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Heads and Tails By Jonathan Hughes/The Gamecock
Columbus turns down chance
to direct third ‘Potter’ movie
BY CHRISTY LEMIRE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Chris Columbus’
kids are the ones who got him into
the “Harry Potter” movies — and
now they’re getting him out.
After directing last year’s
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone” and the second film in the
series, “Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets,” Columbus
will step aside for No. 3 to spend
more time with his wife and their
children, aged 13,10,8 and 5.
“My daughter, Eleanor, was the
person who forced me to read the
books and told me it would make a
great movie,” the 44-year-old film
maker said. "And then I realized
after two and a half years of not
seeing them for dinner during the
week that I wanted to take them
to school in the morning and see
them for dinner.”
Columbus will serve as a pro
ducer of “Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban,” due in the
aters in June 2004. But he concedes
it’ll be harder to watch director
Alfonso Cuaron take control of the
third movie than it would have
been to direct it himself.
“To keep my mouth shut is a
hard thing for me to do, but I’m
gonna have to,” Columbus said. “I
have to give Alfonso his space to
make the film he needs to make.”
The films’ young actors say
they’re adjusting to the idea of
having someone else in charge.
“The most important filing to
mention is that Chris is still going
to be around,” said Daniel
* Radcliffe, who stars’ as boy wizard
Harry Potter. “With the new di
rector it’s going to be exciting and
it’s going to be a different, new ex
perience.”
“It’s gonna be strange without
Chris but I think it'll be all right,”
said Rupert Grint, who plays
Harry’s best friend, Ron.
The director of the Mexican hit
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Tambien" — with
its explicit teen
sex — may seem
an unlikely match
for such family
friendly material.
But Cuaron also
directed the 1995
fantasy “A Little
Princess” and the
1998 version ol
“Great
ExDectations.”
which starred Gwyneth Paltrow
and Ethan Hawke.
“There were certainly a lot of
quotes like, ‘Sexually charged
Potter,’ “ producer David Heyman
quipped. “That’s not quite the di
rection in which we were plan
ning on going.”
While Columbus recognizes
that he’s best known now for
adapting J.K. Rowling’s “Harry
Potter” book series, he’d already
made his name directing the
“Home Alone” movies. Before
that, he wrote the scripts for
“Gremlins” and “The Goonies.”
“Hopefully you’re not known
for the ‘Heaven’s Gates.’ So now
it’s ‘Harry Potter’ — that’s cool,”
he said. “One thing I really don’t
have a lot of desire for — I just
nev'ar have in terms of ambition
“I realized that after
two and a half years
of not seeing them
during the week that
I wanted to take
them to school.”
CHRIS COLUMBUS
DIRECTOR OF THE HARRY POTTER MOVIES
ON DECLINING TO DIRECT THE THIRD
INSTALLMENT BECAUSE OF HIS CHILDREN
— is to be known as, I don’t know
what, this auteur. I want to make
films that audiences respond to.”
But audiences and critics alike
have responded with groans to
some of Columbus’ movies, in
cluding “Nine Months,”
“Bicentennial Man,” and his first,
“Adventures in Babysitting” —
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the movies are too
sappy. Ever the op
timist, Columbus
said such bombs
make a person
stronger.
“Unfortunately,
you need those
failures, desper
ately,” he said.
“You get them
anyway because
vnu will sort of pet
comfortable in a sense with your
success and something will hap
pen that will trigger either a fail
ure or a misstep, and then you
need to bounce back from it/’
From here, Columbus plans to
write another original screenplay,
which he hasn’t done since 1991’s
“Only the Lonely.” Based on his
love of rock ‘n’ roll, he said he’d love
to do a musicaL And he hasn’t ruled
out the possibility of directing the
fourth film in the series, “Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”
“I have to sit down with a yel
low pad and a pencil and say to
myself, ‘OK, what am I going to
write?”’ he said. “That’s actually
probably more terrifying than
walking onto a set with 350 people
waiting for me to tell them what
to do.” v
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Mexicali money
5 Sidekicks
9 Farm measures
14 Poetic
tentmaker?
15 Landed
16 Puppeteer Lewis
17 Short, skirtwise
18 Farm building
19 Turning point
20 Most senior
22 Atmosphere
24 Relinquish
25 Genetic
fingerprints
26 Honorable
citations
28 Speak haltingly
31 Eighth mo.
32 Possesses
33 Compressible by
sliding
overlapping
sections
39 Disapproving
interjection
w rine
41 King topper
42 Accountable
44 Small songbird
45 Participated in
an 8K
46 Most uneasy
48 Reporter's
coworker
53 Poetic contractior
54 Guinness or
Baldwin
55 Throw easily
56 Thawed
59 Tasteless
61 Address for a
Friend
63 Pedestal part
64 Host
65 Sleep fitfully
66 Mild expletive
67 Comments from
Simba
68 Food scraps
69 Musical sample
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1 Pear or quince
2 Actor Jannings
3 Indiana shore
4 Positions
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6 The Greatest
7 Spring bloomer
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9 Horned viper
10 “The Jungle”
location
11 Spoke wildly
12 Wear away
13 Web spots
21 Posed
23 Cooked wjth dr
heat
26 Where the
action is
27 Desi’s love
28 Chesterfield
29 Minnesota pro
30 Neverending
34 Sci. class
35 Actress Barkin
36 Lineage
37 Cools down
38 Penny
40 Bose or anjou
43 Tow truck
44 Brandished
47 _-whiz! .
48 Bring brunch
49 Crockett’s last
stand
50 Islamic holy city
51 Saying
52 Detest
56 Fort Dix meal
57 Mild, yellow
cheese
58 Long-extinct bird
60 Positive reply
62 NY clock setting
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HOROSCOPES
ARIES You're successful, in
part because you're quick.
Also because you're smart.
When time is short, you do
only what's necessary.
Practice now so you'll know
what that is.
TAURUS Any chance to get
more money coming in? You
bet there is! It’s not by taking a
risk, either. It comes from your
willingness to do more of
something you do very well.
GEMINI They're finally asking
for your opinion. Don't tell all
you know. Refer them to an
expert — one who agrees with
you, of course. That'll make
you look even smarter.
CANCER You've got a list of
things to do, but do you have a
plan? Now is a great time to
draw one up. List the tasks,
and figure out when you'll
work on each of them. You'll
end up with more time.
LEO It's much easier to get your
point across when you have a
receptive audience. Lines that
got groans earlier this week
will bring rounds of applause.
Try again.
VIRGO An important person
seems to be relying on you
more and more. There's a
reason for that. It's your
common sense. As you know,
it’s actually not all that
common. Understand that
you're valuable even if it isn't
mentioned.
LIBRA A person from far away
can provide the perfect
solution. You can't figure
everything out, nor should
you. Get an experienced
person's advice.
SCORPIO You're good at
managing money, but
sometimes you forget. Don't let
it slip through your fingers.
Save more by trying a different
method or product.
SAGITTARIUS Your study,
practice and research will pay
off soon. Don't lose your
enthusiasm. Polish your act.
You'll be brilliant tomorrow.
CAPRICORN You'll get more
done in the next few days than
you have in the previous week.
Set goals, concentrate and
plow through. Your efforts
should be profitable.
AQUARIUS You may soon notice
that you haye a lot piore friends
than you thought. They're
coming out of the woodwork.
You're becoming even more
popular. Get used to it.
PISCES Having family over
this weekend? If so, there's
time to make a few changes
you’ve been thinking about.
Use them as your excuse.
Invite that really critical
person, and you'll be even
more empowered.
CALENDAR
Wednesday, Nov. 20
“SEX AND LUCIA”: This erotic
film follows a waiter named
Lucia, played by Pax Vega,
who gets a call leading her to
think her lover, Lorenzo,
played by Tristan Ulloa, has
been killed in an accident.
Lucia then goes to an island
that Lorenzo often talked
about and enters a
guesthouse occupied by
Elena, played by Najwa
Nimri. Then the movie gets
steamy. 3,7 and 9:30 p.m.
Nickelodeon Theatre, 937
Main St.
“YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH
YOU”: 8 p.m. Presented by
USC Theatre South Carolina.
$12 general public; $10 for
USC faculty and staff, senior
citizens and the military; $9
students.
“BAREFOOT IN THE PARK”: 8
p.m. Workshop Theatre, 1136
BuU St. $13 adults; $11
seniors, students and the
military.
“NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS”: 8
p.m. Town Theatre. $13
adults; $11 seniors, the
military and students.
NONSTOP HIP-HOP LIVE: New
Brookland Tavern, 122 State St.
Thursday, Nov. 21
“YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH
YOU”: 8 p.m. Presented by
USC Theatre South Carolina.
$12 general public; $10 for
USC faculty and staff, senior
citizens and the military; $9
students.
“BAREFOOT IN TNE PARK”: 8
ERDITION
p.m. Workshop Theatre, $13
adults, $11 seniors, students
and the military.
“NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS”: 8
p.m. Town Theatre. $13
adults; $11 seniors, the
military and students.
SCOTTY PEEK: 8 p.m. Lettuce
Lounge, 114 State St. Free.
TIGER BURN: 7 p.m. Davis
Field II.
HARMONY GROVE WITH ONE
WAY LEFT: New Brookland
Tavern.
“OTHELLO" AND “HAMLET”: 8
8 p.m. Wedneday and
Thursday. Russell House
Theater. Free.
p.m. Presented by USC
Theatre South Carolina
Second Season. $5.
“SEX AND LUCIA": 7 and 9:30
p.m. Nickelodeon Theatre.
DR. DIDG WITH MOUNTAINS
OF VENUS AND MILHOUSE:
Senate Park, 931-B Senate
St.
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