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9/21 Oscarweb Round-up

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Paul Bettany in Creation• Zooey Deschanel is off the market. [CNN]

• “Creation”: “One of the most robust defenses of atheism and agnosticism ever to appear in a mainstream film.” [The Guardian]

• The 10 principles of hybrid distribution. [indieWIRE]

• “District 9” gets the cold shoulder in Nigeria. [New York Times]

• John Horn writes up a market of trepidation. [Los Angeles Times]

• Roger Ebert sees dire straights in the independent film scene. [Chicago Sun-Times]

• Anne Thompson counts down the biggest Oscar prospects out of Toronto. [Thompson on Hollywood]

• Andrew O’Hehir on John Malkovich and “Disgrace.” [Beyond the Multiplex]

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  1. James D. Avatar

    Only in America can a film about sympathizing with an SS guard be nominated for Best Picture and a film about a set of scientific facts is unable to find a distributor.