Monday July 19, 5:48 pm Eastern Time

Company Press Release

Benefit Premiere Screening of ``Runaway Bride''

WHAT:   Benefit Premiere Screening of "Runaway Bride"

WHO:    "Runaway Bride" cast members include:  Julia Roberts,
        Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Christopher
        Meloni, Paul Dooley
        Filmmakers attending include:  Director Garry Marshall,
        Producers Robert Cort, Ted Field, Scott Kroopf and Tom
        Rosenberg and Executive Producers Gary Lucchesi, David
        Madden and Ted Tannebaum
        Other guests include:  Eric Clapton, Carey Lowell, Eric
        Roberts, Henry Winkler, Gloria Stuart, Catherine Keener,
        Dermot Mulroney, Diane Warren, Evan and Jaron ... and more
        to come.

WHEN:   Sunday, July 25, 1999 - 6:30 p.m.  Arrivals begin at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE:  Mann National Theatre
        10925 Lindbrook
        Westwood, Calif.

About "Runaway Bride"
     Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures present "Runaway
Bride" in association with Lakeshore Entertainment. "Runaway Bride"
brings Julia Roberts, Richard Gere and director Garry Marshall
together for the first time since they teamed up for the blockbuster
hit "Pretty Woman." A romantic comedy, "Runaway Bride" stars Julia
Roberts as a woman who has left three grooms at the altar and Richard
Gere as the cynical reporter who decides to write an article about her
marital near-misses.

About the Music Center of Los Angeles County
     The Music Center of Los Angeles County is one of the world's
premier centers for the performing arts and one of the community's
most important cultural resources.  Since it opened in 1964, the
Center has offered the finest in music, opera, drama and dance on its
main stages and provided vital arts-education services to schools
throughout Southern California.  The Center is home to the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, the Center Theatre Group, the L.A. Opera and the Los
Angeles Chorale and to the nationally recognized Music Center
Education Division.

Release Date:             July 30, 1999
Directed by:              Garry Marshall
Produced by:              Ted Field and Tom Rosenberg, Scott Kroopf
                           and Robert Cort
Executive Produced by:    Ted Tannebaum, David Madden and Gary
                           Lucchesi
Written by:               Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott
MPAA Rating:              PG

     All Media Must be Accredited to Cover Arrivals to the Event

Paramount Pictures, Hollywood
Photo: Michael Berman, 323/956-5681
Print/Radio: Susan Indri, 323/956-5915