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Fox Searchlight grabs the Oscar spotlight


February 23, 2009 Fox Searchlight owned the stage at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday, winning eight Oscars, more than any other studio, mini-major or specialty division. With few acquisitions or productions on its 2008 slate, the Peter Rice-run company didn't look as if it was in a position to repeat its Academy Awards feats of the past two years. Searchlight's fall release schedule had only the ensemble Southern drama "The Secret Life of Bees," a respectable commercial proposition that nevertheless was unlikely to score much gold.

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