11.   As the film opens, he is decked out in goggles and wings and about to launch himself off the ledge of a London bank.

12.   As the film opens, the job is nearly complete.

13.   As the film opens, he is at a clinic waiting for the results of an AIDS test.

14.   As the film opens, she has moved out of the house and gotten a punkish haircut to match her defiant attitude.

15.   Beware of any form of quote-ad rapture that originates too far before the film has opened, perhaps even before it has been made.

16.   A film must open by the end of the year to qualify for the Oscars.

17.   A film opens, sells a lot of tickets, and inevitably drops off.

18.   After the film opens, Stanley suspects life will return to normal.

19.   All that work finally pays off when the film opens this Wednesday.

20.   But first they hope the film will open their brand of comedy, with all of its African-American sensibilities intact, to a wider audience.