Production Starts
April 16 - June 15, 2001

What... When...Where...
An alphabetical list of
films in this Production
Calendar, when they
started and where
they're shooting

The Chosen Few, I-Vu Pictures; Prod: Robin Podder, Dana Axelrod; Dir: Robin Podder. With Bruce Mathews, Jennie Dallery, Jeff Sauber, Shannon Morris. Los Angeles, California.
Coastlines, Fly Over; Exec prod: John Sloss; Prod: Jody Allen Patton, Jonathan Sehring; Dir: Victor Nunez. With Timothy Olyphant, Josh Brolin, Sarah Wynter, Angela Bettis, Josh Lucas, William Forsythe, Robert Wisdom. Florida.
••Konsento, Office Shiro; Dir: Shun Nakahara. With Shinoki Ichikawa, Miho Sumiki, Jan Murakami, Mantaro Koichi. Japan.
•Vacuums, Middle Fork Productions, Quincy Jones Media Group, Yes/No Productions; Exec prod: Joel Simon; Prod: Verna Harrah, Quincy Jones, Susan Ruskin; Dir: Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas. With Kip Pardue, Rose McGowan, Chevy Chase, Lee Evans, Steven Spiers, Toby Sedgwick, Emma Handy. Romania.

••La bande du drugstore, 3B Productions, France 2 Cinéma, WFE, StudioCanal; Prod: Jean Bréhat; Dir: François Armanet. With Mathieu Simonet, Aurélien Wilk, Cécile Cassel, Alice Taglioni, Thierry Lhermitte, Alain Bashung, Gabrielle Lazure. Paris, Normandy & Val d’Oise, France.

•And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Les Films 13, Gemka. Prod/Dir: Claude Lelouch. With Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte, Claudia Cardinale, Alexandra Martines, Jean-Marie Bigard, Yvan Attal, Ticky Holgado, Stéphane Ferrara. Paris, France; Fez, Morocco; London, UK.
Ashes, Film Davinci; Exec prod: Rusty Nelson; Dir: Leonard Carillo. With Charlie Holliday, Jon Eric Williams, Christine Raposa, Chuck Hammond, Kevin Cooper, David Fleming, Debbie Weller, Zeke Hampton, Danielle Kuntz. Los Angeles, California.
••The Bonus (working title), Mythos, Odeon SA; Prod: Tassos Vassiliou, Dionyssis Samiotis; Dir: Nikos Zapatinas. With Petros Fillipides, Evelina Papoulia. Athens, Greece; Normandy, France. Distrib: Greek Film Centre.
Bubba Ho-Tep, Silver Sphere Corporation; Prod: Don Coscarelli, Jason R Savage; Dir: Don Coscarelli. With Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce. Los Angeles, California.
Crazy Jones, Team Banzai Visions; Prod: Keith Coene; Dir: Joe Aaron. With Francesca Catalano, Elizabeth Ince, Tess Bordon, David Alan Graf, Emily York, Denise O’Donoghue, Oto Brezina, Camilla Granasen. Los Angeles, California.
Franky’s Heaven, We Make It Work Productions; Prod: Joe O’Ferrell, Adam Mizell, Stacy Frazier, Gil Amaral, Dennis Roberts, Pamela Preston; Dir: Joe O’Ferrell. With Don Austin, Lori Becord, Liz Burke, David Cahoun, Maria Washington, Steven Kovalic, Maxwell Hessman, Rachel Jennings. Maryland.
Land of Canaan, Blue Sky Productions; Exec prod/Prod: Mike McCartney; Dir: Reginald La France. With Bo Hopkins, Julianne Michelle, Dee Wallace Stone, Jerry Mathers, Zay Harding, Mike McCartney. Nevada.
•The Rocket Post, Ultimate Pictures UK; Prod: Mark Shorrock; Dir: Stephen Whittaker. With Ulrich Thomsen, Eddie Marsan, Gary Lewis, John Wood, Shauna Macdonald. Scotland, UK.
•Walking on Water, Porchlight Films; Exec prod: Bridget Ikin; Prod: Liz Watts; Dir: Tony Ayres. With Vince Colosimo, Maria Theodorakis, Nathaniel Dean, Judi Farr, Nicholas Bishop, David Bonney, Daniel Roberts, Ana Use Philips. Sydney, Australia.

••Alive, Suplex; Dir: Ryusuke Kitamura. With Hideo Sakaki, Tetta Sugimoto, Koyuki, Erika Oda. Japan.
•Assassination Tango, American Zoetrope, Butchers Run Films, Assassination Tango Productions; Prod: Francis Ford Coppola, Linda Reisman, Willi Baer; Prod: Robert Duvall, Robert Carliner; Dir: Robert Duvall. With Robert Duvall, Ruben Blades, Frankie Gio, Kathy Baker. New York, New York; Buenos Aires, Argentina. Distrib: Capitol Films.

Censored – A Punk Opera, Papoosa Productions; Exec prod: Giovanna Dolce; Prod: Roger Valdez, Johnny Ball; Dir: Huston Huddleston. With Rani Bondhus, Erika Odegard, Billy St John, Joel Weiss, Cori Layland, Bronni Bakke, Jesse Mayfield, Tom Paden. Los Angeles, California.
••Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), Tale of Genji Production Committee; Dir: Tonko Horikawa. With Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuki Amami. Japan. Distrib: Toei.
Une maison de fou (Madhouse), Mate Productions, Ce qui me meut Motion Pictures, Castelao; Prod: Bruno Lévy; Dir: Cédric Klapisch. With Romain Duris, Cécile de France, Judith Godrèche, Vladimir Yordanoff, Audrey Tautou, Xavier de Guillebon. Paris, France; Barcelona, Spain. Distrib: Wild Bunch.

•Mean Machine, Ska Films; Prod: Matthew Vaughn, Georgia Masters; Dir: Barry Skolnick. With Vinnie Jones. London & Oxford, UK.

••Les petites couleurs, Gemini Films, Light Night; Prod: Paolo Branco, Patricia Plattner; Dir: Patricia Plattner. With Anouk Grinberg, Bernadette Lafont. Switzerland. Distrib: Gemini Films.