American Pie. Some high school seniors make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. (Universal)
Among Giants. Sparks fly when aloof Aussie Rachel Griffiths joins a crew painting power-line pylons in England. (Fox Searchlight)
Bandits. That's the name of a rock band formed by four female prisoners whose escape and flight through Germany make them cult heroines and chart stars. (Stratosphere Entertainment)
For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday January 24, 1999 Home Edition Calendar Page 83 Calendar Desk 2 inches; 43 words Type of Material: Correction
1999 release--The following film was inadvertently omitted from the spring releases section of last Sunday's Sneaks '99:
The Velocity of Gary (Not His Real Name): Street hustler Thomas Jane and waitress Salma Hayek are rivals for the heart of porn actor Vincent D'Onofrio. (Next Millennium Entertainment)
Black Cat White Cat. Bosnian director Emir Kusturica spins a tale about two Gypsy families entangled in a series of misadventures. (October Films)
Black Mask. Martial arts star Jet Li fights it out with an evil force. (Artisan Entertainment)
The Boys. This story of a man dealing with upheaval in his family after his release from prison raked in the Australian Film Institute Awards nominations. (Stratosphere Entertainment)
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway. Jennifer Sarja adapted Richard Cormier's novel about a boy (Elijah Wood) who's the control subject at a research center. (The Shooting Gallery)
The Castle. The Australian comedy tells the story of a tow-truck driver's battle to save his home from an expanding airport. (Miramax)
Clubland. Record producer and songwriter Glen Ballard turns movie producer and screenwriter with the story of a band trying to crash the Los Angeles music scene. (Legacy Releasing)
Condo Painting. The last recorded interviews with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs are part of this documentary on New York artist George Condo. (October Films)
The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man. Tony Curtis is an actor who finds it hard to shed his old TV hero role. (Northern Arts)
Cookie's Fortune. An eccentric Southern octogenarian and her extended family are the raw material for Robert Altman's dark comedy. With Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Patricia Neal, Liv Tyler, Lyle Lovett and others. (October Films)
Crazy in Alabama. Antonio Banderas directs his wife, Melanie Griffith, in a comedy-drama about a boy who learns big lessons from his eccentric aunt and her dreams of TV stardom. (Columbia)
Dairy Queens (working title). This mockumentary about a small-town beauty pageant features Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst and Denise Richards. (New Line)
Detroit Rock City. Edward Furlong spearheads a series of efforts by a group of teens to crash a sold-out KISS concert in 1978. (New Line)
Dick. In this revisionist history, high schoolers Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams meet President Nixon (Dan Hedaya) during a White House tour and end up in the thick of Watergate. (Columbia)
Dona Barbara. Romulo Gallegos' 1929 novel is the source for this epic of passion and greed set in Chile's harsh Arauco region. (Legacy Releasing)
Dying for Adventure. A newspaper writer spices up his life by hiring a hit man to come after him. (Abzurd Productions)
EDtv. Video store clerk Matthew McConaughey agrees to have his life aired on cable. Ron Howard directs a cast that includes Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres, Dennis Hopper and Elizabeth Hurley. (Universal)
Election. In this satirical comedy, student government advisor Matthew Broderick torpedoes the campaign of student Reese Witherspoon. (Paramount)
Endurance. The story of Olympic runner Haile Gebrselassie and his harsh childhood in Ethiopia. (Hollywood)
Entrapment. Globe-trotting master thief Sean Connery is lured by an insurance investigator (Catherine Zeta-Jones) posing as a formidable rival. (Fox)
eXistenZ. In David Cronenberg's futuristic adventure, games system designer Jennifer Jason Leigh flees into her latest creation to elude her would-be assassins. (Miramax)
Fever Pitch. An uptight English teacher and a soccer coach fall in love against the backdrop of an exciting season for his team. (Phaedra Cinema)
The First Doug Movie Ever. The animated antics of a preteen boy, a monster in a lake and a beautiful girl. (Walt Disney)
Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me. Filmmaker Tessa Blake turns the camera on her dad, a Houston oilman and playboy, capturing Texas' eccentricities and excesses in the process. (Castle Hill)
Friends & Lovers. Stephen Baldwin, Alison Eastwood, Claudia Schiffer and Robert Downey Jr. are some of the players in this romantic comedy. (Lions Gate)
Frogs for Snakes. Barbara Hershey, Robbie Coltrane and John Leguizamo head the cast in Amos Poe's neo-noir comedy about actors who will literally kill for a role. (The Shooting Gallery)
Go. Director Doug Liman follows "Swingers" with a story about desperate supermarket checkers, a car thief and a pair of TV stars who cross paths during an eventful 24 hours in L.A. and Las Vegas. (Columbia)
Great Falls. Some high school seniors make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. (Universal)
A Hard Day's Night. Will you still love it when it's 35? Marking that anniversary, the Beatles' romp returns with a restored negative and soundtrack and new footage. (Miramax)
Heart of Light. This entry from Greenland is the first feature film shot in the Inuit language. (Phaedra Cinema)
