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All Screen articles in 21 July 2000
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Telefonica denies Villalonga resignation
Telefonica has denied reports in the Spanish press on Friday that chairman Juan Villalonga has agreed to resign over an insider trading scandal. However further reports in the local and international press over the weekend have added heat to the rumour. Grupo Prisa-owned financial newspaper Cinco Dias reported Friday that ...
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Me You Them wins top prize at Karlovy Vary
Brazilian title Me You Them (Eu, Tu, Eles), directed by Andrucha Waddington, came away with top honors at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday night. The film also picked up the best actress award for Regina Case.Special jury prizes were awarded to Peppermint Candy (Bakha Sating), directed by ...
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X-Men X-plodes with $57.5m domestic opening gross
X-Men, Bryan Singer's $75m version of the Marvel Comics' phenomenon, raked in more money at the weekend box office than any other non-sequel in film history, more or less ensuring that distributor 20th Century Fox will finish the summer with a cost-efficient blockbuster capable of spawning an entire franchise of ...
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Barreto heads venture to launch Latin pay channel
A group of Brazilian and Argentinean producers, spearheaded by Brazil's Luiz Carlos Barreto, are teaming up to launch, TV Mercosul, a cable and satellite channel dedicated to Latin American programming. The venture also includes Brazil's Anibal Massaini and Marcos Altberg - who, along with Barreto, are shareholders in Brazilian movie ...
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Morphett takes up financial role at Austar
Jonathan Morphett has been appointed chief financial officer of Austar United Communications, parent company of Australia's third largest pay-TV service, Austar.Morphett, who takes up the post on August 21, is currently managing director of corporate finance for investment bank Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. In this role he played a leading ...
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Jadviga's Pillow (Jadviga Parnaja)
Dir: Krisztina Deak. Hungary. 1999. 130 mins.Prod co: Mafilm. Prod: Gyorgy Marosi. Scr: Pal Zavada, Krisztina Deak from Zavada's novel. DoP: Gabor Balogh. Ed: Zsuzsa Csakany. Prod des: Joszef Romvari, Janos Szabolcs. Mus: Gyorgy Selmeczi. Main cast: Ildiko Toth, Viktor Bodo, Roman Luknar, Mari Csomos, Eszter Onodi, Bela Fesztbaum, Djoko ...
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BSkyB takes control of Open
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB is taking control of interactive TV service Open in a deal that values the company at about $1.8bn (£1.2bn).BSkyB is raising its stake in Open from 32.5% to 80.1%, acquiring the holdings of banking group HSBC and Japanese electronics company Matsushita. HSBC is selling its ...
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Advanced, Europool team to back big-budget pics
In a bid to increase its production financing firepower, German distributor Advanced Medien has acquired a 40% stake in local sales agent Europool. Europool is currently controlled by Telepool, a sales and production outfit owned by the country's wealthy public TV companies. In a statement, Advanced said that by 2004 ...
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Kosslick confirmed as head of Berlin Festival
After months of rumours, Dieter Kosslick was today confirmed as the new artistic head of the Berlin Film Festival. Kosslick will take over after next February's festival and organise his first in 2002. He succeeds Moritz De Hadeln, who after 20 years as festival head, was dropped suddenly in April ...
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British patriotism eggs Chicken Run back to top
British claymation feature Chicken Run beat out two of Hollywood's highest profile summer blockbusters to the number one slot in the UK chart last weekend when it grossed $3.9m (£2.6m) over the three days. After a running total of $21m and 17 days on release, the Aardman animation rules the ...
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Phil Jackson named int'l video chief for Paramount
Phil Jackson has been named the new London-based president of Paramount Home Entertainment International, where he will replace longstanding international video veteran Paul Miller at the end of July.Jackson joins Paramount from Walt Disney where he held the position of senior vice president/managing director, Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Europe, Middle ...
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Inside Story triumphs at AWGIES
Robert Sutherland's script for The Inside Story won the prize for best original feature film at the Australian Writers Guild Awards (AWGIES) on July 15. Sutherland also produced and directed the low-budget privately-financed film.The Inside Story was the sole winner at the awards as no prize was given in the ...
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Macclesfield retires from UIP
Mike Macclesfield is retiring as vice president of international sales and development at United International Pictures (UIP), the joint distribution partnership of Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Macclesfield, who has served more than 26 years at UIP, will step down at the end of this year. Julian Stanford, senior vice ...
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M6 first half revenues up by 21%
French broadcaster M6 has reported a 21% hike in first-half revenues, to Euros377.3m, compared to Euros211.9m for the same period in 1999. The increase was mostly due to a rise in advertising revenues, which increased 28.3%, from Euros214.6m in the first half of 1999, to Euros275.3m during the same period ...
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McCormack steps into Fragile's High Heels
Mary McCormack is starring opposite Minnie Driver in Mel Smith's High Heels & Low Lifes, the debut production through the partnership formed by the UK's Fragile Films and Buena Vista International (UK).The female action comedy this week started a ten-week shoot on location in London and in Ealing Studios, which ...
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Galan expected to quit San Sebastian
Diego Galan, the popular head of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, plans to leave his post in January 2001, to be replaced by the festival's number two, Mikel Olaciregui, according to Spanish press reports.Sources at the festival would neither confirm nor deny the reports, which said that Galan is ...
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Dir: Steve Barron. 2000. Ire-UK. 90mins.Prod cos: Ruby Films/Henson with Samson Films. Int'l sales: Universal Pictures International, tel: (44) 207 307 1300. Prods: Alison Owen, Steve Barron. Exec prod David Collins. Scr: Wesley Burrowes. DoP: Brendan Galvin. Prod des: Mark Geraghty. Ed: David Yardley. Mus: Bob Geldof. Main cast: Imelda ...
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Film Council appoints Bagnall to head training
UK film body the Film Council has appointed Helen Bagnall to head its $1.5m (£1m) a year Film Training Fund, the Council announced today.Bagnall, previously training officer at UK producers' body PACT, will initially focus on supporting the areas of script skills and producer and business executive training. Her first ...
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Lucky Red chief to head up Italian distrib body
Italian distributors' association, UNIDIM, has appointed its vice president, Lucky Red chief Andrea Occhipinti, to the post of president, replacing Manfredi Traxler, who died in June.Unusually, the position of vice president has been split between an independent and a studio executive - Morgan Films head Francesco Pamphili and Richard Borg ...
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Ex-Helkon chief Martin takes helm of 2K Media
Patrick Martin, the former managing director and partner of Helkon Media, is to spearhead the ambitions of yet another aggressive German-based international film production and distribution hydra, 2K Media.Martin will become a joint partner and share the chief executive officer title with 2K Media's founder Hans Peter Kaufmann, the former ...