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hollywood-elsewhere.com - 8/18/2009
No Tokyo Dolphins
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I missed Peter Howell's 8.5 scoop about the Tokyo Film Festival shunning The Cove. The Toronto Star critic got it the day before from Cove director Louie Psihoyos during a Toronto promotional visit. Psihoyos had been told that very day -- August 4th -- that Tokyo wasn't taking The Cove. He said ...
variety.com - 8/18/2009
Inarritu to head Tokyo fest jury - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
— variety.com — 'Cove' director claims film rejected by event TOKYO -- Mexican helmer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was named competition... jury prexy by the Tokyo Film Festival on Monday. Inarritu's connection with the fest goes back to his first pic, "Amores Perros," ... (more) Inarritu to head Tokyo fest jury - Entertainment News, ...

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thestar.com - 8/18/2009
Movies | Tokyo shuns dolphin-slaughter doc
— thestar.com — Peter Howell Movie Critic The Cove , the horrific exposé of Japanese dolphin slaughter that has won... audience awards around the globe, has been shut out of the Tokyo International Film Festival for "hypocritical" reasons, the film's director charges. ... (more) Movies | Tokyo shuns dolphin-slaughter doc

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RoboGeisha, or...What the F!?
chucknorrisatemybaby.blogspot.com - 8/12/2009
RoboGeisha, or...What the F!?
— chucknorrisatemybaby.blogspot.com — If I remember correctly, I first saw the trailer for the upcoming Japanese film, RoboGeisha thanks to... Miles over at the fantastic blog, HodgeBlodge . I had no idea what I was in for the first time I clicked play on the trailer button thingy, and even now, as I find myself clicking play on the ... (more) RoboGeisha, or...What the F!?

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IFC.com - Indie Eye:  Tokyo versus "The Cove."

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Tokyo versus "The Cove."
IFC.com - Indie Eye — ... , adding "It is essential that Japanese people see this film. They have the same reaction as an American audience, but they have the added emotion of shame." And Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere is, for whatever reason, trying to put the responsibility for what comes next on jury president Alejandro González Iñárritu. ...

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