AMC's "Behind the Screen" Attends Premiere of MGM's "Bandits" and Talks to Films' Stars Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton.Entertainment Editors JERICHO Jericho, city, West Bank Jericho (jĕr`ĭkō) [Heb.,=fragrant, or city of the moon god], Arab. Ariha, town (2003 est. pop. , N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2001 Revealing Episode to Air Sunday, October 14 at 10:00 PM (ET) on AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. AMC's Emmy award-winning, weekly, original series "Behind the Screen," visits the premiere of MGM's newest "dramedy," BANDITS. The Sunday, October 14 episode includes interviews with BANDITS' stars Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. , Billy Bob Thornton Robert George (Bob) Thornton (born July 10 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA whose career lasted from 1985 to 1996. He was a 6'10" 225 forward. He holds career averages of 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 283 total games. and Cate Blanchett Catherine Élise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969), better known as Cate Blanchett, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. She has also won various awards, most notably including two SAGs and two BAFTAs, making her one of a few actors who won all . The show reveals little-known secrets about the making of the film as well as its blockbuster stars. BANDITS is a sexy comedy starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett, directed by Hollywood veteran Barry Levinson. Joe Blake (Willis) and Terry Collins (Thornton) are bank robbers, hoping a final string of heists will finance their dreams of retirement. The duo become "The Sleepover Bandits," taking bank managers and their families hostage in their own home the night before a robbery; having dinner and sleeping over; and then making the trip to the bank with the manager the next morning, before business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a , so a break-in is unnecessary. Along the way, they meet Kate Wheeler (Blanchett), an ordinary housewife sick of her dull life. Kate decides to join the pair on their cross-country robbing spree. However, the unexpected happens when both Joe and his neurotic partner Terry fall in love with their new partner in crime. BANDITS was filmed at nearly 60 different locations along the west coast including Oregon's state penitentiary penitentiary: see prison. , where the films opening break-out scene was filmed. For security reasons, the extra's used in this scene were the penitentiary's correction officers dressed in inmate uniforms to avoid prisoners from escaping during filming. "Behind the Screen" correspondent Doug Stone goes on location and speaks with the prisons warden, correction officers and inmates to find out what it was like to be an extra in a Hollywood movie. Barry Levinson sits down with "Behind the Screen" for a visual director's dialogue chronicling scene by scene some of the funny mishaps that took place during filming, and how he used them in the movie. "Those spontaneous movie moments are the lifeblood of any interesting film. For instance, we were doing a scene where Bruce and Cate's characters have just met and have to sleep together in the same room. To give Kate a sense of privacy, Joe hangs a blanket between them...During one of the takes the blanket fell down, and as he went to put it back up she went to help him. They were standing very close together on either side of the blanket, and I liked it. So we rebuilt the scene taking advantage of that accident, which indicated an attraction between them. It's those moments when the script and actors come together in an unexpected way that makes a film more interesting." "Behind the Screen" is produced by Mary Conlon-Tartaglione; Tony Gerber is the supervising producer; Marc Juris and Jessica Falcon are executive producers for AMC. AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS is the nation's premier classic movie network, bringing timeless favorites to a broad audience by placing them in a fresh and contemporary context. Award-winning original documentaries, series and specials are infused with the energy and excitement of Hollywood past and present. Launched in 1984, AMC is currently available in 81 million homes. AMC is owned and managed by Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. A subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CVC See CSC. ) and NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. 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