Trailers lead the Oscar race
Weeks before "The Simpsons Movie" bowed to such boffo box office, it was already an award winner having picked up the prize for best animated movie preview at the 8th annual Golden Trailer Awards. Those May 31 festivities feted a variety of films including "300" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." CLICK HERE for the full list of winners.
Trailers (so named because they used to unspool at the end of the feature film) can be the most effective marketing tool studios have for generating buzz about their upcoming slate. A good trailer makes you want to see the movie, teasing you with snippets of scenes and dialogue. And a bad one gives away too much, showing you all you want to know and more.
Four more possible Academy Award contenders have new previews available online.
"Beowulf" is Oscar winning director Robert Zemeckis' take on the Old English epic poem.
"The Darjeeling Unlimited," a new comedy from Wes Anderson, is about three brothers (Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman) looking for enlightenment in India after the death of their father.
"Lust, Caution," a spy thriller set in WWII Shanghai, marks the return of Oscar-winning director Ang Lee to Chinese language filmmaking.
"Things We Lost in the Fire" pairs Oscar winners Halle Berry and Benecio Del Toro as a recent widow and her husband's best friend coming to terms with their new lives.
Find those four and a whole lot more at these websites:
Apple - CLICK HERE
Coming Soon - CLICK HERE
IMDB - CLICK HERE
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