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MGM/UA Studios must know how torturously long Jodie Foster's fans find the wait for The Panic Room is. Why else would the film company release Foster's Little Man Tate and Home for the Holidays on DVD, except to give us fans something to tide us over?
Although both DVDs do not have the bells and whistles that many DVDs now include, these videos boast of audio commentaries from Jodie herself, who we all know is one smart and articulate cookie.
Wonder when the studio suits at Paramount will come up with a DVD of The Accused?
Thanks to Hannibal's Palace for images of FBI Agent-in-Training Clarice "I try to be student, Dr. Pilcher" Starling and the DVD's back cover: (Click on images for a bigger view).
The Silence Of The Lambs DVD Features:
Gee, which rock have I been hiding under all this time? Thanks to ttarroll for the following image and information:
Jodie Foster
By Angela Doland CANNES, France (AP) - People-watchers grumbled when big names like Jack
Nicholson and Cameron Diaz failed to show up in Cannes this year. To the
delight of star-starved fans, Jodie Foster arrived as the festival was
winding down.
Foster originally agreed to head the Cannes jury this year but backed out
because the festival conflicted with filming of David Fincher's "The Panic
Room," in which she has a starring role. Norwegian actress-turned-director
Liv Ullmann stepped in to replace her.
Foster has credited the film festival with launching her career when the
jury awarded a Palme d'Or to the Martin Scorsese movie "Taxi Driver." She
played a child prostitute in the 1976 film.
Scorsese's documentary about Italian cinema, "Il Mio Viaggio in Italia," (My
Voyage in Italy) played in Cannes this week. The American filmmaker was yet
another Hollywood heavyweight who canceled his trip to the French Riviera
because of film commitments.
Below is a snippet of content from Premiere's 2001 Hollywood Power List:
74 Jodie Foster Rank Last Year: 49.
Title: The Fallen Starling.
Status Report: When she balked at playing Clarice again, Hannibal almost collapsed. When it became a hit, some questioned her judgment. Along came David Fincher, who needed to replace a disabled Kidman in the commercially promising The Panic Room. Still hopes to produce and direct Flora Plum, postponed when Russell Crowe went on the DL.
Yes, It’s True: Jumped into Panic Room at the same cut-rate fee Kidman had agreed to.
Agent Starling's note: Jodie's ranked right in between talent representative Brad Grey and Clint Eastwood. Not that she loses any sleep over power rankings. For a complete list, click here
by Lou Lumenick (from NYPOST.com) Jodie Foster's new film has been rejected by the Cannes
Film Festival - and insiders think the snub is le payback for the actress bailing out of a prestigious judging gig at the fest.
"The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys," a drama with Foster about students at a 1974 Georgia parochial school who draw an obscene comic book, was widely expected to premiere at this year's festival.
But it was conspicuously absent from the list of films - an unusually large number of them from the U.S. - released yesterday in Paris.
Sources said the French were aghast after the actress accepted the
presidency of the festival's jury in January - then abruptly dropped out only three weeks later to replace an injured Nicole Kidman in "The Panic Room."
"The French considered offering the position to Foster as an olive branch to the Hollywood studios, who have been reluctant to show films in Cannes in recent years," said one knowledgeable industry source.
"They were really insulted when she backed out, even if it was to accept a $12 million acting gig. So they ditched her film"
Graham King, whose Initial Entertainment Group produced "Altar Boys," told The Post from Los Angeles that Foster - who was denounced in the French press when she pulled out - was set to fly into Cannes for the premiere of the film, in which she plays a one-legged nun. She also executive-produced.
"I think the film deserves to be in there," he said. "That she took a job on a movie is no one's fault."
Festival officials, who generally don't discuss the selection process, could not be reached for comment.
The Foster snub ironically comes as festival organizers set the stage for the biggest Hollywood presence on the Riviera in many years.
No fewer than five of the 22 films competing for the festival's top prize are from the United States, including the May 9 opening night film, Baz Luhrmann's musical extravaganza "Moulin Rouge," starring Kidman.
Another summer blockbuster in competition is "Shrek," an animated comedy with the voices of Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz.
Other entries are Joel and Ethan Coen's "The Man Who Wasn't There," starring Frances McDormand and Billy Bob Thornton; David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive," with Robert Forster; and Sean Penn's "The Pledge," with Jack Nicholson.
There are four more American films being shown out of competition in the main section, including Frances Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now: Redux," a re-edited version that adds 53 minutes to the 1978 Vietnam epic.
"CQ," the directing debut of Coppola's son Roman, is also on the list, along with Wayne Wang's "The Center of the World," and Michael Gondry's "Human Nature."
The 10-day festival will also include an extensive retrospective of American comedies, including an appearance by Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas, who will introduce a showing of "Working Girl."
by Liz Smith Being understood is not the most essential thing in life," says that very good actor/director/producer Jodie Foster, a woman who definitely marches to
her own drummer.
The word is out. Jodie is pregnant, for a second time. The 38-year-old
two-time Oscar-winner, who began her own career at age 2, is already themother of a son, Charlie, who will be three in July. She is due in November.
"My sisters and I are all Scorpios so we have a soft spot for the birth date," Jodie told me in an early a.m. talk. Jodie says she feels great. "I enjoyed being pregnant with Charlie and I look forward to this experience again. I am into all the health foods, yoga and the rest of it."
When I asked this famous single mother if her donor is the same man as Charlie's father, she said brightly. "I won't answer that."
In June, Jodie will wind up "The Panic Room," which she says she is really having fun making in L.A. "That's the movie, where I replaced Nicole Kidman," she adds. "Then I have an independent movie I produced called "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys." We did that in Charleston, S.C., a beautiful place, and I play a really mean nun with one leg. We're waiting for a release date."
I asked if her film on the life of Hitler's moviemaker Leni
Riefenstahl was still on. "Yes, but our script isn't done and we want to get
it right!"
Actress-director-producer confirms she's due to deliver her second child in November
by Mark Armstrong (E! Online) Add yet another project to Jodie Foster's busy production schedule.
The actress-director-producer has confirmed she's pregnant with her second child. Per tradition, Foster broke the news to Page Six gossip maven Liz Smith, saying the little bundle of joy is due in November.
"My sisters and I are all Scorpios so we have a soft spot for the birth date," Foster, 38, told Smith in Tuesday's nationally syndicated column. "I enjoyed being pregnant with Charlie and I look forward to this experience again. I am into all the health foods, yoga and the rest of it."
Also per tradition, Foster is not discussing who the father is. The Oscar-winning actress was just as mum about the lineage of her first son, Charlie, who turns three in July. Foster has taken on the role of single mom for her child and, despite the always-swirling rumors, has refused to discuss any specifics.
When asked by Smith whether "her donor" is the same man as Charlie's father, Foster replied, "I'm not going to answer that."
Foster, who picked up Best Actress Oscars for 1988's The Accused and 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, is currently wrapping up work on Columbia Pictures' The Panic Room. She withdrew as president of the Cannes Film Festival in order to take the role in the David Fincher-directed thriller, replacing an injured Nicole Kidman. Shooting is expected to wrap in June.
Foster also recently produced and starred in the independent film The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, which was supposed to debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January, but wasn't quite ready. Foster also told Smith that her plans for a film on the life of Hitler's moviemaker Leni Riefenstahl were still moving ahead, "but our script isn't done and we want to get it right."
Jodie Foster Pulls Film From Sundance |
