Farrellys help to fuel
this fall’s movie season
Comedy, religion, romance
provide blockbuster relief
By Patrick Kelly
Staff writer
Just because summer is coming to
an end, don’t think the film industry is
ready to wrap it up for the year. Sure,
there may not be the big-budget, explo
sion-laden monster flicks that have
packed the multiplexes for the past few
months, but there’s still something for
everybody.
Undoubtedly, one of last year’s
biggest successes was the Farrelly
brothers’ irreverent comedy “There’s
Something About Mary.” This fall, die
brothers are back with the coming-of
age story “Outside Providence.” Set in
the 1970s, the comedy centers on a boy
who has a run-in with the law and is
forced to attend an upper-class prep
school. Alec Baldwin plays the boy’s
surly blue-collar father.
In the wake of films such as
“Dick,” “Detroit Rock City” and the
television series “That ’70s Show,” we
can only hope this film will offer a new
angle on the plights of adolescents in
the 1970s.
For those who love a good scare,
there’s “Stigmata.” The film stars Irish
actor Gabriel Byrne (“The Usual
Suspects,” “Miller’s Crossing”) as a
priest sent by the Vatican to investigate
Patricia Arquette, a religious skeptic
who suddenly becomes afflicted with
signs of the Holy Spirit. The film hear
kens back to the classic religious-hor
ror films of the mid-1970s, such as
“The Exorcist” and “The Omen.”
If the thought of a religious horror
film doesn’t scare you, then maybe the
prospect of Antonio Banderas’ directo
rial debut will. The “Desperado” star
will direct “Crazy in Alabama,” a dra
matic comedy set in 1965. Like
“Outside Providence,” the film is a
coming-of-age piece. Banderas’ wife,
Melanie Griffith, stars as a woman
wishing to flee to Hollywood in hopes
of a television career.
Bruce Willis, who has grown tired
of the shoot-’em-up genre, is returning
to romantic comedy this fall. In “The
Story of Us,” Willis and Michelle
Pfeiffer play a middle-aged couple fac
ing the dreaded fact that after 15 years
of marriage, the thrill is gone. On a trip
to Italy, the two take stock of their lives
together.
Director Rob Reiner hopes to bring
to the film the same slice-of-life style
of humor that made “When Harry Met
Sally” popular. As usual with Reiner’s
work, die two leads will be backed up
by an eclectic supporting cast that
includes Paul Reiser, Rita Wilson,
Betty White and Reiner himself.
Another romantic pairing occurs in
Sydney Pollack’s “Random Hearts,”
which stars Harrison Ford and Kristin
Scott Thomas (“The English Patient”).
The two are brought together after their
respective spouses die in a plane crash.
After Ford and Thomas discover keys
among their loved ones’ personal
belongings, they set out to uncover the
whole story. As the plot unfolds, il
becomes apparent that Ford’s wife and
Thomas’ husband were in fact having
an affair.
We can hope the film will follow
Thomas’ success with romantic films
such as “The English Patient” and “The
Horse Whisperer” and not Ford’s dis
appointing “Six Days, Seven Nights.”
If you’re eagerly awaiting the latesl
film from Kevin Smith (“Clerks,”
“Chasing Amy”), you’ll have to wail
until mid-November for the release ol
the film “Dogma.” “Dogma” deals
humorously with organized religion.
The film features Smith’s usua]
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In “The Story of Us,” Bruce Willis abandons the action film for a romantic
comedy with Michelle Pfeiffer. Director Rob Reiner cast Paul Reiser, Rita
Wilson and himself in supporting roles. *
cast of favorites: Ben Affleck, Matt
Damon, Jason Mewes, Jason Lee and
Smith himself as the venerable Silent
Bob. Smith, however, extends the list
this time to include George Carlin,
Chris Rock and even Alanis Morissette
as Woman-God.
These flicks should sate the
appetite of the movie-going public for
the next couple of months.
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