Although it only aired on two screens in New York and L.A., the new documentary Restrepo had the best per-theater opening of new movies this past weekend, including the Tom Cruise movie Knight and Day. The documentary, which follows a platoon in a dangerous Afghanistan region over one year and has earned “univesal acclaim” from critics on Metacritic, opens nationwide starting July 2.
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Restrepo, which follows Afghanistan platoon for a year, has best per-theater opening
Despite threats and protests, some theaters will show the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove after all.
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Some Japanese theaters will show The Cove after all
No theaters in Japan are showing the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, which is about dolphin slaughter there, because the far right “activists’ noisy rallies, online slanders, intimidating phone calls and veiled threats of violence are frightening theaters into canceling showings,” The New York Times reports. Meanwhile, the International Whaling Commission starts meeting Monday in Morocco to discuss a proposal to “suspend the whaling ban has been drafted by the agency’s chairman, but it’s an unhappy…
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Japanese theaters pull The Cove after threats; whaling ban may be lifted
The director of a film about oil does not have to turn over hundreds of hours of footage to Chevron, thanks to an appeals court ruling. Director Joe Berlinger’s investigative film Crude: The Real Price of Oil, documents part of an ongoing $27 billion class action lawsuit filed against Texaco (which is now part of Chevron) by Ecuadorian people over the pollution of their land, and the oil company wants his footage
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Crude: The Real Price of Oil director doesn’t have to give footage to Chevron yet, court says
An Australian documentary will show a man and a woman having sex for the first time, and their partners will be the people who bid for them in an auction. The untitled film’s web site describes it as “an observational documentary that follows one man and o…
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Virgins being auctioned off, will have sex for the first time in Australian documentary (source: Realityblurred.com)
An Australian documentary will show a man and a woman having sex for the first time, and their partners will be the people who bid for them in an auction.
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Virgins being auctioned off, will have sex for the first time in Australian documentary
A screening of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove at a US military base in Japan was cancelled, but the director says he’ll distribute DVDs of the film instead. The because officials there wanted to be “sensitive to local political and cultural concer… (source: Realityblurred.com) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
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Cove screening at US Air Force base in Japan cancelled, director giving out DVDs instead (source: Realityblurred.com)
A screening of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove at a US military base in Japan was cancelled, but the director says he’ll distribute DVDs of the film instead. The because officials there wanted to be “sensitive to local political and cultural concerns,” a spokesperson for the U.S. Air Force Yokota Air Base told the AP.
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Cove screening at US Air Force base in Japan cancelled, director giving out DVDs instead
Best documentary Oscar winner The Cove will be adapted into an unscripted series for Animal Planet called Dolphin Warriors that continues where the film left off. The network will also be airing the film this summer
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The Cove will become Dolphin Warriors, an Animal Planet series starring Ric O’Barry
Best documentary Oscar winner The Cove will be adapted into an unscripted series for Animal Planet called Dolphin Warriors that continues where the film left off. The network will also be airing the film this summer
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The Cove will become Dolphin Warriors, an Animal Planet series starring Ric O’Barry
