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ShoWest 2009 - 2009 Coca-Cola Filmmakers Award
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- Category: ShoWest News
- Published on 30 March 2009
- Written by Judy Thorburn
Jerome Sable and Michael Montgomery, graduate students from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, have won the 2009 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker’s Award for their dance-themed short film entitled, “Meanwhile...” As winners Sable and Montgomery received $10,000 and their film will be seen later this year on over 21,000 movie screens in theaters that serve Coca-Cola products.
Sable and Montgomery received their award at ShoWest during the Final Night Banquet and Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas on April 2. The short films from the other 2009 top 10 contest finalists can be viewed at www.ccrfa.com
Jerome Sable is an up-and-coming filmmaker in the Graduate Directing Program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Originally from Montréal, Québec, Sable’s creative credits include partnership in “Sable & Batalion,” a musical comedy duo formed in 1993 with childhood friend Eli Batalion in 1993. Batalion is featured in “Meanwhile” as the “straw player” who dips Mary Murphy at the film’s conclusion. Sable & Batalion’s award-winning musical theatre show, which has been hailed by the L.A. Times as “groundbreaking,” has visited more than 20 cities worldwide.
Michael Montgomery received a B.A. from the University of Nebraska in creative writing. He pursued his desire to tell memorable stories through film by joining USC's graduate program in film production where he received the 2007-08 SCA Scholarship Award. In his three years in Los Angeles, Montgomery has helped manage more than 500 people on nearly 15 different productions. As he concludes his education at USC, Montgomery is preparing to shoot his graduate thesis film
ShoWest 2009 - Michael Bay/ShoWest Vanguard Award
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- Category: ShoWest News
- Published on 30 March 2009
- Written by Judy Thorburn
BAY’S NEXT FILM, PARAMOUNT PICTURES’ AND DREAMWORKS PICTURES
“TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN” OPENS JUNE 24
Michael Bay received the ShoWest 2009 Vanguard Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, at ShoWest’s Final Night Banquet and Award Ceremony on Thursday, April 2, at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
Miss March
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- Category: Judy Thorburn
- Published on 29 March 2009
- Written by Judy Thorburn
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ShoWest 2009 - Kathryn Bigelow/ShoWest Triumph Award
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- Category: ShoWest News
- Published on 28 March 2009
- Written by Judy Thorburn
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE “THE HURT LOCKER” ON JUNE 26, 2009
ShoWest 2009 - Patricia Clarkson/ShoWest Independent...
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- Category: ShoWest News
- Published on 28 March 2009
- Written by Judy Thorburn
CLARKSON STARS IN “WHATEVER WORKS,” WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY WOODY ALLEN, RELEASED BY SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning actress Patricia Clarkson was honored with the ShoWest Independent Award for Excellence in Acting. Clarkson was presented with the award at a special luncheon “Celebrating the Importance of Independent and Specialty Film”on Thursday, April 2, at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
MGM gets its 'Stooges'
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- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 28 March 2009
Penn, Carrey, Del Toro part of studio's plan
By MICHAEL FLEMING
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MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for "TheThree Stooges."
Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard.
The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe.
The film is not a biopic, but rather a comedy built around the antics of the three characters that Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Howard played in the Columbia Pictures shorts.
ShoWest 2009 - Rachel McAdams/ShoWest Female Star/Year
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- Category: ShoWest News
- Published on 28 March 2009
- Written by Judy Thorburn
McADAMS TO STAR IN NEW LINE CINEMA’S “THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE” & WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ AND VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES’ “SHERLOCK HOLMES”
Rachel McAdams was presented with the ShoWest 2009 Female Star of the Year Award at ShoWest’s Final Night Banquet and Award Ceremony on Thursday, April 2, at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
Waltz with Bashir
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- Category: Jacqueline Monahan
- Published on 26 March 2009
- Written by Jacqueline Monahan
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Race to Witch Mountain
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- Category: Jacqueline Monahan
- Published on 23 March 2009
- Written by Jacqueline Monahan
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'UP' Cannes Film Festival Announcement
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- Category: Newswire Announcements
- Published on 22 March 2009
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT QUOTES
Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, said, “It’s a great honor for The Walt Disney Studios, and our incredibly talented cast members at Pixar Animation Studios, to have ‘UP’ selected as the first animated feature to ever open the Cannes Film Festival. Adding to this historic milestone, ‘UP’ is also the first digital 3D film, and the first Disney film selected for the coveted opening night slot at Cannes. We are so proud of this terrific movie, and can’t wait to share it with the filmmaking community and festival-goers on Wednesday, May 13, and the rest of the world starting on May 29th."
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