contents Famous | volume 1 | number 8 | 14 42 FEATURES COLUMNS 14 SEE-THROUGH BACON 33 LINER NOTES Kevin Bacon may have the biggest hit 12 An ode to outdoor concerts of his career with a flick in which he's hardly seen. The versatile actor talks 34 THINGS about getting invisible for Hollow Man Hot summer toys By Stephen Schaefer DEPARTMENTS 36 PULP AND PAPER 18 FILM FEST GUIDE 06 EDITORIAL The Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver 38 NAME OF THE GAME 08 THE BIG PICTURE film festivals are revving up for another The ultimate in escapism A peek at current flicks including fabulous season. We tell you everything Space Cowboys and Godzilla 2000 40 BIT STREAMING you need to know Online video players 12 THE PLAYERS 20 BRUCKHEIMER GETS GIRLIE Vital bio info about Keanu Reeves, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is known for Winona Ryder and Elizabeth Hurley high-voltage testosterone flicks like Armageddon and The Rock. So why is he 16 COMING SOON 20 doing Coyote Ugly, a character-driven piece about a bunch of gals who work 22 FAMOUS TRIVIA at a bar? By David Giammarco 32 ON THE SLATE 26 INSIDE ALLIANCE ATLANTIS Bill Murray, Christina Ricci and Christian CINEMAS Step inside the young Slater take on new projects theatre chain with a pictorial 42 FIVE FAVOURITE FILMS COVER S TORY Moist's David Usher makes his picks 28 COMMITTED TO THE CELL 43 ON VIDEO Jennifer Lopez’ new movie will be one New releases, including Erin Brockovich, of the most visually-stunning of the The Cider House Rules, Holy Smoke! year. Marni Weisz talks to the head and American Psycho honcho at the Toronto graphics firm that did the digital effects 45 HOROSCOPE ON THE COVER Vincent D’Onofrio 46 FAMOUS LAST WORDS and Jennifer Lopez in The Cell Pierce Brosnan, Will Smith and other celebs on their passionate pursuits famous 5 august 2000 editorial Cell-ebrating august 2000 volume 1 number 8 PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR EDITOR SPECIALEFFECTS MARNI WEISZ ART DIRECTOR is the season for summer block- VADIM MOSCOTIN busters, which, more often than CONTRIBUTORS TRENT ERNST, DAVID GIAMMARCO, not, means tons of money spent SUSAN GRANGER, DAN LIEBMAN, LEZLIE LOWE, MARC SALTZMAN, on cuttting-edge graphics and visuals. So, in STEPHEN SCHAEFER this issue, we put the spotlight on a cou- FAMOUS MAGAZINE IS REPRESENTED BY ple of films with eye-popping effects. FAMOUS PLAYERS MEDIA INC. Fortunately, a big chunk of that ADVERTISING AND SALES HEAD OFFICE Hollywood dough was sent north of the 905.564.1033 VICE PRESIDENT From left: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jennifer border recently, to a Toronto graphics WAYNE CARTER (ext. 232) Lopez and Vincent D’Onofrio in The Cell company called TOYBOX. There, the bizarre ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVES JAMIE CRUVER(ext. 224) and sometimes beautiful computer generated effects for the new Jennifer Lopez SARAH TOTH (ext. 233) thriller, The Cell, were programmed, painted and produced. I spoke with Dennis Berardi, WESTERN OFFICE 604.904.8622 Visual Effects Supervisor for TOYBOX, about the innovative project, working with Lopez WESTERN SALES MANAGER and the future of his rapidly changing industry. See “Committed to The Cell,” page 28. DIANE RAJH We also talk to Kevin Bacon, star of the $85-millon project Hollow Man, SPECIAL THANKS JOHN BAILEY, ROGER HARRIS, about playing a scientist who develops the technology to make people invisible and CARLA HORWITZ, ROB JOHN, then tests it on himself. As Kevin told Stephen Schaefer in “Seeing Through Kevin STUART POLLOCK, CATHY PROWSE, DAVID RUSK, LAURIE ZABORSKI Bacon,” page 14, playing a character who is invisible doesn’t mean you can slack off Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by Famous magazine Inc. as an actor. In fact, the process of becoming barely-there was absolutely grueling. Subscriptions are $32.50 ($30 + GST) a year in Canada, $45 a year in the US and $55 a year overseas. Strangely, as we enter this season of high-powered, big-budget cinematic Single copies are $3. All subscription inquiries should be directed to extravaganzas, a producer known for making just that type of film is coming out Famous magazine at 1314 Britannia Rd. 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Please include and whet your appetite with a history of the three big Canadian celebrations of cinema. your full name, city of residence and a contact number (email or phone). — Marni Weisz famous 6 august 2000 thebig picture TAKE A RIDE WITH SPACE COWBOYS, JOIN THECREW OR SPEND AUTUMN IN NEW YORK Clint Eastwood in Space Cowboys Thomas and the Magic Railroad (July 26) Space Cowboys (August 4) (Perabo) move to New York to make it as a singer. Who’s In It? Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Who’s In It? Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Instead, she finds fun and adventure in her “day” Mara Wilson James Garner, Donald Sutherland job as a barmaid at the Coyote Ugly — a rundown Who Directed? Britt Allcroft (Thomas the Tank Who Directed? Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven) country bar where you get to dance on the tables. Engine & Friends TV series) What’s It About? A satellite launched in 1960 has See Jerry Bruckheimer interview, page 20. What’s It About? Lily, an 11-year-old girl (Wilson) malfunctioned, and to prevent it from crashing to on her way to visit her lonely grandfather (Fonda), Earth an older astronaut, who knows its inner Hollow Man (August 4) gets on the wrong train and ends up in the town workings (Eastwood), is asked to fix it. He agrees, Who’s In It? Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin of Shining Time. There, she meets a magical con- but only if three of his old pilot buds (Jones, Garner Who Directed? Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall) ductor (Baldwin) who takes her on an adventure and Sutherland) who were overlooked by the as- What’s It About? A sci-fi concept first proposed by to Thomas the Tank Engine’s Island of Sodor. tronaut training program are allowed to come H.G. Wells in The Invisible Man gets the modern along. Some scenes were shot at NASA headquar- treatment in this movie about a government scien- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (July 28) ters in Cape Canaveral, Florida and Houston, Texas. tist at a top-secret military lab who devises a way Who’s In It? Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson to make people invisible. He tries it out on himself Who Directed? Peter Segal (Tommy Boy) Coyote Ugly (August 4) and it works. But his colleagues can’t (or won’t) What’s It About? Sherman Klump (Murphy) Who’s In It? Piper Perabo, Tyra Banks reverse the effects, so he sets out to get revenge thought he had seen the last of his alter-ego, Who Directed? David McNally (debut) on them. See Kevin Bacon interview, page 14. Buddy Love, but Love is back and trying to make it What’s It About? Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer on his own. Having done his best to keep Buddy (Gone in 60 Seconds) and based on a GQ article, Save the Last Dance (August 11) buried in his subconscious, the portly and painfully this romantic comedy tells the story of one girl’s Who’s In It? Julia Stiles, Fredro Starr shy professor is horrified to find him resurfacing Who Directed? Thomas Carter (Swing Kids) with untimely outbursts and threatening his plans What’s It About? Stiles plays a girl from a small to marry colleague Denise Gains (Jackson). town whose life is turned upside down when her mother dies in a car accident. She moves to the Autumn in New York (August 4) south side of Chicago to live with her father and Who’s In It? Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, falls in love with an African American boy (Starr) Jill Hennessy with a troubled past. Who Directed? Joan Chen (Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl) What’s It About? Gere plays the playboy owner of Bless the Child (August 11) one of New York’s hottest restaurants. No woman Richard Gere Who’s In It? Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits can seem to nail him down.