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Movie Analysis With Ana Maria Montero

Aired January 17, 2003 - 14:47   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Slick your hair, wear your buckled shoes and all that jazz. The movie version of "Chicago" is up for eight nominations for Sunday's Golden Globe awards, but it's facing some tough competition. Correspondent Ana Maria Montero with CNN EN ESPANOL, live, from LA with the nominees.
Good to see you.

ANA MARIA MONTERO, CNN EN ESPANOL: What's happening.

PHILLIPS: Finally, you're back.

MONTERO: I am fired up. Yes, I know, right. I have to keep preempting me. No, I'm just kidding.

PHILLIPS: Yes. Hey, you've been sick. Come on, cut us some slack. All right.

MONTERO: I have been sick.

PHILLIPS: All right, 60th anniversary of the Golden Globes. Wow, 60 years.

MONTERO: Sixty years, Kyra. It is the big party of the year. I mean, that's what all of the celebs will tell you, that they have the most fun at the Golden Globes, because there's food, there's a little alcohol, and it's just like a big social gathering, you know what I mean? It's not like you have to sit in a stiff, you know, chair or in a big theater and it's not as nerve wracking.

PHILLIPS: There's gorgeous babes, like you, in dresses and hunks in suits.

MONTERO: Well, I have -- I have to say I have a nice little outfit picked out.

PHILLIPS: I bet you do.

MONTERO: I'm so sorry. We don't have "Live From" on Sundays.

PHILLIPS: Hey, we'll roll some video. All right. Speaking of video or film, I guess, we've been talking about "Chicago" and music in film. You had Madonna that did "Evita", that I loved...

MONTERO: I know.

PHILLIPS: I thought she did great. Then you had "Moulin Rouge". MONTERO: And she got a Golden Globe for that.

PHILLIPS: Yes, you're right. Exactly. She kind of got hosed at the Oscars. All right. Then...

MONTERO: Yes.

PHILLIPS: ... "Moulin Rouge"...

MONTERO: Exactly.

PHILLIPS: ... and now "Chicago".

MONTERO: And now we got "Chicago," a little razzle dazzle on the street. Yes. Apparently, it's just people are liking that sort of combination. You know, and obviously the foreign -- the Hollywood foreign press has -- gave it eight nominations, one for almost every one of the actors from Renee to Catherine to Richard Gere and John T. Riley (ph), so almost everybody got nominations.

And what's amazing, I mean, well, what's amazing is how easy for me it translates from the screen -- from the stage to the screen. You know, I think they do an excellent job of flip-flopping, to where you don't lose it. You know what I mean?

PHILLIPS: Yes. I think Richard Gere translates nicely off the screen. OK.

MONTERO: Yes.

PHILLIPS: The...

MONTERO: Richard Gere could do just about anything.

PHILLIPS: He could just do anything and look good on the screen. All right, "The Hours." There's -- this movie has been talked about quite a bit. It's a tear jerker.

MONTERO: It's interesting that it would follow "Chicago" a number of nominations. And definitely, it's got seven nominations, first of all. And definitely, it is a tear jerker. Both of these, like -- Nicole Kidman, I mean, who would recognize that woman? Did you know that was Nicole, when you first saw that?

PHILLIPS: You know what's funny, I thought it was a mistake in the trailer, when I saw it. I cannot believe it. Yes, it looks nothing like here. We're not looking at her now. That's...

MONTERO: Right. This is Meryl Streep.

PHILLIPS: Meryl Streep, but, yes.

MONTERO: But she looks so different, it's hilarious, because I've heard her do other interviews where she said she's tired of talking about the fake nose. She's over the fake nose. She doesn't want to talk about it any more. But, come on, I mean, It's worth talking about. She looks like Virginia Woolf, which, of course, is the point of the movie. And she is playing Virginia Woolf. Julianne Moore plays a '50s -- a California housewife and then we have Meryl Streep, who plays a book publisher. And all three of these women's lives sort of revolve around Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Aloway (ph).

PHILLIPS: All right.

MONTERO: So it is a bit of a depressing one because, as we know, Virginia Wolfe...

PHILLIPS: Yes, right.

MONTERO: Right.

PHILLIPS: OK. Let's move out of depressing and talk about absolutely hysterical. "Big Fat Greek Wedding," oh, my gosh, my husband and I loved this movie. I really hope this gets an award.

MONTERO: Anybody who has a big family or even comes from Latin roots or has, you know -- it's very funny -- of this cross-cultural thing, is going to love this movie. I mean, come on.

PHILLIPS: Yes.

MONTERO: It's really -- go ahead.

PHILLIPS: No, no, no, you go ahead.

MONTERO: No, it's really great and it is, like you said, it's up for two awards, one for Nia's performance who, of course, is the writer and the director and the actor. And then we have the movie itself is up for best comedy. It wouldn't surprise me at all, Kyra, if it won, to be quite honest.

PHILLIPS: Yes, I hope it does. I thought it was fantastic, one of the best films out this year. All right. Yes, I know, I'm sitting here looking at the clip, started laughing at it.

All right, the big epics, "Gangs of New York" and "Lord of the Rings," I haven't seen either one of those, but what's the word on those two?

MONTERO: The word is "epics." I mean, the word is it's huge. Both of them have gotten huge buzz. Obviously "Gangs of New York" is Scorcese's big sort of return film, I mean, if you want to call it that. But it got -- it took forever to make and it's Daniel Day Lewis's return to the screen after five years, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Wow.

MONTERO: And Daniel, of course, is nominated for a Golden Globe. He's gotten -- I saw him. I thought he was fabulous. He's gotten rave reviews. Of course, this is one of Leo's two films out this holiday season, so this is one of the Leo double-headers. And a lot of good stuff happening with this movie. I'm foreseeing much Oscar buzz if that hasn't already happened, you know. And then, of course...

PHILLIPS: And "Lord of the Rings"?

MONTERO: "Two Towers," yes, that's the sequel, the long-awaited sequel, second part. You know, we're still waiting for the third one. And it is -- again, it's huge. I mean, you have to see this, in order to understand the enormity -- the enormousness of it.

PHILLIPS: No, you're right.

MONTERO: You know and...

PHILLIPS: All those words work.

MONTERO: Pull out my thesaurus. But you know, to really absorb this sort of storytelling is really magical. Peter Jackson has just done an envious job. Did you know -- I have to tell you this, because I was very excited about this -- did you know that Viggo Mortensen speaks Spanish?

PHILLIPS: Really? Well...

MONTERO: Yes.

PHILLIPS: ... here you are, you speak, what, five languages. It doesn't surprise me you would find that out about him. Hey, he's nothing, compared to you.

MONTERO: No, but he was raised in Argentina. It was very exciting for me to find that out. I have to have him on now.

PHILLIPS: Well, I'm sure you'll be talking to him Sunday. Ana Maria Montero, thank you so much.

MONTERO: Thank you.

PHILLIPS: We'll check in with you after Sunday and see how it went, OK? We'll talk about who won.

MONTERO: I look forward to it. Yes, I look forward to it.

PHILLIPS: All right.

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Aired January 17, 2003 - 14:47   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Slick your hair, wear your buckled shoes and all that jazz. The movie version of "Chicago" is up for eight nominations for Sunday's Golden Globe awards, but it's facing some tough competition. Correspondent Ana Maria Montero with CNN EN ESPANOL, live, from LA with the nominees.
Good to see you.

ANA MARIA MONTERO, CNN EN ESPANOL: What's happening.

PHILLIPS: Finally, you're back.

MONTERO: I am fired up. Yes, I know, right. I have to keep preempting me. No, I'm just kidding.

PHILLIPS: Yes. Hey, you've been sick. Come on, cut us some slack. All right.

MONTERO: I have been sick.

PHILLIPS: All right, 60th anniversary of the Golden Globes. Wow, 60 years.

MONTERO: Sixty years, Kyra. It is the big party of the year. I mean, that's what all of the celebs will tell you, that they have the most fun at the Golden Globes, because there's food, there's a little alcohol, and it's just like a big social gathering, you know what I mean? It's not like you have to sit in a stiff, you know, chair or in a big theater and it's not as nerve wracking.

PHILLIPS: There's gorgeous babes, like you, in dresses and hunks in suits.

MONTERO: Well, I have -- I have to say I have a nice little outfit picked out.

PHILLIPS: I bet you do.

MONTERO: I'm so sorry. We don't have "Live From" on Sundays.

PHILLIPS: Hey, we'll roll some video. All right. Speaking of video or film, I guess, we've been talking about "Chicago" and music in film. You had Madonna that did "Evita", that I loved...

MONTERO: I know.

PHILLIPS: I thought she did great. Then you had "Moulin Rouge". MONTERO: And she got a Golden Globe for that.

PHILLIPS: Yes, you're right. Exactly. She kind of got hosed at the Oscars. All right. Then...

MONTERO: Yes.

PHILLIPS: ... "Moulin Rouge"...

MONTERO: Exactly.

PHILLIPS: ... and now "Chicago".

MONTERO: And now we got "Chicago," a little razzle dazzle on the street. Yes. Apparently, it's just people are liking that sort of combination. You know, and obviously the foreign -- the Hollywood foreign press has -- gave it eight nominations, one for almost every one of the actors from Renee to Catherine to Richard Gere and John T. Riley (ph), so almost everybody got nominations.

And what's amazing, I mean, well, what's amazing is how easy for me it translates from the screen -- from the stage to the screen. You know, I think they do an excellent job of flip-flopping, to where you don't lose it. You know what I mean?

PHILLIPS: Yes. I think Richard Gere translates nicely off the screen. OK.

MONTERO: Yes.

PHILLIPS: The...

MONTERO: Richard Gere could do just about anything.

PHILLIPS: He could just do anything and look good on the screen. All right, "The Hours." There's -- this movie has been talked about quite a bit. It's a tear jerker.

MONTERO: It's interesting that it would follow "Chicago" a number of nominations. And definitely, it's got seven nominations, first of all. And definitely, it is a tear jerker. Both of these, like -- Nicole Kidman, I mean, who would recognize that woman? Did you know that was Nicole, when you first saw that?

PHILLIPS: You know what's funny, I thought it was a mistake in the trailer, when I saw it. I cannot believe it. Yes, it looks nothing like here. We're not looking at her now. That's...

MONTERO: Right. This is Meryl Streep.

PHILLIPS: Meryl Streep, but, yes.

MONTERO: But she looks so different, it's hilarious, because I've heard her do other interviews where she said she's tired of talking about the fake nose. She's over the fake nose. She doesn't want to talk about it any more. But, come on, I mean, It's worth talking about. She looks like Virginia Woolf, which, of course, is the point of the movie. And she is playing Virginia Woolf. Julianne Moore plays a '50s -- a California housewife and then we have Meryl Streep, who plays a book publisher. And all three of these women's lives sort of revolve around Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Aloway (ph).

PHILLIPS: All right.

MONTERO: So it is a bit of a depressing one because, as we know, Virginia Wolfe...

PHILLIPS: Yes, right.

MONTERO: Right.

PHILLIPS: OK. Let's move out of depressing and talk about absolutely hysterical. "Big Fat Greek Wedding," oh, my gosh, my husband and I loved this movie. I really hope this gets an award.

MONTERO: Anybody who has a big family or even comes from Latin roots or has, you know -- it's very funny -- of this cross-cultural thing, is going to love this movie. I mean, come on.

PHILLIPS: Yes.

MONTERO: It's really -- go ahead.

PHILLIPS: No, no, no, you go ahead.

MONTERO: No, it's really great and it is, like you said, it's up for two awards, one for Nia's performance who, of course, is the writer and the director and the actor. And then we have the movie itself is up for best comedy. It wouldn't surprise me at all, Kyra, if it won, to be quite honest.

PHILLIPS: Yes, I hope it does. I thought it was fantastic, one of the best films out this year. All right. Yes, I know, I'm sitting here looking at the clip, started laughing at it.

All right, the big epics, "Gangs of New York" and "Lord of the Rings," I haven't seen either one of those, but what's the word on those two?

MONTERO: The word is "epics." I mean, the word is it's huge. Both of them have gotten huge buzz. Obviously "Gangs of New York" is Scorcese's big sort of return film, I mean, if you want to call it that. But it got -- it took forever to make and it's Daniel Day Lewis's return to the screen after five years, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Wow.

MONTERO: And Daniel, of course, is nominated for a Golden Globe. He's gotten -- I saw him. I thought he was fabulous. He's gotten rave reviews. Of course, this is one of Leo's two films out this holiday season, so this is one of the Leo double-headers. And a lot of good stuff happening with this movie. I'm foreseeing much Oscar buzz if that hasn't already happened, you know. And then, of course...

PHILLIPS: And "Lord of the Rings"?

MONTERO: "Two Towers," yes, that's the sequel, the long-awaited sequel, second part. You know, we're still waiting for the third one. And it is -- again, it's huge. I mean, you have to see this, in order to understand the enormity -- the enormousness of it.

PHILLIPS: No, you're right.

MONTERO: You know and...

PHILLIPS: All those words work.

MONTERO: Pull out my thesaurus. But you know, to really absorb this sort of storytelling is really magical. Peter Jackson has just done an envious job. Did you know -- I have to tell you this, because I was very excited about this -- did you know that Viggo Mortensen speaks Spanish?

PHILLIPS: Really? Well...

MONTERO: Yes.

PHILLIPS: ... here you are, you speak, what, five languages. It doesn't surprise me you would find that out about him. Hey, he's nothing, compared to you.

MONTERO: No, but he was raised in Argentina. It was very exciting for me to find that out. I have to have him on now.

PHILLIPS: Well, I'm sure you'll be talking to him Sunday. Ana Maria Montero, thank you so much.

MONTERO: Thank you.

PHILLIPS: We'll check in with you after Sunday and see how it went, OK? We'll talk about who won.

MONTERO: I look forward to it. Yes, I look forward to it.

PHILLIPS: All right.

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