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tempt tos- fumovie in true Bruce Lee tradition. It is
packed with Chinese fighters careering over
moonlit rooftops. Choreographed by Yuen
Wo-Ping of Matrix fame and starring Chow
Yun-Fat (The Replacement Killers) and
Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies), this
film promises midair battles with little be
tween. The film is in Chinese and will be
subtitled for American audiences.
Co-writer and executive producer James
Schamus told Entertainment Weekly that
subtitles should not hurt the film.
“The most comforting thing I
have heard from people is, ‘After 10
minutes I forgot it was subtitled,’ ”
Schamus said. “To me, that was a
grain of hope.”
Despite the film’s action-heavy
premise, it is a love story — a mix di
rector Ang Lee (The Ice Storm) de
scribed as “Sense and Sensibility with
martial arts.” Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon makes its U.S. debut Dec. 8.
On the same day, fantasy freaks
will get their fill of medieval-style
fighting with the opening of Dun
geons and Dragons.
Dungeons and Dragons
Matrix alumni abound in this year’s
holiday films, and the Dungeons and
Dragons project has acquired one of
that film’s most impressive
names — executive produc
er Joel Silver.
Jeremy Irons (Die
Hard with a Vengeance)
plays the villian in this
film based on the popu
lar role-playing game,
and Marlon Wayans
(Scary Movie) makes an
appearance as one of the
bumbling thieves who must
help save the kingdom from
Irons’ evil clutches. New Line Cinema is
touting the film’s 11-minute dragon battle
scene, but it remains to be seen whether this
movie will become another Spawn-esque
charade or a future cult classic.
Vertical Limit
Ads for the adventure film Vertical Limit
have been tearing up the small screen, and
Columbia Pictures is hoping they will bring
in viewers when the film debuts Dec. 8.
Starring Chris O’Donnell (The Bachelor)
and directed by Martin Campbell (Golden
Eye), this film promises high-flying special
effects and chilling scenery. O’Donnell
plays a mountain climber who must save
his sister after she is lost on the treacherous
mountain K2.
Dracula 2000
This film is the ultimate in
production rushes. Dimen
sion Films, which pro
duced the picture, report
ed that the leading man was not cast until
June, and filming did not end until the be
ginning of this month. Still, the company is
determined that this film will be in theaters
before the title year is over.
This film is based around the resurrec
tion of Bram Stoker’s tour-de-force charac
ter in New Orleans by a group of thieves.
Acclaimed horror writer Wes Crave said
the idea for the film had to be beefed up
before it could be produced.
“Originally, Dracula was stolen ... and
abandoned in a YMCA...” Craven said, ac
cording to the movie’s official Website.
“But Bob (Weinstein, co-CEO of Dimen
sion Films) said ‘No, it’s too small. Let’s go
to New York, let’s go to New Orleans.’ ”
Despite the humorous beginnings of the
film, it could be downright horrible. Lead
ing man Gerard Butler was signed to the
film only two days before it began shoot
ing. Weinstein took him away from a tele
vision mini-series he was shooting in
Lithuania to make the film. Butler may be
used to the film’s Gothic settings after his
Lithuanian vacation, but it is doubtful this
film will hold up at the box office.
Craven advised studio executives:
“Cross your legs and wear a cup.”
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