All Screen articles in 19 May 2002
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San Sebastian to honour Schlondorff, Powell for 50th edition
The San Sebastian International Film Festival will honour multifaceted filmmakers Volker Schlondorff and Michael Powell with retrospectives at this year's 50th anniversary edition, to be held September 19-28 in the northern Spanish coastal town.The festival, Spain's premiere competitive event, has also organised a thematic sidebar in honour of its anniversary, ...
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African Media Entertainment sells Moonlighting film subsidiary
South African media company African Media Entertainment (AME), has sold its film entertainment subsidiary Moonlighting Filmmakers, in an effort to reduce its heavy debt burden. Moonlighting Filmmakers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AME Commercial Filmmakers, was sold to Philip John Key, the subsidiary's original owner and CEO, for $1m (R10.2m) in ...
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones
Dir: George Lucas. US. 2002. 143mins.It must be thankless being George Lucas. He may be wading in money, but critics and fans have treated his new Star Wars prequels with such intense scrutiny and disappointment that he has to realise his reputation as a legendary film-maker of 1970s classics American ...
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Harry Potter video release becomes fastest-selling title in the UK
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone has become the UK's fastest-selling release on video and DVD, with 1.25 million copies being snapped up within 24 hours of going on release on May 11.The previous record was held by Titanic, with first-day sales of 1.1 million. Warner Bros home video has ...
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Berlinale names Eastern European delegate
The Berlin International Film Festival has named Nikolaj Nikitin, editor-in-chief and publisher of the film magazine Schnitt as its new foreign delegate for Eastern Europe, covering: Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Nikitin will advise the Film Festival in the selection of films ...
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Spider-Man takes Japanese box office opening record
In what is regarded as its most important international territory, Spider-Man smashed yet another opening record at the weekend when it was released in Japan on Saturday (May 11).With a massive estimated weekend gross of $9.6m (¥1.23bn) and 820,000 admissions from 412 screens, the blockbuster recorded the best figures ever ...
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Tequila Gang takes Lost In La Mancha to Cannes
The Tequila Gang, the London/Mexico City-based production and distribution entity founded by founded by Mexico's Guillermo del Toro, Bertha Navarro, Laura Esquivel, Alejandra Moreno Toscano and London-based Rosa Bosch will be presenting Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe's documentary Lost In La Mancha to buyers at the Cannes film market. ...
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Tequila Gang takes Lost In La Mancha to Cannes
The Tequila Gang, the London/Mexico City-based production and distribution entity founded by founded by Mexico's Guillermo del Toro, Bertha Navarro, Laura Esquivel, Alejandra Moreno Toscano and London-based Rosa Bosch will be presenting Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe's documentary Lost In La Mancha to buyers at the Cannes film market. ...
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Loews Cineplex considers public offering
Revived North American cinema circuit Loews Cineplex is considering an initial public offering, according to the CEO of the company that engineered the refinancing of the insolvent exhibitor. Speaking at his company's annual general meeting on May 9, Onex Corp. CEO Gerald Schwartz said that exhibition was enjoying a return ...
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The City Of No Limits (En La Ciudad Sin Limites)
Dir: Antonio Hernandez. Sp-Arg. 2001. 118minsAntonio Hernandez's ensemble feature is a dramatic gem, a beautifully scripted and acted film with a glossy look and universal tale that has the capacity to move audiences anywhere. It represents a marketing challenge to distributors due to its complex storyline and straddling of genres, ...
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Sean Connery closes his LA-based Fountainbridge Films
Sean Connery has shut down his Los Angeles-based production company Fountainbridge Films, throwing into doubt plans for a Scottish studio facility as well as threatening the future of period epic Mary, Queen Of Scots.Established in 1992, the company had produced such films as Just Cause and Entrapment with Catherine Zeta ...
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Winning combination guarantees hot international summer
The continued jaw-dropping success of Spider-Man, combined with widespread and eager anticipation for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones, has made irrelevant any speculations about whether Summer 2002's international box office will beat that of 2001.But even before the big hitters came into the equation, early indications ...
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Cobalt clocks into $100m Timeline
Cobalt Media Group is in advanced talks to take over selected international rights on Paramount Pictures and Mutual Film Co's $100m-plus Timeline, one of the biggest-budget productions being circulated at Cannes.The deal is thought to include some of the territories where Mutual usually puts its films through its consortium of ...
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Highlight to buy 23% of Constantin from Kirch
Swiss rights trader Highlight Communications has revealed that it is close to finalising a deal to buy 23% of German distributor-producer Constantin Film from KirchGroup's KirchBeteiligung unit.In a statement, Highlight said that the cash and shares deal, which was worth some $30m, would be completed in the next few days. ...
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Alliance Atlantis makes pre-Cannes sale to Diaphana of Columbine
Diaphana Distribution has made a pre-Cannes acquisition for France of Michael Moore's documentary Bowling For Columbine which plays in competition on Friday. Alliance Atlantis Entertainment Group is handling worldwide sales on the film under managing director, international motion picture sales, Charlotte Mickie."Diaphana is uniquely positioned and qualified to launch this ...
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Alliance Atlantis makes pre-Cannes sale to Diaphana of Columbine
Diaphana Distribution has made a pre-Cannes acquisition for France of Michael Moore's documentary Bowling For Columbine which plays in competition on Friday. Alliance Atlantis Entertainment Group is handling worldwide sales on the film under managing director, international motion picture sales, Charlotte Mickie."Diaphana is uniquely positioned and qualified to launch this ...
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Cash crisis threatens Australian Film Awards
The future of the high-profile Australian Film Institute Awards has come under serious threat as cuts in funding continue to undermine confidence.Two years of uncertainty have weighed heavily on the Australian Film Institute (AFI). The organisation has already halved its staff, closed its library and will have finished returning all ...
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Foreign language films triumph at UK box office
Two new releases grabbed all the attention at the UK box office this week despite opening outside the top 10 and featuring no Hollywood stars. Spanish-language title Sex And Lucia (Lucia Y El Sexo) opened in 13th place for distributor Metro Tartan taking an impressive three-day gross of $89,629 (£61,396) ...
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UK cinemas kick off World Cup screenings
The UK's UCI cinemas will be screening all England and Ireland football matches along with the final in 20 of its 39 cinemas throughout the UK during this year's World Cup. And following a deal with Hutchinson 3G, Odeon Cinemas will be digitally broadcasting England's qualifying matches in five major ...
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Larry Clark's Ken Park goes Fortissimo
Ken Park, the new drama co-directed by controversial US film-maker Larry Clark and cinematographer Edward Lachman, has been picked up by Fortissimo Film Sales.The film, which recently completed principal photography, is a disquieting look at a group of in-line skaters in San Joaquin, California. Written by professional rebel and regular ...