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*WOW!!!* *Has DVD replaced going to the theater!???. I hope not!!* *Trouble at the tea party: 'Alice in Wonderland' faces theater owner revolt in U.K.* February 17, 2010 Los Angeles Times *Are you ready for a trip down the rabbit hole? Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Disney are adding a strange new chapter to the Lewis Carroll classic with their "Alice in Wonderland," a film that presents a young woman who finds herself in the world of the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and the Red Queen. She is welcomed as a returning visitor -- but is she, in fact, the same Alice who roamed the trippy realm as a child? Time will tell. Here at the Hero Complex, we're counting down to the film's March 5 release with daily coverage. Today, a look at the brewing controversy that threaten the film's box office in Europe.* Walt Disney Pictures' decision to accelerate the release of its upcoming 3-D film "Alice in Wonderland" on DVD has sparked a revolt among movie theater owners in Europe. Major chains in the U.K. and the Netherlands have threatened to boycott the movie when it hits theaters March 5, a move that could cut into box-office revenue. The film adaptation based on classic characters of Lewis Carroll has become the latest battleground between studios and exhibitors over how soon movies should be released on DVD after they've opened in theaters. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/02/alice-in-wonderland-faces-theater-owner-revolt-.html

*Damita, Lili*

*_Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, The_ (1970)*

*Schlesinger, John* - Directed 8 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Burgess Meredith and Laurence Olivier. Christie won an Oscar _for Darling_ (1965).

*X was missed .... _Xanadu_ (1980)* Z .... _Zabriskie Point_ (1970

Rip Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film _Cross Creek_ directed by Martin Ritt! *Celebri-links ....... Martin Ritt!*

Joel McCrea was in: _The Palm Beach Story_ (1942) directed by: Preston Sturges! *NEW DIRECTOR: Preston Sturges!*

*Mon, Feb 22, 2010 - All times Eastern - 4:00 PM _The Hollywood Revue of 1929_ (1929)* *The film was popular with audiences and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Producer Rapf tried to follow it up with another revue, The Hollywood Revue of 1930, which was changed during production to The March of Time, and finally abandoned. Musical numbers already shot for the film were edited into M-G-M short subjects of the early 1930s.*

*Chinese remake of Coen brothers film screens in Berlin* AFP - ‎Feb 14, 2010‎ *BERLIN ? A Chinese remake of the Coen brothers' debut "Blood Simple" got a warm welcome at the Berlin Film Festival Sunday, the second Chinese competition entry in a banner year for Asian cinema.* Veteran film-maker Zhang Yimou presented "A Woman, A Gun and Noodle Shop" in time for the Lunar New Year, saying he had aimed to "enchant the audience" with a Chinese retelling of a neo-film-noir classic. Zhang, 58, took home the festival's prestigious Golden Bear top prize in 1988 for "Red Sorghum", the first time an Asian film won in Berlin. The new picture takes the action far from small-town America to the stunning desert landscapes of Gansu province in northwestern China. There, a wealthy noodle shop owner discovers his much younger wife is cheating on him with his cook. He hires a policeman to kill the pair but the plot backfires, setting off a farcical chain reaction that leaves a trail of bodies in its wake. Zhang said he saw 1984's "Blood Simple" for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival. "At that time, there wasn't any translation into Chinese so I couldn't understand it and I could only watch the images and try to figure out what was going on," he said, adding it was only years later that he saw it with Mandarin subtitles. The director said Joel and Ethan Coen, the Oscar-winning pair behind "No Country for Old Men" and "Fargo", were enthusiastic about the remake. "They were kind enough to write me an email and say that they had seen the film and thought it was very, very amusing," he told reporters after a well-received press screening. "They were amazed their film had been turned into a noodle story." Zhang picks up the rich visual imagery familiar from his films such as "Hero", making his desert story look like a technicolor Western, and adds a dash of slapstick to the much darker original movie. He described daring genre pictures as a relatively new development in China. "It's not like 10 or 20 years ago when Chinese cinema was very restrictive. This was an attempt -- I was trying something out, and I think the market for this particular film is certainly there." A Chinese love triangle of a very different sort opened the Berlinale Thursday. "Apart Together" by director Wang Quan'an, another previous Golden Bear winner, tells the story of a soldier who fought Mao's Communist forces until repelled to Taiwan in 1949. Decades later, he is permitted to return to the mainland where he tracks down the love of his life he was forced to abandon. But she has since married a soldier from the People's Liberation Army. When he asks her to accompany him home to Taiwan, she is torn between her enduring feelings for her former lover and a sense of obligation to her husband. The festival, Europe's most prestigious after Cannes, is giving special attention to Asian cinema this year. On Friday, Bollywood heart-throb Shah Rukh Khan unveiled "My Name is Khan", a look at the treatment of Muslims around the world in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. Koji Wakamatsu of Japan is due to unveil "Caterpillar" while Japanese master Yoji Yamada, the maker of more than 80 films in his four-decade-long career, will screen his latest picture, "About Her Brother", out of competition as the last of nearly 400 films at the festival. The Berlinale wraps up February 21.

Opera Gloves .... _The Phantom of the Opera_ (1925) *NEW WORD: LEAP YEAR!*

*_Berserk_. (1968)*

*_Queens Logic_ (1990)*

Olivia De Havilland was in: _Light in the Piazza_ (1962) directed by Guy Green! *NEW DIRECTOR: Guy Green!*

*Tue, Feb 16, 2:00 PM Grand Hotel (1932) - All Times Eastern. Check Local Schedules!* *In 2007, Grand Hotel was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The line "I want to be let alone," famously delivered by Greta Garbo, placed #30 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes.*

*Mannequin (1938)*

Xavier, Ryan

Rita Hayworth was loaned to MGM for: _Susan and God_ (1940) with Joan Crawford! *NEW STAR: Joan Crawford!*

*_Fargo_ (1996)*

Central Park ..... _The Out of Towners_ (1970) *NEW WORD: Mardi Gras!*

_The Dark Corner_ (1946) has a very simple plot ...a secretary tries to help her boss, who is framed for a murder.... great quotes and dialuge and very interesting role for Miss. Ball.

*Interesting poster!*

*Carmen Miranda!*

Nine was suggested by Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8?.

*_Lady Sings the Blues_ (1972) is 1 of my all time favorite "Bio" films. It was a film my mother introduced to me as a young boy, I remember growing up with both the music of Miss. Ross, and the music of Lady Day.* _Lady Sings The Blues_ (1972) film about jazz singer Billie Holiday loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from one of Holiday's most popular songs. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning none. The nominations were for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Diana Ross), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Carl Anderson, Reg Allen), Best Costume Design, Best Music, Original Song Score and Adaptation (Gil Askey) and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced. The film was also screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. ; *_Lady Sings the Blues trailer:_* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpqD4FozSoI *Try to find on CD _Blue_, also referred to as _The Blue Album_* Recorded in late 1971 and early 1972[2], the album was conceived as follow-up to the successful Lady Sings the Blues soundtrack but was shelved in order to return Ross to the pop charts with the more pop oriented "Touch Me in the Morning" single and album. Finally released in 2006! ;

I know ... 20 yrs ...POOF! LOL! The film holds up well!