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16 • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
INTERNATIONAL
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002
Controversial Mexican film draws protest
MEXICO CITY — Despite strong criticism from Roman Catholic officials, The Crime of Father Amaro set the record for the country's highest-grossing Mexican film in its first weekend.
Known in Spanish as El Crimen del Padre Amaro, director Carlos Carrera's film earned $3.2 million and reached an audience of 863,000 people in 365 movie theaters throughout Mexico.
The movie's initial earnings beat the previous record of $1.2 million for *Y Tu Mama Tambien*.
The Crime of Father Amaro is a modern-day adaptation of Portuguese novelist Jose Eca de Queiroz's 1875 satire about a priest struggling with his vows of celibacy.
In the movie, a newly ordained priest begins a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl and discovers one of his fellow priests is mixed up with drug traffickers while another is involved with leftist guerrillas.
Although the Catholic Church has taken no
official measures to prevent the film from being shown, many priests warned against seeing it, and scattered protests took place outside theaters on its opening day.
Many of the lead actors in The Crime of Father Amaro have appeared in cutting-edge movies that have revitalized Mexico's film industry.
Officials crack down on media piracy in Phillipines
MANILA, Philippines - Police seized nearly $20 million in pirated CDs and copying equipment and arrested seven Indonesian and five Chinese workers in a raid in the northern Philippines.
The raid late Monday on a clandestine factory in Meycauyan, Bulacan province, is the latest step in a high-profile campaign by authorities against music and movie piracy.
Last month, officials used steamrollers to
crush 2 million pirated CDs, DVDs and cassettes seized from sidewalk stalls and shops to show the Philippine government's efforts to stem the illegal industry.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said the raid "is not only a great help to the members of the entertainment industry who are being cheated, but also our reputation in the world."
The Philippines have been identified as a major center of film and music piracy by the Washington D.C.-based International Intellectual Property Alliance.
Estefan, Smits to host Latin Grammy ceremony
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Pop star Gloria Estefan and actor Jimmy Smits have agreed to host this year's Latin Grammys ceremony.
The ceremony will air live on CBS on Sept. 18 from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Colombian artist Carlos Vives has the most nominations with six, while salsa diva Celia Cruz has four.
Estefan and Smits also co-hosted the event's inaugural celebration in 2000 with actor Andy Garcia and singer-actress Jennifer Lopez.
Smits was also set to headline last year's show with Christina Aguilera before the Sept. 11 terror attacks forced its cancellation.
The Actor, whose parents were from Puerto Rico and Suriname, is co-owner of The Conga Room for Latin music in Los Angeles. He's best known for his roles on the TV series L.A.Law and NYPD Blue.
Estefan, who was born in Cuba, has won a Latin Grammy and three Grammy Awards.
The Associated Press
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