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	Australian Information from Wikipedia
		Davis is a surname, and may refer to many people.
		Andrew Davis (film director) (born 1947), American film director
		Mike Davis (coach) (born 1960), menâs basketball coach of the UAB Blazers, formerly with Indiana University
	www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Davis_(surname) (1392 words)

	Andrew Davis (film director) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andrew Davis (born 1947) is an American film director, noted for the action films such as The Fugitive and Under Siege.
		Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1947 and has directed several films with Chicago as a backdrop.
		Andrew Davis was born on the South Side of Chicago on November 21, 1946.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Davis_(film_director) (236 words)

	DVD Review - The Fugitive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Opening with a new 2-minute introduction to the film by director Andrew Davis, Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, it quickly becomes obvious that this release is an exciting addition to any DVD library despite the fact that is still a bit slim in special features compared to other current Special Editions.
		Given the dynamic nature of the film and the many explosive moments in the movie, a wide dynamic range is essential for a proper presentation of this movie.
		Andrew Davis is covering the majority of the commentary but Tommy Lee Jones contributes quite a bit in his sly, restrained and witty manner.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/the_fugitive.shtml (1206 words)

	Paul Fischer Interviews Andrew Davis
		The film tells the story of family man and fire-fighter Gordon Brewer (Schwarzenegger), who is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini (Cliff Curtis).
		PF: The climate is ripe for this film?
		I think people can see this film and be surprised how close some of the images and the events are to what happened and if we would have waited longer it would have seemed like we made this film because of those events.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Profiles/Articles/ADavis/ADavis.html (2855 words)

	TermPapers-TermPapers.com - Andrew Davis
		Andrew Davis As an accomplished Hollywood director, Andrew Davis' words are important for anyone hoping to become a player in the game, AKA Hollywood.
		Andrew Davis recommended to the class that if at all possible, one should try and find a mentor for guidance and assistance in the early days of delving into Hollywood.
		Some films are handed to directors to be made and others are made when screenplays find their ways to directors who in turn takes takes the screenplays to studios for financial backing.
	www.termpapers-termpapers.com /dbs/d1/mlo16.shtml (594 words)

	Andrew Davis @ Filmbug UK
		Andrew Davis is a filmmaker with a reputation for directing intelligent action thrillers, most notably the Academy Award-nominated box-office hit, The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
		Davis is the son of parents who met in a repertory theater company in Chicago, where he was raised.
		Davis then co-wrote the screenplay for Harry Belafonte's rap musical Beat Street before moving into the director's chair fulltime for Mike Medavoy with Code of Silence.
	www.filmbug.co.uk /db/27258 (468 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Biography - Andrew Davis
		Before gaining recognition as a director of action films, Andrew Davis worked as a TV and movie cameraman, a journalist, and a photographer.
		Davis' first work on action films was as the director of the Chuck Norris vehicle Code of Silence (1985).
		Starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Douglas, the film was a great disappointment, leading some observers to opine that perhaps Davis should entertain a return to the action genre.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/biography.asp?ctr=589950 (266 words)

	The Austin Chronicle: Film Listings
		Davis, who has shown some flair with action in the past, here relies far too heavily on stock genre tropes that seemed cobwebby and altogether dull 10 years ago.
		An exercise in the superfluous, this sequel lacks the original film’s geniality — and all of its pro-environment stumping.
		The title suggests a seasonal release, but this remarkable film is very much of the moment, suggesting the futility of war by depicting the “Christmas truce” of 1914 from three sides in the battle.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:142068 (817 words)

	Zap2it.com - Movie news - 'Collateral Damage' Director Talks About His Explosive Film History
		The R-rated film was delayed from its Oct. 5 release out of sensitivity to the Sept. 11 tragedy, because it told the story of a fireman father who watches his family die in a terrorist explosion.
		ANDREW DAVIS: Well, we felt that to start opening up that can of worms that we talk about relating this event prior to September 11th, I think most people know that this film was made before that, and that it was delayed because of those events.
		ANDREW DAVIS: Well, I'd seen his work and appealed to him, told him that he was going to be able to do what he does so well, which is to bring a lot to the table, that I'd worked with a lot of other actors that way, and was very happy to do it.
	movies.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/0,1259,---10908,00.html (2809 words)

	Film-makers on film: Andrew Davis \| Film \| Arts \| Telegraph
		Andrew Davis is best known for smart thrillers such as Above the Law, Under Siege and The Fugitive, which earned him seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
		The film is implicitly critical both of terrorism and of the way the West deals with terrorism, and its topicality remains undiminished.
		But, the director says, "My whole reason for making it was that I had been in Colombia as a cameraman in the mid-1970s and fallen in love with the country; I was saddened that it was unsafe to go back there for reasons both on the Left and the Right."
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/10/25/bfmof25.xml&sSheet=/arts/2003/10/25/ixartleft.html (936 words)

	DVD Review: Chain Reaction
		"Chain" is the second film after director Andrew Davis brought us "The Fugitive" in 1994 - although certainly not one of the worst thrillers in recent years, the film tends to stick in that middle ground that would make it more suitable for watching on cable, or for renting on this new DVD from Fox.
		All of the science thrown about and who's after who and what may appear somewhat complicated at first glance, but what the film is really about is staging nicely done chase sequences, which come at a fairly rapid pace, but strangely aren't that memorable.
		The exciting Jerry Goldsmith score really gets a workout throughout the film; it really does a nice job of enveloping the viewer without getting in the way of the sound effects and all of the other sounds that are present in an action film like this one.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews2/chainreactiondvd.html (842 words)

	Andrew Davis
		Andrew Davis’ parents were actors who met while working with a repertory theater company in Chicago.
		Davis received his degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, then went to work as an assistant cameraman to acclaimed cinematographer/writer/director Haskell Wexler on the feature Medium Cool (1969).
		Davis made his directorial debut with the independent musical, Stony Island (1978), which he also co-wrote and produced.
	www.tribute.ca /DIRECTORS/BIOS/1835.htm (339 words)

	Under Siege 3 film movie trailer review at The Z Review
		Andrew Davis, who directed the first film, will be back and promises it's going to be something pretty spectacular.
		The original film's director, Andrew Davies has told Empire magazine over here in the UK that Under Siege 3 may be his next project.
		Now, as far as we can see, the film doesn't have a screenplay as of yet, but Upcoming Movies report that there was a script entitled 'Pandora', that Warner Brothers bough back in 1996.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/u/undersiege3.htm (572 words)

	African-Americans in Motion Pictures
		Oscar Micheaux was posthumously inducted into the Director's Guild of America in 1986 for his contributions as a writer, director, producer, and distributor of his own films in an industry unable at that time to deal with race as a positive reflection of African-Americans.
		The use of sound films or the "talkies" was the new technique connecting the silent staged scenes in movies to the voices of actors and the action of those scenes.
		These films were cutting the edge of placing fl and white actors in dramatic roles depicting situations centered around the fl plight and the issue of color on the big screen.
	www.liu.edu /cwis/cwp/library/african/movies.htm (7210 words)

	Chain Reaction (1996)
		Okay, 1993’s The Fugitive wasn’t the first film from director Andrew Davis, and it wasn’t even his initial success; he’d done fairly well with a couple of Steven Seagal offerings, 1988’s Above the Law and 1992’s Under Siege.
		One might think that a rip-off of a film based on a TV show is a bad thing, and one might be correct; while CR has its moments, the lack of inspiration clearly harms it.
		In the older film, the prime factor was a flawed drug whose side effects needed to be kept under wraps by the baddies; this was a believable motivation but it doesn’t compare with the world-altering impact the new fuel would have.
	www.dvdmg.com /chainreaction.shtml (1999 words)

	Holes, Neverwhere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Director Andrew Davis ("The Fugitive") and "Holes" author-screenwriter Louis Sachar tell their side of the story on a second commentary for those north of 18.
		Davis aims his talk at a film-savvy audience, spending a lot of time on how CGI helped him achieve varied naturalistic looks on a tight budget.
		Davis and Sachar discuss the challenge of making a gritty, sometimes violent film that had to have a PG rating.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/icopyright_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1991388 (1002 words)

	Portland Mercury - Film - Film Shorts - Film Shorts
		The film shows us Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to Camp Green Lake, a hellhole in the middle of the desert, for stealing a pair of shoes he didn't steal.
		Terry Gilliam, director of the critically acclaimed films Brazil, and 12 Monkeys and the financial and commercial flop, The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen, is a perfectionist when it comes to filmmaking.
		LaBute's climax retroactively changes the entire film, causing the troubling theatrical conceits that have gone before (Adam and Evelyn--get it?) to seem like intentional diversions, and forcing the audience to decide whether or not what it has just seen was a filmed play or some kind of Skinner box.
	www.portlandmercury.com /portland/Content?category=22191&issue=29126 (2601 words)

	Louisiana Weekly - Your Community. Your Newspaper.
		Last year, more than two dozen film and television productions created 3,000 jobs and spent a total of $375 million in Louisiana-up from $20 million in 2001, the year before it started offering tax credits ranging from 10 to 20 percent.
		The hurricane forced Davis and company to relocate and rebuild an expensive water tank, and it delayed the arrival of a 75-foot fishing boat.
		Director Scott Ziehl said they were three weeks from shooting in New Orleans when Katrina hit, forcing them to evacuate to Houston and wait out the storm.
	www.louisianaweekly.com /weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20051128w (762 words)

	Andrew Davis: Hollywood Director Biography
		Born in 1947, Andrew Davis was raised in Chicago, Illinois.
		Andrew had a different plan; he went on to become a director.
		Some of his greatest success as a director came with the film The Fugitive in 1993, in which Davis was nominated for a Golden Globe award as Best Director two years in a row for the film.
	www.yuddy.com /articles/film/andrew-davis.html (600 words)

	Amazon.com: Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River: DVD: D.P. Carlson,Andrew Davis,Michael Mann,Harold Ramis,John ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Andrew Davis, Michael Mann, Harold Ramis, John Landis, John McNaughton, Steven A. Jones, Stuart Gordon and Haskell Wexler are among the Hollywood directors who are interviewed.
		Along the riverbank, local film critics Ray Pride, Dann Gire, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert are interviewed as well as Chicago Film Office Director Rich Moskal and the Honorable Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago.
		Boats of every kind glide through the flowing water of the powerful Chicago River, and one after another great film directors talk of their lives and careers with a candid frankness and honesty that is very personal and engaging.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001Y0QUO?v=glance (1142 words)

	NPR : Film director ANDREW DAVIS
		His latest film is a remake of a TV series from the 1960's "The Fugitive" starring Harrison Ford.
		Davis' Hollywood credentials belie his journalistic background: he began his film career as an assistant cameraman to Haskell Wexler on "Medium Cool" which was filmed during and uses footage of the chaos of the 1968 Democratic Convention.
		Davis served as a PBS reporter and then moved to Los Angeles, where he was director of photography on 15 films before his debut as a director in 1979.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1107130 (188 words)

	State of Play III \| Speakers
		Beamish was managing director and is currently research director of ArchNet, an online international professional community of over 27,000 architects, planners, designers, and scholars with a special focus on the Islamic world.
		Joshua S. Fouts is executive director of the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy, a cross-disciplinary research, teaching and training center run jointly by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and by the USC School of International Relations, a school within the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
		A founding fellow and project director of the Yale Law School Information Society Project, she concentrates her research on international information and technology law and policy with a focus on the intersection between technology and civil liberties.
	www.nyls.edu /pages/2560.asp (8323 words)

	"Holes" Movie Review by Kevin Carr - 7M Pictures
		Throughout the film, director Andrew Davis crosscuts between the present-day story of the kids in prison with the history of Green Lake, including the forbidden love affair between Sam and Katherine.
		Davis also cuts back to Stanley’s family at home as well as his trial for stealing “Sweet Feet” Livingston’s shoes.
		Still, the multiple storylines keep the film moving along at a fairly good clip, considering it’s almost two hours long (which is pretty long for a kid’s film) and doesn’t feel drawn out.
	www.7mpictures.com /inside/reviews/holes_review.htm (699 words)

	KINNOPIO - Holes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		So Walt Disney Pictures took it upon themselves to hire director Andrew Davis and Sachar to adapt the popular and award-winning book to film, in anticipation, of course, of a tremendous fan turnout.
		Davis and Sachar have succeeded well enough that even those unfamiliar with the book should have little to worry about.
		A bit more patience than usual may be required to enjoy the film, but it’s worth it to experience the true imagination behind this phenomenon.
	home.earthlink.net /~kinnopio/reviews/2003/holes.htm (708 words)

	IGN: An Interview with Andrew Davis
		His good natured acceptance of his past films not only comes as a relief, but also signals that the man is proud of what he has done and makes no bones about his past work.
		To his credit, Davis is one of those Hollywood directors who actually paid his dues and then some early on in his career.
		All those films had...I mean I feel that Chain Reaction is actually very interesting in terms of what's going on in the world today with issues of energy and who would be willing to pay for alternative forms of energy and who's controlling the oil industry and all of that stuff.
	movies.ign.com /articles/394/394095p1.html (1429 words)

	FilmStew.com • Collateral Coincidence
		In this interview Arnold Schwarzenegger and the film’s director, Andrew Davis, talk about their latest movie and its similarities to the recent terrorist attacks.
		Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a fireman who attempts to avenge the death of his wife and son after they are killed by a terrorist’s bomb, the movie was set to open in early October.
		The film opens as Schwarzenegger’s character, Gordy Brewer, is headed to meet his wife and child at an office complex.
	www.filmstew.com /content/features/details.asp?contentid=2566&pg=1 (303 words)

	Interview with Andrew Davis & Louis Sachar : Holes director and writer
		And she found this wonderful little film and I read it, and fell in love with it and shared it with my family and we called up Louis and said we'd like to try and make a movie out of this.
		But Davis isn't the only one trying something new here, much of the cast is too, including veteran actress Sigourney Weaver, who plays the film's noxious juvenile camp manager, known only as 'The Warden'.
		Davis says that making Sachar's family novel into a film has got him more interested in making different types of movies.
	www.webwombat.com /entertainment/movies/holes_int.htm (1143 words)

	Louisiana’s film industry weathers hurricanes - MORE MOVIE NEWS AND FEATURES - MSNBC.com
		Last year, more than two dozen film and television productions created 3,000 jobs and spent a total of $375 million in Louisiana — up from $20 million in 2001, the year before it started offering tax credits ranging from 10 to 20 percent.
		However, the makers of the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced thriller “Deja Vu,” starring Denzel Washington as a time-traveling FBI agent, are in talks with the state to begin filming in and around New Orleans in February.
		Although they scrapped plans to film in New Orleans, the film’s director, Andrew Davis, said the studio never seriously considered moving to another state.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/10181580 (905 words)

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