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Page 18 npio ■BnHni V 1 A oMumi o^jilteufeek j^ Dismemberment Plan - “Change” 3_, Radio Head (live) - “I Might Be Wrong” Lenny Kravitz - “Lenny” Garbage - “Beautiful” Jimmy Eat World - “Bleed American” C>, Lookout! Freakout compilation, episode 2 Bush - “Golden State” S, Tinstar - “Dirty Bird” Incubus - “Morning View” )Q Charlatans UK - “Wonderland” Arts 6c Entertainment Nov. 8,2001 Movies should offer comfort and joy, but Oscar pickings are slim EWS DreamWorks’ animated hit “Shrek” shattered the DVD sales record over the weekend, selling 2.5 million copies and topping both “The Mummy Returns” and “Star Wars: Episode I—^The Phantom Men ace." The film was released on video and DVD Friday, the same time Disney released Monsters, Inc. Lucasfilm announed that owners of the DVD for Star Wars: Episode I_The Phantom Menace” will have exclusive access to an Internet preview for the next installment, “Episode II—^Attack of the Clones. The DVD will allow fans to unlock the preview via DVD-ROM link. ABC has promised not to edit out portions of “Saving Private Ryan” when the movie airs on Veteran’s Day, November 11. The network will, however, air advisories warning viewers about the graphic vio lence. Tom Cruise has signed on to narrate the first-ever MAX 3D space film, “Space Station,” which documents NASA’s constniction of the International Space Station. The film lands in theaters in spring, 2002. {Top 10 provided by 89.3 FM, WSOE. Industry News is a collection of stories from E! Entertainment and ETOnline.com, that are compiled by Jason Chick, A&E Editor) Jack Mathews New York Daily News The answer to your future “Jeop ardy” question is: “What is 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’?” The question is: The most popu lar children’s movie of all time. That’s what it’s guaranteed to become this holiday movie season. Harry Potter. Harry Potter. You may be sick of the name before the first ticket is purchased on Nov. 16. Then again, maybe you won’t. Maybe you’re one of the mil lions of parents who rush out to buy each new installment of J.K. Rowling’s seven-in-the-making se ries of books about witches and wiz ards for their children, only to make them threaten you with spitballs belf so, you’ll be there on opening day, or soon after, for a film that some industry insiders believe could challenge “Titanic’s” No. 1 spot on the list of box-office moneymakers. Certainly, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is one of the most anticipated pictures ever. The first four books have sold 107 million copies, which just hints at the po tential audience for the first filmed adaptation. (Work already has be gun on the first sequel, and if the “Sorcerer’s Stone” does as well as expected, Warner Bros, is poised to commit to two more.) The studio has been almost pathologically restrained in its pro motion, keeping the cast - especially the children - at a distance from ea ger reporters. But they do so know ing that Coca-Cola, which won the tie-in franchise, is about to launch a $150 million campaign. The overriding issue, of course, is whether the film will live up to the hopes for it. A director’s vision can destroy a great book faster than you can say “Bonfire of the Vani ties.” And, frankly, Christopher (“Home Alone”) Columbus is not the first guy we would have given the job to. Steven Spielberg turned it down, something for which Potterphiles should be eternally grateful, as did Terry Gilliam, whose imagination is, if anything, riper than Rowling’s. Stories about the project say that Columbus sold himself to the producers and Rowlings herself with visual concepts that would enhance the book without chang ing a dot of it. We can hope. Like everyone else. I’m dying to be swept away for a game of aerial soccer called quidditch. “Harry Potter” will get some competition in the family movie category from the first leg of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “Jimmy Neutron,” a computer-animated yam about a boy genius who leads an attempt by youngsters in the 'hood to res cue their parents from aliens. Late fall and the holidays, of course, is rutting season for Oscar hopefuls, and the pickings - as we seem to say at this time each year - are slimmer than ever. In the ac companying story, we’ve high lighted 10 films other than “Harry Potter” that at least look good on paper, and among which are most of the eventual Academy Award contenders. Conspicuous by its absence is Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York,” which Miramax pulled from its December release date, with the dubious public explanation that it was merely being sensitive to post- 9/1 1 trauma. More credible rumors suggest that Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein and Scorsese are at log gerheads over the length, now said to be about three hours. Most of us Scorsese fans would like to see a three-hour version of a movie about the ethnic gangs that dominated the streets of Manhat tan during the Civil War. The sub ject warrants an epic. Shortening it for audience tumover seems a ri diculous idea, and opening it with out the Oscar hoo-ha of the earlier release is downright self-destruc tive. It’s possible the movie just isn’t any good, but what are the odds? In any case, an early favorite for the Academy Award for Best Pic ture seems to be Ron Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind,” a biographical drama starring Russell Crowe as a math genius who fought through schizophrenia en route to a Nobel Prize. Without Scorsese in the mix, the year-end directors’ roll is high lighted by such recently reliable names as Michael Mann (“Ali”), Cameron Crowe (“Vanilla Sky”) and Lasse Hallstrom (“The Ship ping News”). There’s also the lat est from Robert Altman, whose “Gosford Park” is said to be in a league with his great ensemble films “Nashville” and “Short Cuts.” Unforgettable? Frank Darabont’s brand of mo lasses satisfied the sentimental tastes of many who saw “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Green Mile.” He’s back with “The Majestic,” starring Jim Carrey as a blacklisted writer suffering from amnesia in a small, post-World War II California town. (c) 2001, New York Daily News. Visit the Daily News online at http://www.nydailynews.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/ Tribune Information Services. Paid Singpr Vacancies No Solo Performance Required First Chrisitan United Church of Christ Burlington 1 Weekly Service 8 Rdiearsal Church Phones: 22&-742S or 228-7098
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