In 2006 it produced 872 movies compared with 485 major feature films in the U.S. (although for a fraction of the cost), according to a global cinema survey conducted by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

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In 2006, Farrow made a movie comeback, starring in three films released that year - a remake of The Omen, romantic comedy Fast Track and Luc Besson film, Arthur and the Minimoys.

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For the past twenty-six years Catmull has been heading Pixar Studios, and most recently been overseeing animated films at both Pixar and Disney alongside chief creative officer John Lasseter following the Disney acquisition in 2006.

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It was the first time since 2006 that the Oscars for best picture, director and four acting categories all went to different films.

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Films from his "experimental period" include "ABC Africa" (2001), an impressionistic documentary about Ugandan orphans, and "Roads of Kiarostami" (2006), a meditation on the image of the road, a recurring motif in his films and landscape photography.

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In 2006, Disney bought Pixar and since then Iger has given Lasseter free rein to produce unconventional films that on paper seem like they would be total disasters (Ratatouille, the story of a rat in the kitchen) but manage to make millions at the box office.

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