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12 month Guide to Cinema releases...

Here is ShowBizIreland.com's guide to the top movies out over the next 12 or so months in Ireland including Gangs of NY, Ali, and The Lord of the Rings...

2001

GINGER SNAPS
DATE: SEPTEMBER 21 ( UKJune 29 )
CERT: 18
INFO: Director: John Fawcett
Starring: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche and Mimi Rogers.
Running Time: 104 minutes

SYNOPSIS: The 16 and 15 year old sisters Ginger and Brigitte are doing their best to stay outsiders. The typical stupid foolin' around cheerleaders attracting testosterone-regulated boys are really turning them off. "Better dying than growing up" is their morbid pact - because what classmates or their own mother consider as "becoming a woman" seems to be the same as getting dumber due to hormonal alterations. So the wicked girls prefer to fake and imitate 1001 arts of dying for their school project, including decapitations and lawnmower-splattered bodies. But nothing can stop the disaster that is about to happen... While walking through the forest at night a petrifying beast, allured as Ginger is on the rag, attacks her. Since then, infected with the obsession for meat, Brigitte's sister turns more and more into a Vamp that picks up boys at daytime and eats the dogs of their hated classmates in the night. Ginger's escalating thirst for blood begins to get out of control and even her innocent sister Brigitte isn't able to stop her..

H3
DATE: September 28th
CERT: TBA
INFO: Director: Les Blair

SYNOPSIS: H3 is set during the hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981, this powerful and moving story, based on true events, humour and many moving moments to depict the desperate situation the young men find themselves in as they face the most painful decision of their life.

DISCO PIGS
DATE: Oct 12th (Opening Film Cork Film Festival Oct 7th)
CERT: 18
INFO: A first film by Kirsten Sheridan ( daughter of acclaimed director Jim Sheridan ).
Starring: Elaine Cassidy ( Felicia's Journey ) and Cillian Murphy ( The Trench, On the Edge ).

SYNOPSIS: Disco Pigs tells the story of Pig ( C. Murphy ) and Runt ( E. Cassidy ) born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they make their own rules and have their own language. They are also partners in crime, with an appetite for recklessness, exploration and destruction.

HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
DATE: October 19th ( Uk Aug 31 )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Theodore Liscinski, Stephen Trask, Michael Aronov.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Producer: Christine Vachon

SYNOPSIS: Rock Musical. The Rocky Horror Picture show for a new generation.

KNOCKAROUND GUYS
DATE: TBA ( Uk TBA )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Dennis Hopper, Andrew Davoli, John Malkovich, Seth Green, Vin Diesel.
Directors: Brian Koppelman and David Levien.
Producers: Courtney Solomon / Kia Jam

SYNOPSIS: An Action-packed story about cultures clashing, family, the loyalty of friends and never understanding any of the above.

MIKE BASSETT - England Manager
DATE: TBA ( Uk Sep 28 )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Phil Jupitus.
Director: Steve Barron
Producers: Neil Peplow and Steve Barron.

SYNOPSIS: Mike Bassett is given the opportunity of a life time when he is made England Manager ( because no one else wants the job ). An old fashioned manager, he writes his squad on the back of his cigarette packet , which leads to Ron Benson and Tony Hedges receiving surprise call ups!

THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE.
DATE: TBA ( Uk Oct 26 )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand & Michael Badalucco.
Director: Joel Cohen

SYNOPSIS: A Film Noir melodrama from the creators of "Fargo" and "Raising Arizona". The Film in it's setting is plotting, and it's black-and-white photography, harks back to movies of the forties that move domestic drama into labyrinths of mystery and suspense.

JOHN Q.
DATE: Nov 2 TBA ( Uk Nov 2 )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche and Ray Liotta.
Director: Nick Cassavettas
Producers: Mark Burg & Oren Koules

SYNOPSIS: Driven by the singular desire to save his young son's life, John Q takes Lakeside Hospital hostage in this suspenseful and heartfelt action drama.

STORYTELLING.
DATE: TBA ( UK NOV 9/ 16 )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Heather Matarazzo, James Van Der Beek, Selma Blair, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman.
Director: Tod Solondz ( Happiness )

SYNOPSIS: A movie about the trials and tribulations of high school life in America. Be prepared to expect the unexpected from this young director.

THE SPY GAME.
DATE: Nov 23 TBA ( Uk Nov 23 )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormarck.
Director: Tony scott

SYNOPSIS: A retired CIA Agent ( Redford ) is called back into service one last time to rescue protege ( Pitt ) who was kidnapped by the Chinese.

THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE.
DATE: NOVEMBER 30Th ( Screen Cinema )
CERT: 18
TBC INFO: Directed by: Guiiermo Del Toro
Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi.

SYNOPSIS: Supernatural melodrama, strange and unpredictable ghost story, The Devil's backbone is also a bloody fable of initiation in the form of a gothic story, and the story of how a few moments of pain can remain suspended in time.

LORD OF THE RINGS ( In 3 features )
DATE: Dec 19 tbc
CERT: TBA
INFO: Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Sir Ian McKellan, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortenson, Cate Blanchett, Liv Taylor....
Director: Peter Jackson Producers: Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson

SYNOPSIS: Adaption of the Tolkiens stories. This will be the first of a trilogy shot in New Zealand and featuring computer generated special effects.

2002

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
DATE: TBA
CERT: TBA
INFO: Kathy Bates, Julie Andrews & Rupert Everett.
Director: P.J Hogan
Producer: Jerry Zucker

SYNOPSIS: A heart-warming comedy about a lonely 40-something housewife and a sarcastic British valet.

ALI
DATE: TBA (London Dec 7/ 14 Uk Jan 25 )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Will Smith, Mario Van Peebles, Jon Voight and Jada Pinkett Smith.
Director: Michael Mann

SYNOPSIS: Based on the rise and fame of Heavyweight Boxing Champion Cassius Clay, who went on to become Mohammed Ali - the greatest sportsman of the Millenium.

GANGS OF NEW YORK.
DATE: FEB 22 TBA ( UK Feb 22 )
CERT: TBA
INFO: Leonardo Di Caprio, Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson, Daniel day-Lewis
Director: Martin Scorsese

SYNOPSIS: Set in the period from 1846 to 1863, this is the story of how Irish and Italian gangs (and subsequently, the Mafia) got started in N-Y City.

SIMONE - Starring Al Pacino. TBA

BLADE Bloodhunt - Starring Wesley Snipes TBA