HYPNOTIC

The Hypnotic creative team tracks over 100 film festivals annually in search of
new talent. For many of these filmmakers, Hypnotic provides distribution for
their short films to audiences worldwide through outlets like HBO, Showtime,
airlines and traditional TV.

To submit a short film or branded entertainment concept for consideration,
please...

http://hypnotic.com/talent.aspx

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FILM FINANCING

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PRODUCER'S GUILD

Producers Seek to Limit Phony Credits

Hollywood producers said Wednesday they want studios to stop giving bogus
credits to people as a bargaining chip and say they'll go to court to limit the
use of the "produced by" title.


http://movies.yahoo.com/news/ap/20041006/109712160000.html

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ACTING ROLES DIMINISHING

Study: Hispanics, Asians Lose Acting Roles

Hollywood acting roles for Hispanics fell 10.5 percent and Asians saw their
performances drop 2.1 percent last year, according to a study released Thursday
by the Screen Actors Guild.

The survey showed that jobs for all SAG members fell by 1.6 percent in 2003,
which found that women got 38 percent of all roles and white performers received
more than 73 percent of the roles.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/ap/20041007/109720998000.html

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SHAWSHANK BABY!
Setting Another SHAWSHANK Standard

Back in 1994, it was the movie no one wanted to make. Ten years later, it’s a
highly anticipated DVD featuring a week’s worth of audio commentary from Frank
Darabont.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/fs/20041008/109727918600.html


Can you believe that they didn't want to make this movie?
-Anup

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LITERARY RIGHTS

Depp Snaps Up SHANTARAM

In one of the year’s biggest literary deals, actor Johnny Depp beats out Russell
Crowe for the rights to Gregory David Roberts’ imminent 1,000-page novel...

...Set in the 1980’s, Shantaram: A Novel is about an adventure similar to one
that Roberts lived. The Australian potboiler concerns an escaped convict with a
fake passport who escapes a maximum-security prison and flees to India, where he
reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/fs/20041008/109727291700.html

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UNDER THE RADAR MOVIES

Shall We Glance?

Given the ongoing barrage of synergistic Hollywood marketing campaigns,
columnist Todd Gilchrist offers his thoughts on the October releases that really
deserve to be seen and heard...

...More films than ever are getting made these days and, as a result, it often
feels like a film is simply flashing through theaters in order to satisfy the
theatrical end of their upcoming (and often far more lucrative) DVD release...

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/fs/20041008/109727283900.html