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The Godfather was supposed to be terrible. Based on the book by Mario Puzo (who only wrote the book as a quick money-maker after his other novels flopped) and directed by Francis Ford Coppola (who only took the job after several more noted directors — Elia Kazan, Arthur Penn, and Costa-Gavras —

France has sent The Class as their entry to the Oscars. The foreign language category also got three other films, one is the Bent Hamer’s O Horten from Norway and another is the Indian hopeful Taare Zameen Par directed by debutant director and actor Aamir Khan.

The Zurich Film Festival is slowly turning into the Sundance of Europe. It is also increasing its impact on the German film world. It is surely on its way to achieve both of these goals with its lineup this year.

The Class has been picked up by France for the Best Foreign language film for the 81 st Academy Awards. The film won the Palme D’Or at Cannes and opened the New York Film Festival. The film was directed by Laurent Cantet and produced by Haut et Court.

DVDRip DIVX Runtime:124 min Country:USA Language:English Hungarian Color:Color Description:Hungarian immigrant Mike Laszlo has done well for himself since arriving in the USA nearly 50 years ago. He is particularly proud of his daughter, Ann, a successful lawyer.

BERKELEY: "The Clash of '68" (March 27--April 23) at Pacific Film Archives commemorates the fortieth anniversary of May 1968, a time of intense political unrest across the globe and, what seems even more remarkable now, a time when those tensions were reflected in a series of high-profile movies.