David Arquette- Hoffman
David Arquette starred in the box office smash hits SCREAM 1, 2 and 3, which won him the Blockbuster Favorite Actor Award in 1998, and Star on the Horizon President Award at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival in 1998. For his leading role in NEVER BEEN KISSED, he was awarded the 2000 Blockbuster Award for Favorite Supporting Actor.
In 2000, while filming the wrestling film READY TO RUMBLE, he became so engrossed in the sport that he took to the ring and, in a special tag match, become WCW Heavyweight Champion, with his partner Diamond Dallas Page. Arquette had several months of coaching before entering the ring.
In 2001, David Arquette will be seen starring in a slew of movies including Michael Almereyda's HAPPY HERE AND NOW, ARAC ATTACK, directed by Ellory Elkayem, See Spot Run, directed by John Whitesell, and the action thriller 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND, directed by Demian Lichtenstein, co-starring Kurt Russell.
Daniel Benzali- Schlermer
In 1998 Daniel Benzali starred in Academy Award-winning producer Jeremy Thomas' directorial feature film debut ALL THE LITTLE ANIMALS. This was followed by leading roles in HER MARRIED LOVER (1999) and SCREWED (2000). From 1995-1997, Benzali Starred in the hit TV series "Murder One. " In addition he has enjoyed a successful stage career, starring in London's West End in the musicals Sunset Boulevard, Evita and Piaf, and on Broadway in Music Is, for which he was nominated as Best Actor by the Broadway Drama Desk, as well as The Rothchilds and King of Hearts.
Steve Buscemi- Abramowics
Steven Buscemi has worked with a wide variety of today's top filmmakers including the Coen Brothers' (BARTON FINK, FARGO, HUDSUCKER PROXY and THE BIG LEBOWSKI), Gus Van Sant, John Carpenter, Jim Jarmusch, Jerry Bruckheimer and most notably Quentin Tarantino, starring in RESERVOIR DOGS and PULP FICTION. Buscemi is a veteran of stand -up comedy, and as starred in numerous independent films. As a writer and director his credits include WHAT HAPPENED TO PETE, and TREES LOUNGE, and he has directed an episode of the fast moving TV series "Homicide," for which he was nominated for a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. In 1998 he won the Special Achievement for Acting at the Florida Film Festival. He was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for his performance in FARGO, and won an Independent Spirit Award in 1993 for his role in RESERVOIR DOGS, having been nominated in 1990 for his role in Jim Jarmusch's MYSTERY TRAIN. In 1997 he was nominated for a Spirit Award for his directorial feature film debut TREES LOUNGE.
David Chandler- Rosenthal
David Chandler starred in the off Broadway stage production of Tim Blake Nelson's play, The Grey Zone. Chandler enjoys a broad stage career, on and off Broadway, with roles in Lost In Yonkers, Death of A Salesman and The American Clock on Broadway, and is a regular at New York Theatre Workshop. On television he had taken roles in such popular series as "Seinfeld," "Third Rock from the Sun," "Tales from the Darkside" and "Law and Order. "
Allan Corduner- Doctor Nyiszli
Allan Corduner most recently took a leading role in Mike's Leigh's award-winning feature film TOPSY TURVY, which examined the song-writing partnership of Gilbert and Sullivan, with Corduner playing Arthur Sullivan the composer. This followed numerous supporting roles, and extensive theatre work in both London's West End and on Broadway. In addition to a leading role in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Titanic, other stage work includes the London and New York productions of Caryl Churchill's seminal 80's play Serious Money. Recent films include THE SEARCH FOR JOE GISSING, JOE GOULD'S SECRET, Stanley Tucci's THE IMPOSTERS, and the role of Billy Wilder in the HBO film "Norma and Marilyn. " He was also seen in Barbra Streisan's YENTL, Roland Joffe's SHADOWMAKERS and Oliver Stone's TALK RADIO.
Harvey Keitel- Mussfeld
In a career which spans Hollywood and Europe, independent and studio films, Harvey Keitel has appeared in almost one hundred films.
Keitel came to screen prominence in the early films of Martin Scorsese, particularly MEAN STREETS and has worked with some of the world's most respected and successful directors, including Quentin Tarantino (RESERVOIR DOGS, PULP FICTION) Ridley Scott (THE DUELLISTS, THELMA AND LOUISE) Able Ferrara (THE BAD LIEUTENANT, DANGEROUS GAME), Bernard Tavernier (DEATHWATCH, LA NIT DE VARENNES) and Jane Campion's THE PIANO, for which he was awarded the Australia Film Institute Award as Best Actor, as well as the director's recent film HOLY SMOKE.
In 1992 he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe award as Best Supporting Actor for his role in BUGSY. His leading role in Ferrara's THE BAD LIEUTENANT won him the Gotham Acting Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and the International Award from the Italian Fantasporto Awards.
With Peggy Gormley, Keitel has formed production company The Goatsingers, which is presently engaged in the production of the film DREAMING OF JULIA.
Mira Sorvino- Dina
An Academy Award-winning actress with seemingly limitless versatility, Mira Sorvino continues to add to her repertoire of diverse roles.
In 1995, Sorvino left an indelible impression as the unaffected helium-voiced call girl/porn actress, 'Linda Ash' in Woody Allen's MIGHTY APHRODITE. For her breakthrough performance, she was honored with Best Supporting Actress Awards from the New York Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review, received the Golden Globe - and ultimately, the Academy Award.
Constantly challenging herself, Sorvino's recent films have included Spike Lee's acclaimed drama SUMMER OF SAM opposite John Leguizamo, Irwin Winkler's romantic drama, AT FIRST SIGHT opposite Val Kilmer and Antoine Fuqua's action thriller, THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS opposite Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat. Sorvino also starred as the title character in Paul Auster's LULU ON THE BRIDGE with Harvey Keitel, Willem Dafoe and Vanessa Redgrave. Both SUMMER OF SAM and LULU ON THE BRIDGE premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Additional film credits include Sorvino's role as a scientist in Guillermo del Toro's MIMIC, the highly acclaimed sci-fi morality tale about science upsetting the balance of nature, David Mirkin's comedy, ROMY AND MICHELLE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION with Lisa Kudrow, about two best friends who attend their 10th reunion masquerading as "successful businesswomen" to impress their former classmates, Gary Winick's drama, SWEET NOTHING opposite Michael Imperioli, in which she played the wife of a crack addict trying desperately to keep her family together, Ted Demme's BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, as the anorexic girlfriend to Matt Dillon's character, and her cameo opposite Harvey Keitel in Wayne Wang's BLUE IN THE FACE.
In 1994, Sorvino co-starred opposite Rob Morrow in Robert Redford's QUIZ SHOW, as the wife of the journalist who uncovered the quiz show fraud. Previously, she co-starred in Whit Stillman's critically acclaimed film, BARCELONA, as the Catalian trade-fair girl, 'Marta. ' In TARANTELLA, she starred as a young woman coming to grips with her Italian roots through the death of her mother.
For her work in QUIZ SHOW and BARCELONA, Sorvino was awarded the Premiere Newcomer of the Year Award from the Motion Picture Bookers Club of America. Sorvino's performances in BLUE IN THE FACE, TARANTELLA, and SWEET NOTHING, garnered her recognition as "Runner-Up for Best Actress" at the 1995 Seattle Film Festival.
Robert Weiss' AMONGST FRIENDS, an audience favorite at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, marked Sorvino's feature film debut. Short films include THE SECOND GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, Brian Cox's THE OBIT WRITER, and Susan Seidleman's Academy Award-nominated, THE DUTCH MASTER.
Sorvino has recently completed production on no less than three films. She will appear opposite Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, David Arquette and Natasha Lyonne in Tim Blake Nelson's drama, THE GREY ZONE, as an Auschwitz prisoner smuggling explosives to rebels. Mira will also star in the Bernando Bertolucci production, TRIUMPH OF LOVE, opposite Ben Kingsley and Fiona Shaw, a delightful 18th century play about love, honor and deception. Sorvino plays a medical school dropout who inadvertantly gets involved with the Mafia in WISEGIRLS recently, she completed production on BETWEEN STRANGERS, in which she plays a photojournalist who has just returned from Angola to find that her war-time photo has been selected for the cover of Time magazine.
Behind the camera, Sorvino has served as associate producer for AMONGST FRIENDS as well as having co-produced FREEDOM TO HATE, a documentary about Jews in Russia. Most recently, Sorvino produced "Lisa Picard is Famous" in association with GreeneStreet Films. Directed by Griffin Dunne, the film is a mockumentary which chronicles the life of a woman in the minutes preceeding her 15 minutes of fame. An official entry at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, "Lisa Picard is Famous" opens August 2001.
On television, Sorvino earned 1996 "Best Actress" Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of the legendary Marilyn Monroe in the HBO production, "Norma Jean and Marilyn. " That same year she played 'Julie,' the young, dead wife of Alan Alda's character's wife in the CBS Hallmark presentation of Neil Simon's "Jake's Women. " She also appeared with Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands in the Showtime production of "Parallel Lives," and as 'Conchita Closson' in the BBC mini-series, "The Buccaneers," based on Edith Wharton's unfinished novel. "The Buccaneers" subsequently aired on Masterpiece Theatre. Sorvino also starred as 'Daisy' in A&E's "The Great Gatsby" which premiered earlier this year.
On stage, Sorvino has appeared in Joyce Carol Oates' "Greensleeves" and in "Best Of Schools" in UBU Repertory's Festival of New Plays. Most recently, she performed off-Broadway in the Classic Stage Production presentation of "Naked. "
Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, Sorvino is a magna cum laude graduate from Harvard University, where she majored in East Asian languages and Civilizations, living for eight months in Beijing and writing a Hoopes Prize-winning thesis on racial conflict in China. After working on social-programs targeting illiteracy and prejudice, Sorvino gravitated towards acting. Sorvino currently lives in Manhattan with her dog, Deer.
Natasha Lyonne- Rosa
Natasha Lyonne came to audience attention at the narrator of Woody Allen's film EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU. Since then she has taken roles in many US independent films and has quickly become one of Hollywood's most sought after young actresses.
Beginning her professional career at the age of six in the original "Pee Wee's Playhouse," she made her feature film debut as Meryl Streeps' niece in Mike Nichols' film HEARTBURN.
Recent film roles include teen movie AMERICAN PIE, MAKE ME OVER and DETROIT ROCK CITY, opposite Edward Furlong. In FREEWAY II: CONFESSIONS OF A TRICK BABY, she stars and takes the role of associate producer.
