All Screen articles in 11 September 2005
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McLean, Weinsteins reteam for crocodile horror
The creative team behind red hot Australian horror movie Wolf Creek, including writer/director Greg McLean, is preparing to shoot Rogue, a film about a giant crocodile stalking tourists in the Australian outback that will be majority financed by The Weinstein Co.A large staff is known to be well into pre-production ...
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Crash lands the top prize at Deauville
Paul Haggis took home thegrand prize Sunday night at the 31st Deauville Festival of American Film forhis directing debut, Crash.The ensemble look at racerelations in Los Angeles, is the first time behind the camera for the MillionDollar Baby screenwriter and will bereleased in France this week by Metropolitan.The jury prize ...
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Civilian Content rebrands as The Works
Publiclylisted UK entertainment outfit Civilian Content has changed its name to TheWorks Media Group, in an effort to reflect the integrated nature of thefinance, production, distribution and sales house.Production andfinance company The Film Consortium has been renamed The Works Production. Thecompany's credits include Pawel Pawlikowski's Toronto 2004 drama My SummerOf ...
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Viva Zapatero earns Venice buzz
One of thefilms that has earned the biggest round of applause on the Lido is Italiandocumentary Viva Zapatero! which focuses onthe thorny subject of censorship in Italy.Thefilm is directed by comedian Sabina Guzzanti, whose satirical program RAIOT wasremoved from the airwaves after only one episode in November 2003. VivaZapatero,which screened ...
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Venice Festival goes for Brokeback
AngLee's Brokeback Mountain has won the Golden Lion at the 62nd Venice Film Festival.The Grand Jury prize went to Abel Ferrara for Mary, while George Clooney'sheavily-tipped Good Night. And Good Luck won two consolation prizes - Best Actorfor David Strathairn's portrayal of journalist Edward R Murrow, and a Lion forClooney's ...
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Dinard unveils festival of British film line-up
The 16th DinardFestival of British Film, the France-based film festival for British featuresto be held October 6-9, has selected the six titles for this year'scompetition. They are: Brian Cook's ColourMe Kubrick, starring John Malkovichas a man impersonating the great director; Jan Dunn's Dogme-style drama Gypo; Opal Dreams from The Full ...
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Bim kneels to Frears' Queen
In one of asmattering of deals signed at the Venice Film Festival, veteran arthousedistributor Bim has acquired Italian rights to Stephen Frears' next film, TheQueen, about thedeath of Princess Diana. StarringHelen Mirren as the Queen, the picture delves into the relationship betweenTony Blair and the British Royal Family from the ...
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Beauvois' Lieutenant wins Europa Cinemas Label prize
Cult Frenchdirector Xavier Beauvois has won the 'Europa Cinemas Label' for hiscop thriller, Le Petit Lieutenant which screened in the Venice Festival's 'Venice Days'sidebar last week.The award willgive Le Petit Lieutenant a healthy fillip as it hits the internationaldistribution trail. The film is now eligible for extended theatrical exposureand additional ...
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Exorcism a demonic success for Screen Gems with $30.5m weekend
Screen Gems/Lakeshore Entertainment's The Exorcism OfEmily Rose frightenedthe life out of the competition over the weekend as it opened top on anestimated $30.2m.Scott Derrickson directedthe $20m project about the trial of a priest accused of negligent homicideduring the exorcism of a college student.Jennifer Carpenter, Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson and Campbell ...
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InDigEnt starts 16th film with Maggenti, Mol
Independent DigitalEntertainment, aka InDigEnt, the New York-based digital production collectivehas begun shooting its 16th feature in New York City this week.The as-yetuntitled film was written and is being directed by Maria Maggenti, who hasn'tmade a film since 1995's The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love.The romanticcomedy stars Gretchen ...
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Charlie tops international box office with $11.3m
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory returned to the top of the internationalbox office over the weekend as the Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI)release added an estimated $11.3m on approximately 4,100 prints in 49 countriesfor a $155.7m running total.The weekend haul was led by Japan, where Charlie opened top on $4.3m ...
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Venice goes for Brokeback
Ang Lee's BrokebackMountain won the Golden Lion at the62nd Venice Film Festival yesterday. The Grand Jury prize went to Abel Ferrerafor Mary, while George Clooney'sheavily-tipped Good Night. And, Good Luck won two consolation prizes - Best Actor for David Strathairn'sportrayal of journalist Edward R Murrow, and a Lion for Clooney's ...
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Hollywood studios explore new age of secure digital distribution
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has signed on tothe cutting-edge US networking consortium internet2 as it explores futuremodels for the online delivery of Hollywood content.MPAA chiefs believe the super-fast and secure communications platform- developed by the research and higher education community - could give them avital edge in ...
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Universal takes world rights on HBO's Outkast musical
Universal Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to HBO Films'untitled original musical starring Outkast's Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton,as well as Terrence Howard, Ving Rhames, Cicely Tyson and Macy Gray, among others.Regular Outkast music video director Bryan Barber makes hisfeature directorial debut on the project, which shot in Wilmington, NorthCarolina, and ...
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Hong Kong's Focus takes on hit Indonesian feature
Hong Kong-based Focus Films is to handle international saleson its first ever Indonesian feature.Janji Joni, which willreceive international market screening at AFM, is also the only Asian titlethat Focus Film (not to be confused with US outfit Focus Features) has pickedup this year. Earlier at Cannes, it acquired Hong Kong ...
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Focus reshuffles international sales division
Focus Features hasrestructured its international division following the appointment of AlisonThompson as president.In the move announced toScreen by co-presidents David Linde and James Schamus, Heta Paarte becomessenior vice president of international marketing and publicity and Tim Spenceris named senior vice president of international sales.Both executives formerlyheld the roles of vice ...
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Mueller reiterates resignation threat despite Venice success
Asthe Venice Film Festival draws to an end, artistic director Marco Mueller canbreathe a sigh of relief: he has managed to largely satisfy the critics withhis selection, while also ironing out the organisational problems that marredlast year's event. However,Mueller's eye is also firmly placed on the festival's appeal as a ...
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Park swaps Vengeance for Cyborg sci-fi
Cult Korean auteur ParkChan-wook is set to take the sci-fi route. The director (whoseSympathy For Lady Vengeance screened in Venice last week) is to make I Am A Cyborg for CJEntertainment. Casting details are yet tobe confirmed on the story of a young woman in a mental asylum who believes ...
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Lions Gate, Lakeshore team up for Statham-starrer Crank
Lions Gate Films and LakeshoreEntertainment have begun pre-production on the thriller Crank starring Jason Statham, currently riding high as thestar of the number one North American picture The Transporter 2.Lakeshore is producing theproject, which is set to begin principal photography in Los Angeles in lateOctober. Lions Gate will release in ...
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Rosem secures international deals for Chinese pair
Frenchproduction house Rosem Films has secured international distribution for two ofits upcoming features from Chinese auteurs Lou Ye and Wang Chao. Wild Bunch has picked up worldwide rights outside China andFrance to Lou's Summer Palace, currently in post-production, while OceanFilms has acquired French rights to the film.Co-produced by Rosem and ...