41.   It was particularly difficult in this case, as the film was released in Britain early this year and was actually shot a year before that.

42.   It will be another couple of years before the film is released, he says, bemoaning the laborious process of clay animation.

43.   Like clockwork, he releases one film every year, usually in the fall or winter, his annual strike against the threats of mortality.

44.   Miramax will release that film, costarring Cate Blanchett, Jeremy Northam, Minnie Driver and Julianne Moore, in late June.

45.   Moreover, he is haunted by an earlier brush with Hollywood success, a success that vanished the moment his first feature film was released.

46.   More films are released in the Thanksgiving-Christmas period than at any other comparable time of the year.

47.   More theatrical films were released than ever before, competing harder for a shrinking audience.

48.   MGM became the latest proponent, pledging to release fewer films and focus on quality projects instead.

49.   Ms. Kingsley said Kubrick, who died in March, had expected his film to be released with an R rating.

50.   Next week Kino will release three films by Anthony Mann.