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Focus on a roll despite 'turbulent times'


May 19, 2008 Focus is heading into the home stretch clutching a wad of deal memos despite what the Universal-owned specialty division president Alison Thompson describes as "turbulent times." Focus cites a pact with distributor Serendipity in Taiwan, which is snapping up Joel and Ethan Coen's "A Serious Man," Brandon Camp's "Traveling" and Gus Van Sant's "Milk." The Last Vampire had indie distributor Asmik in Japan biting into it.

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