Ethan Hawke thriller Taking Lives made its debut in third place while Starsky and Hutch fell to number four.

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Also with Stiller, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn, and John Mahoney.

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Also with Sinead Cusack, David Morrissey, Ethan Hawke, and John Heard.

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Denzel Washington is Alonzo Harris, a decorated Los Angeles narcotics cop who breaks in his new partner, Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke), a talented rookie from the Valley.

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Also making its debut will be Before Midnight, reuniting director Richard Linklater with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy for a third Before Sunrise film, set in Greece nine years on.

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Greg Kinnear and Ethan Hawke star.

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But Ms. Delpy and her collaborators, actor-writer Ethan Hawke and writer-director Richard Linklater, would go on to create "Before Sunset" (2004) and "Before Midnight, " which opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles after an enthusiastic reception on the festival circuit.

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Also notable are new films from art-house directors such as Richard Linklater ("Before Midnight, " which reunites stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke), Neil LaBute ("Some Velvet Morning"), David Gordon Green ("Prince Avalanche, " with Mr. Rudd and Emile Hirsch), Mira Nair ("The Reluctant Fundamentalist") and Neil Jordan ("Byzantium").

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