Video of Tim Burton in Amsterdam

Here's a video excerpt of Tim Burton taking questions from audience members at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival from April 10th, 2008. The video was provided by jordi and shot by Marin Visser, so go to the link listed below to leave comments:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=68FCA1oCxmI

Amsterdam to Honor Tim Burton

Tim Burton will receive a career achievement award at this year's 24th annual Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival.

Director of the film festival director Phil van Tongeren is delighted to welcome Burton. "I consider him as one of the most remarkable, recognizable and innovative directors of our time," he said. During his stay in Amsterdam, Burton will give a public interview on his career and a selection of his films will be presented (which ones have not been officially announced yet).

The AFFF starts on April 9th and ends on April 20th.

Read more about the festival and previous honorees in this link.

Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd...

In case you haven't already noticed, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street opens today in U.S. cinemas!



If you're not in the U.S., here are the current release dates for other countries:

Country	Date
Canada	21 December 2007
USA	21 December 2007
Japan	25 December 2007	(Yurakucho) (premiere)
Japan	7 January 2008	(Kudanminami) (premiere)
UK	10 January 2008	(London) (premiere)
Argentina	17 January 2008
Japan	19 January 2008
France	23 January 2008
Australia	24 January 2008
Hungary	24 January 2008
Netherlands	24 January 2008
Iceland	25 January 2008
New Zealand	25 January 2008
Turkey	25 January 2008
UK	25 January 2008
Hong Kong	31 January 2008
Lebanon	31 January 2008
Portugal	31 January 2008
Denmark	1 February 2008
Singapore	7 February 2008
Brazil	8 February 2008
Egypt	13 February 2008
Estonia	15 February 2008
Spain	15 February 2008
Germany	21 February 2008
Switzerland	21 February 2008	(German speaking region)
Italy	22 February 2008
Norway	22 February 2008
Sweden	22 February 2008
Belgium	27 February 2008
Finland	29 February 2008

"Vincent" in 3D and "Sweeney Todd" Release Dates Announced!

The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.movieweb.com/news/53/18853.php) has some good news for Burton fans: Not only is The Nightmare Before Christmas going to return to theaters in 3D this fall, but Tim Burton's 1982 stop-motion short film, Vincent, will also be released with it, also in 3D!

For anyone who wants to mark their calendars, some release dates for Tim Burton's next feature film, Sweeney Todd, have been released. ComingSoon.net (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=16053) has said that Sweeney Todd is set for limited release (most likely Los Angeles and New York City) just in time for Christmas, on December 21st, 2007. However, anyone living in the US but not in that area might need to wait until January 11th, 2008 for the wide release of the Sondheim musical's big-screen debut. IMDb.com (http://imdb.com/title/tt0408236/releaseinfo) has listed release dates for other countries (however, it is not officially determined if all of these are accurate or not):

Italy	5 September 2007	(Venice Film Festival)
USA	21 December 2007	(limited)
Norway	11 January 2008
USA	11 January 2008
Australia	24 January 2008
Netherlands	24 January 2008
UK	25 January 2008