It's All in the Acting Director Robert Altman puts the cast first. That's just fine by his 'Cookie's Fortune' co-star Liv Tyler. By SCARLET CHENG SPECIAL TO THE TIMES rom the moment they sit beC' side each other on the sofa, their rapport is obvious. Robert Altman, one of film's elder statesmen, is explaining in his soft drawl to Liv Tyler, latest initiate to the Altman circle of films, about his knee surgery six weeks earlier. The surgeon replaced the bone with pieces of titanium.
"It's still swollen," Altman says, "though I've been getting around all right now." Tyler looks on with genuine concern. "I'm so glad you're she coos. During the interview, she edges closer to him, listening raptly when he speaks, fondly tapping his arm when she wants to make a point. Altman slumps, his feet propped up on the table, and looks on with avuncular pride when she does. Altman, 74, is a large, burly man with thinning, silver hair and bulldog-baggy eyes.
There's a weary look about him, but when he turns his eyes to you, they flare with the focus of an eagle. Contrast that with Tyler, who at 21 and with minimal makeup seems nearly a teenager, her face younger than the characters she has recently inhabited on the screen: Bruce Willis' daughter and Ben Affleck's girlfriend in last year's space potboiler about the killer meteor, "Armageddon," and Emma Duvall, the spunky Southern chick in Altman's latest impact on the American screen, "Cookie's Fortune." The film expands Friday to 170 screens in 30 cities after opening April 2 to brisk business in a handful of Los Angeles and New York theaters. Unlike Alfred Hitchco*ck, who was contemptuous of actors and who gave Altman his start in narrative directing (two episodes for "Alfred Hitchco*ck Presents" in the 1950s), Altman clearly loves actors. He loves watching them, loves working with them and fully respects the craft they bring to his projects. "Once I get a film cast, of my creative work is finished, and the actors really kind of take over," he says.
"I have to be there because they would all be fighting with each other if I weren't. Somebody's gotta be there to turn the light switch on and off." "And actors would never Tyler chimes in. "We'd keep going Please see Acting, Page 14 LOS ANGELES TIMES WEEKEND CHRISTIAN BALE EMILY WATSON "Intriguing! Bale brings a believable sense of wide-eyed wonderment to the role. Emily Watson achieves a sense of balance in measuring '60s idealism against '70s pragmatism." -Stephen Farber, MOVIELINE "Make the insightful METROLAND a must-stop on your cinematic itinerary -Anne Marie O'Connor, this month." MADEMOISELLE PANDORA CINEMA PRESENTS A HERE PRODUCTION IN ASSORIATION MAIN THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND WITH THE PARTICIPATION NILAS THE EUROPEAN CO PRODUCTION FUND (UK) EURIMAGES A NO SOGEPAO A FROM ET PHILIP SA HE ROLAND CHRISTIAN BALE LEE ROSS ELSA ZYLBERSTEIN :80 EMAILY WATSON. BASED ON THE NOVEL BY JULIAN BARNES A KNOPFLER SO NOR JENNY BEAVAN DIRECTOR OF JEAN- FRANCOIS ROBIN, AFC CO PRODUCERS ANTOINE 1 ENRIQUE POSHER, BY ADRIAN HODGES PROD EN ANDREW BENDEL PHILIP SAVILLE pandora STARTS TO TOMORROW! HOLLYWOOD WEST LOS ANGELES BREA Edwards Brea Plaza ENCINO Town Center 5 Laemmie's PASADENA Playhouse 7 Cinemas 0 in 5 Laemmie's Cineplex Landmark's (714) 529-5339 (818) 981-9811 (626) 844-6500 Odeon Showcase Westside Pavilion Cinemas COSTA MESA LAGUNA NIGUEL WOODLAND HILLS DC (323) 777-FILM (310) 475-0202 Edwards Edwards United Artists Daily: Daily: 11:30 2:00 4:20 South Coast Village 3 Rancho Niguel 8 Theatres Warner Center SORRY, NO PASSES ACCEPTED 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:30 10:00 7:10 9:50 (714) 540-0594 (949) 831-0446 (818) 999-2130 FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT GINA FERAZZI Los Angeles Times "CLOCK-TICKING SUSPENSE.
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