I would like to obtain the full text of any and all articles that
appeared world wide (excluding the United States) that mention the
Palm Springs International Film Festival. Any articles that appeared
in 2003 (January and February of this year). Include Canadian,
European, African, and Asian language publications.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 18 Feb 2003 13:13 PST

Due to copyright restrictions, we cannot post the full text of most
article here at Google Answers.  Would you accept links to the
relevant articles as an acceptable answer?  Some of the articles will
probably only be accessible at archive sites that charge a fee -- are
you interested in these as well?

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Clarification of Question by researchondemand-ga on 18 Feb 2003 13:32 PST

Links to articles are fine. Fee based articles are also acceptable.

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Clarification of Question by researchondemand-ga on 18 Feb 2003 13:37 PST

According to the web site, "The Festival announced that Finland’s “The
Man With a Past,” directed by Aki Kaurismaki, has won the
International Critics Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) for the Best Official
Foreign Language Film of the Year (2002); Nir Bergman won the new John
Schlesinger Award for Debut Feature Film for “Broken Wings”; and the
Audience Favorite was voted to “OT: Our Town,” a documentary directed
by Scott Hamilton Kennedy. " Some of these film titles might be used
along with "Palm Springs" to get some coverage.

Hello, and thanks for you question.  

I wish it were possible to provide the full articles for you -- I've
always appreciated the Napster-like simplicity of getting what I want
right away.  But copyright is copyright, so here is the information I
found about the articles that are available.

A few are directly available for free on the web.  But the majority
are only available for a fee.

There were not a great many non-US articles.  In fact, a search on
"The Man With a Past" and "Palm Springs" (and similar searches with
other titles you mentioned) did not turn up any non-US articles.

I hope the information below suits your needs, but if you have any
questions about it, please ask for a "Request for Clarification"
before rating this answer.

I found articles from three sources:  Lexis-Nexis, Google News, and
Altavista News.  These are listed below:

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[The following list are articles from a Lexis-Nexis search.  Easch
article costs $3.00 for full access.  You can repeat the search
yourself by going to:

http://www.nexis.com

and clicking on the text that says:  

"Not a Subscriber
Search Now Using Your
Credit Card"

Follow their log-on procedures, and do a general news search by
copying and pasting this search term:

(palm springs) w/3 (international film festival)

into the search box.  You will get a large list of search results, but
you will not be charged for anything unless you decide to access the
full text of any article.]

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1. Montreal Gazette,  January 21, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition,  Arts &
Life; Pg. D1 / BREAK,   Oscar dance gets tricky: With The Hours and
Chicago seen as major contenders, the campaign for nominations heats
up,  RICK LYMAN,  PALM SPRINGS, Calif.

  2. Vancouver Sun,  January 21, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition,  News;
Town Talk; Pg. B3,   Drag queen gets a Queen's Jubilee medal,  Malcolm
Parry

  3. National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post),  January 15, 2003
Wednesday Toronto Edition,  Arts & Life; Pg. AL6,   First rule: Never
admit you're campaigning for an Academy Award: Nominations February
11: For filmmakers and studios, now is the time to be noticed,  Rick
Lyman,  PALM SPRINGS, Calif.

  4. Wales on Sunday,  January 12, 2003, Sunday,  FEATURES; Pg. 6,  
SHOWBIZ GOSSIP,  ZOE BLACK

  5. The Mirror,  January 10, 2003, Friday,  FEATURES; Pg. 13,  
HOLLYWOOD NEWS: LOCAL LAD DONE GOOD,  ALUN PALMER

  6. The Canberra Times,  January 8, 2003 Wednesday,  Pg. 16,  Paltrow
poetry in motion in NZ

  7. EVENING CHRONICLE (Newcastle, UK),  January 8, 2003, Wednesday, 
Edition 1,  Pg. 25,  Showbiz Gossip

  8. The Hamilton Spectator,  January 7, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition, 
ENTERTAINMENT; Pg. D09,    User friendly / Trivia, tips and tidbits

  9. Illawarra Mercury (Australia),  January 7, 2003 Tuesday,  News;
Pg. 8,    Clooney To Keep Acting

  10. London Free Press,  January 7, 2003 Tuesday,  Final Edition, 
Entertainment;,  Pg. C3,   ENTERTAINMENT BUZZ,  FREE PRESS NEWS
SERVICES


11. The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon),  January 7, 2003 Tuesday Final
Edition,  Lifestyle; Pg. C2,  118 words,  Clooney says he won't helm
another film for a while,  PALM SPRINGS, Calif.

  12. The Vancouver Province,  January 7, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition, 
e entertainment today; Pg. B5,  318 words,  Movie writer Glen Schaefer
is . . . dialled in: Keep reading and you will be, too,  Glen Schaefer

  13. Calgary Herald,  January 6, 2003 Monday Final Edition,  Arts &
Style; Pg. B8,  176 words,  Clooney giving up directing for now,  PALM
SPRINGS, Calif.

  14. Edmonton Journal,  January 6, 2003 Monday Final Edition, 
Entertainment; Pg. C7,  176 words,  Clooney in no hurry to try
directing again,  Palm Springs, Calif.

  15. The Halifax Daily News,  January 6, 2003 Monday DAILY Edition, 
MATINEE; Pg. 21,  178 words,  Clooney taking a break from directing

  16. The Record (Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo),  January 6, 2003
Monday Final Edition,  ARTS; Pg. B3,  178 words,  Won't be directing
again for awhile, Clooney says,  PALM SPRINGS

  17. Times Colonist (Victoria),  January 6, 2003 Monday Final
Edition,  Arts; Pg. D5,  180 words,  Director finds Gong Show biopic
fun, hard,  PALM SPRINGS, Calif.

  18. Toronto Star,  January 6, 2003 Monday,  Ontario Edition, 
ENTERTAINMENT;,  Pg. E02,  670 words,  Brief

  19. The Vancouver Province,  January 6, 2003 Monday Final Edition, 
e entertainment today; Pg. B5,  179 words,  Done directing for now, 
PALM SPRINGS, Calif

  20. Western Daily Press,  January 6, 2003,  Entertainment, Pg.49, 
116 words,  No Business Like...

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A search of Google News at [ http://news.google.com/ ]for ["Palm
Springs" "International Film Festival"] added the following articles. 
I was not able to access the links themselves for some reason, but you
can easily recreate the search and see if the links will work for you:

Mani Ratnam's film scores at Palm Springs

Times of India, India - 28 Jan 2003
... film Kannaththil Muththamittaal, featuring Madhavan and Simran,
has been received extremely well at the prestigious Palm Springs
International Film Festival ...

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I have no freedom in India, says Madhuri

Times of India, India - 23 Jan 2003

... my freedom here, which I don't at all have in India," she said
during a brief chat after a screening of Devdas at the Palm Springs
International Film Festival. ...

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A similar search on AltaVista News at:

http://www.altavista.com/news

added the following articles -- again, you can easily recreate the
search yourself to pull these up in their entirely (when accessible):

Mani Ratnam bags international award   

New Delhi(Jan 21):Virtually the entire spectrum of Indian cinema -
from personal celluloid essays to big-budget blockbusters - registered
a significant triumph at the Palm Springs International Film F

msn.co.in   Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:08:00 PM GMT 
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[link not accessible for me]
Mani Ratnam film does a Lagaan at Palm Springs   

Mani Ratnam's Kannathil Muthamittal (A Peck on the Cheek) did a Lagaan
by wresting the third place among the festival's Top Ten Audience
Favourites. The Aamir Khan epic had won the same position at la

Hindustan Times   Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:09:00 PM GMT 
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[not clear if this is US or non-US]
Bangladeshi film aiming for Oscar 
  
Last year the film won the Director's Award at the Cannes Film
Festival and the Best Screenplay Award at the Marrakesh Film Festival
in Morocco.
Nine MSN   Friday, January 3, 2003 3:06:00 PM GMT
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The annual dance begins   

Sydney Morning Herald   Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:01:21 PM GMT  
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Again, any questions, please ask for clarification.

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Request for Answer Clarification by researchondemand-ga on 18 Feb 2003 15:44 PST

I have already done the Nexis.com search and actually got more hits. I
thought someone would do an international search using foreign
languages. I do not want to pay for this answer, it is incomplete and
unacceptable.

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Clarification of Answer by pafalafa-ga on 18 Feb 2003 16:11 PST

Hello again.

Sorry...it seems we had a miscommunication here.  Do I understand you
correctly?  You wish to have a search done on newspapers in multiple
languages such as Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Urdu, Swahili,
and so on...?  If so, I confess as to having made a mistake by taking
this question, as I do not have the facility with languages to do
this.  But to tell the truth, I'm not aware of anyone on the Google
Answer team who could carry out such a task.

Please post a follow-up clarification letting me know precisely how
you would like this question to be answered.  If I think I can do it,
I'll take a crack at expanding what's here (I might try to enlist some
of my fellow researchers in the task).  If not, I'll have to ask the
editors to pull the answer.

Also, just for your information, my search on Lexis-Nexis turned up
119 articles, but the bulk of them were either US articles, or
predated 2003, so did not meet your criteria.

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Request for Answer Clarification by researchondemand-ga on 18 Feb 2003 17:59 PST

Yes, my question states "Include Canadian, European, African, and
Asian language publications." Please have the editor pull your answer.
BTW, in Lexis Nexis you can search "World Sources" that exclude U.S.
pubs.

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Request for Answer Clarification by researchondemand-ga on 18 Feb 2003 21:01 PST

Did you request that your answer be deleted? Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by pafalafa-ga on 19 Feb 2003 06:40 PST

Whoa...let's not be too hasty.  Perhaps there is a way to get you what
you need.

Turns out my brother, who is in the film business, knows a producer
who is tight with the head of the Palm Springs International Film
Festival. Bill (my brother) also tells me that these guys are usually
religious about collecting clippings from around the world that cover
their festivals.  (Some of them even hire big-buck clipping services
to gather up the information!)

As soon as my brother is able, in a day or so, he'll contact the
festival's head (I think his name is Levine) and explain about Google
Answers and the info request, etc. etc.  and who knows....maybe I'll
be able to get you exactly what you're after.

So sit tight.  I'll stay on it, and let you know what I come up with.

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Request for Answer Clarification by researchondemand-ga on 19 Feb 2003 10:07 PST

Please do not contact the film festival folks.

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Request for Answer Clarification by researchondemand-ga on 19 Feb 2003 10:09 PST

My deadline is 12 pm pst time. If you can come up with something by
then, that would be fine, otherwise do not proceed, and I prefer you
delete your answer as you suggested.

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Clarification of Answer by pafalafa-ga on 19 Feb 2003 10:16 PST

I'll see if can get these horses back in the barn...it may not be
easy.

I'll continue to explore other means of finding more articles in the
mean time.

How shall I proceed?  I said I would have the question pulled if I did
not think I could answer it.  But I think I can, but it requires
following through on the strategy I laid out.

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Request for Answer Clarification by researchondemand-ga on 19 Feb 2003 11:34 PST

Please cancel the answer. Sorry, I am past the deadline and I obtained
enough info from other sources. I will not use any of the links or
sources you provided - I already had them.

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Clarification of Answer by pafalafa-ga on 19 Feb 2003 11:52 PST

I cannot cancel an answer.  That is a decision that can only be made
by the Google Answer editors.

As I've said all along, I'm willing to continue working on this.  But
if you no longer want any additional information, feel free to contact
the editors to request a withdrawal.  Their address is:   
answers-editors@google.com

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Request for Answer Clarification by researchondemand-ga on 19 Feb 2003 12:40 PST

I have contacted the google answers editors. Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by pafalafa-ga on 19 Feb 2003 13:52 PST

OK.

I have had several questions answered successfully in this forum, but
I feel that this provider did an inadequate job of answering my
question for the foreign language material I requested. I found a lot
more material on my own usng other sources. I am very disatisfied with
this answer and will not use the information that they provided.

Steve, 

Some Questions on Google Answers never get Answered. Two of the most
common reasons are:
1) the Customer has requested "all" of something, and given the
millions of documents available on the web, no Researcher is willing
to post an Answer which cannot possibly be all-inclusive;
2) the fee for the Question is not appropriately priced. 

You may want to review the terms of your Question in relation to the
Google Pricing Guidelines:
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