All Screen articles in 2 March 2006
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Audiard's Beat wins hearts at Cesars
JacquesAudiard's The Beat That My Heart Skippedhas claimed eight Cesars, France's most prestigious film awards.Nominatedfor 10 statues, the film took the honours for best picture, director,supporting actor, female newcomer, original score, adapted screenplay, editingand cinematography.Insomething of an upset, the film's star, Romain Duris, did not take home thebest actor award ...
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Black sweeps the board at Indian Filmfare awards
SanjayLeela Bhansali's Black won all the majorawards at the 51st Filmfare awards held in Mumbai. Thefilm won the best film award and Bhansali was named best director. AmitabhBachchan won the best actor award for Black's sensitive portrayal of a teacher andan Alzheimer patientand Rani Mukherjee walked away with the best ...
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Something Like Happiness claims seven Czech Lions
Bohdan Slama's Something Like Happiness took home seven Czech Lions, including best picture,at the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) annual awards. Slama was named best director and best screenwriter for his involving,humanistic drama about working-class life in a small Czech city. Produced by Negativ, the film won the Golden ...
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16 Blocks
Dir: Richard Donner. US. 2006. 113mins.A grizzled Bruce Willis and a wisecracking Mos Def play the odd couple at the centre of 16 Blocks, a not very convincing yetstill quite likeable cop thriller from LethalWeapon franchise director Richard Donner.Though there are echoes of Donner's late-1980s buddy cop classics in the ...
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Les Bronzes 3 continues to top international box office
Runaway Frenchhit Les Bronzes 3became one of the top ten grossing pictures of all time in France as itremained number one after an estimated $8.1m weekend haul drew 1.1 millionadmissions.The mightyrunning total now stands at $68.4m and film is still playing on 950 screensthrough Warner Bros France. Les Films Christian ...
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Family Reunion scores another hit for Lionsgate
Lionsgate'scomedy sequel Madea's Family Reunion repeated the original's success this time last year with anumber one debut that grossed an estimated $30.3m.Tyler Perry, awell-known figure on the US playwriting circuit, returns as the pistol-packingmatriarch and also wrote and directed. It opened to mixed reviews but averageda powerful $13,787 on 2,194 ...
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Bye Bye Berlusconi
Dir: Jan Henrik Stahlberg. Ger. 2006. 88mins.It's easy to see why the Berlinaleprogrammed this tricksy political satire in itsPanorama sidebar: dealing as it does with the controversial figure of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi,it comes with guaranteed news cachet. But although it has some hilariousmoments, the German-produced, Italian-language Bye Bye ...
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TAG and Myriad call off merger talks
Beverly Hills-based TAGEntertainment Corp has ended takeover negotiations with Myriad Pictures underwhich it planned to acquire all outstanding shares of capital stock in Myriad.Both parties said the talks were called off after neither side was able tofulfil expectations laid out prior to the negotiation process."After careful consideration, we have determined ...
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Hotel Harabati (De Particulier A Particulier)
Dir: Brice Cauvin. Fr. 2005. 94mins."Sublimely enigmatic" is one way to describe Hotel Harabati;for many viewers, "maddeningly inscrutable" will becloser to the mark. Either way, Brice Cauvin'steasing debut will keep audiences arguing long after its unexpectedly beatificending.Personably spikylead performances, a willfully fractured narrative and a defiantly provocativeattitude to viewer expectations ...
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Milarepa
Dir. Neten Chokling. Bhutan, 2005. 96mins.Milarepa is a glossy,lovely movie from Bhutan that details the life of Tibetan Buddhism's most reveredsaint, who was born as Thopaga in the eleventh century.Whilesomewhat slow-moving at times - although would one want a life-transforming awakeningaccompanied by MTV-style editing'- its stateliness, deep spirituality, gorgeous mountainscenery ...
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Focus seals key deals on Zhang, Gondry titles at Berlin
Focus Featureshas finalised major sales from the European Film Market on two key titles, UntitledZhang Yimou Epic and DaveChappelle's Block Party.Rights to Zhang Yimou's upcoming period epic went to Tobisfor Germany, RAI for Italy, Nordisk for Scandinavia, RCV for Benelux, Odeon forGreece, Shani for Israel and Eco Filmes for Portugal. ...
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Karl Urban to star in Robert Sarkies' untitled feature
Karl Urban, who played Eomer in The Lord Of TheRings and Matt Damon's nemesis in TheBourne Supremacy, takes one of the lead roles in director Robert Sarkies' untitled feature now in production.Tim White, who is producing alongside Steven O'Meagher, told ScreenDaily.comthey experienced some of the wildest weather he had ever ...
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UK film marketers launch film channel on Sky Digital
Digital TV company etv and the UK film industry group AllIndustry Marketing are partnering on a new Sky Digital channel, Eat Cinema,that will be devoted to promoting current films to consumers. Eat Cinema, channel 199, launchesFebruary 28 with 24-hours-a-day programming designed to lure UKaudiences into cinemas. The programming will include ...
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Aardman director duo nominated for Cartoon Movie Tributes
Directorialduo Nick Park and Steve Box, the UK's Aardmananimation studios behind their Wallace& Gromit: The Curse Of TheWere-Rabbit, and Italian distributor Mikado Film are among the nominees forthis year's Cartoon Movie Tributes which will be announced at the eighthedition of the Cartoon Movie co-production market at the BabelsbergStudios in Potsdam ...
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Celestial Pictures launches youth culture channel
Hong Kong-based CelestialPictures is rolling out a 24-hour youth lifestyle and entertainment channel,WaTV, starting with a launch on Indonesia's PT Direct Vision pay-TV service on Feb 28. The channel, which isfocused on content from mainland China, will launch in Malaysia and Brunei later in 2006, followed by other countries in ...
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Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (46 Oku Nen No Koi)
Dir: Takeshi Miike. Jap. 2006. 84mins.The softening of Takeshi Miike- after the loopily tender Zebraman, and Box, his operatically stylised contributionto the Three Extremes anthology- continuesapace with this bizarre gay prison yarn.With shades of Gohatto (Taboo) and early German expressionistcinema, Big Bang Love, Juvenile A beginsintriguingly as a sort of ...
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Wild Brain buys into toy dealer Kidrobot, plans animated features
San Francisco-based Wild Brain Animation Studios has expanded its stablefollowing a majority stake acquisition of New York-based limited edition toydealer Kidrobot.The two companies will jointly develop feature and televisiontitles based on Kidrobot's collectible characters, which include the Munny, Dunnyand Ice-Bot figures.Kidrobot owner and founder Budnitz will continue as president of ...
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Universal appoints Neil as senior vice president of new media
Doug Neil has been appointed senior vice president of new media atUniversal Pictures.Neil, who most recently served as director of entertainmentstrategy and sales development for America Online, become the studio's chiefstrategist for the development and implementation of new media marketingcampaigns for theatrical releases.He will also supervise the company's ongoing efforts ...
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Lassie to open Sprockets Toronto in April
Lassie Come Home will make its North Americanpremiere as the opening night film at the ninth annual Sprockets TorontoInternational Film Festival for Children on April 21. Released in the UKin December 2005 under the title Lassie, the Charles Sturridge-directed update of theclassic canine hero stars Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton and ...
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Lassie to open Sprockets in Toronto in April
Lassie Come Home will make its North Americanpremiere as the opening night film at the ninth annual Sprockets TorontoInternational Film Festival for Children on April 21. Released in the UKin December 2005 under the title Lassie, the Charles Sturridge-directed update of theclassic canine hero stars Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton and ...