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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.
78th Annual Academy Awards:
In case you
missed it, the 78th 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
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Ask The Dust-
website
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Beyond Honor (NY)
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The Big Question (NY)-
website
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The Devil's Miner (NY)-
website
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Duck Season (NY, LA)
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Evil (limited)
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Failure To Launch-
website
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Game 6 (NY, LA, Boston)
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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (NY, LA)-
website
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The Hills Have Eyes-
website
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The Libertine (wide)-
website
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The Shaggy Dog-
website
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Shakespear Behind Bars (NY)-
website
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El
Sueno del Regreso (limited)-
website
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Trudell (LA)-
website
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