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Indie heavyweights split over 'Reader' date


September 22, 2008 Two titans of the indie film world are in a heated disagreement over distribution plans for one of the fall's biggest releases -- a film that might not turn out to be a fall release at all. The Weinstein Co. chief Harvey Weinstein and uber-producer Scott Rudin are in an intense back-and-forth over whether to release the Weinstein Co. war-crimes drama "The Reader" in 2008 or wait until next year. Weinstein is pushing for a December release for the movie, which director Stephen Daldry is working on in post.

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