Aswt Eurimages to honour female directors with dedicated prize
Dir Raja Gosnell. US. 2008. 86mins.Disney s Beverly Hills Chihuahua is amediocre family comedy, mixing cute bant
stanley italy er between CGI-enhanced talking pooches with message-laden adventure and a dollop of travelogue. But while it doesn t work pa
stanley cup rticularly well on any of those levels, it is a colourful addition to the always popular talking dog genre. So, with a pack of adorable mutts to drive the marketing, a studio as expert i
stanley cup n this area as Disney think 101 Dalmatians, Eight Below, Snow Dogs, etc could still produce strong theatrical returns and a big video take. The studio s snappy ad campaign - wisely emphasizing canine comedy over the other elements - should result in a sizeable opening weekend when the film debuts in North America on October 3, as one of the autumn season s first PG family offerings. Within the kids-and-families demographic interest may be especially strong from the domestic Latino audience, which will be drawn by the story s Mexican setting and the lineup of Latino talent. Latin American markets should certainly produce some of the biggest international takes. Performances in other territories may depend on timing - school holidays will provide the prime slots - and the use of local talent to re-voice the story s four-legged characters.The Chihuahua protagonists are Chloe Barrymore , the pampered pet of Beverly Hills businesswoman Aunt Viv Curtis , and Papi Lopez , hard working canine companion to Viv s handsome landscaper Sam Colombian star Cardona . Dur Skhn Dendy has Consideration for Aus/NZ
Thierry Fremaux says he will announce two to three more titles in coming weeks.The Cannes Film Festival unveiled an eclectic Official Selection on Thursday, combining American indie fare with the latest films from Cannes stalwarts such as Michael Haneke and David Cronenberg. In recent years, the image of American cinema was that it was split betwee
stanley usa n big stud
stanley cup io films and independent films in the Sundance mold鈥?with very little in between. It was hard for us to find films suitable for Cannes, Artistic Director Thierry Fremaux told Screen today. And then suddenly we have five American films as well as a number of other suitable films in the pipeline鈥?has American cinema rediscovered a type of film that it had lost in recent years鈥?thats the question were asking ourselves. I expect there to be a lot of debate about this at Cannes, he continued.Alongside Wes Andersons opening film Moonrise Kingdom, other American titles include Jeff Nichols Arkansas-set Mud, a coming of age tale starring Matthew McConaughey as a fugitive who is befriended by two teenage boys. The cast also features Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shepard and Michael Shannon, star of Nichols Take Shelter, which won Critics Week last ye
stanley mug ar.Lee Daniels, whose last feature Precious screened in Un Certain Regard in 2009, returns to the festival with The Paperboy, starring Zac Efron as a reporter who returns to his hometown in the Deep South to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.Other US-produced features include