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	SCREEN IT! ARTISTIC REVIEW: THE BEST MAN
		Comedy/Drama: As a first time author plans to be the best man at his friend's wedding, he hopes that the groom and his other college friends don't recognize themselves and their past in the characters of his soon to be published novel.
		Although the film doesn't completely manage to escape such trappings -- the men see women as sexual objects, some "exotic" and scantily clad dancers perform at a bachelor party and there's plenty of cussing and stereotypical sexual banter -- those moments are surrounded by a mostly intelligent script featuring nicely developed and delineated characters.
		While the film isn't anything particularly earthshaking or groundbreaking and the ending goes on a bit too long, it may just be remembered, like other ensemble films before it such as "The Big Chill" and "Diner," as the film that "launched" many careers into higher orbits.
	www.screenit.com /ourtake/1999/the_best_man.html (1034 words)

	News for The Bone Collector (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The take for the 007 film represented the biggest opening gross for a Bond film in history (it was also the biggest opening for any MGM film), outshining last year's Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
		Sixth Sense, The (1999), Buena Vista, $2, 562, 649, ($267, 741, 966).
		Sixth Sense, The (1999), Buena Vista, $3, 131, 538, ($264, 042, 695); 9.
	indie.imdb.com /TNews?0145681 (3792 words)

	village voice > film > The Best Man; XENO; ResFest by Amy Taubin
		The Best Man is an unabashedly mainstream romantic comedy about an upwardly mobile group of twentysomethings who are making choices about love and work that will determine the next 40 years of their lives.
		Maybe The Best Man is escapist entertainment plain and simple, or maybe it's a subtle act of revenge on a century of American movies that painted the world as white, or maybe it's an accurate depiction of the self-protective mindset of a generation.
		The best man is not only the film's leading man but also the straight man for most of its comedy.
	www.villagevoice.com /film/9942,taubin,9240,20.html (1105 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "The Best Man" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A best man at a wedding comes together with his old college buddies a couple of days before the exchange of the vows, and is suddenly placed under a magnifying glass when his first novel (To be launched on Oprah, thank you very much!) gets premiered by all of his friends.
		best from his slick role in one of the best movies of 1999, GO, but many others may remember him from his role of Benny, the evil landlord in the Tony Award winning stage production of "Rent", or his re-occurring role as Adrian "Sugar" Hill on TV "The Guiding Light" from 1997 to 1998.
		I am often very critical of films that produce such gendered language as illustrated in "The Best Man." Women that chose to focus on their career rather than work as domestic engineers, and breeding objects to their husband are NOT necessarily "One step from lesbian," as Lance suggests in the film.
	www2.joblo.com /bestman.htm (1546 words)

	Epinions.com - The Best Movies of 1999
		Though there were a few films that stuck out from the rest of the crowd, we will not be looking back on 1999 as being one of the best years for films.
		Filmed as a documentary, the film does have some parts that make you try to figure out what comes next, but beyond the story, there is not much that can make this film last through the years.
		This is a must-see film, and it is one that showed the range that both actors would use to their advantage in the years to come.
	www.epinions.com /content_3968704644 (1949 words)

	Best Man, The (1999): Reviews
		Everything about the film is familiar except that the twentysomethings are all African American.
		The best parts of the film...are often distractingly slick enough to cover the film's overriding lack of soul.
		Stranded in superficiality, the film is a lifestyle commercial.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/bestman (556 words)

	The Guide -- GU Grad Is ‘The Best Man’ For the Job
		As both the writer and director of "The Best Man," Lee enjoyed a lot of control in casting, final editing and the much-hyped soundtrack, but he still had to battle reservations regarding his age and race.
		When asked to categorize "The Best Man," Lee is quick to point out that it should not be written off as a romantic comedy.
		Hearing him talk of his film it is clear that he has high hopes and wants audiences to classify "The Best Man" as thought provoking.
	www.thehoya.com /guide/102299/guide1.htm (817 words)

	Film hopes to break color barrier
		In a recent interview, writer and director Malcolm Lee and the cast members of "The Best Man" discussed the state of today's cinema, selling their film to a multi-racial audience and moving beyond current stereotypes of fl characters.
		The action of "The Best Man" revolves around the upcoming marriage of Lance (Morris Chestnut) and Mia (Monica Calhoun) and the reunion of their group of college friends during the weekend of festivities.
		Though "The Best Man" may prove to be a step in the right direction for attaining a mixed audience for so-called "fl films," Lee summarized the situation best by offering this thought - "You're not going to change the world overnight, and you're not going to change the world with this movie.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V138/N37/03-film.37d.html (787 words)

	FilmHead.com
		To be considered 1999 films, they must have premiered in the U.S. in 1999, even if they hadn't been widely distributed until 2000.
		As for the financial impact of the film, it is best described as minimal.
		This feature film is definitely one of the best of the year, and I'm not the only one to think so.
	www.filmhead.com /features/1999.html (1790 words)

	Inside Man
		At first the film appears to be a typical bank heist but slowly the more devious nature of the caper becomes evident.
		This is his fourth film with Denzel Washington and the familiarity between the two shows here in the performance.
		Washington is one of the best actors around and here he is given a role that he can really sink his teeth into.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /inside_man.htm (1353 words)

	Review: The Best Man (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The film is the directorial debut of Malcolm D. Lee (Spike's cousin), who may have gotten this chance because of family connections but shows enough promise to earn further opportunities on his own.
		The central character is, as one might anticipate from the title, scheduled to be the best man at a friend's wedding.
		The Best Man is primarily set in the present, although there are a few flashbacks to the gang's college days.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/b/best_man99.html (879 words)

	The Best Man: Well Rounded Entertainment
		On top of all that, one of his best friends is getting married and has asked him to be the best man. So, the novelist travels back home, sans girlfriend, to meet all his old pals and to prepare for the ceremony.
		Unfortunately, it morphs into something of a fairy tale by the third act, whereupon Lee inexplicably strives to resolve every plot and subplot at the exact same time, which robs the movie of some depth and several of the characters of a fair and honest conclusion to their respective story arcs.
		The Best Man is like a slice of creamy cheesecake on a summer day: It may be light and sweet, but it will satisfy you if it's what you’re craving.
	www.well-rounded.com /movies/reviews/bestman.html (422 words)

	village voice > film > 'The Minus Man'; 'The Best Laid Plans' by Dennis Lim
		Motivation and backstory are beside the point, though there is the vague suggestion that Vann's victims are, as he sees it, begging to be put out of their misery.
		Shifty and paced like a reverie, the film lodges itself inside its protagonist's head without attempting to make sense of what it discovers—case in point: Vann's imagined conversations with two detectives (Dwight Yoakam and Dennis Haysbert) and fantasies about his eventual capture.
		The film opens with a cliffhanger, then flashes back four months, fills in the details, and builds to the opening sequence, which is then replayed with the benefit of perspective.
	www.villagevoice.com /film/9936,lim,8153,20.html (510 words)

	Young Man Kang Filmmaking
		Upcoming film festival is in 2006 Another Hole in the Head Film Festival in San Francisco in June.
		My next film will be a comic martial art film “Kimchi Warrior”, an Asian Super Hero, the tale of a man who tries to defend his family tradition against Japanese and Chinese schemes to steal the secret of making Kimchi.
		In the genre of war films a wide variety of interesting people can be hurled together in a way that tests their spirit.
	www.youngmankang.com /filmmaking.htm (4771 words)

	[KFCC] Eat Drink Man Woman Review
		While seeing this film for the first time, I was hoping that this was not the case for the rest of the movie.
		Not many films are able to display the traditions and essence of Taiwan with such precision (Back in the 70s and 80s, there was a rash of films that did the job).
		With films giving us insight into Japanese culture and Korean culture, it was pleasant to see a film that gave the world an accurate depiction to the culture of Taiwan.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/drama/eatdrinkmanwoman/eatdrinkmanwoman.html (1328 words)

	AboutFilm.Com - The Best Man (1999)
		In these films, men are invariably portrayed as shiftless or commitment shy, and the good ones are unavailable (married or gay).
		If The Best Man were a cartoon, tombstones would have appeared in Harper’s widened eyes as he hears this information and immediately begins assessing the long-term impact of it.
		The best scene in the film is perhaps a set-piece around a poker table, as the four guys in the wedding party talk shop about men, women, and relationships in light of Lance’s marriage and his faith in his fiancée’s fidelity.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/b/bestman.htm (931 words)

	ATOMIC HYGIENE \| COMMUNITY SHELTER PLANNING: 'Lost' Gene Hackman Film Unearthed
		After a six year search in which we annoyed scores of government archivists, public librarians and private film collectors, we are very pleased to announce that we have finally obtained a print of this elusive motion picture.
		Because the Commissioner's point of view is used throughout most of the film, the "common sense" characters spend most of their screen time "selling" their lines directly to the camera.
		Most of the rest of the film is spent illustrating Charlie's "bagful" of new skills and how the team goes about implementing some of the tenets of shelter planning and education.
	conelrad.com /hackman/index.php (2053 words)

	Dead Man's Shoes
		For all the emotions that have been used in cinema revenge is perhaps one of the best suited for a taut story line.
		While they are guilty of torturing a mental disabled man they are guilty of a heinous crime but death may be, pardon the pun, overkill.
		There is some dark humor infused in the film to break up the mood but there are times when it feels like the film just can’t decide which direction it should go.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /dead_man's_shoes.htm (1174 words)

	About Us: Board of Directors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He is the Board Chair and former executive director (1986-2000) of the Rainforest Alliance, an organization he co-founded in 1986 at the age of 24.
		In 1999, the Group was divested from Kaiser through a joint effort of the management and CM Equity Partners, and ICF Consulting was launched as an independent company.
		More recently, she wrote and directed a short film for Showtime entitled, "The Other Side," and has several writing and directing projects in the works.
	www.rainforest-alliance.org /about/board.html (2545 words)

	American Visions: Malcolm Lee - director Malcolm Lee is finishing his first film, 'The Best Man' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The film, which stars Taye Diggs (How Stella Got Her Groove Back) and Nia Long (love jones and Soul Food), is the story of Harper Stewart, portrayed by Diggs--a talented young writer whose soon-to-be-released first novel, "Unfinished Business," has hoisted him to the brink of success.
		Tension mounts as it becomes clear that the best man's novel is a thinly veiled account of his long-ago betrayal of the groom.
		Malcolm Lee has high hopes for The Best Man. In addition to the personal achievement, he understands that when certain films succeed, more can be made.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1546/is_5_14/ai_56184175 (1472 words)

	Syracuse New Times: Film Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		And since commitment-phobe Harper is still nursing a jones for such an unrequited love, he leaves soul mate Robin behind at their Chicago love nest and heads to New York City solo for the weekend wedding, in the hopes that he can finally reconnect with Jordan.
		Terrence Howard comes off best as the instigator Quentin, always putting his buddies on the line to test their respective senses of honesty.
		While Diggs' charismatic lead and the creamy r'n'b soundtrack have propelled The Best Man to success, Lee's real trick is in lending appealing universal overtones to his film's urban-flavored vibrations.
	newtimes.rway.com /films/bestman.htm (447 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Best Man [1999]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A glossy romantic comedy, The Best Man centres on four college friends and the women in their lives, all brought back together for a wedding.
		The Best Man features a handsome, charming cast and a propulsive story, but the female characters are poorly developed and the male banter is, to say the least, chauvinistic.
		The best man pushes the audience to the boundaries of their perceptions and allows Diggs, Long and Chestnut to dispaly what could be said to be their finest work.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005225A (583 words)

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	'The Best Man' (R)
		Such is the premise of writer-director Malcolm Lee's "The Best Man," the latest entrant in the beautiful buppie school of filmmaking, (preceded by "Love Jones," "Hav Plenty" and "How to Be a Player"), where the men are all buff and the women are all fine.
		Nia Long plays Jordan, the "best girlfriend Harper never had." She's a producer at BET (miraculously relocated from Washington to Manhattan), and in the hands of Lee (who's Spike Lee's cousin), she's yet another depiction of an ambitious career woman who can't get a man, never mind that she's sexy, beautiful and smart.
		But ultimately when it's all said and done, "Best Man" remains always a groomsman, never a groom: It backs down on its promise to both challenge and entertain, opting instead for the easy laugh – and the pat ending.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/bestmanwiltz.htm (737 words)

	The Best Man - Cincinnati.Com
		The film centers on the title character, Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs), who is heading to New York to act as best man for his pal Lance (Morris Chestnut), an NFL star running back who is getting married.
		The film is a weekend-long voyage of discovery that ends almost exactly where you expect.
		The Best Man is that rarity: a romantic comedy with something more on its mind and the laughs to back it up.
	www.cincinnati.com /freetime/movies/other/bestman.html (516 words)

	The Ayn Rand Institute: FAQ
		She thought it was morally just, but legally dangerous—because of the possibility of jury errors which could not be rectified after the death of the innocent man. She had no position on whether there should be a death penalty or not.
		But the man who works as a janitor in the factory producing that invention, receives an enormous payment in proportion to the mental effort that his job requires of him.
		The man at the bottom who, left to himself, would starve in his hopeless ineptitude, contributes nothing to those above him, but receives the bonus of all of their brains.
	www.aynrand.org /site/PageServer?pagename=faq_index (5212 words)

	WAG: Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man
		After all, it’s a lot cheaper to shoot a documentary than it is to make a feature film, with all its sets and costumes to be made and its large cast and crew to be paid.
		Whatever drove audiences to see Grizzly Man, though, the fact that we know before the film starts that Treadwell was killed by a grizzly makes the film electric: his opening monologue becomes Shakespearean in its tragic, unwitting heft and foreshadowing.
		In the Grizzly Man DVD’s short documentary about its soundtrack, Herzog tells a musician that all his films have been “after a deeper truth, an ecstatic truth.” Incident at Loch Ness, directed by Zack Penn, is about a decidedly different kind of truth.
	www.thewag.net /film/Herzog/grizzly_man.html (1394 words)

	Review: The Best Man (1999)
		The film is the directorial debut of Malcolm D. Lee (Spike's cousin), who may have gotten this chance because of family connections but shows enough promise to earn further opportunities on his own.
		The central character is, as one might anticipate from the title, scheduled to be the best man at a friend's wedding.
		The Best Man is primarily set in the present, although there are a few flashbacks to the gang's college days.
	www.reelviews.net /movies/b/best_man99.html (879 words)

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