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Entry for February 25, 2008
February 25th



In this newsletter:

1. Yumbo's tidbits

2. Oscar winners and release dates



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1. Yumbo's tidbits

We're waiting on our next shipment including 12 DVDs, and 2 HD DVDs arriving tomorrow! Also announced today were the 2008 Oscar winners!

See in-store for our HD DVD special starting today - HD DVD players from only $100! Free when purchased with a HD screen.


Start booking your Oscar movie today!




2. Oscar nominations and release dates


It's that time of year again.
The 80th annual Academy Awards presentation was held today.
The corresponding expected DVD release date is listed.
We've also marked all nominated DVDs with 'O' stickers on the bottom left, for locating in store.
The 'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED' sticker system on bottom spine edge of cover is for Yumbo Recommended titles scoring 8 or higher. This is in addition to the A/B/C sticker on bottom right indicating multiple copy availability.


Listed alphabetically by movie:

3:10 to Yuma (BOOK NOW)
Best Sound Mixing
Best Original Score: Marco Beltrami

Across the Universe (BOOK NOW)
Best Costume

August Rush (Available 1st April in HD)
Best Original Song: "Raise It Up"

American Gangster (BOOK NOW), (BOOK HD NOW)
Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee
Best Art Direction

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (BOOK NOW) (Available 4th March in HD)
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck
Best Cinematography

Atonement (Available 25th March in HD)
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress: Saoirse Ronan
Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Original Score: Dario Marianelli - Winner
Best Costume

Away From Her (BOOK NOW)
Best Actress: Julie Walters
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley

The Bourne Ultimatum (BOOK NOW), (BOOK HD NOW)
Best Sound Mixing - Winner
Best Sound Editing - Winner
Best Film Editing - Winner

Charlie Wilson’s War (Still in cinemas)
Best Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Available 29th April)
Best Director: Julian Schnabel
Best Adapted Screenplay: Ronald Harwood
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing

Eastern Promises (BOOK NOW)
Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (BOOK NOW), (BOOK HD NOW)
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
Best Costume - Winner

Enchanted (Available 18th March)
Best Original Song: "Happy Working Song" Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
Best Original Song: "So Close" Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
Best Original Song: "That's How You Know"Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

The Golden Compass (Available 29th April)
Best Art Direction
Best Visual Effects - Winner

Gone Baby Gone (BOOK NOW)
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan

I’m Not There (Still in cinemas)
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett

In the Valley of Elah (BOOK NOW) (Available 4th March in HD)
Best Actor: Tommy Lee Jones

Into the Wild (BOOK NOW), (BOOK HD NOW)
Best Supporting Actor: Hal Holbrook
Best Film Editing

Juno (Available 15th April)
Best Picture
Best Actress: Ellen Page
Best Director: Jason Reitman
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody - Winner

The Kite Runner (Available 25th March)
Best Original Score: Alberto Iglesias

Lars and the Real Girl (Available 15th April)
Best Original Screenplay: Nancy Oliver

La Vie En Rose (BOOK NOW)
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard - Winner
Best Costume
Best Makeup - Winner

Michael Clayton (BOOK NOW) (Available 4th March in HD)
Best Picture
Best Actor: George Clooney
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Wilkinson
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton - Winner
Best Director: Tony Gilroy
Best Original Screenplay: Tony Gilroy
Best Original Score: James Newton Howard

No Country for Old Men (Available 11th March)
Best Picture - Winner
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem - Winner
Best Director: Joel & Ethan Coen - Winner
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Coen - Winner
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Film Editing

Norbit (BOOK NOW), (BOOK HD NOW)
Best Makeup

Once (BOOK NOW)
Best Original Song: "Falling Slowly" Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Winner

Persepolis (Still in cinemas)
Best Animated Feature Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (BOOK NOW)
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects

Ratatouille (BOOK NOW)
Best Original Screenplay: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco
Best Animated Feature Film - Winner
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino

The Savages (Available 22nd April)
Best Actress: Laura Linney
Best Original Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins

Surf’s Up (BOOK NOW)
Best Animated Feature Film

Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Available 1st April in HD)
Best Actor: Johnny Depp
Best Art Direction - Winner
Best Costume

There Will Be Blood (Available 8th April in HD)
Best Picture
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Winner
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography - Winner
Best Sound Editing
Best Film Editing

Transformers (BOOK NOW), (BOOK HD NOW)
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects

Best Foreign Film:
Beaufort – Israel
The Counterfeiters – Austria - Winner
Katyn – Poland
Mongol – Kazakhstan
12 - Russia

Best Documentary Feature:
No End in Sight (BOOK NOW)
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko (BOOK NOW)
Taxi to the Dark Side - Winner
War/Dance (Available 15th April)

Best Documentary (short subject):
Freeheld - Winner
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

Best Animated Short Film
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & the Wolf - Winner

Best Live Action Short Film:
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) - Winner
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman


See you soon!

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