All Screen articles in 12 May 2003
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Talk To Her crosses C$1m milestone in French Canada
Pedro Almodovar's Talk To Her has surpassed C$1m ($708,000) in its 19th weekat the Quebec box office, making it one of the top grossing foreign languagefilms of all time in Canada's predominantly French-language province.The highest grossing film in alanguage other than English or French, Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful(La Vie ...
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Johnny English holds up strongly against X2
Universal's smash spy spoof Johnny English has hoisted its international runningtotal to $90.5m after 25 days on release, adding $8.2m from 3,000 theatres in37 countries over the weekend, according to estimates.The comedy placed second in the international market behind Fox's X2:X-Men United and managedseveral decent holds despite the global mutant ...
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X2 global rampage keeps pirates at bay
20th Century Fox's X2: X-Men United grossed an emphatic $69,270,300 outside North America this past weekend in what was the most ambitious - and most lucrative - day-and-date global release ever staged by a studio.Adding in the simultaneous $85,558,731 taken in domestically, the global total of $154,829,031 for X2 represents ...
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UK gives X2 its biggest international opening
As X-Men fever swept the globe over the weekend, the UK was no exception to 20th Century Fox's mammoth success. Indeed X2: X-Men United's $11.3m (£7m) four-day opening from 449 UK sites gave the distributor its highest international opening for the film.The comic-book adventure easily took the top spot over ...
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Torremolinos 73
Dir: Pablo Berger. Spain-Denmark. 2003. 90mins.A simpatico local comedy, Torremolinos 73 swept last week's Spanish Film Festival of Malaga, winning best film, director, actor and actress awards. Like last year's top Malaga winner and Spanish box office hit The Other Side Of The Bed (El Otro Lado De La Cama), ...
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Albert Lee named CEO of Emperor Multimedia Group
Albert Lee has been appointed chief executive of Hong Kong's Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG), replacing Carl Chang who is leaving the company to set up his own production outfit.Chang is expected to work alongside Lee at EMG until delivery of $6m action adventure The Twins Effect which is currently in ...
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Carver appointed senior vice president at Screen Gems
Benedict Carver has been promoted to senior vice president, acquisitions and co-productions for Screen Gems, it was announced by Clint Culpepper, president, Screen Gems. Carver oversees worldwide acquisitions for Screen Gems and for the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (CTMPG). He also initiates co-financing ...
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Imax results beat quarterly expectations
Imax Corp. posted improved quarterly results, yieldingearnings of $34m, up from $31.3m in the prior year quarter and exceedinganalyst estimates. The company has been hot of late, following news lastmonth that the second and third Matrix films, The Matrix Reloadedand The Matrix Revolutions, willbe released on Imax screens concurrent with ...
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BVITV names Maigret vice president, portfolio development
Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has appointed Philippe Maigret as vice president, portfolio development, it was announced by Tom Toumazis, senior vice president and managing director, BVITV EMEA. Maigret will be based in London and report directly to Toumazis. Maigret will focus on optimising the value of the BVITV ...
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CanWest dumps Firestone as Fireworks fizzles
Money-losing Fireworks Entertainment has a new leader,following the departure Monday of founding president and CEO Jay Firestone fromparent company CanWest Global Communications. CanWest has invested considerably more than $100m in thefilm and television production company since acquiring it in 1998. Firestone'sfive-year contract was up for renewal on May 4, 2003. ...
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Nordic films dominate Toronto children's festival
Finnish filmmakerKlaus Haro's Elina continued its winning ways, taking theYoung People's Jury Award at the Sprockets Toronto International Film Festivalfor Children, which wrapped this weekend. Elina, from Sweden, won theCrystal Bear at the Berlinale's Kinderfilmfest in February, and top prizes atthe Montreal International Children's Film Festival and Sweden's BUFF, a ...
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Euro cinema classics set for US re-issue
New York-based Rialto Pictures has acquired US theatrical, videoand DVD rights to seven classic titles from the StudioCanal library vaultsincluding works by Jean-Luc Godard, Vittorio De Sica, Alain Resnais andJean-Pierre Melville.A theatrical run of the restored films will kick off withGodard's romantic comedy A Woman Is A Womanat New York's ...
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Two offers made for UGC Cinemas
Two venture capital firms have made takeover offers for UGC Cinemas according to French financial daily Les Echos. The two, LBO France and CDC Ixis, have made firm approaches to Vivendi Universal, which owns 55% of the exhibition giant. A third venture, headed by Banque Paribas offshoot PAI apparently examined ...
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Streetsweeper cleans up at LA Italian festival
The Streetsweeper, a low budget American drama by James Hill that took five yearsto make, was named best picture at the 5th annual Los Angeles Italian FilmAwards at the weekend (May 4).Broadway veteran Paul Michael stars as a man who honourshis wife's dying wish by cleaning streets in order to ...
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Helkon SK renamed Redbus Film Distribution
Helkon SK chiefs Simon Franks and Zygi Kamasa have renamed their UK distributor Redbus Film Distribution, signalling their imminent separation from bankrupt German parent Helkon Media.Franks and Kamasa have a contractual right to purchase Helkon Media's equity in their UK business at the end of this year but are seeking ...
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Shanghai International Film Festival succumbs to SARS
The organisers of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) have confirmed that this year's event will not take place as scheduled next month (June 7-15). Instead, the event has been postponed until 2004, when it will run June 5-13. Organisers are concerned that the worsening SARS situation in mainland China ...
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Two SARS-themed films ready to shoot
Producers in Hong Kong and China are preparing two separate films about the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which are both scheduled to start shooting next week.The Hong Kong project, The City Of SARS, will be produced by Mandarin Films with Steve Cheng directing. Described by Mandarin as ...
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Malaga seduced by Torremolinos
First-time feature director Pablo Berger's Torremolinos 73 scooped four top awards at Spain's sixth annual Spanish Film Festival of Malaga, which ended Saturday night (April 25-May 3).The 1970's-set dramedy about a couple's accidental spiral into the porno film industry won best film, director, actor (Javier Camara) and actress (Candela Pena).Three ...
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Ridley reopens Black Dahlia murder case for Lions Gate
John Ridley, whose writing credits include Undercover Brother and U-Turn, is to direct the thriller Let MeTake You Down for LionsGate Films, the company announced Based on an original screenplay by Ridley, the projectcentres on a Hollywood coroner's office worker who attempts to reopen thelegendary 1947 Black Dahlia murder case.Ridley ...
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Toronto Festival puts Brazil in spotlight
The cinema of Brazil has been selected for the NationalCinema programme at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, Sept.4-13. Programmer Diana Sanchez will select between eight and ten titles.The announcement is a strong indication that Toronto will be presenting newworks from two of Brazil's leading auteurs, Hector Babenco and Walter ...