This book--which covered the famous movies of 1999--was a real treat, and included some startling trivia:
-The actor who played Jar Jar Binks was so devastated by responses to "Phantom Menace" that he considered suicide.
-Brad Pitt said, in 1999, he believed "Fight Club" was the finest film in his resume.
-Reese Witherspoon says she was *not* drawing on her own inner life to play Tracy Flick, but was instead borrowing from memories of high-school girls she had disliked. Tracy Flick--once loathed, in America--is now a source of warm feelings for many people.
-"American Beauty" was not always a clear Oscar contender; many people felt that "Being John Malkovich" was the finest film of the year.
-Catherine Keener had mixed feelings about "Malkovich," because she disliked the character she was playing; Keener herself recommended Cameron Diaz for the role that Diaz eventually won.
-Bill Murray considered actively pursuing blockbusters in the mid-nineties, since his career was getting quiet, but then he thought, "I'll make the things I want to make--and that's that."
Remember you're nothing if you aren't obsessed! Enjoy this book!
-The actor who played Jar Jar Binks was so devastated by responses to "Phantom Menace" that he considered suicide.
-Brad Pitt said, in 1999, he believed "Fight Club" was the finest film in his resume.
-Reese Witherspoon says she was *not* drawing on her own inner life to play Tracy Flick, but was instead borrowing from memories of high-school girls she had disliked. Tracy Flick--once loathed, in America--is now a source of warm feelings for many people.
-"American Beauty" was not always a clear Oscar contender; many people felt that "Being John Malkovich" was the finest film of the year.
-Catherine Keener had mixed feelings about "Malkovich," because she disliked the character she was playing; Keener herself recommended Cameron Diaz for the role that Diaz eventually won.
-Bill Murray considered actively pursuing blockbusters in the mid-nineties, since his career was getting quiet, but then he thought, "I'll make the things I want to make--and that's that."
Remember you're nothing if you aren't obsessed! Enjoy this book!
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