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Sony units are fattening up


May 22, 2007 First, Sony Pictures Classics is in final negotiations to acquire North American rights to "The Band's Visit" from Bleiberg Entertainment. [...] Sony Pictures Entertainment scooped up North American rights and a slew of other territories to Paul W.S. Anderson's "The Long Good Friday," from U.K. production and finance banner Handmade Films. "The Band's Visit," which garnered a 15-minute standing ovation following Saturday's official screening at the Festival de Cannes, provides Sony with an instant art house crowd-pleaser and a possible awards season contender.

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