Wilmington on DVD: Biutiful, Shoeshine, Grand Prix, I Am Number Four

still open during filming.

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There’s a huge sign at the Chevron alerting customers that the Castro merchants are still open during the filming of Milk. I heard from a passerby on Castro street that the merchants are suffering from loss of business during the shoot.

Wilmington on DVD: Biutiful, Shoeshine, Grand Prix, I Am Number Four
In Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu’s sad and moving film Biutiful , Javier Bardem gives an extraordinary performance as a dying man named Uxbal: a small-time Barcelona hustler working a variety of scams and shady deals to support his two young children.
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Filmmaking pours cash into Asheville area
Restaurant owner Chris Canoutas can measure the impact of a big Hollywood movie production in straightforward fashion — by the number of pepperoni slices, pounds of pizza dough and jars of tomato sauce he goes through.
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Clint Eastwood editor helps anchor Reno Film Festival
Academy Award-winning film editor Joel Cox will be in Reno next week as part of the 11th Reno Film Festival.
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