All Screen articles in 18 August 2000
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Under Hellgate Bridge wins at Narrowsburg Fest
Michael Sergio's Under Hellgate Bridge was named Best Feature Film at the second annual The Narrowsburg Independent Film Festival in Narrowsburg, upstate New York, last week. The film also won the Best Director prize for Sergio, the Best Actor prize for Michael Rodrick and the Rising Star Award for Brian ...
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Space Cowboys, Hollow Man tie at the top
Buoyed by good reviews and strong word-of-mouth, Warner Bros' Space Cowboys tied for the top spot at the North American box office over the weekend with Columbia Pictures' sci-fi thriller Hollow Man, each film taking an estimated $13.1m. Hollow Man fell 50% from its blockbusting opening last weekend, while Space ...
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HBO to launch South Asia movie service on Sept 1
HBO is to launch an English language movie channel HBO South Asia service in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives on Sept 1, 2000. Programming will consist exclusively of films sourced through exclusive licensing agreements with Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios and Warner Bros.HBO will manage the new ...
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Grade pitches Pinewood, Shepperton merger
Michael Grade and Ridley and Tony Scott are to join forces in running a UK super studio facility combining Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios, if current proposals from Grade get the go-ahead.Grade, who became chairman of Pinewood in February after buying the operation from Rank for $93m (£62m), confirmed he ...
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Igel Media launches London-based sales arm
German family entertainment rights trader Igel Media has opened a London-based international sales arm to be headed by current international sales chief Edward Galton.The new division will be responsible for worldwide distribution of Igel product working closely with the company's Hamburg headquarters.Earlier this year Igel and French production studio Xilam ...
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Declaration calls for revamp of Swiss funding
The Swiss Association of Film Producers (SFP) and French-speaking Switzerland's film trade association ARC have called for sweeping changes to the country's public film funding structure in their "Locarno Declaration", published at last week's Locarno Film Festival.Switzerland's production community was recently hit by the news that the Swiss culture ministry ...
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Dutch director offers reward for return of negs
Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh has promised a $40,000 (NLG100,000) reward to the person who can return film negatives from his latest project Baby Blue (Bloedlink) which went missing somewhere between Curacao in the Dutch Antilles and Amsterdam. Instead of finding key scenes from the film, staff at Cineco laboratories ...
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Film Council appoints Jones as Premiere fund chief
Producer Robert Jones will head the main National Lottery fund for commercial films at UK film body the Film Council.Jones, whose credits include Simon Magus, Dad Savage and The Usual Suspects, will oversee the Premiere Production Fund, which has $16m a year in National Lottery cash to finance popular, mainstream ...
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Gladiator keeps Serbian box office rolling
Gladiator racked up 12,094 admissions from eight prints during its opening weekend (August 4-6) in Serbia. The result, while not astounding, marks an attempt by UIP and local distributor Vans to extend the territory's box office season into the summer. It makes Gladiator the seventh largest opener in Serbia so ...
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Deauville competition line-up echoes Sundance
Several Sundance titles feature in the competition line-up at this year's Deauville Festival of American Cinema (September 1-10), including Ben Younger's Boiler Room, Miguel Arteta's Chuck And Buck and Karyn Kusama's Girlfight.Other Sundance titles in the nine-strong line-up include Rob Schmidt's Crime And Punishment In Suburbia, Brad Anderson's Happy Accidents, ...
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Advanced signs on for MGM's Heartbreakers
Munich-based Advanced Medien is co-financing MGM's Heartbreakers, starring Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman and Jennifer Love Hewitt, in return for German-speaking theatrical rights and a percentage of worldwide box office receipts. UK-based Winchester Films is handling international sales on the film which is currently in production in Los Angeles. German-speaking free ...
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Milk & Honey opens studio facility in Prague
LA-based production and production services outfit Milk & Honey Films has opened a studio facility in Prague to service the international film and commercial production industries as well as its own productions. The facility, called Milk & Honey Studios Letnany, consists of two large stages with a third close to ...
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Autumn In New York
Dir: Joan Chen. US. 2000. 105 mins.Prod co: Lakeshore Entertainment. US dist: MGM. Int'l sales: Lakeshore International (+1 323 956 4222). Exec prods: Ted Tannenbaum, Ron Bozman. Prods: Amy Robinson, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg. Scr: Allison Burnett. DoP: Changwei Gu. Prod des: Mark Friedberg. Ed: Ruby Yang. Mus: Gabriel Yared. ...
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Gone In Sixty Seconds holds onto top spot
Gone In Sixty Seconds held on to the number one spot at the UK box office last weekend, grossing $1.5m (£1m) from 393 situations. It fell an average 35% from its opening weekend and reported the highest site average over what was a lacklustre box office weekend with $3,850 (£2,599).The ...
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European Film Institute launches exchange scheme
The European Film Institute (EIKK), based in Karlsruhe, Germany, is launching a new initiative, entitled EUR*USA, aimed at improving collaboration between film-makers from Europe and the US.The initiative, which will be added to EIKK's existing student placement programme for European film school graduates, is divided into three strands: EUR*USA 1 ...
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Dutch industry launches appeal to save Ketelhuis
A group of prominent Dutch film professionals have launched a campaign to rescue the Ketelhuis, the permanent showcase cinema for Dutch film in Amsterdam. Both the Dutch Council for Culture and the Amsterdam Arts Council are opposed to giving the cinema any further support as they have serious doubts about ...
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Village Ten Online rebrands as SCAPE
Australia's Network Ten and Village Roadshow have rebranded their joint internet portal, previously known as Village Ten Online, as SCAPE. Exhibitor-distributor Village and broadcaster Ten signed the joint venture late last year and plan to launch the leisure-oriented portal later this year. Among the services on offer will be on-line ...
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Canada's Nelvana eyes Cinar acquisition
Canadian animation company Nelvana is considering buying the assets of troubled family entertainment producer Cinar Corp, estimated to be worth anywhere between $235m and $765m.Toronto-based Nelvana, known for such animated hits as Bob & Margaret and Dumb Bunnies, said it has been holding discussions with Montreal-based Cinar's investment banker, Merrill ...
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Sydney Film Festival plans to get competitive
The Sydney Film Festival will become a competitive event for new directors, probably starting with its 50th edition in 2003, if it raises enough funding. The International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF), which accredits international film festivals, has already given its formal approval for the plan.Sydney director Gayle Lake ...
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Verhoeven to replace Jones as head of AFI
Australian broadcaster and critic Deb Verhoeven will replace Ruth Jones as chief executive of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) which is currently under-going a period of uncertainty following a reduction in funding.Jones will have been with the AFI for five years when she departs on August 30. AFI chair Denny ...