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4th Annual Hollywood
Film Festival® &
Hollywood Awards®
August 2-7, 2000
2000 Hollywood Awards® Finalists
FEATURE FILMS
Feature Films Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4
Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects
 LUCKYTOWN
United States -
World Premiere
101 mins. Paramount Theater, 7:00 p.m., Aug. 4.
Two young Americans, a pretty girl named Lidda (Kirsten Dunst) and a 21-year-old named Colonel, set out on an impromptu road trip from Nebraska to Las Vegas. Lidda wishes to have a reunion with her long lost father, Charlie (James Caan), a professional poker player. Once in "Luckytown," Colonel wants to claim the free-wheeling Vegas lifestyle as his own. Lidda and Colonel quickly learn that fate and fortune play out in unpredictable ways. An offbeat romantic thriller, Luckytown follows them at the crossroads of their lives as they struggle to love and survive. They must win big in Vegas to save their futures, their families, and their love.
Director: Paul Nicholas
Writer: Brendan Beseth
Producers: Paul Nicholas, Emilio Ferrari
Director of Photography: Denis Maloney
Editor: Robert Silvi
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Vincent Kartheiser, James Caan, Luis Guzman, Robert Miano, Jennifer Gareis, Federico Da Vinci, Theresa Russell
MARLENE
Germany
125 mins. Paramount Theater, 9:00 p.m., Aug. 4.
 She was a legend that would never be forgotten. Marlene Dietrich captivated audiences worldwide. Based on true events, Marlene tells the tale of a woman in Berlin who was discovered by a director who would mold her, possess her and make her a star. Marlene Dietrich set the stage for a new type of actress. Men worshipped her, women wanted her. But the only one she ever truly loved was the one she could never truly have.
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Producers: Katharina M. Trebitsch, Jutta Lieck-Klenke, Joseph Vilsmaier
Director of Photography: Joseph Vilsmaier
Editor: Barbara Hennings
Cast: Katja Flint, Herbert Knaup, Hans-Werner Meyer
A MONKEY'S TALE
United Kingdom
76 mins. Paramount Theater, 5:00 p.m., Aug. 5.
This animated feature tells the story of two tribes of monkeys, separated long ago by a cataclysmic event. Ignorance and superstition run so deep that the two tribes now fear and hate each other. Kom, a typically rebellious teenage monkey, refuses to believe what he has been told and sets out to find the truth. Kom's is a story of friendship, tragedy, romance and comedy.
Director: Jean-François Laguionie
Writers: Norman Hudis, Jean-François Laguionie
Producer: Steve Walsh
Artistic Director: Zoltán Szilágyi Varga
Animation Directors: Ginger Gibbons, Henri Heidsieck
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Voice Cast: Matt Hill, John Hurt, Michael York, Sally-Anne Marsh, Rik Mayall, Michael Gambon, Shirley Anne Field, French Tickner, Diana Quick, William Vanderpuye, Paul Dobson, Janyse Jaud
 PAPERBACK HERO
Australia
96 mins. Paramount Theater, 9:00 p.m., Aug. 5.
Jack Wallis is a road-train driver with a secret. He has just become a top-selling romance novelist. However, being a "man's man" in the Australian outback, to avoid embarrassment he needs a name, a woman's name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby. When a glamorous city publisher shows up to sign "Ruby Vale" to a major book deal, Jack must convince the real Ruby Vale to play along. Out of their depth, Jack and Ruby are drawn closer together coping with a whirlwind publicity tour. A comedy of errors ensues, as two romantic triangles collide.
Director/Writer: Antony J. Bowman
Producer: Lance W. Reynolds, John Winter
Director of Photography: David Burr
Editor: Veronika Jenet
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Claudia Karvan, Angie Milliken, Jeanie Drynan, Andrew S. Gilbert
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