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>>> IT WAS A SLOW WEEKEND AT THE
BOX OFFICE.
BUT THE MOVIE BUSINESS WAS BUSY.
NORTH OF THE BORDER AT THE
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL.
THAT'S WHERE OUR LAURIE HIBBERD
HAS SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS.
SHE HAS OUR "BOX OFFICE PLUS".
>> GOOD MORNING.
IT WAS A SLOW WEEKEND AT THE BOX
OFFICE.
NOT ONE FILM CRACKED THE DOUBLE
DIGITS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD.COM.
"THE WATCHER" OPENED AT NUMBER
ONE WITH 9.1 MILLION.
"NURSE BETTY" CAME IN NUMBER TWO
$7.3 MILLION.
"BRING IT ON" DROPS
TO THE NUMBER THREE SPOT, WHILE
"THE CELL" AND "SPACE COWBOYS"
HANG ON TO THE FOURTH AND FIFTH
SPOTS.
I AM UP HERE AT THE TORONTO FILM
FESTIVAL.
IT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST
FILM FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD.
LAST YEAR, DREAMWORKS PREMIERED
A LITTLE FILM CALLED
"AMERICAN BEAUTY" HERE.
IT MADE ABOUT $300 MILLION AND
WON A BUCKET LOAD OF OSCARS.
THEY'RE HOPING
LIGHTENING WILL
STRIKE A SECOND AND MAYBE
A THIRD TIME.
THEY DON'T KNOW IF THE FILM
FESTIVAL GUARANTEES THEM SUCCESS
BUT JUDGING BY AUDIENCE REACTION
THIS WEEKEND, IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
WHY TORONTO, WHY THIS FILM
FESTIVAL?
>> THIS FILM FESTIVAL HAS BUILT
A REPUTATION OF BEING BOTH
CLASSY AND ARTISTIC, AND YET,
NOT ADVERSE TO PRESENTING
QUOTE/UNQUOTE, COMMERCIAL FILMS,
AND, THEREFORE,
FOR A STUDIO THAT IS A UNIQUE
BLEND.
>> Reporter: EVERYONE HAS THESE
EXPECTATIONS TOWARDS YOU.
WHAT DOES DREAMWORKS WANT?
>> WE WANT THE BEST THING
FOR THE MOVIE.
WE WANT THE BEST THING FOR BOTH
OF THE MOVIES THAT WE HAVE HERE.
>> Reporter: AND THE BEST THING
FOR THE MOVIES IS TO BRING THEM
WHERE THE PRESS IS.
"ALMOST FAMOUS" IS
WRITER/DIRECTOR CAMERON CROWE'S
FIRST FILM SINCE 1997'S
"JERRY MAGUIRE."
THIS SEMIAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL,
COMING OF AGE FILM, FOLLOWS
A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY GENIUS WHO IS
GRANTED TOTAL ACCESS TO A
ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND FOR WEEKS
AS HE WRITES A STORY
FOR "ROLLING STONE" MAGAZINE.
THE FILM STARS BILLY CRUDUP,
FRANCES McDORMAND, AND NEWCOMER,
PATRICK FUGIT IN THE LEAD ROLE.
THE ATTENTION IN TORONTO BEGINS
WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE, WHERE
CROWE IS ALLOWED TO EXPLAIN
HIS VISION.
>> I KIND OF LIKE WRITE ABOUT
DISCONNECTED FAMILIES THAT FIND
SOME WAY TO BELONG TOGETHER AND
SO MUCH OF GROUPIES, BANDS, EVEN
WILLY MILLER IN THE MOVIE IS
ABOUT, WHERE IS MY FAMILY?
WHERE DO I BELONG?
>> IT ALSO GIVES GOLDIE HAWN'S
DAUGHTER, KATE HUDSON, A CHANCE
TO FOCUS ON HERSELF.
>> IF THAT HAPPENS OR IF IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN, HOPEFULLY I'LL
STILL GET JOBS.
>> Reporter: AND AFTER A DAY
OF PRESS, THE CAST MAKES
THEIR WAY TO THE FILM'S WORLD
PREMIERE.
>> I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING.
>> THE THING ABOUT
THE TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
IS THAT PEOPLE ARE
SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT FILM,
AND THIS IS THAT KIND OF FILM.
I THINK IT'S A PERFECT PLACE
TO OPEN IT.
>> Reporter: FOR YEARS, EVERY
TIME I READ AN ARTICLE
ABOUT YOU, IT'S THE NEXT BIG
THING BILLY CRUDUP.
NOW, KATE HUDSON'S
SORT OF GOING
THROUGH TE SAME THING.
IS THERE ANY ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE
HER ABOUT SURVIVING THE HYPE?
>> DON'T DEAL WITH IT, JUST KEEP
WORKING AND TRYING TO BECOME A
BETTER ACTOR.
>> I PUT SOME PERSONAL
STUFF UP THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S
GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE LAUGH
AND ENJOY IT.
>> HE'S A GREAT COLLABORATOR,
BECAUSE HE ALLOWS COLLABORATION.
BUT YOU ALWAYS KNOW HE'S
IN CHARGE, WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: AFTER A SUCCESSFUL
DAY AT THE FESTIVAL, IT'S TIME
TO PARTY.
BUT THE FOLKS AT DREAMWORKS
SHOULDN'T PARTY TOO HARD BECAUSE
TOMORROW IT STARS ALL OVER
AGAIN.
FIRST THING SATURDAY MORNING,
THE ATTENTION MOVES
FROM "ALMOST FAMOUS" TO "THE
CONTENDER."
DREAMWORKS OTHER
BIG FILM.
JEFF BRIDGES PLAYS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAS
TO APPOINT A NEW VICE PRESIDENT.
HE CHOOSES A WOMAN, PLAYED JOAN
ALLEN WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A SEX
SCANDAL DURING HER COLLEGE DAYS.
ONCE AGAIN,
THE STARS MEET THE PRESS,
INCLUDING MYSELF, FROM ALL
OVER THE U.S. AND CANADA.
BUT THIS TIME, IT'S ONE ON ONE.
DO YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR
YOUR PERSONAL POLITICS ASIDE
TO DO A ROLE LIKE THIS?
>> YEAH.
BUT IT'S MORE JUST ABOUT DOING
THE CHARACTER AND FOLLOWING
THE CHARACTER'S SORT
OF POLITICS.
I THINK SHE IS A VERY DIFFERENT
TYPE THAN ME.
I THINK HER STANCE AND BEING
ABLE TO STAND UP FOR HIMSELF IS
SOMETHING I WOULD CAVE.
>> GOD, I THOUGHT, THIS IS THE
TYPE OF MOVIE
I'D LOVE TO BE A PART
OF WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT,
AND THE CHARACTERS ARE SO RICHLY
DRAWN, NOT BLACK AND WHITE.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE A PART
OF IT.
>> Reporter: THE ONE ON ONES ARE
FOLLOWED BY A PRESS CONFERENCE
FOR PRINT JOURNALISTS
AND PHOTOGRAPHERS.
AND FINALLY, THE CAST OF "THE
CONTENDER" END WITH THE WORLD
PREMIERE.
ALL IN ALL, A VERY BUSY WEEKEND.
>> LAURIE, WHO DO THE FILMS
FIGURE TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
>> THEY'LL START ROLLING OUT
"ALMOST FAMOUS" IN THE NEXT WEEK
OR SO AND MID-OCTOBER FOR "THE
CONTENDER".
>> HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE LOW
NUMBERS?
>> THE LULL BEFORE THE FALL
EXCITEMENT KICKS IN AND ALL THE
OSCAR CONTENDERS START TAKING
SHAPE.
>> IS IT THE LULL OR THE MOVIES
"THE WATCHER" AND "NURSE BETTY"
ARE HEADED FOR FLOPVILLE?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
>> THANKS, LAURIE.
BACK IN A MOMENT RIGHT AFTER
THIS.