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Special Opening for Third Installment of 'The Matrix' Series
Aired November 05, 2003 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: A special opening for the third installment of The Matrix series. Today, the film opens simultaneously in major cities across the globe. So whether it's 9:00 a.m. in New York or 6:00 a.m. in L.A. or even 5:00 p.m. in Moscow, fans get to see the revolution.
Here's CNN's Andy Culpepper.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Anderson, welcome back. We missed you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KEANU REEVES, "NEO": They kind of push whatever that element of expectation or desire is.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And he was doing what he believes he must do.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LAURENCE FISHBURNE, "MORPHEUS": I would say it wraps things up in a nice neat package, yes.
ANDY CULPEPPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): "Revolutions," the final chapter in the wildly successful Matrix trilogy, a series that after just two films has wowed audiences worldwide to the tune of more than $1 billion. And if it seems like "The Matrix" was just in theaters, well, it was.
PAUL DERGARABEDIAN, EXHIBITOR RELATIONS COMPANY: If you're a Matrix fan, you got to see "Reloaded" in May, you get to see the DVD of that film in October, just before in November when the third film opens, and you're getting it from all sides and loving it.
LEONARD MALTIN, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT: I think as George Lucas did back in the '70s. The Wachowski brothers have created their own mythology here.
CULPEPPER: By releasing "Revolutions" and "Reloaded" within the same calendar year, the film's elusive directors, brothers Andy and Larry Wachowski, have broken new ground. But it almost didn't happen that way. The Wachowskis had to convince Warner Brothers Studios it was a good idea.
DERGARABEDIAN: It was a battle. It was a battle, a really, a big battle.
CULPEPPER: Conventional wisdom would have said it's too soon.
MALTIN: You don't release two similar movies or two movies cut from the same cloth so close together. But I think all bets are off now. I don't think there are any rules anymore, in movies or television.
DERGARABEDIAN: I think everybody in Hollywood is going to watch this, see how these films do. This may become a wave of the future.
CULPEPPER: And why not? After just two films, the series already ranks eighth on the top 10 leading franchise earners of all time, a position that is certain to improve this week.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE MATRIX RELOADED")
FISHBURNE: You've never believed in the one.
CARRIE-ANNE MOSS, "TRINITY": I still don't. I believe in him.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CULPEPPER: Andy Culpepper, CNN, Hollywood.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired November 5, 2003 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: A special opening for the third installment of The Matrix series. Today, the film opens simultaneously in major cities across the globe. So whether it's 9:00 a.m. in New York or 6:00 a.m. in L.A. or even 5:00 p.m. in Moscow, fans get to see the revolution.
Here's CNN's Andy Culpepper.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Anderson, welcome back. We missed you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KEANU REEVES, "NEO": They kind of push whatever that element of expectation or desire is.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And he was doing what he believes he must do.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LAURENCE FISHBURNE, "MORPHEUS": I would say it wraps things up in a nice neat package, yes.
ANDY CULPEPPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): "Revolutions," the final chapter in the wildly successful Matrix trilogy, a series that after just two films has wowed audiences worldwide to the tune of more than $1 billion. And if it seems like "The Matrix" was just in theaters, well, it was.
PAUL DERGARABEDIAN, EXHIBITOR RELATIONS COMPANY: If you're a Matrix fan, you got to see "Reloaded" in May, you get to see the DVD of that film in October, just before in November when the third film opens, and you're getting it from all sides and loving it.
LEONARD MALTIN, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT: I think as George Lucas did back in the '70s. The Wachowski brothers have created their own mythology here.
CULPEPPER: By releasing "Revolutions" and "Reloaded" within the same calendar year, the film's elusive directors, brothers Andy and Larry Wachowski, have broken new ground. But it almost didn't happen that way. The Wachowskis had to convince Warner Brothers Studios it was a good idea.
DERGARABEDIAN: It was a battle. It was a battle, a really, a big battle.
CULPEPPER: Conventional wisdom would have said it's too soon.
MALTIN: You don't release two similar movies or two movies cut from the same cloth so close together. But I think all bets are off now. I don't think there are any rules anymore, in movies or television.
DERGARABEDIAN: I think everybody in Hollywood is going to watch this, see how these films do. This may become a wave of the future.
CULPEPPER: And why not? After just two films, the series already ranks eighth on the top 10 leading franchise earners of all time, a position that is certain to improve this week.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "THE MATRIX RELOADED")
FISHBURNE: You've never believed in the one.
CARRIE-ANNE MOSS, "TRINITY": I still don't. I believe in him.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CULPEPPER: Andy Culpepper, CNN, Hollywood.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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