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PAINTED VEIL, THE
Edward Norton’s determination and Somerset Maugham’s work, which starts out as
psychological thriller and becomes a spiritual journey, combined to give
momentum to making a film of the novel, with Australia’s Naomi Watts as leading
lady.
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PALM SPRINGS - FILM FESTIVAL IN THE DESERT
A special report by Paul Fischer
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PAPERBACK HERO: ON LOCATION
This report is filed LIVE by Andrew L. Urban, from deepest
Nindigully, 40 minutes by strong truck out of St George, which
is two hours by crop duster West of Brisbane, Queensland. Nindigully is where Antony Bowman (pictured) is shooting his second feature film,
Paperback Hero, starring Claudia Karvan and Hugh Jackman.
Cinematographer is David Burr; the producers are Lance Reynolds
and John Winter. (Photo by Andrew L. Urban)
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PASSION: CD SOUNDTRACK
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PATE, MICHAEL
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PATE, MICHAEL – OBITUARY
Revered and liked and talented, Michael Pate had an interesting face but his
real charm lay in his voice. His deep baritone allowed him to bring much
gravitas and dignity to his roles, writes Geoff Gardner.
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PERFECT STORM
Wolfgang Petersen learnt how to make a 'water' film with his Oscar winning submarine war
drama, Das Boot; now he has perfected the technique with his latest film, The Perfect
Storm, based on the worst weather collision in recorded history - and the people who got
caught in it.
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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – NOW OF THE CINEMA
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘music of the night’ has been thrilling audiences around the world for almost two decades. Now, 15 years after it was first discussed, The Phantom of the Opera gets the film version it deserves, thanks to its composer teaming with Joel Schumacher. Sam Connolly reports.
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PICTURE SHOW MAN
More than 100 historical movie projectors are in the care and custody of Allan Osborne, a Melbourne man who regards these items as a vital part of cinema history. Osborne is not a collector; he’s an archivist, reports Russell Cawthorne.
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PIETER de VRIES ACS: Cinematographer
Pieter de Vries is the first Australian cinematographer to
have won the prestigious Milli Award from his peers for his work
on a documentary; that was for a doco about rats in New York, but
he’s shot bigger subjects, too, like sharks, the space
shuttle and wind … ANDREW L. URBAN reports on one of the
Whizzards of OZ.
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PINOCCHIO IN POSTER SPLURGE
An original 1940 poster for Disney’s classic Pinocchio will
be the star attraction at the upcoming movie memorabilia auction
in Melbourne, expected to fetch about $11,000.
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PINTER, HAROLD - OBITUARY
The obituaries for Harold Pinter concentrated almost exclusively on his
contribution to the theatre. A single par, even a mere few words, were generally
all that his substantial contribution to the cinema apparently warranted. Here,
Geoff Gardner makes amends ...
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PIP KARMEL, EDITOR
Usually unseen, film editors are the sculptors of film: Pip Karmel edited Shine and is an Oscar nominee for it.
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PIRACY AUSTRALIA 2003
As legislation is enacted this week to increase penalties for illegal parallel importing of films, the fight against film & video piracy in Australia heats up with the first raids against pirate duplication operations on Australian soil. The estimated annual cost of piracy to the Australian film and video industries is $100 million, with negative impacts on employment, tax revenue – and you. Andrew L. Urban reports.
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PLANET OF THE APES
Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes is absolutely not a remake.
Hal Hayes pays a visit to its distinctly Burtonesque universe.
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POLAR EXPRESS, THE – ALL ABOARD...
It’s based on the much-loved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. Now, the winning team of director Robert Zemeckis and star Tom Hanks are bringing The Polar Express to the big screen. And, says Max Levant, they’ve done everything but reinvent the wheel to do so.
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POLLACK'S MEAL FOR TOM & NICOLE
This is the meal Sydney Pollack prepared for Tom and Nicole (Cruise and Kidman) on a
private visit to the star couple's home on Sydney Harbour, on Saturday, September 18, 1999
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POLLACK, SYDNEY – OBITUARY
Sydney Pollack will be missed by industry colleagues and audiences, after a
wonderful life and remarkable career as director, actor and producer. Andrew L.
Urban farewells a good man.
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POLSON, JOHN: BIOGRAPHY
With a couple of feature films in development at the beginning of 2001, John Polson
is poised to move yet another notch up the scale of filmmaking success; actor, filmmaker
and the founder of Tropfest, in 1997 Polson was one of the youngest to be awarded the
Byron Kennedy Award.
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POPULAR HERO HAS ANIMAL LOGIC STAMP
Hero, the martial arts epic from Zhang Yimou, opened at No 1 in Australia last weekend – a shining achievement for a subtitled film. And at least some of the shine comes from Australia’s Animal Logic, whose team travelled to remote regions of China to collaborate with Zhang Yimou on his visual extravaganza.
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POSTCARD FROM CANNES – DAY ELEVEN
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POSTCARD FROM CANNES – DAY TEN
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POSTCARD FROM CANNES 2007 – DAY EIGHT
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POSTCARD FROM CANNES 2007 – DAY SEVEN
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POSTCARD FROM CANNES 2007 – DAY SIX
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POSTCARDS FROM CANNES 2007 - DAY NINE
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POSTCARDS FROM CANNES 2007 - DAY ONE
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POSTCARDS FROM CANNES 2007 - DAY THREE
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POSTCARDS FROM CANNES 2007 - DAY TWO
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POSTCARDS FROM CANNES 2007 - THE DAY BEFORE
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POSTCARDS FROM CANNES 2007 – DAY FIVE
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POSTCARDS FROM CANNES 2007 – DAY FOUR
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PRAISE
A love story between a guy with no sex drive and a girl who can’t get enough…
Praise be! ANDREW L. URBAN reports.
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PRE-RELEASE MOVIES - Feb 2007
Participants in the 8th season of Movies Now (from Wed. Feb 28,2007, at 6.30pm, for six
Wednesdays at Dendy Newtown, Sydney) will again see a program of films before
their commercial release, followed by a discussion, usually with a guest from
the film, moderated by Andrew L. Urban.
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PRESTIGE, THE – TESLA'S MAGIC, BOWIE'S MYSTIQUE
After the little liked and little seen Canadian drama, Mr Rice’s Secret, in
2000, David Bowie makes a stylish return to movies as brilliant Serb-born
scientist Nikola Tesla – the only character based on a real historical figure in
Christopher Nolan’s new film, The Prestige. Tesla’s life and work are every bit
as magical as the film’s subject matter, reports Andrew L. Urban, and Bowie
gives him a profound mystique.
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PRINCE OF EGYPT
The story of Moses - you know, that guy from the Bible - is now an animated family
adventure, thanks to DreamWorks. But as producer Sandra Rabins and art director Ritchie
Chavez explain to ANDREW L. URBAN, the story is not the one in the bible.
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PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT – THE STAGE MUSICAL
Priscilla – the name of the iconic Australian film that not only felt good, it
had something to say; now, it’s the first Australian film to be turned into a
big budget musical, with the help of some of the original writers and artists.
The World Premiere season began in Sydney last weekend; Andrew L. Urban had a
great seat in the stalls and says: THESE are costumes !
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PRODUCERS GUILD (US) AWARDS 2009 - WINNERS
Accepting the award for Producer of the Year, Christian Colson said of his film
Slumdog Millionaire, “We are excited and delighted by the fact that our film
continues to be embraced here in the US - some could argue that this is the film
that shouldn’t even have been made. There were no stars.... The budget was low,
but not low enough. It is in Hindi. It is rated R (the US equivalent of MA). It
wasn’t possible to pitch in 20 words or less.”
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PRODUCT PLACEMENT
Product placement has become a fact of movie and tv life;
look at Cast Away (FedEx) and just recently, Evolution (Head
& Shoulders shampoo). Here’s a chance for all Australian
filmmakers, to get branded, get financed and get it made, says
Andrew L. Urban, unveiling the first projects from the Urban
Product Placement Unit (UPPU), like Chinatown, NSW.
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PROVENCE COMES TO SYDNEY
In May each year, Australian filmmakers head off to Cannes for the film festival; this month, Provence / Côte d’Azur came to Sydney, for an evening of tastes, colours and perfumes of the region, reports Andrew L. Urban.
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