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Nothing But The Truth to open Santa Barbara Film Festival
Rod Lurie's political thriller Nothing By The Truth and the world premiere of Jeff Balsmeyer's rags-to-riches drama Lightbulb bookend the 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which runs from January 22-February 1.David Fincher is named guest director and will be the subject of a retrospective. Fincher's latest release The Curious ...
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Coens, Allen, Nolans, Beaufoy among WGA nominees
Joel and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading, Dustin Lance Black's Milk, Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Tom McCarthy's The Visitor and Robert Siegel's The Wrestler will contest the Writers Guild Of America's original screenplay category.In the adapted category, the nominees are: Eric Roth's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button from ...
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NewsMy Winnipeg wins inaugural Toronto critic's Best Canadian Film Award
Guy Maddin’s meta-documentary My Winnipeg won the inaugural C$10,000 Rogers Best Canadian FilmAward as the Toronto Film Critics Association held its first awards gala in Toronto Tuesday night.
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Patrice Theroux to chair Canadian distributors' lobby
Entertainment One president of filmed entertainment Patrice Theroux has been appointed chair of the Canadian Association of Films Distributors and Exporters (CAFDE). He replaces outgoing chair Victor Loewy, chairman and CEO of Alliance Films. The trade association represents the interests of Canadian-owned distribution companies - including Alliance, E1 Films Canada, ...
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ASC names Dod Mantle, Deakins, Menges among annual nominees
The American Society Of Cinematographers has named the five finallists in its 23rd Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards to take pace in Los Angeles on February 15.They are: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button photographed by Claudio Miranda; The Dark Knight shot by Wally Pfister; The Reader by Chris Menges and ...
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Ed Catmull to receive Gordon E Sawyer Award from Academy
Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios president and Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull will receive the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Gordon E Sawyer Award 'for his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the field of computer graphics for the motion picture industry.'An Oscar statuette will be presented ...
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Mutant Chronicles finally scores US deal with Magnet Releasing
Magnet Releasing has taken US rights to the sci-fi action release Mutant Chronicles starring Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki and John Malkovich.The Edward R Pressman production was directed by Simon Hunter from Philip Eisner's adapted screenplay based on Paradox Entertainment's role playing game.As part of the Wagner/Cuban Companies' Ultra ...
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Lorber's new label acquires Ferrara and Maysles' The Gates
Richard Lorber's fledgling label Alive Mind has acquired all North American rights to Antonio Ferrera and Albert Maysles' documentary The Gates.Alive Mind will open The Gates theatrically in New York in spring before a limited nationwide roll-out. The film will also be immediately available to educational institutions.The Maysles began filming ...
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Dark Knight, Benjamin Button among seven effects Oscar finalists
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced the seven films shortlisted for the visual effects Oscar.They are: Australia, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Journey To The Center Of The Earth and The Mummy: Tomb Of The ...
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Global Film Initiative signs deal with Virgin America
The Global Film Initiative has signed a deal with Virgin America to show the Global Lens series on the North American domestic airline's RED in-flight entertainment system.Films from the series are now available on demand on all Virgin America flights. The current Global Lens series includes South African comedy Bunny ...
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Regent acquires domestic rights to The Little Traitor
Regent Releasing has acquired North American rights to Panther Productions and Evanstone Films' historical drama The Little Traitor starring Alfred Molina.Lynn Roth wrote and directed the timely story set in Palestine in 1947 about a friendship between a Palestinian boy and a sergeant in the occupying British Army. Ido Port ...
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Lechner to steer production slate for Washington Square
Producer and development executive Jack Lechner has struck a first-look deal with New York and Los Angeles-based based Washington Square Arts & Films (WSF) to expand the company's film slate.Lechner will be based at WSF's Manhattan office in charge of bringing in new projects and shepherding those already on WSF's ...
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Visit Films takes worldwide rights to The Missing Person
Ryan Kampe and Sylvain Tron's Visit Films has boarded worldwide rights to Noah Buschel's The Missing Person, set to premiere at Sundance and receive its market premiere in Berlin.Michael Shannon, red hot following his stand-out turn in Revolutionary Road, stars alongside Amy Ryan, and Tony Award winner Frank Wood as ...
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Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Dark Knight among PGA nominees
The Curious Case Of Benjamin, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Milk and Slumdog Millionaire will contest the Producers Guild Of America's The Darryl F Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award.Man On Wire, Standard Operating Procedure and Trouble The Water are the documentary nominees while Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E will ...
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Departures finds US home with Regent Releasing
Regent Releasing has picked up Yojiro Takita's Japanese foreign language Oscar submission Departures for North American distribution.Regent's West Coast general manager and executive vice president distribution and acquisitions Mark Reinhart negotiated the deal with Satoko Ishida of Shochiku. The company plans a limited release this summer.Departures earned 13 Japanese Academy ...
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Relativity Media completes acquisition of Rogue from Universal
Relativity Media has completed its purchase of Rogue Pictures from Universal Pictures, Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh announced on Sunday [January 4].Relativity acquired Rogue's entire library, more than 30 projects in development and ownership of Rogue's producing deals, which encompasses relationships with Wes Craven and Intrepid.The first picture set for release ...
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Marley & Me soars past $100m after second weekend on release
With no major new releases in play the top seven titles stayed put as Fox's comedy Marley & Me started the year as top dog and tore past $100m in its second weekend. Overall box office gained 7.4% on the same weekend last year as the top 12 releases grossed ...
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Waltz With Bashir, Happy-Go-Lucky win with National Society
Waltz With Bashir was named best picture of the year by the National Society of Film Critics with 26 votes, ahead of Happy-Go-Lucky and Wall-E tied in second place with 20 votes apiece.Sean Penn ran away with the best actor prize for Milk on 87 votes, followed by Mickey Rourke ...