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For the Week of 6/11/2000 - 6/17/2000

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  ALADDIN & ADVENTURES OF ALL TIME

 

Genre: Kids
MPAA Rating: G
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $19.98
Synopsis: This full-length animated feature follows Aladdin and his friend as they travel through time on an unforgettable adventure.

  ALL I WANNA DO

 

Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG13
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $103.00
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Gabby Hoffman, Rachael Leigh Cook.
Synopsis: The precocious students at Miss Godard's School for Girls are up in arms when they find out they're merging with a school for boys. The imaginations and comedy are at an all-time high as the girls come up with a hilarious scheme to sabotage the plan.

  BICENTENNIAL MAN

 

Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $106.00
Cast: Robin Williams, Sam Neill
Synopsis: Bicentennial Man follows the life and times of Andrew (Williams), a robot programmed to perform menial tasks, but who displays uncharacteristically human emotions, curiosity and creativity. Andrew soon discovers what it truly means to be a human being with the help of Little Miss (Hallie Kate Eisenberg) and his understanding owner (Neill). Andrew is no ordinary robot!

  EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN

 

Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $98.00
Cast: Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang.
Synopsis: Set in the 20th Century BC, The Emperor and the Assassin tells the story of Ying Zheng, a power-hungry heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Qin. In preparation for his battle, Ying gains the help of his concubine Zhao, who travels as a spy. But while walking through the marketplace in the kingdom of Han, Zhao discovers Jing Ke. Struck by his subtle demeanor and able swordmanship, Zhao finds herself falling deeply in love...

  GREEN MILE, THE

 

Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $108.00
Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt.
Synopsis: Paul Edgecomb didn’t believe in miracles. Until he met one. A seven foot, three hundred pound miracle on death row, waiting to walk The Green Mile. Tom Hanks leads a stellar ensemble through an emotionally absorbing fable of the supernatural. Nominated for four Academy Awards, director Frank Darabont weaves an intricate tale based on a novel by Stephen King, which Roger Ebert declares, “Absorbing, moving, wonderfully acted and directed.” Follow your heart to the last place on earth you would expect to go and witness a miracle your eyes won’t believe.

  INFERNO

 

Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $80.00
Cast: Ray Liotta, Gloria Reuben.
Synopsis: In the middle of the desert, Jack (Ray Liotta) awakes with amnesia. Suffering from violent flashbacks, he finds his way to the home of reclusive artist Vicky Robinson (Gloria Reuben) who agrees to help him uncover his past. While Jack's murdeous flashbacks become more violent and vivid, the pieces of his past slowly come together and he remembers having a large sum of money - money which is now missing. As his apparent "associates" begin to catch up with him demanding to know the whereabouts of this mysterious stash, Jack realizes that they are not only after his money, but his life!

  LA CUCARACHA

 

Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $63.00
Cast: Eric Roberts, Tara Grespo.
Synopsis: After leaving the United States for Santiago, Mexico, aspiring writer Walter Pool (Roberts) has just been offered $100,000 to save his life by taking another. Finding himself living a poverty stricken nightmare and barely hanging on to his sanity, Poll is forced to make a decision. But this decision has consequences of a deadly nature. Now, in order to live the life he's always dreamed of, Walter Pool will have to do the unthinkable. Get ready to delve into the hunting and edgy underworld of betrayl, survival and revenge.

  LEILA

 

Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $80.00
Cast: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosoffa.
Synopsis: Reza and Leila, an attractive and affluent young couple deeply in love and recently married, discover that Leila is unable to conceive. Invoking tradition, Reza’s mother convinces her daughter-in-law that Reza must, out of necessity, take a second wife to produce an heir. This provocative and eloquent story, from “Iran’s longest-running cinematic master” (Village Voice), is a stunning portrayal of the clash between tradition and modern marriage; between manipulation and the power of love.

  LIGHT IT UP

 

Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $103.00
Cast: Forest Whittaker, Vanessa Williams, Usher Raymond.
Synopsis: A powerful and uplifting film about six misunderstood inner-city students who close down their school in a desperate attempt to improve dismal classroom conditions. Together, they bring their cause into the national spotlight, never wanting to be heroes - just fighting to be heard.

  MERCY

 

Genre: Erotic Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $98.00
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Peta Wilson, Julian Sands, Stephen Baldwin.
Synopsis: To catch a serial killer, homicide detective Catherine Palmer (Barkin) must trust mysterious Vickie Kittrie (Wilson) to guide her through the dangerous web of the sexual underground, where no desire is forbidden and no one is who she seems.

  PLAY IT TO THE BONE

 

Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $103.00
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich, Tom Sizemore.
Synopsis: Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas are best friends and has-been professional boxers who get the chance of a lifetime: a warm-up fight to Mike Tyson. It's the comeback chance they've both been waiting for.

  THIRD MIRACLE, THE

 

Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $98.00
Cast: Ed Harris, Anne Heche
Synopsis: Harris and Heche star in Agnieszka Holland's provocative mystery that explores the spiritual phenomenom behind miracles, and the doubts and desires of a priest who has lost his faith.

  WITNESS PROTECTION

 

Genre: Crime-Dra
MPAA Rating: R
Release Date: 6/13/2000
Suggested Retail: $55.00
Cast: Tom Sizemore, Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio, Forest Whitaker.
Synopsis: When mobster Bobby "Bats" Batton awakens to find his home under attack by a relentless hitman, he makes a life or death decision to save his family by entering the witness protection program. Now they must each leave friends and family forever, change their names and destroy their past. Not every family can do it - but failing can be a death sentence. Only Bobby can hold it together - but Bobby's starting to fall apart...