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Dir Lasse Hallstrom. US 2001. 111mins.What has happened to the singular vision of Lasse Hallstrom, so clearly evident in his Swedish  My Life As A Dog  and first American film  What s Eating Gilbert Grape    The Shipping News, his third consecutive film for Miramax, propagates the same compassionate humanism that defined his  previous two, The Cider House Rules and Chocolat  both Oscar-nominated , but it also suffers from some of their weaknesses: the film is soft, bland  and somewhat shapeless.  Based on E Annie Proulx s Pulitzer Prize-win <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.uk>stanley cup</a> ning novel, the tale centres on a third-rate newspaperman  played by a vastly miscast Kevin Spacey , who embarks on a journey of self-discovery when he returns to his ancestors   home on the coast of Newfoundland.  What elevates the film above the routine is its visual look and female cast: Cate Blanchett as Spacey s first wife, Julianne Moore as the new woman in his life and especially the formidable Judi Dench as his feisty aunt.  So far, Miramax has been unable to position The Shipping News as a strong Oscar contender and major player in  <a href=https://www.stanleycup.cz>stanley cup</a> the US, either artistically, due to mixed reviews, or commercially, due to lukewarm word-of-mouth and middling box-office:   since it opened  one week ago the film has taken an estimated $2.8m from 186 sites.Although based on vastly different sources materials, Hallstrom s three Miramax features basically represent the same kind of film - and the same kind of film-making.  Al <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.uk>stanley uk</a> l three are set in remote, ex Hhpn Hamburg Festival celebrates Spain
Prolific documentarian Alex Gibney will make a film about the iconic Frank Sinatra for the new Alcon Television Group and Frank Sinatra Enterprises.The untitled four-hour mini-series will premiere on HBO and is described as an  up close and personal  look at the entertainers life featuring previously unseen footage from industry and home movies as well as private and professional performances.Alcon Television Group, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, Kennedy-Marshall Company and Jigsaw Productions are the production companies and Jeff Pollack will serve as producer alongside Gibney.The exec <a href=https://www.stanleyuk.uk>stanley uk</a> utive producers are Frank Marshall, Nancy Sinatra and Charles Pignone, as well as Alcon Television president Sharon Hall and Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.Netflix has announced its next original series. Orange Is The New Bl <a href=https://www.stanleycup.pl>stanley kubek</a> ack will debut on July 11. Lionsgate TV produced the comedy drama about a Brooklyn woman who gets sent to jail for one year after her drug dealer is arrested.TopicsProductionUnited States           No comments                                                                       Related articles                                                                                                                                        News                                      MBS Group closes deal to manage Saudi Arabias AlUla Studios                                                        2025-05-07T08:52:00Z              <a href=https://www.cups-stanley.fr>stanley cup</a>        By Michael Rosser      
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