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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CHICAGO&lt;/span&gt; – The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue is an iconic and historical Chicago landmark. As has been well documented in our active “Public Enemies” &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/1649/johnny-depp-has-landed-in-chicago-for-public-enemies-filming&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;discussion thread&lt;/A&gt;, the area is currently made over by the production team for the film “Public Enemies” to how it looked the night of July 22, 1934. See our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2508/exclusive-hollywoodchicagocom-photographs-biograph-set-for-john-dillinger-killing-in-public-enemies&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;exclusive slideshow here&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;!--break--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/slideshow/ImageA.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;Public Enemies filming in Chicago on May 23, 2008 at the Biograph Theater&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;“Public Enemies” filming in Chicago on May 23, 2008 at the Biograph Theater.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It was the night when John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp in the film) was killed by the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;FBI&lt;/span&gt;. The film that was showing at the theater that evening was the classic 1934 film “Manhattan Melodrama” with Clark Gable. The Biograph is still in use for stageplays. These HollywoodChicago.com pictures were photographed on May 23, 2008. Thanks to reader Gerry Bakker for the tip.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2508/exclusive-hollywoodchicagocom-photographs-biograph-set-for-john-dillinger-killing-in-public-enemies&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/star.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Star&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:120%;&quot;&gt;See the exclusive HollywoodChicago.com “Public Enemies” slideshow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CHICAGO&lt;/span&gt; –  While Johnny Depp’s portrayal of the demon barber of Fleet Street in the 2007 film iteration sells you on his fiendish ways, actor and singer David Hess in the musical bobbles more in purgatory rather than living hysterically in hell.&lt;!--break--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the musical thriller “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” which has a two-week Chicago engagement now through May 4, 2008, two other supporting characters – the pie-making Mrs. Lovett and the batty Tobias – rise above to take top presence prizes.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;While Hess doesn’t underwhelm and is a sound selection for the lead role, neither does he overwhelm in the ferocious way he needs to. The production with only 10 actors and musicians, which began in 2005 by British director John Doyle as a financial necessity, stayed that personal in future productions as an artistic choice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“It’s a positive way at looking at smallness and intimacy,” Doyle said about the production. “What we’re all searching for ultimately is the honesty of storytelling. [Central to this production] is the need to make the audience do some of the work. We ask them to use some of their imagination. There’s no barber’s chair, for instance. You can imagine it.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As well, Sweeney Todd’s victims are taken prey through the reddening of background light and screeching sound – too long and painful to hear, by the way. Indeed, you’re more intimately engaged in each note and calculated decision within the music of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That said, while the 2007 film depiction features a balanced cast with Sweeney Todd as the rightful standout, the musical performance that’s currently &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.sweeneytoddtour.com&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;touring&lt;/A&gt; 20 &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; cities (ending in June 2008) is decidedly plagued with some weak and undistinguished links. The performance also feels too long.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett in the 2007 film as well as Judy Kaye as Mrs. Lovett in the musical both win you over in different ways. They both invade their characters – completely in body and mind – but Kaye in the musical performance adds a refreshing twist of comic relief.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The audience craved more comedy, though, whether from her or from the dark and dreary-toned performance in general.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While we’re not handed wit from Edmund Bagnell as Tobias, we’re instead delightfully surprised by his unexpected, standout performance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bagnell infuses in his character ornately intense ticks, impeccably overdramatized enunciation (the repeatedly memorable musical line “the demon barber of &lt;I&gt;&lt;B&gt;fleet street&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/I&gt;,” for example) and is ultimately revealed as one of the stars of the show.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the concluding ovations, Bagnell won the crowd’s applause – along with Kaye as Mrs. Lovett – even over Hess as story subject Sweeney Todd. Just as so many of the actors were multi-talented musicians, Bagnell is also committed to memory for his uniquely quick-noted violin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To inject more evil in his wicked ways, Hess should have taken a page from the natural and authentic way Bagnell played the straight-jacketed fanatic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Alan Rickman was Judge Turpin in the 2007 film whereas Keith Buterbaugh tried in vain to act like him. Buterbaugh had the right idea in his eerie, skin-crawling scene where he fights his sexual feelings toward adopted daughter Johanna, but he ultimately needed more of it to leave a lasting impression.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street&quot; target=&quot;blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/star.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Star&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Read more Sweeney Todd coverage.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/theater&quot; target=&quot;blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/star.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Star&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Read more theater reviews by critic Adam Fendelman.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Lauren Molina as Johanna fit the bill of a shackled, fair maiden and is especially remembered for her lines where she reminds the man who’s courting her for marriage – Anthony (played by Benjamin Magnuson) – that she doesn’t even know his name.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anthony’s recurring song “Johanna” with the romantic lyric “I’ll steal you, Johanna” is the musical’s standout number as it’s sung in beautiful pitch and screams out in such clear key.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After countless musical performances around the world, what became “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” the musical and then the film (both in 1936 and 2007) first began as the story entitled “The String of Pearls” in 1846. It was published in a British penny dreadful and was likely penned by Thomas Prest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;I&gt;The musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” runs through May 4, 2008 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre at 151 W. Randolph St. in Chicago every day except for April 28 at 7:30 or 8 p.m. on most nights. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.broadwayinchicago.com/shows_dyn.php?cmd=display_current&amp;amp;display_showtag=sweeney08&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Tickets&lt;/A&gt; range in price from $25 to $75.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CHICAGO&lt;/span&gt; – In this edition of &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/in-the-forums&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;In the Forums&lt;/A&gt;, we bring you news from our discussion boards about “The Dark Knight” continuing to heat up with its comprehensive viral marketing campaign, Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale turning heads in Chicago from local filming, new production stills for the hotly anticipated “Iron Man” film with Robert Downey Jr. and news about the unveiling of new James Bond secrets.&lt;!--break--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:110%;&quot;&gt;“The Dark Knight” celebrates April Fool’s Day with enthusiasts in style.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/1982/the-dark-knight-viral-campaign-activates-for-april-fools-day-at-clowntravelagencycom&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Read our full coverage here!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;(Photo credit: IMDb)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:110%;&quot;&gt;“Public Enemies” is live and loud on the Chicago scene.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/1649/johnny-depp-has-landed-in-chicago-for-public-enemies-filming&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Read our full coverage here!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Chicago Tribune&lt;/i&gt; photo by John Smierciak)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:110%;&quot;&gt;“The Dark Knight” viral marketing phones have been ringing off the hook.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/1962/ring-ring-march-30-2008-ibelieveinharveydentcom-announcement-for-the-dark-knight&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Read our full coverage here!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;(Photo credit: IMDb)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:110%;&quot;&gt;New “Iron Man” photos with a Paramount watermark have mysteriously surfaced online.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/2005/new-iron-man-photos-mysteriously-surface-with-paramount-watermark&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;See them all here!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;(Photo credit: Superhero Hype!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:110%;&quot;&gt;A second Joker phone for “The Dark Knight” viral marketing has been snagged in Chicago and in cities across the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/1984/second-joker-phone-snagged-in-chicago-for-the-dark-knight&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Read and see our photos here!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;(Photo credit: IMDb)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:110%;&quot;&gt;James Bond revealing his own secrets? No, but an author will in a new book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/forums/2008/james-bond-secrets-to-be-revealed-in-new-book-on-april-15-2008&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Get the full scoop here!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;(Photo by Keith Hamshere on Nov. 17, 2002)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CHICAGO&lt;/span&gt; – HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman has analyzed the 10 nominated contenders (five men for best actor and five women for best actress) and reveals his selections for the top prize. Hosted by Jon Stewart, the 80th Academy Awards ceremony will be presented in one form or another on Feb. 24, 2008.&lt;!--break--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;FONT style=&#039;font-size:15px&#039;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Best Actor Nominees&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;George Clooney for the character Michael Clayton in “Michael Clayton”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Clooney upgrades himself from the “A” list to an “A+” grade and his report card earns him a richly deserved fighting chance. Leading this masterful but underrated film the way a leading Hollywood man should, Clooney – led by first-time director Tony Gilroy – will fight for “blood” and come up short.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/georgeclooney_michaelclayton.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;George Clooney in Michael Clayton&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Daniel Day-Lewis for the character Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Like a bat, Daniel Day-Lewis goes into Hollywood hibernation and only comes out when the pickings are prime and perfect. “There Will Be Blood,” which is only his third film in the past decade, is a monster of an epic and he’s nothing short of brilliant in it. This best-actor shoo-in should fit snugly.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/danieldaylewis_therewillbeblood.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Johnny Depp for the character Sweeney Todd in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Watch closely and you’ll see Depp in “Sweeney Todd” superbly slip back into his haunted, quirky “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” mindset. His vengeance, though, is bittersweet, his melodies serve justice to Stephen Sondheim’s music and Depp’s creative license merits a formidable runner up.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/johnnydepp_sweeneytodd.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tommy Lee Jones for the character Hank Deerfield in “In the Valley of Elah”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; No. No. No. While Paul Haggis’ “In the Valley of Elah” pulls at your patriotic heartstrings on an important and niche topic, Tommy Lee Jones delivers an adroit but subdued lead performance that won’t compete with the memorable punch and power of the other gentleman in this year’s best-actor race.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/tommyleejones_inthevalleyofelah.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Tommy Lee Jones in the film In the Valley of Elah&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Tommy Lee Jones in the film “In the Valley of Elah”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Viggo Mortensen for the character Nikolai Luzhin in “Eastern Promises”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Viggo Mortensen has clout and solid industry backing in his “Eastern Promises” performance and especially earns theatrical kudos for a particularly difficult and raw fight scene in the nude. Mortensen, though, deserves to stay among his mammoth peers on the best-actor nominee list.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/viggomortensen_easternpromies.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;FONT style=&#039;font-size:15px&#039;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Best Actress Nominees&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cate Blanchett for the character Queen Elizabeth I in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Yes. Yes. Yes. After winning best-supporting actress for “The Aviator” in 2005 and being recognized as not only one of the most successful actresses by Forbes but one of the most influential people in the world by Time, it’s Cate Blanchett’s time to shine in this year’s best-actress limelight.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/cateblanchett_elizabeththegoldenage.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Julie Christie for the character Fiona Anderson in “Away From Her”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Julie Christie in “Away From Her” authentically portrays the ghastly and evocative battle that is Alzheimer’s disease with conviction, reality and heart. She’s making lists across the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; as a best-actress nominee but has at least two adversaries who deserve the ultimate prize more.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/juliechristie_awayfromher.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Julie Christie in Away From Her&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Julie Christie in “Away From Her”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Marion Cotillard for the character Édith Piaf in “La Vie en Rose”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Chicago and Boston film critics along with various film festivals say she’s their best actress. She’s nominated by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the British Academy of Film &lt;span class=&quot;amp&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;TV&lt;/span&gt; Arts. Industry experts speak loudly: Marion Cotillard is this year’s top foreign-language selection.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/sites/default/files/marioncotillard_lavieenrose.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Laura Linney for the character Wendy Savage in “The Savages”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Any daughter who deals with a dad who literally writes wall messages with poop is a fine sibling indeed. In “The Savages,” though, her somewhat memorable performance is trumped by the always dominating Philip Seymour Hoffman, which reminds you she’d more appropriately be up for a supporting role.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ellen Page for the character Juno MacGuff in “Juno”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Adam Fendelman says:&lt;/I&gt; Though many haven’t heard of the meek Ellen Page until now and interpret her “Juno” performance as a breakout, she actually broke out in “Hard Candy” in 2005. In 2007’s “Little Miss Sunshine”-like film you can’t help but love, she’s the underdog with a shot at being recognized for coming full circle.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; Paramount Pictures on Wednesday evening released new production photos for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” which opens on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in “Sweeney&lt;br&gt;Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: Leah Gallo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/sweeneytodd1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;Alan Rickman (left) in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Alan Rickman (left) in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: Peter Mountain&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/sweeneytodd3.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: Leah Gallo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/sweeneytodd4.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: Peter Mountain&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/sweeneytodd5.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp in “Sweeney&lt;br&gt;Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: Leah Gallo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; Various new movie posters &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/12/20/new-posters-zohan-horton-hears-a-who-the-hottie-the-nottie-forbidden-kingdom/&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;have just surfaced&lt;/A&gt; for films including “Horton Hears a Who!,” which opens on March 14, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Dr. Seuss computer-animated adaptation features a star-studded cast that includes Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly and Carol Burnett.&lt;/p&gt;
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Next up, we have a new poster for “The Forbidden Kingdom” with Jet Li and Jackie Chan – yes, in the same film. “The Forbidden Kingdom” is slated to open on April 17, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
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We also have the new movie poster for – you’ve got to be kidding me! – “The Hottie and the Nottie” with Paris Hilton, which is scheduled to open on Feb. 8, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/hottieposter.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;The movie poster for The Hottie and the Nottie with Paris Hilton&quot; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Finally, we have the movie poster for “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” with Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and Mariah Carey. The film, which is written by Judd Apatow (“Knocked Up,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”) and Adam Sandler, is slated to open on June 6, 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; If you live in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, North Dakota or Iowa, you won’t be able to pay to see Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen in “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at your local Marcus Theatres cinema.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman in “Sweeny&lt;br&gt;Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In a bizarre turn of events, Marcus Theaters – the seventh-largest circuit in the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt;– on Tuesday told Paramount Pictures it won’t book the film in any of its 49 theaters because the studio’s asking price is too high, according to &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977908.html?categoryid=13&amp;amp;cs=1&amp;amp;nid=2563&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Variety&lt;/A&gt;. Variety also reported:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/marcustheatres.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;Marcus Theatres&quot; ALIGN=&quot;RIGHT&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s rare for an exhibitor and studio to end up in such a situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Unfortunately, as a result of the negotiations with Paramount reaching an impasse, Marcus Theatres will not be showing ‘Sweeny Todd’ in any of its locations,” Marcus prexy Bruce J. Olson said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Olson added: “This decision was reluctantly reached because the price requested by Paramount to show the film in Marcus Theatres was too expensive in the opinion of our film buyers.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;A spokesman for Marcus Theatres said he believes the move marks the first time the circuit has decided not to show a movie because of a studio’s asking price. Marcus declined to say how much of a split [Paramount] sought.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, the split is higher in favor of the studio at the beginning of a movie’s run.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Paramount has planned to release “Sweeny Todd” in about 1,200 theaters nationwide. The film opens on&amp;nbsp;Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Free advance-screening movie passes.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;No catch.&lt;/i&gt; Just click the link and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RSVP&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This week, we have passes for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “The Orphanage,” “The Bucket List” and “Starting Out in the Evening”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/sweeny_todd.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman in Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman in “Sweeny&lt;br&gt;Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1006&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 18 in Orlando&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1007&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 18 in Hollywood&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1008&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 18 in Tampa&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1009&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 18 in West Palm Beach, Fla.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1005&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 19 in San Francisco&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1010&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 20 in Orlando&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1011&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 20 in Tampa&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1012&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 20 in Jacksonville, Fla.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1017&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 19 in Denver&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “The Orphanage” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/994&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Jan. 10, 2008 in Salt Lake City&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/993&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Jan. 10, 2008 in Denver&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “The Bucket List” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1014&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Jan. 7, 2008 in Charlotte, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;N.C.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1015&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Jan. 7, 2008 in Nashville&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “Starting Out in the Evening” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/1019&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 19 in Chamblee, Ga.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; As “Sweeney Todd” continues to capture all sorts of different kinds of buzz, one that particularly caught my eye on Monday came from the pen of &lt;I&gt;Chicago Sun-Times&lt;/I&gt; reporter Lewis Lazare.&lt;!--break--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman in “Sweeny&lt;br&gt;Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He asks if its marketing will give patrons a haircut and says unsuspecting fans might sing another tune. Plus, the best line of all:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;From what we know about the movie from its marketing strategy to date and from a small body of critics and VIPs who have seen the film (we have not), this “Sweeney Todd” also might be remembered for being the subject of one of the biggest bait-and-switch marketing schemes in movie history.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[This] bait and switch &amp;#8230; became an imperative to ensure the film generates an opening weekend box-office figure substantial enough to suggest “blockbuster” to the moviegoing public.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lazare is ultimately questioning if the film’s actually for “slasher fans” or if it screams “Sondheim musical”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tim Burton’s film – starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen – is based on composer Stephen Sondheim’s stage musical from three decades ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its marketing, though, has shifted from deliberately targeting its musical side and separately honing in specifically on its throat slitting. Lazare wrote:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sondheim’s original Broadway score in almost its entirety is said to be included in the Burton movie. In fact, reports indicate that about 90 percent of the movie is comprised of sung scenes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But curiously, you’d never know that to be the case from watching the 150-second trailer, which makes the movie seem like a fast-paced bloody period thriller/horror flick about a crazed murderer and his sidekick.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The full &lt;I&gt;Chicago Sun-Times&lt;/I&gt; story can be &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.suntimes.com/business/689434,CST-FIN-lew10.article&quot; TARGET=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;found here&lt;/A&gt;. “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” opens on Dec.&amp;nbsp;21.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mann to Ambush Depp Outside the Biograph:&lt;/b&gt; Michael Mann and Johnny Depp have agreed to film “Public Enemies”. It’ll be a Chicago-based film about Depression-era gangsters set in 1933 to 1934.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Depp will play John Dillinger, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977137.html &quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Variety&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The film is slated to start shooting in Chicago on March 10, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Michael Mann.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mann wrote the script based on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Public-Enemies-Americas-Greatest-1933-34/dp/0143035371 &quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;book&lt;/a&gt; by Bryan Burroughs. Depp recently backed out of Mira Nair’s “Shantaram” due to &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;WGA&lt;/span&gt; strike-related script problems.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since 2006’s “Miami Vice,” Mann has been jumping on and off abandoned projects. “Public Enemies” sounds close in tone and period to an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964150.html &quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;untitled&lt;/a&gt; Hollywood noir written by John Logan that stars Leonardo DiCaprio. That project fell through due to a budget climbing in excess of $100 million.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mann also was attached to “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973824.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Empire&lt;/a&gt;” – a media-mogul drama again written by Logan (which its proposed star, Will Smith, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&amp;amp;id=12756&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;recently compared&lt;/a&gt; to “Richard &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;III&lt;/span&gt;”) – along with a former Martin Scorsese project entitled “Frankie Machine”. “Frankie Machine” was &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974684.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;due&lt;/a&gt; to star Robert De Niro and be rewritten by Alex Tse (“Watchmen”).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mann was possibly to step in and direct “Edwin A. Salt,” which is a &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;CIA&lt;/span&gt; thriller to star Tom Cruise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968993.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;original&lt;/a&gt; director, Terry George (“Reservation Road,” “Hotel Rwanda”), recently dropped out due to script problems. Despite the strike, Mann also wouldn’t commit without a rewrite to the screenplay by Kurt Wimmer (“Equilibrium,” “Ultraviolet”).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Depp and Mann previously &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117957326.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;almost&lt;/a&gt; collaborated on an adaptation of “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Death-Dissident-Poisoning-Alexander-Litvinenko/dp/1416551654&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Death of a Dissident&lt;/a&gt;” about the assassinated former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mann, who was born in Chicago, previously filmed “Thief” and “Manhunter” in the Windy City.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Then the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NBR&lt;/span&gt; Woke Up:&lt;/b&gt; The National Board of Review (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NBR&lt;/span&gt;) – annually the first film awards organization announcing its prizes – has named its best film of 2007: the Coen brothers’ “No Country For Old Men”. Other awards follow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/javier_bardem.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;Javier Bardem&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Javier Bardem in “No Country For Old Men”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Top 10 films (in alphabetical order):&lt;/i&gt; “The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford,” “Atonement,” “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/08/bourne-is-back-badass-in-ultimatum.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Bourne Ultumatum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,” “Into the Wild,” “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/10/juno-first-livejournal-blogger-film.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Juno&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,” “The Kite Runner,” “Lars and the Real Girl,” “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/10/michael-clayton-is-adult-antidote-to.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Clayton&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;” and “Sweeney Todd”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Best actor:&lt;/i&gt; George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Best actress:&lt;/i&gt; Julie Christie, “Away From Her”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Best supporting actor:&lt;/i&gt; Casey Affleck, “The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Best supporting actress:&lt;/i&gt; Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Best adapted screenplay:&lt;/i&gt; Joel and Ethan Coen, “No Country For Old Men”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Best original screenplay:&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/11/interview-why-hollywoods-enraptured.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diablo Cody&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, “Juno,” and Nancy Oliver, “Lars and the Real Girl”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Best director:&lt;/i&gt; Tim Burton, “Sweeney Todd”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In recent days, the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NBR&lt;/span&gt; was &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314861,00.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;rumored&lt;/a&gt; to have ousted influential member Annette Insdorf. She’s the head of the Columbia University film department and an acclaimed scholar on Francois Truffaut and Krzystof Kieslowski.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/freakonomics.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; ALT=&quot;Freakonomics&quot; ALIGN=&quot;RIGHT&quot;/&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Documentarists to Get Their ‘Freak’ On:&lt;/b&gt; A who’s who of documentary filmmakers will each take on the non-fiction best-seller “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Freakonomics-Revised-Expanded-Economist-Everything/dp/0061234001&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Freakonomics&lt;/a&gt;,” according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977085.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Variety&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The film has enlisted Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”), Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (“Jesus Camp”), Alex Gibney (“Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”), Laura Poitras (“My Country My Country”), Eugene Jarecki (“Why We Fight”) and Jehane Noujaim (“Control Room”) to each direct a documentary segment on chapters in the book.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The film will be produced by Chad Troutwin and Seth Gordon (“&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/08/king-of-kong-fistful-of-quarters-is.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The King of Kong&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;”). The controversial book, which is written by University of Chicago &lt;a href=&quot;http://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitteconomist&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;economist&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stevenlevitt.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Steven Levitt&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt; journalist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stephenjdubner.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Steven J. Dubner&lt;/a&gt;, is full of lateral thinking. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It uses pop culture and data to argue (among other things) that legalized abortion might lead to a lower crime rate or that beginning drug dealers on Chicago’s south side make less money than the starting counter wage at Burger King.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The authors also maintain a &lt;a href=&quot;http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; for further debate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Spurlock has been the talk of movie blogs recently. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/12/02/first-look-morgan-spurlock%e2%80%99s-where-in-the-world-is-osama-bin-laden&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Speculation&lt;/a&gt; spread that his next film, “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?,” actually contains an interview with bin Laden.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Morgan Spurlock.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: Rebecca Sapp, WireImage.com&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This sudden news was based on two things: first, a conveniently truncated &lt;i&gt;Variety&lt;/i&gt; quote from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_vstory/VR1117966236.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;June&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Most sites &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22115291&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;reported&lt;/a&gt; the film’s director of photography, Daniel Marracino, as saying: “We’ve definitely got the Holy Grail.” Still, the majority neglected to continue the quote: “&lt;i&gt;Visually&lt;/i&gt;, this film is just going to be gorgeous.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Secondly, there was a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2007&amp;amp;content=jump&amp;amp;jump=story&amp;amp;dept=berlin&amp;amp;nav=NBerlin&amp;amp;articleid=VR1117959195&amp;amp;cs=1 &quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;bidding war&lt;/a&gt; for the film at the Berlin Film Festival won by the Weinstein Company – last February. &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;AICN&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34982&quot; target=&quot;blank&quot;&gt;alleges&lt;/a&gt; that the Weinstein Company spent $25 million on a 15-minute preview.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It took blogs from both &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/usa/2007/12/supersizing_osama_bin_laden.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Guardian&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/the-height-of-movie-hype-starring-bin-laden&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to debunk the rumor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?” debuts at the Sundance Film Festival in Jan. 2008. “Freakonomics” plans to shoot in the beginning of January and hopes to be completed by the summer of 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:shane@hollywoodchicago.com&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shane Hazen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Staff Writer&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;HollywoodChicago.com&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Just click the link and &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RSVP&lt;/span&gt;. This week, we have passes for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “The Golden Compass,” “The Bucket List,” “I Am Legend,” “Atonement,” “Revolver,” “Margot at the Wedding” and “The Amateurs”.&lt;!--break--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:80%;&quot;&gt;Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman in “Sweeny&lt;br&gt;Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo credit: IMDb&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “Sweeny Todd” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/963&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 6 in South Miami&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/964&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 6 in Orlando&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/982&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 6 in Tampa&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/965&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 11 in Ft. Lauderdale&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/984&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 11 in West Palm Beach&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/985&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 11 in Orlando&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/986&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 11 in Tampa&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “The Golden Compass” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/955&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 4 in Los Angeles&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/956&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 5 in Los Angeles&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/957&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 5 in Orange, Calif.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “The Bucket List” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/967&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 4 in Chicago&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “I Am Legend” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/960&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 12 in Birmingham, Mich.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “Revolver” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/980&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 4 in Seattle&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “Margot at the Wedding” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/974&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 4 in San Jose, Calif.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “Atonement” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/975&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 5 in Chicago&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Snag your “The Amateurs” pass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.FilmMetro.com/events/view/981&quot; target=&quot;BLANK&quot;&gt;Dec. 11 in Seattle&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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