Monday October 23, 7:08 pm Eastern Time

Press Release

SOURCE: Paramount Pictures

World Premiere of 'LUCKY NUMBERS' - UPDATE

WHAT: World Premiere of "LUCKY NUMBERS"

WHO: ``LUCKY NUMBERS'' cast attendees include: John Travolta, Lisa

Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Bill Pullman,

Daryl Mitchell, Michael Weston and Michael Moore

               Filmmaker attendees include: Nora Ephron, Adam Resnick,
               Andrew Lazar, Jonathan D. Krane, Sean Daniel

               Others include: Jennifer Aniston, Kelly Preston, Christian
               Slater, Halle Berry, Lisa Marie Presley, Laura Dern, Oliva
               Newton-John, Hugh Jackman, David Krumholtz, Scott Valentine,
               Gloria Stuart. ... more to follow.


    WHEN:      Tuesday, October 24, 2000, 7:30pm (arrivals begin at 6:00 p.m.)

    WHERE:     Paramount Pictures, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California

``LUCKY NUMBERS''

Local celebrity TV weatherman Russ Richards (JOHN TRAVOLTA) is on the verge of losing his shirt. He's losing money hand over fist in an unsuccessful snowmobile dealership he owns in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Desperate to avert financial ruin, Russ, together with Crystal (LISA KUDROW), the TV station's lotto ball girl, gets mixed up in a lottery scheme. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as their plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

     Release Date:            October 27, 2000
     Directed by:             Nora Ephron
     Starring:                John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth,
                              Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Bill Pullman,
                              Daryl Mitchell, and Michael Moore
     Written by:              Adam Resnick
     Produced by:             Andrew Lazar, Jonathan D. Krane, Sean Daniel
                              and Nora Ephron
     Executive Producer:      G. Mac Brown
     MPAA Rating:             This film is rated "R" by the MPAA for language,
                              sexuality, some drug use and brief violence.


    ALL PRESS MUST BE ACCREDITED TO COVER ARRIVALS

For further information, please call: Photo - Mike Berman, 323-956-5681, Print/Radio - Soni Ede, 323-956-8975, TV - Gail Silverman, 323-956-4721, International - Alfred Pignat, 323-956-5551

SOURCE: Paramount Pictures