UNDATED MOVIES IN AUSTRALIA
Marci X (TBA): Selected. UIP (Para). Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Christine Baranski, Richard Benjamin, Jane Krakowski, Veanne Cox, Paula Garces, Charles Kimbrough, Sheri Rene Scott. D: Richard Benjamin (Mermaids). Musical comedy. A young Jewish woman, Marci (Kudrow), has to take over a hard-core rap label for her father (Benjamin), Felony Assault, including negotiating the negative publicity aftermath when a song by Dr. Snatchcatcher (Wayans), one of her top artists, called "Shoot Ya' Teacha" becomes a big pop hit. Marci X is a "J.A.P. meets Rap" thing.
Masked & Anonymous (TBA): Selected. Roadshow. Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Angela Bassett. D: Larry Charles. Set in a fictional country besieged by a civil war that's been waged for so long that people have forgotten why they were fighting, a wandering troubadour named Jack Fate (Dylan), is busted out of prison by his former manager (Goodman), so he can perform at one last concert, in what is both a chance to rekindle his career, and help bring a divided country back together.
Men of Destiny (TBA): Selected. Buena Vista. Action. Chow Yun Fat, Nicolas Cage. D: John Woo. Arriving in 19th Century San Francisco with his wife, Chinese immigrant Gun-Li (Chow Yun-Fat) soon realizes that they have been sold into slavery to work on the railroads, so he sets out to exact vengeance for this misdeed, teaming up with an Irish worker (Cage) caught in a similar situation.
Monday Morning (TBA): Selected, Syd/ Melb. Palace. Drama. 120 mins. France/ Italy:- subtitled- French/ Italian/ Romanian. Jacques Bidou, Arrigo Mozzo, Anne Kravz-Tarnavsky, Narda Bla. D: Otar Iosseliani (Farewell Sweet Home). Loosely speaking, Monday Morning is a critique of the working week. Vincent (played by Jacques Bidou, a man with a chubby, disconsolate face like Benny Hill after a lost weekend) is a factory worker and Sunday painter who struggles out of bed every morning, takes a train and a bus to work, then enters the factory gates with the same crowd of men all getting the last puff from their fag before they pass the "No Smoking" sign on their way in. "
More Than Scarlet (TBA): Selected. Hopscotch. Australia. Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington. D: Cate Shortland. Producers Jan Chapman, Anthony Anderson. A visually haunting story of a 16-year-old girl's discovery of the difference between sex and love. Growing up with her drifting single mother, Heidi has learned to use sex as a survival tool. After a confrontation in her suburban Canberra home, she flees to Jindabyne, seeking work in the snowfields. Here Heidi learns the transforming power of forgiveness and discovers she is more than she had realised. More Than Scarlet, which will begin shooting in September 2003, is directed by Cate Shortland (AFTRS graduate and a director of The Secret Life Of Us series) and is executive produced by Jan Chapman (Lantana, The Piano).
Mr 3000 (TBA): Selected. Buena Vista.
My Life Without Me (TBA): Selected. Palace. USA.
My Mother's Smile (TBA): Selected. Palace. Italy.