It was the kind of summer where everything went out big, dropped and went away. You didn't have a lot of sleepers with big legs --as they say long legs -- in the business.

It was something of a surprise and shows (Miramax's) marketing mettle remains,

I think there are cycles in the film business. Two-dimensional animation is coming to an end in terms of what was the height of Disney storytelling.

Saving Private Ryan' is the film that will dominate the Oscars this year. It's a way, way out there front-runner.

It (the Oscar buzz) is so spare that people are going back to movies earlier in the year. They're saying that 'Gladiator' and 'Erin Brockovich' are looking like very strong players in the Oscar race.

I'm beginning to see a change, slowly but surely,