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Under discussion:
The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Under discussion:

The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Oscar producers are worried that the alleged inaccessibility of this year’s major nominees will have a negative impact on the telecast’s ratings. But how could that be, when the Best Picture nominees are so full of memorable catchprases? “I drink your milkshake!” “Homeskillet doodle blog!” “I am putting my scruples aside in order to blackmail you in the name of the greater good,” or whatever George Clooney says at the end of Michael Clayton!
Speaking of bad means and good ends, the Juno phenomena is spilling over to benefit an actual indie film. Bruce McDonald’s The Tracey Fragments, which played the Berlin, Toronto and Denver film festivals last year, and which stars Ellen Page, has secured U.S. theatrical distribution via ThinkFilm. Page’s current hotness notwithstanding, the pick-up is something of a surprise, considering that it’s coming three months after McDonald posted raw footage of the film online as part of a contest for its DVD release.
Owen Wilson will start shooting his first film since his recent breakdown on March 10. Marley and Me, co-starring Jennifer Aniston, is an apparent science fiction film set in an alternate universe in which 40 year-old women can procreate on demand, but chose to purchase dogs instead.