Weekend Newsreel- January 13, 2006

Compiled by the FilmBuffOnLine Staff

 

 

Godzilla’s Attack Remembered: A plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the United States release of the classic Japanese monster film Godzilla will be unveiled this March. The plaque will be placed at 129 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, the former site of Visual Drama, Inc. studio where additional scenes featuring Raymond Burr were shot with the intention of making the film more accessible to American audiences. The Americanized version of Godzilla was released in the U.S. on April 4, 1956.

 

 

Wong Kar Wai Gets Jury Duty: Chinese director Wong Kar Wai has been selected president of the jury for the Cannes Film Festival. Wong becomes the first Chinese jury president in the festival’s history. The Cannes Film Festival runs May 17th to the 28th.

 

 

Guild Award Nominations Announced: Awards season gets into full swing with the Screen Actors Guild, the Directors Guild of America, the American Society of Cinematographers, the Visual Effects Society, the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America all announcing their nominations for their various guilds’ awards. You can see the individual Guild’s nominations at FilmBuffOnLine’s coverage here.

 

 

In Remembrance-

 

Belita Jepson-Turner- The Olympic skater turned actress has passed away at age 82.

Marjorie Kellogg- The novelist who adapted her 1968 novel Tell Me You Love Me, Junie Moon for film has passed away at age 83.

Jack Wiener- The producer of the films as The Eagle Has Landed (1976) and F/X (1986) has passed away at age 79.

Vincent Schiavelli- The droopy-eyed character has passed away at age 57.

Beverly Tyler- The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player  has passed at age 78.

Robert Newmyer- The independent film producer behind the hits sex, lies and videotape (1989) and Training Day (2001), has passed away at age 49.

 

 

Opening This Week- 

·         April's Shower (limited)- website

·         Film Geek (Portland)- website

·         Glory Road

·         Hoodwinked!- website

·         The Impassioned Eye: Henri Cartier-Bresson

·         The Keeper: The Legend Of Omar Khayyam (NY)- website

·         Last Holiday- website

·         The Libertine (wide)- website

·         The New World (wider)- website

·         On The Outs (NY, LA, Chi)

·         The Producers (wider)- website

·         Tamara (limited)- website

·         Tristan And Isolde-

·         When The Sea Rises (NY)