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Mask & Dissent: Trade Roughage, 08/27/07

Under discussion:
Mask (1985)
Manufacturing Dissent (2007)

Under discussion:

Mask (1985)

Manufacturing Dissent (2007)

As part of a campaign to promote their film’s upcoming DVD release, the producers of the Michael Moore attack doc Manufacturing Dissent have struck a deal to stream 40 minutes of the movie on AOL’s TrueStories documentary site. According to Variety, AOL’s Stephanie Sharis said they’ll monetize the event “by splicing adds into the video;” they’re hoping to get some free publicity from “plenty of blogs.”
SuperBad held onto the top slot at the box office for the second weekend in a row, making it just the third film this summer to show such staying power. Meanwhile, the Weinstein Company’s losing streak continued with a sixth-place open for The Nanny Diaries.
The New York Film Festival has announced three sidebars: “Views from the Avant-Garde”, an annual program featuring films by Ernie Gehr and Ken Jacobs; “Tropical Analysis: The Films of Joaquim Pedro de Andrade,” through which NYFF will screen 13 films by the Brazilian director; and “Chinese Modern: A Tribute to Cathay Studio,” featuring Hong Kong cinema of the 1950s.
The Pasadena Playhouse will host the world premiere of a stage musical based on Peter Bogdanovich’s 1985 film, Mask. Despite the fact that the score will be written by the songwriting team who brought us “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling,” it seems unlikely that Cher will reprise her role. The Playhouse will also host the premiere of Orson’s Shadow, a play based on a real-life encounter between Lawrence Olivier and Orson Welles.
Owen Wilson was hospitalized over the weekend after an apparent suicide attempt. Variety cribs the story from National Enquirer, who have a few additional details.