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'Flags of Our Fathers'
'Flags of Our Fathers': "Crash" director Paul Haggis wrote the screenplay for Clint Eastwood's film about the lives of the six men who raised the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima.
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"Breaking and Entering"
Backstory: Director-writer Anthony Minghella's ("The English Patient") tale of an architect who is forced to reevaluate his comfy life when a Muslim thief breaks into his office, then reenters his life again and again.
Stars: Jude Law
Release date: August
Distributor: Weinstein Co./Disney

"Dreamgirls"
Backstory: Bill Condon ("Gods and Monsters," "Chicago," "Kinsey") writes and directs this screen adaptation of the classic Broadway musical about the career rise of The Dreamettes (really The Supremes).
Stars: "American Idol" cast-off Jennifer Hudson has the big showy role as "Dreamettes" castoff Effie. Beyoncé Knowles is the Diana Ross equivalent. Also stars Jamie Foxx, Danny Glover and Eddie Murphy.
Release date: Dec. 22
Distributor: Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures

"Flags of Our Fathers"
Backstory: Director Clint Eastwood teams again with his "Million Dollar Baby" screenwriter Paul Haggis (writer and director of reigning best picture champ "Crash") to tell the life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker
Release date: October or November
Distributor: Dreamworks/Warner Bros.