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Libs
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 Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... roo wrote: So there are 2 movies named "Push" coming out in 2009? The Mo'Nique one has the subtitle of "Based on the Novel by Sapphire" to distinguish it.
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Oh snap, TWC and Lionsgate have sued each other over distribution rights to Push http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... af28b33ecband here's an article on just how difficult it will be to market the film http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/movies/05push.html
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Libs
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Ew I don't think I want the Weinsteins getting their grubby hands on this movie
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... I think TWC is probably the film's best chance at Oscar noms for the actresses.
Tyler Perry Present's Push has a bit of a stigma attached to it.
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roo
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Libs wrote: roo wrote: So there are 2 movies named "Push" coming out in 2009? The Mo'Nique one has the subtitle of "Based on the Novel by Sapphire" to distinguish it. I have been busy at work, but I have to be honest and say when I first saw you mention the Mo'Nique Push, I was like "That action movie with Dakota Fanning is that good????"
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Jonathan
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Dr. Lecter wrote: When was the last tiem a Sundance winner was a player in the big race? Frozen River won the Grand Jury prize last year, and now has two nominations. Maria Full of Grace won the Audience Award, and got an Actress nomination. American Splendor won Grand Jury prize and got a Screenplay nomination and won the WGA. In 2000 You Can Count On Me tied the Grand Jury prize with Girlfight, and while Girlfight disappeared YCCOM still got two nominations, the same as Frozen River. It also won the WGA. So no, hardly never.
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Rod
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... I will say the same thing I said about Sally Hawkins possibly missing out on Oscar this year in spite of her LA and NY wins.
Just because it hasn't happened before does not mean something can't happen for the first time any given year.
I hope Weinstein Company doesn't end up distributing it as I have a feeling they'd kill it's box office potential. And the potential is definitely there. The movie, if it stays true to the novel, has very universal appeal in the same way that The Color Purple did a couple of decades ago. In spite of it all I actually would dare to call the story life-affirming and all those other cliched adjectives. Taken into account a very media neglected demographic, crossover appeal, and awards buzz and I could see this doing very well at the box office. Maybe not a blockbuster or anything but it'll definitely do well if handled properly.
The media just wants to spin this story about how difficult it will be for this to break out so they can act shocked when it does well and turn it into an underdog story. But I suppose if it'll help the movie I don't mind all that much.
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Reviews are in for Cheri. Lots of praise for Pfeiffer, Bates, Score, Costume, Cinematography. The movie itself is somewhat mixed, though comparisons to several past BP nominees is always a good thing. Quote: http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDai...tStoryID=42972
Stephen Frears' sumptuously mounted film of Colette's novel Cheri is for the most part an entertaining drama boasting a host of deliciously poised performances. If it finally fails to find a satisfying dramatic tempo or tone, it is still bound to attract sizable specialised audiences (roughly the same crowds who warmed to Frears' The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons and Mrs Henderson Presents or other classy period pieces such as Doubt, The Duchess and Atonement.)
Initial critical response at its Berlin competition screening was mixed, suggesting that Cheri might have a harder road to travel in awards terms than The Queen Derek Elley at Variety Quote: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117...goryid=31&cs=1
Like a passable bottle of champagne, "Cheri" fizzes and slides down quite easily but lacks real body and doesn't really hit the spot. Driven along by Alexandre Desplat's busy score, scrumptious duds by Consolata Boyle, pastel-tinged widescreen lensing by Darius Khondji and, most of all, by Kathy Bates' scene-stealing turn, this Stephen Frears-Christopher Hampton adaptation of Colette's famous Belle Epoque tale of romance between an experienced older courtesan and a spoiled youth is, like Michelle Pfeiffer's lead perf, short on real passion and emotion. Moderate rather than sparkling biz looks likely. Kirk Honeycutt at HR Quote: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...03940267.story
Stephen Frears never makes the same movie twice. What he does do though is make thoroughly professional and immensely entertaining stories that pay particular attention to characters, their flaws, emotions and deepest desires. In "Cheri," he has another dandy. Whether it will travel as far as his last film, "The Queen," is hard to say, but with a radiant Michelle Pfeiffer as his heroine, "Cheri" could well be another breakout hit.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Jon wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: When was the last tiem a Sundance winner was a player in the big race? Frozen River won the Grand Jury prize last year, and now has two nominations. Maria Full of Grace won the Audience Award, and got an Actress nomination. American Splendor won Grand Jury prize and got a Screenplay nomination and won the WGA. In 2000 You Can Count On Me tied the Grand Jury prize with Girlfight, and while Girlfight disappeared YCCOM still got two nominations, the same as Frozen River. It also won the WGA. So no, hardly never. By the "big race", I meant Best Picture/Director. Assuming that's what Rod has meant. And that really has never happened. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... bump loyalfromlondon wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: When was the last tiem a Sundance winner was a player in the big race? Right, never. Never even come close, I'd say. In The Bedroom?
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Whoa, that's Michelle Pfeiffer? It's like The Age of Innocence deja-vu!  _________________
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Anything with Zooey! _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... loyalfromlondon wrote: bump loyalfromlondon wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: When was the last tiem a Sundance winner was a player in the big race? Right, never. Never even come close, I'd say. In The Bedroom? It hasn't won the Jury Grand Prize. I was going by these: http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Sun ... _Festival/_________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Can NC-17 hurt it?
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... Anton Chigurh wrote: Can NC-17 hurt it? it would destroy it. Has it been rated NC-17??????????
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... I believe so.
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... I can't find any info online about the NC-17 rating. I did find this great story about the fight between TWC and Lionsgate over Push http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... 3a4a?imw=YApparently it all boils down to emails and how they were responded to. 
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1164999/director of Babel + Javier Bardem + drugs. Sounds like a BP nom to me 
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Re: 2009's Surprise "Little" Oscar Films Will Be... billybobwashere wrote: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1164999/ director of Babel + Javier Bardem + drugs. Sounds like a BP nom to me why so sad? 
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