Weekend Newsreel: March 10, 2006

Compiled by the FilmBuffOnLine staff

     New Korean Box Office Record Set: The historical comedy/drama The King And The Clown has beaten out previous record holder Tae Guk Gi for the honor of being the highest-grossing Korean film ever made. The film’s 11.7 million tickets translates to one out of four Koreans having seen the film.

     78^th Annual Academy Awards: In case you missed it, the 78^th annual Academy Awards Ceremony was held this past Sunday with Crash snatching the Best Picture Oscar from frontrunner Brokeback Mountain. You can read the complete FilmBuffOnLine coverage here.

     In Remembrance

Gordon Parks- The photographer turned director of the classics The Learning Tree (1969) and Shaft (1971) has passed away at age 93.

Darren McGavin- The husky voice actor who played the irrasciable father in the holiday favorite A Christmas Story (1983) has passed away at age 83.

Jack Wild- The teen actor who earned an Oscar nomination for his role as the Artful Dodger in Oliver! (1968) has passed away at age 53.

     Opening This Week

March 10

·         Ask The Dust- website

·         Beyond Honor (NY)

·         The Big Question (NY)- website

·         The Devil's Miner (NY)- website

·         Duck Season (NY, LA)

·         Evil (limited)

·         Failure To Launch- website

·         Game 6 (NY, LA, Boston)

·         The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (NY, LA)- website

·         The Hills Have Eyes- website

·         The Libertine (wide)- website

·         The Shaggy Dog- website

·         Shakespear Behind Bars (NY)- website

·         El Sueno del Regreso (limited)- website

·         Trudell (LA)- website