WHO: From the film: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Raoul Bova, Vincent
Riotta, Valentine Pelka, producers Mark Gill and Tom Sternberg
and writer/director Audrey Wells.


               Other guests include Bill Pullman, Eric McCormack, Ted Danson,
               Mary Steenburgen, Kurt Rambis, Benjamin Bratt, Suzanne Somers,
               Mimi Rogers, Bob Saget, Bai Ling, Jeffrey Tambor, Chris
               McDonald, Geoff Stults, George Stults, Harry Hamlin, Nicolette
               Sheridan, Victoria Tennant, Mae Whitman, Samantha Mathis,
               Jeanie Buss, Lisa Rinna and more...

    WHAT:      To celebrate the world premiere of TOUCHSTONE PICTURES'
               UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN.

               The life of freshly divorced San Francisco writer Frances Mayes
               (Diane Lane) is about to take an unexpected but much needed
               upturn.  Trying to shake Frances out of her lethargy and
               post-breakup funk, her friend Patti (Sandra Oh) offers Frances
               a gift that she hopes will do the trick: a ten day trip to
               Tuscany, in the heart of Italy.

               And right there, under the Tuscan sun, the unlikeliest thing
               happens: Frances impulsively buys a run-down villa named
               "Bramasole" -- literally, "something that yearns for the
               sun" -- and in so doing, plunges herself into a brand new life.
               As she embraces the local ways and devotes herself to the
               restoration of her new home, Frances finds herself forming
               close bonds with the people around her and slowly rediscovers
               the pleasures of laughter, friendship and romance.  Even as she
               stumbles forward on her uncertain journey, one thing becomes
               clear: in life, there are second chances.

    WHEN:      Saturday, September 20, 2003

    CONTACTS:  For Media Inquires Only, Please Contact:

               Print & Photo        E. Wolfe                      818/560-5781
               Broadcast            A. Ludwig / J. Peterson       818/560-1217
               International        M. Todd                       818/972-3569

                           YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED
                        YOU MUST CALL FOR CREDENTIALS

                             TOUCHSTONE PICTURES'
                             UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN
                       Opens Friday, September 26, 2003