All Screen articles in 2 February 2002
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Mechanic's Pandemonium sets two with Southpaw
Southpaw Media Group, the LAproduction outfit set up by former Trilogy Entertainment Group partner Richard BLewis, is partnering with Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium on two pictures- The Whole Wide World, anaction love story set against the backdrop of NASA's early lunarmissions, and Across The Universe,an inter-galactic adventure set in the far ...
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Phoenix buys legal thriller Misconception
Mike Medavoy and ArnieMesser's Phoenix Pictures has acquired film rights to the novel Misconception, a legal thriller by Robert Shapiro and Walt Becker.The book, which waspublished in Jan in the US by Harper Collins, is the story of a Louisianadoctor whose life is shattered when an extramarital affair and pregnancy ...
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Festival in Cannes opens festival in Santa Barbara
The 17th annualSanta Barbara International Film Festival, which takes place Feb 27 to March 3,will open with Henry Jaglom's Festival In Cannes and close with George Hickenlooper's The ManFrom Elysian Fields.Among the world premieresare Tony Silber's documentary Arisman: Facing The Audience, Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay's LA-set comedy Bugstarring Brian ...
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Aldo Lemme heads marketing at Col TriStar Italia
Aldo Lemme has been namedsenior marketing director at Columbia TriStar Films Italia, the Italian officeof Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI).Reporting jointly toCTFDI's executive vice president of marketing Nigel Clark and FabrizioFerrucci, general manager of the Italian office, Lemme will be responsible forthe strategic positioning of the studio's film ...
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Ron Howard named ShoWest director of year
Ron Howard will receive thedirector of the year award at the global exhibitors convention ShoWest beingheld in Las Vegas in March. He will be presented with the award by his partnerin Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer, who produced Howard's current hit ABeautiful Mind, on March 7 at theShoWest 2002 Gala Awards ...
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Danish Roberts ruled by Kira's Reason
Ole Christian Madsen's acclaimed Dogme title Kira's Reason (En Kaerlighedshistorie) bagged five major prizes at the Danish Oscars, the 19th Robert Film AwardsKira's Reason won best direction, best film and best script (Ole Christian Madsen, Mogens Rukov) as well as best actress for Stine Stengade, making her feature debut as ...
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Rings strikes gold in Argentina's economic slump
Having had its release delayed for a month, due to the current economic crisis, Lord Of The Rings shattered Argentina's admissions record for an opening weekend when it debuted last Wednesday (January 30). The Peter Jackson fantasy thriller attracted 84,626 admissions from 141 screens on its first day, trouncing the ...
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Korean, Canadian shorts featured at Dresden fest
Short films from South Korea and Canada will be specially featured in the sidebar section of this year's Filmfest Dresden (April 16-21).The Filmfest is working with the Korean producer-distributor Indiestory to compile an overview of the largely unknown Korean short film scene, while the sidebar entitled "A Decade of Canadian ...
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Blanchett among Golden Camera award winners
Actresses Cate Blanchett and Heike Makatsch and actor Heino Ferch are among the prize-winners of the 37th Golden Camera Awards which will be presented by the German TV and radio listings magazine Hoer Zu in Berlin today, on the eve of this year's film festival.Blanchett, who stars opposite Giovanni Ribisi ...
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Love Liza
Dir Todd Louiso. US 2002. 89mins.Indie icon Philip Seymour Hoffman (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) renders yet another stellar performance in Todd Louiso's delicately directed Love Liza, elevating the film way above its narrow narrative scope and small-scale production. An actor vehicle, written specifically for Hoffman by his older brother Gordy, ...
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Metro Tartan takes My Kingdom for UK release
The UK's Metro Tartan has acquired Don Boyd's Liverpool-set gangster film My Kingdom, starring Richard Harris and Lynn Redgrave.The film, one of the last backed by the now-defunct Sky Pictures, is a modern interpretation of the King Lear story, transposed to the criminal underworld of Liverpool, where the film was ...
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Korea's Showbox seals strategic alliance
Recently-established Korean distribution company Showbox (see Screendaily, January 30) has announced a strategic tie-up with KM Culture, IM Pictures and Korea's largest studio Cinema Service. Under the agreement, KM Culture will take the lead in the network's production operations, with financing divided between the four companies and distribution handled ...
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BBC appoints Bennett as director of television
Jana Bennett has been appointed director of television at the BBC, one of the most powerful jobs in British television.Bennett joins from Discovery Communications in the USA, where she is currently executive vice-president and general manager. She replaces Mark Thompson, who quit the BBC last year to join rival broadcaster ...
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UK's Random Harvest launches horror label
UK production outfit Random Harvest has launched a new label to focus on horror and thriller titles aimed at the 16- to 21-year-old multiplex audience.Dubbed Four Horsemen Films, Random Harvest is aiming to produce between three and five films per year through the label, and says that negotiations are at ...
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French Cesar nominations hail Amelie
With 13 nominations, including best film, best director for Jean-Pierre Jeunet and best actress for Audrey Tautou, Amelie leads the race for the 27th Cesar Awards, the French equivalent of the Academy Awards, to be presented on March 2. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's chart-topping title (9 million-plus French admissions), which ...
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Canal Plus' film channel to get facelift
In an effort to boost lagging subscriptions, the Canal Plus group is to reshuffle the top management of its eponymous French movie channel.According to French daily Le Monde, comedian and film producer Dominique Farrugia, who founded and currently heads Pathe's cable and satellite channel Comedie, would be called in by ...
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MGM hits back at New Line over Goldmember
A battle betweenMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and New Line Cinema continued on Friday over the useof the word Goldmember in the title of the next Austin Powers movie which isscheduled to open on July 26. On Jan 30, the MotionPicture Association Of America (MPAA) upheld its ruling to prohibit New Linefrom using ...
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Singapore collaboration funds local talent
The Singapore Film Commission, Singapore Broadcasting Authority and Raintree Pictures have signed an agreement to co-finance and produce four English-language telemovies in an attempt to foster local talent. The four 90 min films will be produced over the next 12 months with each of the three partners investing up ...
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Euros 300m secures Quiero TV's continuity
Backers of struggling Spanish digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform Quiero TV have approved a capital increase worth Euros 300m. In a statement, Quiero said the increase - which will be carried out before February 15, - "guarantees the continuity" of the platform. Local press suggested the new capital increase was ...
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Hong Kong launches online copyright database
Hong Kong's Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA) has stepped up the fight against piracy by launching an online database which carries updated information on a film's copyright.The database, at www.mpia.org.hk , allows law enforcement officials - in both Hong Kong and overseas - to check a film title against detailed ...