REELING IN THE YEAR ON THE BIG SCREEN.Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Writer What to make of a year where, with dozens of teen love stories, the best make-out scene involved an adolescent boy and a warm apple pie apple pie typical, wholesome American dessert. [Am. Culture: Flexner, 68] See : America ? Well, you can read it any number of ways. Crazy, corrupting, vomit-inducing ("The Blair Witch Project"), vomit-producing (enough with the scenes of people throwing up!), when it's all said and done (and it pretty much is, thank God), 1999 was a righteous year for movies, serving up an array of audacious, high-energy hell-raisers that made it fun again to go to the theaters. Here are a few highlights: INDELIBLE IMAGES OF THE YEAR John Malkovich John Gavin Malkovich (born December 91953) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, producer and director. Biography Early life Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, of Croatian descent on his father's side and of Scottish and German ancestry on his finding himself inside his own head in "Being John Malkovich." Richard Farnsworth Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Biography Early life Farnsworth was born in Los Angeles, California to a housewife mother and an engineer father. riding his beat-up John Deere lawn mower across America's plains in "The Straight Story." The gruesome effects of a bullet, detailed in grisly detail in "Three Kings." Persimmon-haired Lola (Franka Potente) running through the streets (again and again) in "Run Lola Run." Keanu Reeves goes down the rabbit's hole and discovers "The Matrix." That poetic plastic bag in "American Beauty American Beauty n. A type of rose bearing large, long-stemmed purplish-red flowers. ." OUR FAVORITE QUOTES "I see dead people" - Haley Joel Osment in "The Sixth Sense" "I'm Lester Burnham. This is my life. In less than a year, I'll be dead. Of course, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. that yet. In a way, I'm dead already" - Kevin Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" in "American Beauty" "How'd you like those nachos?" - Tom Cruise in "Magnolia" "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance" - Rupert Everett in "An Ideal Husband" "A year later, their footage was found." - "The Blair Witch Project" SEQUELS WE'D LOVE TO SEE Any of Patricia Highsmith's other "Ripley" novels; "The Return of the Iron Giant"; "The Matrix Explained"; "Toy Story 3" SEQUELS WE'LL HAVE TO BE PAID TO SEE "Star Wars: Episode 2"; "Austin Powers" (Um, NO, baby!); "Runaway Wife" (although that could be funny) SEQUELS WE'RE GLAD TO BE RID OF "Wilder, Wilder West"; "More Mod Squad" DOUBLED (AND IN SOME CASES QUINTUPLED) OUR PLEASURE Julianne Moore in "Magnolia," `'The End of the Affair," "A Map of the World," "An Ideal Husband" and `'Cookie's Fortune"; Philip Seymour Hoffman For other persons named Philip Hoffman, see Philip Hoffman (disambiguation). Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York to Gordon S. in "Flawless," `'The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Magnolia"; Denzel Washington in "The Hurricane" and "The Bone Collector" GRADUATING CLASS OF 1999 Kimberly J. Brown in "Tumbleweeds"; Haley Joel Osment in "The Sixth Sense"; Mena Suvari and Thora Birch in "American Beauty" AND ONE WHO GOT LEFT BEHIND Jake Lloyd in `'Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace" OUR FAVORITE COUPLES Woody and Buzz in "Toy Story 2"; Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) and Sullivan (Allan Corduner) in "Topsy Turvy"; Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener in "Being John Malkovich"; Melora Walters and John C. Reilly John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor known for his ability to act in a dramatic or comedic role with ease. Biography Personal life in "Magnolia"; Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening in "American Beauty" POISON PAIRINGS Kevin Costner and Robin Wright in "Message in a Bottle"; Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston in "For Love of the Game"; Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in "Eyes Wide Shut"; Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Entrapment entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g. "; Chris O'Donnell and Rene Zellweger in "The Bachelor" THE "G" STANDS FOR GREAT "The Straight Story"; "The Iron Giant"; "Tarzan"; "Toy Story 2"; "The Winslow Boy" (maybe not great, but good) CHUBBY CHECKER PLOT-TWIST AWARD "The Sixth Sense"; "Go"; "Fight Club" HOPE FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM Jar Jar Binks Jar Jar Binks (born c. 50 BBY) is a fictional character from the Star Wars Prequels, , and . Named by George Lucas' son[1], his primary role was intended to provide comic relief — based on his gangly way of walking and his unique accent — but he ended up will die in the next "Star Wars" movie. |
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