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NOTES FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY: Some music/film-related news out of the current Toronto Film Festival, notable for launching the Oscar campaigns for both Slumdog Millionaire and Juno. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s Oscilloscope has acquired the Saturday Night Live documentary by the very busy James Franco, who is the star of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog follow-up, 127 Hours, the true story of the mountain climber who sawed off his own arm to survive, and plays Allen Ginsberg in Howl, also being released by Yauch’s film company.  (9/9p)