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"40 Days and 40 Nights"
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Synopsis: Matt Sullivan's (Hartnett) last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsover. For 40 straight days. No touching. No kissing. No foreplay. No fooling around. No self-gratification. No nothing. At first he has everything under control. That is until the woman of his dreams, Erica (Sossamon), walks into his life. Now, with everyone betting he won't finish what he started, he's just trying to hold on, and hoping she's willing to hold out... |
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Director: Michael Lehmann Screenwriter: Rob Perez |
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Griffin Dunne, Vinessa Shaw, Monet Mazur, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emmanuelle Vaugier, and Keegan Connor Tracy |
| Release Date: March 1, 2002 | MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, nudity and language |
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"Clockstoppers"
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Synopsis: When Zak (Bradford) discovers a high-tech watch that speeds up his body's molecules so that the rest of the world seems frozen in time, it's like having the ultimate super power—until he winds up in a true race against time! |
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Director: Jonathan Frakes Screenwriters: David N. Weiss, J. David Stern, and Rob Hedden |
Starring: Jesse Bradford, French Stewart, Paula Garcés, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas, Jason Winston George, Linda Kim, Julia Sweeney, Lindze Letherman, and Jeff Ricketts |
| Release Date: March 29, 2002 | MPAA Rating: PG for action violence and mild language |
"Death to Smoochy"
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Synopsis: "Death to Smoochy" tells the comic tale of Rainbow Randolph (Williams), the costumed star of a popular children's television show who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by Smoochy (Norton), a puffy, Barney-esque fuscia rhinoceros. When Randolph discovers Smoochy is having an affair with his ex-lover, Nora (Keener), a top programming executive at the network, he plots his revenge. |
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Director: Danny DeVito Screenwriter: Adam Resnick |
Starring: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, and Jon Stewart |
| Release Date: March 29, 2002 | MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual references |
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"Festival in Cannes"
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Synopsis: "Festival in Cannes" looks at three love stories - and three generations - revealing the underlying comic drama which entangles all six of these people: an older, recently-separated, legendary film couple, director Viktor Kovner (Schell) and his famous French movie star wife, Millie (Aimee); a respected and beautiful English actress trying to direct her first film (Scacchi) who finds herself in combat (or love) with a powerful Hollywood studio producer (Silver); and finally, a young, struggling unknown actress (Gabrielle) who falls for an ambitious executive assistant (Mann). |
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Director: Henry Jaglom Screenwriter: Henry Jaglom |
Starring: Anouk Aimee, Ron Silver, Greta Scacchi, Jenny Gabrielle, Alex Craig Mann, Rachel Bailit, and Zack Norman |
| Release Date: March 8, 2002 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language |
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"Harrison's Flowers"
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Synopsis: Immersing herself into a world she never fathomed, Sarah (MacDowell) embarks on a perilous journey to find Harrison (Strathairn), her husband, colleague and father of their two children. The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist is missing on an assignment in a country far, far from home. He is presumed dead by his associates and his editor Samuel Brubeck (Armstrong). But it is Sarah who leaves others in disbelief, hell-bent in her pursuit to find Harrison - dead or alive. Rather than convincing her to turn back, she convinces Harrison's colleagues to forge ahead. In helping Sarah, fellow photojournalists Kyle (Brody), Stevenson (Gleeson) and Harrison's best friend Yeager (Koteas) find a new perspective in the midst of this horrendous battle of brother against brother. |
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Director: Elie Chouraqui Screenwriter: Elie Chouraqui |
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, David Strathairn, and Alun Armstrong |
| Release Date: March 15, 2002 (Limited) | MPAA Rating: R for strong war violence and gruesome images, pervasive language and brief drug use |
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"Kissing Jessica Stein"
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Synopsis: "Kissing Jessica Stein" is a fresh take on the subject of sex and the single girl. When we first meet Jessica - a sensitive but neurotic New York journalist - she is at the end of her emotional rope. Her brother's engaged, her best friend's pregnant, she hasn't dated in a year, and she can't sleep. After an optimistic but nightmarish dating spree, she happens upon an intriguing personal ad, whose only drawback is that it's in the 'women seeking women' section. On a daring whim, she decides to answer it. She meets funky downtown hipster Helen Cooper for drinks and, to her surprise, they click instantly. Their evening of banter, connection and heated debate culminates in a kiss that confounds and intrigues even the reluctant Jessica. With conventional gender roles absent, the two women proceed to muddle through an earnest, but hilarious courtship, making up the rules as they go along. "Kissing Jessica Stein" is a modern romantic comedy that breaks all the rules -- it blurs the lines between friendship and romantic love, and finds the funny, surprising and ultimately poignant overlap between the two. |
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Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld Screenwriters: Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt |
Starring: Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Scott Cohen, Tovah Feldshuh, Jackie Hoffman, Carlson Elrod, David Aaron Baker and Michael Mastro |
| Release Date: March 20, 2002 (Limited) | MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language |
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"No Such Thing"
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Synopsis: Writer-Director Hal Hartley takes a humorous and satirical look at a society concerned only with instant gratification and voyeuristic sensationalism. Disgusted with human evolution, a foul-mouthed Monster (Burke) kills anyone who crosses his path. When a news crew sent to investigate the Monster disappears, a guileless young woman (Polley) dispatched to follow up on the story befriends the Monster and becomes his only hope in ending his life of misery. |
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Director: Hal Hartley Screenwriter: Hal Hartley |
Starring: Sarah Polley, Robert John Burke, and Helen Mirren |
| Release Date: March 29, 2002 (Limited) | MPAA Rating: R for language and brief violence |
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"The Rookie"
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Synopsis: "The Rookie" is based on a true story about a coach who discovers that it's never too late for dreams to come true. Jim Morris (Quaid) never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career 12 years ago. Now a married-with-children high school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first. Forced to live up to his end of the deal, Jim is nearly laughed off the try-out field - until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract. |
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Director: John Lee Hancock Screenwriter: Mike Rich |
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Brian Cox, and Beth Grant |
| Release Date: March 29, 2002 | MPAA Rating: G |
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"Sorority Boys"
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Synopsis: Dave (Watson), Adam (Rosenbaum) and Doofer (Williams) are three playboy chauvinists who, strapped for cash, find themselves drawn to one last, desperate hope for free housing: one of their campus' sororities, Delta Omicron Gamma (or D.O.G.). The three go undercover in the sorority house as Daisy, Adina, and Roberta. Everything goes according to plan...until Dave falls for Leah (Sagemiller). |
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Director: Wally Wolodarsky Screenwriters: Joe Jarvis & Greg Coolidge |
Starring: Barry Watson, Harland Williams, Michael Rosenbaum, Melissa Sagemiller and Heather Matarazzo |
| Release Date: March 22, 2002 | MPAA Rating: R for crude sexual content, nudity, strong language and some drug use |
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"The Time Machine"
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Synopsis: Scientist and inventor Alexander Hartdegen (Pearce) is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to change the past. Testing his theories with a time machine of his own invention, Hartdegen is hurtled 800,000 years into the future, where he discovers that mankind has divided into the hunter...and the hunted. |
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Director: Simon Wells and Gore Verbinski Screenwriter: John Logan |
Starring: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, Sienna Guillory, Phyllida Law, and Omero Mumba |
| Release Date: March 8, 2002 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence |
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