Note Pad Archive for August, 2005
The Ultimate Indie Fest Teams With The Academy
August 17, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Academy to Receive Telluride Festival Archives Beverly Hills, CA — The directors of the Telluride Film Festival will donate a comprehensive collection of documents, photos and videotapes from the Festival to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library. The materials cover every year of the…
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Will this movie be held up as one of the best now or later? Meet two of the key puzzle pieces.
Read the full article »Temporary Blindness
Which high profile Oscar movie does not have the support of the marketing exec who has to sell the darn thing? Which assumed Oscar-running film is going to be moving out of 2005 to 2006 pretty soon? What Oscar chaser has some other studio types wondering if there is enough money earmarked to actually release…
Read the full article » 3 Comments »Gardener On A Date
Focus has moved The Constant Gardener to August 31… and my anxiety level about how this magnificent film will perform moved from high to ridiculous. The date is pretty much identical to Focus’s 2004 release, Vanity Fair… also a film for adults… also a well-respected filmmaker… but also with Reese Witherspoon. Still, released on the…
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Cillian Murphy, who is still “that Irish guy who was in 28 Days Later” for most people and likely will still be after Red Eye is said to give a performance in Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto that may well make him the better known Jaye Davidson or the less known Charlize Theron of this…
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