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A Killer lineup. (the Buzz).


THE BUZZ CAN'T GET ENOUGH of the continuing success of out producer Christine Vachon. She's gone from being the schoolmate who helped Todd Haynes make his thesis film, Superstar, to one of Hollywood's major players.

Coming off an extraordinary 2002--which saw the smash releases One Hour Photo and Far From Heaven--Vachon's company, Killer Films (which she runs with production partner Pam Koffler), has lots more exciting movies--none of which are sequels, remakes, or retreads--in the pipeline, including:

* A Home at the End of the World, based on the novel by gay author Michael Cunningham Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999.  (The Hours), starring dreamboat-with-dramatic-chops Colin Farrell;

* a biopic bi·o·pic  
n.
A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes.


biopic
Noun

Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)]
 of gay designer Halston, to be directed by Dan Minahan (Series 7: The Contenders);

* a screen version of the Tony-winning Urinetown: The Musical;

* Savage Grace, a thriller thrill·er  
n.
One that thrills, especially a sensational or suspenseful book, story, play, or movie.


thriller
Noun
 based on a real-life murder in the socialite set, starring Julianne Moore Julianne Moore (born December 3, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. She has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Biography
Early life
Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, North Carolina,[]
 and directed by the too-long-absent Tom Kalin (Swoon);

* Robert Altman's ensemble film about ballet, The Company, starring Neve Campbell.

Hitting theaters first will be Killer's delicious musical comedy Camp (due out in July), about gotta-dance teenagers in a summer camp for the performing arts, from actor-turned-director Todd Graft graft, in surgery: see transplantation, medical.
graft

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. Word from Sundance and early screenings is that it's the queer feel-good movie of the summer.

Sounds like everything's coming up Killer.
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Title Annotation:Lesbian film producer Christine Vachon of Killer Films
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 15, 2003
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