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stanley cup w of countries haveannounced their selections for the foreign language category of the AcademyAwards, just days before the final deadline on October 3.- Anders Thomas Jensen Adam s Apples has been selected as theDanish entry. The popular comedy has sofar sold more than 350,000 tickets in Denmark.Anders Thomas Jensen haspreviously been nominated three times for the Oscars in the short filmcategory, winning in 1999 with his ElectionNight. Denmark has not won theOscar for Best Foreign Film since back-to-back wins in 1987 and 1988 withGabriel Axel s Babette s Feast andthen Bille August s Pelle the Conqueror.- The Czech Film andTelevision Academy CFTA has selected Bohdan Slama s Something Like Happiness as the Czech candidate, days after itwon the Golden Shell at San Sebastian.Slama and producer PavelStrnad will next present their film at the 43rd New York Film Festival, markingthe first time in 27 years a Czech feature film has screened at the festival. Something Like Happiness currently tops the box office at home in the CzechRepublic, where it is distributed by Bontonfilm. Mor
stanley cup e than 25,000 people sawthe film during its opening weekend.- The Death of MrLazarescu, from Romanian director Cristi Puiu, has been nominated toreprese
stanley cup nt Romania. Puiu s movie, which portraysthe journey of an ailing old man into the hellish depths of Bucharest shospitals during the course of one night, won Un Certain Regard at Cannes aswell as awards at festivals in Copenhagen, Hungary and Romania. Ohlf New deputy MD appointed at Columbia TriStar Germany
The spectre of Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets previews loomed large over the UK box office holdovers this weekend, however several of the previous week s openers, led by 28 Days Later, held up valiantly. Meanwhile Buena Vista International s Rabbit-Proof Fence led this week s openers in a strong week for the art house and limited release circuit.Danny Boyle s 28 Days Later, released through 20th Century Fox, impressed again this week, retaining the top spot with $1.7m 拢1.1m . The film dropped off just 19% from its launch week, ably taking advantage of the gap left in the adult market created by a lack of openers this week and Harry Potter preview screen saturation.Adding two sites, the apocalyptic thriller played at 320 locations this week for a strong average of $5,332 per venue. 28 Days Later has grossed $5.3m 拢3.3m after 10 days on release and should hold up well aga
stanley cup in next week when the only wide openers are Warner Bros Harry Potter which had little effect on the film this week and Fox s comedy Super Troopers.Also holding up well were Columbia TriStar s Mr Deeds and UIP s Changing Lanes, both in their
stanley cup second weeks. Mr Deeds added another 14 sites and leapt from fourth to second in the chart, with $1.2m 拢746,070 . The Adam Sandler comedy dropped off a paltry 15% this weekend and scored a solid site average of $3,864.Changing Lanes lost 17 locations but managed a drop of just 27% from its opening weekend to take fourth place with $894,393 拢562,573 from
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