A young Brazilian filmmaker spent 11 days watching Pixar’s assorted films, painstakingly selecting the more than 500 clips that make up this touching ode to the house that Toy Story built.
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http://blastr.com/2010/12/the-heartbreaking-beauty.php
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Lisa Blount, an actress and Oscar-winning filmmaker, was found dead in her home in Little Rock, Ark., on Wednesday by her mother.
She was 53. – Read and comment on the latest movie, DVD, box office, entertainment, casting, and celebrity news and gossip on Yahoo! Movies
It’s been a long time coming but Lionsgate has gathered up all the Apocalypse Now releases–Theatrical, Redux, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse documentary–transferred them to 1080p HD (the two films), added in over 9-hours of special features, and also included a 48-page book
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http://www.premiere.com/Feature/Exclusive-Images-From-Apocalypse-Now-Blu-ray-Box-Set?cid=sm_dg
Far be it from me to argue with the business acumen of George Lucas – after all, the filmmaker and current scourge of the geek universe was smart enough to include merchandising rights in his original deal for Star Wars – but did he really ruin what would have been a killer ending to Return of the Jedi because of toy sales?
Filmmaker Wes Anderson discusses a small legal issue that surfaced after filming of “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” whose lead character bears close resemblance to Jacques Cousteau.
Touchstone Pictures circumvented the issue by settling with the Cousteau family for $200,000.
LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County prosecutors have met with a British actress who claims she was sexually abused by director Roman Polanski in his Paris apartment when she was 16 years before she appeared in one of his movies.
Charlotte Lewis, 42, said Friday that the filmmaker abused her “in the worst possible way” sometime in the 1980s.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jo3NMirGcL5AMDAh0HOwob-91XDwD9FMVL2O1
Most of the world knows Michael Moore as a lame-throwing filmmaker who’s a fan of universal health care and an enemy of capitalists. But in Traverse City, the picturesque, historically Republican town where Moore took up residence seven years ago, he has stepped way out of character…
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http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/would_you_believe_in_michael_m.html
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