Samuel West
One of Britain's more underrated actors, Samuel West first became known to international audiences in 1992 as the perpetually unfortunate Leonard Bast in the acclaimed Ismail Merchant/James Ivory adap...
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'The General's Daughter' marches on to DVD
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTThe week of Dec. 14 proves to be yet another with less than usual fanfare as the holiday season continues its approach. The wave of Disney animated offerings takes a week off while the majors decide which sprinklings of recent films will make the grade with the usual catalog backdating. Majors Leading the relatively small list of major recent offerings is Paramount's special edition of Simon West's ("Con Air") "The General's Daughter" ($29.99 SRP). Featuring a running audio commentary by directo
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'The Mexican' Gets More Than '15 Minutes'
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTHollywood's advance radar system fizzled this weekend as "15 Minutes" failed to oust "The Mexican" from first place. Although insiders were right in predicting a sharp second week drop for DreamWorks' R-rated drama "The Mexican," they were wrong about it losing top honors. "Mexican" held on to first place with a less sexy estimated $12.13 million (-40%) at 2,959 theaters (+8 theaters; $4,100 per theater). Its cume is approximately $38.3 million. "Mexican" reportedly only cost about $40 million s
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MC John Waters
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTMaster of camp John Waters will serve as the host at the 16th annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, Daily Variety reports. Previous emcees of the indie film awards include Jennifer Tilly, Buck Henry, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Pollak, John Turturro and Queen Latifah. "Hosting the Independent Spirit Awards makes me feel like a combination of Buddy Hackett and Satyajit Ray," Waters was quoted as saying. Whatever that means aside, the announcement of the award nominees will take place Jan. 10 at
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR JULY 14-16,2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTAs "X"-pected, 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" opened to "X"-ceptionally strong business. "X-Men" topped the chart with an "X"-citing ESTIMATED $57.5 million at 3,025 theaters ($19,008 per theater). Its per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide or limited release this weekend. Driven by "X-Men" and helped by surprisingly strong holds for the four other Top Five films -- Dimension Films' "Scary Movie," Warner Bros.' "The Perfect Storm," Columbia's "The Patriot" and Bue
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR APR. 28-30, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTUniversal's unsinkable "U-571" continued full speed ahead in first place this weekend just as studio tracking data indicated it would. The PG-13 World War II submarine drama, which had a 19% first-choice tracking going into the weekend, held on to the top spot with a brisk ESTIMATED $12.33 million (-37%) at 2,615 theaters (+32 theaters; $4,715 per theater). Its cume is approximately $38.2 million, heading for $60 million-plus in domestic theaters. "U-571's" per theater average was the high
