| THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE |
| The Players Hilary Swank, Simon
Baker, Adrien Brody Director Charles Shyer The Plot A young aristocratic woman (Swank), left penniless by the political unrest in the country, avenges her family's fall. Studio Warner Bros. Release Date Nov. 30 (T) |
| AMELIE |
| The Players Audrey Tautou, Mathieu
Kassovitz, Rufus Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet The Plot An innocent, imaginative and naïve girl named Amelie (Tautou), decides to help the people around her with her own sense of justice, only to discover love. Studio Alliance Atlantis Release Date Nov. 9 (T/V) |
| BLACK KNIGHT |
| The Players Martin Lawrence,
Tom Wilkinson, Greg Cooper, Kevin Conway Director Gil Junger The Plot When the employee (Lawrence) of a Medieval theme park gets knocked unconscious, he awakens to find himself in14th century England. Studio 20th Century Fox Release Date Nov. 21 |
| BONES |
| The Players Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier,
Michael T. Weiss, Clifton Powell Director Ernest R. Dickerson The Plot In a neighborhood that has crumbled due to drugs and crime, citizens remember better times when Jimmy Bones (Dogg) was around to protect them. Once betrayed by those closest to him, he is about to make a comeback. Studio Alliance Atlantis Release Date Nov.16 |
| BREAD AND TULIPS |
| The Players Licia Maglietta, Bruno
Ganz, Marina Massironi, Giuseppe Battiston Director Silvio Soldini The Plot During a bus tour around Italy, Rosalba is separated from her family, and discovers there is more to life than a husband, a house and children. Studio Lion Gate Films Release Date Nov. 2 (Ltd.) |
| CENTURY HOTEL |
| The Players Colm Feore, Raine Maida,
Chantal Kreviazuk, Tom McCamus, Mia Kirshner, Lindy Booth Director David Weaver The Plot This film focuses on an anonymous hotel room over the course of a century. Through a series of seven stories dating from 1921 to 1999, various defining moments of life occur in room number 720. Studio TVA International Release Date Nov.16 (T) |
| DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE |
| The Players John Travolta, Vince
Vaughn, Teri Polo, Steve Buscemi Director Harold Becker The Plot When an 11-year-old boy witnesses his step-father (Vaughn) committing murder, no one believes him except his real father (Travolta). Studio Paramount Pictures Release Date Nov. 2 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE |
| The Players Daniel Radcliffe,
Richard Harris, Dame Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane,
John Cleese, Ian Hart Director Chris Columbus The Plot An unloved boy named Harry Potter (Radcliffe) is invited to learn magic at a faraway school called Hogwarts only to find friends, a game called Quidditch, and a mystery to be solved. Studio Warner Bros. Release Date Nov. 16 |
| HEIST |
| The Players Gene
Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon Director David Mamet The Plot When a once successful thief finds himself broke, betrayed and blackmailed, he rounds up the troops to make one last robbery. Studio Warner Bros. Release Date Nov. 9 |
| KANDAHAR |
| The Players
Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf The Plot A woman takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to find her sister. Studio Seville Pictures Release Date Nov. 30 (T/V) |
| LIFE AS A HOUSE |
| The Players Kevin Kline, Kristin
Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Jena Malone, Mary Steenburgen Director Irwin Winkler The Plot After getting canned from his job and discovering he has a life threatening disease, George (Kline) decides to fulfill his dream of building a house with his estranged son (Christensen) and ex-wife (Thomas). Studio Alliance Atlantis Release Date Nov. 2 |
| THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE |
| The Players Billy Bob Thornton,
Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Jon Polito, Scarlett Johansson Director Joel Coen The Plot A barber in 1949 Santa Rosa decides to blackmail the man who's having an affair with his wife. Studio Odeon Films Release Date Nov. 9 (T/M/V) |
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