BEST PICTURE
Release Date	Picture	Studio	Comment
Oct 5	Michael Clayton	WB	Solid, clean... the morality tale in a suit
Nov 9	No Country For Old Men	Miramax	A movie that sticks to the ribs
Dec 7	Atonement	Focus	The Toronto choice... the media is committed
Oct 26	Before The Devil Knows You're Dead	Think	Heating up
Dec 21	Charlie Wilson's War	U	If it's Nichols' version of Three Kings, it's in... if not, it falls from grace in a hurry.
Dec 21	Sweeney Todd	DW	There will be blood... too much for Oscar?
July 20	Hairspray	NL	The media wants it gone... but if nominated, likely to be the highest grosser in the group by 10s of millions.
Sept 21	Into The Wild	ParVan	Still fighting for truth...
Sept 7	3:10 To Yuma	Lions	Lurking..
Nov 28	The Savages	FoxS	Has the media underestimated the story's connection to the Academy audience?
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Dec 26	There Will Be Blood	ParVan	When it really lands, the noise will fascinate... a better Jesse James
Dec 5	Juno	FoxS	Can any real percentage of Academy voters get past the clever, but modern, chatter?
Dec 17	The Diving Bell & The Butterfly	Mir	The great beauty of the group... art.
Nov 2	American Gangster	U	Big, brassy, and not anything close to the joyousness of The Departed
Dec 14	The Kite Runner	ParVan	Will people commit longterm to this one... and if so, will it knock out Atonement?
Nov 16	Beowulf	Par	So much better than it deserves to be... 1000 times better than 300, but still, a geek flick
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The Current Long Shots (in aphabetical order)
Oct 12	Lars & The Real Girl	MGM/Kim	Just didn't catch. People will wonder why after they've seen it
Nov 21	I'm Not There	TWC	Where is it ?
Oct 26	Things We Lost In The Fire	DW	Hard to overcome box office trouble
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Pretty Much Out Of The BP Race (by release date)
Dec 14	Youth Without Youth	SPC	Finally starts screening this week
TBA	The Bucket List	WB	Starts screening next week
TBA-Dec	The Great Debaters	TWC	Screening when?
TBA	Crossing Over	TWC	Not definitely opening 2007
TBA	The Lucky Ones	Lions	Not definitely opening 2007
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Pretty Much Out Of The BP Race (by release date)
June 8	La Vie En Rose	PictH
June 22	A Mighty Heart	ParVan
May 4	Away From Her	Lions
July 13	Rescue Dawn	MGM
Aug 24	Ressurecting The Champ	Yari
Sept 14	The Brave One	WB
Sept 14	Eastern Promises	Focus
Sept 14	In The Valley Of Elah	WIP
Sept 28	Lust, Caution	Focus
Sept 29	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS
Oct 12	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	U
Nov 9	Lions For Lambs	UA
Nov 16	In Bloom	Mag	Still coming out this year???
Nov 16	Love In the Time Of Cholera	NL
Nov 16	Margot At The Wedding	ParVan
Dec 7	Grace Is Gone	TWC
Dec 7	His Dark Materials	NL

November 8, 2007
- by David Poland

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Charts - November 1, 2007
Charts - October 25, 2007
Charts - October 18, 2007
The Post-Toronto Chart - September 21, 2007
The Pre-Toronto Chart - September 6, 2007
The First Chart of The Season- June 21, 2007

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