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September 26, 2006 — According to the Hollywood Reporter "
The Hamptons International Film Festival has given its $25,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award to writer/director Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain," a $35 million sci-fi epic from Warner Bros. Pictures and Regency Enterprises. Now in its seventh year, the Sloan award goes to a feature that explores science and technology in new and realistic ways. "The Fountain" examines a man's quest to cure cancer in the woman he loves in a story set over several centuries. Aronofsky will accept the award at the fest, which runs from Oct. 18-22." |