The idea: Three twentysomethings embark on a road trip to collect a La-Z-Boy recliner and encounter romance along the way.
Writer: Mark Duplass
Director: Jay Duplass
* So? A La-Z Boy road trip?
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Opening the treasure chest
SNEAKS / THE LIST
The movies have quite an assortment of baubles to carry us through the dog days.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Tuesday May 09, 2006 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 54 words Type of Material: Correction
"Goal" screenwriters: The list of summer movies in Sunday's Calendar said that the film "Goal! The Dream Begins" was written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, with a story by Mike Jefferies and Adrian Butchart. The final credits list all four as writers, with Jefferies and Butchart also getting the "story by" credit.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday May 14, 2006 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 55 words Type of Material: Correction
"Goal!" screenwriters: The list of summer movies in the May 7 Calendar said the film "Goal! The Dream Begins" was written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, with a story by Mike Jefferies and Adrian Butchart. The final credits list all four as writers, with Jefferies and Butchart also getting the "story by" credit.
Yang Ban Xi:
The 8 Model Works
Documentary
\o7Shadow Distribution
\f7The idea: During China's Cultural Revolution, these spectacles of propaganda replaced traditional opera.
Writer-director: Yan Ting Yuen
* So? Agit-opera
June 6
The Omen
Thriller
\o720th Century Fox
\f7With: Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Gambon, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
The idea: It looks like time's up when Damien, the young son of a U.S. diplomat, turns out to be Satan's spawn in this remake of the 1976 film.
Writer: David Seltzer
Director: John Moore
* So? Devil's advocate
**
June 7
The Heart of the Game
Documentary
\o7Miramax Films
\f7With: Darnellia Russell, Coach Bill Resler, narrated by Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
The idea: A Washington state high school basketball player battles on court and off to play the sport that could be her ticket to college.
Writer-director: Ward Serrill
* So? Basketball dreams
**
June 9
Cars
Animated
\o7Walt Disney Pictures presents a Pixar Animation Studios film
\f7With: Paul Newman, Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, George Carlin, Richard Petty, Michael Keaton, Tony Shalhoub, John Ratzenberger, Michael Wallis, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis
The idea: An ambitious rookie race car on his way to the big Piston Cup championship detours to a sleepy hamlet off Route 66.
Director: John Lasseter
* So? High gear
The King
Drama
\o7ThinkFilm
\f7With: Gael Garcia Bernal, William Hurt, Pell James, Laura Harring
The idea: A young man recently mustered out of the Navy seeks the father he never knew, now a successful pastor at a Baptist church.
Writers: Milo Addica & James Marsh
Director: Marsh
* So? Twisted
Only Human
Comedy
\o7Magnolia Pictures
\f7With: Guillermo Toledo, Norma Aleandro, Maria Botto, Marian Aguilera
The idea: Meeting the family of his Jewish fiancee, a Palestinian drops frozen soup out a seventh-floor window, killing a pedestrian and making an odd evening even stranger.
Writer-directors: Dominic Harari, Teresa de Pelegri
* So? Irreverent, to say the least
The Whore's Son
Drama
\o7Picture This! Entertainment
\f7With: Stanislav Lisnic, Chulpan Khamatova, Miki Manojlovic, Ina Gogalova, Georg Friedrich
The idea: A Yugoslav immigrant grows up in Vienna thinking his mother is a waitress, and when she abandons him at 16 he becomes obsessed with finding her.
Writers: Michael Sturminger, Michael Glawogger, based on the novel by Gabriel Loidolt
Director: Sturminger
* So? Lurid
**
June 16
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Action
\o7Universal Pictures
\f7With: Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin, Nathalie Kelly
The idea: The street-racing sequel moves to Japan, where a young American expat challenges the local champ in the rubber-burning, gliding world of drift.
Writers: Chris Morgan
Director: Justin Lin
* So? Spinning
Giuliani Time
Documentary
\o7Cinema Libre
\f7With: Rudolph Giuliani, Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), Ralph Nader, Donald Trump, former NYC mayors David N. Dinkins and Edward I. Koch
The idea: A look at the effect Rudy G. had as the mayor of New York City and how his handling of the aftermath of Sept. 11 raised his profile internationally.
Director: Kevin Keating
* So? Packaged
The Lake House
Drama
\o7Warner Bros.
\f7With: Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer
The idea: Time-separated lovers are connected by the enigmatic residence they each lived in.
Writers: David Auburn, based on the motion picture "Il Mare"
Director: Alejandro Agresti
* So? Quantum leap
Loverboy
Drama
\o7ThinkFilm
\f7With: Kyra Sedgwick, Dominic Scott Kay, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Marisa Tomei, Sandra Bullock
The idea: A single mother desperately tries to protect her gifted little boy from the pedestrian influences of the outside world.
Writers: Hannah Shakespeare, based on the novel by Victoria Redel
Director: Bacon
* So? Smotherly love
Lower City
Drama
\o7Palm Pictures
\f7With: Lazaro Ramos, Wagner Moura, Alice Braga
The idea: A passionate love triangle forms among two best friends with a cargo boat and the beautiful passenger they pick up.
Writers: Karim Ainouz, Sergio Machado
Director: Machado
* So? Storm front
Mad Cowgirl
Horror
\o7Pathfinder Pictures
\f7With: Sarah Lassez, James Duval, Devon Odessa, Vic Chao, Walter Koenig
The idea: A terminally ill female meat inspector goes on a frenzied spree of sex, violence and self-determination and adopts a '70s martial-artist persona.
Writers: Gregory Hatanaka, Norith Soth
Director: Hatanaka
* So? Wacko
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Comedy
\o7Here Films/Regent Releasing
\f7With: Meredith Baxter, Dave Monahan, Diego Serrano, Daniel Letterle, Dean Shelton
The idea: The gay romantic travails of a professional assistant are further complicated by his ex-lover's attempt to sell the house he lives in.
Writer: David Vernon
Director: George Bamber
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