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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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Baz Luhrman's Australia (20th Century Fox) will open down under on 11.13.08, and in this country on 11.26.08. No one I know has seen it yet, but two Australian cinemas are pre-selling tickets. One reports a duration of 170 minutes; the other reports 177 minutes. It hasn't been officially rated or timed so both could be incorrect, but someone clearly knows something.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 31, 2008 at 11:27 PM

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icelemt38 says ...

It's opening in Australia on the 26th also, but the premiere date is still kind of confusing at this point as some articles say one date and others say another.

Posted by icelemt38 at October 31, 2008 11:57 PM

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DarkHorizons says ...

No-one has seen it yet as Baz is still cutting.

There's a lengthy article in the local paper's this weekend about how, four weeks out, it's still not finished and is being delivered to Fox one reel at a time, thus no runtime is officially locked. Baz himself though indicated in the review it will come in around the 170 minute mark.

That said the local Australian premiere was scheduled in last week to take place two weeks from now - that could well likely be the very first place it will be screened. No local press screenings, and as far as I know no exhibitor screenings, have yet been set.

Posted by DarkHorizons at November 1, 2008 5:22 AM

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bachelorcool says ...

Why do I smell a whiff of Come See the Paradise about this, both critically and commercially?

Posted by bachelorcool at November 1, 2008 6:54 AM

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btwnproductions says ...

If it's 170 minutes in the frenetic MOULIN ROUGE! style, forget it. But the trailer suggests something more classical. I'm eager to see it.

Posted by btwnproductions at November 1, 2008 7:51 AM

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scooterzz says ...

based only on the small amount of footage and stills that we've all seen, i have a very bad feeling about this one....i hope i'm wrong but i'm sensing more of a hum than a buzz around this....

Posted by scooterzz at November 1, 2008 9:52 AM

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Edward says ...

I really liked Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge so I'm very interested in this.

Posted by Edward at November 1, 2008 10:28 AM

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Pelham123 says ...

I would love to see an elegant full-blown epic. But, when was the last one that actually worked?

Posted by Pelham123 at November 1, 2008 11:52 AM

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Doug says ...

I think Scooterzz is right. I sense doom for this film. There's nothing in the trailer that suggests anything fresh or interesting. And does anybody in the US care about the history of Australia?

Posted by Doug at November 1, 2008 2:47 PM

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