA GREGORY
CONTRIBUTORS
But that duality can only serve him well in his latest role
that of high-school-student-turned-cub-reporter Peter
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Like the fact that she married a daredevil racecar driver. And that shes afraid of
being recognized by her fans. Of course, that doesnt stop her from increasing
that fan base by churning out new films, the latest being the military court drama
High Crimes, in which she plays a crack attorney. Read Judd and Jury, page 26, to
see what Judd had to say about reteaming with co-star Morgan Freeman, living in
rural (read: private) Tennessee and the love of her life, Dario Franchitti.
You can stop holding your breath. TVs Red Green has finally found his way onto
the big screen. Thats right, Red, nephew Harold and the whole Possum Lodge
gang are going to be movie stars. In Red. Tape, page 20, creator Steve Smith tells
you about what is perhaps the first movie in history to revolve around duct tape.
So, who taught Ashley Judd how to speak legalese for High Crimes? A technical
advisor, thats who. A whole new profession has sprung up around making sure
Hollywood gets the details right. For Have Gun. Will Consult, page 30, Sean
ALBERTA
QUEBEC
DANIELLE BERNARD
SPECIAL THANKS
Marni Weisz
hearsay |
CARLA COLLINS ON WHY BRITNEYS PUTTING HER MONEY WHERE
YOUR MOUTH IS, ANISTONS HANGING OUT IN FRONT OF A BROTHEL
AND DEPPS GIVING THE U.S. MILITARY SOME ADVICE
LOST IN SPACEY
KATE AND GERITOL Meg Ryan, Americas aging sweetheart, is in negotiations to star in an erotic thriller.
TV Guide Online reports that In the Cut will revolve
around a New York writing teacher (Ryan) who
becomes sexually involved with a detective investigating
a series of brutal murders in her neighbourhood. I
know a lot of fellas are probably excited about the possibility of catching Meg in the buff, but I think the time
for this kind of career change was 10 or 15 years ago.
These days shed be better off reuniting with Billy
Crystal for When Harry Met Miss Daisy.
Carla Collins appears as Rusty Sinclair on the Showcase soap Paradise Falls and hosts Carla and
Company on Torontos Mix 99.9 FM.
famous 10 | april 2002
shorts |
Sprockets: Toronto
International Film Festival for
Children
What:
When: April 12 to 21
Where: Toronto, Ont.
Why: Because kids need a film festival too!
We wonder, though, if schmoozing is as
important here as at other fests or if it has
been supplanted by chasing the girl with the
pigtails around the table whilst trying not to
spill your grape juice. Now in its fifth year,
Sprockets screens kid-friendly features and
What:
When: April 24 to 28
Where: Halifax, N.S.
Why: To broaden youths perspectives through
exposure to different takes on the world. In
just its first year, this offshoot of the Atlantic
Film Festival will cater to kids under 19 with
about 60 films edgier teen flicks scheduled for 9 oclock screenings. Theyve also
got programs like Kid Pitch, where industry
delegates pitch their ideas to teens, Youth
Jury, for which kids are trained to judge submitted films, plus animation workshops where
successful applicants spend a couple of days
creating one-minute shorts.
More info: 902.422.3456 or
www.atlanticfilm.com
What:
Hasty decision
Bruce Willis (centre, behind the wig and sparkly bra) endures ritual hazing as hes named the
Hasty Pudding Man of the Year. What? Another worthless award sponsored by the manufacturer
of some sugary snack treat? Nope. The award is given out yearly by Harvard students who have
their origins in a secret club established at the Cambridge, Massachusetts university in 1795.
Part of the clubs mandate was that the members in alphabetical order shall provide a pot of
hasty pudding for every meeting, hasty pudding being an old-fashioned type of custard. The Man
of the Year is given to someone who has made a lasting and impressive contribution to the
world of entertainment, but wed bet agreeing to show up for the burlesque show at which the
awards are doled out is also a criteria. Photo by Steven Tackeff/WireImage.com. MW
shorts |
Making movies
accessible
Watching a movie
through earphones
oure at the theatre, and the guy sitting next to you is wearing earphones through the entire movie.
Was he dragged here by a friend when
hed rather be at home listening to
Metallica? Maybe. But its more likely hes
visually impaired and, through that headset, is listening to someone describe the
on-screen action.
And if, a few seats down, you see a woman
looking into what appears to be a rear-view
mirror mounted to her chair, no, its not a
leftover from some defensive-driving seminar held in that auditorium. Shes probably
hearing impaired and is using new closedcaptioning technology. Turn around and
youll see a pixel board hanging on the back
wall of the theatre, with the films dialogue
scrolling across backwards. That rear-view
mirror is actually a piece of plastic that
picks up the reflection of the dialogue, and
turns it right-way-round.
Both services DVS Theatrical
Descriptive Narration and Rear Window
Captioning operate through the same
equipment and made their Canadian
debuts in five Ontario Famous Players theatres last fall. Another 15 are now being
rolled out across the country, and should
be ready by late April or early May.
The Ontario debuts coincided with Harry
Potter and the Philosophers Stone and Joanne
Fraser, Famous Players vice president of
corporate affairs, says she wants to have the
new ones ready in time for the first summer
blockbuster, Spider-Man, which opens May 3.
FILMS SHOOTING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THIS MONTH
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EXPERIENCE LIFE, OR SOMETHING LIKE IT,
GET INTO BIG TROUBLE OR CATCH A LUCKY BREAK
A P R I L
1 2
CHANGING LANES
A P R I L
BIG TROUBLE
HIGH CRIMES
1 9
MURDER BY NUMBERS
FRAILTY
Changing Lanes
interview |
Steve Smith as Red Green
Red. Tape.
Florida.
I know. Its so shameful, says the 56year-old comic, chuckling, on the phone
from his Gulf Coast home. Ive hated
Florida my whole adult life until five years
ago. And now I dont know what the heck
I was upset about. Its a great place to be
for winter.
Oh, no doubt. All those birds and
famous 20 | april 2002
The union of the two Steve Smiths bumbling Red Green character
and his multipurpose duct tape have been an archetype of Canadian comedy
for 11 years. But only now, after about a decade of filmmaking bureaucracy, are
the pair coming together on the big screen BY SEAN DAVIDSON
interview |
style |
Valentino
does ruffles
and fringe
AGE OF
innocence
Fashion columnist
Jeanne Beker says
cozy, nostalgic and
feminine are the key
trends for spring
raditionally, fashion has served as a great mirror of societys mood. So when New York Fashion Week was aborted
last September 11, designers, editors and retailers were left
wondering what effects all the gloom and uncertainty would have
on fashions future.
But fashion is too big a business to stop for long. And since all
the spring collections had been conceptualized prior to the
attack, the clothes that came down international runways for
spring tenaciously held on to themes of innocence and romance.
Besides, the heavy-duty doses of soft femininity and blatant
escapism offered a welcome bit of relief, and a much-needed
sense of optimism.
Who can resist the bohemian chic look? Its a smorgasbord of
flower child nostalgia an eclectic mix of hip flea market finds
and ethnic accessories, a melange of Morocco meets San
Francisco, complete with peasant blouses and ruffled skirts. Its a
sensibility that puts the poetry back in fashion, and whisks us back
to Woodstock.
Then theres earthy, rock star flash with enough fringes to
make Roger Daltry want to come back. Evidently, Almost Famous had
a big impact on this springs look and mood. And while there may
be a feeling of been there, done that for those of us who survived
the 60s and 70s, we can still groove on the nostalgia, and take
delight in seeing a whole new generation turning on to the spirit of
freedom and funk.
Pajama dressing makes cozy sense, too, at a time when we crave
comfort. Gucci and Armani are offering baggy, drawstring pants,
while Prada suggests PJ-style tops with piping and retro prints.
And Louis Vuitton takes the nightie to new heights, with flowing
negligee gowns. Overall, the look is relaxed with a stay-at-home
feel, even if youre not going to.
In terms of colour, white is the new black. Its a pure and pristine look that has spiritual, New Age connotations again, an
idealistic outlook. But, at the same time, animal prints continue to
make big news, with hues like crimson, lemon yellow and sunset
orange helping to heat things up for the sunny months ahead.
And lets not forget the exoticism. The old Out of Africa theme is
alive and well, with safari suits courtesy of Tom Ford for YSL,
Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta.
Jeanne Beker is host and segment producer of Fashion Television and
the Fashion Television Channel, author of Jeanne Unbottled: Adventures
in High Style, and style editor of the JeanneBeker clothing collection.
Louis Vuittons
negligee gown
must haves
PHOTOS: LEFT PAGE AND BOTTOM RIGHT, PIERRE VERDY/AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE. RIGHT PAGE, TOP, JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
interview |
Judd and
interview |
Morgan Freeman and
Brad Pitt hold their
flashlights like pros
in Seven
Someone has to teach all those Hollywood types how to act and talk like real cops.
Or soldiers. Or doctors. And as movie audiences get more demanding, directors turn to
technical consultants to make sure they get the details right | BY SEAN DAVIDSON
cover | story |
TANGLED WEB
IN POST X-MEN HOLLYWOOD, EVERY COMIC BOOK HERO FROM SHE-HULK TO ANT-MAN HAS THEIR OWN
MOVIE DEAL. MEANWHILE MARVEL VETERAN SPIDER-MAN HAS BEEN WAITING FOR HIS BIG-SCREEN
DEBUT FOR 10 YEARS. WILL TOBEY MAGUIRES WEB-SLINGER MAKE THE WAIT WORTHWHILE?
BY EARL DITTMAN
Some doubted the shy, slight, five-footseven actor had what it took to play a superhero. But, in a phone interview shortly after
the press conference, Raimi says he had
found his Spider-Man the first time the 26year-old came in to read for the part.
First of all, he showed up in full costume, the director remembers, which I
thought was pretty clever. Then he demonstrated his gymnastic abilities, and his
moves were pretty amazing. Only later did I
discover he had been taking private lessons.
But he moved like a pro. And, once he
began to read lines out loud, I pretty much
decided he was everything I imagined Peter
Parker/Spider-Man would be.
Audiences will identify with Maguire,
says Raimi, the same way comic readers do
with the teen crimefighter. Peter Parker is
one of us. Hes a kid from Brooklyn who
doesnt have a lot of money. He doesnt get
famous 33 | april 2002
Maguire as
Peter Parker
famous
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3 Janeane Garofalo 4 Michael Clarke Duncan
5 The First Wives Club 6 Joshua Jackson
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cover | story |
liner | notes |
SOUND ADVICE
out
THIS MONTH
Artist: Marc Anthony
Title: Mended
Label: Columbia/Sony
Arist: The Apex Theory
Title: Topsy Turvy
Label: DreamWorks/Universal
Artist: Baldwin Brothers
Title: Cooking with Lasers
Label: TVT/Universal
Artist: Blondie
Title: No Exit
Label: Beyond/EMI
Artist: Sheryl Crow
Title: Cmon Cmon
Label: A&M/Universal
Artist: Dream Warriors
Title: The Legacy Continues
Label: ISBA/BMG
Artist: Face to Face
Title: How to Ruin Everything
Label: Vagrant/Universal
Artist: Jimmy Fallon
Title: The Bathroom Wall
Label: DreamWorks/Universal
Artist: Funkmaster Flex
Title: Volume V
Label: Loud/Sony
Artist: Goo Goo Dolls
Title: Gutterflower
Label: Warner Bros.
Artist: Naughty by Nature
Title: iicons
Label: TVT/Universal
Artist: The Pet Shop Boys
Title: Release
Label: EMI UK
Artist: Bonnie Raitt
Title: Silver Lining
Label: Capitol/EMI
Artist: Ruff Endz
Title: Someone to Love You
Label: Epic/Sony
Artist: Wilco
Title: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Label: Nonesuch/Warners
Artist: Michelle Wright
Title: Shut Up and Kiss Me
Label: ViK/BMG
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bit | streaming |
FAME GAME
projects
Tara Ariano has more than one website on
the go. Although the Fametracker co-founder
puts in many hours a week penning her
opinions about various movie stars, shes
also got a lot to say about her own life.
And television.
HISSYFIT
www.hissyfit.com
Ariano sounds off about personal minutae
like her flooded basement, hating hockey
and her inability to throw out either books
or CDs. Die-hard followers have also
slogged through eight reprinted chapters of
the aptly titled Bad Teen Novel.
www.televisionwithoutpity.com
What started out years ago as a Dawsons
Creek fan site eventually grew, after repeated
renamings, into a catch-all round-up of
various TV dramas and other shows. (A-ha!
Banners and pop-up ads! So this is how she
pays the bills.) A good place to go if you
missed the latest episodes of Alias, Oz, 24,
Undeclared, Ally, Enterprise or heck
just about anything aimed at the 18 to 35
demographic.
out
THIS MONTH
The Facts of Life
and Other Dirty Jokes
By Willie Nelson
Just two years short of 70, the braidbedecked country singer commits his life
to the printed page with this tome written,
primarily, on those long bus rides between
the 200-or-so gigs he does each year.
Spider-Man Confidential
By Edward Gross
An unauthorized history of comicdoms
favourite web-slinger timed to capitalize on
the release of the Tobey Maguire movie out
next month.
dreams.
newRELEASES
SEE THE MAN WHO WASNT THERE OR GET
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
Tautou in Amelie
DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
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SERENDIPITY
SPY GAME
THIRTEEN GHOSTS
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BLACK KNIGHT
MULHOLLAND DRIVE
Lawrence in
Black Knight
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ALI
AMELIE
A P R I L
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KATIA SMIRNOVA
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Christine Lahti
Peter Greenaway
Marilu Henner
Russell Crowe
Patricia Arquette
Dennis Quaid
Haley Joel Osment
Louise Lasser
Andy Garcia
Rick Schroder
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Julie Christie
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Ellen Barkin
Sean Bean
James Woods
Kate Hudson
Jessica Lange
Charles Grodin
Jack Nicholson
Valerie Bertinelli
Barbra Streisand
Rene Zellweger
Carol Burnett
James LeGros
Penlope Cruz
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Daniel Day-Lewis
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I always carry nose spray for the airplane. It helps keep the sinuses clear,
which is important. I also wont travel
without my heart-shaped crystal. Its my
lucky charm. I take it everywhere.
JENNIFER TILLY