The jury passed over several hallowed veterans of art-house films.
His films Animal House and The Blues Brothers set new standards for the genre and set the tone for scores of films that followed.
It is directed by Terence Davies, whose previous films include The House of Mirth and Distant Voices, Still Lives.
We all preferred thoughtful European films and art-house movies to the big moneymakers.
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He lives in Baltimore, his native city and the setting for his films, in a house purchased in 1990.
"This will mean that we are able to offer a whole range of further facilities to house television production, international feature films and multimedia businesses by the spring of 2007, " he said.
Also notable are new films from art-house directors such as Richard Linklater ("Before Midnight, " which reunites stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke), Neil LaBute ("Some Velvet Morning"), David Gordon Green ("Prince Avalanche, " with Mr. Rudd and Emile Hirsch), Mira Nair ("The Reluctant Fundamentalist") and Neil Jordan ("Byzantium").
Mr Zhang, 61, directed some of China's most successful modern martial arts films, including Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
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By making the deal to buy distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3, the studio brings in-house two of the most important upcoming Marvel films.
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Del Toro had filled the house with dozens of monster maquettes from his films scale models created by special-effects shops during the early design phase, allowing the imaginary to become palpable.
Several of Irving's novels have been adapted into films, and his own screenplay for Cider House earned him an Oscar.
The oddity is that the row comes at a time when French films, many of them more accessible than the art-house product that English-speakers tend to imagine are the French studios' only output, are standing their ground against the perceived invasion from Hollywood.
Hollywood has trickled out a whopping 15 feature films, including such blockbusters as Galaxy Quest and Big Momma's House, plus a smattering of video productions.
We're hoping Dial M for Murder is the first of several classic 3D films to be released, with the long-awaited, much requested "House of Wax" expected next.
But the sheer weight of the Mouse House may make them an impossible foe in the specific area of franchise-related tent pole films.
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And there is no equivalent of Animal House or the huge literature on high school and college experience in the United States both in films and books in Europe.
Polanski, whose films include Rosemary's Baby and The Pianist, was moved from prison and placed under house arrest at Gstaad in early December.
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