ABOUT
THE CAST
SIGOURNEY WEAVER (The Warden)
made her motion picture debut in 1979 in Ridley Scott?s hugely successful
?Alien.? She reprised the role of Warrant Officer Ripley in James
Cameron?s ?Aliens? in 1986, for which she earned a Best Actress
Academy Award? nomination, and in David Fincher?s ?Aliens 3? in
1992, for which she also served as co-producer. In 1997, Weaver
brought Ripley back to life in ?Alien Resurrection? for director
Jean- Pierre Jeunet. She has created a host of memorable characters,
both dramatic and comic, in other films as well, from ?Ghostbusters?
to ?The Year of Living Dangerously? to ?Gorillas in the Mist? to
?Working Girl? to ?Dave.? 2002 provided a busy and diverse year
for Sigourney Weaver. In July, she starred alongside Bebe Neuwirth
and newcomer Aaron Stanford in the Miramax release of the Sundance
Film Festival favorite, Gary Winick?s comedy feature ?Tadpole.?
She completed reprising ? on film ? the role she originated on stage
earlier that year at the Flea Theatre in Downtown Manhattan with
?The Guys.?
Playwright Anne Nelson?s moving response to the World Trade Towers
collapse and events of September 11, ?The Guys? is directed for
film by Weaver?s husband, Jim Simpson, who also directed the stage
production.The stage production co-starred Bill Murray and the film
version costars Anthony LaPaglia.
In 1982,Weaver made an indelible impression on audiences and critics
alike, starring opposite Mel Gibson and Linda Hunt, in Peter Weir?s
brilliant romantic drama set in Indonesia at the outset of the 1965
revolution,?The Year of Living Dangerously.?
In a single year, 1988,Weaver had starring roles in three hit movies
back to back: ?Gorillas in the Mist,? in which she portrayed primatologist
Dian Fossey; the Mike Nichols comedy ?Working Girl?; and ?Ghostbusters
II.? Weaver received her second and third Academy Award? nominations
for ?Gorillas in the Mist? and ?Working Girl,? and received Golden
Globe Awards for her performances in each of these films.
In 1992, Weaver reprised Ellen Ripley in David Fincher?s ?Alien
3,? and in 1993 she starred opposite Kevin Kline in Ivan Reitman?s
incandescent political comedy ?Dave.? In 1994, she starred in Roman
Polanski?s gripping film adaptation of Ariel Dorfman?s political
drama,?Death and the Maiden,? opposite Ben Kingsley. In 1995,Weaver
starred opposite Holly Hunter, under the direction of John Amiel,
in the psychological thriller ?Copycat.?
In the fall of 1997, Weaver starred in Ang Lee?s critically acclaimed
?The Ice Storm? alongside Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Elijah Wood and
Christina Ricci. Her performance garnered her a BAFTA Award, a Golden
Globe nomination and a Screen Actors? Guild nomination for Best
Supporting Actress.
In the winter of 1999, Weaver starred in two strikingly different
films. Her galvanizing performance in ?A Map of The World,? Scott
Elliott?s powerful drama based on the novel by Jane Hamilton, earned
universal critical praise and a ?Best Actress? Golden Globe nomination.
Her comic turn, along with crewmates Tim Allen and Alan Rickman,
in the science fiction comedy ?Galaxy Quest? for director Dean Parisot,
proved to be one of the delights of the holiday season, and a continuing
cult hit.
Weaver starred last spring as half of a motherdaughter con artist
duo, together with actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman and
Ray Liotta, in director David Mirkin?s hit romantic comedy caper
?Heartbreakers.? Other film credits include starring roles in ?Deal
of the Century? with Chevy Chase and Gregory Hines,?Half Moon Street?
with Michael Caine,?One Woman or Two? with Gerard Depardieu, ?Eyewitness?
with William Hurt, Ridley Scott?s ?1492? again with Depardieu, a
memorable cameo appearance in the film adaptation of Paul Rudnick?s
stage comedy, ?Jeffrey,? and a fleeting moment as Woody Allen?s
date outside the movie theatre in ?Annie Hall.? Born and educated
in New York City, Weaver graduated with a Bachelor?s degree in English
from Stanford University and went on to receive a Master?s degree
from the Yale School of Drama. Her first professional job was as
an understudy in Sir John Gielgud?s production of ?The Constant
Wife,? starring Ingrid Bergman, which toured before being presented
on Broadway.
Weaver made her first stage appearance in an Off- Off Broadway production
of Christopher Durang?s ?The Nature and Purpose of the Universe,?
following it with another Off-Broadway double bill, ?Titanic? and
?Das Lusitania Songspiel,? the latter of which she co-authored with
Durang. ?Das Lusitania? won Drama Desk nominations for both Weaver
and Durang.
Weaver subsequently appeared in a number of Off- Broadway productions
in New York, working with such writers as John Guare, Albert Innaurato,
Richard Nelson, Len Jenkin and Christopher Durang. In regional repertory,
she performed in plays written by Pinter, Williams, Feydeau and
Shakespeare. She also appeared in the PBS series ?The Best of Families.?
Weaver received a Tony Award nomination for her starring role in
?Hurlyburly? on Broadway. After completing filming on ?Aliens?,
she collaborated for the first time with her husband, theater director
Jim Simpson, playing Portia in the Classic Stage Company of New
York?s production of ?The Merchant of Venice.? In 1996,Weaver appeared
on Broadway again in Lincoln Center Theater?s production of ?Sex
and Longing,? written by Christopher Durang.
Weaver starred as the sorceress stepmother in Showtime?s live-action
film, ?Snow White: A Tale of Terror,? based on the original Grimm?s
fairytale. She received both Screen Actors Guild and Emmy nominations
for her performance.
Weaver?s production company, Goat Cay Productions, based in New
York, is working to introduce new voices from the theater into the
film industry. She and her family live in New York.
JON VOIGHT (Mr. Sir),
an Oscar? nominee for his role as Howard Cosell in ?Ali,? is still
remembered for the classic ?Midnight Cowboy? (which brought his
first Academy Award? nomination) as well as his Oscar?- winning
turn as Luke Martin in ?Coming Home.? Since then,Voight has forged
a career in which he successfully transitioned from leading man
to one of America?s most versatile character actors.
Voight has recently been featured in ?Pearl Harbor? and ?Lara Croft:
Tomb Raider? (starring his daughter Angelina Jolie), and has starred
in ?Mission Impossible,? ?Varsity Blues,? ?Enemy of the State,?
and ?Anaconda.? Other feature film credits include Francis Ford
Coppola?s ?The Rainmaker? (Golden Globe nominee), ?The General,?
?Deliverance,? ?Runaway Train? (which earned him a third Academy
Award? nomination and a Golden Globe), ?The Odessa File,? and ?The
Champ? (Golden Globe nominee).
Voight made his Broadway debut in ?The Sound of Music.? In 1966,
he starred opposite Robert Duvall in the acclaimed revival of Arthur
Miller?s ?A View from the Bridge.? He later starred at LA?s Ahmanson
Theatre in ?A Streetcar Named Desire.?
On television, Voight recently co-starred in ?Uprising,? the true
story of the Warsaw ghetto for NBC, and in ?Jack & The Beanstalk:The
Real Story,? a miniseries for CBS. Voight has starred in ?Chernobyl:
The Final Warning,? ?The Last of His Tribe? (which earned him a
Cable Ace Award), and the mini-series ?Return to Lonesome Dove.?
He made his directorial debut with the Showtime cable movie ?The
Tin Solider,? which won several awards, including Best Children?s
Film at the Berlin Film Festival.
Voight is a humanitarian who has been an advocate for American Indian
rights and has worked on behalf of Vietnam veterans. He is currently
active in a continuing effort to air lift children from the contaminated
areas of Chernobyl.
PATRICIA ARQUETTE (Kate Barlow)
recently wrapped production on Matthew Bright?s ?Tiptoes,? starring
opposite Gary Oldman, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Beckinsale. Concurrently,
Patricia is also involved in Richard Linklater?s ?12-Year Movie,?
in which the life of a boy is shot from the first grade through
graduating high school. Her most recent film is ?Human Nature.?
In addition, she can also be seen in ?The Badge? opposite Billy
Bob Thornton and in ?Little Nicky? opposite Adam Sandler.
Other credits include Martin Scorsese?s critically acclaimed ?Bringing
Out the Dead? opposite Nicolas Cage, and Rupert Wainwright?s ?Stigmata?
opposite Gabriel Byrne. In addition, Patricia has appeared in Sean
Penn?s ?The Indian Runner,? John Madden?s ?Ethan Frome,?Tony Scott?s
?True Romance,? Tim Burton?s ?Ed Wood,? David O. Russell?s ?Flirting
With Disaster,? John Boorman?s ?Beyond Rangoon,??Lost Highway? (in
a dual role for David Lynch),?Nightwatch,? Steven Frears??Hi Lo
Country,? and Roland Jaffe?s ?Goodbye Lover.?
Her telefilm credits include Lifetime?s ?Wildflower,? directed by
Diane Keaton, for which Arquette earned a CableAce Award as Best
Lead Actress.
Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles,Arquette counts in her
family of several actors: her grandfather, Cliff Arquette, was a
comedian, best known as TV personality Charlie Weaver; also, her
siblings Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David are all fellow actors.
Her father was actor Lewis Arquette.
Arquette currently resides in Los Angeles. As an acclaimed actor,
writer and director, TIM BLAKE NELSON
(Dr. Pendanski) continues to amaze audiences with
his versatility.
As an actor, Nelson recently co-starred in Miguel Arteta?s ?The
Good Girl? opposite Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly
and Zoey Deschannel. ?The Good Girl? was nominated for a 2002 Independent
Spirit Award for ?Best Feature.?
Additionally, Tim recently starred in Finn Taylor?s ?Cherish? opposite
Robin Tunney, Steven Spielberg?s ?Minority Report? co-starring Tom
Cruise, Samantha Morton and Colin Farrell, and the Coen Brothers?
acclaimed hit ?O Brother,Where Art Thou?? with George Clooney and
John Turturro. ?O Brother? was nominated for a Golden Globe Award
for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy. In addition to starring in
the film, Nelson recorded a song for the ?O Brother? soundtrack,
which won a Grammy Award.
Nelson will next star in Helmut Schleppi?s ?A Foreign Affair? opposite
David Arquette and Emily Mortimer. ?A Foreign Affair? premiered
at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Nelson recently wrapped production on ?Max & Grace? opposite Natasha
Lyonne and ?Wonderland? opposite Val Kilmer and Lisa Kudrow. Nelson?s
other screen acting credits include Terrence Malick?s ?The Thin
Red Line,? Mike Newell?s ?Donnie Brasco,? Hal Hartley?s ?Amateur,?
Nora Ephron?s ?This Is My Life,? and Larry McMurtry?s ?Dead Man?s
Walk.? Nelson?s ?The Grey Zone,? which he wrote and directed, starred
Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Mira Sorvino, David Arquette, Allan
Corduner and Natasha Lyonne. The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto
Film Festival and opened October 11, 2002. ?The Grey Zone? is a
dramatic story of the Sonderkommandos, special squads of Jews who
processed corpses in the crematoria at Birkenau. Shot in Bulgaria,
?The Grey Zone? is based on his award-winning play. The National
Board of Review (2002) honored ?The Grey Zone? with a Special Recognition
of Films that Reflect the Freedom of Expression.
Nelson also directed ?O,? a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare?s
?Othello? starring Martin Sheen, Julia Stiles, Josh Hartnett, and
Mekhi Phifer for Lions Gate. ?O? premiered at the 2001 Seattle Film
Festival, where Tim was awarded Best Director.
Nelson wrote and directed the film ?Eye of God,? starring Martha
Plimpton, Hal Holbrook, and Kevin Anderson, which appeared at the
1997 Sundance Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the
United States later that year.The film received the top award at
the 1997 Seattle Film Festival, as well as the Tokyo Bronze Prize
at the Tokyo Film Festival.
As a playwright, Nelson?s produced plays include ?The Grey Zone,?
?Eye of God? and ?Anna Darko.? He has also acted extensively in
New York Theatre. Tim?s credits include ?Oedipus,? ?Troilus and
Cressida,? ?Les Bourgeois Avant-Garde,? ?Mac Wellman?s Dracula,?
?The Amazon?s Voice,? ?An Imaginary Life,? ?The Baltimore Waltz,?
?Mad Forest,? ?The Innocents Crusade,? ?Richard III,? and ?Twelfth
Night.?
Nelson was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a graduate
of Brown University and the Julliard Theater Center. He resides
in New York City with his wife and 2 sons.
Nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
Series, DUL? HILL (Sam)
has begun his fourth season, as Charlie, the personal aide to the
President, in the Emmy Award-winning NBC hit drama, ?The West Wing.?
He co-stars with Martin Sheen, John Spencer and Rob Lowe in the
critically acclaimed series created by Aaron Sorkin.
Hill (whose first name is pronounced ?due-lay?) was born in Orange,
New Jersey, raised in nearby Sayreville, and is the youngest of
two sons born to his Jamaican parents. He owes his unusual name
to an aunt who discovered it during a trip to France and suggested
it upon her return before his birth. He began attending dance school
when he was 3 and got his first break years later when producers
of Broadway?s ?The Tap Dance Kid? called the school in search of
child dancers who could sing and act for the production. As the
understudy to Savion Glover in ?The Tap Dance Kid,? he went on to
perform the lead role in the musical?s national tour working with
Harold Nicholas (of the famed Nicholas Brothers) for the next 16
months. He also later appeared with Gregory Hines and Jimmy Slyde.
More roles followed in the musicals ?Shenandoah,? ?Little Rascals?
and ?Black & Blue,? and during Hill?s senior year of high school,
he appeared in his first feature film, ?Sugar Hill,? as the young
character later played by Wesley Snipes. Hill also was seen in national
commercials, and was cast as one of the ?City Kids,? a Saturday
morning series, while he was studying business finance at Seton
Hall.
Hill?s next career boost came with his starring role in the original
cast of ?Bring in ?da Noise, Bring in ?da Funk? on Broadway,? as
he re-teamed with Glover but had to abandon his college studies
during his junior year. He spent 2 1/2 years in the show and earned
favorable notices from casting directors, and later starred with
Freddie Prinze, Jr. in the hit feature-film ?She?s All That.? His
other television credits include guest-starring shots in ?Cosby,?
?Smart Guy,? and appearances in the TV movies ?The Ditch Digger?s
Daughter,? ?Color of Justice,? and ?Love Songs? opposite Louis Gossett,
Jr.
During his free time, Hill still immensely enjoys tapdancing as
well as bowling, paintball games, and marathon Monopoly sessions,
and rates himself as a Los Angeles Laker ?freak.? He also tries
to make it to Jamaica to see family members when his schedule allows.
Hill currently resides in Los Angeles.
SHIA LaBEOUF?s (Stanley Yelnats)
natural talent and raw energy are quickly earning him a reputation
as one of the most promising young actors in Hollywood. Including
?Holes,? LaBeouf will impress audiences in three major motion pictures
in 2003.
On June 13th, LaBeouf will star in New Line Cinema?s prequel to
the 1994 blockbuster hit,?Dumb and Dumber,? which originally starred
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.?When Harry Met Lloyd: Dumb and Dumberer?
follows the adolescent versions of title characters, Harry and Lloyd,
as they meet and try to survive high school. Shia plays Lewis, the
high school?s mascot and a student in Harry and Lloyd?s Special
Ed class.
Also in June, LaBeouf will appear opposite Bernie Mac, who plays
the new Bosley, in ?Charlie?s Angels: Full Throttle,? the follow-up
to Sony Pictures? smash hit ?Charlie?s Angels.? Shia?s character,
Max, falls under the protection of the Angels, played by original
stars Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu.The movie will
be released by Sony Pictures on June 27th.
LaBeouf is currently filming the lead role in the Miramax/HBO Project
Greenlight production ?The Battle of Shaker Heights.? Matt Damon
and Ben Affleck serve as executive producers on the project.
LaBeouf recently earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for the 2002-2003
Awards for his role as Louis Stevens on the Disney Channel?s highest
rated original series, ?Even Stevens.? LaBeouf has also appeared
in telefilms such as ?Breakfast With Einstein? and ?Hounded.? In
2002, he portrayed a mentally challenged boy in ?True Confessions.?
The New York Times? review of the telefilm stated that Shia gives
?a remarkable performance? and that he ?does a more convincing job
of portraying someone with a developmental disability than various
big-name adults have managed.?
LaBeouf attended the Magnet School of Performing Arts at USC and
currently resides in California with his family.
HENRY WINKLER (Stanley?s Father)
is a celebrated television and film actor, producer and director
whose work has spanned three decades. He most recently starred on
Broadway in Neil Simon?s ?The Dinner Party? and the New Line comedy
?Little Nicky.? His other film credits include the hit comedy ?The
Waterboy? opposite Adam Sandler; Wes Craven?s ?Scream?; ?Down To
You, Dill Scallion?; ?Night Shift? opposite Shelly Long; and ?Lords
of Flatbush.?
Winkler most recently appeared on the critically acclaimed ABC series
?The Practice? for which he received an Emmy nomination for his
guest-starring role.
Other recent television credits include ?Law & Order: Specials Victims
Unit? and ?The Drew Carey Show.? Winkler is perhaps best recognized
for his popular role of Arthur ?The Fonz? Fonzarelli in the long-running
?70s sitcom, ?Happy Days.? Winkler?s performance garnered him two
consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series,
three consecutive Emmy nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame.
As a director, his credits include the feature films ?Memories of
Me? starring Billy Crystal and Alan King, ?Cop and a Half ? starring
Burt Reynolds, and the madefor- television movie ?A Smokey Mountain
Christmas? starring Dolly Parton.
Winkler?s producer credits include the television series ?MacGyver,?
?Sightings,? ?Dead Man?s Gun,? and ?So Weird? in addition to numerous
after-school specials and made-for-television movies.
Veteran Chicago actor NATE DAVIS (Stanley?s grandfather) has been
acting for over 70 years. In the 1930?s he was a member of the Chicago
Repertory Group along with Studs Terkel and Haskell Wexler, where
he met Metta, his wife of 60 years. Nate and Metta have 3 children,
7 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Nate?s stage career spans an arc from the Steppenwolf Theatre?s
production of the Tony-awardwinning ?Grapes of Wrath? to the original
cast of Steve Martin?s ?Picasso at the Lapin Agile,? as well as
in countless productions at the Goodman, Northlight, and Wisdom
Bridge Theatres. He has been nominated for a Jefferson Award (the
Chicago version of a Tony) and recently received a Jeff Committee
Lifetime Achievement Award. His film credits include Michael Mann?s
?Thief,? ?Risky Business? with Tom Cruise, ?Tough Guys,? ?Burglar,?
and roles in many films with his son, director Andrew Davis, including
?Code of Silence,? ?The Package,? and ?Steal Big, Steal Little.?
His television credits include guest appearances on ?ER,??Becker,??Frasier,??Wiseguy,??The
Untouchables,? ?Crime Story,? and ?Hill Street Blues.?
RICK FOX (Clyde ?Sweet Feet? Livingston)
was born in Canada and raised in the Bahamas. He plays small forward
for the three-time world champion Los Angeles Lakers.As an actor,
Fox has appeared in such films as ?Blue Chips,? ?Eddie,? and ?He
Got Game.? Rick has also appeared in several episodes of the acclaimed
HBO television series,?Oz.?
Known throughout the world for her versatility and style, EARTHA
KITT (Madame Zeroni) has been nominated for three
Tony Awards, an Emmy Award, and two Grammy Awards. Eartha was nominated
for a Tony for her role in ?The Wild Party? and she also received
critical acclaim nationwide starring as the Wicked Witch in the
national tour of ?The Wizard of Oz? as well as the Fairy Godmother
in the national tour of ?Cinderella.? Other stage credits include
?Dr. Faust,? ?New Faces of 1952,? ?Monotonous,? ?Mrs. Patterson?
(Tony nomination), ?Shinbone Alley,??The Skin of Our Teeth,??The
Owl and the Pussycat,? ?Timbuktu? (Tony nomination), ?Bunny,? ?The
High Bid,? and ?Follies.?
Eartha revisited her signature song last holiday season in the Fox
Network?s animated special, ?Santa Baby!? She also voiced a starring
role in Disney?s animated hit ?The Emperor?s New Groove,? which
featured songs by Sting. She was recently seen in ?Feast of All
Saints? for Showtime and the independent feature film ?Standard
Time.? Other films include ?Monotonous,? ?The Mark of the Hawk?
(with Sidney Poitier), ?St. Louis Blues? (with Nat King Cole), ?Anna
Lucasta? (with Sammy Davis, Jr.), Monty Python?s ?Erik the Viking?
(with Tim Robbins), ?Ernest Scared Stupid,? ?Boomerang? (with Eddie
Murphy), ?Fatal Instinct? (with Armand Assante), and was featured
in the Isaac Mizrahi documentary, ?Unzipped.? She has also guest-starred
in a number of episodes of the television series ?Welcome to New
York.?
Her portrayal of Catwoman on the television series ?Batman? continues
to be seen worldwide and her concert cabaret career has taken her
to over 100 countries, where she has sung in 10 different languages.
SIOBHAN FALLON HOGAN?s (Stanley?s
mother) many film credits include ?Daddy Day Care,?
?Hearts in Atlantis,? ?What?s the Worst that Could Happen,? ?Big
Trouble,? ?Dancer in the Dark,? ?Boiler Room,? ?The Negotiator,?
?Krippendorf ?s Tribe,? ?A Cool, Dry Place,? ?Men in Black,? ?Forrest
Gump,? and ?The Paper.? On television, she has appeared on ?Third
Watch,? ?Law & Order: SVU,? ?Cosby,? ?Seinfeld,? and ?Saturday Night
Live.? Her stage credits include ?Luck, Pluck, & Virtue,? ?As You
Like It,? ?American Splendor,? ?Momma,? and ?What Can I Tell You,?
the latter two as writer and performer.
Whether it be in commercials, television, theatre, or his upcoming
feature film release, KHLEO THOMAS
(Zero) can be seen just about everywhere. And what
sets him apart from the rest of young Hollywood is the praise he
is getting from his veteran co-stars.?Holes? co-star Jon Voight
says, ?You are a great one. I?ll be watching you all the way.?
In addition to ?Holes,? Thomas? big screen accomplishments also
include ?Reverend Do Wrong Ain?t Right,? ?A Moment on Dorothy Dandridge,?
and playing a bad boy in the recent holiday hit ?Friday After Next.?
At the age of three, Khleo was already showing signs of talent with
his uncanny impersonations of celebrities like Pat Sajak and Arsenio
Hall. This led to his first commercial for McDonald?s and the beginning
of a long career in the medium?and he?s only 14.Today, look for
Khleo in commercials for Toaster Strudel, PlayStation 2: Backyard
Games, and Addidas. He has also starred in Reebok, Pert Plus Shampoo,
Disney?s Playskool Sweepstakes, United States Teachers Association,
and Nuveen commercials. Khleo is also proud to say he?s perfected
many of his impersonations and adds Chris Tucker, John Leguizamo,
and Bill Cosby to his repertoire.
On the small screen, Khleo has appeared on shows such as NBC?s ?City
Guys,? CBS??Family Law,??Kids Say the Darndest Things? with Bill
Cosby (which led to an ?Oprah Winfrey Show? appearance at the age
of 7), and ?Wait Till You Have Kids.? He has also shined on the
live stage in theatrical productions as Victor in ?Danny & The Golden
Millennium Seed,? as Ralphy in ?The Desperate Hours,? and as Little
Jimmy in ?Call for Peace.? Khleo often does his own stunts on set
and is mean competition in any skateboarding park, flips, dips,
and all. He can watch a music video or listen to a rap song, and
mimic the talent just a few minutes later. He?s a fond collector
of Japanese animation figures, building them from unassembled models,
and can do something more impressive than all of the above?wiggle
his ears. He lives in Los Angeles with what he calls ?the perfect
parents.?
BRENDEN JEFFERSON (X-Ray)
is 16 years old. A series regular on the ABC television series ?Thea,?
Jefferson has also starred in the motion pictures ?Sugar Hill,??Crimson
Tide,? Spike Lee?s ?Tales from the Hood,? and ?Senseless.?
Jefferson had a recurring role on the CBS series ?Dr. Quinn: Medicine
Woman,? and starred in two television films for the Disney Channel:
?Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century? and ?The Other Me.? He has also
gueststarred in over 15 television series, including ?Even Stevens,??Judging
Amy,??JAG,??The Hughleys,??Saved by the Bell,? and ?Full House.?
He has also appeared in several commercials.
JAKE M. SMITH (Squid) has appeared
in the films ?Sleepy Hollow,? ?Model Sinner,? ?Solos,? and ?Disposal.?
On television, he has guest-starred on ?Law & Order,? ?Law & Order:SVU,?
and ?Third Watch.? On the stage, his credits include ?Oedipus,?
?Into the Woods,? ?The Trojan Women,??Caucasian Chalk Circle,? and
?Cybeline.? Smith also excels at puppetry and clown work.
BYRON COTTON (Armpit)
makes his feature film debut with ?Holes.? His previous theater
experience is in his high school plays: ?Dracula,? ?911,? ?Tom Sawyer,?
and ?The World?s Greatest.? A trained dancer, actor, and improviser,
Cotton is also an accomplished rapper.
MIGUEL CASTRO (Magnet)
previously starred in ?crazy/beautiful.? His television appearances
include the series ?Robbery Homicide Division,??The Shield,??ER,?
and ?So Little Time.?
MAX KASCH (ZigZag)
has spent his life consumed with the performing arts. Growing up
in a large theater family with five siblings, he watched (and was
often called upon to serve refreshments) as his mother and father
rehearsed plays on their 2,500-acre ranch, where he spent many years
of his youth.This instilled a love for the theater, and at an early
age, he dedicated himself to becoming an actor. He performed in
many main stage productions, most notably Spanky in ?The Slab Boys?
and Pony Boy in ?The Outsiders.?
His first movie role came at the age of two in ?Behind God?s Back.?
Other credits include Brad in ?Falling Like This.? He has also guest-starred
on such shows as ?The X-Files,? ?Kate Brasher,? and a recurring
role on ?ER.?
Aside from his acting talents, Max is an accomplished blues guitarist.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
ANDREW DAVIS (Producer/Director)
is a filmmaker with a reputation for directing intelligent action
thrillers, most notably the Academy Award?-nominated box-office
hit, ?The Fugitive,? starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
The film received seven Academy Award? nominations including Best
Picture and earned Jones a Best Supporting Actor award. Davis garnered
a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director and a Directors Guild
of America nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in
Theatrical Direction.
In reviewing ?The Fugitive,? film critic Roger Ebert commended Davis,
noting that he ?transcends genre and shows an ability to marry action
and artistry that deserves comparison with Hitchcock, David Lean,
and Carol Reed. He paints with bold, visual strokes.?
Davis is the son of parents who met in a repertory theater company
in Chicago, where he was raised. (His father, Nathan, plays Stanley?s
Grandfather in ?Holes.?) He received his degree in journalism from
the University of Illinois and began his work in motion pictures
as an assistant cameraman to renowned cinematographer and director
Haskell Wexler on the 1969 classic ?Medium Cool.?Wexler?s ultra-realistic
approach was to have a great influence on Davis, who then became
a director of photography on numerous award-winning television commercials
and documentaries, as well as on 15 studio and independent features.
In 1976, joined by many of his fellow cinematographers, Davis challenged
the IATSE union?s restrictive studio roster system in a landmark
classaction suit that forced the industry to open its doors to young
technicians in all crafts.
Davis made his directorial debut in 1978 with the critically acclaimed
independent musical, ?Stony Island,? which he also co-wrote and
produced. It was followed by the thriller ?The Final Terror? for
producer Joe Roth, which starred then-newcomers Darryl Hannah, Joe
Pantoliano, Rachel Ward and Adrian Zmed. Davis then cowrote the
screenplay for Harry Belafonte?s rap musical ?Beat Street? before
moving into the director?s chair fulltime for Mike Medavoy with
?Code of Silence.? Davis directed, co-produced and co-wrote ?Above
the Law,? Steven Seagal?s feature debut. Davis then directed ?The
Package,? starring Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones. In ?Under Siege,?
Davis teamed Steven Seagal with Tommy Lee Jones, resulting in Fall
1992?s top-grossing picture.
Davis? other directorial credits include ?Collateral Damage,? starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger; ?A Perfect Murder,? starring Michael Douglas,
Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen; ?Chain Reaction,? starring
Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman; and ?Steal Big, Steal Little,?
starring Andy Garcia and Alan Arkin.
Davis? production company, Chicago Pacific Entertainment, is based
out of Santa Barbara.
LOUIS
SACHAR (Screenplay by/Based on the novel by) is
the author of more than twenty books for children, including There?s
a Boy in the Girls? Bathroom, Dogs Don?t Tell Jokes, the Wayside
School series and the Marvin Redpost series.
His novel Holes has won numerous awards, including the Newbery Medal,
the National Book Award and the Pacific Northwest Young Readers
Choice Awards. Holes was also named a New York Times Book Review
Notable Children?s Book of the Year, an ALA Best Book for Young
Adults, a Publisher?s Weekly Best Book of the Year and a School
Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Holes is Sachar?s first feature
film adaptation.
In February 2002, the Seattle Children?s Theatre premiered the stage
adaptation of Holes as part of the city?s literacy initiative program,
?What if All Kids Read the Same Book?? Sachar?s stage adaptation
garnered him the Roger L. Stevens award from the Kennedy Center
Fund for New American Plays and received the AT&T: On Stage Award
from Theatre Communications Group.
Sachar received his education from the University of California
at Berkeley and University of California?s Hastings School of Law.
Sample some of the best American films over the past twenty-five
years and there?s a good chance MIKE
MEDAVOY (producer) played a role in the success
of many of them. From agenting to studio chief, he has been involved
with over 300 feature films.
Medavoy began his career at Universal Studios in 1964. He rose from
the mailroom to become a casting director. In 1965, he became an
agent, working at General Artist Corporation and later as vice president
at Creative Management Agency. Joining International Famous Agency
as vice president in charge of the motion picture department in
1971, he worked with such prestigious clients as Steven Spielberg,
Francis Ford Coppola,Terrence Malick, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland,
and Gene Wilder among others. United Artists brought him in as senior
vice president of production in 1974 where he was part of the team
responsible for ?One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest,? ?Rocky,? and
?Annie Hall,? which won the Best Picture Oscars? over three successive
years.
In 1978, Medavoy co-founded Orion Pictures.
During his tenure, ?Platoon,? ?Amadeus,? ?Robocop,? ?Hannah and
Her Sisters,??The Terminator,??Dances with Wolves,? and ?Silence
of the Lambs? were released. In 1990, after twelve fruitful years
at Orion, Medavoy became Chairman of TriStar Pictures. Under his
aegis, critically acclaimed, box-office successes, ?Philadelphia,?
?Terminator 2: Judgment Day? (with Carolco), ?Sleepless in Seattle,?
?Cliffhanger? (with Carolco), ?The Fisher King,? ?Legends of the
Fall,? and Steven Spielberg?s ?Hook? debuted. Of all the films Medavoy
has been involved with, sixteen have been nominated for Best Picture
Oscars? and seven have won.
Medavoy has made a mark not only within his industry, but in his
community as well. He has received numerous awards including the
1992 Motion Picture Pioneer of the Year Award, Career Achievement
Awards from both UCLA (1997) and the University of Central Florida
(2002) and the 1999 UCLA Neil H. Jacoby Award, which honors individuals
who have made exceptional contributions to humanity. In 2001, he
received the inaugural Fred Zinnemann Award presented by the Anti-
Defamation League and in 2002 received the Israel Film Festival?s
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Extending his involvement in the community, Mike was appointed to
the Board of Directors of the Museum of Science and Industry in
Los Angeles by former Governor Jerry Brown and was appointed by
Mayor Richard Riordan as Commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of
Parks and Recreations. He?s a member of the Board of Directors of
the University of Tel Aviv. He also serves on the Board of Trustees
of the UCLA Foundation and is a member of the Chancellor?s Associates,
the Dean?s Advisory Board at the UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and
Television, the Alumni Association?s Student Relations Committee,
and is Chairman of the Leadership Circle for UCLA?s Center for International
Relations.
In 2002, Governor Gray Davis appointed Mike to the California Anti-Terrorism
Information Center?s Executive Advisory Board. In addition, he is
Chairman of the Group Theatre Society, as well as one of the original
founding members of the Board of Governors of the Sundance Institute
and is currently serving as co-chairman of the American Cinematheque.
Today, as chairman and co-founder of Phoenix Pictures, Mike Medavoy
has amongst others brought to the screen ?The People vs. Larry Flynt,??The
Mirror Has Two Faces,? ?U-Turn,? ?Apt Pupil,? ?The Thin Red Line,?
?Dick,??Urban Legend (I&II),? and ?The Sixth Day.??The Thin Red
Line? was nominated for seven Academy Awards?, received five nominations
from the Chicago Film Critics, won the Golden Bear at the Berlin
Film Festival and five Golden Satellite Awards, a cinematography
award for John Toll from the ASC and nominations from the DGA and
WGA for Terrence Malick. Phoenix Pictures? most recent release is
?Basic? (starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, directed
by John McTiernan).
In 2002, Simon & Schuster published Mr. Medavoy?s best-selling book,You?re
Only As Good As Your Next One: 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films and
100 For Which I Should Be Shot.
Mike Medavoy has also been active in politics. Among others, he
actively participated in President Clinton?s election campaigns
in 1992 and 1996. Medavoy was born in Shanghai, China in 1941 and
lived in Chile from 1947 to 1957. He graduated with honors in History
from UCLA in 1963. He is married to Irena Medavoy, the Executive
Vice Chairman of the charity Coach for Kids, who provide free medical
care for inner city kids via a mobile medical unit. Mike Medavoy
has two sons, Brian and Nicholas, and resides in Beverly Hills,
California.
LOWELL BLANK (Producer)
has over 18 years experience in feature film production as a line
producer, production manager, post-production supervisor and executive.
He began his career in San Diego, California as a location manager
for film and television commercials and served as a line producer
on the infamous feature film, ?Return of the Killer Tomatoes,? starring
a relatively unknown actor named George Clooney. Other line producer
credits include ?South Central? and ?Benefit of the Doubt.?
In 1994, Blank joined Chicago Pacific Entertainment, producer/director
Andrew Davis? production company, as its President. Blank negotiated
the purchase of the ?Holes? film rights on behalf of Davis, and
worked closely on the adaptation with Davis, Sachar and fellow Chicago
Pacific Entertainment executive and producer Teresa Tucker- Davies.
Early on, he identified the critical locations for the movie that
contributed to the film?s unique look, introduced Davis to several
new key collaborators, and served as an Executive Producer on the
?Holes? soundtrack. In addition to managing the day-to-day operations
of the company, he is actively developing projects both for Davis
to direct and Chicago Pacific Entertainment to produce. Blank served
as associate producer on ?Collateral Damage,? starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
and ?A Perfect Murder,? starring Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow.
He co-produced ?Steal Big, Steal Little,? starring Andy Garcia and
Alan Arkin.
Blank holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film and Television from
San Diego State University. He resides in Santa Barbara, California
with his wife and two daughters.
TERESA TUCKER-DAVIES (Producer)
has a longtime creative collaboration with producer/director Andrew
Davis that dates back to the Warner Bros. feature, ?Above the Law.?
Tucker-Davies is Director of Creative Affairs for Davis? production
company, Chicago Pacific Entertainment. Having searched for years
for a project that would allow her and Davis to work together in
the arena of family films, she knew she?d found the perfect novel
to adapt as soon as she read ?Holes.?
Beginning her career in Minneapolis,Tucker-Davies served as an intern
in design at the acclaimed Children?s Theater Company before working
for both The Guthrie Theater and The Minnesota Opera. Heading west,Tucker-
Davies worked summer stock at the Santa Fe Festival Theatre before
beginning her film studies at that city?s Anthropology Film Center.With
her mentor,Willard Van Dyke, who founded the Department of Film
at the Museum of Modern Art, she would create the Santa Fe Winter
Film Expo, a showcase of independent film.
Moving to Chicago after graduation, she worked as a production designer
and producer of television commercials and short films until she
met and began her association with Davis.
Tucker-Davies has served as an associate producer on most of Davis?
feature film productions, including the Academy Award? nominee ?The
Fugitive?;?Steal Big, Steal Little,? starring Andy Garcia and Alan
Arkin; ?Chain Reaction?; ?A Perfect Murder,? starring Michael Douglas
and Gwyneth Paltrow; and, most recently, ?Collateral Damage,? starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger. She is currently developing ?The Chess Records
Story? for Chicago Pacific, Quincy Jones Entertainment, and Showtime,
as well as several properties that will continue her company?s foray
into family films.
MARTY EWING (executive producer)
has served as production manager or producer on a dozen films, including
?Almost Famous,? ?Stealing Harvard,? ?Sweet November,? ?My Dog Skip,?
?The Haunting,? ?The XFiles,? ?Switchback,? ?Face/Off,? ?2 Days
in the Valley,? ?Jumanji,? and ?A Simple Twist of Fate.? His most
recent project reunites him with ?My Dog Skip? director Jay Russell
for Touchstone Pictures? action-drama,?Ladder 49.? LOUIS PHILLIPS
(executive producer) is Phoenix Pictures? senior vice president
of physical production, postproduction, and music. Before joining
Phoenix Pictures, Louis served as vice-president of production administration
at Jim Henson Pictures on ?Rat? and ?Muppets in Space,? and Paramount
Pictures? production executive on ?The Saint,??Jade,? and ?Goodburger.?
He is also the co-producer on Phoenix Pictures? film ?Basic,? directed
by John McTiernan.
STEPHEN ST. JOHN (Director of Photography)
is one of the industry?s most sought after camera operators who
has worked with some of its top directors. He makes his debut as
director of photography with ?Holes.? St. John has worked many times
with director Andrew Davis, most recently on ?Collateral Damage?
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Their other mutual film credits
include ?A Perfect Murder,? ?Chain Reaction,? ?Steal Big, Steal
Little,? the Academy Award?-nominated ?The Fugitive,? and ?Under
Siege.?
St. John also has repeat collaborations with noted directors Barry
Sonnenfeld and Clint Eastwood. St. John and Sonnenfeld first worked
together on the Coen Brothers??Raising Arizona,? in which Sonnenfeld
served as cinematographer. Once Sonnenfeld began directing, he brought
St. John in on such films as ?Men In Black,??Wild Wild West,? and
?Get Shorty.? Eastwood and director of photography Jack Green chose
St. John to be their operator on ?A Perfect World,? ?Unforgiven,?
?The Rookie,? ?Heartbreak Ridge,? and ?Pale Rider.?
His other select motion picture credits as a camera operator include
?Coyote Ugly,? ?Godzilla,? ?Starship Troopers,? ?Species,? ?Blown
Away,? ?For The Boys,? ?The Bodyguard,? ?Die Hard 2,? ?Lethal Weapon,?
?Lethal Weapon 2,??Out of Africa,? and ?The Karate Kid,? among others.
MAHER AHMAD (Production Designer)
has a longstanding partnership with director Andrew Davis that dates
back to the 1983 film, ?Code of Silence.? ?Holes? is the ninth film
that Ahmad and Davis have collaborated on. Maher?s feature film
credits include a broad range of styles and genres on such films
as ?US Marshals,??Gun Shy,? ?The Cemetery Club,? ?Miami Blues,?
and ?Above The Law.? In addition to his design duties on ?Steal
Big, Steal Little? and ?Chain Reaction,? Ahmad also served as associate
producer.
As an art director,Ahmad?s film credits include Andy Davis? ?The
Fugitive,? Ron Howard?s ?The Paper,? Martin Scorcese?s ?Goodfellas,??Miss
Firecracker,??Married to the Mob,? and ?Angel Heart.?
Ahmad graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University with
a degree in Theatre and went on to receive his Master of Fine Arts
in Stage and Lighting there as well. Ahmad began his career in Chicago
working as a theatrical set and lighting designer on over 100 local
theatre productions. He also taught theatre design at the college
level for two years before working as an art director for feature
films.
AGGIE GUERARD RODGERS (Costume Designer)
is a respected and talented costumer designer who has worked with
some of the industry?s top filmmakers. Rodgers? most recent work
includes ?Life, Or Something Like It,? starring Angelina Jolie;
Ivan Reitman?s ?Evolution?; and Norman Jewison?s critically acclaimed
?The Hurricane,? starring Denzel Washington.
?Holes? marks Rodgers? second collaboration with director Andy Davis,
having previously worked together on ?The Fugitive.? Rodgers has
designed costumes for such feature films as ?Rock Star,? starring
Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston;?Holy Man?; Francis Ford Coppola?s
?The Rainmaker? and ?Jack?; ?Mr. Holland?s Opus?; Lasse Hallstrom?s
?Something to Talk About,? starring Julia Roberts; ?Benny and Joon?;
Lawrence Kasdan?s ?Grand Canyon? and ?I Love You to Death?; Norman
Jewison?s ?In Country?;Ron Howard?s ?Cocoon?; and Steven Spielberg?s
?The Color Purple,? which earned her an Academy Award? nomination.
Among her considerable list of motion picture credits are such classics
as ?The Return of the Jedi,? ?Invasion of the Body Snatchers,? Milos
Foreman?s ?One Flew Over The Cuckoo?s Nest,? Francis Ford Coppola?s
?The Conversation,? and George Lucas? ?American Graffiti.?
WILLIAM MESA (Visual Effects Supervisor)
has long been considered one of the most innovative
visual effect directors in the industry. As a Vice-President at
Introvision, a top effects house, he supervised the visual effects
for such diverse films as Rob Reiner?s ?Stand By Me?; Sam Raimi?s
?Darkman? and ?Army of Darkness?; Bruce Beresford?s ?Driving Miss
Daisy?; Peter Weir?s ?Fearless?; and Andy Davis? ?Under Siege? and
?The Fugitive,? in which he was instrumental in the now-legendary
train crash sequence. In 1993, Mesa founded Flash Film Works Inc.,
continuing to create eye-popping effects for such films as Andy
Davis? ?Collateral Damage?; Danny DeVito?s ?Death to Smoochy?; ?Wes
Craven?s New Nightmare?; ?Deep End of the Ocean,??The Waterboy,??Deep
Blue Sea,??Red Planet,? and ?Pluto Nash.?
Mesa?s work has garnered many awards over the years including the
Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
& Sciences in 1998 and a British Academy Award nomination for Best
Visual Effects for ?The Fugitive.? He is a two-time Emmy Award winner
for the visual effects on the CBS telefilm, ?Miracle Landing,? and
the Hallmark Hall of Fame special, ?The Hugga Bunch.? In 2001, he
won seven major industry awards for Best Commercial Visual Effects
for the Batman/Onstar commercials.
Mesa is also making a name for himself as a director helming the
HBO telepics ?Terminal Force? and ?DNA? and the CD-ROM game ?Maximum
Surge.?
THOMAS J. NORDBERG?s (Editor)
most recent film credits include Keenen Ivory Wayans? comedy ?Scary
Movie 2? and ?What Women Want? starring Mel Gibson.
Nordberg graduated with honors from New York University Film School
in 1985 and then began working in film and television production
eventually becoming an assistant director. In 1990, Nordberg segued
into editing where he worked with such notable editors as Duwayne
Dunham, David Brenner and Sally Menke among others.
Nordberg then began a longtime collaboration with director Oliver
Stone working as an assistant editor on ?Heaven & Earth,? ?Nixon,?
and ?Natural Born Killers,? and then chief editor on ?U-Turn? starring
Sean Penn and ?Any Given Sunday? starring Al Pacino and Cameron
Diaz. JEFFREY WOLF, A.C.E. (Editor) recently edited ?Out Cold? and
John Waters??Cecil B. Demented.? He has collaborated with director
Ted Demme on the hit comedy ?Life,? ?Monument Ave.,? ?Beautiful
Girls,? ?The Ref,? ?Who?s the Man,? and on one of three episodes
Wolf edited for the HBO anthology ?Subway Stories? ? one of the
others for director Alison Maclean (?Jesus? Son?).
His other features include Daisy von Scherler Mayer?s ?Madeline,?
Tamra Davis? ?Billy Madison,? Don Scardino?s ?Me & Veronica,? Arthur
Penn?s ?Penn & Teller Get Killed,? Mark Rosenthal?s and Larry Konners??The
In Crowd,? and Burt Reynolds??Heat.?
Wolf earned a degree in speech communications from Ohio State University.While
taking graduate classes at New York?s The New School,Wolf began
organizing film festivals featuring first-time efforts by such filmmakers
as Robert Duvall and Martha Coolidge. Shortly thereafter, he worked
as an apprentice film editor on Elaine May?s ?Mikey and Nicky? and
Sidney Lumet?s ?Network.? He subsequently served as assistant editor
on ?The Wiz,? Francis Ford Coppola?s ?The Godfather? saga,?Honeysuckle
Rose? and ?The Goodbye People.? He was also associate editor on
?Four Friends? and sound editor on ?Baby It?s You.? Wolf ?s television
editing credits include ?The Equalizer,? the award-winning ?Andre?s
Mother,? and various ?Saturday Night Live? sketches, including Eddie
IMAX? IMAX Corporation
Murphy?s ?Mr.White? skits. Long-form specials like VH-1?s ?Duets,?
Comedy Central?s ?Tompkins Square,? videos for Dave Stewart?s ?Jealousy,?
?Come On? by the Lordz of Brooklyn, and ?Going To Town? by the Afghan
Whigs, also number among his editing credits.
As a director, he helmed numerous episodes of ?Tales From The Darkside,??Monsters,?
and several off-Broadway productions.Wolf lives in New York with
his wife, Jeany, and their two children.
A graduate in composition from the distinguished Eastman School
of Music, JOEL McNEELY (music by)
has composed the scores for nearly 40 films and television series,
including Walt Disney Pictures? animated feature films ?The Jungle
Book 2? and ?Return to Never Land,? live-action movies ?Soldier?
and ?Vegas Vacation,? the animated series ?Tiny Toon Adventures,?
and Jim Cameron?s series ?Dark Angel? as well as Cameron?s recent
release in 3-D IMAX? theaters and 35mm 3-D theaters, ?Ghosts of
the Abyss.? He has conducted more than 30 albums of classic film
music, including an entire collection of works by noted Hitchcock
film composer Bernard Herrmann, for Varese Records. Those works
include the first-ever Gramophone Award for his work on an album
of the score to ?Vertigo.?
KARYN RACHTMAN?s (music supervisor)
many credits as music supervisor include ?Pulp Fiction,??Boogie
Nights,? ?Mystery Men,? ?What Planet Are You From?,? ?Get Shorty,?
?Clueless,? ?The Last Seduction,? ?Reality Bites,? ?Reservoir Dogs,?
and, most recently, ?Laurel Canyon? and ?29 Palms.?
Founded by Cary Granat,
former president of Miramax Films? Dimension label, and education
entrepreneur Micheal Flaherty,WALDEN
MEDIA produces films, television shows, live theatre, books and
interactive media that strive to inspire, engage, enlighten and
entertain. Walden believes that quality entertainment is inherently
educational and can capture the audience?s imagination, rekindle
curiosity and demonstrate the rewards of learning. Walden selects
each production for its entertainment value and educational merit.
Walden?s learning and production groups work closely throughout
the development, production, and post-production process to ensure
that all projects have maximum learning value. Walden partners with
educational experts, world-class museums, and schools to create
a comprehensive learning outreach program to support each project.
Every production is enhanced and extended by companion lessons,
books, and Web sites. The company is also creating stand-alone projects
to support their mission, such as Reel Thinking, a book series and
premiere Web destination that helps teachers and parents use films
to open new avenues to lifelong learning.
Walden Media released ?Ghosts of the Abyss? on
April 11th, 2003, with The Walt Disney Company. In this groundbreaking
3D large format film, Academy Award?- winning director James Cameron
uses state-of-the-art technology, including revolutionary 3D photography,
to journey back to Titanic. Currently in production is a film adaptation
of Jules Verne?s ?Around The World
In Eighty Days,? with Jackie Chan attached to star.
The company is making the first live-action film adaptations of
C.S. Lewis?s book series The Chronicles
of Narnia, beginning with ?The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? to be directed
by Andrew Adamson (?Shrek?). Walden Media has also teamed with renowned
television and stage producer Douglas Love to establish the first
ever Walden Family Playhouse, a live children's theatre in Denver,
CO. Walden Media is a subsidiary of The Anschutz Company. The Denver-based
company is one of the largest privately owned and operated ventures
in the U.S. Its affiliated companies are principally engaged in
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