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PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 28. 2QOO paoe ea which is based on Jim Schutze's book of the same name and is about a group of teen-agers in a Florida town who grow tired of being picked on by the school bully. When the bully's best friend (Renfro) and his girlfriend (Rachel Miner) decide that life would be better if the bully were dead, eight kids lure him to a swamp, where they beat him to death. Bijou Phillips and Leo Fltzpatrlck round out the cast. The Hollywood Reporter monds Entertainment for Fox 2000.

The movie, originally released by 20th Century Fox, is about three women who receive a letter from the town flirt, who has run off with one of their husbands. The film, which starred Kirk Douglas, earned best director and best screenplay Oscars for director-screenwriter Joseph Mank-iewicz. "Three Wives" was originally adapted by Vera Caspary from John Klempner's novel "Letter to Five Wives." 'Bully' pulpit Director Larry Clark, whose controversial "Kids" garnered an NC-17 rating, is returning to similar cutting-edge fare with "Bully," a low-budget feature based on a true story that he will direct for StudioCanal. Shooting is slated to start Aug. 21 in Florida.

The film will likely be distributed domestically by Lions Gate. Brad Renfro has been cast in one of the lead roles in "Bully," original production features a timeless story that involves subjects that are still relevant to today's family, making it an ideal movie for a first-run debut on home video and DVD, especially during the holiday time period," Avery said. 'Letter' unsealed The 1949 Oscar-nominated film "A Letter to Three Wives" is about to be rewritten and returned to the big screen by Ed Continued from Preceding Page Nov. 7. Three years in the making, "Joseph" features the voices of Ben Affleck, Mark Hamlll, Steven Weber and Judith Light and will be launched with a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign expected to include national television spots on morning news progi ams, soap operas, afternoon talk shows and family programming, said DreamWorks Home Entertainment worldwide head Keiley Avery.

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