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17 Jul, 1998

The Mask of Zorro

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Zeta-Jones plays Elena in the action adventure The Mask of Zorro. 20 years after the death of his wife, Don Diego de la Vega is out for revenge. The original Zorro decides to train young Alejandro to wear the mask next in his place. He trains Alejandro and together they set out on a mission to save the townspeople and take down Don Rafael Montero.

I think Zorro was so great for me because no one knew where I came from. Everyone spoke Spanish to me forever after that. I’m from Wales.

The Mask of Zorro - Theatrical Trailer

1998

Breakfast with Einstein

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LaBeouf makes his acting debut in the TV feature, Breakfast with Einstein, a comedy about a a wise-cracking dog named Einstein.  LaBeouf plays Joey Mueller, a young boy who befriends the dog and sneaks him into the house.  Einstein wrecks havoc on the Mueller household, getting the duo in trouble with Joey’s dad, whose prized possession was smashed in the chaos.  Joey gets the idea to enter Einstein in an upcoming dog show with the hopes he can prove the small dog is good for their family.

1 May, 1998

He Got Game

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Washington plays Jake Shuttlesworth in the basketball drama He Got Game. Jesus Shuttlesworth, played by NBA star Ray Allen, is the top-ranked basketball player in the nation. Every college wants him. After being sent to prison after accidently killing his wife, Jake is told he will be released early if he gets his son to play ball for the Governor’s alma mater.

Well, I played ball in college. I’m over the hill now. I hung up my knees. I’ve had surgery on both knees, on one knee six or seven weeks before we started shooting. So when it came to the character, that became a part of my thing.

27 Mar, 1998

Meet the Deedles

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Walker stars in Meet the Deedles as Phil Deedle. He and his fraternal twin, Stew Deedle played by Steve Van Wormer, are surf bums living off their wealthy father in Hawaii. The two are expelled from high school for truancy and their father decides to send them to a boot camp in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to straighten them out.

16 Jan, 1998

Fallen

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Washington plays detective John Hobbes in the crime thriller Fallen. Hobbes finally catches serial killer Edgar Reese, who is executed. However, he soon discovers more murders in the style of Reese. As he digs deeper, all of his clues point to an evil spirit named Azazel, which can transfer itself to anyone it pleases. The film also stars John Goodman and Donald Sutherland. On the theme of this film:

I believe in lesser manifestations of good. I believe that they exist, I believe that they do. I believe that we can give them power by the choices we make…

Fallen (1998) Theatrical Trailer

12 Dec, 1997

Deconstructing Harry

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In this comedy directed by Woody Allen, Williams plays a writer who friends and family realize that the characters and events in his books are actually things that have happened in real life, revealing this deepest secrets.  Costars Judy Davis and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

I played a small role, … because, at some point, I made him laugh. Can you imagine? To make Woody Allen laugh!

Deconstructing Harry US Theatrical Trailer

5 Dec, 1997

Good Will Hunting

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Williams stars in this critically-acclaimed film directed by Gus Van Sant. He plays Dr. Sean Maguire, a therapist who works with a gifted MIT janitor named Will Hunting—played by Matt Damon. As he counsels Hunting, he also learns to deal with his own personal demons. The film also stars Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgard.

What drew me to the role just was the idea of a guy trying to give back, who hadn’t been practicing in a while. Here he is, a vet with a history, with a life, an intelligent guy who admits he’s not as brilliant as the kid but who is saying, “You’re brilliant but you don’t know shit about certain things.” That appealed to me deeply.

Good Will Hunting - Trailer

21 Oct, 1997

Flubber

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Directed by Les Mayfield, this comedy film is a remake of the 1961 movie “The Absent Minded Professor.” Williams plays the role of Professor Philip Brainard, with Marcia Gay Harden co-starring as his fiancé and Sara Jean Reynolds as the college president. Brainard attempts to perfect his invention of “flubber” – a bouncy, elastic material – in order to raise money to save the sinking college, and in the process misses his own wedding three times in a row.
He performs the stunt scenes himself, which involv jumping to heights of 30 feet after applying flubber to his shoes:

We had six or seven guys hauling me up, groaning, ‘Oh, no! Don’t go again! We’re not hauling your ass up there again!’

Flubber - (1997) Trailer HD