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While Oscar forecasters coo over the Argo-Lincoln wrestling match, Life of Pi is quietly plotting a campaign all its own
While everyone waits for the Producer's Guild awards to let us know which way the winds for best picture are blowing, a couple of thermals at the weekend gave more shape to the best director race.
On Saturday, the London Critics Circle film awards gave out their annual gongs: to Amour for film and best actress, to The Master for the performances of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin's Phoenix, while best director went to Ang Lee. This, on the same weekend that Life of Pi held off The Hobbit at the international box office for the second week running.
While everyone has been distracted by the Argo-Lincoln wrestling match, Life of Pi has been quietly amassing close on half a billion – superhero numbers. How many adaptations of French-Canadian »
- Tom Shone
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