Chris O'Donnell to Star in Columbia Pictures' Action-Adventure, `Vertical Limit,' Directed by Martin Campbell.CULVER CITY Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. , Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--June 4, 1999-- Chris O'Donnell has signed to star in Columbia Pictures' action-adventure, `Vertical Limit,' for director Martin Campbell, studio president Amy Pascal Amy Pascal (born 1958) is Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (SPE) and Chairman of SPE's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. She oversees all development, production and marketing activities at Columbia Pictures. announced today. The film is slated for a summer 2000 release. O'Donnell will play a young, ambitious mountain climber who retires from the sport and becomes estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. from his sister after they are involved in the tragic death of their father in a climbing accident. Three years later, when his sister and other members of her summit team become trapped on K2, the second highest mountain in the world, he must go back into action and mount an extraordinary rescue effort in a race against time to save them. Shooting begins in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. in the Queenstown and Mt. Cook areas on Aug. 2 and will continue there through December. Several of the best mountain climbers from around the world who have summited the earth's highest peaks serve as consultants and crew members on the film. New Zealand native Martin Campbell, fresh off the box office success of Columbia's 1998 summer hit, `The Mask of Zorro zorro: see fox. Zorro masked swordsman, defender of weak and oppressed. [Am. Lit.: comic strip (1919); Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 794; TV: Terrace, II, 461–462] See : Disguise ,' and the 1995 James Bond smash, `GoldenEye goldeneye or whistler Either of two species of small, yellow-eyed diving ducks that produce a whistling sound with their rapidly beating wings. The common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere; Barrow's goldeneye (B. ,' directs `Vertical Limit' from an original screenplay by Robert King Robert King may refer to:
O'Donnell most recently starred in Robert Altman's, `Cookie's Fortune,' and will next be seen in New Line Cinema's romantic comedy, `The Bachelor,' opposite Renee Zellweger. Due in theaters Nov. 12, `The Bachelor' is executive produced by O'Donnell and is the first film produced under his George Street George Street may refer to: People:
One of the most popular and respected actors in his age group, O'Donnell's credits include `Batman & Robin,' `In Love and War,' `The Chamber,' `Batman Forever,' `Mad Love,' `Circle of Friends,' `Blue Sky,' `Three Musketeers,' `Scent of a Woman' (for which he was nominated for a 1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor), `School Ties,' `Fried Green Tomatoes' and `Men Don't Leave'. Further casting announcements for `Vertical Limit' will be made in the coming weeks. Columbia Pictures is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Sony Pictures' global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment products, services, and technologies, and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.spe.sony.com. Academy Award(s) and Oscar(s) are registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
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