Final Jog/Rust and Bone/The Gatekeepers/Act of Killing/Oscar Time/In Nebraska: Coming Attractions...sort of

Good Thursday Everyone!  One more blog post to come before election day...exercise your franchise!

FINAL JOG

"The Jogger" wraps in OKC

Friend pf the blog, Casey Twenter has wrapped primary photography on his (co-director/co-writer) feature film "The Jogger".  "The Jogger" still has a few days to go on its Kickstarter clock to put together money for post-production extras.  You can toss "The Jogger" a buck or two here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1277883372/the-jogger

RUST AND BONE

Getting closer to its U.S. release (limited on Nov. 23), Rust and Bone and SPC are stepping up the PR around the film including an official website here:

http://sonyclassics.com/rustandbone/

Also, here are links to interviews with Best Actress Oscar contender Marion Cotillard:

http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/73009826/Entertainment/Marion-Cotillard-at-the-2012-Hollywood-Film-Awards

And director Jacques Audiard:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/oct/24/jacques-audiard-interview-rust-bone?newsfeed=true

THE GATEKEEPERS

Dror Moreh's look at the Israeli intelligence community made big waves at Telluride this year and has continued to do so post-festival.  The Jewish Daily Forward sat down with the filmmaker for this interview:

http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/164529/talking-to-israels-secret-police/

THE ACT OF KILLING

Big buzz generating documentary "The Act of Killing" is also creating a good deal of heat/news as you can see below with links to the news that Drafthouse Films will distribute the film:

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/31/4951783/drafthouse-films-to-unleash-breakout.html

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/get-in-on-the-act-of-killing/

http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/drafthouse-films-acquires-us-rights-to-the-act-of-killing/5048411.article

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/indonesian-death-squad-doc-act-384853

Also director Joshua Oppenheimer talks to RealScreen.com about the film:

http://realscreen.com/2012/10/30/mixing-the-real-and-the-surreal-in-the-act-of-killing/

OSCAR TIME

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter offers his first assessment of the Oscar season at this post bat THR:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/todd-mccarthys-first-oscar-picks-384613

Also, Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby) and Thelma Adams stroll through their Oscar Update here:

http://ec.libsyn.com/p/6/5/c/65c6c068e83ac370/Thelma_Adams_Oscars_news.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01cd8631d9c05d91a4&c_id=5093665

AND FINALLY, IN NEBRASKA...

Last week my "Coming Attraction" was Alexander Payne's "Nebraska".  This week I jumped the gun and put up George Clooney's emerging "The Monuments Men" on Monday instead of waiting for its normal slot today...so...here is a quick addition of updates to both of those films.

First, a story of Payne returning to rural Nebraska to work on the film of the same name:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121024/GO/710249971/1707#

And a few more links from stories that have posted since Monday's early MTFB post for "The Monuments Men":

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/clooney-will-direct-and-co-star-with-blanchett-murray-in-monuments-men-for-sony-fox

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/george-clooneys-monuments-men-fills-out-with-daniel-craig-cate-blanchett-jean-dujardin-and-more

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/daniel-craig-john-goodman-hugh-bonneville-join-george-clooneys-the-monuments-men-bill-murray-cate-blanchett-confirmed-20121029

More on Monday...have a great weekend!

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