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Audiences Give ``Remember the Titans'' the Highest Score of the Millennium! CinemaScore Online Announces the First A+ Rated Film Since ``Toy Story 2'' and Only A+ Film of 2000.


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San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850.
, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2000

CinemaScore Online, www.CinemaScore.com, the online source for Instant Movie Reviews(TM), today announced that Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
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 Pictures' "Remember the Titans" has broken all records to become the first and only A+ rated film of the year and the highest rated film ever in the 20 years since CinemaScore began its research.

The last movies to receive an overall A+ rating were Disney's "Toy Story 2" and Miramax's "Music of the Heart" in 1999.

"Compared to audience response, critics have been surprisingly cool to 'Remember the Titans'," noted Ed Mintz, president of CinemaScore Entertainment Research Company. "But that is the power of CinemaScore -- we report what real audiences think and they love this movie!"

CinemaScore Online revealed audience ratings of straight A+s by all ages, both male and female, for "Remember the Titans" Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath.  morning via its weekly e-newsletter. Movie grades are based on in-theaters surveys of Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week.

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 night (opening night) moviegoers in theaters across the country. Audiences grade the film from A+ to F, and CinemaScore.com reports the grades broken down into six groups: male and female; ages under 21; 21 to 34; and 35 and older.

"The last two Disney movies scoring A+ both went on to gross over $250 million worldwide," said Brad Peppard, president of CinemaScore Online. "This movie could be a big surprise winner, both in the total box office it generates for Disney, and when the time comes Adv. 1. when the time comes - at the appropriate time; "we'll get to this question in due course"
in due course, in due season, in due time, in good time
 for the awards to be handed out."

Not only is "Remember the Titans" the only movie to have scored an A+ this year, it is also Denzel Washington's biggest debut of his career. According to according to
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 with the performance of "Remember the Titans" as the film's box office exceeded projections for tracking. "Our feet haven't touched the ground all weekend!" Chuck Viane, President of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution told the Hollywood Reporter.

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 CinemaScore Entertainment Research movie survey results have been an exclusive resource to the entertainment industry. In 1999, CinemaScore Online was launched to share this valuable information with the general public, enabling people to make better movie choices. On the www.CinemaScore.com Web site, visitors can search CinemaScore's library of movie reviews from the last 20 years. The library can be searched by keyword, actor, director, and film title. There is also a section for upcoming movie releases and new movies out on video.

About CinemaScore Online

CinemaScore Online's mission is to help moviegoers make better movie choices. CinemaScore Online's Instant Movie Reviews(TM) provide movie grades from surveys of real people, reported by age and gender demographic. CinemaScore Online is a joint venture between CinemaScore Entertainment Research Company, the leading entertainment market research firm, and Survey.com, the leading online market research firm. The CinemaScore Online movie database currently boasts more than 20 years of film reviews. For more information, email customerservice@cinemascore.com or visit the Web site at www.CinemaScore.com. CinemaScore Online is based in San Jose, Calif.

About "Remember the Titans"

Based on a true story, "Remember the Titans" follows the explosive dramatic events that took place in Alexandria, Va. in 1971 when African-American football coach Herman Boone (Academy Award(R) winner Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and director. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his portrayals of several real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin "Hurricane" ) was hired to guide an integrated but racially polarized A one-way direction of a signal or the molecules within a material pointing in one direction.  high school team -- the T.C. Williams Titans.
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