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movieline.com - 10/3/2009

Precious Director Lee Daniels Confesses: 'We Laughed From Beginning to End'

— movieline.com — lee_daniels_precious_nyff.jpg The lawsuit-inspiring , diva-boasting darling Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire makes landfall in... New York this weekend, when its appearance as the New York Film Festival’s centerpiece selection marks its ... (more) Precious Director Lee Daniels Confesses: 'We Laughed ...

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livingincinema.com - 10/12/2009

Trailer #2: Precious

— livingincinema.com — Another day, another trailer. This one popped up at the end of last week, but I sat... on it because I think we already know what to expect from Precious . Nevertheless, everywhere it plays it gets raved about and it sounds like we’ll be hearing a lot ... (more) Trailer #2: Precious

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 9/30/2009

Inside the battle for 'Precious'

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Last week, we briefly reported on the legal blow dealt to Harvey Weinstein's efforts to distribute "Precious,... Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire," the darling of the Sundance Film Festival that follows the brutal life of a young Harlem... (more) Inside the battle for 'Precious'

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The Auteurs Daily: NYFF. Precious
The Auteurs Notebook — ... emphasizes only the worst in human nature, and does so in a way that flatters rather than confronts the prejudices of his liberal audience." Ed Gonzalez in Slant: "One for the Stuff White People Like canon, ...

Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—23 October 2009
The Auteurs Notebook — But Not Me Baby, I'm Too Precious, I Hadda...: Oscar blogger and World's Biggest Sunrise Fan Tom O'Neil is perturbed that Precious (Full title: Precious Based On The Novel "The Charterhouse Of Parma" By Stendhal, oh sorry, Precious Based On The Novel "Push" By Sapphire) didn't get nominated for a Gotham award this year. And he knows who's to blame: "is this just one of those ridiculous, irrelevant side shows we should all just ignore because it's a fluke — a case of huffy film critics acting stubbornly against a popular trend when permitted to decide the nominees of an awards group?" I ...

Should Lee Daniels tread more carefully?
In Contention — Based on an unexpected blanking in the Gotham Award nominations, plus the lingering resentment in some quarters over Mo’Nique’s reluctance to play the publicity game, talk has surfaced this week of a “Precious” backlash. I’m not buying it until there’s a larger press reaction to the film upon its release — if it receives further anti-consensus pans along the lines of Ed Gonzalez’s, perhaps. Either way, according to Patrick Goldstein, director Lee Daniels isn’t helping matters with some cocky statements that could rub some Academy voters the wrong way. His ...