All Screen articles in 14 March 2002
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Strand, Sundance, Tomorrow join Cockettes party
Strand Releasing and TheSundance Channel are jointly acquiring domestic rights and Yoram Pelman'sTomorrow Films has acquired international sales rights to to hit documentary TheCockettes directed by Bill Weber andDavid Weissman.The Cockettes is the story of the flamboyant, drug-fuelled troupeof performers who dressed up in drag and glitter for a series ...
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Madonna confirms she will sing Die Another Day
Madonna has confirmed thatshe will compose and perform the main title song for the 20th JamesBond film Die Another Day whichis scheduled to open around the world on Nov 22 this year."We are thrilled that Madonna, who is recognized as theworld's most exciting songwriter and performer, has agreed to compose ...
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THINKFilm launches genre video label Velocity
Newly formed North Americandistributor THINKFilm has launched a stand-alone, domestic direct-to-videolabel Velocity Home Entertainment with plans to distribute 15 to 18 genretitles a year. The label is the initiative of THINKFilm president and CEO Jeff Sackmanwho initiated three US video labels while he was president of Lions Gate Filmsincluding genre ...
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New Line's Rush Hour 2 hits $100m internationally
Rush Hour 2 has crossed the $100m barrier at the internationalbox office eight months after its first territories opened in August last year.The movie, released by New Line International buyers and partner distributorsinternationally, now stands at $100.3m and could catch up with Rush Hour which took $103.1m in international territories ...
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Lagaan, K3G battle it out for Indian Int'l Awards
Lagaan, the epic Indian film which has beennominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, goes head to headwith Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sorrow), the most expensive film in Indian filmhistory also known as K3G, in the nominations for the third annual Electrolux KelvinatorInternational Indian Film ...
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Amalgamated confirms Oz exhibition revival
Australia's Amalgamated Holdings was the latest company with exhibition interests to confirm that the cinema business has recovered from the doldrums of 18 months ago. The owner of the Greater Union and Birch Carroll and Coyle cinema circuits recorded a 67% growth in net profit after tax to $9m (A$17.5m) ...
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France's Celluloid sells out on 8 Femmes
Powerful French sales house Celluloid Dreams has sold out on Francois Ozon's film 8 Femmes. The musical ensemble piece, which appeared in competition at last month's Berlin festival, is now Celluloid's most successful film of all time in terms of figures and market penetration.The value of licences sold has exceeded ...
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Tecmo's Dead Or Alive to be made by Mindfire
Game publisher Tecmo has signed a license deal with US production company Mindfire Entertainment to make a live-action film based on its hit Dead Or Alive fighting game series. Shooting will begin by the end of this year, with release set for 2003.Tecmo and Mindfire are now in the midst ...
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Advanced launches probe into E28m loss
German licence trader Advanced Medien has launched an investigation into its 1999 and 2000 accounts and warned that it may have to re-state these years financial figures,The company said that the measure had become necessary "because of the current course of the lawsuit against the principal debtor of Advanced Medien." ...
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Sony 2002 lineup paves way for global domination
No attendee left the recent global exhibitors' convention ShoWest without one over-riding impression - that Sony Pictures has one of the most promising lineups of any studio in years. As worldwide marketing and distribution president Jeff Blake screened new trailers for Spiderman and XXX and the full-length feature Mr ...
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India's Zee Group plans major Asian studio
India's Zee Telefilms has taken a further step towards realising its ambitions of creating one of Asia's largest studios, by acquired a majority stake in Padmalaya Telefilms, a Hyderabad-based film, television and animation production company, for $12m. Padmalaya Telefilms has more than 300 films, including 60 in-house productions and several ...
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Russian war film sparks controversy
A controversial new film by Alexei Balabanov, one of Russia's leading directors, had its premiere in Moscow yesterday (March 14), sparking a political slanging match in the local media.. The film, War, which was shot last year in the Caucasus and war-torn Chechnya, features an international cast including British actor ...
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Cuaron, del Toro snub Mexican 'Oscars' in protest
Mexican directors Alfonso Cuaron and Guillermo del Toro and Jorge Vergara, producer of Cuaron's Y Tu Mama Tambien and del Toro's The Devil's Backbone, have declined to submit their films to the prestigious Mexican Ariel Awards, in protest at the "lack of transparency" in the voting process."We ...
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Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella)
Dir: Pedro Almodovar. Spain. 2002. 116mins.Hable Con Ella (Talk To Her) shows director Pedro Almodovar getting back to his roots after the heady international success of his last, Oscar-winning effort All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre). In the wake of Mother, Almodovar could probably have made any film ...
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24 Hour Party People
Dir: Michael Winterbottom. UK. 2001. 110mins.Anarchic, exasperating and ambitious, Michael Winterbottom's boisterous celebration of 16 rollercoaster years in Manchester's club scene is a real oddball item whose eventual cult status could - like that of the music it portrays - outstrip its commercial performance by miles. A young urban crowd ...
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24 Hour Party People
Dir: Michael Winterbottom. UK. 2001. 110mins.Anarchic, exasperating and ambitious, Michael Winterbottom's boisterous celebration of 16 rollercoaster years in Manchester's club scene is a real oddball item whose eventual cult status could - like that of the music it portrays - outstrip its commercial performance by miles. A young urban crowd ...
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Promising international debut for Monster's Ball
Monster's Ball received its international debut last weekend, opening in Switzerland to a strong reception from a limited release.Opening on 12 screens in the German-speaking region of the country the drama recorded a four-day total of $73,075 to land seventh position in the chart. With a powerful screen average of ...
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Internationalmedia posts loss, predicts profit
IM Internationalmedia pledged to return to profit this year as it announced a loss of Euros 11.9m for 2001 on Thursday.The battered Neuer Markt-listed parent of Intermedia blamed the loss on one-time costs such as the aborted SpyGlass Entertainment merger and delays in booking revenues from K19: The Widowmaker, Adaptation ...
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Korea's Starmax, Gaonix merger eyes Chinese market
South Korean entertainment firm Starmax has announced a merger with Gaonix, a holding company listed on Korea's KOSDAQ exchange. The merger is seen as being partly motivated by Starmax's unsuccessful bid for a listing on the exchange last year.Starmax, a longtime leader in the home video market, was originally ...
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Malaga film festival to honour Angela Molina
Actress Angela Molina will be the recipient of a tribute at next month's fifth annual Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April 26-May 4).Molina will be given the first-ever Malaga Award (Premio Malaga) in recognition of an "outstanding career in Spanish cinema." Molina, 56, is one of the best known Spanish ...