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Bob Dylan 1978-1989 Both Ends of the Rainbow was the third in a series of Dylan documentaries produced by UK-based Chrome Dreams. Now this classic documentary is available as a limited edition 2 disc set featuring the original film as well as a host of all new extras.

Bob Dylan 1978-1989 Both Ends of the Rainbow features extensive commentary on one of the most fascinating and controversial periods in Dylan’s career, a period marked by the three recordings that brought Dylan’s new Christian faith to light: Slow Train Coming (1979), Saved (1980) and Shot of Love (1981).

This Special Edition 2 Disc Set from Chrome Dreams and Pride examines this contentious and often misunderstood time in Dylan’s long career, beginning in the late ’70s and culminating with the release of his 1989 album OH MERCY. The set features rare archive footage of Dylan in concert and performing some of his best tracks as well as exclusive interviews with producers, musicians and associates who worked with him throughout the period. The collection also includes material which many say was notably laking in the first including over an hour of incredible audio interviews with Dylan, in which he discusses his conversion to Christianity and his feelings concerning the criticism he received for that conversion. He also speaks at length of the enlightenment this change of faith had brought him.

This documentary is unique in its focus on this period in Dylan’s creative life, a period that is all too often overlooked when it comes to the well documented yet ever elusive man that is Bob Dylan and for the sheer depth of insight into ’80s-era Dylan.

Retailing at only $21.95 and available from SeeOfSound.com This collection is a must have for any Dylan aficionado.

#1 The Proposal from Buena Vista. debuts at #1 this weekend earning $34.1 million in 3056 theaters. Budget for The Proposal was $40 million.

#2 The Hangover from Warner Bros. drops to #2 this weekend earning $26.8 million in 3545 theaters bringing total earnings to $152.9 million. Budget for The Hangover was $35 million.

#3 Up from Disney drops to #3 earning $21.3 million in 3832 theaters bringing total earnings to $224.1 million. Budget for Up was $175 million.

#4 Year One from Sony debuts at #4 this weekend earning $20.2 million in 3022 theaters. Budget for Year One was $60 million.

#5 The Taking of Pelham 123 from Sony drops to #5 this weekend earning $11.3 million in 3077 theaters. Budget for Pelham was $100 million.

Rounding out the top 10 are:

#6 Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian Weekend Gross: $7,300,000 down 24% / Theaters: 2962, down 403 / Gross $155,953,000 / Budget: $150 million

#7 Star Trek Weekend Gross: $4,700,000 down 13% / Theaters: 2307 down 331 / Gross $239,444,000 / Budget: $150 million

#8 Land of the Lost Weekend Gross: $3,976,000 down 55% / Theaters: 2945 down 589 / Gross $43,672,000 / Budget: $100 million

#9 Imagine That Weekend Gross: $3,100,000 down 43% / Theaters: 3011 up 3 / Gross $11,351,000 / Budget: $55 million

#10 Terminator Salvation Weekend Gross: $3,070,000 down 35% / Theaters: 1920, down 730 / Gross $119,513,000 / Budget: $200 million

A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.

Sources:

Box Office Mojo

According to Variety Dancing With the Stars pro dancer and country/western singer Julianne Hough will make her feature film debut opposite Chace Crawford in Paramount’s upcoming remake of Footloose.

Chace Crawford signed on to star after teen heartthrob Zac Efron decided in March against toplining another musical after High School Musical 3 and Hairspray. The original version of Footloose became a sensation and rocketed Kevin Bacon to stardom nearly overnight.

Plans are for this to be a more mature version of Footloose. Dylan Sellers is producing alongside Kenny Ortega (High School Musical), Craig Zadan, one of the producers of the original Footloose and Neil Meron.

Filming is set to begin in March ’10

Sources:
Variety

#1 The Hangover from Warner Bros. holds at #1 this weekend earning $33.4 million in 3355 theaters bringing total earnings to $105.3 million. Budget for The Hangover was $35 million.

#2 Up from Disney holds steady at #2 earning $30.5 million in 3886 theaters bringing total earnings to $187 million. Budget for Up was $175 million.

#3 The Taking of Pelham 123 from Sony debuts at #3 this weekend earning $25 million in 3047 theaters. Budget for Pelham was $100 million.

#4 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian from Fox holds at #4 this weekend earning $9.6 million in 3365 theaters. Budget for Museum was $150 million.

#5 Land of the Lost from Universal drops to #5 this weekend earning $9.1 million in 3534 theaters. Budget for Land was $100 million.

Rounding out the top 10 are:

#6 Imagine That Weekend Gross: $5,700,000 / Theaters: 3008 / Gross $5,700,000 / Budget: $55 million

#7 Star Trek Weekend Gross: $5,600,000 down 32% / Theaters: 2638, down 564 / Gross $232,028,000 / Budget: $150 million

#8 Terminator Salvation Weekend Gross: $4,695,000 down 43% / Theaters: 2650, down 654 / Gross $113,831,000 / Budget: $200 million

#9 Angels & Demons Weekend Gross: $4,200,000 down 35% / Theaters: 2436, down 489 / Gross $123,300,000 / Budget: $150 million

#10 Drag Me to Hell Weekend Gross: $3,864,000 down 45% / Theaters: 2273, down 237 / Gross $35,146,000 / Budget: unknown

A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.

Sources:

Box Office Mojo

#1 The Hangover from Warner Bros. debuts at #1 this weekend earning $44.9 million in 3269 theaters. Budget for The Hangover was $30 million.

#2 Up from Disney just misses the #1 spot this weekend dropping to #2 and earning $44.1 million in 3818 theaters. Budget for Up was $175 million.

#3 Land of the Lost from Universal debuts at #3 this weekend earning $18.8 million in 3521 theaters. Budget for Land was $100 million.

#4 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian from Fox drops to #4 this weekend earning $14.6 million in 3807 theaters. Budget for Museum was $150 million.

#5 Star Trek from Paramount holds at #5 this weekend earning $8.3 million in 3202 theaters. Total earnings for Trek is $222 million. Budget for Trek is unknown.

Rounding out the top 10 are:

#6 Terminator Salvation Weekend Gross: $8,248,387 down 49% / Theaters: 3304, down 298 / Gross $105,568,008 / Budget: $200 million

#7 Drag Me to Hell Weekend Gross: $7,040,550 down 55% / Theaters: 2510, up 2 / Gross $28,233,230 / Budget: unknown

#8 Angels & Demons Weekend Gross: $6,550,282 down 42% / Theaters: 2925, down 539 / Gross $116,174,931 / Budget: $150 million

#9 My Life in Ruins Weekend Gross: $3,223,161 / Theaters: 1164 / Gross $3,223,161 / Budget: unknown

#10 Dance Flick Weekend Gross: $1,958,725 down 58% / Theaters: 1707, down 752 / Gross $22,625,733 / Budget: $25 million

A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.

Sources:

Box Office Mojo

#1 Up from Disney debuts at #1 this weekend earning $68.1 million in 3766 theaters. Budget for Up is unknown.

#2 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian from Fox drops to #2 this weekend earning $24.3 million in 4101 theaters. Budget for Museum was $150 million.

#3 Terminator Salvation from Fox drops to #3 this weekend earning $16.4 million in 3602 theaters. Budget for Salvation was $200 million.

#4 Drag Me to Hell from Sam Raimi and Universal debuts at #4 this weekend earning $15.8 million in 2508 theaters. Budget for Drag is unknown.

#5 Star Trek from Paramount drops to #5 this weekend earning $12.6 million in 3507 theaters. Total earnings for Trek is $209 million. Budget for Trek is unknown.

Rounding out the top 10 are:

#6 Angels & Demons Weekend Gross: $11,353,340 down 47% / Theaters: 3464, down 63 / Gross $104,913,439 / Budget: $150 million

#7 Dance Flick Weekend Gross: $4,743,636 down 55% / Theaters: 2459, up 9 / Gross $19,084,907 / Budget: $25 million

#8 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Weekend Gross: $3,873,377 down 52% / Theaters: 2263, down 920 / Gross $170,843,712 / Budget: $15o million

#9 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Weekend Gross: $1,911,401 down 50% / Theaters: 1450, down 805 / Gross $50,021,779 / Budget: unknown

#10 Obsessed Weekend Gross: $657,001, down 66% / Theaters: 679, down 924 / Gross $67,500,481 / Budget: $20 million

A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.

Sources:

Box Office Mojo

#1 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian from Fox debuts at #1 this weekend earning $53.5 million in 4096 theaters. Budget for Museum was $150 million.

#2 Terminator Salvation from Fox debuts at #2 this weekend earning $43 million in 3530 theaters. Budget for Salvation was $200 million.

#3 Star Trek from Paramount drops to #3 this weekend earning $22.7 million in 4053 theaters. Total earnings for Trek is $184 million. Budget for Trek is unknown.

#4 Angels and Demons from Sony drops from #1 to #4 this weekend earning $21.8 million in 3527 theaters. Budget for Angels was $150 million.

#5 Dance Flick from Paramount opens at #5 this weekend earning $10.7 million in 2450 theaters. Budget for Dance was $25 million.

Rounding out the top 10 are:

#6 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Weekend Gross: $7,950,000 down 45% / Theaters: 3183, down 709 / Gross $163,204,000 / Budget: $15o million

#7 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Weekend Gross: $3,810,000 down 42% / Theaters: 2255, down 895 / Gross $45,948,000 / Budget: unknown

#8 Obsessed Weekend Gross: $1,975,000, down 57% / Theaters: 1603, down 1031 / Gross $65,883,000 / Budget: $20 million

#9 Monsters Vs. Aliens Weekend Gross: $1,417,000, down 55% / Theaters: 1434, down 517 / Gross $193,063,000 / Budget: $175 million

#10 17 Again Weekend Gross: $1,010,000 down 70% / Theaters: 1107, down 1343 / Gross $60,319,000 / Budget: unknown

A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.

Sources:

Box Office Mojo

#1 Angels and Demons from Sony debuts at #1 this weekend earning $46.2 million in 3527 theaters. Budget for Angels was $150 million.

#2 Star Trek from Paramount just loses the #1 spot this weekend earning $43 million in 3860 theaters. Total earnings for Trek is $147 million. Budget for Trek is unknown.

#3 X-Men Origins: Wolverine from Fox drops to #3 this weekend earning $14 million in 3892 theaters bringing its total to $150 million. Budget for Wolverine was $150 million.

#4 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past from Warner Bros. slips to #4 this weekend earning $6.6 million in 3150 theaters bringing total earnings to $39.8 million. Budget for Ghosts is unknown.

#5 Obsessed from Screen Gems drops to #5 this weekend earning $4.5 million, bringing its total to $62 million in 2634 theaters. Budget for Obsessed was $20 million.

Rounding out the top 10 are:

#6 17 Again Weekend Gross: $3,368,189 down 20% / Theaters: 2450, down 453 / Gross $58,363,111 / Budget: unknown

#7 Monsters Vs. Aliens Weekend Gross: $3,182,085, down 2% / Theaters: 1951, down 234 / Gross $190,733,766 / Budget: $175 million

#8 The Soloist Weekend Gross: $2,402,801 down 39% / Theaters: 2022, down 68 / Gross $27,505,154 / Budget: unknown

#9 Next Day Air Weekend Gross: $2,244,878, down 45% / Theaters: 1139, up 1 / Gross $7,613,221 / Budget: unknown

#10 Earth Weekend Gross: $1,697,956, down 36% / Theaters: 1,584, down 210 / Gross $29,088,771 / Budget: unknown

A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.

Sources:

Box Office Mojo

Variety reports that Madeleine Stowe’s (Bad Girls, The General’s Daughter) period drama Unbound Captives is ready to go.

Starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson Unbound Captives will mark Stowe’s directorial debut and is based on an original script she wrote. Gil Netter and Grant Hill will produce along side Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment.

Stowe originaly wrote the script in conjunction with her husband Brian Benben in 1993 (under the pseudonym O.C. Humphrey) as a star vehicle for herself. Fox offered her $3 million and then later $5 million for the property, with Ridley Scott set to direct and Russell Crowe to star, but she refused both offers because there was no guarantee that she would get anything more than a screenwriter credit, deciding instead to helm the piece herself. The offer represented one of the highest sums ever offered to a new writer

The movie concerns a woman (written for Stowe, now to be played by Weisz) whose husband is killed and her two children kidnapped by a Comanche war party in 1859. She is rescued by a frontiersman, to be played by Jackman. Pattinson is set to play the son.

The movie is scheduled to begin shooting at the end of the year.

Source:

Variety

#1 Star Trek from Paramount makes a strong start in the box office this weekend earning $72.5 million in 3849 theaters. Budget for Trek is unknown.

#2 X-Men Origins: Wolverine from Fox holds on to a solid #2 this weekend earning $27 million in 4102 theaters. Budget for Wolverine was $150 million.

#3 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past from Warner Bros. slips to #3 this weekend earning $10.4 million in 3175 theaters bringing total earnings to $30.2 million. Budget for Ghosts is unknown.

#4 Obsessed from Screen Gems drops to #4 this weekend earning $6.6 million, bringing its total to $56 million in 2602 theaters. Budget for Obsessed was $20 million.

#5 17 Again from Warner Bros drops to #5 earning $4.4 million for a total of $54.1 million. 17 showed in 2903 theaters. Budget for 17 is unknown.

Rounding out the top 10 are:

#6 Next Day Air Weekend Gross: $4,000,000 / Theaters: 1138 / Gross $4,000,000 / Budget: unknown

#7 The Soloist Weekend Gross: $3,605,000 down 36% / Theaters: 2090, up 57 / Gross $23,501,000 / Budget: unknown

#8 Monsters Vs. Aliens Weekend Gross: $3,379,000, down 41% / Theaters: 2,185, down 441 / Gross $186,892,000 / Budget: $175 million

#9 Earth Weekend Gross: $2,488,000, down 42% / Theaters: 1794, down 10 / Gross $26,086,000 / Budget: unknown

#10 Hannah Montana The Movie Weekend Gross: $2,414,000, down 42% / Theaters: 2301, down 518 / Gross $74,083,000 / Budget: unknown

A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.

Sources:

Box Office Mojo