Amid the celebrities and paparazzi crowding the Cannes Film Festival last week, Katriel Schory roamed the bustling boulevard Croisette like a proud parent. \”Israeli cinema has never had such a presence here,\” Schory, director of the Israel Film Fund, said via the cell phone that seems attached to his ear.
Based on Whedon\’s short-lived 2002 TV series, \”Firefly,\” whose fan base helped spur the movie, \”Serenity\” revolves around the outlaws\’ attempts to discover the telepath\’s true identity after she beats up everyone in a bar.
Basically, it\’s boy meets cute girl, girl hates boy and vice versa, boy and girl fall in love, boy and girl will live happily, at least as long as it lasts.\n\nThe characters are updated and slightly older, Neil Simon said, but otherwise, a new TV version of his \”The Goodbye Girl\” retains the easy charm and predictable plot of the 1977 hit film and later Broadway play.\n\n\”The Goodbye Girl,\” TV style, will premiere Jan. 16 on Turner Network Television (TNT) at 8 p.m. and encore at the same time on Jan. 17 and 18.\n\n
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