Hollywood summer fails to match 1999 box office record
Hollywood’s summer earned about 2.75 billion through Labor Day, well below last year’s 3 billion record. Scary Movie and other successes followed a weaker lineup after The Sixth Sense and The Blair Witch Project, leaving attendance pressures and theater debt in play.
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Altman Sees His Films As Chapters Of One Book
Venice premiere of Dr. T and the Women highlights Robert Altman 75, still bristling with satirical drive. He recalls 36 films from MASH to Nashville, says every project is a piece of a larger novel, and notes he works on shoestring budgets with generous ensembles.
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Altman's Dr. T and the Women Debuts at Venice Film Festival
Robert Altman returns to satire with Dr. T and the Women starring Richard Gere in a Dallas set comedy about a gynecologist surrounded by affluent women. The ensemble includes Helen Hunt Laura Dern Liv Tyler Farah Fawcett and Cowboys cheerleaders as Gere embraces the role without salary, seeking profits instead.
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Fall Film Lineup Sketch From Dr T and the Women to Remember the Titans
A sampling of upcoming fall releases lists dates from Sept 8 to Oct 20 with titles including Catfish in Black Bean Sauce Alilee and Martin Almost Famous This Is Spinal Tap Nurse Betty and more subject to change as studios finalize schedules.
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