Juno

...in ''Talk to Me.'' While most Spirit Award winners are unknown to general audiences, ''Juno'' followed last year's top winner, ''Little Miss Sunshine,'' as an independent film that has soared into the mainstream. ''Juno'' is closing in...

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...won eight Oscars this year, including Best Picture. Under Rice, the division had also distributed Academy Award-nominated films like "Juno," "Sideways" and "Little Miss Sunshine." Other Fox Searchlight films have included "The Full...

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...leans towards softness, which hurts impact of roller derby Entertainment Weekly) -- "Whip It!" suggests what might have happened if Juno had gone to a high school as poky as Napoleon Dynamite's and decided that although her mother wanted...

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...the growing interests of Hollywood studios. Also, Indian companies are seeing an opportunity in the recent success of small-budget "Indie" films, such as 'Juno' and 'Little Miss Sunshine'. Currently at 2.2 billion dollars, the Indian...

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...at $71.5 million. "Juno" started off in larger cities but now has caught fire in smaller towns such as Columbus, Ohio, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said Peter Rice, Fox Searchlight president. "The middle of the country...

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...a teen-pregnancy comedy, which sold $16.2 million in tickets. With $52 million already in the bank, "Juno" is on its way to becoming Fox Searchlight's biggest hit ever. It's approaching "Little Miss Sunshine," at $59.9 million, and...

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...at $59.9 million and "Sideways" at $71.5 million. "Juno" started off in larger cities but now has caught fire in smaller towns, said Peter Rice, Fox Searchlight president. "The middle of the country has really embraced the movie.

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...in what amounted to a talent-show farce. "Juno," which stars Ellen Page ("Hard Candy") as the title character, not only gives us a superb new cast of believable characters, it transcends its own genre. Only superficially a teen comedy, the...

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...more optimistic and upbeat movies that might benefit from that. I think if academy members are looking for a comedy, Juno is angling to be this year's Little Miss Sunshine." Kilday also counts Atonement, The Kite Runner, The Savages and...

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