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AOL Movies and Moviefone.com to Debut Footage From Highly
Anticipated Red Dragon
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS
WIRE)
Sept. 10,
2002
Never-Before-Seen
Clips from the New Universal Pictures Film Can Be Seen First at AOL Keyword:
First View and Moviefone.com
America
Online, Inc., the world's leading interactive services company announced
today that exclusive clips from the highly anticipated film Red Dragon
will be available for viewing on AOL Movies and Moviefone.com. The first
of the two exclusive clips will appear on Thursday, September 12 starting
at 10 a.m. EST. The second clip will be available two weeks later, on
Thursday, September 26.
Red Dragon is based on Thomas Harris' 1981 novel, which first introduced
the serial killer Hannibal Lecter character, later immortalized in his
subsequent best-sellers The Silence of The Lambs (1988) and Hannibal (1999).
Red Dragon will be released in theaters on October 4.
"Red Dragon is one of the most anticipated movie events of this year,
and we are thrilled to offer moviegoers the very first look at footage
from the film," said Kevin Conroy, SVP and General Manager, AOL Entertainment.
"This is a great kick-off for our first AOL Movies First View. Just
as AOL Music provides music fans with exclusive advance access to the
hottest music videos, we will now provide moviegoers with a destination
where they can be the first to view clips from the biggest upcoming movie
releases."
The first clip to premiere, "No One is Safe Around You," is
an exchange between Anthony Hopkins ("Hannibal Lecter") and
Edward Norton ("Will Graham"). Both exclusive clips can be accessed
at AOL Keyword: First View and via Moviefone.com. Beginning September
12, additional movie features can be found at AOL Keyword: Red Dragon,
including the trailer, photos, message boards, polls, links to the official
movie site and the chance to submit a question for Anthony Hopkins and
other cast members of Red Dragon.
AOL First View is a popular new feature that gives AOL members and entertainment
fans the chance to see new music videos and movie clips before they can
be seen anywhere else. Fans can access exclusive First View debuts on
AOL and the AOL High Speed Broadband service at AOL Keyword: First View
and via AOL's Web Properties such as Netscape, CompuServe and Moviefone.com.
About Red
Dragon
Universal
Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis present in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Red Dragon, based on Thomas Harris' 1981 novel, which first introduced
the character of serial killer Hannibal Lecter, later immortalized in
his subsequent best-sellers The Silence of The Lambs (1988) and Hannibal
(1999).
Director Brett Ratner, fresh from his smash success with Rush Hour 2,
teams with producers Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis, who
scored last year with the blockbuster screen version of Hannibal, and
screenwriter Ted Tally, who won an Oscar(R) for his screenplay for The
Silence of The Lambs.
Oscar(R) nominee Edward Norton stars as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, an expert
investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process
of capturing the elusive Dr. Lecter, played again by Academy Award(R)
winner Anthony Hopkins.
Years later, after a series of particularly grisly murders, Graham reluctantly
agrees to come out of retirement and assist in the case. But he soon realizes
that the best way to catch this killer, known as the Tooth Fairy, is to
find a way to get inside the killer's mind. And the closest thing to that
would be to probe the mind of another killer who is equally brilliant
and equally twisted. For Graham, that means confronting his past and facing
his former nemesis, the now-incarcerated Lecter. Oscar(R) nominee Ralph
Fiennes plays Francis Dolarhyde.
About Universal
Pictures
Universal
Pictures is a division of Vivendi UNIVERSAL Entertainment (VUE) (www.universalstudios.com),
the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal,
a global media and communications company.
About America
Online, Inc.
America
Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:AOL).
Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive
services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services.
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