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| Subject | THE FRONT LINE being selected for Oscar | Hit | 5487 | ||
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| Download File | THEFRONTLINE_01.PDF | Registration Date | 09/01/2011 | ||
| Dear Friends, We’re pleased to inform you that THE FRONT LINE directed by JANG Hun(Secret Reunion, Rough Cut), being selected as the Korean entry for the 84th Oscar foreign language film category. Please see the related article for the reference below and check out the trailer on the website here. If you want to have further information or to see a film, please feel free to contact us. All the best, Int’l Business Team SHOWBOX / MEDIAPLEX, INC. tel +822 3218 5649 fax +822 3444 6688 email sales@showbox.co.kr website www.showbox.co.kr/english South Korea submits The Front Line for Oscar race 24 August, 2011 | By Jean Noh The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced The Front Line, directed by Jang Hun, will be the Republic of Korea’s entry to the Academy Awards’ foreign language film category. Starring Shin Ha-kyun and Ko Soo, The Front Line deals with intrigue, confusion, violence and human drama on a hotly contested patch of hilly terrain towards the end of the Korean War. Other films submitted to KOFIC’s selection committee included Hong Sang-soo’s Cannes entry The Day He Arrives, veteran director Im Kwon-taek’s film about traditional paper Hanji, Juhn Jai-hong’s North Korean-themed Poongsan, and Kang Hyung-chul’s local hit Sunny. However, the committee said that it ultimately came down to The Front Line and Na Hong-jin’s The Yellow Sea. “In the case of The Front Line, the subject matter dealing with the Korean War was an advantage, and the level of perfection in the last denouement received high scores. The Yellow Sea got high scores for cinematic perfection, but the excessive cruel violence was pointed out [as problematic],” they said. The committee stated they made their decision with the criteria of quality and potential to win in mind. They noted, “this was a year with so many excellent films, we were left with regret” to have to decide upon one even after much debate. |
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