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Culturewatch Podcast: The Oscars -8 March 2010

Author: Tony Watkins and Paul Hammond

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Film title: The Hurt Locker
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Screenplay: Mark Boal
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
Distributor: Summit Entertainment (USA); Optimum Releasing (UK)
Cinema Release Date: 26 June 2009 (USA); 28 August 2009 (UK)
Certificate: R (USA); 15 (UK) Contains strong language and gory images

Film title: Up
Director: Pete Docter, co-directed by Bob Peterson
Screenplay: Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Starring: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Cinema Release Date: 29 May 2009 (USA); 9 October 2009 (UK)
Certificate: PG (USA); U (UK) Contains mild threat

Film title: An Education
Director: Lone Scherfig
Screenplay: Nick Hornby based on a memoir by Lynn Barber
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics (USA); E1 Entertainment (UK)
Cinema Release Date: 16 October 2009 (USA); 30 October 2009 (UK)
Certificate: PG-13 (USA); 12A (UK) Contains moderate sex references

Film title: Avatar
Director: James Cameron
Screenplay: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Cinema Release Date: 17 December 2009 (UK); 18 December 2009 (USA)
Certificate: PG-13 (USA); 12A (UK) Contains moderate violence and intense battle scenes

Film title: Crazy Heart
Director: Scott Cooper
Screenplay: Scott Cooper, based on the novel by Thomas Cobb
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA); Twentieth Century Fox (UK)
Cinema Release Date: 16 December 2009 (USA); 19 February 2010 (UK)
Certificate: R (USA); 15 (UK) Contains strong language

Film title: The Blind Side
Director: John Lee Hancock
Screenplay: John Lee Hancock, based on the story by Michael Lewis
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Cinema Release Date: 20 November 2009 (USA); 26 March 2010 (UK)
Certificate: PG-13 (USA); 12A (UK) Contains infrequent moderate violence, language and sex references

 

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Every Monday morning, Paul Hammond of UCB UK radio talks to Culturewatch Managing Editor Tony Watkins about new film and DVD releases.

 

This week, Paul and Tony discuss the Oscars: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Up, An Education, The Blind Side and Crazy Heart, among others. Download

 

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