All Screen articles in 21 July 2000

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  • News

    X-Men disappoints in Oz

    2000-07-21T18:56:00Z

    Despite claiming Australia's eighth biggest ever opening day gross on July 13, Fox's X-Men has taken only $2.8m (A$4.76m) from 245 screens after its first week on release. This figure places it at 29 in the chart of the territory's top weekly openings.The results are surprising considering the film's impressive ...

  • News

    Locarno president Buffi dies suddenly

    2000-07-21T17:58:00Z

    Giuseppe Buffi, president of the Locarno International Film Festival and head of the local state government, has died of a heart attack. He was due to open this year's Locarno on August 2.Buffi, 62, died at the wheel of his car near Venice on Thursday according to authorities. He had ...

  • News

    Jiang defies ban with Korean project

    2000-07-21T17:17:00Z

    Chinese actor-director Jiang Wen, who was recently banned from making films for seven years by the Chinese authorities, has set his next project with a Korean company, Ahn's World Production. Despite the ban he intends to shoot the film in China with an all-Chinese cast.Based on the best-selling novel The ...

  • News

    Russia's ORT tipped for $85m government loan

    2000-07-21T16:14:00Z

    The struggle for control of Russia's largest broadcaster ORT entered another round this week as the state-controlled Vneshekonombank said it was considering handing out an $85m loan to the financially strapped channel. The statement came at the same time as the bank admitted that it would probably not be able ...

  • Reviews

    What Lies Beneath

    2000-07-21T16:00:00Z

    Dir: Robert Zemeckis. US. 1999. 126 mins.Prod co: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks Pictures, Imagemovers. Dist: DreamWorks (US, Canada)/Fox (International). Prods: Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke. Exec prods: Joan Bradshaw, Mark Johnson. Scr: Clark Gregg. DoP: Don Burgess. Ed: Arthur Schmidt. Music: Alan Silvestri. Prod des: Rick Carter, Jim Teegarden. ...

  • News

    RTL shuffles execs to sister channel Vox

    2000-07-21T15:54:00Z

    RTL executives Ladya van Eeden and Marko Langer will replace Joerg Schuette as programming chief at RTL sister channel Vox. Van Eeden will be responsible for the fiction division and Schuette will supervise news. Van Eeden, who is currently programming co-ordinator at RTL, will make the transition on August 1 ...

  • News

    Stream's Minoli fired for Telepiu meeting

    2000-07-21T15:46:00Z

    Giovanni Minoli has been dismissed from his position as general director of Italian pay-TV platform Stream in an unexpected move that casts further doubts over the future of the beleaguered News Corp and Telecom Italia-owned company.Stream CEO Lucia Morselli said in a letter that she had taken her decision after ...

  • News

    Berezovsky unites empire; Gusinsky property seized

    2000-07-21T13:10:00Z

    Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has unveiled plans to unite his media interests into a single holding with Igor Shabdurasulov, a former Kremlin deputy of staff, at the helm.Berevovsky cited Shabdurasulov's availability as a reason for the move and added that, while it would benefit the business side of his media, ...

  • News

    Hong Kong's eSun buys stake in Media Asia

    2000-07-21T11:15:00Z

    Ambitious Hong Kong producer and distributor Media Asia has found itself a major new backer in eSun Holdings, formerly Lai Sun Hotels International.The companies said that eSun will pay $12.8m (HK$100m) for 25% of Media Asia - with 20% coming from existing management and a further 5% made up of ...

  • News

    Carlton names new boss as UK TV battle begins

    2000-07-21T09:28:00Z

    Thanksgiving records collapsed over the five-day holiday weekend led by the phenomenal holdover success of Universal Pictures' Dr Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The family adventure took an estimated $73.8m from Wednesday to Sunday - about $52.4m over the Friday to Sunday period - bringing its ten day total ...

  • News

    Brussels approves Vizzavi portal, with conditions

    2000-07-20T23:15:00Z

    The European Commission's competition division has given its blessing to the establishment of Vizzavi, the multi-platform Internet portal launched last month by Vivendi and mobile phone group Vodafone Airtouch. However, approval came with conditions.The success of the portal is key to the proposed merger between Canal Plus, Vivendi and Seagram ...

  • News

    TV movies by Ross, Frears hoard major Emmy nods

    2000-07-20T18:53:00Z

    British directors Benjamin Ross and Stephen Frears, cross-dressing comedian Eddie Izzard and the BBC's acclaimed documentary series Walking With Dinosaurs are among the European talents and productions to pick up nominations for the 52nd primetime Emmy awards.Ross received a best director nod in the miniseries or TV movie category for ...

  • Reviews

    Pokemon The Movie 2000

    2000-07-20T18:35:00Z

    Lars von Trier's Palme d'Orwinner Dancer In The Dark will inaugurate this year's 45th annual ValladolidInternational Film Week (Oct 20-28).Dancer will screen out ofcompetition in the popular festival's Official Section. Von Trier's BreakingThe Waves opened Valladolid in 1996.The festival has unveiledthe full line-up for its competitive Official Section. Competing films ...

  • News

    Kinowelt pacts with Keitel's Goatsingers

    2000-07-20T18:15:00Z

    Germany's Kinowelt Medien has struck a first-look development deal with Harvey Keitel's New York-based production outfit Goatsingers. The two-year pact is geared at producing arthouse pictures starring Keitel.The deal was unveiled today (July 20) by Charles Finch, who represents Goatsingers through UK-based Artists Independent Network (AIN). Finch and Kinowelt co-chief ...

  • News

    German authorities clear News Corp's TM3 deal

    2000-07-20T17:37:00Z

    Germany's antitrust commission KEK has approved News Corp's acquisition of the remaining 34% of Munich-based broadcaster TM3 which it does not already own. The Bavarian authorities still have to clear the deal.News Corp is reportedly planning to sell at least part of TM3 to the Kirch Group which is considering ...

  • News

    Pentafour grabs internet rights to Indian movies

    2000-07-20T17:35:00Z

    Indian computer graphics company, Pentamedia Graphics, has acquired internet broadcast rights to about 2,000 Indian movies.The movies, acquired through a combination of revenue sharing and cash payment, will be webcast on Pentafour's entertainment consumer portal Num TV. The portal, aimed at expat Indians in North America and Europe, relaunched as ...

  • News

    La Paglia joins Wenham in Connolly's Bank

    2000-07-19T18:29:00Z

    Australian actor Anthony La Paglia will join David Wenham in the cast of producer Robert Connolly's writing and directing debut The Bank, which is in production in Melbourne throughout August and September. Axiom Films is handling world sales on the thriller, which is set in the world of high finance. ...

  • News

    Vivendi, Seagram file merger for EC approval

    2000-07-19T18:25:00Z

    Vivendi, Canal Plus and Seagram have filed their planned merger for European Commission (EC) approval, an EC spokesperson confirmed today.The EC has until August 21 to clear the deal or launch an in-depth four-month investigation. The EC previously insisted that it has exclusive powers to review the merger, in response ...

  • News

    Spinal Tap adds UK date to global tour

    2000-07-19T18:22:00Z

    Rob Reiner's legendary rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap is staging a UK come-back tour.The spoof story of spandex-clad heavy rock band Spinal Tap, infamous for such "classics" as Big Bottom, Bitch School and Stonehenge, will get a theatrical re-release in October through independent UK distributor Optimum Releasing.Optimum has struck ...

  • News

    UK's article 27 partners with idealive

    2000-07-19T17:16:00Z

    Soho-based internet distribution outfit article27 has formed a development partnership with idealive, a US-based on-line company which provides information to potential investors.Article27, which has previously struck on-line distribution pacts with UK cultural body the British Film Institute and Italian broadcaster RAI, is to provide idealive with market intelligence and information ...