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Review: ‘The Graduate’
The Graduate is a delightful, satirical comedy-drama about a young man's seduction by an older woman, and the measure of maturity which he attains from the experience. Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross and...
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Review: ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’
A zany, laugh-filled story of two modern NY kooks who find love at the end of trail of hilarious incidents.
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Review: ‘The Linguini Incident’
Energetic actors can't overcome this uninspired, poverty row production "The Linguini Incident," being briefly released by its video distributor to theaters to set up ancillary values.
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Spierigs out for WB’s ‘Blood’
Warner Bros. has set Michael and Peter Spierig to direct and John Brownlow to write a new version of "Captain Blood," the 1935 swashbuckler pirate classic that starred Errol Flynn as a wrongly...
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Brian Oliver partners with Cross Creek
Former Arthaus Pictures head Brian Oliver has partnered with private equity film fund Cross Creek Partners to form Cross Creek Pictures, a venture that will provide the equity financing for upward of...
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Can a sequel undermine a classic film?
If there's a certain futility to remaking classics in studio vaults, MGM's recent suit to stop a follow-up to "Raging Bull" is a reminder of the sacred ground one risks encroaching upon in making a...
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Todd Field, Cross Creek, Smuggler Teaming on ‘Beautiful Ruins’
Todd Field is teaming with Cross Creek Pictures and Smuggler Films to produce a feature adaptation of Jess Walter’s bestseller “Beautiful Ruins.” Field will direct and produce through his Standard Film...
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Telluride Film Festival Unveils Eclectic Lineup
Mixing high-profile star power with offbeat titles, the 40th Telluride Film Festival is offering a glimpse of an eclectic array of awards contenders over Labor Day weekend. The lineup, unveiled...
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Writer-Producer William Froug Dies at 91
William Froug, the Emmy-winning writer-producer, author and screenwriting professor who restructured UCLA’s entire screenwriting program, died of natural causes at the Tidwell House Hospice in...
View ArticleBuck Henry, ‘Graduate’ Writer and ‘Get Smart’ Co-Creator, Dies at 89
Buck Henry, a writer, actor and director whose 1967 Oscar-nominated adapted screenplay for “The Graduate” captured a generation’s frustration with their parents’ conspicuous consumption and rigid...
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