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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

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Abby Mann Passes

A salute to Judgment at Nuremberg screenwriter Abby Mann, who passed yesterday at age 80. Mann got going as dramatist in '50s live TV, and in fact originally wrote Judgment at Nuremberg for a 1959 airing of "Playhouse 90." He wrote a 1973 TV-movie called The Marcus-Nelson Murders, which was spun into the Kojak series with Telly Savalas. He also penned Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story ('89) and Indictment: The McMartin Trial ('95), about the false child-molestation allegations that ruined lives.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 28, 2008 at 11:38 AM

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CinemaPhreek Author Profile Page says ...

With him and Widmark, does this mean either Maximilian Schell or William Shatner will make it a three-peat by the end of the weekend?

Posted by CinemaPhreek Author Profile Page at March 28, 2008 3:15 PM

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