The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 12, 2000, Encore!, Page 3, Image 21
i-i Movies
Michael J. Fox provides the voice for Stuart Little in the movie adap
tation of the popular children’s book.
'Stuart Little' claims
weekend box office
by Tom Harrican
Associated Press
Los Angeles — Stuart Little led the
movie box office for the third time in
the four weekends since it debuted,
adding $11.2 million Friday through
Sunday to move above $95 million.
The top 20 movies at North Amer
ican theaters Friday through Sunday as
compiled by Exhibitor Relations. Co.
Inc. andACNielsen EDI.
1. Stuart Little
2. The Green Mile
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley
4. Any Given Sunday
5. Galaxy Quest
6. Toy Story 2
7. Magnolia
8. Bicentennial Man
9. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
10. Snow Falling on Cedars
11. Anna and the King
12. Man on the Moon
13. Jhe Cider House Rules
14. Fantasia 2000
15. The World is Not Enough.
16. Sleepy Hollow
17. End of Days
18. The Hurricane
19. The End of the Affair
20. American Beauty
Golden Globe Nominations
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
a. American Beauty
b. The End Of The Affair
c. The Hurricane
d. The Insider
a The Talented Mr. Ripley
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTRESS IN A MOTION
PICTURE-DRAMA
a ANNETTE BENING -- American
Beauty
b. JULIANNE MOORE - The End
of the Affair
c. MERYL STREEP - Music of the
Heart
d. HILARY SWANK - Boys Don’t
Cry %
a SIGOURNEY WEAVER ~_A Map
of the World
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTOR IN A MOTION
PICTURE-DRAMA
a. RUSSELL CROWE - The Insider
b. MATT DAMON - The Talented
Mr. Ripley
c. RICHARD FARNSWORTH -The
Straight Story
4 KEVIN SFACEY - American Beau
ty
e. DENZEL WASHINGTON -The
Hurricane
BEST MOTION PICTURE
MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. Analyze This
b. Being John Malkovich
c. Man on the Moon
4 Not ting Hill
e. Toy Story 2
TRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE -
MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a JANET McTEER -- Tumbleweeds
b. JULIANNE MOORE - An Ideal
Husband -
■c. JULIA ROBERTS - Notting Hill
d. SHARON STONE - The Muse
a REESE WITHERSPOON -Elec
tion
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -
MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a JIM CARREY - Man on the Moon
b. ROBERT DE NIRO - .Analyze This
c. RUPERT EVERETT - An Ideal
Husband
d. HUGH GRANT -- Notting Hill
a SEAN PENN -- Sweet and Low
down
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
IN A MOTION PICTURE
a CAMERON DIAZ - Being John
Malkovich
b. ANGELINA JOLIE - Girl, Inter
rupted
c. CATHERINE KEENER r-Being
John Malkovich
d. SAMANTHA MORTON -- Sweet
andLowdown
a NATALIE PORTMAN - Any
where But Here
£ CHLOE SEVIGNY - Boys Don't
Cry
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN '
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
IN A MOTION PICTURE
a MICHAEL CAINE - The Cider
House Rules
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN AC
Nominations see page 4
'Blair Witch' plans sequel, prequel
Staff Reports
Associated Press
Los Angeles—The witch in the woods isn’t done
yet. ,
The legend in The Blair Witch Project will con
tinue with a sequel and a prequel expanding on the
horror tale that became one of the most successful
low-budget films ever made.
Producers are already scouting locations for
Blair Witch 2, to be released in October. •
The prequel telling the witch’s early history-will
follow in summer 2001.
Artisan Entertainment, which bought Blair Wkch
and the sequel rights for $1 million at last year’s Sun
dance film festival, hopes to rekindle the magic that
made the first film a $140 million smash.
“I think it was the best million dollars anybody
ever spent, even when you see all the numbers in the
‘dot com’ world,” Artisan president Amir Malin said
Thursday.
“I don’t think you’ve ever seen real returns, as op
posed to paper returns, like Blair Witch.”
Thp original Blair Witch was one of the most prof
itable movies ever.
Directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez and
their company, Elaxan Films, shot the film for about
$60,000, with Artisan kicking in $260,000 more in
post-production costs, Malin said.
The sequel and prequel each will have budgets
of about $7 million to $10 million, still small by Hol
lywood standards.
Blair Witch 2 is scheduled to begin shooting in
early February and will be directed by documentary
filmmaker Joe Berlinger.
Malin said the movie will not necessarily follow
the pattern of the original, which was told through
footage supposedly shot by three fictional filmmakers
who disappeared in the woods while making a docu
mentary about a legendary witch.
Artisan is keeping the plots and other details about
the followup films under wraps, including whether the
three characters from the original will return.
Myrick, Sanchez and their partners with Haxan
will be executive producers on Blair Witch 2, but
are not directing the movie because they are working
on another film, Malin said.
Malin said the Haxan team will return to write and
direct Blair Witch 3, which will span episodes in the
witch’s history from the 18th century through the
1990s, leading up to the faux disappearance of the three
filmmakers.
Cinematic
Arts posts;
spring film
calendar -
by David Cloninger
Gamecock Critic
All shows are on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday in the Russell House
Theater on the second floor.
In the event of a sneak preview, the
regular movie will be shown as a dou
ble feature with the regularly sched
uled film. The exact day of the week
will not be determined until the week
of the preview.
Movie times are 8:00 p.m. unless
otherwise denoted.
There will be four to six sneak pre
views this semester.
January
Week of January 9-15: Eyes Wick Shut
Week of January 16-22: Casablanca
Wfeek of January 23-29: Clerks & Freaks
(Double Feature)
February
Week of February 1-5: He Got Game
Week of February 6-12: Full Metal
Jacket
Week of February 13-19: The Cotton
Club
Week of February 20-26: Star Wars
Episode I
March
Week of March 1-4: Elizabeth
Wfeek of March 5-11: Spring Break (No
Movie)
Week of March 12-18: Taxi Driver
Week of March 19-25: Pi
Week of March 26-31: The Ice Storm '
April
Week of April 2-8: Fight Club
Week of April 9-15: Being John Malka
vich
Week of April 16-22: The Blair
Witch Project
ENCORE POLL:
Will you watch the 'Blair
Witch' sequel and pre
quel? Why or why not?
e-mail us at:
gamecockencore@hot
mail.com