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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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2009-01-20
A terrible week for first run releases. There are five such releases on this week's list, but they has a combined haul of around $130 million, and nearly $100 million of that came from two films. With no big releases, we had to look other places for the DVD Pick of the Week. Repo! The Genetic Opera on Blu-ray is a clear contender for that title, but its lack of mass appeal is troublesome. This American Life - Season Two is a safer pick, but it is a Borders Exclusive release. Regardless of these issues, both releases are worthy of the DVD Pick of the Week. Despite the weakness at the top, there are still more than enough total releases to cause this column to stretch into two parts. The second part can be found here.
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2003-02-06
imdb.com/Name?Moore,+Michael+(II)">Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Bowling for Columbine received a surprising nomination for best original screenplay from the Writers’ Guild of America. This is the latest in a long string of firsts and records for the Guerilla Filmmaker. In May of 2002 Bowling for Columbine became the first documentary to compete for the Golden Palm at the Cannes film festival. When it was released it set box office records for documentaries across the globe. And now it’s the first documentary to ever get a WGA nomination.
Bowling for Columbine will complete against My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Far From Heaven, Gangs of New York and Antwone Fisher.
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