All Screen articles in 22 May 2003
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UA captures Osama
United Artists has acquiredthe North American rights to Siddiq Barmak's acclaimed Directors' Fortnightentry Osama, the first film to beshot entirely in Afghanistan since the rise and fall of the Taliban. The film was rapturouslyreceived in Cannes last week, where Screen International described it as "astriking, very accessible portrait of life ...
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Miramax swoops for Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions
MiramaxFilms has acquired US rights to Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions (LesInvasions Barbares), which won best actress and best screenplay awards atCannes yesterday (May 25).TheFrench-language film is a sequel to Arcand's 1986 Decline Of The AmericanEmpire and centres on a man who spends the last days of his life making ...
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Korean energy conglomerate enters film funding
South Korea's Daesung Group, a major energy conglomerate, has unveiled plans to enter the Korean film industry as an investor. The group's initial venture will come in the form of a strategic partnership with production companies EGG Films and Keyweck Shidae. After an initial investment of $250,000 (WON ...
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Elephant wins Palme d'Or in Cannes upset
No prizes for the bookies' favourite Dogville was only the biggest of many surprises at a Cannes closing ceremony attended more by leathery old Cannois, than superstars, or the giants of auteur cinema.In a competition regarded by critics as the worst in many years, and a year swayed by ...
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Elephant wins Palme d'Or in Cannes upset
No prizes for the bookies' favourite Dogville was only the biggest of many surprises at a Cannes closing ceremony attended more by leathery old Cannois, than superstars, or the giants of auteur cinema.In a competition regarded by critics as the worst in many years, and a year swayed by ...
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Fortissimo claims record breaking Cannes sales
Fortissimo Film Sales had a record breaking Cannes festival in a year considered generally morose for the market and disastrous for the competition."We have had our best Cannes in years, possibly our best ever, and there are many more sales to complete in the next few days," said co-chief Wouter ...
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Greenaway saddles up with erotic horsemen
Peter Greenaway, the experimental British director whose Tulse Luper Suitcases screens in competition tomorrow, has set 55 Men On Horseback as his next film. The long-gestating project is described by his producing partner Kees Kasander as "a very commercial, lighter piece". The Euros 6m-Euros 7m picture draws on 18th Century ...
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Prague's Stillking plans English-language Moscow hostage feature
Acclaimed Czech commercials director Ivan Zacharias has signed onto an original English-language feature about last year's Moscow hostage crisis titled Russian Theatre, Prague's Stillking Films has announced.It is the first foray into original production announced by Stillking, a leading Prague production services company. The firm has slated the filming of ...
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Trudie Styler frustrated at Sweatbox delay
Trudie Styler faces a battle with Walt Disney to secure a release for The Sweatbox, the critically acclaimed documentary on the making of a Walt Disney feature animation which she co-directed and co-produced with John-Paul Davidson.Styler was expecting a release through BVI but parent Disney has yet to commit to ...
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Cannes: only the strong survive
While there's no question that the international sales business was still reeling from the downturn in European TV, Cannes this year proved that theatrical movies were still capable of drawing solid prices from most territories. "There were fewer viable, real movies, but people who are making real theatrical movies are ...
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Cannes goes from feast to famine
You win some, you lose some. Last year, Cannes was basking in an abundance of riches that ranged from Palme d'Or winner The Pianist to dazzling documentary Bowling For Columbine and red hot discovery City Of God. This year, the collective Competition choices were considered the worst in living memory ...
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Spain's Filmax boards UGC's Daltons
Spanish mini-studio Filmax has boarded UGC's mega-production The Daltons, signing on as co-producer and picking up distribution rights in both Spain and Latin America.The $26m live-action comedy, whose characters are adapted from the hugely successful Lucky Luke comic book series, is to be directed by Philippe Haim and shoot in ...
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Gallo apologises for 'disastrous' Brown Bunny
A chastened Vincent Gallo apologised yesterday to financiers and audiences for his film The Brown Bunny, which had a disastrous reception at Cannes."I accept what the critics say," said the movie's outspoken writer-producer-director-editor-cameraman. "If no-one wants to see it, they're right - it's a disaster of a film ...
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Highlight reports increased revenue and profits
Swiss media concern Highlight Communications has posted a 16% increase in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2003 in spite of difficult market conditions.The group, which is currently looking to acquire majority control of Germany's Constantin Film where it has a 41.4% interest, reported revenues of $32.7m (CHF 42.3m) ...
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Elephant
Dir: Gus Van Sant. US. 2003. 81minsIn recent years Gus Van Sant's erratic career has had all the hallmarks ofan amnesiac desperately seeking clues to his true identity. He has assumedthe ill-fitting personalities of Hitchcock imitator (Psycho) and Dogme-styleexperimenter (Gerry) and even appeared to try cloning himself with a GoodWill ...
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Lions Gate snaps up Von Trier's Dogville
LionsGate Films has bought all North American rights to Lars Von Trier's criticallyacclaimed drama Dogville, starring Oscar winner Nicole Kidman.TomOrtenberg, president of Lions Gate Films Releasing, Peter Block, president of home entertainment, acquisitionsand new media, and Jason Constantine, vice president of acquisitions,negotiated the deal on behalf of Lions Gate.AnnakarinStrom, chief ...
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Who Killed Bambi' (Qui A Tue Bambi')
Dir: Gilles Marchand. France. 2003. 126minsStrip away the veneer of sophisticated film technique and the delusions of artistic merit and Who Killed Bambi' is just another crude scary movie. Best known as the co-writer of the Hitchcockian delight Harry, A Friend Who Is Happy To Help, Gilles Marchand displays an ...
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Mumbai meets Macbeth
South African powerhouse Distant Horizon has picked up world sales rights to Fair Is Foul, an Indian version of Shakespearean classic Macbeth.The film, which is targeting a launch at the Toronto festival, is directed by Vishal Bharadwaj and stars Irfan Khan (star of The Warrior), screen goddess Tabu (pictured) and ...
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Mumbai meets Macbeth
South African powerhouse Distant Horizon has picked up world sales rights to Fair Is Foul, an Indian version of Shakespearean classic Macbeth.The film, which is targeting a launch at the Toronto festival, is directed by Vishal Bharadwaj and stars Irfan Khan (star of The Warrior), screen goddess Tabu (pictured) and ...
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Japanese Story sold to US
Fortissimo Film Sales has sold North American rights to Un Certain Regard title Japanese Story to Samuel Goldwyn Films following a packed final market screening. The deal was negotiated on behalf of Fortissimo by Cinetic Media's John Sloss with Goldwyn's Meyer Gottlieb in Los Angeles and Tom Quinn and Peter ...