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ALIEN LOVE TRIANGLE
Ken plays a man who discovers his wife is an alien from another planet
From the makers of "Trainspotting"--director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew MacDonald, screenwriter John Hodge
Movie will be an anthology -- 3 different segments, the Trainspotting crew will do the first one. No one word yet
on who will do the other two (Ken should do 'em!)
Filming begins February 1998 at Elstree Studios in the UK
EL DORADO
Animated film from Dreamworks SKG
Ken and Kevin Kline do the voices of two white men who discover a lost Mexican city, where the
inhabitants think they are gods. Erm, something like that, anyway. :)
Other actors providing voices: Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edwards James Olmos, Cheech Marin
Expected release date: 1999
CELEBRITY
Woody Allen's 1998 film, will open December 1998
Ken plays the male lead, a director who's just broken up with his wife (played by Judy Davis). The film follows their
different paths in life afterward
The backdrop of the film is reportedly the fashion industry
Filming took place in New York from August - November 1997
Joe Mantegna, Melanie Griffith, Kim Basinger, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Wynona Ryder also make
appearances
THE THEORY OF FLIGHT
Scheduled to open in the U.S. in June of '98
Ken plays Richard in this dark comedy, a convict who must take care of a woman (played by Helena Bonham Carter)
suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease. She wants him to help her in her desire to have sex at least
once before she dies. No, they don't do it with each other, but they form a deep friendship
in the process
Film cost about $2.5 million, distribution rights bought by Fine Line Features for $4 million
THE PROPOSITION aka TEMPTING FATE aka SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER
Expected U.S. release date: March 27, 1998
Ken plays a priest who gets involved in a nasty web of love, murder, and deception when
he falls for a married feminist writer (Madeleine Stowe) in 1930's Boston
THE COLD WAR
Ken narrates this 24-hour CNN documentary about the Cold War, which will air Sunday
nights from September 13 to November 29, 1998 and from January 24 to April 25, 1999.