MOVIE CLIPS | VIDEO RELEASES | THEATER INFO Pure Americana The Coens create a heartfelt, generous film. By Lois Wadsworth O Brother, Where Art Thou? Directed by Joel Coen. Written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, based upon Homer's The Odyssey. Produced by Ethan Coen. Executive producers, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner. Cinematography, Roger Deakins. Production design, Dennis Gassner. Costumes, Mary Zophres. Music, T Bone Burnett. Editors, Roderick Jaynes, Tricia Cooke. Sound, Skip Lievsay. Starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Chris Thomas King, Michale Badalucco, Daniel Von Bargen and Charles Durning. Touchstone Pictures, Universal Studios, 2000. PG-13. 103 minutes.   Everett (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) on the lam. .   O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a jewel of a film, with musical numbers that make you happy everytime you think of them. For me, that was a surprise. I've had an ambiguous relationship with films by Joel and Ethan Coen that can as frequently contain mean-spirited and gratutitous violence as not. Like Fargo, for example, generally considered a great film but a turn-off for me because of the scene where the murderers stalk their victim through her house as she screams in terror. The film didn't need it, and I didn't want to see it. So despite their 1998 film, The Big Lebowski (1998), which I liked quite a bit, I was leery of O Brother. But the joie de vivre that infects the entire project is simply irrepressible. The film opens on a roadside gang of convicts in black-and-white striped, baggy, prison garb breaking rocks, swinging their sledgehammers in rhythm and singing "Po' Lazarus" (performed by James Carter & the Prisoners, 1939, Alan Lomax recording). The fields around them are dusty, and the regular clink of metal hitting rock adds floating particles to the hazy sunlight. In a long shot, three chained-together prisoners -- Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson)-- rise up from a planted field, dart forward a few yards, duck down. This strange dance continues until they are out of the field near a railroad track. Here they hitch a ride with a blind seer in a handcar, who leaves them down the line with the prophecy "You will find a fortune but not the fortune you seek." Men in shackles can't make good time, so the boys' first stop is to see cranky Pete's depressed farmer brother, who snips their chains. But like many farmers still suffering through the 1930s depression, Vernon needs cash, not freeloaders. So later that night the local sheriff and a mysterious man in dark glasses (Daniel Von Bargen) turn up to take the boys back to the pokey. This is not the only setback the boys will encounter on their adventure. More insistent is the recurring question, "Who's in charge?" The group's natural leader appears to be Everett, and that rankles Pete something fierce. Delmar, being a simple man, will follow either. Everett's a fast talker who imagines himself a learned man, but his obsession for a dandy man's hair pomade suggests a kinky side that Pete can't abide. Other characters include Big Dan Teague (John Goodman), a one-eyed devil; Penny (Holly Hunter), Everett's wife from Ithaca, Georgia; Tommy Johnson (Chris Thomas King), a guitarist who, like delta bluesman Robert Johnson, sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads; and Gov. Pappy Lee O'Daniel (Charles Durning), who is loosely based on an actual politician and radio personality of the era. Musicians include Alison Krause and the First Baptist Church Choir of White House, Tenn., in a splendid rendition of "Down to the River to Pray;" the heart-rending "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow," which the escapees record as The Soggy Bottom Boys; a rollicking "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" performed by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch, but lipsynched in the film by three sirens who delay the lads by the river. Music producer T Bone Burnett gets the nod here. In the hands of such stalwart, generous characters, actors, singers and filmmakers, the Great Depression looks and sounds like the Golden Age of Americana. Cinematographer Roger Deakins, production designer Dennis Gassner and costume designer Mary Zophres ensure the picture looks as good and authentic as possible. Altogether a great filmmaking experience, O Brother is not only the Coen brothers' loving homage to old timey music and the folk traditions from which it sprang but also near the top of 2000's best films. See O Brother, now playing at Cinema World. It gets my highest recommendation. Good Will Jamal Van Sant's new film reprises old theme. By Lois Wadsworth Finding Forrester: Directed by Gus Van Sant. Written by Mike Rich. Produced by Laurence Mark and Rhonda Tollefson. Executive produced by Dany Wolf, Jonathan King. Cinematography, Harris Savides. Production design, Jane Musky. Costumes, Ann Roth. Editor, Valdis Oskarsdottir. Starring Sean Connery and Rob Brown, with F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes and Michael Nouri. Columbia Pictures, 2000. PG-13. 136 minutes.   Scholar-athlete Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) becomes the unlikely protégé of reclusive novelist Forrester (Sean Connery). .   Portland filmmaker Gus Van Sant's checkered career started with a bang -- Drugstore Cowboy (1989), arguably his best film ever. Along the way he's made good films such as To Die For (1995) and Good Will Hunting (1997) but also stinkers such as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993). At his best in gritty films, Van Sant makes nice in Finding Forrester, but how can he do otherwise? The screenplay, written by former Portland radio station deejay Mike Rich, not only reprises the theme of Good Will Hunting -- a genius hides his light from his mates because belonging is more important (and less scary) than living up to his potential -- but does so with a limp fakery that handicaps seasoned veteran Sean Connery and talented newcomer Rob Brown. The audience I saw the film with liked Finding Forrester just fine, and I agree that the film makes you feel sort of righteous, as if the moral credit for things turning out well belongs to you as well. The principal actors don't sentimentalize their characters, but Rich's screenplay does. Predictably, the smart kid is also a basketball-playing, jive-talking bro from the Bronx, and the reclusive writer's a grouchy, revered older dude who's watched the neighborhood change from his upstairs apartment window and doesn't like what he sees, and doesn't want to have anything to do with it. He hasn't left his place for decades, and he's never risked writing a second novel. A nuanced, character-driven film is exactly what audiences crave when they come to see movies such as Billy Elliot or Finding Forrester. Real heroes and heroines exist. They find a way out of the cycle of poverty or drug abuse or unemployment that plague both black and white, nonprivileged, urban populations. But of this year's films, only four -- Girlfight, The Yards, Jesus's Son and Erin Brokovich -- feature a leading character who grapples with his or her societal limitations and changes them. Maybe Finding Forrester was once a tougher movie, but the version on the screen is pure fantasy. The audience pulls for Jamal (Rob Brown) because we want good people to win despite adversity, but the sentimentality ingrained in Rich's basic set-up, characters and plot defeat us. Why must Jamal be so saintly in the face of the institutional rot represented by his bigoted teacher, Mr. Crawford (F. Murray Abraham)? Why should the girl he likes, Claire (Anna Paquin), also be the rebellious daughter of the headmaster of his new, posh prep school? Does her father, Dr. Spence (Michael Nouri), have to dislike Jamal because he plays basketball? How did Jamal get so incredibly well-read? And must he write superlatively for him to be worth educating? Such overdetermined writing kills the characters' creative possibilities and ensures that they stay on the trajectory preordained by the writer. The best scenes in the film are active, such as when Jamal and Forrester become separated after the boy has persuaded the recluse to attend a basketball game with him. Jamal finds Forrester hiding from the crowd and is real and sensitive to his disability for the first time. I also like it when Jamal is treated with the strong, honest, competitive playing by his basketball teammates. And these moments made me want more. Finding Forrester isn't a bad film; it has a genial charm. Connery is a great grouch, and Brown creates a warm, caring character when given the opportunity. I give it a B minus, but you may be more generous. It's now playing at Cinemark 17 and Cinema World 8. Treachery Stop the Marquis de Sade! By Lois Wadsworth Quills: Directed by Philip Kaufman. Written by Doug Wright, based on his stage play. Produced by Julia Chasman, Nick Wechsler, Peter Kaufman, Mark Huffam. Cinematography, Rogier Stoffers. Music, Stephen Warbeck. Production design, Martin Childs. Editor, Peter Boyle. Costumes, Jacqueline West. Starring Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet and Joaquin Phoenix, with Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw and Amelia Warner. Twentieth Century Fox. Fox Searchlight, 2000. R. 123 minutes.   The desperate Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) tries to persuade Madeleine (Kate Winslet) to be his lover. .   A compelling sequence opens the film. A beautiful, ecstatic woman and a burly, masked man stand above a crowd. An off-screen narrator says she has indulged her every sensual and sexual desire and is a demanding, cruel lover. A smile flits about her mouth as she feels the man's hands touch her shoulders. When she opens her eyes, a dozen newly decapitated heads stare up at her. The executioner lovingly strokes the rope that will release the guillotine onto her bare neck. A drop of blood drips from the blade onto her face. She weeps. The crowd is eager. Dressed in the courtly manner of the early 19th century Napoleonic empire, the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) sits to the side, writing. We never know if the beheading actually takes place or is only imagined in his fertile, erotic, mad mind. That distinction doesn't matter to de Sade (or to director Philip Kaufman): The artist should be free to express what is imagined as well as what is visible. The Marquis is incarcerated in a shabbily posh cell in the insane asylum of Charenton, where a kind priest, Father Coulmier (Joaquin Phoenix), practices a gentle therapy. The inmates paint, put on plays, sing and play games. A desk where de Sade writes, an ornate bed, books, paintings, tapestries and small, erotic art objects decorate his cell. The young priest scolds him because his books are full of talk about "nipples and pikestaffs." The Marquis laughs. He writes notorious novels that shock French officials but are so popular street vendors cannot keep them stocked. Coulmier also cultivates a special relationship with Madeleine (Kate Winslet), a laundress at Charenton. He has taught her to read and write, but their lessons have become disturbingly intimate. Coulmier doesn't know about and couldn't imagine Madeleine's secret relationship with the Marquis, who is also in love with her. A saucy, fun-loving girl with a quick mind and a healthy appreciation for his dirty writings, Madeleine is the Marquis' secret courier. But before she smuggles his stories out of Charenton to his publisher, she reads them aloud to the other servants and to her blind mother (Billie Whitelaw), who particularly relishes the bit about some poor woman's "flaxen quim, the winking eye of God." Madeleine sometimes goes into de Sade's chambers, which is forbidden, and he always tries to seduce her. "You've already stolen my heart," he pleads, "as well as another organ south of the equator." Napoleon and his advisors are appalled when the anti-clerical Justine is anonymously published. The emperor dispatches the malevolent Dr. Royer-Collard (Michael Caine) to the asylum to ensure the end of the Marquis' writing days. "Kill him," Napoleon sputters. Royer-Collard also fetches his young bride, Simone (Amelia Warner), from the nunnery, installing her in a ruined mansion to oversee its renovation with the court's promising young architect, Prouix (Stephen Moyer). As de Sade's institutionally sanctioned persecution proceeds, the other inmates go crazier. No one is safe. It's as if Kaufman and screenwriter Doug Wright insist that we enter the classic underworld where human nature at its worst acts out all that is forbidden in the upper world of light -- an effective but depressing technique that makes the film increasingly difficult to watch. But the performances are its glory. Rush is inspired and courageous beyond words. Winslet gives Madeleine the rich glow of life, and Phoenix portrays Coulmier's agony with fervor, while Caine brings an icy perfection to the villainous doctor. Highly recommended for those who can stand violence and cruelty. Quills is now playing at the Bijou. OPENING OR RETURNING: Films open the Friday following date of EW publication unless otherwise noted. Chocolat: Directed by Lasse Hallström (Cider House Rules) and starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, this confection is about the scandal in a small town of a chocolate shop. Sinful! PG-13. Cinemark 17. Death of a Bureaucrat (Cuba, 1966): When a Communist bureaucrat dies, he's buried with his union card, which his widow needs to collect his pension. Toma Guiterrez Alea's satirical swipe at Cuba's Communist government was pulled from circulation immediately. Buster Keaton-like comedy showed up in U.S. in 1979. Plays at 7 pm Jan. 23, 121 Pacific Hall. Free. Dungeons and Dragons: Fantasy adventure stars Jeremy Irons and Thora Birch (American Beauty), based on the popular game. Courtney Solomon directs. PG-13. Movies 12. Gaslight (1944) and Blue Gardenia (1953): George Cukor's Victorian-era mystery, Gaslight, won an Academy Award for Ingrid Bergman. Also stars Charles Boyer. Fritz Lang's noir thriller, Blue Gardenia, stars Anne Baxter and Richard Conte. Movie starts at 7 pm Jan. 20 at Lorane Grange Hall. (541) 686-9999. Gift, The: In Sam Raimi's Southern Gothic thriller, Cate Blanchett plays a widowed mom who uses her psychic powers to help her neighbors. Greg Kinnear plays a school principal looking for his missing girlfriend (Katie Holmes). Also stars Hillary Swank and Keanu Reeves. Script co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. R. Cinemark 17. Little Nicky: Adam Sandler plays the shy, awkward son of the Devil who loves heavy metal but has two older brothers who are bullies. When they make trouble in New York, Nicky and a foul-mouthed talking dog go to the city to restore the balance between Good and Evil. PG-13. Movies 12. Pay It Forward: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) star in this drama about a boy whose class project turns into phenomenon taken up by lots of people. Directed by Mimi Leder. PG-13. Movies 12. Pledge, The: Sean Penn directs this Jack Nicholson detective thriller that also stars Sam Shepard, Helen Mirren and Vanessa Redgraves. Nicholson's a nearly-retired cop who's looking for the murderer of an 8-year old girl when he stumbles on something bigger. R. Cinemark 17. Cinema World 8. Snatch: Writer, director Guy Ritchie's (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) comedy features an ensemble cast in the wild tale of a diamond heist gone sideways. It's a rollicking ride through London's gangster world starring Benicio Del Toro (Traffic), Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham and Stephen Graham. R. Cinema World 8. Cinemark 17. This is What Democracy Looks Like: The 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle attracted a wide-range of activists, and this film celebrates both their diversity and their unification. Moving footage of protesters being gassed, beaten and arrested is impartial witness to the state of martial law imposed on the city by the authorities, a gross overreaction to what was a largely peaceful assembly. Mainstream press coverage is embarrassing and should serve as a corrective to journalists who swallow the official line without question. The film is technically well done, with a rock sound track and celebrity narrators Michael Franti and Susan Sarandon. Shows at 7 pm Jan. 25 at United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive. Benefits Progressive Lane Activist Network and Alliance for Democracy. Unbreakable: New film by M. Night Shyamalan writer, director of last year's surprise hit, The Sixth Sense, stars Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. Both put themselves on the line in these understated roles. Willis's character is inner-directed and thoughtful, while Jackson's steely reserve and crushing vulnerability are quietly menacing. Beautifully directed, it's a great movie. Very highly recommended. PG-13. Late night Bijou. CONTINUING: All the Pretty Horses: Based on Cormac McCarthy's award-winning novel and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, Matt Damon and Henry Thomas star as young Texas cowboys who head to Mexico to work with horses in 1949. Also stars Penelope Cruz, Lucas Black and Ruben Blades. Highly recommended. R. Cinemark 17. Antitrust: College graduate (Ryan Phillippe) lands dream job writing software for humongous computer company founded by his childhood idol and mentor (Tim Robbins). Lad learns lessons the hard way. Directed by Peter Howitt (Sliding Doors), film also stars Rachael Leigh Cook and Claire Forlani. PG-13. Movieland 6. Cinemark 17. Bring It On: Kirsten Dunst (The Virgin Suicides) is a cheerleader who wants to lead her squad to a national title. Gabrielle Union (She's All That) is head of a rival, inner-city hip-hop squad that has a score to settle with their suburban counterparts. PG-13. Movies 12. Cast Away: Fed Ex manager Tom Hanks learns to survive when he washes up on a remote tropical island after his plane crashes. Helen Hunt is the girlfriend he left behind. Intimate direction by Robert Zemeckis, a lean script by William Broyles Jr., and an edgy performance by Hanks. Highly recommended. PG-13. Cinemark 17. Cinema World 8. Movieland 6. Charlie's Angels: Elite private investigators Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Dylan (Drew Barrymore), and Alex (Lucy Liu) can handle anything on land, sea or air with up-to-the-minute martial arts skills, futuristic vehicles, high-tech tools and toys, and a raft of crafty disguises. Also stars Bill Murray. PG-13. Movies 12. Coyote Ugly: David McNally comedy about cocktail waitresses who perform juggling acts with bottles in a rowdy New York bar. Stars Piper Perabo, Maria Bello, Melanie Lynskey, Adam Garcia and John Goodman. PG-13. Movies 12. Double Take: It's Trading Places for the new century as NY investment banker (Orlando Jones) switches identities with a petty thief (Eddie Griffin) to get out of hot water but finds he's in even bigger trouble now. Written and directed by George Gallow. PG-13. Cinemark 17. Movieland 6. Emperor's New Groove, The: Disney animation, Sting's music, and the voices of David Spade, Eartha Kitt and John Goodman enliven this tale of a young emperor who is turned into a llama and learns to be nicer to others. G. Cinemark 17. Movieland 6. Family Man: Brett Ratner (Rush Hour) directs Nic Cage, Téa Leoni and Don Cheadle in this fantasy of an unmarried investment banker who sees what his life could have been had he married his only love. PG-13. Cinemark 17. Cinema World 8. Finding Forester: Gus Van Sant's latest film is badly written by Portlander Mike Rich. Sean Connery plays a reclusive novelist and 16-year old newcomer Robert Brown plays the super-bright teen who brings him back to the world. With Anna Paquin and Busta Rhymes. Film reprises themes of Good Will Hunting without adding anything new, but audience loved it. PG-13. Cinemark 17. Cinema World 8. See review this issue. Legend of Bagger Vance, The: A down-and-out former golf star (Matt Damon) finds the girl of his dreams, again, (Charlize Theron). A guardian-angel (Will Patton) helps him remember his former glory. Directed by Robert Redford. PG. Movies 12. Little Vampire: Cute kid from Jerry Maguire Jonathan Lipnicki has a vampire friend he shares adventures with. Based on books by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg; directed by Ulrich Edel. PG. Movies 12. Meet the Parents: Ben Stiller plays the unfortunate prospective son-in-law to Robert Di Niro's overly protective father. Directed by Jay Roach, the film also stars Teri Polo and Blythe Danner as the engaged daughter and her mother. PG-13. Movies 12. Men of Honor: Cuba Gooding Jr. plays the first black man in the Navy to try to be a SEAL. Robert De Niro plays the racist officer who tries to break him. Directed by George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food). R. Movies 12. Miss Congeniality: Dubious comedy stars Sandra Bullock as an FBI agent posing as a beauty contestant, Miss New Jersey. Directed by Donald Petrie, flick also stars Benjamin Bratt, Michael Caine and William Shatner. PG-13. Cinemark 17. Movieland 6. O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Ethan and Joel Coen's feel-good Depression-era comedy is their best ever. This Odyssey stars George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson as chain-gang escapees in Mississippi, and the whole wild show is an homage to old timey music and the folk traditions from which it springs. Also with John Goodman. One of the very best films of the year, it gets the highest recommendation. PG-13. Cinema World 8. See review this issue. Quills: Geoffrey Rush plays the 18th century novelist Marquis de Sade, writing like a fiend in Charenton Asylum for the insane. Joaquin Phoenix plays the good priest who runs the place. Kate Winslet plays the laundress who smuggles de Sade's kinky porn out to the world. Michael Caine plays the malevolent doctor who wants to silence him. This sometimes brutal and violent film is directed by Phillip Kaufman. Highly recommended for cast's great performances, especially Rush's sly madman. R. Bijou. See review this issue. Red Planet: Val Kilmer is an American astronaut on the first manned flight to Mars, where the team hopes to find a place for Earth to colonize. With Benjamin Bratt, Tom Sizemore, Terence Stamp and Carrie-Anne Moss. Directed by Anthony Hoffman. PG-13. Movies 12. Remember the Titans: Football movie based on the true story of a 1971 Virginia high school falling apart from racial conflict until a black coach (Denzel Washington) from out of town pulls them together. Directed by Boaz Yakin, it also stars Will Patton and Kip Pardue. PG. Requiem for a Dream: Brilliant, deeply disturbing film directed by Darren Aronofsky (Pi) from a script by Hubert Selby Jr. (Last Exit to Brooklyn). Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans give realistic, gritty and courageous performances here as junkies on the down slope. The film is innovative and beautiful, but you will not sleep well after this one. Unrated. Late night Bijou. Save the Last Dance for Me: Talented white girl from small town (Julia Stiles) enrolls in an inner city high school in New York where she falls for a popularAfrican American boy (Sean Patrick Thomas) who also loves to dance. She has a chance to dance ballet, but he prefers hip-hop. PG-13. Cinemark 17. Sixth Day, The: Roger Spottiswoode directs this futuristic thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in two roles. One is a clone, but nobody can tell which one. Also stars Wendy Crewson as his wife, Tony Goldwyn and Robert Duvall. PG-13. Movies 12. Space Cowboys: Director Clint Eastwood attracted Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner and Donald Sutherland to star with him in this outer space adventure flick. They play retired Air Force test pilots who have to defuse a leftover Cold War satellite in space before it hits earth. PG-13. Movies 12. State and Main: David Mamet comedy set in a New England town taken over by a film production crew and stars. Not so much culture clash as mutual opportunity meltdown. Terrific ensemble cast includes William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin and Sarah Jessica Parker. R. Very highly recommended. Bijou. Thirteen Days: Roger Donaldson directs this political thriller set during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when JFK and brother Robert scramble to avert Armageddon. Kevin Costner plays the trusted Kennedy political operative, Kenny O'Donnell. Bruce Greenwood plays the President, and Steven Culp plays Bobby. Very exciting, excellent film. PG-13. Cinemark 17. Movieland 6. Traffic: Steven Soderbergh's acclaimed new film takes a hard look at the complexities of drug interdiction programs. With an all-star, ensemble cast that includes Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Erica Christensen. Brilliant directing, excellent script and dynamite performances make this the best film of 2000 (so far). R. Cinemark 17. Cinema World. What Women Want: Mel Gibson stars as an accident victim who can suddenly hear the private thoughts of women. The women in question include Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei and Lauren Holly. PG-13. Movieland 6. Cinemark 17. 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Also stars Doug Hutchison, David Morse, Mike Epps, David Paymer, Tia Texada, Robert Pastorelli and Kimberly Elise. R. Bring It On: Kirsten Dunst (The Virgin Suicides) is a cheerleader who wants to lead her squad to a national title. Gabrielle Union (She's All That) is head of a rival, inner-city hip-hop squad that has a score to settle with their suburban counterparts. PG-13. Cecil B. Demented: Dark action comedy about a cult of underground filmmakers determined to take cinema back from Hollywood. Director John Waters lends title a nickname planted on him by a disgruntled journalist. Stars Melanie Griffith and Stephen Dorff. Funny but violent. R. Mr. Accident: Australian comic Yahoo Serious directs and stars in this tale of a handy man who tries to foil his boss's plan to take over the world. PG-13. Next week: Dinosaurs, Solomon and Gaenor and What Lies Beneath. Back to Top Table of Contents | News & Views | Arts & Entertainment Classifieds | Personals | EW Archive