John Woo
The first Asian filmmaker to helm a major Hollywood feature, John Woo initially emerged as the leading light of the Hong Kong action renaissance of the late '80s. Celebrated for his unique, much-imita...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
04/30/1946
Guangzhou Canton Prvnce, China |
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News Roundup: Oct. 3
October 03, 2001 1:05pm ESTNews Roundup Oct. 3
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London Film Festival announces line-up
September 20, 2001 1:23pm ESTAn impressive list of potential U.S. blockbusters has been announced for the 45th London Film Festival, scheduled for Nov. 7-22.
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News Roundup: Aug. 30
August 30, 2001 9:53am ESTNews Roundup for Aug. 30: Napster finally getting pay service off the ground; Anne Heche getting married; Spanish actor Francisco Rabal died; Tara Reid tesitifies at court hearing; Lawsuit against The Sopranos in court; George Harrison loses bid to stop a bankruptcy; Nicole Kidman hits the Venice Film Festival; Survivor special to air on CBS a week before Survivor 3 airs; the new Michael Jackson song tanks on the air and he gets Marlon Brando and cast from The Sopranos in his video; Teenage Muta
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By the Numbers: Box Office Preview Aug. 17
August 17, 2001 8:11am ESTAmerican Pie 2 Chill Factor The Crow: City of Angels Knock Off Highlander Endgame American Outlaws Rat Race Colin Farrell Tigerland Minority Report Jim Carrey Matt Damon Phone Booth Edward Norton Hart's War Les Mayfield Young Guns Jon Bon Jovi Wild Wild West Bad Girls Will Smith Young Guns 2 Dino De Laurentiis It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Million Dollar Mystery Eddie Deezen Rat Race Cuba Gooding Jr John Cleese Jon Lovitz Roawan Atkinson Whoopi Goldberg Jerry Zucker Airplane Ghost Captain Core
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Daniel Day-Lewis, Original Gangsta
August 15, 2001 11:35am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 11, 2000 – There's really nothing new about another mob movie from Martin Scorsese, is there? How about this: It co-stars Daniel Day-Lewis. Word comes today, via Daily Variety, that the elusive actor, whose last film work was four years ago in "The Boxer," has joined the cast of Scorsese's forthcoming "Gangs of New York," which stars Leonardo Dicaprio. Day-Lewis will play the villain, Bill the Butcher, who tries to thwart gangster Leo's effort to unite the scrappy street
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News Roundup: Aug. 14
August 14, 2001 11:23am ESTEwan McGregor may enjoy working in Hollywood, but he would never live there.
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Box Office Analysis July 8
July 24, 2001 2:12pm ESTBox Office Analysis July 8
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Scary Movie 2 Review
July 03, 2001 3:57pm ESTThe first film promised no sequel. Too bad the Wayans brothers failed to keep their word.
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2001 MTV Movie Awards
June 14, 2001 2:40pm ESTWinners of the sometimes bizarre and always hip MTV Movie Awards.
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Woo receives Stunt awards
May 22, 2001 1:31pm ESTJumping off cliffs and hanging from high altitude might get you an award. Stunt people from such films as Gladiator and Charlie's Angels were big winners in the first World Stunt Awards, held Sunday. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Arnold Schwarzenegger was honored as best-action movie star. "You have made me shine on the screen," he said. "You made me look heroic." MI:2 director John Woo won for best-action director, but he said he was not the one "jumping off a motorcycle or driving 150 f
