The rivals: 'Iron Man 2,' 'Babies 4'
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May 9, 2010, Sunday
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HERE'S a movie idea to make a studio executive's head spin: document the raising of four babies in four countries, offer no dialogue and ask audiences to show up in theaters against big-budget "Iron Man 2."
"Babies," which opened on Friday in the United States and Canada does exactly that and is winning many good reviews. Focus Features hopes it can be the next "March of the Penguins."
"Penguins," about emperor penguins fighting for survival and raising their young in Antarctica, was similarly an odd choice for movie theaters, but it earned a strong following and became a major hit in 2005.
"Babies" makers say their movie as a sort of wildlife film about humans -- from birth until the time they take their first steps -- and what plays out for audiences is a glimpse into how world communities may be very different, but human nature is very much the same across borders.
"My work has always been very broad and I look and try to understand how other cultures are living," French director Thomas Balmes said. He spent two years filming the babies in Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and the United States.
"Babies," which opened on Friday in the United States and Canada does exactly that and is winning many good reviews. Focus Features hopes it can be the next "March of the Penguins."
"Penguins," about emperor penguins fighting for survival and raising their young in Antarctica, was similarly an odd choice for movie theaters, but it earned a strong following and became a major hit in 2005.
"Babies" makers say their movie as a sort of wildlife film about humans -- from birth until the time they take their first steps -- and what plays out for audiences is a glimpse into how world communities may be very different, but human nature is very much the same across borders.
"My work has always been very broad and I look and try to understand how other cultures are living," French director Thomas Balmes said. He spent two years filming the babies in Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and the United States.
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