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Weekend Newsreel- October 28, 2005
Compiled by the FilmBuffOnLine Staff
Foreign Language Film Oscar Hopefuls-
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that a
record number 58 films that have been submitted to the Academy for
Best Foreign Language Feature Film Oscar consideration. You can read
more about the nominees
here.
Iran Bans Foreign Films-
In a mirror image of the loosening of film exhibition rules in
Saudia Arabia (See last week’s Newsreel), a committee of hardline Muslim clerics, led by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have
banned the showing and possession of all foreign films in an effort
to wipe out the influence of what they have called “corrupt Western
culture,” specifically such elements as drugs and alcohol,
secularists, liberals, anarchists and feminists. The ban is a direct
reversal of policies instituted by former Iranian president Mohammad
Khatami who had encouraged cultural coexistence.
Turner Classic Movies To Launch Database-
Turner Classic Movies has announced plans to launch an interactive
movie database on January 1st which the cable channel is
boasting will be bigger than current heavyweight Internet Movie
DataBase (us.imdb.com). In addition to information on over 130,000
films and 1.25 million actors and crew, the site will contain
box-office statistics, movie trailers, photographs, movie scripts
and in-depth articles.
In Remembrance
William
Hootkins- The character who appeared in Star Wars (2977)
and Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) has passed away at age 58.
Tony Adams-
Director Blake Edwards' producing partner has passed away at age 52.
Gordon Lee-
The former child actor who played
Porky in the Our Gang series has passed away at age 71.
Opening This Week-
October 28
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Before The
Fall (LA)
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Blackmail
Boy (NY)
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Guarding
Eddy (limited)
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The Legend
Of Zorro
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New York
Doll (NY)
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Paradise Now
(NY)
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The
Passenger (1975, rerelease, NY)
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Prime
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Saw II
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Three...
Extremes (NY, LA, Austin)
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The Weather
Man
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Where The
Truth Lies (NY, LA)
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