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Sundance Film Festival Collection: Celebrating 25 Years
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This limited edition, special collectors' DVD set celebrates 25 years of the Sundance Institute. It contains ten ground-breaking films that embody the sprit of independence, creative risk-taking, and diversity that define the Sundance Film Festival. Bonus materials include a booklet and an 11th disc with behind-the-scenes footage from the Sundance Institute Labs and never-before-seen interviews with filmmakers and founder Robert Redford.

The Official Selections: Featuring the Best Short Films from the Sundance Fil...
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An incredible collection of shorts featuring Verne Troyer in Bit Players directed by Andy Berman; a bittersweet comedy, um, short targeting Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as seen from Oompa Loompa?s point-of-view. Collection also includes Daniel Loflin?s Delusions in Modern Primitivism, Fits & Starts, directed by Vince Di Meglio, proclaimed in a 5-star review: "Jesus, I?m still laughing, the funniest short I?ve ever seen!" ? Eric Campos, Film Threat. Collection also features Love Thy Brother by Ralph Macchio, Neo-Noir directed by Chase Palmer and Mullitt by Pat Healy.

Sundance Film Festival Box Set (Ali Zaoua / Manito / Monster Thursday)
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Our Sundance Film Festival DVD pack contains three great films that have been featured at the Sundance Film Festival. These films include MONSTER THURSDAY from Norway, MANITO from the USA, and ALI ZAOUA from Morocco.

MONSTER THURSDAY: Even leads a directionless life; he's kind of guy who never completes anything. Tord, his best friend, is the opposite: a great surfer with a prestigious job and beautiful Karen as his bride. The last part is especially hard on Even, who is not-so-secretly in love with Karen. When Tord asks him to look after Karen while he is out of town, Even decides to clean up and master surfing to impress her. At first he's a prime candidate for drowning, but a local surfing legend becomes his mentor, and Even, Tord and Karen end up on a collision course with the monster wave. Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival. In Norwegian with English subtitles.

"Monster Thursday marks the emergence of an electrifying new voice in Scandinavian cinema" --Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival.

MANITO: Manito chronicles the life of a family in Washington Heights, a vibrant Latino community still living under the legacy of an era shadowed by drugs and violence. Manny (Leo Minaya) is the salutatorian of his high school class, about to escape that same legacy that had forced his older brother Junior Moreno (rising star Frankie G.) to spend time in prison. Winner - Sundance, Tribeca and South by Southwest Film Festivals.

"Mr. Eason, using a hand-held camera and a largely new or nonprofessional cast, brilliantly captures the pulse of daily life in working-class, immigrant New York: the hectic rhythms of labor, leisure and family life, the stresses and pleasures, the anxieties and hopes." --A.O. Scott, New York Times.

ALI ZAOUA: Ali, Kwita, Omar, and Boubker are a group of street urchins living on the hard streets of Casablanca. Their everyday lives are filled with violence, begging, and indifference. In order to survive they create a bond of friendship and family between then. The bond is cut short when Ali is senselessly killed at the beginning of the film by a blow to the head; his life taken by a single act of a rival gang. Ali's friends decide not to report his death to the police, who would have the boy buried in a potter's field. Instead they decide to give him a worthy burial, to bury Ali on the private island he so often dreamed of. Official Selection - Sundance, Toronto, Berlin and Seattle Film Festivals. In Arabic with English subtitles.

"Director Nabil Ayouch takes a subject that could be thoroughly depressing (the life of street kids in Morocco's port city of Casablanca) and -- through a simple story line, dramatic acting and National Geographic-like shots of the city's rough and pristine edges -- creates cinematic magic." --Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

Film-Fest DVD - Issue 4 - Sundance 2000 & Hawaii Film Fest
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In this issue of Film-Fest DVD, get a fast-paced peek at Sundance 2000. Then, head to Honolulu for the Hawaii International Film Festival, and meet grandparents who hang ten. Hook up with Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson, and the cast of Committed. Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Emily Watson, and director Alan Rudolph reflect on the movie biz. Plus, spend time with Brenda Blethyn, the irreverent Johnny Rotten, Dave Foley, Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, director Kevin Smith, and Robert Redford. And of course no film magazine would be complete without the films...Check out four great short films (Call me Fishmael, Enchanted, Protest & Jorge), and then hear directors tell how they made them. Finally, Film-Fest's Coming Soon gives you a sneak peek at the hot festival films coming to a theater or video store near you. All of this and more in this issue of Film-Fest, your exclusive all-access pass to the latest movies, the coolest parties, the hottest filmmakers and the brightest stars that travel the globe to celebrate the art of film.

American Chai
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Reminiscent of recent favorite BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, American Chai is a funny, feel-good, coming-of-age story about an Indian-American college boy who deceives his traditional parents in order to follow his rock & roll dreams. They think he's pre-med, but he's really a music major...WINNER of the AUDIENCE AWARD at both the Slamdance and Gen Art Film Festivals, AMERICAN CHAI is a charming film that celebrates the virtues of the American melting pot with truth, respect and lots of humor

POV - 20th Anniversary Collection
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Fifteen unforgettable documentaries from the last 20 years of critically acclaimed P.O.V. films are packaged together for the first time in this beautiful, limited edition set.

Eve & the Fire Horse DVD - Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize Winner
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DVD of Sundance Jury Winning feature film Eve & the Fire Horse. Synopsis: After a series of misfortunes strike the Eng family, May Lin (Vivian Wu) and her daughters, Eve and Karena (Phoebe Kut, Hollie Lo) turn to Buddhism, Catholicism, and ancient Chinese superstitions to try and take control of their destinies. Touched by the images of Jesus' suffering, Karena quickly embraces Catholicism and all of its doctrines. Meanwhile, Eve views Christianity and Buddhism as a world of magic and games. Repeatedly, Eve's imagination gets her into trouble, and Karena sets demanding tasks for her sister on her road to salvation. When a potential misfortune threatens to harm them, Karena and Eve decide they must achieve sainthood in order to save their wayward family and it takes them down a path that will change their lives forever. Seen through the eyes of an imaginative young girl, Eve & the Fire Horse takes you on a wondrous yet deeply felt journey, where family life is strange, childhood lonely and religion perplexing.

Sundance Channel Film Series Collection
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In This World: This award-winning film tells a moving and dramatic story that reveals the desperate measures people take a escape persecution and the life threaten conditions they find themselves in along the way.

Dopamine: Follows the courtship between a computer animator and a kindergarten teacher. It creates a soulful portrait of two people facing up to the risks and rewards of falling in love.

Die Mommie Die!: When pop diva Angela Arden's husband discovers that she's having an affair, she calculatedly offs him with a poisoned suppository . . . or does she?

The Other Side of the Bed: A raucous and sexy romantic comedy with a musical twist. The film tells the story of two couples who search for love leads to lies and heartache - and lots of song and dance.

Film-Fest DVD - Issue 1 - Sundance
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Go behind the scenes of the Sundance Film Festival in Issue 1 of FILM-FEST. The DVD magazine that's your virtual ticket to the best films and film festivals in the world. Rub elbows with Robert Redford, Robert Altman, Laura Dern, Dustin Hoffman, Tim Roth, Sheryl Crow, Stuart Copeland, Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Steve Zahn, Illeana Douglas and Eric Stoltz. Check out 7 of the best short films from the festival circuit, including the ultra-realistic Genie-Award winning animation, Bingo. (Short films included in issue 1 include - Culture (Ari Gold), Bingo (Chris Landreth), The Clock (Noah Laracy), An Incident Near Falaise (Aaron Feldman), Whacked (Rolf Gibbs)). In the "Coming Soon" section, you'll see previews, trailers and featurettes of Ravenous, Run Lola Run and Three Seasons.

DVD Extras include Alternate Audio Tracks, Production Notes, Advanced Web-Connectivity, interactive menus, filmographies and more.

No. 2 ( Naming Number Two ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
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Germany released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ),German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ),ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Trailer(s),SYNOPSIS: The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties. They don't even fight anymore. Inspired by a dream of her childhood back in Fiji, Nanna demands that her grandchildren put on a big feast at which she will name her successor. The grandchildren reluctantly turn up, but as the day progresses their preparations unravel into choas, and an outraged Nanna calls the whole thing off. That's when everyone realizes that they have to pull out all the stops and give the crazy old lady what she wants, and they all need. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Sundance Film Festival,

• Official Trailer for Ashton Kutcher?s Indie Comedy ?Spread?
Anchor Bay Films has debuted a trailer for the Ashton Kutcher indie comedy Spread. I know that quite a few people hate Kutcher, but even so, I hope they?ll give this indie a chance. Spread premiere at Sundance in January which is where I first got to see it. Let me to tell you, this movie has lots of sex, I mean a lot of sex in it. After seeing it, I wasn?t sure what to think, and I wasn?t sure if I even liked it. But as time has gone on, I?ve found myself thinking about it more, not just for th • Official Trailer for Ashton Kutcher's Indie Comedy 'Spread'
Anchor Bay Films has debuted a trailer for the Ashton Kutcher indie comedy Spread . I know that quite a few people hate Kutcher, but even so, I hope they'll give this indie a chance. Spread premiere at Sundance in January which is where I first got to see it. Let me to tell you, this movie has lots of sex, I mean a lot of sex in it. After seeing it, I wasn't sure what to think, and I wasn't sure if I even liked it. But as time has gone on, I've found myself thinking about it more, not j • STUDIOS IGNORING SPECIALTY FILMS
FROM VARIETY The HEATH LEDGER movie THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS, which premiered at the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL , has yet to find a domestic distributor. With the first half of the year in film festivals behind us, it?s hard not to notice the nearly complete lack of specialty film pickups by studios. Even FOX SEARCHLIGHT , one of the few remaining studio specialty divisions, has been somewhat quiet. Since picking up THE WRESTLER in TORONTO last fall, the label has made just o • Page 2
Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn?t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we?ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It?s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. The two charts above come from OverthinkingIt ?s ?Quantitative Comparative Analysis? of Michael Bay ?s career. Boom Studios has released the covers (and variant covers) for the first tw • WWTW Bookshelf: ?The Reel Truth?
T hink getting an independent film greenlit - and shot - and distributed - sounds hard? Just leaf through the pages of Reed Martin?s new book, ? The Reel Truth ,? and you?ll see it?s a minor miracle every time an art-house picture hits the big screen. Martin, a freelance film reporter and movie marketing professor at NYU?s Stern School of Business, delivers the ultimate warning for everyone who ever dreamed of a life in cinema. The just released book, subtitled, ?Everything You Didn?t Know

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