September 2011
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Where And When To See "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Per Fox Searchlight -
10/21/11
NEW YORK AMC Lincoln Square, New York, NY Angelika Film Center, New York, NY
LOS ANGELES The Landmark, Los Angeles, CA Pacific Arclight Hollywood, Hollywood CA
10/28/11
TORONTO, ON Varsity Theater, Toronto, ON NEW YORK AMC Empire, New York, NY CHICAGO, IL River East, Chicago, IL Century Centre Cinema 7, Chicago IL DALLAS/FT. WORTH, TX Cinemark’s West...
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Millennium Entertainment acquires Oren Mooverman's... →
Millennium Entertainment acquired the cop drama for $2 million and plans to release the film theatrically this year, meaning it would qualify for Oscar consideration. Rampart is directed by Oren Mooverman and stars Woody Harrelson. Millennium Entertainment previously released Trust and is also slated to release Puncture, Little Birds and Trespass.
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Toronto International Film Festival Awards -...
Lebanese film Where Do We Go Now beats favourites The Artist and The Descendants.
Cadillac People’s Choice Award: Where Do We Go Now, directed by Nadine Labacki
Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Documentary: The Island President, directed by Jon Shenk.
Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Midnight Madness: The Raid, directed by Gareth Huw Evans
City of Toronto and Astral Media’s The Movie...
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Oscilloscope acquires Andrea Arnold's "Wuthering... →
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In 20 years of coming to the Toronto Film Festival, I’ve never released a statement for a film. But I would like to take this moment to formally invite Republican congresswoman from Minnesota and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to co-host with me the big premiere of ‘Butter’ in Iowa in a few months from now.
I know Michele will already be in Iowa for ...
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Liddell Entertainment acquires "Killer Joe" |... →
Mickey Liddell is currently hatching a plan to release the film in 2012, putting it out of any kind of awards contention.
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Lionsgate enters talks to acquire "Friends With... →
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CBS Films Acquire "Salmon Fishing In The Yemen" |... →
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Some category placement news -
Fox Searchlight will campaign Brad Pitt in Best Supporting Actor for The Tree of Life. Jessica Chastain will be in Best Supporting Actress for the same film.
Fox Searchlight will also mount a campaign for Carey Mulligan in Best Supporting Actress for Shame.
Barrymore producers hope to get a distribution deal in place so as to run Christopher Plummer in Best...
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First look at Oren Mooverman-Woody Harrelson... →
“Rampart” debuts tonight at TIFF and is currently seeking domestic distribution. Scott Feinberg presents four clips from the film which reunites Oren Mooverman and Woody Harrelson who last worked together on the Academy Award-nominated “The Messenger”.
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In light of Michael Fassbender’s Volpi Cup win tonight, I thought I’d just post a reminder of some of the past winners of the prize who went onto other awards glory -
2009 - Colin Firth (A Single Man)
2007 - Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)
2006 - Helen Mirren (The Queen)
2005 - David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck)
2004 - Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
2002 - Julianne...
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List of winners at Venice -
VENEZIA 68 Golden Lion for Best Film Faust by Aleksander Sokurov (Russia)
Silver Lion for Best Director Shangjun CAI for the film Ren Shan Ren Hai (People Mountain People Sea) (China – Hong Kong)
Special Jury Prize Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese (Italy)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor Michael Fassbender in the film Shame by Steve McQueen (United Kingdom)
Coppa...
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"Shame" sells to Fox Searchlight | THR →
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First review of "Coriolanus" | The Playlist →
Some choice quotes from the positive notice -
“Fiennes is a force of nature here—it’s as if after several years of profitably iconic noseless hissing as Lord Voldemort, he wanted to remind us he could act.”
“Vanessa Redgrave is terrifying here—precise and sharp, cutting bloodlessly.”
“Coriolanus” has the earmarks of a passion project, to be certain, but it also...
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Deal Expected For "Shame" By Saturday
Interesting tidbit from this Variety article re: US buyers at TIFF -
“Take Steve McQueen’s tale of sexual obsession, “Shame,” produced by See Saw Films, the shingle behind “The King’s Speech.” After the pic’s screenings in Venice and Telluride, U.S. buyers, including Fox Searchlight, the Weinstein Co. and at least two others are circling despite...
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"J. Edgar" to open AFI Festival | Reuters →
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To all the people wondering why Eddie Murphy is hosting the Oscars, this Deadline article pretty much sums it up. Here are the main points worth considering, though -
Brett Ratner is producing the Oscars. Brett Ratner also directed the upcoming action comedy Tower Heist, which stars Eddie Murphy.
Eddie Murphy is hoping to resurrect his comedy career with Tower Heist, a film which is garnering...
Academy announcement re: Eddie Murphy
Oscar® nominee Eddie Murphy, whose performing career spans movies, television and the stage, will host this year’s Academy Awards show on Sunday, February 26, 2012, telecast producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer announced today. This will be Murphy’s first hosting stint on the Oscars®.
“Eddie is a comedic genius, one of the greatest and most influential live performers ever,” said...
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