Playing at local movie theaters

Published: Friday, Aug. 29 2003 12:00 a.m. MDT

NEW FILMS FRIDAY

  • CAMP — The title of this musical-comedy (featuring a cast of talented newcomers) refers to a summer camp in upstate New York for musical-theater students hoping to get their big break. A selection of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. PG-13 (profanity, vulgarity, slapstick violence, brief drugs). (Broadway.)

  • FELLINI: I'M A BORN LIAR — This feature-length documentary looks at the career of late Italian director Federico Fellini ("8 1/2") and features interviews with Donald Sutherland, Terence Stamp and others. In English and Italian, with English subtitles. Not rated, probable R (profanity, vulgarity, brief nudity, brief sex, violence). (Broadway.)

  • JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 — The flesh-eating title character is still on the loose in this sequel to the 2001 horror hit. This time around, he's menacing a busload of high school athletes and cheerleaders. R (violence, gore, profanity). (Carmike 12; Century; 5-Star; Gateway; Jordan Landing; Megaplex 12; Megaplex 17; Redwood, with "Freddy vs. Jason"; Ritz.)

  • LE DIVORCE — A change of pace for the Merchant-Ivory filmmaking team, this European comedy-drama stars Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts as two young Americans who experience romantic problems in Paris. In English and French, with English subtitles. PG-13 (vulgarity, profanity, violence, brief sex, brief gore). (Broadway, Century, Jordan Landing.)

  • THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY LINGO — Feature film based on the Patricia McGerr's short story (as well as the BYU-produced short film from the 1960s) about a South Seas trader looking for his one true love. Producer Gerald R. Molen is interviewed on Page W1; reviewed in this section. G (mild vulgarity, slapstick violence). (Carmike 12, Century, Gateway, Holladay, Jordan Landing, Megaplex 12, Megaplex 17, Ritz.)

  • RESPIRO — Based on an Italian legend, this drama follows a young mother of three (Valeria Golino) who bewitches and bewilders her fellow villagers. Winner of two awards from the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. In Italian, with English subtitles. PG-13 (violence, profanity, brief nudity). (Tower.)

MIDNIGHT MOVIE

  • WAYNE'S WORLD*** — Party time! Excellent! This 1992 comedy — drawn from the popular "Saturday Night Lives" skits — stars Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as rockers with their own cable-access television show. Not all of it works, but when it does, it's pretty funny. Running time: 95 minutes. PG-13 (vulgarity, profanity, slapstick violence, brief sex). (Tower, tonight and Saturday.)

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