Archive for January 15th, 1998
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Bill Clinton To Screen GWH With Damon & Co.?
- DAMON HAS A DREAM DATE WITH THE PRESIDENT: MATT DAMON’s dream year has been topped off with the presidential thumbs up. Hollywood’s golden boy, whose screenplay GOOD WILL HUNTING stormed the box office and raked in nearly $11 million this past weekend, has received the ultimate invite. Damon and his co-stars BEN AFFLECK, ROBIN WILLIAMS and British beauty MINNIE DRIVER, have been asked by American President BILL CLINTON to join him at his retreat CAMP DAVID. Clinton has been eager to see the movie and Damon, and the love of his life Driver, will sit right next to the president during the special screening.
Scoop courtesy of Matt Ebert.
New York Post Sundance Mention…
- KEVIN SMITH
Nobody typifies the scrappy independent filmmaker better than Kevin Smith. In 1994, Smith burst onto the indie scene with “Clerks”, a comedy about a New Jersey college dropout working in a convenience store.
The film won a major award at Sundance, and went on to become a slacker anthem. Though Smith’s subsequent film “Mallrats”, was a box-office flop, he returned to glory with “Chasing Amy”, an offbeat love story that cost $250,000 to make and took in $12 million.
Gone are the days of credit-card debts and no-name actors. With a budget of between $4 and $5 million, Smith’s fantasy film “Dogma” has real-life stars Linda Fiorentino, Chris Rock, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Alan Rickman.
Story submitted to News Askew by P. Mae Lee.
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FlixTour Hits Point State College

Vincent Pereira Arrives At The Screening

The Eager Crowd Gathers…

And Waits For The Show To Begin

Tom Mcvy and Jeff Wakmmen Announce The Film

Vincent & A Point State College Student Set Up The Film

Ben “Dutch” Holland Talks With Flixtour Personnel

Jeff Conversing Prior To The Show

Closeup of Ben & One Of The Flixtour Personnel

Vincent Interviews For The College’s Newspaper

The Interview Continues…

The Movers & Shakers of the Flixtour…The Real People Behind The Show!

Vincent & Others Waiting Out The Last Few Minutes Before The Film Begins
- Green Lantern Movie?
by Rob Allstetter
Filmmaker Kevin Smith said that he doesn’t think he will be part ofEvent Comics taking over four Marvel titles this year.
“I don’t think the Daredevil thing is going to happen. I’m just a littleswamped right now,” said Smith, who is following up Chasing Amywith a film called Dogma. “But there’s another long-term project atDC that I might be doing that would be a shitload of fun.”
Smith, whose Superman movie script was rejected by director TimBurton, said he has had a preliminary discussion about a possibleGreen Lantern film. “That is so premature, though, to even talk aboutit,” he said.
- I didn’t see you guys report this so I thought I’d throw it in. It’s not tooexciting, but Jason Lee was in town last weekend (here in Washington, DC) shootingEnemy of the State with Will Smith. Tony Scott directs. I walked by the set andsaw Will Smith, but couldn’t tell if Jason was there then. The excitement was allabout Smith, but the clip on the local cable news station showed Jason doing a scenewhere he runs out of a store. He was (I think, I didn’t have my glasses on) wearinga red hockey shirt that probably wasn’t a View Askew Vulgarians shirt.
