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Though the film won’t grace the big screen until next year, SONY and Columbia Pictures
would like to tug a few of your strings with an action-packed teaser for their new film, Spider-Man.
Based on the perennial favorite from Marvel Comics, Spider-Man will open on May 3, 2002, with Tobey Maguire
(Wonder Boys, Cider House Rules) taking the lead as Peter Parker (the Spider-Man himself) while Kirsten Dunst
(Crazy/Beautiful, Bring It On) portrays Mary Jane and Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire, The English Patient)
drops in as the Green Goblin. Oh, and there’ll be thousands of extras—of the eight-legged variety.
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Now, don’t get too caught up in the trailer
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After elementary school teacher Shayne Tolman discovered numerous
prehistoric artifacts at the St. Mary Reservoir in Alberta, Canada,
scientists investigated and found evidence that man and many
now-extinct animal species trekked there more than 10,000 years ago.
The ancient animal footprints on the river floodplain give one of
the last snapshots of the late Pleistocene Era, recorded shortly
before many of the species disappeared forever. The reservoir also
provided evidence that humans may have overhunted a species of small
horses to extinction.
Find out more about how Canadians hit archaeological and
paleontological “pay dirt” in a video hosted by Apple’s Learning
Interchange for the University of Calgary.
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Got a summer vacation on the horizon? Or maybe you just wish you
did. Either way, QuickTime VR can help you preview a destination for
a real trip, or let you visit places all over the world virtually,
right from your desktop.
Take, for example, the San Francisco Bay area—always a prime target
for tasteful tourists. iNeTours.com lets you explore about a dozen
of the city’s most popular and picturesque neighborhoods and
landmarks in a series of dazzling panoramas.
Please Let Go of My Vine
Or you can travel north of the city to California’s famous wine
country.
VineSwinger.com’s winery tours let you beat the traffic and the
crowds by visiting virtual vineyards from the comfort of your home.
The only thing missing is the wine, but you can always supply your
own. You might even throw a tasting party using the tips from the
site and let your guests tour the wineries from your computer while
they sip and sample.
Ahh, the Open Road
And if it’s a cross-country road trip you’re after, nothing beats
the luxury and convenience of a modern recreational vehicle. Take a
virtual walk through Winnebago’s 2000 and 2001 cushy coaches to see
what creature comforts can roll with you on the highway.
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The lure to visit Civil War battlefields was just too powerful for
photographer Jan Faul to ignore. His ancestors had been Union
soldiers, and his great-great grandfather even wrote a book about
his experiences in the war.
Inspired by a visit to Gettysburg, PA, Faul used his Noblex camera
to create a series of panoramic images exploring the landscapes
and emotions of this most notorious of Civil War battlefields.
The photo gallery, presented by Washingtonpost.com, includes a dozen
of Faul’s images, audio commentary by the artist, and
full-screen zoomable versions of the panoramas in QuickTime VR.
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Look closely while viewing the trailer for the just-released
“Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.” You’re watching what could
be the future of cinema, featuring the most lifelike and
photo-realistic renderings of humans in an animated film. That’s
right, none of those “actors” are real. They’re all
computer-generated. In fact, the animators took pains not to make
them look “too” real.
The action/sci-fi thriller takes place in the year 2065, 30 years
after a meteor has crashed into Earth. Dr. Aki and her partner Gray
team up with a ragtag group of soldiers to save the planet from
dragonlike alien wraiths that have invaded Earth.
“Final Fantasy” The Spirits Within” features the voices of Ming Na
(“Mulan,” “E.R.”) and Alec Baldwin, along with Donald Sutherland,
Steve Buscemi, and Ving Rhames. The film is now open in U.S.
theaters everywhere.
Now That's Gotta Be a Hot Kiss
Imagine using such esoteric items as laundry equipment, a flag, or even
a billiard ball as deadly weapons. In “Kiss of the Dragon” Jet Li
does just that, astounding us with with his martial arts skills
(and creative use of props) in the film’s imaginative fight sequences.
Li portrays Liu Jian, a Beijing intelligence officer on temporary
assignment in Paris to help French police take down a heroin
kingpin. But after he’s double-crossed, Liu Jian finds himself
framed for murder and forced to run for his life.
You can see “Kiss of the Dragon,” which co-stars Bridget Fonda, in
U.S. theaters right now.
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Thank you for reading this issue of QuickTime News.
Look for your next issue on July 27.
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On August 6, the eccentric Icelandic pop star known as Bjork will
release “Hidden Place,” the first single from her upcoming CD
“Vespertine.” But you don’t have to wait until August, because the
surrealistic music video for “Hidden Place” heads up Bjork’s
sparkling new QuickTime Gallery, where you can also view most of her
other outrageously fascinating music videos.
Mandy Moore on
“Mandy Moore”
In an exclusive interview for Rollingstone.com, 17 year-old singer,
actress, and MTV personality Mandy Moore talks about her newly
released, self-titled album, and how it felt to collaborate with the
writers, producers, and musicians behind the scenes.
Don’t Let this Chance
“Get Away”
The U.K.’s Video-C presents Steve Spacek and his south London soul
trio in their new music video “Get Away,” the first single from
Spacek’s new CD, “Curvatia.”
Mambo the Night Away
And the day, too, if you’d like.
To listen to some of the world's top DJ's streaming dance music nearly non-stop—16 hours a day— from Mambo, Ibiza,
turn your QuickTime dial to ibizaMix.com.
Fledgling Harmony
They just released their first single, and they'd like you to hear it. So why not enjoy a little "Perfect Bliss"
with Bellefire? Click on "audio/visual," then on
the video tab to access Bellefire's QuickTime content.
Hultsfred Highlights
If you missed attending Sweden’s Hultsfred Festival this past June,
you can now tune in to highlights of the festival’s best in the
genres of indie, rock, and dance.
See interviews and performances by artists including Faithless,
Maniacs, Rocket From the Crypt, The Latin Kings, Backyard Babies,
and the multitudes of other stars who helped make Hultsfred Sweden’s
biggest music event of the year.
For a quiet change of pace in Internet film fare, see the Silent
Comedy QuickTime Cavalcade.
This unique site features slapstick scenes from classic
vintage films, showcasing the work of not only such well-known funnymen as
Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie
Chaplin, but also such rarely seen comics as Harry Langdon, Max
Lindner, Mabel Normand, and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, whose career
was cut short (and most of his films destroyed) after a torrid sex
scandal and tragic death.
For a decidedly dark peek through the looking glass, watch the
trailer for “American McGee’s Alice,” the new action/adventure game
from Electronic Arts.
The popular game show “Wheel of Fortune” is now in its 26th year,
making it one of the longest-running (and spinning) game
shows on TV. Check out sets from past shows and poke around the
prizes, the audience, and the staff working behind the scenes.
Oops. In our last issue, we told you about
“Duality,” a short science
fiction film. Since some readers didn’t realize they could click on
the image to read the article, we’ve included this item to
give you a second chance to catch the inspiring story behind the
film.
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