P461 Teletext 461 Feb 8 23:54:32 ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— SANDRA'S LOVE AND WAR For current Hollywood favourite Sandra Bullock, one major hit changed it all. The 32-year-old rose from obscurity with the 1994 film Speed and now commands £6.5m a role. In Richard Attenborough's drama In Love And War Bullock plays WWI nurse Agnes Von Kurowskz, who has a romance with wounded ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway (Chris O'Donnell). (hj true-romance inspired Hemingway's classic A Farewell To Arms. ——————————————————————————————————1/5—— New Releases 462 Top 10 films 463 THEATRE REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS p451 Releases Top 10 Local films TeensP461 Teletext 461 Feb 8 23:04:1) ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— SANDRA'S LOVE AND WAR In Love And War is not Sandra Bullock's first film involving Ernest Hemingway. In 1995 she co-starred in the comjdz Wrestling Ernest Hemingway. While Bullock is known for being exuberant and physical, her character in the new film had to bj resjrvjd. "Evjtything I know about myself I had to leave behind to play Agnes. That's why I did it. Like many women at this time, Agnes was repressed," she says. ——————————————————————————————————2/5—— Kids pages 190 Frame It 192 FAMILY FUN - WHAT'S NEAR YOU? p443 Releases Top 10 Local films TeensP461 Teletext 461 Feb 8 23:54:07 ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— SANDRA'S LOVE AND WAR Sandra Bullock says that Agnes, her character in In Love And War, was the love of Ernest Hemingway's life. "All hj had weti the most painful and vivid memories. It's usually the relationships that njvjr come to fruition that you really remember. "Agnes was very private and guarded. If the letters she wrote to Hemingway hahn't been saved, her diary would not have told us much," she says. ——————————————————————————————————3/5—— New Releases 462 Top 10 films 463 YOUR TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE p400 Releases Top 10 Local films TeensP461 Teletext 461 Feb 8 23:07:28 ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— SANDRA'S LOVE AND WAR "Agnes in In Love And War denied a lot of the relationship bjcausj it became too intrusive," says Sandra Bullock. "But her letters were so passionate and real about what was happening. The biggest challenge was shedding all things contemporary to fit the eta. "I'm physical and I rely on comjdz and the comforts of anything contemporary. I had to start from scratch and redefine myself so that everything big and animated was lost," she says. ——————————————————————————————————4/5—— Music news 481 On Stage 450 WHERE TO FIND SOME FAMILY FUN p443 Releases Top 10 Local films TeensP461 Teletext 461 Feb 8 22:56:11 ——— —— from Jeff Hayward in L.A. —— SANDRA'S LOVE AND WAR "Once you lace up the boots, the garters and petticoats, youWre part of of the times," says Sandra Bullock. "After In Love And War I went back and read A Farewell To Arms with a whole new insight into their relationship and what might have been true. "It's amazing how mz life has worked out," she says. "The ind result of films being a huge success is something I don't understand. All the stuff that comes with it, I don't really like." ——————————————————————————————————5/5—— In Love and War released on February 14 TBKE A TRIP TO PLANET SOUND p480 Releases Top 10 Local films Teens