All Screen articles in 10 June 2004

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  • News

    Fond Kiss for Galway Film Fleadh

    2004-06-10T04:00:00Z

    The GalwayFilm Fleadh will pay special tribute to octogenarian Irish star Maureen O'Haraafter opening on July 6 with Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss.One of thefirst Irish actors to achieve star status in Hollywood, Maureen O'Hara will bethe subject of this year's public interview prior to a screening of John Ford'sThe ...

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    Intertainment, Franchise judgement expected next week

    2004-06-10T04:00:00Z

    The final judgement in the damages lawsuitbetween Germany's Intertainment and Franchise Pictures is now expected to bemade sometime next week at the earliest.In a press statement, Intertainment explained thatquestioning of the witnesses had been completed on Tuesday (June 8) and thefinal summing up by the lawyers of both parties was ...

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    Roadside plans pre-election release for same-sex marriage doc

    2004-06-10T04:00:00Z

    RoadsideAttractions has picked up North American rights to Jim de Seve's timelysame-sex marriage documentary Tying The Knot and plans to release it in October priorto the 2004 Presidential election.The picture was produced by 1,049 Films and chroniclesthe last three years of the battle for legalisation waged by gays and lesbians,who ...

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    Wellspring closes eight more Tarnation sales

    2004-06-10T04:00:00Z

    Wellspring hassold all rights to Jonathan Caouette's Cannes hit Tarnation in eight territories, including the keymarkets of France, Italy and Japan.The documentarysold to Nippon Herald in Japan, Cinema Nouvelle Generation Distribution inFrance, Mikado Film in Italy, Seville Pictures in Canada, Lumiere in Benelux,Atalanta Filmes in Portugal, Noble Entertainment in Scandinavia ...

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    The Works unveils Cannes competition deals

    2004-06-10T04:00:00Z

    London-based sales house TheWorks has struck a raft of deals out of last month's Cannes festival on its twocompetition titles, Clean and TheConsequences Of Love.Clean, forwhich Maggie Cheung won best actress, went to LNK for Portugal, Lumiere forBenelux, PCV for Greece and Cyprus, Imovision for Brazil and Intersonic forHungary and ...

  • News

    Animation director Selick aligns with Vinton Studios

    2004-06-10T04:00:00Z

    LA-based animation house VintonStudios has signed award-winning film-maker Henry Selick as supervisingdirector.Selick will play a key role on Vinton's creative team as theanimation studio moves into feature film production.Having joined the company on May 17, Selick will set aboutdirecting the studio's CG short Moongirl and develop features.Selick'sdirecting credits include Tim ...

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    Fox International hires new evp of creative advertising Camp

    2004-06-10T04:00:00Z

    Michael Camp has been named executive vice president of creativeadvertising at Fox International.Camp will be responsible for creating and executing all creativeadvertising campaigns for the studio's domestic and international theatrical andhome entertainment divisions.Jim Darbinian, senior vice president of creative advertising, andvice president Ann Murphy will report directly to Camp, whose ...

  • News

    Alliance Atlantis buys Canadian rights to 9/11

    2004-06-10T04:00:00Z

    Bob and Harvey Weinstein'sfledgling Fellowship Adventure Group has sold all Canadian rights to MichaelMoore's Fahrenheit 9/11 toAlliance Atlantis.Alliance Atlantis willrelease the film theatrically across Canada on Jun 25, the same day the PalmeD'Or winner is due to be released in the US through Fellowship Adventure Group,Lions Gate and IFC Films."We ...

  • Reviews

    The Stepford Wives

    2004-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Frank Oz. US. 2004.93mins.The third filmedadaptation of the Ira Levin thriller about suburban fembots on the rampage in afrosting-coated, master-planned community has been given an extreme makeoverredolent of Death Becomes Her, She-Devil and The Witches OfEastwick, forgettable female-driven star vehicles with limited substanceand depth, too many garish special effects ...

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    Senator unveils details of bankruptcy rescue plan

    2004-06-10T00:00:00Z

    The restructuring of German producer/distributorSenator Entertainment could be completed by the end of September, according toplans which will be presented at an extraordinary shareholders assembly nextweek by the court-appointed receiver Rolf Rattunde.The restructuring plan would, in a first step,see the shareholders agreeing to a capital reduction of 90% in order ...

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    Oz production awaits fresh cash injection

    2004-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Mark Eder mortgaged his house in order to direct his debutfeature Twists Of Fate, which he alsoco-wrote and is now editing, after being unable to secure any other sort offinancing or to find distributors that would take him or his film seriously.Eder lives in regional Australia and works the early ...

  • News

    Spanish industry unites against pirates

    2004-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Spain's entire audiovisual sector has banded together tolaunch a fully-fledged attack on the pirates which it claims cost the industryEuros 700 million in 2003.But evenas the ICAA film institute, the producers lobby FAPAE, the authors rights'collection society EGEDA and anti-piracy body FAP were announcing details of anad campaign to drive ...

  • News

    OZ AND NEW ZEALAND Prod Lists - June 10

    2004-06-10T00:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND LISTINGS - June 10PRE PRODUCTIONDECEMBER BOYS(Becker Films) Backers: Film Finance Corporation Australia, South AustralianFilm Corporation. Int'l sales: MBM (German-speaking territories), AuraEntertainment (rest of world). Dist: Becker (Aust/NZ). Drama. Four orphans gofor a holiday by the sea. Friendships are tested and new alliances made whenrumours emerge that ...

  • News

    Video Island wins $10.7m funding injection

    2004-06-10T00:00:00Z

    UK online DVD rental company Video Island has secured asecond round of investment funding worth $10.7m (£6m) led by Cazenove PrivateEquity.Initial investors Benchmark Capital and Index Ventures alsoparticipated in the second funding round.HilaryMeyrick, Investment Director at Cazenove Private Equity will join the VideoIsland board of directors.Video Island is currently working ...

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    FRANCE 10 June

    2004-06-10T00:00:00Z

    As with pretty much everywhere else it was released thisweek, the third go round for Harry Potterand his band of wizards landed at the top of the box office with a staggering2.5 million admissions.The Day After Tomorrowdropped to the second spot falling off a precipitous 55%, Troy followed suit by ...

  • News

    Moscow film fest unveils programme line-up

    2004-06-09T04:00:00Z

    The 26th annual Moscow International Film Festival (June 18-27) rolled out its official programme yesterday at a press conference in central Moscow.One of the the major issues of the day was where the event would be held after its traditional headquarters in the historic Manage hall next to the ...

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    Fahrenheit to be first doc released theatrically in Middle East

    2004-06-09T04:00:00Z

    United Arab Emirates based Front Row Entertainment is planning to releaseMichael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 inthe Middle East beginning on July 14 according to managing director GianlucaChacra.The film will first be sent out on 18 screens in the UnitedArab Emirates and will be released in Syria (2 screens), Jordan (3 screens),Lebanon ...

  • News

    Mean Creek kicks off Cannes showcase at LAFF

    2004-06-09T04:00:00Z

    Jacob Estes' acclaimed dramaMean Creek will launch the 2004Los Angeles Film Festival's new Straight Out Of Cannes section, announcedyesterday (June 8).Director of programmingRachel Rosen said in recent years festival organisers had discussed the idea ofa new strand featuring Croisette hits, adding: "Mean Creek is a hidden treasure that we look ...

  • News

    US baseball stars launch new production outfit

    2004-06-09T04:00:00Z

    New York Mets baseball starTodd Zeile and Bill Civitella are in post production on the teen comedy DirtyDeeds, the first title due to bereleased under their new Green Diamond Entertainment banner.The partners plan to producetwo to three pictures a year, backed by principal investors Dan Kaplow, who hasbeen appointed president ...

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    Schloendorff in favour of MBO option for Babelsberg

    2004-06-09T04:00:00Z

    Former Babelsberg studio boss Volker Schloendorff has spokenout in favour of the bid by the current management under Thierry Potok for thehistorical production centre as talks continue with Vivendi Universal on thestudio's future.In an interview with the German daily newspaper Die Welt,Schloendorff expressed doubts about the feature film ambitions of ...