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Coming soon, but not for long: Jane Campion’s “Holy Smoke” (Dec. 3); “A Map of the World” (Dec. 3) with Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore; Anjelica Huston’s “Agnes Browne” (Dec. 3); “Simpatico” (Dec. 17), which stars Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges and Sharon Stone; and director Martha Fiennes’ “Onegin” (Dec. 17), which stars her brother Ralph. These Oscar-qualifying runs will last seven days at one or two theaters (usually on L.A.’s Westside) before returning for regular runs in January or February. The strategy doesn’t always work: “Rushmore,” “Lolita,” “Unhook the Stars,” “The Substance of Fire” and “Citizen Ruth” scored neither at the box office nor on the ballot. The most notable recent exception was October Films’ “The Apostle.”

Here He Comes

When Stephen Powers, president and CEO of Drive Entertainment (which owns the rights to Golden Records and Fairyland Music), got a call from Universal Pictures inquiring about using the old Mighty Mouse cartoon theme song in “Man on the Moon,” he was sure he’d seen that title before. The next time he went to use the copier he shares with Danny DeVito’s Jersey Films (which co-produced the film), he realized where he’d seen the title. Prop manager Emily Ferry then dropped by Powers’ office for a chat and spotted the Golden Records collection of yellow vinyl 78s and 45s of children’s music, the same that comedian Andy Kaufman, the subject of the film, owned and sometimes used in his act. Powers let them use about 30 of the vintage records, and Golden Records will release a compilation of retro cartoon tunes in time for the holidays.

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“Wow, the last time I was in a room with this many women, I think I was on the set of ‘The Color Purple.’ ”

Steven Spielberg, presenting an award to DreamWorks colleague Laurie MacDonald at Premiere Magazine’s Women in Hollywood award luncheon on Tuesday.