All Screen articles in 13 January 2004
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Tykwer sniffs out Perfume possibilities
Tom Tykwer (Heaven, Run Lola Run) may direct the long-anticipated screen adaptation of Patrick Sueskind's internationally bestselling novel Perfume (Das Parfuem) for Germany's Constantin Film.Constantin's board member Thomas Peter Friedl confirmed to ScreenDaily.com that the director has been working with screenwriter Andrew Birkin (The Concrete Garden) and producer Bernd Eichinger ...
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Investors sue Village Roadshow for Matrix profits
A group of unhappy Australian investors are suing Village Roadshow Limited over their US$17.9m (A$23m) worth of tax leveraged investments in the first of the high-earning Matrix trilogy.The group, hardly beginners, are current and former partners of KPMG in Australia, the leading business and taxation advisory firm. They including the ...
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Sweden's Daybreak set for Berlin competition
Writer-producer-director Eleanor Bergstein, sound designer/film editor Walter Murch and director-producer-screenwriter Anthony Minghella, whose latest film Cold Mountain will open this year's Berlinale, have been announced as the celebrity hosts for the second edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus (7-12 February).Bergstein was responsible for the production and screenplay of the box ...
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Kirishima 1945 wins prestigious Japanese prize
Kazuo Kuroki's Kirishima 1945 has been named the best Japanese film of 2003 by the Kinema Jumpo magazine's critics poll.The film, an autobiographical drama set in rural Japan in the closing days of World War II, is currently on domestic release.Compiled annually by leading critics and scholars, the Kinema Jumpo ...
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SWEDEN
The Return Of The King stayed on top, but the fight for the second spot this weekend at the Swedish box-office was fierce with Hollywood's action flick S.W.A.T. opening alongside Peter Lindmark's Swedish actioner Ranarna (The Robbers).However, it was clear that local audiences preferred home made thrills as the latter ...
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Vivendi reduces stake in UGC
As expected, Vivendi Universal has reduced its stake inFrench major UGC.Following an agreement signed on December 31, 2003, Vivendiwill reduce its holdings in UGC from 58% to 40% resulting in a 56.2% ownershipfor UGC president Guy Verrechia and his family.According to a statement released by Vivendi on Tuesday (Jan13) evening, ...
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Wolfe snaps up Goldfish Memory
Leading US gayand lesbian film and video distributor Wolfe Video has acquired all NorthAmerican rights to Liz Gill's Irish romantic comedy Goldfish Memory.The film will beWolfe Video's second theatrical release of the year after MarcoFiliberti's Italian drama Adored: Diary Of A Male Porn Star (formerly A Little More Than A ...
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Lions Gate takes on horror title Saw
Lions Gate Filmshas acquired worldwide rights to James Wan's horror thriller Saw fromEvolution Management and will premiere the film in the Midnight Lineup sectionat Sundance.Release is planned sometime this year and the film centreson a serial killer's cat-and-mouse game with two captives. It stars Cary Elwes,Danny Glover, Monica Potter and ...
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DENMARK
While The Return Of The King remained untouchable at the top of the Danish box-office chart, new releases S.W.A.T. and Calender Girls hit the local youth film Scratch the hardest, pushing it to sixth, while Scary Movie 3 dropped 49.5% but remained in third.Not much else changed in the ...
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Focus rings changes for global production role
Acorporate reshuffle is underway at Focus Features as the production andacquisitions departments move closer together to prepare for the company'sexpansion into worldwide production.Underthe company's new president of production John Lyons, several executives willassume extra responsibilities, including Amy Kaufman, the executive vicepresident of acquisitions and co-productions, who becomes executive vicepresident of ...
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Focus Features rings changes for global production role
Acorporate reshuffle is underway at Focus Features as the production andacquisitions departments move closer together to prepare for the company'sexpansion into worldwide production.Underthe company's new president of production John Lyons, several executives willassume extra responsibilities, including Amy Kaufman, the executive vicepresident of acquisitions and co-productions, who becomes executive vicepresident of ...
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Sweden's Daybreak lines up for Berlin competition
Bjorn Runge's Daybreak (Om Jag Vänder Mig Om) is to play in the main competition at this year's Berlin Film Festival (Feb 5-15), the first Swedish film selected since Bo Widerberg's swansong All Things Fair in 1996.Daybreak was last week nominated in record eight categories for the Guldbagga Award's, Sweden's ...
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Seven battle for Oscar make-up nod
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has namedseven films for consideration in the best make-up category at the upcoming 76thAcademy Awards.The films are Cold Mountain, The Last Samurai, The Lord OfThe Rings: The Return Of The King, Master And Commander: The Far Side Of TheWorld, Monster, Peter Pan ...
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Cheaper By The Dozen scores solid Australian bow
Driven by a $1.2m bow on 177screens in Australia, family comedy Cheaper By The Dozen grossed $2.2m from 607 in five territories at theweekend to raise its international running total to $5.1m.Elsewhere, Fox Internationalreported a fourth consecutive number one weekend for The Lord Of The Rings:The Return Of The King ...
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AUSTRALIA
The Return Of The King retained top spot in its third week, though its screen average -- A$8,429 -- dropped 50% and is now only the eighth highest. It's those 450 screens nationwide that have pushed the King's total box office takings to A$33,725,980.The three newcomers scored well: Something's Gotta ...
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Eisenberg returns to WHV as vp of worldwide acquisitions
Former WarnerHome Video (WHV) vice president of worldwide video acquisitions Elyse Eisenberghas returned to the company as vice president of worldwide acquisitions,effective immediately.Eisenberg will be responsible for the division's worldwideacquisitions programme, which includes theatrical features, video and otheraudio-visual product."Sourcing new product and acquiring additional quality libraryproduct is key to our ...
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THINKFilm climbs aboard Festival Express
THINKFilm has acquired NorthAmerican rights to Bob Smeaton's rock 'n' roll documentary Festival Express,with plans for a 2004 release.Set in 1970, the filmcomprises rare and unseen footage from the eponymous Canadian concert andself-styled answer to Woodstock that featured such luminaries as Janis Joplin,The Band and The Grateful Dead.Smeaton's camera follows ...
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Return Of The King raises int'l box office to $454.9m
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King added $35.2mfrom 8,813 screens in 51 territories at the weekend to raise its internationalrunning total to $454.9m.It remained top in its fourth weekend in the UK and added $6.7m from1,299 screens for a staggering $83.4m running total.It also stayed top ...
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Return Of The King raises int'l box office to $454.9m
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King added $35.2mfrom 8,813 screens in 51 territories at the weekend to raise its internationalrunning total to $454.9m.It remained top in its fourth weekend in the UK and added $6.7m from1,299 screens for a staggering $83.4m running total.It also stayed top ...