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Weekend
Newsreel - September 23, 2005
Compiled by the FilmBuffOnLine Staff
 Bruce Lee Unites Bosnia,
Gets Statues- Martial arts legend Bruce
Lee is set to be honored with a statue in the Bosnian city of Mostar after
city officials realized that all factions of the ethnically divided city
looked to the late movie star as a hero. The city in the former Yugoslavia
had been devastated during the mid-90s by ethnic fighting between the
Croats, Bosnians and Serbs. The life-size, bronze statue is expected to be
finished next month and erected in a city center park. Meanwhile, in Lee’s
adopted home of Hong Kong, the members of the Bruce Lee Club have asked
the Hong Kong government for help in paying for an eight-foot, two-inch
statue of Lee to commemorate the actor’s 65th birthday this
coming November. The club has already raised half of the project’s
$155,000.00 cost and has appealed to government officials to donate the
remainder needed. The statue is set to be placed on the Avenue of Stars,
which honors Hong Kong’s movie stars.
Indian Film Stars To Perform This Weekend-
Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, the two
reigning leading men of the Hindi film industry, and Rani Mukherjee, one
of Bollywood's leading actresses, are set to perform this Saturday,
September 24 at an awards ceremony honoring the music of the Indian film
industry in Oakland, California.
Fox To Donate Portion Of Roll Bounce Box
Office- Fox Searchlight has announced that
they will donate 10% of this weekend’s box office receipts for the new
film Roll Bounce to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.
In a studio
press release, Director Malcolm D. Lee and Producers Robert Teitel and
George Tillman, Jr. stated: "We are so proud that the love, laughter and
creative force that was poured into making this heart-warming family film
will be channeled toward the support of those families in need." Roll
Bounce is scheduled to open on 1,625 screens.
Toronto Film Fest Results-
The Toronto Film Fest wrapped up last week,
announcing their awards at a star-studded gala this past Saturday. Taking
the coveted People’s Choice award this year was Tsotsi, a British/South
African co-production that traces six days in the life of a young,
ruthless gang leader. A total of 335 films from 52 countries screened over
10 days at this year’s festival and included 109 world and 78 North
American premiers. The complete list of winners can be found at the
festivals
website.
 Johnny Concretehands-
In a ceremony timed to coincide with the
release of his new film Corpse Bride, Johnny Depp joined numerous
other Hollywood luminaries by having his hand and footprints immortalized
in concrete in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard
this past Friday. “to say that
this is overwhelming is probably the understatement of the millennium,”
Depp said to the hundreds of fans and onlookers assembled. The animated
Corpse Bride, Depp’s fifth collaboration with director Tim Burton,
opens wider this weekend.
IN REMEMBRANCE-
Sid Luft-
Producer, 89.
Guy Green-
Cinematographer/director, 91.
Opening In Theaters This Weekend-
September 23
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Daltry Calhoun (NY,
LA)
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Dear Wendy (NY, LA)
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Dirty Love (limited)
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Dorian Blues
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Flightplan
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A History Of
Violence (Top 10 markets)
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Into The Fire (NY)
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Magnificent
Desolution: Walking On The Moon 3D (IMAX)
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Occupation:
Dreamland (limited)
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Oliver Twist
(limited)
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Proof (top 20
markets)
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Roll Bounce
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Steal Me (LA)
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Tim Burton's The
Corpse Bride (wider)
September 28
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Forty Shades Of Blue
(NY)
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The Prize Winner Of
Defiance, Ohio (NY, LA)
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