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Zoran009
 Post subject: Guru grabs big bucks
PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 4:34 pm 
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Guru grabs big bucks

Arthur J Pais | February 03, 2003 18:58 IST


Never mind the critics who complained The Guru failed to offer nirvana. Audiences in 10 North Ameri

can cities roared with laughter, spending about $640,000 in three days on the movie.

It had a far higher per screen average than most other films in release.

If the momentum holds, the sex comedy could become a modest hit. Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding which, like The Guru was also released by Universal Pictures and grossed about $13 million in North America, is clearly the movie it will have to surpass at the box-office.

At least one reviewer hopes for big numbers for the movie. 'If I were a swami, I'd predict The Guru will be the big hit of 2003,' declared Daphne Gordon in the Toronto Star.

The Guru did not exactly curry favors with many critics. 'Omm-barassing,' declared People magazine.


http://rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/03guru.htm
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rana
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Reading the above report, I wanted to find out if Guru is playing locally. Cinema Clock gives listings for Canadian cities.
http://www.cinemaclock.com/
Didn't find it running in Ottawa, but the movie is running in 4 theatres in Toronto. In its 5th week in Toronto it is running 22 shows daily. It must be doing well.

As Arsh said above, it is a limited release and should be showing in smaller centres later. I noticed at the movie home site that the movie was released theatrically 4 - 5 months back.

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Zoran009
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That was in UK rana!In, USA just got released!Not sure about Canada!
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mrig
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Looks like either people love it or hate it.

Reviews for The GURU at Rotten tomatoes

I can't seem to find this playing anywhere in Houston! My friend saw the preview and said it looked very cheesy.
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rana
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arsh wrote:
In, USA just got released! Not sure about Canada!

As I said, in Toronto, http://www.cinemaclock.com/ shows it in its 5th week (22 shows daily). In Vancouver it is in its 1st week (10 shows daily).

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DragunR2
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mrig wrote:
Looks like either people love it or hate it.

Reviews for The GURU at Rotten tomatoes

I can't seem to find this playing anywhere in Houston! My friend saw the preview and said it looked very cheesy.

It is currently in limited release in about three theaters in Dallas.
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DVD Collector
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"The Guru" has been trashed by some of the major critics from Hollywood.

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ali
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DVD is coming on the 7th April from Universal;

Extras;
- feature commentaries with Jimi Mistry, director Daisy Von Sherler Mayer and writer Tracey Jackson
- deleted scenes
- music video Sugarbabes "Round Round"
- a photo gallery
- trailers.

More here;
http://www.r2-dvd.org/article.jsp?secti ... cleId=5148

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Kishi6406
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The Hollywood critics are mad because Bollywood is making it's way into the mainstream, and they feel threatened. Well all I can say is eat your heart out and bite me, cause we're coming whether you like it or love it!
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DragunR2
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Kishi6406 wrote:
The Hollywood critics are mad because Bollywood is making it's way into the mainstream, and they feel threatened. Well all I can say is eat your heart out and bite me, cause we're coming whether you like it or love it!
:;):

Lagaan got 94% good reviews on rottentomatoes.com (50 good reviews, 3 bad ones) and Monsoon Wedding got 94% good reviews (92 good, 8 bad), so critics aren't against Bollywood. The Guru got 61% good reviews (30 good, 19 bad), which isn't horrible, but not very good either. And I thought you said that Bollywood couldn't go global?

??? :)
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sknath
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DragunR2 wrote:
Kishi6406 wrote:
The Hollywood critics are mad because Bollywood is making it's way into the mainstream, and they feel threatened. Well all I can say is eat your heart out and bite me, cause we're coming whether you like it or love it!
:;):

Lagaan got 94% good reviews on rottentomatoes.com (50 good reviews, 3 bad ones) and Monsoon Wedding got 94% good reviews (92 good, 8 bad), so critics aren't against Bollywood. The Guru got 61% good reviews (30 good, 19 bad), which isn't horrible, but not very good either. And I thought you said that Bollywood couldn't go global?

??? :)

Lagaan a 100% Bollywood film, Monsoon Wedding non-Bollywood film and similar stuff with The Guru..

Apparently, It will take some time before some other films can replicate the success of Lagaan or even Asoka.

Lets hope Roland Joffe's film can make a difference. It will have a true "non-desi" handling a "desi" subject. Unlike aplogetics like Mira Nair & Deepa Mehta (the apologists), Roland Joffe's film will be more hard hitting rather than self-pitying etc. !
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DragunR2
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Has anyone here seen The Guru yet? Is it good, bad, ugly?

FYI, there is a pirate that has a red "special edition" banner at the top. They even put a Universal logo on the back to try to make it look official!
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vjmajic2002
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its a funny movie...there are moments....just take your thinking cap of for about an hour and a bit and ull love it...
its coming on dvd soon..
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Kishi6406
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Bollywood can go global, only with a few films though. And when Bollywood can go global, is probably in two or three years. Right now is not the best time!
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