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Week Ending October 30, 1999
Pia (Trine Dyrholm) is determined to renew her relationship with Christian (Ulrich Thomsen) in Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme movie, The Celebration (Festen, Australia)
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AUSTRALIA
BLUE STREAK • COLUMBIA TRISTAR
LAKE PLACID • FOX
OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE • ROADSHOW
SOFT FRUIT • FOX
THE STORY OF US • POLYGRAM
A WALK ON THE MOON • ROADSHOW
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FRANCE
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME • METROPOLITAN FILMEXPORT
THE HAUNTING • UIP
L’HUMANITÉ • TADRART FILMS
THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC (JEANNE D’ARC) • GBVI
ORFEU • COLIFILMS DISTRIBUTION
SKY AND DIAMONDS • ROSEM DISTRIBUTION
THE TEDDY BEAR • CARLOTTA FILMS
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Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer as a couple who agree to a trial separation after 15 years of marriage in Rob Reiner’s romantic comedy The Story of Us (Australia; also US, w/e October 16)
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Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Brendan Gleeson and Oliver Platt prepare to peek beneath the surface of Lake Placid (Australia)
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GERMANY
THE CUP (PHÖRPA) • ADVANCED/FPV
FIVE SENSES • TIME
THE HAUNTING • UIP
ILLUMINATA • ARTHAUS
JAKOB THE LIAR • COLUMBIA TRISTAR
THE LIMEY • HIGHLIGHT/CENTRAL
SCHLARAFFENLAND • BUENA VISTA
SOPHIE’S WORLD (SOFIES VERDEN) • CONSTANTIN
THE SPECIALIST • ARSENAL
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The Cup (Phörpa, Germany), the first movie
ever made in Bhutan, about a football-obsessed
monastery that somehow manages to acquire
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