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cover_fallpreview 8/8/03 1:59 PM Page 1 canada’s #1 movie magazine in canada’s #1 theatres 3/C B G R september 2003 | volume 4 | number 9 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 KART RACER KILL BILL Fall Preview 2003 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 CAT IN THE HAT RETURN OF THE KING 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 $3.00 PLUS: SCOTT SPEEDMAN ON UNDERWORLD • ANTONIO BANDERAS TALKS ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO Document1 7/31/03 1:48 PM Page 1 Document1 7/31/03 1:54 PM Page 1 contents 8/18/03 11:23 AM Page 4 Famous | volume 4 | number 9 3/C contents B G R 10 26 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 36 28 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 26 KART THEM AWAY 06 EDITORIAL 42 VIDEO AND DVD Quirky Canadian comic Harland Identity, Anger Management and Williams and his 16-year-old co-star 08 LETTERS Bend it Like Beckham for the home Will Rothhaar on their new flick Tracking down the lost track from theatre Kart Racer | By Ingrid Randoja the 28 Days Later CD 44 HOROSCOPE 28 SPEEDMAN’S DESCENT 10 SHORTS Basically, Virgo, just try to stay Toronto native Scott Speedman Sandra Oh gets some sun, the away from all human beings for the talks about his chance start in Toronto International Film Festival, first 10 days of the month acting and his slick new monster and Jack Nicholson makes friends movie Underworld | By Marni Weisz in Paris 46 FAMOUS LAST WORDS 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Keri Russell and Matt Damon 32 KATE BECKINSALE SUCKS 14 SNAPS embarrass themselves No, really. She plays a vampire in Sharon Stone comforts some kids, Underworld | By Earl Dittman Michelle Rodriguez takes her best shot and Jennifer Garner plays with COVER STORY 34 FUNNY THAT WAY a pooch Mambo Italiano — a hilarious 16 FALL/HOLIDAY PREVIEW Canadian movie? Star Luke Kirby 30 TRIVIA Still three months to go before thinks so | By Marni Weisz What’s the connection between the final installment of The Lord Tom Hanks and Haley Joel Osment? of the Rings. But there’s lots to see 36 KILLING TIME WITH And just how low has Woody Allen before then. Tarantino’s back with EL MARIACHI gone? Kill Bill and Cruise with The Last 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Antonio Banderas on resurrecting Samurai. So are Julia, Denzel and Desperado’s gun-toting guitar 40 LINER NOTES Nicole. How will you choose? player for Once Upon a Time in Hawksley Workman’s lover/fighter, | By Ingrid Randoja Mexico | By Barrett Hooper and Krall and Wainwright try acting famous 4 | september 2003 RUND.FAMOUS.4C.1 8/12/03 9:56 AM Page 1 UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH WWE FILMS AMISHER FILMS/STRIKE ENTERTAINMENTPRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH IM3 ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC COSTUME APETER BERG FILM"THE RUNDOWN" THE ROCK SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT CHRISTOPHER WALKEN ROSARIO DAWSONEWEN BREMNER BY HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS DESIGNERLOUISE MINGENBACH PRODUCTION DIRECTOR OF EXECUTIVE PRODUCED EDITORRICHARD PEARSON DESIGNERTOM DUFFIELD PHOTOGRAPHYTOBIAS SCHLIESSLER PRODUCERS VINCE McMAHON RIC KIDNEY BY KEVIN MISHER MARC ABRAHAM KAREN GLASSER STORY SCREENPLAY DIRECTED BY BY AND BY PETER BERG R.J. STEWART R.J. STEWART JAMES VANDERBILT A© 2003 UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL PICTURE STUDIOS editorial 8/5/03 12:09 PM Page 6 editorial | September 2003 volume 4 number 9 On your marks, PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR EDITOR MARNI WEISZ ? 3/C DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA SENIOR DESIGNER JUSTIN STAYSHYN B get set… PRODUCTION MANAGER SHEILA GREGORY PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA G R CONTRIBUTORS EARL DITTMAN ith but four months left in 2003, let’s take a look at the SUSAN GRANGER Oscar race. BARRETT HOOPER There’s ummm... [Sound of pen tapping on desk.] DAN LIEBMAN W Ahhhh, I think I heard someone say Tobey Maguire’s MARK MAGEE got a shot for Seabiscuit. Then there’s…no wait, that was a 2002 film. Do do do… Hey! Look over there! ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS Okay, so the kaboom-y action pics and girls-in-tight-clothes IS HANDLED BY FAMOUS PLAYERS MEDIA INC. sequels that dominated the summer aren’t exactly the stuff of Oscar fantasies. When Will Smith finished work on Bad Boys II, there’s ADVERTISING AND SALES little chance director Michael Bay came over, put his hand on Smith’s shoulder, and said, “Man, you were robbed when you didn’t HEAD OFFICE 416.539.8800 win for . But if you don’t get one of them statuettes for this SALES MANAGER JOHN TSIRLIS (ext. 237) Ali 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 movie, there will be hell on Earth! And I know just the guy to set us ACCOUNT MANAGERS JAMIE CRUVER (ext. 224) up with the pyrotechnics.” ZOLTAN TOTH (ext. 233) ANTON KIM (ext. 238) What all this means, of course, is that the best of the year is yet to JENNA PATERSON (ext. 243) come. Will Robert Rodriguez finally get a director nod for his third TAP CHAUHAN (ext. 235) El Mariachi film, Once Upon a Time in Mexico? If so, will he be up SALES & MARKETING CAROL BRATHWAITE (ext. 256) against Quentin Tarantino who makes his long-awaited return with COORDINATOR Kill Bill? Mystic River has a good combo for the Academy — dark, dramatic, based on a book, stars Sean Penn. What about the women BRITISH COLUMBIA 604.904.8622 — do Julia Roberts (Mona Lisa Smile), Nicole Kidman (Cold WESTERN SALES MANAGER DIANE RAJH Mountain) or Cate Blanchett (Veronica Guerin) have a chance? And for God’s sake, what does Viggo Mortensen have to do to get an ALBERTA 403.266.4412 Oscar nomination for Aragorn? Become King or something?! WESTERN SALES MANAGER ELIZABETH D’ARTOIS Your first step in answering these questions is to turn to page 16 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 and take a look through our Fall/Holiday Preview. QUEBEC 514.868.0005 We also go heavy on the CanCon in this issue. Proud Torontonian GENERAL MANAGER DANIELLE BERNARD Scott Speedman, who played cutie-pie Ben on TV’s Felicity, becomes ACCOUNT MANAGER MICHAEL KALLAUR a viable leading man with his role in the stylish monster movie Underworld. Find out how Speedman turned a dollar into a SPECIAL THANKS JOHN BAILEY Hollywood career in “From Toronto to the Underworld,” page 28. MATHIEU CHANTELOIS Guelph, Ontario’s Luke Kirby might have one of the season’s ROBB CHASE biggest surprise hits on his hands when Mambo Italiano is released JOAN GRANT across Canada and the States this month. Having opened in Quebec CATHY PROWSE this past summer the Canadian comedy about being gay in SUSAN REGINELLI Montreal’s Little Italy has already made close to $3-million — JEFF RUSH which, last time I checked, placed it an impressive 89th in North 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by 1371327 Ontario Ltd. American box office for the year to date. In “Coming Out at a Subscriptions are $32.10 ($30 + GST) a year in Canada, $45 a year in the U.S. Theatre Near You,” page 34, Kirby muses about impending fame. and $55 a year overseas. Single copies are $3. Back issues are $6. Plus, in “Racing Team,” page 26, Harland Williams (a All subscription inquiries, back issue requests and letters to the editor should be directed to Scarborough, Ontario native) talks about his new pic Kart Racer, Famous magazine at 102 Atlantic Ave., Ste. 100, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 1X9; and on page 10 Nepean, Ontario’s Sandra Oh fills you in on her or 416.539.8800; or [email protected] latest, Under the Tuscan Sun. Canada Post Publication Agreement: No. 40708019 And lest you think we’d forgotten about the rest of the world, on 500,000 copies of Famous magazine are distributed through Famous Players page 36 you’ll find “Back in Black,” in which Spanish hottie and Alliance Atlantis cinemas, and other outlets. Famous magazine is not responsible Antonio Banderas says stuff like this of Once Upon a Time in Mexico: for the return of unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or other materials. No material in this magazine may be reprinted without the express written “It’s The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. I, of course, am the good.” consent of the publisher. © 1371327 Ontario Ltd. 2002. (It’s a lot better when you read it in Antonio’s voice.) —Marni Weisz 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 famous 6 | september 2003 Kart Racer Famous Magazine 7/31/03 2:17 PM Page 1 3/C RANDY QUAID WILL ROTHHAAR B RANDY QUAID WILL ROTHHAAR G R 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 COURAGE HAS NO SPEED LIMIT ALLIANCE ATLANTIS PRESENTS A KNIGHTSCOVE ENTERTAINMENT AND APOLLOMEDIA PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH WARDENCLYFFE ENTERTAINMENT A STUART GILLARD FILM MUSIC MUSIC EDITED RANDY QUAID WILL ROTHHAAR “KART RACER”JENNIFER WIGMORE AND DAVID GALLAGHER BY JEFF DANNA SUPERVISOR ANDY HILL BY ROBIN RUSSELL ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION DIRECTOR OF PRODUCERS PATTI HEDEEN MURRAY MARCHANT JANA EDELBAUM DESIGNER MICHAEL JOY PHOTOGRAPHY THOMAS BURSTYN, C.S.C. 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