The biggest impact, many feel, will be felt by the smaller, independent films that are released in the last weeks of the year in hopes of drawing awards and nominations.
Miramax, which will often open a half-dozen or more films in December in hopes of drawing awards, will almost certainly release far fewer films in December 2003, Mr. Weinstein said.
Her recent Broadway musical, "The Times They Are A-Changin,' " set to the music of Bob Dylan, drew as much scalding criticism as her earlier "Movin' Out," set to Billy Joel songs, drew awards and acclaim.
Uh Uh!" of "Chicago" to film, wraps all of his love for Broadway musicals around his cast, pulling out performances that have already drawn awards nominations for Streep and Blunt.
Yet it's one that at this point in the year seems to acquire a frightening allure, lingering around the Oscars and the attendant hoo-ha because the kind of film that draws award season heat is often also the most associated with this dread adjective.
Luis Alonso, a frequent exhibitor in this event, won the drawing award for a luscious, mist-like abstract drawing.
The games have sold in their millions, drawing plaudits, awards and dozens of celebrity fans: Peter Serafinowicz, who played Pete in Shaun of the Dead, loved Dark Souls so much he begged for a voicing role in its sequel.
The highlight of the weekend, though, was Zero Dark Thirty, the fascinating hunt-for-Bin-Laden tale backed by financier Megan Ellison's (daughter to Oracle founder Larry Ellison) that is drawing serious awards heat in the US.
I discovered this before the Games, when I drew televised awards shows such as the Oscars and Grammys, or a political press conference.
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