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[ChanMi's star news] Han Ye-seul takes all 'New Movie Star Award' in 4 Film Festivals? (Source)
Forever Wins Korea's Top Blue Dragon (Source)
Filmmakers Honored at the 29th Blue Dragon Awards (Source)
Blue Dragon Award Goes to Sports Drama (Source)
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Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr | | As of 2008.11.16 : 536,980 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.11.09 : 529,587 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.11.02 : 506,650 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.10.26 : 436,054 admissions (total) | | As of 2008.10.19 : 253,374 admissions (total) |
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 Actress Han Ye-seul has been nomitated for 'New Movie Star Award' for her film "Miss Gold Digger" this coming 4th. She has been awarded for this film with the same award for the last 3 film festivals this year!
If she is really awarded the same award for "Korean Grand Film Awards Festival" then she will be the first and only actress to receive all 4!
At the "Blue Dragon Film Festiva" she said that she feels like she has received the heavens and that rather than her popularity reaching the heavens she wants her acting skills to be deeply rooted in her life. ...| More |
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South Korea's leading national film awards ceremony, the 29th Blue Dragon Awards, handed out its top prize of Best Picture to hit sports drama "Forever the Moment", by woman director LIM Soon-rye. Starring MOON So-ri, the film, a true story about Korea's women's handball Olympic team, was 2008's first local box office success.
Dominating the awards ceremony, held Nov. 20 in Yeoido, Seoul, was KIM Ji-woon's kimchi western, "The Good, The Bad, The Weird", which picked up 4 prizes including Best Cinematography, Best Director, and Best Art Direction. The 1930s Manchuria set film was the year's highest grossing box office performer thus also picking up the Maximum Audience Award.
The Best Actor nod went to KIM Yoon-seok as the weathered ex-cop in NA Hong-jin's "The Chaser". SON Ye-jin captured the Best Actress prize for her lead in the comedy-drama "My Wife Got Married".
Supporting Actor and Actress nods went to PARK Hee-soon for kidnapping thriller "Seven Days" and KIM Ji-y...| More |
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The 29th Blue Dragon Awards was held Thursday night to honor the year's top films and filmmakers.
This year's Blue Dragon Awards' best film honor went to "Forever the Moment", a moving film based on a true story about how the Korean women's handball team overcame the odds to win the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The film's co-star Kim Ji-young also won the best supporting actress award. Its producer, Shim Jae-myeong, said that he wanted to make an inspirational film about people outside the spotlight.
Kim Yoon-seok of the year's top thriller "The Chaser" was honored with the best leading actor award and Son Ye-jin of the romantic comedy "My Wife Got Married" was named the best leading actress. This year's top grossing film "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" directed by Kim Ji-woon garnered four awards - best director, cinematography, art direction, and the movie attracting the most moviegoers. Comedy "Crush and Blush" directed by newcomer Lee Kyoung-mi went away with the ...| More |
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The 2008 Blue Dragon Awards chose a sports drama about the silver medal-winning Korean women handball Olympic team as the best movie of the year. In the award ceremony at the KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, on Thursday, the award for the best film went to "Forever the Moment" directed by Lim Soon-rye. The movie is based on the true story of the women's Olympic team which lost to Denmark in the finals of the 2004 Athens Olympics on penalty shots.
The ceremony, the 29th, was presented by actor Jeong Joon-ho and actress Kim Hye-soo.
The award for the best actor went to Kim Yoon-seok, who plays a dirty detective who becomes a pimp in "The Chaser". Son Ye-jin won the award for the best actress for her role in "My Wife Got Married". Kim Ji-woon won best director for "The Good, the Bad, the Weird". The movie won three other awards, in cinematography and art direction, and for the movie that drew the biggest audience with 6.68 million.
The proceedings turned solemn when Choi Jin-sil was n...| More |
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 With SON Ye-jin and KIM Joo-hyeok in the leading roles, "My Wife Got Married" opened in its first weekend at the top of the box office. Director JONG Yoon-soo's romantic drama sold 515,464 tickets.
The fall seems to be the season for Korean romantic dramas, "Heartbreak Library", another newly released film, found itself back at place seven of the box office with 47,000 viewers. Director KIM Jeong-kwon's film stars singer/actress Eugene (Yoo Jin) and LEE Dong-wook.
"Heartbreak Library" tells the story of a librarian who is first furious at a man who rips out page 198 of library books, then becomes intrigued, and finally decides to help the man who is heartbroken after his girlfriend broke up with him, leaving a note to look up page 198, without mentioning which book.
"My Wife Got Married" stars SON as a liberal woman who is an enthusiastic football fan. She holds off a marriage with her boyfriend (KIM Joo-hyeok). In the end they marry, however, after some time, she decides sh...| More | | |
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