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Tradition, tradition! Dec. 25 is the
perfect day to enjoy a little vegetable
chow mein and a blockbuster movie.
With so many films opening on
Christmas Day, you might want to
consider a double feature. Here's the
reel scoop:

AN AMERICAN
WEREWOLF IN
PARIS is the sequel to

the 1981 cult favorite
An American Werewolf
in London. In this
film, an American
tourist romances a
beautiful Parisian with
a dark secret. Cast:
Tom Everett Scott,
Julie Delpy, Vince
Vieluf, Phil Buckrrian.
Rated R.

AS GOOD AS IT
GETS is the story of

an unlikely bond that
forms between three
New Yorkers who
don't appear to have a
chance in hell at real
happiness: an acid-
tongued romance nov-
elist, a cafe server/sin-
gle parent and a gay
artist. Cast: Jack
Nicholson, Helen
Hunt, Greg Kinnear,
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Skeet Ulrich and
Shirley Knight.

DECONSTRUCTING HARRY fea-

tures an all-star cast in a romantic
comedy centering around a neurotic
novelist. Cast: Woody Allen, Kirstie
Alley, Demi Moore, Robin Williams,
Billy Crystal. Rated R. Read a review
in this week's "At The Movies."

GOOD WILL HUNTING dissects

the life of Will Hunting, a bright,
impossibly angry young man whose
only hope is a college professor-
turned-therapist with an admiration
for the young prodigy's emotional
struggles and a keen understanding of
what it's like to fight your way
through life. Cast: Matt Damon,
Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgard,
Ben Affleck and Minnie Driver.

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JACKIE BROWN, based on the
novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard

and directed by Quentin Tarantino,
concerns a tangled web of dangerous
characters all trying to stay alive and
come out richer than when they
started. Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L.
Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget
Fonda, Michael Keaton and Robert
De Niro.

MR. MAGOO, the live-action version

Clockwise from top right:
Matt Damon and Robin
Williams star in Gus Van
Sant's "Good Will Hunting."

Photo by Arthur Grace

Chinese And.
A Movie?

Hazelle Goodman plays Cookie
in Woody Allen's "Deconstruct-
ing Harry."

Robert De Niro and Samuel L.
Jackson in Quentin Tarantino's
"Jackie Brown."

of the classic cartoon series, is about an

Obsessive-compulsive romance
novelist Melvin Udall (Jack
Nicholson) and struggling gay
artist Simon (Greg Kinnear)
find their lives and fates inter-
twined because of a dog named
Verdell in `.21s Good As It
Gets."

On a post-college "Daredevil
Tour of Europe," Andy (Tom
Everett Scott) meets the woman of his
dreams, Serafine (Julie Delpy) in An
American Werewolf in Paris.

Center: In Walt Disney Pictures' comedy
`Mr. Magoo," Leslie Nielsen stars as the
lovable millionaire Quincy Magoo.

Photo by J. Cli fford/Fine Line Features

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eccentric, likable curmudgeon whose
nearsightedness causes him to misinter-
pret his surroundings. Cast: Leslie
Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Nick Chinlund
and Malcolm McDowell. Rated PG.

THE POSTMAN is a story set in the

not-so-distant future in which an ordi-
nary man, by virtue of his wits and
ability to endure, becomes a hero by
reviving the democratic spirit. of a peo-
ple under fire from a band of renegade
military men. Cast: Kevin Costner
stars and directs.

THE SWEET HEREAFTER, winner

of the Grand Prix at the 1997 Cannes
Film Festival, tells the tale of how a
tragic bus accident changes lives forev-
er in a small town. Cast: Ian Holm,
Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood and
Tom McCamus.

12/19
1997

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