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Poster Watch: Bright Star Heads Into Awards Season
Here's the new poster for Jane Campion's Bright Star , which will follow its strong Cannes debut with likely September fest appearances in Telluride and Toronto. This critic-friendly film is a soft lob down the middle for Academy voters, methinks--as long as Berney & Co. What do you think? But if anyone can do it.
Thompson On Hollywood - Friday, July 17, 2009
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Hurt Locker, Other Award Pics Directed by Women
The movie has a shot at one of ten slots in the wide open Oscar best picture race. Aside from critics' raves, The Hurt Locker boasts other advantages in the Oscar race. Also, the film industry, well aware of the failure of every Iraq War film to date, has been waiting for the exception that would break through and reach audiences.
Thompson On Hollywood - Sunday, June 28, 2009
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Oscar Changes: Winners and Losers
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis has another surprise up his sleeve: Thursday he's going to promise that the Oscar show to be broadcast on ABC will not be longer this year, even with ten best picture nominations instead of five. Oscar bloggers will likely see a boost in Oscar ads too.
Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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  • Cannes Watch: Rocky Indie Terrain
    There's considerable uncertainty heading toward Cannes this year. If this year's Cannes marketplace reflects anything about the state of the business, it's that the industry is constantly shifting. It snapped up a whopping 16 films out of Cannes last year for U.S. So far Leigh has nabbed six career Oscar noms.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Thursday, April 30, 2009
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  • Oscar Watch: Nine Films Make Foreign Shortlist; Gomorra Does Not
    The Oscar foreign film short list is solid, but there's one glaring omission: the Italian entry Gomorra. But so was Gomorra, a tough slice of real Italian gangster life which was probably too violent for the foreign branch and must have split the exec committee, which added three other films to the final list of nine.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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  • Cannes: The Night Before
    One tried-and-true Cannes ritual is the Tuesday night dinner at La Pizza. Julian Sancton will be blogging Cannes for the first time for VanityFair.com. This IndieWire Cannes photo of Pedro Almodovar and muse Penelope Cruz dates back to Volver in 2006. She has two men in love with her (Oscar Isaac and Max Minghella).
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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  • Cannes: Winners and Losers
    Who came out ahead and behind on their Cannes jaunt this year? The studio won big by using Cannes as the European launch for Pixar’s Up. I remember meeting Carrey for the first time when he came to Cannes to promo The Mask.). Tarantino, who was in a rush to Cannes, now has some time to fine-tune his movie. Disney. Tetro.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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  • Oscar Changes: Winners and Losers
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis has another surprise up his sleeve: Thursday he's going to promise that the Oscar show to be broadcast on ABC will not be longer this year, even with ten best picture nominations instead of five. Oscar bloggers will likely see a boost in Oscar ads too.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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  • Cannes Day One: Up Up and Away
    Cannes master promoter Thierry Fremaux knows what he is doing: the photo taken from the Debussy stage of the Cannes press corps wearing 3-D glasses will be seen everywhere. I started out the morning in tears during Up , which as Disney chairman Dick Cook puts it, is Pixar's "most emotional film." They had to be returned.)
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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  • Cannes: Sony Classics Acquires Audiard's Prophet
    As expected, Sony Pictures Classics, which brought Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces to Cannes, has finally annnounced its multi-territory acquisition of Jacques Audiard's micro-community prison film A Prophet" , which currently leads the Screen International critics poll. Here's IFC's critics round-up. moviegoers.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Friday, May 22, 2009
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  • Poster Watch: Bright Star Heads Into Awards Season
    Here's the new poster for Jane Campion's Bright Star , which will follow its strong Cannes debut with likely September fest appearances in Telluride and Toronto. This critic-friendly film is a soft lob down the middle for Academy voters, methinks--as long as Berney & Co. What do you think? But if anyone can do it.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Friday, July 17, 2009
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  • Sony Hearts Chanel and Auteurs Haneke, Almodovar
    At a time when other distribs are treading cautiously, steady Cannes buyer Sony Pictures Classics bets on their own taste and gut instinct for what they can achieve in the marketplace. They don't always wait to see how a film will play at a festival, and try not to overpay (although they get clipped every now and then).
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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  • Hurt Locker, Other Award Pics Directed by Women
    The movie has a shot at one of ten slots in the wide open Oscar best picture race. Aside from critics' raves, The Hurt Locker boasts other advantages in the Oscar race. Also, the film industry, well aware of the failure of every Iraq War film to date, has been waiting for the exception that would break through and reach audiences.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Sunday, June 28, 2009
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