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Sony Classics Buys North America & Multiple International Markets On Cannes Animated Film ‘Iron Boy’

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By: Andreas Wiseman
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in North and Latin America, India and Southeast Asian TV to Iron Boy, Louis Clichy’s hand-painted animated feature. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the childhood drama has drawn some enthusiastic notices from critics. The French-language film is co-written by Clichy […]

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Only 3 Movies Are Better-Written Than 'The Godfather'

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By: Samuel R. Murrian

It's worth remembering that one of the most esteemed films of all time stemmed from a pretty pulpy, if undeniably page-turning, source novel. Francis Ford Coppola actually didn't really want to adapt Mario Puzo's The Godfather initially, agreeing to it mainly because American Zoetrope had fallen on hard times. Written by Coppola and Puzo along with Robert Towne as an uncredited script doctor, the film is widely considered superior to the book thanks to the removal of unnecessary subplots and a cleaner focus on characters and examining the corruption of power.

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