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October 26, 2001

Nicolas Cage has finally signed on to star in a film based on a popular comic-book after failing to close a deal with projects like GHOST RIDER and SUPERMAN LIVES.  That film? - HELLBLAZER, based on the DC comic CONSTANTINE.  If you think that's cool, remember that this film's gonna be directed by ultra-sleek eye-candy director Tarsem, who single-handedly made THE CELL a cool-as-all-shit movie.  With Nic Cage, Tarsem and producers Richard and Laura Shuler-Donner (X-MEN) HELLBLAZER is primed to kick some major arse.

In case you're not down with the book it basically follows a character named John Constantine, an anti-hero who "dabbles in the occult" and in the film version, will team with a female police officer to do battle against evil.  March 1st has been penciled in as a preliminary start date and its interesting to note that Tarsem will move directly from this project to his next - an independent film called THE FALL. I tried to find out more about it but to no avail. If anyone out there knows more about this script, send your info to scoops@joblo.com.  It is unknown at this point whether Cage could still star in GHOST RIDER sometime down the line or even if that project is still moving ahead (both Cage and director Stephen Norrington have moved on to other things).
  

October 26, 2001

Kenneth Branagh has signed on to play the villain (??? Is that for sure?  I've never read the Harry Potter books...) in HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, which will begin filming a mere two days after the release of the first POTTER film on November 16th. Branagh will play Gilderoy Lockhart (and I'm quoting other sources here cause I know nothing about Harry Potter) "a charming, handsome golden-haired wizard...enlisted to teach at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry as Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts."  Apparently, Lockhart is "regarded by many as a fraud and a charlatan" which leads me to believe he turns out to be not such a nice guy.  The entire cast and crew of the first film will return including director Chris Columbus.  SECRETS is being scheduled for a Thanksgiving 2002 release date.
 

October 26, 2001

Watch out George Clooney!  Your current live-in girlfriend Renee Zellweger is about to film a movie with Russell Crowe - and we all know what that means.  He'll give her a little of the old Aussie "Ello, luv!" and they'll be rolling in the hay in no time.  You better visit the set of Lasse Hallstrom's upcoming flick CINDERELLA MAN as often as possible to supervise.  Renee will be playing the wife of boxing underdog Jim Braddock and I'll be dollars to donuts, they'll have at least one love scene.  Hell, Crowe's playing a boxer, so he'll probably be topless most of the movie and looking all buff.  C'mon, George! You're no chump yourself. You used to be the reigning bachelor of Hollywood before this Russell Crowe character came along. Go, now George and keep your eye on that lovely, lovely wife of yours!!
 

October 26, 2001

That's right - Natalie Portman has other movies besides STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES in the works.  Believe it or not, the young actress does other things besides play Padme/Queen Amidala for George Lucas.  In fact, she's just signed on to star in BRIDE WORE BLACK, a dark romantic comedy that's described as a cross between BEETLEJUICE and MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING.  In the film, Portman will play a deceased bride who was left at the altar before her untimely death.  She's now back haunting the living and planning to disrupt the wedding of a young couple to get revenge. Portman is also busy with the film version of the highly successful play THE SEAGULL (she also starred in the stage version) for director Mike Nichols.  So it's not just CLONES here people!
 

October 26, 2001

You may have heard already about the Miramax adaptation of the highly successful Broadway musical CHICAGO. It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, the above-mentioned Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere.  Well you can add another star to that list - Queen Latifah.  Yup, the old-school rapper will join the A-list stars to play Mama Morton in the film.   Queen has been slowly making a rise in the film industry starring in the Fox sitcom LIVING SINGLE and in Scorcese's BRINGING OUT THE DEAD and Disney's upcoming kids movie THE COUNTRY BEARS. This could be her biggest role yet as CHICAGO has been hotly anticipated and is expected to make a run at a few Oscars. I always heard the play was so so good, but I just never got around to checking it out.  I guess I'll just wait for the film...
  

October 26, 2001

Source: Joey Baloney

• Read this report that purports to reveal the villain in X-MEN 2 (apparently now referred to as X-2...) which was divulged in court documents
• Thankfully, after FROM HELL, Heather Graham will never attempt to do a British accent in a film again.  Read why here

October 25, 2001

Julia Roberts has signed on to star in the upcoming Revolution Studios film MONA LISA SMILE. Not much is known about the film so far other than (according to Variety) "Roberts will play a a free-spirited graduate of Berkeley who goes to Wellesley in 1953 to teach."  Doesn't sound like the usual Roberts fare but I don't think they could've found a better actress to personify that title smile.  Jules will also produce the film, from a script by Mark Rosenthal (MIGHTY JOE YOUNG), through her Shoelace Productions company.  Meanwhile, Julia's got the star-studded OCEAN'S ELEVEN coming out in about two months.
  

October 25, 2001

I promised more Honest Abe script review goodness and I deliver.  We've got more today with Abe's thoughts on Jon Favreau's (SWINGERS) next script, a film from a ex-SIMPSONS writer (he wrote LAST EXIT TO SPRINGFIELD and BART'S FRIEND FALLS IN LOVE among others) and a new teen comedy.

THE FIRST 20 MILLION IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST (positive, minor spoilers)
Andy Caspar has a problem. At the age of 23 he's already suffering a type of midlife crisis. He works for Omega which is a big time dot com corp but he wants to do something more. So he ditches everything which costs him his apartment and girl to go to work for La Honda which is essentially a smaller computer design firm. Well, it ain't all it's cracked up to be until he gets a chance to do something truly special. He takes the reins of the PC99 project: Design a computer that will retail for only $99 bucks. While this may seem impossible, Andy surrounds himself with three of the wackiest designers who don't believe in the word impossible. I won't go into how they do it (cause it's kinda unique) but they do pull it off only to have their smarmy supervisor steal the idea out from under them. This doesn't sit well but they do manage to get revenge on the corporate schlub and in turn, develop their own even better type of PC99. Jon Favreau has adapted this from the novel of the same name and all I can say is that while this may come across as a lot of techno babble bios, DSL, motherboard techie crap, it also is quite charming and all the characters are likeable in their highly flawed ways (believe me, these guys are flawed). There's heart in Andy's passion to leave a lasting mark on the world and with his team (and of course, a cute neighbor he falls for) he manages to succeed in doing so. It's funny and even more so now in the post dot com boom but it's not overloaded on techie speak. Bottom line: I'm a fan of Favreau and while he's not in this movie, I've enjoyed his previous two works (SWINGERS, MADE) so I will be there as so should you.

DOG CATCHER (positive, minor spoilers)
A typical teen comedy with heart and TOOTSIE mixed in. HUH? 3 brothers of the Kappa Omega Kappa (K.O.K.) fraternity are thrown out for embezzlement. They're innocent but in order to secure the proof they need, they dress in drag and move into the Delta Omicron Gamma sorority house next door. (well, they need a place to live, too). The DOG's aren't really dogs like the Omega Mu's from Revenge of the Nerds. They are nice girls who just aren't playmate material like the Tri Beta sorority. Naturally, the head brother, Dave, falls in love with Leah, the DOG president and there's a nice sub story of Leah falling in love with Dave's alter ego, Daisy. It's not entirely played for laughs and I found it sweet. As the three boys are forced to live and act as women for a few weeks until they can secure the proof they need, they realize that their lives have been pretty shallow when it came to treating women. They actually mature and become better men for having being women. One of them laments, "I told (another frat brother) that he if wanted to get laid, he'd only be able to get a DOG. Now look at me. I'M A DOG.") Again, it's played for laughs but it's got heart to it too. There's great moments too such as the boys/girls trying to teach their sorority sisters about football and little moments such as one guy holding up a picture of a dress and asking "would I look good in this?" Granted, there are your typical fraternity gross jokes, you know, burps and farts and sex. I don't really want to give too much more away but bottom line: it's a comedy but it could be a cute comedy. Check it out. I will.

MONEY FOR NOTHING...CHICKS FOR FREE (positive, major spoilers)
[Joey's note:  This film has since been re-titled WHO'S YOUR DADDY?]
I'm sure many young men out there have thought that their parents are freaks and wouldn't it be cool if your parents were someone uber hip like...oh say....Hugh Hefner? Well, for young Chris, that's almost accurate. He lives in Ohio (zzzzzzzzzzzzz) oh sorry. Anyways, his parents are religious freaks (no offense readers) and he lives a pretty mundane existence in high school. He lusts after the high school princess who's nothing but a shallow bitch. Well good fortune smiles on Chris when it turns out that his real parents passed away and have left him a small fortune to the tune of $87 million and the Heaven magazine empire (think Playboy). It's implied that he always knew he was adopted but naturally this news is a shock to a geeky virgin 17 year old and his best buddy Adam. The gist is that since he was under 18, he gets the keys to the kingdom. If he was over 18 then his uncle would have inherited everything so you can imagine that Uncle Duncay will set out to sabotage his new nephew. Naturally, Chris gets all caught up in the whirlwind of his new found fame. Even the shallow bitch back home suddenly wants to snuggle up to him. Such is the price of fame when his true friends are snubbed and subsequently turn their backs on him. It's a pretty straight forward story. He does in fact lose the empire but thanks to an "angel" (Heaven has angels just Playboy has Playmates) who is looking out for Chris, he does in fact get the empire back from the greedy uncle. If I had one major problem with the script is that it suddenly ends. There's a huge buildup and I really liked Chris. Then he loses everything and goes about getting his friends back (and of course, falling in love) but once he gets the Heaven empire back, that's it. In my opinion, that's the third act and I so wanted to know what was next for this kid. Bottom line, all the nudity (huh huh huh heh heh heh) aside, I'd go check this out. Unless the trailer makes it look like a dungheap, I bet this would be quite funny and a good way to spend my hard earned cash-ola! (huh huh huh I said hard)

October 25, 2001

Michael Douglas will star in and produce a feature film adaptation of Arthur Miller's THE RIDE DOWN MOUNT MORGAN, a once successful Broadway play.  The film follows a philandering insurance agent who crashes his car into a snow bank and lies in a coma.  When he finally wakes, he is greeted by his two wives and because of his inability to remember the circumstances before the accident is forced to confront head-on the double life he once led.  Jesse Wigutow will make his full length debut writing the adaptation of the Miller play. Sheesh, talk about a tough first-time assignment. "Here - adapt this Arthur Miller work for Michael Douglas..."
 

October 25, 2001

No, no one else has been cast yet (other than Ben Affleck in the lead) but a casting call has been put out to agencies that features a description of two of the characters in the film.  Let's take a look at what producers sent out:

"[Elektra Natchios] Age Range 21-31. Elektra is the daughter of a Greek business tycoon. Exotic, intelligent, raised in private schools in a life of privilege. Very beautiful, athletic and trained in martial arts.

[Young Matt] Age range 12-14. Brown hair and brown eyes. Matt Murdock as a young boy - smart, articulate, sensitive yet strong. Idolizes his father, who is a boxer. He is struck in the eyes and goes blind, only to find other senses have been heightened. Trains his body to gymnast levels."

Interesting to see how they describe these characters. I'll be very curious to see who the finally cast as Elektra and eventually Bullseye and Kingpin.  Meanwhile, speaking of Natchios, I could go for some nachos...
 

October 25, 2001

• In addition to the official site for SHALLOW HAL (www.shallowhalmovie.com), there's a pretty funny additional site called at www.masterplayers.com that heavily features Jason Alexander's character from the movie.  There's a lot of additional content on there that's pretty damn clever so I suggest you check it out
• Speaking of official sites, the delayed ROLLERBALL has seen an update at its site.  Head over to www.rollerball.com to check out some of the new info they've posted
• Coming Soon has a pretty cool exclusive.  They've got a clip from Will Smith's ALI posted and you can download it here

October 24, 2001

Well okay, he didn't review the entire movie, just the 25-minutes worth of footage that he and some other journalists were allowed to check out yesterday morning. He even got body-searched before entering the theater... huh??

Click to read his review
  

October 24, 2001

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will re-team to film the epic tale ALEXANDER, based on the script by Academy Award winning writer Christopher McQuarrie, who at one time was attached to direct with Jude Law starring.  The project will follow the life of Alexander the Great, the King of Macedonia, who sets out to conquer the world and eventually (duh) fails.  If you're curious why McQuarrie may have left his post at the director's chair, word is he was paid a "mid-seven-figure sum" for the rights to the film. Besides, McQuarrie recently said in a e-mail to Harry Knowles at Ain't It Cool News that he, first and foremost, was a writer.

Scorsese and DiCaprio have their first collaboration, GANGS OF NEW YORK, in the can, but that film is now seeing considerable delays.  GANGS was originally scheduled to release on December 21st in order to qualify for an Oscar run but now Miramax has pulled the film from that date and taken the film out of Award consideration.  It is reported that the film will most likely premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and eventually open next summer.  This move confuses me beyond belief considering the high-profile "event" movies scheduled to open in the summer of 2002 (SPIDER-MAN, MEN IN BLACK 2, STAR WARS: EPISODE 2 and MINORITY REPORT amongst others).  In any event, Scorsese felt the move needed to be made, for whatever reason, and Miramax respected that.  With THE SHIPPING NEWS, KATE AND LEOPOLD and AMELIE, they've got enough films in consideration for Oscar.

Download the GANGS OF NEW YORK trailer here
  

October 24, 2001

Yes, it's true.  The original J.Lo has big boobs.  And that cleavage will again be on display on the big-screen in her next film, the romantic comedy WHY CAN'T I BE AUDREY HEPBURN.  Coincidentally enough, Hewitt once played Hepburn in an ABC TV-movie. This film revolves around a news anchorwoman (Jenny), with an unhealthy obsession for the title star, who is left at the altar by her wealthy fiance.  This project was close to going into production almost two years ago with Steven Spielberg directing and Tea Leoni starring.  That fell apart and in the time since Renee Zellweger, Ashley Judd and Sarah Michelle Gellar have all been involved.  Creator of TV's POPULAR, Ryan Murphy will now direct. If you're thinking this film sounds a little boring, take a look below and then maybe you'll reconsider...and leave me alone...I'm tired...

October 24, 2001

After a long break from script reviewing, contributor Honest Abe is back with a whole lot to say.  He sent over six reviews my way and here's the first batch.  We'll start with a negative review of the Wesley Snipes flick UNDISPUTED and a mixed review of Renny Harlin's next film called MINDHUNTERS. Take it away, Abe:

Undisputed (negative, minor spoilers)
Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames star in The Mike Tyson Story...the Prison Years. Essentially that's the story, cut and dried. Heavyweight champ Iceman Williams gets sent to prison for rape where he meets the prison fight champ. The majority of the movie is about setting these two up for a no holds barred undisputed championship fight. But it drags on too long. The fight doesn't occur until the last 15 pages. Everything else is just background. No is really likeable either. These are hard core convicts and Iceman shows no remorse cause he claims innocence. He's nothing but a braggart though and not a very likable anti hero. There's a subplot about an aging gangster named Manny who apparently will be in prison till he dies but knows about hidden bank accounts all over the world. There's also the little prison bitch who sucks up to him trying to get the info out of him but it's to no avail. This script by Walter Hill is one of the few times where I finished it thinking that I got TOO MUCH of the characters and inside their heads but since you don't care about any of the characters, it becomes a senseless point to even read. Bottom line: will I go see this in the theatre? I'll sneak in cause I'd like to see the fight and there are flashbacks during the script of some of Iceman's other fights. But the script is pretty predictable about who's gonna win. If you're a fan of Wesley or Ving go ahead otherwise, save your cash.

Mindhunters (mixed, minor spoilers)
I was excited to read this because the concept sounded interesting: A group of FBI cadet "mindhunters" or profilers are on their final assignment before becoming official graduates. They are left on a desert island with a crime scene and have 3 days to come up with a conclusive profile of the mystery killer...but someone takes the exercise too far and starts to bump them off for real one at a time. Loyalties are tested and strained. Sounds cool right? Well, it is, kinda. Last I heard, Renny Harlin was at the helm of this pic which is interesting cause there's not too much slam bang action. But ever since I saw Silence of the Lambs, I was curious to see more of the Behavioral Sciences division of the FBI which is where the mindhunters are based. The problem could be that the killer strikes before you get to know some of these profilers. There's also a wild card in the bunch...a Scottish detective who tags along to observe. Like I said, it's not bad and some of the killings are pretty unique but when the killer is revealed there's a big "So?" that came out of my mouth. I'll admit I had no idea who it was but there really wasn't a discernable motivation so what's the point. All good movie killers have motivation. Hell, even Jason Voorhees had a motivation....revenge for his and his mother's death. Bottom line: I'll go see a matinee but if you hear yawning when the killer is revealed, tis only I, honest abe.
 

October 24, 2001

Uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer is still licking his wounds after the lackluster success of this summer's PEARL HARBOR.  But the man doesn't rest long.  He's already hard at work on BAD BOYS 2, where a lot of the work revolves around convincing original stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence to return.  Apparently, Bruckheimer is looking to get Michael Bay back in the director's chair and currently has Cormac and Marianne Wibberley (THE SIXTH DAY) hard at work on a script. I wonder how profitable a film like BAD BOYS 2 could be with the high salaries Smith, Lawrence and Bay would command to return to the film.  The original was so successful partly because the two stars weren't quite household names at that point.   Separately they both command in the $17-20 million range per film and Bay's price could push this film up to a budget of $50 mil before you even factor in the filming process! 
 

October 24, 2001

New Line Cinema executives Ron Shaye and Toby Emmerich got sick of sitting at their desks, throwing pencils into the ceiling tile, so they decided to make themselves a movie.  Toby went and got his brother Noah (remember Truman's "friend" from THE TRUMAN SHOW?...) and they wrote a script and even got Val Kilmer involved somehow.  The film is called KILLER INSTINCT and would have Kilmer playing a wealthy executive who thinks he got away scot-free with a murder, but soon his lover/co-worker begins to suspect that something's up.  To his credit, Toby Emmerich isn't just a bored exec - he actually wrote the Dennis Quaid film FREQUENCY that some said was actually pretty good. I wasn't one of them, but JoBlo seemed to think that it was pretty good...
   

October 23, 2001

The title for the third installment of the MATRIX trilogy has a name:

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS

Like it or not, it's a hell of a lot better than ATTACK OF THE CLONES. The announcement was made by producer Joel Silver in an interview with Smilin' Jack Ruby of the Universal-owned website 13th Street.  That might be enough for people to call "RUMOR!" but the title but those people will wind up eating their words. The news has been added to the press notes and bio of Joel Silver's next film THIRTEEN GHOSTS, which opens Friday.  REVOLUTIONS is the latest in RE titles for MATRIX related material.  The second installment will be titled THE MATRIX RELOADED and a behind-the-scenes DVD on the films will be called THE MATRIX REVISITED.

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October 23, 2001

I suppose they could but each side has different "business issues" and probably would have a very difficult time agreeing on a deal that could still turn a profit for both parties involved.  Besides, Pixar and Jobs have already mentioned that after their deal with Disney is through, they may look to form a development deal with another studio.  Disney owns part rights to TOY STORY so if that happened there definitely wouldn't be a sequel.  In the meantime, let's just be happy that MONSTERS, INC. comes out on November 2nd and we've got a sweet 3-disc TOY STORY DVD to keep us happy.
 

October 23, 2001

A movie will be made about the presidency of Bill Clinton but it's probably not the type you'd want to see.  There will be no sleazy retelling of the Monica Lewinsky scandal but instead a theatrical documentary defending the President and First Lady.  Longtime Clinton supporters Harry and Linda Thomason will film THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT: THE TEN YEAR CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY BILL AND HILARY CLINTON based on the book of the same name.  The film's budget of $3 million is being financed primarily by private investments and will be distributed in the US by Regent Entertainment.  The most surprising news is that Bill and Hilary will not be participating or granting filmmakers interviews.  The Thomasons are primarily a TV producing family and have been behind such shows as DESIGNING WOMEN, EVENING SHADE and more recently EMERIL.  Considering I'm not very well-versed in the ways of politics, I'm going to stay FAR away from this one.  I leave it up to you to make your own sarcastic comments.
 

October 23, 2001

Source: Joey Baloney

• Any developments in a possible third BILL AND TED movie?  Find out what Alex Winter said here
• Read a purported description of the teaser trailer for ATTACK OF THE CLONES here
• Sylvester Stallone is talking ROCKY 6 (again...) on his official site and you can read his comments here
• More news on how to participate in the final scene of SPIDER-MAN here

October 22, 2001

UPDATE: Our Fox representative has told us that the poster that you see below was created by "fans" and not Lucas Films. 

Remember the SCOOBY-DOO "teaser poster" which we presented on our site a while back? Well, even though Warner Bros denied that it was the "official" poster, we were, and still are pretty sure that it was a semblance of what they were working on for the final design, and now comes fellow movie site webmaster Garth Franklin from Dark Horizons, with a similar predicament for the ATTACK OF THE CLONES teaser poster. Is it real? Is it fake? You decide. Here's what Garth had to say about it:

"If this isn't the real teaser poster for the second prequel then its set the standard for fan made art. To its credibility several SW hardcore fans I know have not seen these photo shots anywhere (and they've seen pretty much all of them so far), and overall the poster feels like the design of the official site as well as pushing the 'romance' angle Lucas has been talking about. On the other hand its been established Anakin's lightsaber is blue (though the red saber could be more Vader foreboding like the shadow in the Episode 1 teaser), and the source is unfamiliar to me (though they've got good credentials). With the real one set to debut in the next fortnight or so, I'd hesitate to make a judgment call on this just yet."

October 22, 2001

Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman have signed to star in the drama THE HUMAN STAIN, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name.  Kidman dropped out of the leading role in George Clooney's CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (recently replaced by Drew Barrymore) to reteam with Academy Award winning writer/director Robert Benton (KRAMER VS. KRAMER, BILLY BATHGATE).  STAIN revolves around a college professor (Hopkins) falsely accused of racism who must reveal his own secrets to vindicate himself.  Kidman will play a graduate student with whom the professor falls in love. Miramax is expected to distribute the film which will start filming in March of 2002.

Read the first 20 pages of THE HUMAN STAIN here
  

October 22, 2001

Source: Joey Baloney

Check out the new and final one-sheet for HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR'S STONE below:

October 22, 2001

Heath Ledger has signed on to star in the Gregor Jordan (BUFFALO SOLDIERS) directed film OUR SUNSHINE about the life of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.  According to the Iron Outlaw website, Ned Kelly was "our greatest folk hero (who) became one of the unsuspecting fathers of Australian nationalism.  With each passing year his myth grows stronger but was Ned just another crazied bushranger or a victim of the system, a desperate young man forced to shoot and steal to protect his own?"  The film will follow Kelly as he begins his Kelly gang and eventually is hanged for his crimes in Melbourne.  Ledger has MONSTER'S BALL and FOUR FEATHERS coming later this year.
 

October 22, 2001

Constantin Films (DONNIE BRASCO, DANCER IN THE DARK) has acquired the rights to the long sought after novel PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER with Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR) in line to direct. Patrick Suskind's novel had been courted by the likes of Martin Scorsese and Tim Burton but the author was reportedly holding out for the late Stanley Kubrick to direct. Once he passed, negotiations became fair game and Constantin paid $5 million against $10 million for the rights.

Caroline Thompson (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) has been brought on to write the script.  It is thought that Scott will direct should all go well through the early stages but both reps for Constantin and Scott made clear that the director is not officially committed.  The book is described as "a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion - his sense of smell - leads to murder."  Sounds pretty damn strange if you ask me.  But who better than the writer of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS to make the story come to life?
 

October 22, 2001

Source: Joey Baloney

• A whole bunch of test screening reviews for the Al Pacino/Robin Williams thriller INSOMNIA are online here
• JoBlo.com made Entertainment Weekly's annual Power List!! OK, so we didn't.  But find out who did here
• Read this interview with director Richard Linklater and find out how he went from DAZED AND CONFUSED to a movie that will make you dazed and confused, WAKING LIFE