BoxOffice® Pro - November 2011

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season, but that doesn’t preclude him
from having some comical troubles with
the fam—a high performance clan of
ultra-busy professionals with top of the
line gear to deliver presents to the kids of
the world. This 3D CG kidflick was made
at Aardman Studios, the team responsible
for classics Wallace and Grommit and
Chicken Run.
THE ARTIST
SILENCE SPEAKS WONDERS
DISTRIBUTOR The Weinstein Company CAST Jean Dujardin,
Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope
Anne Miller, Missi Pyle, Uggy DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER Michel
Hazanavicius PRODUCERS Thomas Langmann, Emmanuel
Montamat GENRE Silent/Comedy/Drama RATING Unrated
RUNNING TIME 100 min. RELEASE DATE November 23 ltd.
George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is an actor
with such appeal he has the world at his
perfectly adorned feet—until he stumbles
upon Peppy Miller (Bernice Bejo), the girl
he loves despite his wife, and helps despite
his descending popularity as the silent film
is slowly replaced with talking pictures.
This star-studded international picture is
lousy with charisma, just the thing that
made those silent black and whites twinkle
and shine in their heyday.
HUGO
A GANGSTER GETS FANTASTICAL
DISTRIBUTOR Paramount CAST Sacha Baron Cohen, Chloe
Moretz, Asa Butterfield, Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Ben
Kingsley DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese SCREENWRITER John Logan
PRODUCERS Graham King, Christi Dembrowski GENRE Mystery
RATING TBD RUNNING TIME TBD RELEASE DATE November 23,
2011
Based on a popular book, this family feature
marks Martin Scorsese’s first foray into 3D.
Scorsese’s a family man so it was only time
before he took a break from his gangsters
and “modern saints” to make a kid’s film,
and this one is as much a valentine to the
magic of youth as to the origins of cinema.
Hugo Cabret receives a mechanical man
from his father only days before he loses
dad in a fire. Alone and without his father’s
last gift, he searches Paris for it, chased by
arriving trains and aided by his own Méliès,
a magician whose mechanical toys conjure
magic.
CRAZY WISDOM:
THE LIFE AND TIMES
OF CHOGYAM
TRUNGPA RINPOCHE
RAISING ZEN
DISTRIBUTOR Louise Rosen DIRECTOR Johanna Demetrakas
PRODUCERS Lisa Leeman, Johanna Demetrakas GENRE
Documentary RATING Unrated RUNNING TIME 86 min. RELEASE
DATE November 18 NY/LA
It’s seldom we see major trends in modern
thought and have a person to credit for
them. While it’d be foolhardy to say Chogyam
Trungpa was singlehandedly responsible
for assisting this nation in the post-war
interest in Buddhism, but his teaching, his
timing and his outspokenness were evident
contributors to the America’s connection to
eastern thought and its pervasiveness in our
practices from art to politics.
A DANGEROUS
METHOD
ANALYZE HER?
DISTRIBUTOR Sony Pictures Classics CAST Keira Knightley,
Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Sarah Gadon,
Vincent Cassel DIRECTOR David Cronenberg SCREENWRITER
Christopher Hampton PRODUCER Jeremy Thomas GENRE
Drama RATING R for sexual content and brief language
RUNNING TIME 93 min. RELEASE DATE September 23 ltd.
A hot Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender)
meets a wounded Sabine Spielrein (Keira
Knightly) in Victorian Vienna, and saves
her wounded psyche with talk therapy—
new at the time and spearheaded by his
distant mentor Dr. Sigmund Freud (Viggo
Mortensen). As Spielrein improves, she
develops skill in the field of psychology,
goes to school, graduates into practice
and falls into the arms of a married Dr.
Jung. It’s a ferocious affair; the sort to
destroy lives—or at least reputations—
and in a medical establishment so new
and easily tarnished, they should be taker
greater precautions … and being quieter
in bed.
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