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Weekend Newsreel: February 17,
2006
BAFTA Awards This Weekend:
The British
Academy of Film and Television Film Awards ceremony is scheduled for
Sunday evening in London. For the FilmBuffOnLine coverage of the
award nominees click
here.
Kong, War of The Worlds Sweep VES Awards:
King Kong
and War
Of The Worlds were the big winners at the 4th annual
Visual Effects Society Awards this past Wednesday. You can read the
complete FilmBuffOnLine coverage
here.
UPA Studio Tribute:
A tribute to UPA
animation studio, home of the near-sighted Mr. Magoo, will be held
on March 26 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Planned for the
evening is a panel discussion featuring former UPA animators and
animation historians as well as a screening of the studios Academy
Award winning short Gerald McBoing-Boing (1951), several
Mr. Magoo shorts and other cartoons created by the studio.
In Remembrance
Robert “Buzz” Knudson-
The
three time Academy Award winning sound-mixer has passed away at age
80.
Andreas Katsulas-
The
character actor who menaced Harrison Ford in the 1993 big screen
version of The Fugitive has passed away at age 59.
Phil Brown-
The
character best remembered as Luke Syywalker’s craggy-faced uncle in
the original Star Wars (1977) has passed away at age 89.
Akira Ifukube-
The
Japanese film composer who scored the ominous main theme for the
Godzilla films has passed away at age 91.
Opening This Week
February 17
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Battle In Heaven (NY)
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Date Movie-
website
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Eight Below-
website
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Freedomland-
website
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Illusion (limited)
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Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor, limited)-
website
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The Second Chance (limited)-
website
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Sophie Scholl- The Final Days (NY)-
website
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Winter Passing (NY, LA)
February 22
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Street Fight (NY)-
website
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