All Screen articles in 14 April 2005
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Von Trier, Scherfig team for Erik Nietzsche
LoneScherfig is set to direct Erik Nietzsche - the Early Years, based on asemi-autobiographical script written by Lars von Trier.Scherfig(Italian For Beginners) is expected to start filming the project inDenmark in 2006. She is currently preparing to shoot internationalco-production Good, which stars Hugh Jackman and Romola Garai, in Berlinthis summer.Billed ...
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Nice opening for French hit comedy
Director James Huth's BriceDe Nice has proved a breakout hit in French cinemas in its first week. Released on Wednesday April6, the film had already wracked up 1.1m admissions by the end of the weekend,breaking records as the biggest opening day and openingweekend in France in 2005. Brice knocked French ...
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Lions Gate spins off Canadian distribution, production
Lions Gate Entertainment hasspun off its Canadian distribution operation into a new venture called MaplePictures, headed up by former Lions Gate executives Brad Pelman and Laurie May.The move sees the once-all-Canadian Lions Gate strip away its Canadian assetsand now focus firmly on its US operation.Lions Gate will neverthelesshold a minority ...
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Fiennes, Mortimer sign for Who Killed Norma Barnes'
RalphFiennes and Emily Mortimer are to star in Who Killed Norma Barnes', acontemporary tale of sexual obsession based on Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. MalcolmMcKay, whose credits include big-budget BBC TV adaptation Gormenghast,is directing from his own script, with Eliza Mellor producing for the UK'sCompany Pictures. Shootingis scheduled for the autumn in ...
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The Amityville Horror
Dir: Andrew Douglas. US.2005. 89 mins.Michael Bay's low budget operation Platinum Dunes had asmash hit two years ago with its remake of seminal 1974 horror movie TheTexas Chainsaw Massacre and it should scorehit #2 with its remake of 1979 horror classic The Amityville Horror. Seasoned UK commercials director Andrew Douglasturns ...
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Borman steps down as Intermedia chief
Moritz Borman is to resignfrom his post as chief executive officer of Intermedia on April 30 and exitfrom the management board of parent company IM Internationalmedia.He will be replaced by MartinSchuermann who will become the new chief executive officer of Intermedia andchairman of the board of IM Internationalmedia on May ...
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Parent, Stuber move into producing roles at Universal
Universal Pictures vicechairmen of worldwide productionMary Parent and Scott Stuber will segue into producer roles at the end of 2005as part of their seven-year deal with the studio.Under the terms of their contracts Parent and Stuber agreed to serve the firsttwo years as vice chairmen of worldwide production and the ...
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Parent, Stuber move into producing roles at Universal
Universal Pictures vicechairmen of worldwide productionMary Parent and Scott Stuber will segue into producer roles at the end of 2005as part of their seven-year deal with the studio.Under the terms of their contracts Parent and Stuber agreed to serve the firsttwo years as vice chairmen of worldwide production and the ...
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El Dorado takes on sales for Malaga pair
Newly-formed El Dorado International has picked upinternational rights on two films competing in next week's Spanish FilmFestival of Malaga (April 22-30), Jose Antonio Vitoria's Vorvik andXavier Berraondo's Working Class.TheMadrid-based sales outfit, newly created by former Aurum international salesdirector Mocha Aguilar, will screen both films to international buyers atMalaga's three-day Market ...
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Russian, Polish directors take top Wiesbaden prizes
Women filmmakers were the main winners at this year'sgoEast Festival of Central and East European Film in Wiesbaden when the awardswere presented on Tuesday evening (April 12).The International Jury, headed by Polish director Robert Glinski,its best film prize to veteran Russian director Kira Muratova's modern farce TheTuner (Nastrojscik), while the ...
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Gorris smelling of Rosa for Bold Films
Marleen Gorris has signed to direct the sexually-charged drama Rosa for Bold Films as part of the fledgling Los Angeles-based production company's growing slate.Principal photography is scheduled to begin on Rosa on June 7 in Florence, Italy. Bold Films principal Edward Bass and debut screenwriter Athena Stensland are producing, and ...
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De Laurentiis's Decameron begins Italian shoot
Shooting starts today (April 13) on the Dino De Laurentiisproduced $38m period comedy, Decameron.Writtenand directed by David Leland (Band of Brothers), theItalian-British-French movie stars Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton (TheO.C) and Tim Roth. Decameron is inspired by Italian author Boccaccio's 14thcentury collection of stories about a group of unmarried nobles who ...
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Atlantic Film Festival reacts with fury to Montreal move
Canada's Atlantic FilmFestival (AFF) has reacted with fury to news that the newly-minted FestivalInternational de Films de Montreal (FIFM) has shifted its launch dates to Sept18-25, overlapping the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based event's run of Sept 15-24. The change in FIFM dates isa black eye for Telefilm Canada, the federal film ...
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Parent, Stuber move into producing roles at Universal
Universal Pictures vicechairmen of worldwide productionMary Parent and Scott Stuber will segue into producer roles at the end of 2005as part of their seven-year deal with the studio.Under the terms of their contracts Parent and Stuber agreed to serve the firsttwo years as vice chairmen of worldwide production and the ...
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Loverboy
Dir: Kevin Bacon. US.2005. 87minsAn old psychiatric joke declares that 'neurotics build castles in thesky; psychotics live in them.' Loverboy focuses on a smart,creative, unusually intense woman whose natural, if somewhat alarminglypossessive, love for her young son careers into total obsession.But while Loverboyboasts some stellar performances, it is unlikely that ...
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Kuhn to deliver Pact's inaugural film lecture
MichaelKuhn, chairman of UK production company Qwerty Films and former head ofPolyGram Filmed Entertainment, will deliver the inaugural film lectureorganised by producer's body PACT.Kuhnwill talk about the state of the British film industry in the lecture, whichtakes place in London on May 9. The Bank of Ireland are sponsoring the ...
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House Of D
Dir/scr: David Duchovny.US. 2004. 97mins.Cloying when it means tobe heartfelt, simplistic when it aims to be nostalgic, House Of Dconcerns a troubled artist who must come to terms with his past if he everhopes to get a handle on his life. In his feature writing and directorial debut,actor David Duchovny ...
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RiverRun Fest to honour Cliff Robertson
CliffRobertson, who won the Oscar in 1969 for his portrayal of a mentally challengedman in Charley, will receive the 2005Master of Cinema Award at the 7th annual RiverRun International Film Festival, which runs from Apr21-24 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Among theline-up of 52 features and more than 80 shorts are world ...
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Universal's production chiefs ready for in-house producer role
Universal Pictures vicechairmen of worldwide productionMary Parent and Scott Stuber will segue into producer roles at the end of 2005as part of their seven-year deal with the studio.Under the terms of their contracts Parent and Stuber agreed to serve the firsttwo years as vice chairmen of worldwide production and the ...
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Ring Two holds onto international chart lead
Horrorsequel The Ring Two hung on to the lead on the international table atthe weekend. A number one $3m launch in Italy led the way among the eight newterritories which received it, which also included Russia with $1.8m.Frenchcomedy Brice De Nice was the best new opener taking the fourth place.Leading ...