New Theatrical
Romantic Releases:
"Vanilla Sky," "Lantana,"
"Not Another Teen Movie"
and "The Royal Tenenbaums"

In one night David meets a girl of his dreams and loses her by making a small mistake. Thrust unexpectedly onto a roller-coaster ride of romance, comedy, suspicion, love, sex and dreams, David finds himself on a mind-bending search for his soul and discovers the precious, ephemeral nature of true love.

Release Date: December 14, 2001
Directed By: Cameron Crowe
Screenwriters: Cameron Crowe, Alejandro Amenabar, and Mateo Gil
Producers: Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner
Executive Producers: Danny Bramson and Jonathan Sanger
Cinematographer: John Toll
Film Editor: Joe Hutshing
Production Designer: Catherine Hardwicke
Costume Designer: Betsy Heimann
Composer: Nancy Wilson
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell, Tilda Swinton, Noah Taylor and Johnny Galecki
Rating: R for sexuality and strong language.
Official Site: "Vanilla Sky"


Synopsis - "Not Another Teen Movie"
The irreverent Columbia Pictures comedy "Not Another Teen Movie" shows no mercy as it skewers the conventions and cliches of the genre you hate to love. Join Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), an aspiring artist who is outcast by her classmates for wearing glasses, a ponytail and paint-covered overalls; and Jake Wyler (Chris Evans), the all- American football star who makes a foolish bet to turn Janey into a prom queen, in a risque romp with an assortment of twisted takes on classic teen characters and teen movies.

Release Date: December 14, 2001
Directed By: Joel Gallen
Screenwriters: Michael Bender, Andrew Jacobson and Adam Jay Epstein
Producers: Neil Mortiz and Brad Luff
Executive Producer: Michael Rachmil
Cinematographer: Reynaldo Villalobos
Film Editor: Steven Welch
Production Designer: Joseph T. Garrity
Costume Designer: Florence-Isabelle Megginson
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Starring: Jaime Pressly, Chlyer Leigh, Chris Evans, Mia Kirshner, Cody McMains, Eric Jungmann, Randy Quaid, Lacey Chabert, Cerina Vincent, Samm Levine, Riley Smith, and JoAnna Garcia
Rating: R for strong crude sexual content and humor, language and some drug content.
Official Site: "Not Another Teen Movie"
Interviews: Interviews with the Cast
Article: "Not Another Teen Movie" Quiz
Photos: Photo Gallery


Synopsis - "The Royal Tenenbaums"
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston) had three children - Chas (Ben Stiller), Richie (Luke Wilson) and Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) - and then they separated. Chas started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the 9th grade. Richie was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" tells the story of a family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

Release Date: December 14, 2001
Directed By: Wes Anderson
Screenwriters: Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
Producers: Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, and Scott Rudin
Executive Producers: Owen Wilson and Rudd Simmons
Cinematographer: Robert Yeoman
Film Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Production Designer: David Wasco
Costume Designer: Karen Patch
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh
Starring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Danny Glover, and Bill Murray
Rating: R for some language, sexuality/nudity and drug content.
Official Site: "The Royal Tenenbaums"
Photos: Gallery of Publicity Stills
Review: Movie Review


Synopsis - "Lantana"
The lantana bush, on its surface, is a lovely plant, filled with exotic flowers. Beneath this beauty, however, hides a thick, thorny growth. The lantana serves as a central symbol in Ray Lawrence's new film, an ominous, beguiling psychological drama that is a labyrinth of love, sex and deceit.

In "Lantana", police detective Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia), consumed with guilt about cheating on his wife, becomes embroiled in a missing persons investigation. Lawrence and writer Andrew Bovell (who adapted the screenplay from his own play) use the crime-story format to study four sets of married couples. These couples' secrets and lies crisscross Leon's investigation and illuminate the personal crisis he must resolve.

Release Date: December 14, 2001
Directed By: Ray Lawrence
Screenwriter: Andrew Bovell
Producer: Jan Chapman
Executive Producers: Rainer Mockert and Mikael Borglund
Cinematographer: Mandy Walker
Film Editor: Karl Sodersten
Production Designer: Kim Buddee
Costume Designer: Margot Wilson
Sound Designer: Andrew Plain
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Barbara Hershey, Rachael Blake and Geoffrey Rush
Rating: Not yet rated.
Official Site: "Lantana"
Photo Gallery: Gallery of Publicity Stills
Article: "Lantana" Movie News

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