Robert Redford
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
08/17/1936
Santa Monica, CA |
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'Angels' Beat Devil
July 23, 2001 9:52am EST"Charlie's Angels" won this weekend's box office election by a mile despite projections that "Little Nicky" might give it a devil of a time. "Angels," Columbia's PG-13 action adventure comedy, continued kicking box office butt in its second weekend with a still sexy estimated $25.0 million (-38%) at 3,037 theaters (theater count unchanged; $8,232 per theater). Its cume is approximately $75.4 million, heading for $150 million or more. "Angels" had the highest per-theater average for any film play
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'Angels' Should Fly High
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTWith heavenly grosses clearly on the horizon, "Charlie's Angels" is poised to kick off in first place this weekend. The PG-13 action adventure comedy opening via Columbia at 3,037 theaters is flying high on Hollywood's advance radar screen. "I feel this movie is (going to open) closer to $30 million than $20 million," predicts one insider. "I think it's going to get every teenager out there -- male and female." "Number one by far," agrees another studio executive. "About $25 million-plus. It's (
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Sundance Y2K - Daily Dispatch
July 06, 2001 10:39am ESTFestivals wrap; "Clerks" director makes points with wife; Joey Lawrence shines (really) PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 30, 2000 - Done. "Girlfight" and "You Can Count on Me" - the two films everybody talked about non-stop up here - ended up as the two films everybody talked about non-stop during Saturday's awards ceremony at the Raquet Center. The movies took two awards each - tying as the Grand Jury Prize winner for best dramatic film."Two Family House" - a film that as far as we were concerned nobody t
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Sundance Y2K - Daily Dispatch
July 06, 2001 10:39am ESTPARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 22, 2000 -- Larry (not his real name) wanted $30 for a $10 ticket to "American Psycho." If you waited 15 minutes, you waited too long, because then Larry wanted $40 -- and got it, too. (Or so he thought.) According to one overheard comment Friday night at the "Psycho"'s sold-out Sundance premiere at the Eccles Theatre, the 15-year-old and his underage posse were possibly the first scalpers in the history of Robert Redford's mountain paradise. Such is life in this now (reall
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Sundance 2000: Calm Before the Storm
July 06, 2001 10:39am ESTPARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 19, 2000 -- And so this is Sundance. Sort of. There's no snow. No crowds. No film crews. The locals promise that a storm will hit Friday, and while it'd be clever to argue they're a day off -- that the real storm arrives Thursday in the form of Robert Redford's film festival cum schmoozefest (running through Jan. 30) -- they're not. There's nobody stinkin' here. There aren't even any films -- stinkin' or otherwise -- until 7:30 p.m. Thursday when the Thanksgiving-themed ens
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Sundance Film Festival Opens
July 06, 2001 10:39am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 18, 2001 -- Most of who'll converge at Park City, Utah, beginning today could care less about the powdery conditions on the local slopes. There’s no time for skiing when the Sundance Film Festival is in town. The annual event, backed by actor/director Robert Redford, kicks off today with a who’s who of Hollywood celebrities and studio brass with fat wallets expected to take over the small mountain town for the next 10 days. Aside from being one long party, the event is also a pla
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR NOV. 3-5, 2000
May 08, 2001 4:19am EST"Charlie's Angels" kicked off to a divine, butt-kicking $40.5 million, sending weekend ticket sales soaring about 37% over last year. Columbia's PG-13 action adventure comedy had been a high flyer on Hollywood's advance radar screen with insiders anticipating a $25-30 million opening. Instead, "Angels" arrived to a spectacular, record-setting ESTIMATED $40.5 million at 3,037 theaters ($13,335 per theater). "Angels" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide or lim
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THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTThis weekend's box office election is too close to call, according to insiders who see a close race between "Charlie's Angels" and "Little Nicky" for the popular vote. Columbia's PG-13-rated action adventure comedy kicked off to a record setting $40.1 million last weekend. New Line's PG-13-rated youth appeal comedy "Little Nicky," opening at about 2,910 theaters, is flying high on the Hollywood radar screen. "It probably will fall less than 50%," an insider predicts about "Angels." "Fi
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ROLE CALL: Ho! Ho! 'Joe'!
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 15, 2001 -- Reprising a role in "The Santa Clause" is apparently not as attractive as playing a guy named Joe. Daily Variety says that the actor-director team of Tim Allen and Tim Pasquin has opted to tackle the comedy "Joe Somebody," after the two temporarily put "The Santa Clause" sequel project in the back burner due to the possible Hollywood strike next summer. Plans are to get "Joe" in production before the strike. The Fox comedy is said to concern a divorced corporate guy a
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ROLE CALL: Ready for the Mob
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 8, 2001 -- Will the mob run amok at the castle? "The Sopranos" tough guy James Gandolfini has signed on to star opposite Robert Redford and "You Can Count On Me's" Mark Ruffalo in "The Castle," Daily Variety reports. The Emmy Award-winning actor will get $5 million for the part of a prison warden in a story about an imprisoned general who rallies his fellow inmates into mutiny. MUCH OBLIGED: The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Damon Wayans is in talks to star opposite Lisa Kudro
