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Dir: John Singleton. US. 2000.Prod cos: Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions, Paramount Pictures. US dist: Paramount. Int l dist: UIP. Exec prods: Adam Schroeder, Paul Hall, Steve Nicolaides. Prods: Scott Rudin, John Singleton. Scr: Richard Price, Singleton Shane Salerno, story by Singleton Salerno based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman. DoP: Donald E Thorin. Prod des: Patrizia Von Brandenstein. Ed: John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen. Mus: David Arnold, Isaac Hayes. Main cast: Samuel L Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Dan Hedaya, Toni Collette, Richard Round
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Italian distributor Lucky Red has acquired rights to New Line s Rush Hour 3, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker and directed by Brett Ratner. The film has grossed over $110m in the first three weeks of its Stateside run while European grosses figure at $16.5m for the UK after three weekends, and $7.1m in Germany in its first two weeks. Lucky Red s chief of acquisitions Stefano Massenzi told ScreenDaily they are racing to get the title into Italian theaters for an Oct 5 release date. The film will be a wide release on 250 copies, which sh
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