Word: jumanji
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Calley also gets credit for saving the big summer '98 film, Godzilla, and he plans a slew of sequels and recyclings. He has approved follow-ups to My Best Friend's Wedding, Jumanji and Bad Boys. Naturally you'll see more Men in Black. And, as Calley observes, "we can make Zorro forever if it works." His plans also include another Ghostbusters installment and movie versions of such TV shows as I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched. He even threatens a Charlie's Angels for the big screen...
...technology that brought digitized dinosaurs to life in Jurassic Park has not advanced considerably, Spielberg notes, "but the artistry of the creative computer people has--they graduated from freshmen to the senior class by making movies like Casper and Jumanji. There's better detail, much better lighting, better muscle tone and movement in the animals. When a dinosaur transfers weight from his left side to his right, the whole movement of fat and sinew is smoother, more physiologically correct." Adds Industrial Light & Magic computer-graphics ace Dennis Muren: "We built the instrument for the first movie; on this...
...next to nothing. Branagh's sumptuous-looking Hamlet was shot for a mere $18 million. In its domestic release, the film need gross only about $12 million to break even. Why, Robin Williams, one of Hamlet's A-list co-stars, could earn that much on a single Jumanji-size movie...
Sony says the studio is profitable now, and the past couple of years have brought a few successes, such as Bad Boys and Jumanji. But the misses far outnumbered the hits, and the studio has never had a major blockbuster. "There have to be big strains," says industry analyst Hal Vogel. "The whole '96 schedule really didn't work very well--and this is after years of trying. Where are they? They're not anywhere...
...Gilliam gets lost in creepy spectacle and plenty of old film clips (notably Vertigo). But at the sight of three giraffes crossing a city bridge, you'll think of a more recent movie. A bad one. In its frantic mix of chaos, carnage and zoo animals, 12 Monkeys is Jumanji for adults...