This page last updated December 6, 2002
News Archive May 2002 through October 2002
10-5-2002
*** Red Dragon is now in theaters in the US*** Last Party 2000 is STILL stuck in distribution Hell.
*** Love Liza release date has been pushed back 3 days to December 30th, 2002
9-27-2002
*** ENTER THE RED DRAGON CONTEST!!! I am conducting a contest at the behest of the Red Dragon promotional campaign people. So CLICK HERE and let's get busy!!!*** Just a reminder that Red Dragon is coming to theaters October 4th.
*** According to the IMDB, Punch-Drunk Love will be released to LA and New York on October 11, and wider distribution will occur on October 18. But you should check the (um, interesting) official site because they list several advanced screenings there.
*** With regard to The Sweet Spot, Phil's character is now listed as Sammy the Ump (I assume that's as in 'umpire') and the release date has been pushed back to June 2003. Like the next Harry Potter book.
*** Season One of Law and Order is scheduled to be released to DVD on October 15th. This set (running $59.99 on amazon.com) includes the episode 'Violence of Summer' which Phil appeared in.
*** Both Love, Liza and Punch-Drunk Love were shown at the Toronto Film Festival September 6 - 14th. Phil was at the Festival to promote these films.
7-22-2002
*** According to UpcomingMovies.com, Last Party 2000 is still in negotiations for a distributor. And you will note that the official website for the film has somehow become two simple eBay links and an advertisement. *sigh**** ComingSoon.Net and BoxOfficeProphets list Love, Liza's release as December 27th, this year.
*** Announcing the opening of PunchDrunkLove.com. At the moment there are about 8 teaser video clips. Check out the 5th clip for some Phil-y goodness. UpcomingMovies.Com and BoxOfficeProphets give the release date for Punch-Drunk Love as December 11th (that's a Wednesday) and reports that trailers have been aired with some prints of that Tom Hanks thing Road to Perdition.
*** The trailer for Red Dragon is being shown with Minority Report and possibly with The Bourne Identity. I saw the trailer with the Minority Report.
*** According to ComingSoon.Net, Spike Lee's The 25th Hour will receive wide release on January 10th, 2003. So the December 25th release date is probably for limited release. Though it is possible that the January date is the new release date and no one will see the film until then. I'll keep you posted.
7-20-2002
*** GO HERE to directly order your tickets for OUR LADY OF 121st STREET! Just scroll down to Our Lady of 121st Street. The play will be running from August 20, 2002 through September 14, 2002 and is showing at the Center Stage. Thanks a, for the link.7-17-2002
*** According to the A&E website, Phil's episode of Law and Order is scheduled to air on July 23rd (incidentally, Phil's 35th birthday!). Check your local listings for times, etc. And if anyone can tape this for me, I would be eternally grateful. Thank you.*** Ok, that's it. Give me hell if you want to but the compromise is OVER. I am calling the film Owning Mahowny and that's final until and/or unless I find other sources that spell it Malowny or Malony or however else people were giving me grief about.
*** Punch-Drunk Love is scheduled to premiere in France on August 28th this year. Let's hope that means that the US release date will be around then also.
*** Our own resident Phil theater warrior, Lee, was the first person to reserve tickets for Our Lady of 121st Street. To make your reservations with the LAByrinth Theater, call (212) 929-0900.
*** Current listing for the release date of The Sweet Spot is March 21st, 2003. Current listing for the release date of Cold Mountain is December 25th, 2003
6-26-2002
*** RED DRAGON TRAILER now online. There is a grand bit with Phil. I am sadly unable to grab pics from this trailer (and believe you me, I have tried every possible method of capture) so if anyone else can do that and email them to me or something that would be grand!6-21-2002
*** Word has it that The Sweet Spot is looking toward a March 2003 release date now.*** Entertainment Weekly ran a small article on Red Dragon which included a pic of Phil in Red Dragon. Click here for my Red Dragon picture gallery
*** As soon as I hear what is up with Love, Liza I will post that news here.
*** I don't know what is happening with A Confederacy of Dunces
*** No, to my knowledge Phil has *not* gotten married
6-18-2002
*** New Phil theater! Starting performances January 14, 2003 at the Longacre Theater (New York *obviously*), Phil starts with Natasha Richardson in Miss Julie. "In Miss Julie, Richardson stars as the title character, a countess on a desperate mission to seduce her betrothed valet (Hoffman)." Read the article here.*** New Phil film! According to a report in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, Anthony Minghella (director of The Talented Mr. Ripley) is behind an adaptation of the Charles Frazier novel COLD MOUNTAIN.Directly quoted from from "FilmForce" at IGN.com, June 04, 2002:
Commenting on the film's stellar cast, director Minghella said in a statement, "I could not be more thrilled with the quality of actor this material is attracting; it's a real testimony to the appeal of Charles Frazier's magnificent novel that we have been able to assemble such a formidable ensemble. This is an epic venture." The list, so far, includes Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renee Zellweger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Giovanni Ribisi, Brendan Gleeson, Kathy Baker, Charlie Hunnam and Ray Winstone.
The story, partly inspired by Homer's Odyssey, centers around a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman (Jude Law), who sets out on a dangerous journey home to Carolina, in hopes of reuniting with his sweetheart, Ada (Nicole Kidman). With Inman gone, Ada struggles to revive her father's farm with the help of a young woman drifter (Renee Zellweger).
As previously reported by THR, Portman will be playing Sarah, a pregnant young woman (What is it with her and these pregnant roles?) that Inman meets on his journey.
Production on Cold Mountain is set to kick off next month, with shooting in Europe and the American South.
"...It is also rumored that Jude Law will exit the production and be replaced by Matthew McConaughey." --Hollywood Reporter, June 6, 2002 (let's hope not, eh??? jude law rocks!)
*** International release dates for Red Dragon: UK - 4 October 2002; USA - 4 October 2002; Argentina - 10 October 2002; Belgium - 23 October 2002; Australia - 24 October 2002; France - 30 October 2002; Germany - 31 October 2002; Sweden - 1 November 2002; Netherlands - 7 November 2002; Russia - 28 November 2002
*** Release date for The 25th Hour has been pushed back to December 25.
*** Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director at Cannes for Punch-Drunk Love. Yay PTA *chants* Yay PTA Yay PTA.
*** LAByrinth Theater Company has a new URL for their website.
5-17-2002
*** Fritz updates us that Love Liza will probably be in theaters between Thanksgiving and Christmas (that's the end of November and the end of December for non-T and C day folks)*** Apparently Phil is going to direct a new Stephen Adly Guirgis play for LAByrinth called Our Lady of 121st Street. It's opening in August. Hopefully I'll be able to check up on this soon but the LAByrinth site just is not working for me right now.(thanks Lee)
*** Jesus Hopped the A-Train has reopened in London at the Arts Theatre till until at least June 22nd. Its the same cast in the three main roles. The Arts is a slightly bigger theatre than the Donmar so there is more chance for tickets for anyone who wants to see this terrific production with some of the best acting in London at the moment.
*** Phil will be in the upcoming Spike Lee film The 25th Hour. (character name of Jacob Elinsky, apparently one of the Edward Norton character's close friends). Production should be happening right now. Add Spike Lee to the list of awesome directors that Phil has worked with now. The film will star Edward Norton (mmm....). Plot: "A young man enjoys his last day of freedom before beginning his seven year jail term for drug dealing. Over the course of the next 24 hours, he gets a new appreciation of life and his role in it, but is his realization too late?". Listed for release on December 6, 2002. So assume a July 2003 release. This picture is being made for Disney. *shudders in horror*
*** Production on Voltage has been pushed back indefinately due to lack of funding.
*** Red Dragon is currently in post production. That will make two Edward Norton-Philip Seymour Hoffman films coming up, by the way. The release date has been set (never permanently) at October 4, this year. Unconfirmed hearsay reports: "the first teaser trailer may appear in theaters on June 14th, 2002, attached to The Bourne Identity and Windtalkers. " The Bourne Identity is a Chris Cooper film.
*** Pamela's Portraits is now offering orderable PRINTS of Pamela's Phil portraits. Check this out NOW!
*** Lee sent in a link to some video clips of Phil circa Flawless.
*** Good lord, the Paul Thomas Anderson *thing* is back to being called Punch-Drunk Love. AGAIN. Only with a hyphen now. Well normally I wouldn't trust this. But my favorite PT Anderson site is going with it and they have production stills. So I'm going with it.
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