All Screen articles in 21 April 2002
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TVA saves distribution arm through Christal alliance
Montreal-based TVA Group will merge the administration of its distribution arm, TVA International, with that of fellow Montreal distributor, Christal Films, breathing new life into an organisation TVA Group had considered abandoning. Under the terms of the service agreement, the new entity will operate under the name Topaze Communications. Both ...
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Bend It Like Beckham scores home goal
He may have been rendered unfit for the first of the World Cup qualifying matches, but David Beckham has scored a winning goal at home - at least in the form of a British movie named after him.Scoring $2.9m (£2.0m) over its opening weekend from 384 sites, British comedy Bend ...
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Geisler/Roberdeau option McCain POW memoir
Bobby Geisler and JohnRoberdeau, the New York producing duo who were last involved in TerrenceMalick's The Thin Red Line, haveoptioned the movie rights to Faith Of My Fathers, the best-selling Vietnam prisoner of war memoirwritten by John McCain, the high-profile US Senator for Arizona.Written with Mark Salter,McCain's book is the ...
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Tribeca Fest unveils 24 international titles, adds Insomnia, Ya-Ya
The inaugural Tribeca Film Festival has announced the 24 films to screen in its International Film Showcase and added two high profile Warner Bros films to its world premiere list - Callie Khouri's Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Christopher Nolan's Insomnia.The festival, which takes place from May 8-12, ...
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Le Boulet is a smash for Warner France with $5.6m
Le Boulet (Dead Weight), the eagerly awaited action comedy starring Gerard Lanvin and Benoit Poelvoorde, stormed to the top of the French box office charts at the weekend with nationwide grosses of Euro 6.4m ($5.6m). Jointly produced by Warner Bros France and La Petite Reine, the $21m ...
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Beautiful Mind puts Crowe at top of Oz actors' earnings list
Actor Russell Crowe's estimated 2001 earnings of $15.4m (A$29m), including his take from A Beautiful Mind, were not enough to put him at the head of the annual top 50 entertainers list published in the current issue of Australia's Business Review Weekly. Coming third, Crowe, however, easily led the fifteen ...
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Grammer heads de Angelis big budget slate
Frazier star Kelsey Grammer and Aidan Quinn have signed to star in Benedict Arnold, which at $18m, is one of the most expensive TV movies of the year. It is produced by ambitious Italian venture DeAngelis Group in association with America's A&E Network. The picture, which is to be directed ...
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Bend It Like Beckham scores home goal
He may, or may not, have been rendered unfit for the first of the World Cup qualifying matches, but David Beckham has scored a winning goal at home - at least in the form of a British movie named after him.Scoring $2.9m (£2.0m) over its opening weekend from 384 sites, ...
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Panic Room tops box office in seven territories
Columbia Pictures' Panic Room kicked off its international release over the weekend, and took an impressive $5.3m in eight territories, nabbing top spot in seven.The David Fincher-directed film starring Jodie Foster topped the box office in Spain, taking $2m on 275 screens and recording the biggest April opening of all ...
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Dutch film festival kills two Golden Calves
The Dutch Film Festival (25 September - 4 October in Utrecht) will have fewer awards - the traditional Golden Calves - for this year's edition. The new director, Doreen Boonekamp, has cut the two prizes for best actor and actress in the television-drama-section.The number of films in competition will also ...
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Messier forces Lescure's resignation from Canal Plus
Amid French press reports that his own future is at risk, Vivendi Universal chairman Jean-Marie Messier has announced that Pierre Lescure, head of the company's pay-TV group Canal Plus, is stepping down from his post.Lescure is to be replaced by the fifty year-old Xavier Couture, who until now has been ...
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Changing Lanes
Dir: Roger Michell. US. 2002. 98 mins. Part psychological thriller, part urban morality play, Changing Lanes is that rare Hollywood offering that works both as genre entertainment and as something more complex and thought-provoking. Deftly directed - in a significant change of mood from his 1999 romantic-comedy Notting Hill - ...
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Consolidation stabilises UK exhibition market
The UK exhibition sector is moving towards more of an even keel after the uncertainty of the last couple of years, with industry consolidation beginning to stabilise a rapidly saturating market, according to a new report.Fears that the UK cinema industry could face a US-style meltdown because of over-expansion were ...
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The Shanghai Spell (El Embrujo De Shanghai)
Dir: Fernando Trueba. Spain. 2002. 122mins.Lush, even exotic, set designs and costumes are the biggest draws for The Shanghai Spell (El Embrujo De Shanghai), Oscar-award winning director Fernando Trueba's (Belle Epoque) 1940s drama. Trueba's reputation, and strong international interest in his recent hits such as jazz documentary 54th Street (Calle ...
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Regent prefers TV movies, exhibition to feature production
Regent Entertainment, best known for multi-award winner Gods & Monsters, is to shift the emphasis of its production division away from features in order to concentrate more on made-for-TV output. A sale to TF1 within an hour of the Cannes MIP-TV event opening yesterday morning (April 15) was justification enough ...
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Harmony Gold re-focuses on film sales
Harmony Gold, the US independent best known for its children's and animation properties, is stepping back into feature film sales and is in the market for pick-ups."We have lots of TV buyers looking for features right now," said Melissa Wohl, Harmony Gold vice president of sales and acquisitions. Speaking on ...
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Beautiful Mind puts Crowe at top of Oz actors' earnings list
Actor Russell Crowe's estimated 2001 earnings of $15.4m (A$29m), including from A Beautiful Mind, were not enough to put him at the head of the annual top 50 entertainers list published in the current issue of Australia's Business Review Weekly. Coming third, Crowe, however, easily led the fifteen actors on ...
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Dutch film festival director kills two Golden Calves
The Dutch Film Festival (25 September - 4 October in Utrecht) will have fewer awards - the traditional Golden Calves - for this year's edition. The new director, Doreen Boonekamp, has cut the two prizes for best actor and actress in the television-drama-section.The number of films in competition will also ...
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Almodovar's Talk reaches international audiences
The latest film from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella), has seen a strong launch in international territories outside its homeland. Opening in France this week for Pathe Distribution, the film, which was produced by El Deseo, sold an impressive 355,412 tickets, equivalent to $1.7m, in ...
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Cannes competition jury line-up announced
A week ahead of the announcement of the Cannes film festival's official competition line-up, Gilles Jacob has announced the full jury, which this year is chaired by David Lynch. Actresses Sharon Stone, Michele Yeoh and Christine Hakim will be joined by no less than five film-makers, including three Cannes veterans ...