Entertainment Europe: Young Hollywood pt2 - Hot new talent honoured
TAPE: EF02/0386
IN_TIME: 14:21:47
DURATION: 5:40
SOURCES: APTN/Columbia/Warner Bros
RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film clips without clearance
DATELINE: Los Angeles. May 5, 2002
SHOTLIST
1. Various set-up shots red carpet
2. Set-up shots Kevin Spacey
3. SOT: (English) Kevin Spacey "You know, it's slightly embarrassing, but I also feel it's also really important. I was mentored by a lot of people in my career in the early times so it means a lot to me to get an honour like this."
4. Set-up shot Christina Applegate with mother
5. Film clip - 'The Sweetest Thing'
6. SOT: (English) Christina Applegate (on the best part of being famous): "That's the best part of it. The best part of it is being able to go out there and love people and take care of people and be able to have a voice and an influence. If we do this for nothing else, that should really be one of our top priorities."
7. Set-up shot Jake Gyllenhaal
8. SOT: (English) Jake Gyllenhaal (on how he's changed as an actor): "I think I have a lot more respect for the craft, you know. Just through experience you gain a newfound respect for whatever you do if you really love to do it. Movie after movie you're working with better actors and better actors, just really incredible talent. It's just - you keep learning and realising you have to learn more. You just can never get it right."
10. Set-up shot Thora Birch
11. SOT: (English) Thora Birch (on dealing with fame at a young age): "I'm taking it more as a note of, you know, encouragement rather than really congratulating myself. In fact, when I first heard about it I said, are you sure? I barely do hardly nothing compared to what I wish I could do. So, I'm very, very flattered and honoured."
12. Zoom into Elijah Wood
13. Cutaway press
14. SOT: (English) Elijah Wood (on how Lord of the Rings changed him): "As I get older, and the more I learn and the more I grow is how I change as an actor. It's all dependent upon the experiences that you have as an individual and how you use those experiences. So, I think that as an experience for life it was so dramatic in terms of my personal evolution that it allowed me to grow as an actor as well, just through the experiences. Working with the people and living on my own and so on and so forth."
15. Film clip - 'Lord of the Rings'
16. Pan from fans to venue
17. Set-up shot Mandy Moore
18. SOT: (English) Mandy Moore on music to movies: "I have been very lucky to make a semi-smooth transition into the whole film aspect of things, enjoying it. I've gotten to make films so far that I'm very proud of and honoured to be a part of so as long as I can continue that, then I'll be very happy."
19. SOT: (English) Robert Luketic, Director 'Legally Blonde' (his first feature film): "It's incredible. You know, you finish film school and think I have this degree, I've eaten rice and beans for four years and I've been very poor and you think now what? How do I actually make a feature film? For me, it was a very expedited process. I got a film into Sundance and Telluride, before you know it you're talking to Miramax and MGM and you're making a movie? I have to admit I was very nervous. Will this go straight to video or how does it work? Is anyone going to see it? I have to admit, I had very modest expectations of what my first film was going to be and you have to do that otherwise you become a monster and I'm not ready to become a monster yet."
20. Set-up shot Brittany Murphy
21. SOT: (English) Brittany Murphy (on what she'd advise a young person who wanted to be an actor): "I don't know, I haven't discovered it yet, but I would always advise someone younger than I to commit to their dreams and always be honest with themselves and never forget where they came from. Always commit to your dreams because they do come true. We're in America, baby."
22. Pan of red carpet
FRESH FACED STARS SCRUB UP AND STEP OUT
They're young and they're beautiful, they are Tinseltown's next generation of box office stars.
Movieline Magazine hosted its Fourth Annual Young Hollywood Awards honouring the youngest and brightest stars.
Not everyone is fresh out of braces or the wretched days of teen acne, though.
Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, aged 42, may look a bit long in the tooth to be making the rounds here - but he is the recipient of the Young Hollywood Role Model Award.
It's a mantle he says he's proud to wear. Last year the award went to movie veteran Dennis Hopper.
Just about everyone else on the red carpet, though, is of an age group in which 30 still seems old.
Christina Applegate ('The Sweetest Thing') took home two awards - the 'Something Extra' Award and the 'Brilliant Cut' award for her philanthropic efforts.
Applegate is an active supporter for cancer research, having watched her mother, who accompanied her to the event, survive breast cancer.
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, 21, (Breakthrough Performance Award') got his first acting role was when he was 11-years-old, and has graced the silver screen several times over the last year - taking on the leads in the comedy 'Bubble Boy' and 'Donnie Darko.'
Thora Birch, 20, ('American Beauty', 'The Hole') brought a bag full of humility with her - noting that one of her proudest achievements is her work with the charity Best Buddies which helps developmentally disabled youths forge friendships with others.
Talent working on the other side of the camera was recognised in the shape of the debut Aussie director of 'Legally Blonde,' Robert Luketic (Class Act Award for Hottest Young Filmmaker).
He still seemed stunned by his metoric rise from impoverished film student to Hollywood player.
Other well-known faces on the red carpet included 'Lord of the Rings' star Elijah Wood, 22, (Hottest Coolest, Young Veteran award) and the formerly blonde singing sensation -turned-silver-screen-newcomer Mandy Moore, 22, ('The Princess Diaries').
The stars might be new but the dreams are as old as cinema itself.
'Girl Interrupted' star Brittany Murphy, 24, explained: "I would always advise someone younger than I to commit to their dreams and always be honest with themselves and never forget where they came from. We're in America, baby!"
Full list of winners:
Hottest coolest, young veteran award: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood
'Something Extra Award : Christina Applegate
Breakthrough Performance Award: Shannyn Sossamon, Jake Gyllenhaal
New Stylemakers: Monet Mazur, Kip Pardue
Standout Performance by a Young Actor: Brittany Murphy Jason Behr
Superstars of tomorrow: Mandy Moore, Shane West
One to Watch: jcolin Hanks, Gregory Smith, Mila Kunis, Evan Rachel Wood
PlayStation 2 Next Generation Award, Selma Blair
Exciting New Face Award, Chyler Leigh, Ian Somerhalder
Talent for Charity Award: Thora Birch
Cultural Icon: Tony Hawk (skate boarder)
Brilliant Cut: Christina Applegate
Class Act Award for Hottest Young Filmmaker: Robert Luketic (director of 'Legally Blonde')
Young Hollywood's Role Model Award: Kevin Spacey
CLEARANCE DETAILS
The Sweetest Thing
Columbia Pictures
(20) 7533 1111
Lord of the Rings
New Line Cinema