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






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. |
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Author: Tony Watkins and Paul Hammond
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