Movies Released August 15, 2003

Friday, August 15

Passionada PG-13

A Portuguese woman is convinced by her teen daughter to become romantically involved with a businessman who has become wealthy in the fishing industry. The woman becomes more and more attached to him, little knowing that her paramour is really a professional gambler pretending to be a legitimate businessman.
Emmy Rossum, Jason Isaacs, Seymour Cassel, Sofia Milos, Lupe Ontiveros, Theresa Russell, Chris Tardio, Luis Colina
Comedy Romance

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind R

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative.
Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, Rutger Hauer
Drama Action Adventure Comedy

OT: Our Town

At Dominquez High School in Compton, California, basketball is valued above all else. The end of the year is marked by a traditional cycle of proms, riots and graduation. And there hasn't been a play at the school in over twenty years. In an effort to make a change, English teacher Catherine Borek attempts to mount a theatrical production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town,"the classic American play about the classic American town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. In the process she takes her fledgling students on a journey of self discovery. With no budget and no stage, Ms. Borek chooses "Our Town" for its universal and timeless themes of community, family, love and loss, life and death, with the hope that her students might see themselves reflected in the roles they play.
Catherine Borek, Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Karen Greene, Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown, Armia Robinson, Archie Posada
Documentary
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Open Range R

Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall), Charley Waite (Kevin Costner), Mose Harrison (Abraham Benrubi) and "Button" (Diego Luna) freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing their friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward her forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cowboys encounter a corrupt Sheriff (James Russo) and kingpin rancher (Michael Gambon) who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards the inevitable showdown as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all to quickly vanishing. Amidst this turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm-spirited Sue Barlow (Annette Bening), a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul. As these courageous men prepare for the decisive battle that looms, they are also forced to confront and conquer their own internal demons.
Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, David Valdes, Abraham Benrubi, Michael Gambon, James Russo, Craig Storper
Drama Action Adventure Western Romance

American Splendor R

The plot is based on the true story of Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti), a Cleveland Hospital file clerk who writes comic books about his life and experiences in his free time.
Paul Giamatti, Shari Berman, Hope Davis, James Urbaniak, Judah Friedlander, Bob Pulcini, Harvey Pekar
Drama Biography

Uptown Girls PG-13

Molly Gunn (Murphy) is the freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend and the toast of the Manhattan social scene, but when her inheritance is stolen, Molly is forced to do something she's never done before - get a job. She becomes nanny to precocious Ray Schleine (Fanning), an "eight-year-old going on forty." Emotionally distant from her A&R executive mother Roma (Locklear), Ray has grown up with a revolving door of nannies and too little stability. Molly and Ray both feel painfully alone in the world, but as they try to make their new arrangement work, each discovers in the other a true friend.
Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear, Marley Shelton, Boaz Yakin, Brittany Murphy, Jesse Spencer, Megan Corletto, Donald Aedeosun Faison
Comedy

Freddy vs. Jason R

It has been almost 10 years since one of the scariest horror characters of all time, Freddy Krueger, invaded the dreams of a generation to exact his deadly form of revenge and murder. Now, Freddy has entered into the dreams of another master of evil—the unstoppable Jason Voorhees—plunging cinema's two greatest titans of terror into a battle to end all battles.
Wes Craven, David S. Goyer, Robert Englund, Jason Bateman, Lochlyn Munro, Ronny Yu, Sean S. Cunningham, Damian Shannon
Sequel Fantasy Horror Sci-Fi

Friday, August 15