South Side grad has hand in animated film (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
The first time South Side High School graduate Jason Maurer and his then-employer Mark Adler discussed making their own computer-animated feature was in 1995. “Toy Story,” the CGI masterwork that birthed a litter of CGI masterworks, had just come out. Photo caption: Kyla and Delgo go on a date in the fantasy-adventure animated film “Delgo.” Photo by Courtesy
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Fernando Meirelles, director of City of God on his new film, Blindness (Guardian Unlimited)
Fernando Meirelles, director of City of God, tells Ryan Gilbey how making a film about blindness helped him to see the light
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Is Historic Plymouth a New Movie-Making Mecca? (Fox News)
The historic image of Plymouth could soon be tempered by a modern attraction: a $488 million film and television studio, complete with 14 sound stages, a 10-acre back lot, a theater, a 300-room hotel, a spa and 500,000 square feet of office space.
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Body of Lies: The CIA's involvement with US film-making (Guardian Unlimited)
The CIA is often credited with 'advice' on Hollywood films, but no one is truly sure about the extent of its shadowy involvement. Matthew Alford and Robbie Graham investigate
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Two Tappan Zee High students win international film award (The Journal News)
ORANGEBURG - Between football training and a pizzeria job for one and basketball practice and work as a summer camp counselor for the other, Ricky Arietta and Erik Hinrichsen somehow found time to make Tappan Zee High School film history.
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Every intense music fan presumes he or she has what it takes to be a TV or film music supervisor, and they have a box ... (All About Jazz)
Yes, it was clever how you started with “Please Come Home Baby" by Tom Waits and finished with Mel Torm's “Comin' Home Baby," but there's more to the job than making “High Fidelity" lists.
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Allen keeps making his points from line (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
For NBA players, you'd think making a free throw would be as easy as hitting a 75-mile-an-hour batting practice pitch down the middle of the plate or kicking an extra point with the defense not bothering to rush.
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India's film fest off to a flying start, Rekha lights lamp (New Kerala)
Panaji, Nov 22: The 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2008) was inaugurated here Saturday as legendary Bollywood actress Rekha lit the ceremonial lamp and China's Warlords was screened as the opening film.
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Bollywood takes a back seat as Goa film festival opens (The Economic Times)
India's most prestigious film festival kicks off in the tourist haven of Goa on Saturday, promising to be a low-key affair with the glitz and glamour of Bollywood taking a back seat at the annual event.
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Film Weekly podcast: Jason Solomons meets Mark Strong and Paddy Considine (Guardian Unlimited)
If I were a British film-maker and someone gave me a few quid to make a movie, I'd cast two British actors as my leads: Mark Strong and Paddy Considine. They're both always brilliant in whatever film they're in, powerful character actors who hold the screen and who can switch the mood from dark to light and back again in an instant. Well, I'm not making a film this week, but the very least I ...
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