variety.com - 9/23/2008
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Oct. 1 deadline has countries unloading pics With the Oct. 1 deadline for foreign-language Oscar submissions looming, a slew of countries unveiled their choices this week. The Uli Edel-helmed terrorist drama "The Baader Meinhof Complex" will represent Germany. Pic, produced by Constantin Film's ...
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Last Night with Riviera —
| HOT The World is Watching (Australian Films) The influential international trade magazines are raving about Australian films right now. This is key in shifting international buyers' perceptions of our cinema and getting key sales in foreign territories. Success abroad could also be the catalyst Aussie cinema needs to claw its way back into the hearts of Australians at home. For Variety, Not Quite Hollywood is "a rip roaring salute" to genre cinema, The Square "gets it right" and Disgrace is ...
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