Article: China boosts local films with release of films for Communist Party's 85th birthday

ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-14-2006
Dateline: SHANGHAI, China
Move over Da Vinci, the communist flick fest is coming to China.

China suddenly pulled the blockbuster film "The Da Vinci Code" last week saying it needed to make room for local movies. It turns out there's a whole slew of them on the way.

The country is planning to release 26 films to mark the 85th birthday of the Chinese Communist Party, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.

Those include "The Forest Ranger," featuring a ranger who dies protecting a state-owned forest, and "The Backbone," a documentary about past generations of Chinese communists, such as revolutionary leader Mao ...

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