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John Huston

Over the span of his impressive career director John Huston created one of the most distinctive signatures in the history of the movies without limiting the incredible range of his subject or choice of genre.

At first it's hard to believe that macho director John Huston could be responsible or such a sweet and touching story of a Novitiate nun (Deborah Kerr) and a Marine (Robert Mitchum) dependant on one another as they hide from the Japanese on a Pacific island, but for those familiar with "The African Queen" it isn't hard to see his influence on the strong yet subtle impressive performance he draws from Mitchum and the ever present excitement he creates in this WWII drama. In Widescreen!

Only a director as abundantly macho as John Huston could so adeptly handle such testosterone laden stars Sean Connery and Michael Caine in this rousing Rudyard Kipling adventure set in 1800s India. Huston masterfully balances the fun of male camaraderie with constant imminent danger as the two soldiers attempt to dupe a remote village of their gold by passing off Connery as a god, and in the process produces a Kipling adventure to rival "Gunga Din". Widescreen

Huston co-wrote this gritty and trend-setting drama about a gang of small-time crooks who plan and execute the "perfect crime". This is the grand daddy of caper films executed with a firm expert hand that unflinchingly guides the raw performances (including Marilyn Monroe in her first role) of these dark and ill-fated characters.

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The Early Report for August 14th, 2012: Part Two

August 14th, 2012

This second part of the Early Report highlights the newest release date changes and additions, title changes and MPAA ratings, as well as estimated screen counts for all films scheduled for release between mid-September 2012 and 2016


Most Recent Release Date Changes and Additions
The Avengers 2 (Walt Disney Pictures): In May 1, 2015
Cafe de Flore (Adopt Films): In November 2
Desperate Endeavors (LBYL Films & Distribution): In September 7
Gambit (CBS Films): Out October 12. In Winter 2013 TBD
The Great Gatsby  IMAX 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): Out December 25. In Summer 2013 TBD
Head Games (Variance Films): In September 21
Hit and Run (Open Road Films): Out August 24. In August 22
Mama (Universal Pictures): In January 18, 2013
Oblivion  3D (Universal Pictures): Out April 26, 2013. In April 12, 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Lionsgate Films): Out September 14. In September 21
Rush (Universal Pictures): In September 20, 2013
Seven Psychopaths (CBS Films): Out November 2. In October 12
Sushi Girl (Phase 4 Films): In 4th Quarter 2012 TBD
This Must Be the Place (The Weinstein Company): In November 2
Trouble with the Curve (Warner Brothers Pictures): Out September 28. In September 21
White House Down (Columbia Pictures): Out November 1, 2013. In June 28, 2013


Most Recent MPAA Ratings
After (Seabourne Pictures): PG-13 for some thematic elements and frightening images
Backstage at Budz House (Phase 4 Films): R for language, sexual references and some drug use
Chasing Mavericks (Thwentieth Century-Fox): PG for thematic elements and some perilous action
The Expatriate (The Weinstein Company): R for violence
Extinction (Phase 4 Films): R for violence and language
Just 45 Minutes From Broadway (Rainbow Releasing): R for some language
Last Ounce of Courage (Rocky Mountain Films): PG for thematic elements, some war images and brief smoking
Love Me (Anchor Bay Entertainment): PG-13 for violence, language and a scene of sensuality
Middle Of Nowhere (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement): R for some language
Mud (Neckbone Productions): PG-13 for some violence, sexual references, language, thematic elements and smoking
Reef 2: High Tide (ARC Entertainment): PG for some mild menace and rude humor
Resident Evil: Damnation (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment): R for bloody violent content
Seven Psychopaths (CBS Films): R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use
Something Better Somewhere Else (Vanguard Cinema): R for language
That's What She Said (Phase 4 Films): R for sexual content and language
Trouble With the Curve (Warner Brothers Pictures): PG-13 for language, sexual references, some thematic material and smoking
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (Thwentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment): R for strong bloody horror violence, sexuality, language and drug content


Future U.S. Theatrical Release Calendar (all location counts are FilmJerk.com estimates unless specific playdates are mentioned)

2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad and the Beautiful (Clinica Estetico/American Documentary): Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City

Friday, September 14, 2012

Arbitrage (Roadside Attractions): Major markets
Barfi! (UTV Pictures): Select markets
Finding Nemo  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 2650 plus playdates
Heroine (UTV Pictures): Select markets
The Last Ounce of Courage (Rocky Mountain Pictures): 500 plus playdates
Liberal Arts (IFC Films): Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City
The Master (The Weinstein Company): Los Angeles and New York City
Resident Evil: Retribution  IMAX 3D (Screen Gems)

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Knuckleball! (Film Buff): Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City
TCM presents The Birds (Fathom Events): 450 plus playdates

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Glenn Beck's Unelectable II Live (Fathom Events): 450 plus playdates

Friday, September 21, 2012

10 Years (Anchor Bay Films): Select markets
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (Samuel Goldwyn Films): Major markets
Dredd  3D (Lionsgate Films): 3250 plus playdates
End of Watch (Open Road Films): 1750 plus playdates
English Vinglish (Eros International): Select markets
Head Games (Variance Films): Select markets
Heroine (UTV Pictures): Select markets
House at the End of the Street (Relativity Media): 2750 plus playdates
How to Survive a Plague (IFC Films): Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City
My Uncle Rafael (Rocky Mountain Pictures): Select markets
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Lionsgate Films): Major markets
Three Stars (First Run Features): Exclusive to the Quad Cinema in New York City
Trouble with the Curve (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2000 plus playdates
War of the Buttons (The Weinstein Company): Major markets

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Tales of the Night (GKids): Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City
The Waiting Room (Peer Review Films): Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City

Friday, September 28, 2012

Hotel Transylvania  3D (Columbia Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
Looper (TriStar Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
Solomon Kane (The Weinstein Company): Select markets
Starbuck (eOne): Select markets
Stars in Shorts (Shorts International): Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City
Won't Back Down (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3000 plus playdates

Undated September 2012

Fire with Fire (Lionsgate Films): Select markets

Friday, October 5, 2012

Butter (The Weinstein Company): Select marekts
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (Roadside Attractions): Select markets
Frankenweenie  IMAX 3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
The Oranges (ATO Pictures): Select markets
The Paperboy (Millennium Entertainment): Major markets
Pitch Perfect (Universal Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
Sinister (Lionsgate Films): 2650 plus playdates
Sister (Adopt Films): New York City exclusive
Taken 2 (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3250 plus playdates
V/H/S (Magnolia Pictures): Select markets
Wuthering Heights (Oscilloscope Pictures): Major markets

Friday, October 12, 2012

Argo (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2850 plus playdates
Atlas Shrugged Part 2 (Atlas Pictures): 150 plus playdates
Here Comes the Boom (Columbia Pictures): 3150 plus playdates
Middle of Nowhere (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement): Select markets
Nobody Walks (Magnolia Pictures): Select markets
Photographic Memory (First Run Features): Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City
Seven Psychopaths (CBS Films): Major markets

Friday, October 19, 2012

The ABC's of Death (Magnolia Pictures): Select markets
Alex Cross (Lionsgate Films): 2150 plus playdates
The Flat (Sundance Selects): Major markets
Killing Them Softly (The Weinstein Company): 1500 plus playdats
Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount Pictures): 3250 plus playdates

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

TCM presents Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein (Fathom Events): 450 plus playdates

Friday, October 26, 2012

The Big Wedding (Lionsgate Films): 2500 plus playdates
Chasing Mavericks (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2650 plus playdates
Cloud Atlas (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Fun Size (Paramount Pictures): 2000 plus playdates
The Lonliest Planet (Sundance Selects): Major markets
The Sessions (Fox Searchlight Pictures): Major markets
Silent Hill: Revelation  3D (Open Road Films): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, November 2, 2012

Cafe de Flore (Adopt Films): Major markets
Flight (Paramount Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
High Ground (Red Flag Releasing): Major markets
Jack and Diane (Magnolia Pictures): Select markets
The Man with the Iron Fists (Universal Pictures): 2000 plus playdates
This Must Be the Place (The Weinstein Company): Major markets
Wreck-It Ralph  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, November 9, 2012

Anna Karenina (Focus Features): Los Angeles and New York City
Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures): Los Angeles and New York City
A Royal Affair (Magnolia Pictures): Major markets
Skyfall  IMAX (Columbia Pictures): 3450 plus playdates

Thursday, November 15, 2012

TCM presents To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Event (Fathom Events): 450 plus playdates

Friday, November 16, 2012

Rust and Bone (Sony Pictures Classics): Los Angeles and New York City
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (Lionsgate Films): 4150 plus playdates

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Life Of Pi  3D (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2500 plus playdates
Red Dawn (Film District): 2750 plus playdates
Rise of the Guardians  3D (Paramount Pictures): 3750 plus playdates
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company): 2000 plus playdates

Friday, December 7, 2012

Deadfall (Magnolia Pictures): Major markets
Hyde Park on Hudson (Focus Features): Los Angeles and New York City
Playing the Field (Film District): 2000 plus playdates

Friday, December 14, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  IMAX 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 4000 plus playdates
Les Miserables (Universal Pictures): 2850 plus playdates

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Amour (Sony Pictures Classics): Los Angeles and New York City
Monsters, Inc.  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 2650 plus playdates
Zero Dark Thirty (Columbia Pictures): 2850 plus playdates

Friday, December 21, 2012

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away  3D (Paramount Pictures): 2650 plus playdates
The Impossible (Summit Entertainment): Major markets
Jack Reacher (Paramount Pictures): 3250 plus playdates
This Is 40 (Universal Pictures): 2850 plus playdates
Tsunami (Lionsgate Films): Major markets

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Django Unchained (The Weinstein Company): 3150 plus playdates
Parental Guidance (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2500 plus playdates
The Guilt Trip (Paramount Pictures): 3250 plus playdates
West of Memphis (Sony Pictures Classics): Los Angeles and New York City

Friday, December 28, 2012

Lore (Music Box Films): Los Angeles and New York City

Undated 2012

Sushi Girl (Phase 4 Films): Select markets
Untitled David Chase Film (Paramount Pictures): Select markets

2013

Friday, January 4, 2013

Texas Chainsaw Massacre  3D (Lionsgate Films): 2850 plus playdates

Friday, January 11, 2013

Gangster Squad (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters  3D (Paramount Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, January 18, 2013

Broken City (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2500 plus playdates
The Last Stand (Lionsgate Films): 2650 plus playdates
Mama (Universal Pictures): 2750 plus playdates

Friday, January 25, 2013

Battle of the Year: The Dream Team  3D (Screen Gems): 2250 plus playdates
The Conjuring (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2850 plus playdates
Parker (Film District): 2750 plus playdates
Race 2 (UTV Pictures): Select markets
Untitled Farrelly/Wessler Comedy (Relativity Media): 2000 plus playdates

Friday, February 1, 2013

Bullet To The Head (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Warm Bodies (Lionsgate Films): 2500 playdates

Friday, February 8, 2013

Bitter Pill (Open Road Films): 2000 plus playdates
47 Ronin  3D (Universal Pictures): 3750 plus playdates
Safe Haven (Relativity Media): 2500 plus playdates

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Beautiful Creatures (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2650 plus playdates

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Escape From Planet Earth  3D (The Weinstein Company): 2500 plus playdates
A Good Day to Die Hard (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3250 plus playdates

Friday, February 1, 2013

I, Frankenstein (Lionsgate Films): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, March 1, 2013

Elysium  3D (Columbia Pictures): 3750 plus playdates
Stoker (Fox Searchlight Pictures): Major markets

Friday, March 8, 2013

Oz: The Great and Powerful  IMAX 3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, March 15, 2013

Carrie (Screen Gems): 2650 plus playdates
Now You See Me (Lionsgate Films): 2000 plus playdates
21 and Over (Relativity Media): 1500 plus playdates

Friday, March 22, 2013

Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures): 2750 plus playdates
The Croods  3D (Paramount Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
Jack the Giant Killer  IMAX 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3750 plus playdates

Friday, March 29, 2013

GI Joe: Retaliation  3D (Paramount Pictures): 3850 plus playdates
The Host (Open Road Films): 2500 plus playdates
Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor (Lionsgate Films): 2150 plus playdates

Udated First Quarter 2013

The Baytown Outlaws (Phase 4 Films): Select markets
Gambit (CBS Films): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, April 5, 2013

Dead Man Down (Film District): 2500 plus playdates
The Heat (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3250 plus playdates

Friday, April 12, 2013

Evil Dead (TriStar Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Oblivion  3D (Universal Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
42 (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2000 plus playdates

Friday, April 19, 2013

Scary Movie 5 (The Weinstein Company): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, May 3, 2013

Iron Man 3  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 4250 plus playdates

Friday, May 10, 2013

Identity Thief (Universal Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Pacific Rim  3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
Tyler Perry Presents We the Peeple (Lionsgate Films): 2150 plus playdates

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Sequel To Star Trek  IMAX 3D (Paramount Pictures): 3850 plus playdates

Friday, May 24, 2013

Epic  3D (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3500 plus playdates
Fast & Furious 6 (Universal Pictures): 3650 plus playdates
The Hangover Part 3 (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3600 plus playdates

Friday, June 7, 2013

After Earth (Columbia Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, June 14, 2013

The End of the World (Columbia Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Man of Steel  IMAX 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, June 21, 2013

Monsters University  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 4150 plus playdates
World War Z (Paramount Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, June 28, 2013

The Internship (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2850 plus playdates
R.I.P.D. (Universal Pictures): 2750 plus playdates
White House Down (Columbia Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Despicable Me 2  3D (Universal Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
Independence Day  3D (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3750 plus playdates
The Lone Ranger (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, July 12, 2013

Grown Ups 2 (Columbia Pictures): 3650 plus playdates

Friday, July 19, 2013

Jurassic Park  3D (Universal Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
Turbo  3D (Paramount Pictures): 3750 plus playdates

Friday, July 26, 2013

Phineas and Ferb (Walt Disney Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
The Wolverine (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3850 plus playdates

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Smurfs 2  3D (Columbia Pictures): 3400 plus playdates

Friday, August 2, 2013

Red 2 (Lionsgate Films): 3250 plus playdates
300: The Battle of Artemisium  3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3250 plus playdates

Friday, August 9, 2013

Robocop (Columbia Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, August 16, 2013

Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, August 23, 2013

Mortal Instruments (Columbia Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Oogieloves in The BIG Family (Kenn Viselman Presents): 1000 plus playdates

Friday, August 30, 2013

Leo the Lion (The Weinstein Company): 1500 plus playdates

Undated Summer 2013

The Great Gatsby  IMAX 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, September 13, 2013

The Little Mermaid  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 2650 plus playdates

Friday, September 20, 2013

Rush (Universal Pictures): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, September 27, 2013

Paranoia (Relativity Media): 2000 plus playdates
Runner, Runner (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3150 plus playdates

Friday, October 4, 2013

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For  3D (The Weinstein Company): 3250 plus playdates
Untitled Henry Selick Film  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, October 18, 2013

The Seventh Son  3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, October 25, 2013

The Trick or Treaters (The Weinstein Company): 2750 plus playdates

Friday, November 1, 2013

Ender's Game (Lionsgate Films): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, November 8, 2013

Me and My Shadow  3D (Paramount Pictures): 3750 plus playdates
One Direction Concert Movie  3D (Columbia Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
Thor: The Dark World  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, November 22, 2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire  IMAX (Lionsgate Films): 4150 plus playdates

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Frozen  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, December 6, 2013

Santapprentice (The Weinstein Company): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, December 13, 2013

The Hobbit: There and Back Again  IMAX 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, December 20, 2013

Walking with Dinosaurs  3D (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3500 plus playdates

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2750 plus playdates

Undated 2013

Gravity  IMAX 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
7500 (CBS Films): 2000 plus playdates

2014

Friday, February 7, 2014

Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers  3D (Columbia Pictures): 3250 plus playdates
Need For Speed (Touchstone Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, February 28, 2014

Lego: The Piece of Resistance  3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, March 7, 2014

Invertigo (Columbia Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, March 14, 2014

Maleficent  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 3850 plus playdates

Friday, March 21, 2014

Mr. Peabody and Sherman  3D (Paramount Pictures): 3850 plus playdates

Friday, March 28, 2014

Noah (Paramount Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, April 4, 2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, April 11, 2014

Stretch Armstrong  3D (Relativity Media): 3000 plus playdates
Rio 2  3D (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3850 plus playdates

Friday, April 25, 2014

Robopocalypse (Walt Disney Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, May 2, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2  3D (Columbia Pictures): 4300 plus playdates

Friday, May 16, 2014

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  3D (Paramount Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, May 23, 2014

Pixels (Columbia Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3650 plus playdates

Friday, May 30, 2014

The Good Dinosaur (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, June 20, 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2  3D (Paramount Pictures): 4250 plus playdates

Friday, June 27, 2014

Transformers 4 (Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, July 18, 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Passed (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3750 plus playdates

Friday, August 1, 2014

Guardians of the Galaxy  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdatesw

Summer 2014 TBD

Untitled Third Hobbit Film (Warner Brothers Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, November 21, 2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part One  IMAX (Lionsgate Films); 4200 plus playdates

Undated 2014

Avatar 2  3D (Twentieth Century-Fox): 4250 plus playdates

2015

Friday, May 1, 2015

The Avengers 2 (Walt Disney Pictures): 4350 plus playdates

Friday, June 19, 2015

Untitled Pixar Movie That Take You Inside the Mind  3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, July 24, 2015

Smurfs 3  3D (Columbia Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, November 20, 2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part Two  IMAX (Lionsgate Films): 4250 plus playdates

Undated 2015

Avatar 3  3D (Twentieth Century-Fox): 4250 plus playdates
The Penguins of Madagascar (Paramount Pictures): 3850 plus playdates

2016

Undated 2016

Untitled Pixar Movie about Dia de los Muertos (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

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