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Harvey Weinstein On Re-Engaging UK Parliament Over Passing The Turing Law
A few years back, we released The Imitation Game, a story about Alan Turing (wonderfully portrayed by the extraordinary Benedict Cumberbatch). Turing was a true genius in every sense of the word. He was the grandfather of computer science, a code breaker, whose work has been credited with bringing an end to World War…
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‘Bully’ Docu Wins Stanley Kramer Award From Producers Guild
The MPAA certainly gave the documentary Bully a hard time with its rating, but the Producers Guild of America is showing the anti-bullying documentary some love: It has awarded the film its Stanley Kramer Award, bestowed on a film which raises public awareness on an important issue. The film, which initially received…
ICM Partners Signs 'Bully' Helmer Lee Hirsch
EXCLUSIVE: Lee Hirsch, whose feature documentary Bully became a cause celebre when it received an R rating, has signed with ICM Partners. Bully premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and was released by The Weinstein Company. Hirsch’s feature debut came on Amandla! A Revolution In Four Part Harmony, which won the…
Specialty Box Office: 'Woman Thou Art Loosed' Solid In Debut Weekend
Code Black Entertainment’s Woman Thou Art Loosed: On The 7th Day hit the ground running among specialty releases, averaging a solid $6,376 in 102 locations, managing a higher per theater average than any other movie among the top 15 grossers. Outside the top 15 but not far behind it in per-theater business, Music…
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Hot Trailer: Justin Bieber Sings For 'Bully'
Here’s a new trailer for Bully that features Justin Bieber singing the Diane Warren tune “Born To Be Somebody”. After The Weinstein Company submitted a slightly edited Bully to the MPAA ratings board, that version was rated PG-13 and TWC is rolling it out nationwide…
Yankees Go To Bat For 'Bully' Docu
The Weinstein Company docu Bully has really touched a nerve. In the latest promotion for the Lee Hirsch-directed film, New York Yankees stars Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson and manager Joe Girardi took time to do a PSA to urge the audience to sign on to a website for the film and its…
Specialty Box Office: 'Bully', 'Damsels In Distress' Solid; 'Comic-Con' Not So Much
Damsels In Distress and We Have A Pope lead a new crop of specialty releases for the holiday weekend: Sony Pictures Classics’ Damsels averaging a robust $16,050 in four theaters and a total of $64,200 while Sundance Selects’ Pope averaged a solid $10,133 at three locations and total of $31,500. Director Whit…
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Weinstein Co Gets PG-13 Rating For 'Bully' Documentary Without Cutting Harsh Scene
The Weinstein Company and the MPAA have come to terms on a PG-13 rating for Bully, the timely documentary that would have been hamstrung by an R rating for objectionable language. TWC released it without a rating, which didn’t help matters. The compromise is that the film is shy a few cuss words, but retains a…
Specialty Box Office: 'Bully' Scores Hefty Punch; 'The Island President' Floats
Clearly riding solid numbers following its media blitz campaigning against the MPAA’s R rating, Bully opened in five locations, with a hefty $23,000 average, not bad for a small documentary released unrated. Under normal circumstances, going unrated might spell box office trauma, but distributor The Weinstein Company…
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Specialty Box Office: 'The Beat Hotel,' 'Bully,' 'The Island President,' 'Turn Me On Dammit!'
A slate of documentaries are part of this weekend’s specialty offerings including The Weinstein Company’s high-profile Bully, which should garner some decent box office cha-ching based on publicity alone due to its fight to reverse an R rating from the MPAA. But before it was in the media spotlight, its filmmaker…
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'Bully' Hits A Chord With Twittering Celebs
Based on the reviews I’ve read of the documentary Bully, the MPAA’s decision to uphold an R rating that excludes the target audience seems one of the ratings board’s more absurd judgements. Releasing unrated is a gamble, and The Weinstein Co co-chairman Harvey Weinstein and his team tried to stack their odds by taking…
Weinstein Co To Release 'Bully' Unrated
March 26, 2012 – New York, NY – After a recent plea to the MPAA by BULLY teen Alex Libby and The Weinstein Company (TWC) Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein failed – by one vote – to get the film its deserved PG-13 rating, TWC is choosing to move forward with releasing the film unrated by the MPAA on March 30. BULLY will be…
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