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+ ON THE SCENE: CANNES '06: Line up Set for 38th Directors' Fortnight
+ BIZ: "Army" Invades Specialty Box office; "Water" Rises+ IPOP: Ebert's Divas
+ IPOP: "One Percent": The American Rich Get Richer, and the Poor...
+ IPOP: "War Tapes" Intros+ BUZZ & RUMORS
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+ ON THE SCENE: CANNES '06: Line up Set for 38th Directors' Fortnightby Brian Brooks (May 3, 2006)
Since 1969, the French Directors Guild has programmed a selection of films in Cannes from around the world, known as the Directors' Fortnight that is independent from the Cannes Official Selection. The line up includes both established new talent as well as filmmakers who are little known in the West. The 38th edition of the Directors Fortnight will take place May 18 - 28 and includes 22 features of which four are purely U.S. titles, including Julian Goldberger's 2006 Sundance Film Festival competition feature, "The Hawk is Dying." Eight films will screen in Directors' Fortnight's shorts line up with American director Carter Smith's Sundance '06-winner "Bugcrush" slated. Three films are designated "special screenings" this year, with director Gus Van Sant's 1985 film, "Mala noche" screening in the section.Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/ots/2006/05/cannes_06_line.html >
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+ BIZ: "Army" Invades Specialty Box office; "Water" RisesBox Office coverage presented by Rentrak Theatricalby Steven Rosen (May 3, 2006)This week's indieWIRE Box Office Tracking Report (iWBOT) of new art and specialty films was led by 1969 movie, Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows." The latest restoration project by Rialto Pictures grossed $12,620 at New York's Film Forum last weekend. Rialto's previous release, director Carol Reed's 1948 adaptation of Graham Greene's "The Fallen Idol," opened in second place on February 14th's iWBOT by grossing $9,030 at Film Forum. Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2006/05/army_invades_sp.html >
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+ IPOP: Ebert's Divas indieWIRE (May 3, 2006)Roger Ebert bookended by the two divas (Marni Nixon and Pauline Malafane) who brought their own special panache to the Pulitzer Prize winning critic's 8th annual Overlooked Film Festival, where its host received the University of Illinois' Alumni Achievement Award. Nixon (left) was the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn in the fest's opener, the Jim Katz/Robert Harris restored 70mm print of George Cukor's "My Fair Lady." Malafane, stars in the recent Sundance world premiere, "Son of Man."Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/2006/05/eberts_divas.html >____________________________________________________________
+ IPOP: "One Percent": The American Rich Get Richer, and the Poor...Photo by Brian Brooks/indieWIRE (May 3, 2006)Johnson & Johnson heir Jamie Johnson ("Born Rich") chatted with a large group of well-wishers at a Lower Manhattan apartment party last weekend for his doc "The One Percent," which premiered in Tribeca's NY, NY Documentary Competition. Johnson's film, which even caught the eye of none other than Oprah Winfrey, landed him a spot as one of Oprah's guests on her recent show spotlighting the rising income disparity in the United States. The film features a fascinating array of interviewees, including Steve Forbes, Ralph Nader, former U.S. Labor Secretery Robert Reich, arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, economist Milton Friedman as well as cab drivers, Katrina victims, members of Johnson's own family and more on the increasing gap between America's rich and poor. Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/2006/05/one_percent_the.html >____________________________________________________________
+ IPOP: "War Tapes" Intro (May 3, 2006)"The War Tapes" director Deborah Scranton and executive producer Robert May introducing their film at the TriBeCa Performing Arts Center Saturday afternoon before a huge crowd. The film is a fascinating look at the war through the lenses of three soldiers who were sent to Iraq with cameras.Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/2006/05/war_tapes_intro.html >____________________________________________________________
+ BUZZ & RUMORS- NewFest '06 to Open with "Strangers with Candy"
The 18th edition of NewFest, New York's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival, will open June 1st with the New York premiere of Paul Dinello's "Strangers with Candy," the event's executive producer Basil Tsiokos announced Wednesday. Starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Dinello (who directed and co-wrote the film wtih Colbert), the film is a "A prequel to the Comedy Central series of the same name about Jerri Blank (Sedaris), a forty-seven year old ex-con, junky whore who decides to return home after thirty-two years as a runaway and decides to turn her life around by picking it up...< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/060430.html#003571 >-
NY Times: Film Ignites the Wrath of Hindu Fundamentalists
Director Deepa Mehta's "'Water' [is] a lush new film that opened on Friday, about Chuyia, an 8-year-old widow in the India of 1938. She has barely met her husband but is banished by her parents to a decrepit widows' house on the edge of the Ganges. Chuyia is left there sobbing, in one of the most heart-wrenching scenes in the film, but she insists her parents will soon return for her... In January 2000 [director] Deepa Mehta was forced to shut down production of 'Water' in Varanasi, one of India's holy cities on the banks of the Ganges, after Hindu...< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/060430.html#003568 >-
AP: Tribeca Films Show Varying Takes on Iraq"Several documentaries playing at the Tribeca Film Festival offer perspectives on the war in Iraq that you won't get from the news. One is 'The War Tapes,' which made its world premiere over the weekend and was shot entirely by members of the New Hampshire National Guard; another, 'The Blood of My Brother,' focuses on a Baghdad family mourning the death of a son, who was shot by U.S. forces while protecting a mosque. Also making its world premiere at Tribeca is 'When I Came Home,' about an Iraq war veteran who returned to Brooklyn suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder...< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/060430.html#003567 >- Reuters: Film piracy costs Hollywood $6.1 bln: study"Hollywood's major movie studios lost $6.1 billion in revenues in 2005 to illegal videos, DVDs and Internet downloads, which is about 75 percent higher than previous estimates, the studios' representative said. In a study released late on Tuesday, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which represents the major studios in government affairs, said the study is the first to measure losses from Web downloading. The study showed piracy in Asia is less a problem than in North America and Europe." Reuters reports....< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/060430.html#003566 >- And more from Buzz/Rumors @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/ >============================================================ indieWIRE is published by indieWIRE LLC.
+ BIZ: "Army" Invades Specialty Box office; "Water" Rises+ IPOP: Ebert's Divas
+ IPOP: "One Percent": The American Rich Get Richer, and the Poor...
+ IPOP: "War Tapes" Intros+ BUZZ & RUMORS
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+ ON THE SCENE: CANNES '06: Line up Set for 38th Directors' Fortnightby Brian Brooks (May 3, 2006)
Since 1969, the French Directors Guild has programmed a selection of films in Cannes from around the world, known as the Directors' Fortnight that is independent from the Cannes Official Selection. The line up includes both established new talent as well as filmmakers who are little known in the West. The 38th edition of the Directors Fortnight will take place May 18 - 28 and includes 22 features of which four are purely U.S. titles, including Julian Goldberger's 2006 Sundance Film Festival competition feature, "The Hawk is Dying." Eight films will screen in Directors' Fortnight's shorts line up with American director Carter Smith's Sundance '06-winner "Bugcrush" slated. Three films are designated "special screenings" this year, with director Gus Van Sant's 1985 film, "Mala noche" screening in the section.Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/ots/2006/05/cannes_06_line.html >
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+ BIZ: "Army" Invades Specialty Box office; "Water" RisesBox Office coverage presented by Rentrak Theatricalby Steven Rosen (May 3, 2006)This week's indieWIRE Box Office Tracking Report (iWBOT) of new art and specialty films was led by 1969 movie, Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows." The latest restoration project by Rialto Pictures grossed $12,620 at New York's Film Forum last weekend. Rialto's previous release, director Carol Reed's 1948 adaptation of Graham Greene's "The Fallen Idol," opened in second place on February 14th's iWBOT by grossing $9,030 at Film Forum. Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2006/05/army_invades_sp.html >
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+ IPOP: Ebert's Divas indieWIRE (May 3, 2006)Roger Ebert bookended by the two divas (Marni Nixon and Pauline Malafane) who brought their own special panache to the Pulitzer Prize winning critic's 8th annual Overlooked Film Festival, where its host received the University of Illinois' Alumni Achievement Award. Nixon (left) was the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn in the fest's opener, the Jim Katz/Robert Harris restored 70mm print of George Cukor's "My Fair Lady." Malafane, stars in the recent Sundance world premiere, "Son of Man."Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/2006/05/eberts_divas.html >____________________________________________________________
+ IPOP: "One Percent": The American Rich Get Richer, and the Poor...Photo by Brian Brooks/indieWIRE (May 3, 2006)Johnson & Johnson heir Jamie Johnson ("Born Rich") chatted with a large group of well-wishers at a Lower Manhattan apartment party last weekend for his doc "The One Percent," which premiered in Tribeca's NY, NY Documentary Competition. Johnson's film, which even caught the eye of none other than Oprah Winfrey, landed him a spot as one of Oprah's guests on her recent show spotlighting the rising income disparity in the United States. The film features a fascinating array of interviewees, including Steve Forbes, Ralph Nader, former U.S. Labor Secretery Robert Reich, arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, economist Milton Friedman as well as cab drivers, Katrina victims, members of Johnson's own family and more on the increasing gap between America's rich and poor. Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/2006/05/one_percent_the.html >____________________________________________________________
+ IPOP: "War Tapes" Intro (May 3, 2006)"The War Tapes" director Deborah Scranton and executive producer Robert May introducing their film at the TriBeCa Performing Arts Center Saturday afternoon before a huge crowd. The film is a fascinating look at the war through the lenses of three soldiers who were sent to Iraq with cameras.Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/2006/05/war_tapes_intro.html >____________________________________________________________
+ BUZZ & RUMORS- NewFest '06 to Open with "Strangers with Candy"
The 18th edition of NewFest, New York's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival, will open June 1st with the New York premiere of Paul Dinello's "Strangers with Candy," the event's executive producer Basil Tsiokos announced Wednesday. Starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Dinello (who directed and co-wrote the film wtih Colbert), the film is a "A prequel to the Comedy Central series of the same name about Jerri Blank (Sedaris), a forty-seven year old ex-con, junky whore who decides to return home after thirty-two years as a runaway and decides to turn her life around by picking it up...< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/060430.html#003571 >-
NY Times: Film Ignites the Wrath of Hindu Fundamentalists
Director Deepa Mehta's "'Water' [is] a lush new film that opened on Friday, about Chuyia, an 8-year-old widow in the India of 1938. She has barely met her husband but is banished by her parents to a decrepit widows' house on the edge of the Ganges. Chuyia is left there sobbing, in one of the most heart-wrenching scenes in the film, but she insists her parents will soon return for her... In January 2000 [director] Deepa Mehta was forced to shut down production of 'Water' in Varanasi, one of India's holy cities on the banks of the Ganges, after Hindu...< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/060430.html#003568 >-
AP: Tribeca Films Show Varying Takes on Iraq"Several documentaries playing at the Tribeca Film Festival offer perspectives on the war in Iraq that you won't get from the news. One is 'The War Tapes,' which made its world premiere over the weekend and was shot entirely by members of the New Hampshire National Guard; another, 'The Blood of My Brother,' focuses on a Baghdad family mourning the death of a son, who was shot by U.S. forces while protecting a mosque. Also making its world premiere at Tribeca is 'When I Came Home,' about an Iraq war veteran who returned to Brooklyn suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder...< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/060430.html#003567 >- Reuters: Film piracy costs Hollywood $6.1 bln: study"Hollywood's major movie studios lost $6.1 billion in revenues in 2005 to illegal videos, DVDs and Internet downloads, which is about 75 percent higher than previous estimates, the studios' representative said. In a study released late on Tuesday, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which represents the major studios in government affairs, said the study is the first to measure losses from Web downloading. The study showed piracy in Asia is less a problem than in North America and Europe." Reuters reports....< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/060430.html#003566 >- And more from Buzz/Rumors @ indieWIRE.com< http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/ >============================================================ indieWIRE is published by indieWIRE LLC.
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