- Title: USA: ANNUAL LAS VEGAS SHOWEST EXHIBITION PROMOTES FORTHCOMING FILM RELEASES
- Date: 16th March 2000
- Summary: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) MUHAMMAD ALI AT PODIUM, BEING APPLAUDED
- Embargoed: 31st March 2000 13:00
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- Location: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVA9GHXQ513SPHRCTGBRVWSN4W4B
- Story Text: Film studios brough captive movie industry executives to their feet recently during Showest, the annual film expo in Las Vegas used to showcase upcoming films and their stars.
Among those wheeled out were Kim Basinger, Mel Gibson, Sandra Bullock, each there promoting a new film.Also on hand was Muhammad Ali who made an announcement about a film based on his life.
Mel Gibson was in the desert city promoting "The Patriot." The American Revolution drama, from the "Godzilla"
director Roland Emmerich, is scheduled for a June release.
Other upcoming releases showcased during the convention were "28 Days," a dramedy starring Sandra Bullock about a woman coming to terms with various substance issues during a stay in rehab; "I Dreamed of Africa," stars Kim Basinger.
While no previews of the film adaptation of the television series "Charlie's Angels" were shown, stars Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz paraded through a press conference to the theme of the 70's-era show."Loser,"
director Amy Heckerling's latest youth foray starring "AMerican Pie" alumni Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari; "Hollow Man," an effects thriller starring Kevin Bacon and Elisabeth Shue; and "Vertical Limit," a mountain-climbing actioner with Chris O'Donnell are also among the upcoming releases which were previewed by movie executives.
Next to "The Patriot," most plaudits greeted the nail-biting trailer for "Vertical Limit."
Elsewhere on the slate, attendees applauded Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer "The Sixth Day" and period oater "All the Pretty Horses," which director Billy Bob Thornton fondly described as "an old-fashioned film."
Muhammad Ali, subject of a summer 2001 Will Smith vehicle to be directed by Michael Mann, made a surprise appearance and prompted a standing ovation.This was followed by near-silence as he offered a few words.
"I'm the greatest of all time," Ali whispered, his words slowed from the effects of Parkinson's Disease."Some guy named Will Smith is trying to play me? Impossible. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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