``True Crime'' Tops French Box Office, Earns $1,500,802 in Opening Weekend; Receipts are Second-Highest of All Clint Eastwood Films in France.BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 4, 1999-- In its opening weekend, "True Crime" ranked first among French moviegoers with a nationwide gross of $1,500,802, it was announced today by Edward E. Frumkes, President, International Theatrical Distribution and Marketing. This makes "True Crime" the second most popular Clint Eastwood film in that country after 1993's "A Perfect World" and the sixth most successful American film to open in France this year. The film, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Dennis Leary, Lisa Gay Hamilton Lisa Gay Hamilton (born March 25, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress best known for her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC legal drama The Practice. and James Woods, also led box-office receipts in Paris, as well as in neighboring Belgium and the French-speaking part of Switzerland. "`True Crime' is a quality drama with the character development that French audiences respond to," stated Mr. Frumkes. "We're excited about the powerful opening in France, which is an excellent introduction for `True Crime' in the rest of Europe." Warner Bros. Presents Warner Bros. Presents is the umbrella title for three television series which were aired as part of the 1955-56 season on ABC: Cheyenne, a concept that originated on Presents, and two others based on classic Warner Bros. A Zanuck Company/Malpaso Production: Clint Eastwood in "True Crime," starring Isaiah Washington, Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Leary, Lisa Gay Hamilton and James Woods. The music is by Lennie Niehaus Lennie Niehaus (born 1 June 1929) is an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and composer on the West Coast jazz scene. He has played with the Stan Kenton big band, and various other jazz bands on the West Coast of the U.S. ; the film is edited by Joel Cox; the production is designed by Henry Bumstead Lloyd Henry Bumstead (March 17 1915 – May 24 2006) was an American cinematic art director and production designer. In a career that spanned over fifty-five years he won two Academy Awards: the first for To Kill a Mockingbird, and the second for The Sting. ; and the director of photography is Jack N. Green, A.S.C. The executive producer is Tom Rooker. "True Crime" has a screenplay by Larry Gross and Paul Brickman and Stephen Schiff, based on the novel by Andrew Klavan. The film is produced by Richard D. Zanuck & Lili Fini Zanuck; it is produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and distributed by Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., A Time Warner Entertainment Company. |
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