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2003-03-29
F=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2002/CHCGO.html>Chicago will pull in an estimated $7 million to raise it’s total to $144 million, all without ever hitting #1 during any weekend during its 14 weeks in release. And that total is 9th best on the all time list of movies that have never reached #1 at the box office. What’s very interesting is Chicago joins three other movies released in 2002 in the top 10 on that list. First is My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Catch Me If You Can is fourth and Lilo and Stitch is 8th (for now.)
Now most box office records are expected to fall on a regular basis due to increased ticket prices and a growing population. But at the start of 2002 the leading ‘Bridesmaid’ Film was Dances With Wolves, which was over a decade old. And the top ten films were, on average, over a decade old. Including such films as Gremlins from 1984 and The Rocky Horror Picture Show from 1975. And three months into 2003, the best Bridesmaid movie so far is Old School, which won’t even make the top 50.
So what made 2002 so strange? Quite frankly, I have no idea. But I’d love to hear your opinions.
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2003-02-11
ruary 11th, 2002) nominations for the 75th Annual Academy Awards were announced by Academy President Frank Pierson and Marisa Tomei. Chicago lead all nominees with 13 nominations. Gangs of New York and The Hours nearly tied for second with 10 and 9 nominations respectively.
Best Picture:
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Pianist
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Director
Pedro Almodóvar for Talk to Her
Stephen Daldry for The Hours
Rob Marshall for Chicago
Roman Polanksi for The Pianist
Martin Scorsese for Gangs of New York
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Selma Hayek as “Frida Kahlo” in Frida
Nicole Kidman as “Virginia Woolf” in The Hours
Diane Lane as "Connie Summer" in Unfaithful
Julianne Moore as "Cathy Whitaker" in Far From Heaven
Renée Zellweger as "Roxie Hart" in Chicago
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody as "Wladyslaw Szpilman" in The Pianist
Nicolas Cage as "Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman" in Adaptation
Michael Caine as “Thomas Fowler” in The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis as "Bill the Butcher" in Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson as "Warren Schmidt" in About Schmidt
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Chris Cooper as "John Laroche" in Adaptation
Ed Harris as "Richard Brown" in The Hours
Paul Newman as "John Rooney" in Road to Perdition
John C. Reilly as “Amos Hart” in Chicago
Christopher Walken as "Frank Abagnale Sr." in Catch Me If You Can
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates as "Roberta Hertzel" in About Schmidt
Queen Latifah as "Mama Morton" in Chicago
Julianne Moore as "Laura Brown" in The Hours
Meryl Streep as "Susan Orlean" in Adaptation
Catherine Zeta-Jones as "Velma Kelly" in Chicago
Best Animated Feature Film
Ice Age
Lilo & Stitch
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirited Away
Treasure Planet
Foreign Language Film
The Crime of Father Amaro (Mexico)
Hero (China)
Hotel Paraiso (Netherlands)
The Man Without a Past(Finland)
Nowhere in Africa (Germany)
Documentary - Feature
Bowling for Columbine
Daughter From Danang
Prisoner of Paradise
Spellbound
The Travelling Birds
Documentary - Short Subject
The Collector of Bedford Street
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Twin Towers
Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Short Film - Animated
The Chubbchubbs
Das Rad
Katedra
Mike's New Car
Mt. Head
Short Film - Live Action
Gridlock
J'attendrai le suivant...
Inja
Johnny Flynton
This Charming Man
Art Direction
John Myhre and Gordon Sim for Chicago
Felipe Fernández del Paso and Hannia Robledo for Frida
Dante Ferretti and Francesca LoSchiavo for Gangs of New York
Grant Major, Dan Hennah and Alan Lee for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Dennis Gassner and Nancy Haigh for Road to Perdition
Cinematography
Dion Beebe for Chicago
Edward Lachman for Far from Heaven
Michael Ballhaus for Gangs of New York
Pawel Edelman for The Pianist
Conrad L. Hall for Road to Perdition
Costume Design
Colleen Atwood for Chicago
Julie Weiss for Frida
Sandy Powell for Gangs of New York
Ann Roth for The Hours
Anna B. Sheppard for The Pianist
Film Editing
Martin Walsh for Chicago
Thelma Schoonmaker for Gangs of New York
Peter Boyle for The Hours
D. Michael Horton for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Hervé de Luze for The Pianist
Makeup
Beatrice De Alba and John E. Jackson for Frida
John M. Elliott Jr. and Barbara Lorenz for The Time Machine
Music - Original Score
Elmer Bernstein for Far from Heaven
Philip Glass for The Hours
Elliot Goldenthal for Frida
Thomas Newman for Road to Perdition
John Williams for Catch Me If You Can
Music - Original Song
"Burn It Blue" from Frida
· Music by Elliot Goldenthal
· Lyric by Julie Taymor
"Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie
· Music and Lyric by Paul Simon
"The Hands That Built America" from Gangs of New York
· Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
"I Move On" from Chicago
· Music by John Kander
· Lyric by Fred Ebb
"Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile
· Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
· Lyric by Eminem
Sound
David Lee, Michael Minkler and Dominic Tavella for Chicago
Ivan Sharrock, Tom Fleischman and Eugene Gearty for Gangs of New York
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Hammond Peek for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Bob Beemer, Scott Millan and John Pritchett for for Road to Perdition
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick for Spider-Man
Sound Editing
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom for Minority Report
Scott Hecker for Road to Perdition
Visual Effects
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
John Frazier, John Dykstra, Anthony LaMolinara and Scott Stokdyk for Spider-Man
Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Screenplay - Adaptation
Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz for About a Boy
Charlie Kaufman &Donald Kaufman for Adaptation
Bill Condon for Chicago
David Hare for The Hours
Ronald Harwood for The Pianist
Screenplay - Original
Pedro Almodóvar for Talk to Her
Todd Haynes for Far From Heaven
Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan for Gangs of New York
Nia Vardalos for My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón for And Your Mother Too
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2003-02-06
me since a movie opened wide to positive critical reviews, we have to go all the way back to the last week of December to find such a movie (Catch Me If You Can.) And if the early indications are anything to go on, we’ll have to wait another week for that trend to end.
Opening wide this week are:
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days: Romantic Comedy starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. Receiving generally awful reviews, including a 0% from the cream of the crop over on Rotten Tomatoes. Too predictable is the greatest criticism, however, other reviewers admit there is a certain charm. Widest release of the week with 2,923 theatres.
Shanghai Knights: Sequel to 2000’s Shanghai Noon starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. Both stars are looking for box office rebounds; Jackie Chan’s last movie was the box office disappointment The Tuxedo. (Although to be fair, The Tuxedo is performing better than expected overseas.) And Owen Wilson’s last was the box office bomb I Spy. The reviews substantially better than How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and fall just short of the 60% needed for an overall fresh rating. Even with the slightly smaller opening of 2,753 theatres should win this week’s box office race. Update: Latest reviews on Rotten Tomato pushed Shanghai Knight past the 60% to an overall fresh rating.
Deliver Us from Eva: Opening in only 1,139 theatres this romantic comedy stars Gabrielle Union as the title character. While the reviews are in between those of Shanghai Knights and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the reviews from the cream of the crop are at 80%. Even with the low thetre count, Deliver Us from Eva should finish in the top 5.
Also opening in limited release are:
Kedma: Tells the story of illegal Jewish immigrants who traveled to Israel just before it was officially declared a country.
May: Receiving the best reviews including Variety naming star Angela Bettis as one of the top ten stars to watch for. Should open wide, or at least wider, in the coming weeks. For more information check out the official site.
Note: All reviews were at the time of release. Numbers subject to change, as more information becomes available.
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2003-01-28
Award nominations were announced today (Tuesday January 28th) at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Chicago lead the way with 5 nominations and Julianne Moore received two nominations, a feat matched by Sean Hayes in the Television categories.
Theatrical Categories:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
· Adaptation
· Chicago
· The Hours
· The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
· My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
· Salma Hayek, Frida
· Nicole Kidman, The Hours
· Diane Lane, Unfaithful
· Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
· Renee Zellweger, Chicago
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
· Adrien Brody, The Pianist
· Nicolas Cage, Adaptation
· Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
· Richard Gere, Chicago
· Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
· Kathy Bates, About Schmidt
· Julianne Moore, The Hours
· Michelle Pfeiffer, White Oleander
· Queen Latifah, Chicago
· Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
· Chris Cooper, Adaptation
· Ed Harris, The Hours
· Alfred Molina, Frida
· Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven
· Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can
At the award ceremony, which will take place on March 9 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center,
Clint Eastwood will be awarded the Life Achievement Award.
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2003-01-07
EF="http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2002/CATCH.html">Catch Me If You Can is just $700,000 shy of the $100 million dollar mark and should easily cross it by today (Tuesday.) When it does it will extend Tom Hanks amazing run of $100 million dollar movies to seven in a row. The streak started in 1998 with Saving Private Ryan* and You’ve Got Mail. 1999 saw Tom Hanks star in animated sequel Toy Story 2 and the Stephen King adaptation The Green Mile. With Cast Away* Tom Hanks tied the old record of five $100 million dollar films set by Tom Cruise. After taking 2001 off, he returned with the darker Road to Perdition, which barely broke the $100 million mark. And with his latest hit, this record could be ‘uncatchable.’
Up next for Tom Hanks is the animated family adventure The Polar Express and the remake of the 1955 criminal comedy The Ladykillers. Can these continue this amazing streak? We'll have to wait till 2004 to find out.
Note: Movies denoted with a * represents Oscar nominations.
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2003-01-07
scars after a career that lends him credits
to arguably some of the most monumental films in American Culture, Steven Spielberg
finally accepts his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With the dedication
site set outside the Kodak Theater this Friday, the five point monument won’t
be the first time Spielberg has his name forever branded into the Hollywood
Blvd bustle. Spielberg’s cemented prints and signature can be seen on the same
strip in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in a section reserved for
only the true aristocrats of the Hollywood monarchy.
In the announcement made on Monday, January 6th,
2003, Walk of Fame Chairman Johnny Grant stated this is the first time he
(Spielberg) has made him self available for the award, adding
“We're just pleased that we finally got him,
He could have been approved 20 years ago."
George W. Horta III
Staff Writer
Additional sources: www.seeing-stars.com, www.spi
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