| DOWN TO EARTH |
| The Players Chris Rock,
Regina King, Eugene Levy, Chazz Palminteri Directors Chris and Paul Weitz The Plot Dying before his time, a struggling stand-up comic (Rock) is returned to earth in a wealthy man's body only to find his wife and lover are plotting to kill him. Studio Paramount Release Date Feb.16 |
| ENEMY AT THE GATES |
| The Players Jude Law, Joseph
Fiennes, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz Director Jean-Jacques Annaud The Plot A young Russian sharpshooter (Law) is made a legend through propaganda, and the Nazi command orders its most elite marksman to hunt the Russian down. Studio Paramount Release Date Feb. 23 |
| HANNIBAL |
| The Players Anthony Hopkins,
Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta Director Ridley Scott The Plot Escaped from prison, serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) is pursued by FBI agent Clarice Starling (Moore). Studio MGM/UA Release Date Feb. 9 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS |
| The Players Monica Potter,
Freddie Prinze Jr., China Chow Director Mark Waters The Plot A woman living with fashion models finds she is attracted to a murderer. Studio Universal Release Date Feb. 9 |
| THE HOUSE OF MIRTH |
| The Players Gillian Anderson,
Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Laura Linney Director Terence Davies The Plot When a woman seeks a wealthy husband, she threatens her lifelong happiness. Studio Blackwatch Releasing Release Date Feb. 23 |
| IN A SAVAGE LAND |
| The Players Maya Stange,
Martin Donovan, Rufus Sewell Director Bill Bennett The Plot The difficulties an anthropologist (Stange) has with natives, traders and her husband in New Guinea takes a turn for the worse when World War II strikes. Studio Motion International Release Date Feb. 2 |
| IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE |
| The Players Tony Leung Chiu
Wai, Maggie Cheung, Lai Chen Director Kar-Wai Wong The Plot An affair brews between the working half of two couples living in the same building, and the home bound spouses discover it. Studio USA Films Release Date Feb. 16 (Toronto/Vancouver/ Montreal) |
| LEFT BEHIND |
| The Players Brad Johnson,
Chelsea Noble, Kirk Cameron Directors Victor Sarin The Plot In an instant, billions of people on Earth vanish without a trace. An airline pilot (Johnson) bands with others who have been 'left behind' to search for their whereabouts. Studio Alliance Atlantis Release Date Feb. 9 (Ltd.) |
| ORIGINAL SIN |
| The Players
Antonio Banderas Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson Director Michael Cristofer The Plot In exotic late 1800s Cuba, a wealthy coffee merchant (Banderas) decides to take an American wife through an arranged marriage, and discovers that his new bride (Jolie) is not what she seems. Studio MGM/UA Release Date Feb. 23 |
| PASSION |
| The Players Richard Roxburgh,
Barbara Hershey, Emily Woof Director Peter Duncan The Plot The story of this film was inspired by the life of legendary, eccentric Australian pianist Percy Grainger. Studio Motion International Release Date Feb. 14 (Toronto/Vancouver) |
| POLLOCK |
| The Players Ed Harris, Marcia
Gay Harden, Amy Madigan, Jennifer Connelly, Jeffrey Tambor Director Ed Harris The Plot This film follows the last 15 years of abstract artist Jackson Pollock whose work is one of the cornerstones of the modern art movement. Studio Blackwatch Releasing Release Date Feb. 23 |
| RECESS: SCHOOL'S OUT |
| The Players Andrew Lawrence,
Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Courtland Mead,
Pamela Segall Director Chuck Sheetz The Plot T.J. (Lawrence) and friends must find a way to stop a former principal from forcing winter to continue permanently, thus canceling summer vacation forever. Studio Buena Vista Release Date Feb. 16 |
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