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What film do you want to see by the end of the year?
Curious Base of Benjamin Button - 33% Marley and Me - 11% The Spirit - 10% Slumdog Millionaire - 9% The Wrestler - 8% Bedtime Stories - 7% Gran Torino - 6% Doubt - 5% Revolutionary Road - 3% Valkyrie - 2% TOP Write in BALLOT: Milk
Fox and Warner Bros. remain at war over "Watchmen," with Warners proclaiming it's not moving off its March 6 release date.
No settlement emerged Monday, when U.S. District Court Judge Gary Allen Feess held a status conference with attorneys for the two sides. Feess, who found last week that Fox owns the distribution rights to "Watchmen," indicated he'll issue a fuller ruling prior to the Jan. 20 trial date to resolve the remaining issues.
Fox, which first acquired rights to the graphic novel in 1986, filed the suit in February at about the same time director Zack Snyder wrapped production. The studio contends it retains distribution rights under a 1994 turnaround agreement with producer Larry Gordon, who took "Watchmen" to Warner Bros. after attempts to make it with Fox, Universal and Paramount.
Feess found in the initial ruling that Gordon, who's not a defendant in the case, had never exercised his option to acquire Fox's remaining interest in "Watchmen" nor had he honored his agreement since 2005 to offer the project to Fox under the "changed elements" part of the pact. For its part, Warner contended that Fox did not own any rights to "Watchmen."
In last week's ruling, Feess also rebuked Gordon over invoking attorney-client privilege rather than testifying. "The court will not, during the remainder of this case, receive any evidence from Gordon that attempts to contradict any aspect of this court's ruling on the copyright issues under discussion," he wrote.
EASTWOOD TO MAKE DOC ON TONY BENNETT
Clint Eastwood is to pay homage to one of his all-time heroes - he is shooting a documentary on legendary crooner Tony Bennett.
The film, for the BBC's highly-acclaimed Arena series, will feature the Dirty Harry star interviewing the singer, and will include contributions from movie director Martin Scorcese, actor Alec Baldwin, and funnyman Mel Brooks.
Eastwood, a keen pianist, has already produced shows on the Monterey Jazz Festival and musician Thelonious Monk, and has now added the 90-minute Bennett film to his resume.
It will be broadcast by the BBC at a date yet to be announced.
CLASSIC FILMS
BY GENRE
The Reader
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Valkyrie
Bedtime Stories
Marley and Me
Milk
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Nothing Like the Holidays
Yes man
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
The Day the Earth Stood Still
