France's Fairy Tale Film Hopes for Oscar
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One is tone-deaf, another a sneering troublemaker, part of a motley crew of young boys that hardly seems made for stardom. But their bell-like voices are the soul of a Cinderella story that has swept French cinemas, surprising critics and the director himself.
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What does Guillermo del Toro's brilliant fantasy film say about politics in an age of media fairy tales? In Table of Malcontents.
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The new film "A Very Long  Engagement" was filmed and set in France and uses French actors, extras and technicians. And now its French director is fighting in French courts to prove his film is French.
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Forty years after their  "Closely Watched Trains" won the Oscar for best  foreign-language film, director Jiri Menzel has adapted another  novel by the late Bohumil Hrabal, and history could well repeat  itself when Academy members get to see "I Served the King of  England," which screened here in competition.
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ACTOR Johnny Depp&#39;s new film about the creator of Peter Pan is the early frontrunner to win the Best Film Oscar. Finding Neverland has been named Film Of The Year by the prestigious
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Can a film that humanizes Adolf Hitler win an Oscar? Oliver Hirschbiegel hopes so.
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French Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie En Rose, wins the most Baftas including best actress for Marion  Cotillard while Atonement gets just two gongs
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This sword-and-sandal spectacle from those epic-loving De Laurentiises might have made a good childrenâs film.
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Edith Piaf's life is chronicled in a film released last month - France's answer to the Hollywood biopic.
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Like a potential hit movie, the 79th Academy Awards come equipped with any number of promising storylines.
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The director of hit movie Amelie is fighting in the French courts to prove his latest film is really French.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fatih Akin is riding two horses as the Oscar race for foreign-language feature rounds the far bend, heading to the January 22 announcement of Academy Award nominations.
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DreamWorks and Walt Disney have three films each in the running for best animated feature Oscar.
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A classic Hollywood cliffhanger will conclude Sunday's Academy Awards, and organizers hope the suspense of an up-for-grabs best-picture race will be enough to keep TV audiences tuned in through the finale.
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This year's Academy Awards has something it hasn't had in ages: A neck-and-neck race for Best Picture.
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The most expensive film in French history is released to scathing reviews but is proof that there remains a market for its hero
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Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are bringing the Belgian literary hero to the big screen, 100 years after his creator's birth