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In
This Month's Issue:

Conquest
of Oz
Director
and comedy icon Frank Oz talks about his first thriller and collaborating
with the likes of Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Marlon Brando.
Window Pains
The frustration U.S. exhibitors feel over short theatrical-release-to-video-release
windows is felt even more keenly by their overseas counterparts.
Revealing the Magic
New York University humanities
professor Richard Brown talks about the magic of celebrities, motion
pictures and the moviegoing experience.

The
Chart
What's hot according to buyers and critics.
New
NATO Members
Cinema owners who joined up.
Cash Drawer
Movies ranked by grosses.
Release
Calendar
Coming movies ordered by date of bow.
How
They Rate
Why films are classified as they are.
Events
A calendar of industry happenings.

From
the President's Desk
John Fithian quotes Eisenhower, Franklin, Hutcheson and even George
Lucas as he extols the virtues of solidarity.
Dateline: Exhibition
Regal
launches 30 screens in the South, GameWorks plans its first moviehouse
and a marketing vet joins in the Celebration!
Digital Cinema
Michael Karagosian warns that, if exhibs
are not careful, digital cinema distributors could usurp control of
theatre operations
International
Dateline
News from France, South Korea, Germany, Australia,
Greece, Switzerland, Hungary, Malaysia, Russia and Taiwan.
August
Preview
"American Pie 2," "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion,"
Ghosts of Mars," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," "Vengo,"
and more.
Built
by Association
Belinda Judson discusses the importance of readiness when local legislators
take to their warpaths.
Next!
The principals who brought us "A.I." move on to new movies
with Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and others.
Washington
Report
Regal
wins a major court
battle on wheelchair seating; the FTC issues its follow-up
report on media violence.
Tech
"Get Over It"
establishes the viability of pure cyan dye tracks; TASA again reduces
the maximum for trailer volume.
Final
Cut
Millard Ochs reveals the blockbuster he's never seen. frustration with
co-op advertising and a fascination with the deep.
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