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TAPE_NUMBER: EN9912B IN_TIME: 10:00:00 LENGTH: 03:45 SOURCES: APTN/PARAMOUNT RESTRICTIONS: PARAMOUNT FILM CLIPS = No re-use without clearance FEED: SCRIPT: xfa English/Nat TRIPLE DOSE OF COMEDY FOR OUT OF TIMERS "THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS," the latest comedy from Paramount, reunites Academy Award nominee STEVE MARTIN and Academy Award winner GOLDIE HAWN as Henry and Nancy Clark, a couple whose passion got filed somewhere between mortgage payments and college loans for the kids. When Henry goes to New York for an important job interview, the itinerary for the Clarks is clear: groom Henry for success and rediscover the spark their marriage once held. Henry is a meticulous advertising executive from Ohio who runs his comfortable life by the numbers and by the book. Nancy, a captivating romantic who wants to "suck the marrow out of life," will do anything it takes to create more passion in their marriage, even if her husband loses his mind in the process. What starts out as a predictable business trip turns into a riotous series of mishaps that weaves through Central Park, Greenwich Village, Times Square, the Fulton Fish Market and ultimately soars completely out of control when the overwhelmed couple arrive at a luxurious hotel. It is here they meet Mersault (John Cleese), an imperious, aristocratic hotel manager who becomes hilariously caught up in Nancy and Henry's mid-life crisis. The film, a Robert Evans Production is directed by Sam Weisman and written by Marc Lawrence based upon the Screenplay by NEIL SIMON. STEVE MARTIN (Henry Clark) won an Emmy Award for his work as a writer on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," and started performing his own material in clubs and on television by the end of the 1960s. Following frequent appearances on the "Tonight Show" Martin went on to host several shows of the innovative "Saturday Night Live" series and star in and co-write four television specials. Martin won Grammy Awards for his two comedy albums "Let's Get Small" and "A Wild and Crazy Guy" and had a gold record with the single "King Tut." His first film project, "The Absent-Minded Waiter," a short film he wrote and starred in, was nominated for an Academy Award. He made his feature film debut in 1979 in "The Jerk," which Martin co-wrote for director Carl Reiner. He followed that up with the innovative, bittersweet musical "Pennies From Heaven." Martin then starred in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" and "The Man With Two Brains." He received Best Actor Awards from the New York Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review for his performance in "All of Me" and won rave reviews for his role in "Little Shop of Horrors." He won a Best Actor award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and an award for Best Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America for "Roxanne." His other film credits include "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "Planes Trains and Automobiles," and "Parenthood." Martin starred, wrote and co-executive produced "L.A. Story," and later starred in "Father of the Bride," "Father of the Bride Part 2," "Housesitter," "Leap of Faith," "A Simple Twist of Fate," "Mixed Nuts" and "Sgt. Bilko." More recently, he portrayed Jimmy Dell in "The Spanish Prisoner." Martin will also soon be seen as the title character in director Frank Oz's "Bowfinger's," for which he also wrote the screenplay. GOLDIE HAWN (Nancy Clark) recently starred with Diane Keaton and Bette Midler in Paramount Pictures' blockbuster "The First Wives Club" and Woody Allen's comedy "Everyone Says I Love You." Hawn also made her directorial debut with "Hope," an original movie made for television. Hawn made her feature film debut in "The One and Only, Genuine Original Family Band" before playing opposite Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman in "Cactus Flower," which earned her the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hawn went on to star in "Butterflies are Free" and "The Sugarland Express," Steven Spielberg's first feature film. Her additional early films include "There's a Girl in My Soup," "The Girl from Petrovka," "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox," "Shampoo," "Foul Play," "Seems Like Old Times," "Swing Shift" and "Private Benjamin," which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Other credits include "Bird on a Wire," "Deceived," "Death Becomes Her," Woody Allen's "Everybody Says I Love You" and the forthcoming "Town and Country," with Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton and Jenna Elfman. JOHN CLEESE (Mr. Mersault) made his debut as a member of the Cambridge Footlights Revue in the West End, Cleese went on to perform in two Broadway shows: "The Cambridge Revue" and "Half a Sixpence" with Tommy Steele. He then returned to England to work for BBC Television on "The Frost Report," "At Last the 1948 Show," with Marty Feldman and "Monty Python's Flying Circus." In the 1970's, Cleese made his first Monty Python film, "And Now For Something Completely Different," later taking the comedy act on a stage tour before beginning with "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" in 1974 and the BBC-TV series, "Fawlty Towers" in 1975 and 1979. Since then he has made two other Monty Python films, "The Life of Brian" in 1978 and "The Meaning of Life" in 1982. He also directed several Amnesty stage shows including "The Secret Policeman's Ball." With the release of "A Fish Called Wanda" in 1988, Cleese won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and received an Oscar and Writers Guild nomination in the United States, as well as an Italian Oscar, for Best Screenplay. Most recently he has completed roles in "Isn't She Great," the soon to be released "The World Is Not Enough," as well as "George of the Jungle," and "Fierce Creatures," The Out of Towners opens in North America on 26th March. For further information contact PARAMOUNT PICTURES SHOTLIST: LOCATION: LOS ANGELES DATE: RECENT FILM TRAILER (THE OUT OF TOWNERS); SOT GOLDIE HAWN AND STEVE MARTIN (ACTORS); FILM CLIP; VS THE MAKING; SOT SAM WEISMAN (DIRECTOR); FILM CLIP; SOT JOHN CLEESE (ACTOR); FILM CLIP.?