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  • Excel videos line up Oscar Film Festival on DVD

    Excel videos line up Oscar Film Festival on DVD

    MUMBAI: With the 79th Annual Academy Awards around the corner Excel Home Videos in association with Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Merchant Ivory Production has launched an Oscar DVD Film Festival.

    The fest titled ‘Oscar Fever 2007’ will continue from 22 Feb tol 15 March. It will feature 46 movies including The Sound of Music, Aliens, The French Connection, Gentleman’s Agreement, Titanic, Tora!Tora!Tora!, Braveheart, Sideways, Great Expectations, Miracle On 34th Street, The Abyss, Walk the line, Boys Don’t Cry, The Full Monty, Independence Day, The Longest Day, Moulin Rouge, Mrs DoubtFire, The Omen, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Mary Poppins, Cold Mountain, Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid, The Chronicles of Narnia, Pearl Harbor, Dick Tracy and, Howards End.

    Says Excel Home Videos managing director M.N Kapasi, “This is the first time in Indian Home Entertainment that multiple Hollywood Studios have come together for a Movie Extravaganza. This is a great opportunity for cinema buffs to expand their collection and also upgrade their VCDs to high end DVDs.”

    The Festival will feature a unique reward point system with movies with more Oscars carrying higher points. There are also opportunities for consumers to win free DVDs.

    The other movies in the fray include Master & Commander, My Cousin Vinny, Patton, Wall Street, Speed, All that Jazz, Cocoon, Planet Of The Apes, Road To Perdition, The Fly, Hello Dolly, How Green Was My Valley, The Incredibles, Tarzan, Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Pocahontas, Colour of Money among others

  • Nick, CBBC competing for channel of the year at the Bafta Awards

    Nick, CBBC competing for channel of the year at the Bafta Awards

    MUMBAI: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has announced the nominees for the British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards. The show takes place on 26 November, 2006.

    CBBC, CBeebies, Nickelodeon UK and Nick JR UK are competing for the channel of the year trophy. For film of the year the nominees are The Choronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Pirates Of The Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest and Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

    For best entertainment show the nominees are The Basil Brush Show, Raven, Top Of The Pops Reloaded and Tricky TV – Vanessa

    In addition children below the age of 16 can vote for their favourite film. The nominees include Cars,
    Chicken Little and The Chronicles Of Narnia.

  • Disney set to cut down on costs with fewer films

    Disney set to cut down on costs with fewer films

    MUMBAI: Despite the fact that the Pirates of The Carribean sequel set a record by crossing the $100 million mark in the first three days of release, US media conglomerate Disney is set to cut the number of films made each year from 18 to eight.

    Media reports indicate that the trend among Hollywood studuios is to reduce their overall costs, whether it is in production, marketing, distribution or legal costs. Disney’s plan is to make less films under both Touchstone and Miramax. It will focus on making films under its own brand name.

    The number of people employed in its film division will be reduced by upto 25 per cent. Disney is said to be looking to focus more on family films as there is more revenue potential there in terms of merchandising opportunities.

    Apart from the Pirates sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia did really well last year. At the same time, there were failures with Alamo bing the biggest. Media reports indicate that studio revenue is being affected by production and marketing costs. The DVD market is also slowing down.

  • ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’ becomes number 1 DVD of 2006

    ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’ becomes number 1 DVD of 2006

    MUMBAI: Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media’s presentation The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has become the number one top-selling DVD of 2006, it was announced by Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) president Bob Chapek.

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe was released on 5 April and has sold over 11 million units in route to claiming this year’s top DVD spot.

    “We are delighted with the tremendous success of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe DVD. This award-winning film is a stellar addition to the celebrated Disney collection and has set the tone for the next chapter in this promising franchise,” commented Bob Chapek.

    Concurrently, with Narnia in the top DVD spot of 2006, BVHE holds five of the top 10 titles so far this year. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Chicken Little, Lady and the Tramp, Flightplan, and Bambi II are all strongly positioned within the top 10 titles of 2006, states an official release.

    “We are very fortunate to have such a strong line up of titles that appeals to every demographic. It is the backbone of what this studio has always been known for,” Chapek added.

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is available as a single disc DVD with outstanding bonus features and as a Special 2-Disc Collector’s Edition DVD.

    The special edition takes viewers on a deeper adventure into the world of Narnia with nearly ten hours of bonus features — including a behind-the-scenes tour with the film’s child stars, director’s diary, ‘cinematic storytellers’ film diaries, multiple audio commentaries, 3-D map, interactive timeline, featurettes on the creatures and much more, informs the official release.