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             "I Spy" Opens Nationwide on November 1, 2002

WHAT:    World premiere of Columbia Pictures' "I Spy"

         Fists fly and the fighting gets down and dirty when
         undefeated middle-weight champion Kelly Robinson (Eddie
         Murphy) finally meets his match, Bureau of National Security
         super-agent Alex Scott (Owen Wilson), in the hilarious
         adventure "I Spy," directed by Betty Thomas ("Dr. Dolittle,"
         "The Brady Bunch").

         It's hate at first sight when Scott is unwittingly paired up
         with Robinson to track down the Air Force's missing stealth
         bomber, the country's new top-secret weapon.  The fate of the
         free world is in their hands.  Now if they can only stop
         fighting with one other long enough to track down the real
         enemy.

WHO:     From the film:  Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Malcolm McDowell,
         Gary Cole, Phil Lewis and Director Betty Thomas, as well as
         Producers Jenno Topping, Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna.

WHEN:    Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002
         Press Call Time   5:00 p.m.
         Arrivals          6:00 p.m.
         Screening         7:30 p.m.

WHERE:   Cinerama Dome
         6360 Sunset Blvd.
         Hollywood

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Contact:
     Columbia Pictures
     Nathan Marcy, 310/244-4446 (TV/Print)
     Alex Ritchie, 310/244-2078 (International requests)
     Matt Young, 310/244-4865 (Photographers)