Rupert Everett as Oberon and Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania in Michael Hoffman’s movie version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Germany; also France and UK, w/e September 25).
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AUSTRALIA
THE IDEAL HUSBAND • FOX
IN A SAVAGE LAND • POLYGRAM
NEXT STOP WONDERLAND • ROADSHOW
RUN LOLA RUN (LOLA RENNT) • COLUMBIA TRISTAR
TEACHING MRS TINGLE • ROADSHOW
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FRANCE
THE CHERRY TREE (EL ARBOL DE LAS CEREZAS) • ATOCHA FILMS
DON (DAAN) • CINÉMA PUBLIC FILMS
ELVIS AND MARILYN (ELVIS & MERILIJN) • STELLA FILMS
INSPECTOR GADGET • GBVI
JAKOB THE LIAR • COLUMBIA TRISTAR
KIKUJIRO’S SUMMER (KIKUJIRO) • OCÉAN FILMS
MAUVAISES FRÉQUENTATIONS • UNIVERSAL PICTURES (FRANCE)
PAS DE SCANDALE • PATHÉ DISTRIBUTION
WHERE THE MONEY IS • SND
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Franka Potente goes the distance this week in Australia, when Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) opens there.
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Molly Parker and Ralph Fiennes in Istvan Szabo’s Central European generational drama Taste of Sunshine (Germany).
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GERMANY
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU • BUENA VISTA
DEEP BLUE SEA • WARNER BROS
GLOOMY SUNDAY • UNIVERSAL
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM • FOX
TASTE OF SUNSHINE • KINOWELT
TISCH NR. 6 • ARSENAL
THE VOLCANO (DER VULKAN) • ARSENAL
WASCHEN, SCHNEIDEN, LEGEN • WARNER BROS
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Everett again, this time as Lord Arthur
Goring in Oliver Parker’s Oscar Wilde
adaptation An Ideal Husband (Australia)
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