All Screen articles in 23 October 2002

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  • News

    Sobini joins Permut in long-gestating Julia Pastrana

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    MarkAmin's Sobini Films has teamed up with David Permit's PermutPresentations to co-produce Julia Pastrana, based on the real-life Victorian English romance between a deformedentertainer and the man who turned her into an international star. Although nodirector and cast have been attached, Meg Richman, who co-wrote and directedthe 1998 romantic drama ...

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    Hong Kong government plans film guarantee fund

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    The Hong Kong government has issued a consultation paper proposing the establishment of a Film Guarantee Fund to help local companies obtain bank loans for film production.The paper suggests that $6.4m (HK$50m) of the existing $12.8m (HK$100m) Film Development Fund should be used to guarantee loans to filmmakers from banks ...

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    Spencer Proffer moves to Mandalay Branded Entertainment

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    MandalayEntertainment Group offshoot Mandalay Branded Entertainment (MBE) has acquiredthe operations of Spencer Proffer's film, music and television outfit MorlingManor Music and Media, with Proffer coming on board as MBE executive vicepresident. Proffer, a former United Artists and CBS Records executive andlawyer, will oversee all music integration and implementation for MBE ...

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    Locally-produced family films dominate Nordic box office

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    Locally-produced family films are enjoying a strong run at the Nordic box-office, with home-grown films proving more than a match for US product. Hayflower And Quiltshoe (Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu) (pictured) had the biggest opening for a family feature in Finland this year with a weekend gross of Euros 224,453 and ...

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    MGM pleased with 'better than expected' third quarter results

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM) has posted 'better than expected' third quarter earnings,powered by revenues from its film and television library, increased televisionprogramming and the number one comedy, Barbershop.Revenuesfor the third quarter ending Sept 30, 2002 were $381.2m compared to $393.3mfrom the same period last year. The studio also reported net income of $11.7m,overturning ...

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    French porn ban could cost national film industry dear

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    Appearing late at night exclusively on encrypted channels, pornographic films have been a staple of the French pay-TV scene since Canal Plus launched in 1984. Now elements of the political establishment and the broadcast regulator, the CSA, are considering banning X-rated films from television. The Association of Cable and Satellite ...

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    Coote says that Intertainer Asia is doing just fine

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    Singapore-basedIntertainer Asia issued a statement yesterday saying that the imminent (Oct 23) suspension ofIntertainer Inc's video-on-demand service in the US will have "no impacton, or consequence to" its operations. Jonathan Taplin's Intertainer Incsaid last week that it was temporarily shutting down the service for its147,000 broadband subscribers to save costs ...

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    Jackie Chan, Arclight join EMG's Twins Effect

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    Jackie Chan has joined Hong Kong pop idols Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung in the cast of Emperor Multimedia Group's The Twins Effect.In addition, EMG announced that Sydney-based production and sales house, Arclight Films, will represent the film, which started shooting in Hong Kong on Tuesday, in all territories outside ...

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    South Korea adds to list of foreign-language Oscar submissions

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    Lee Chang-dong's third film Oasis has been picked to represent South Korea for the best foreign language Oscar. The film joins a rapidly-growing list of national submissions, including, most recently, Bohdan Slama's Wild Bees from the Czech Republic and Fernando Lopes's O Delfim from Portugal Oasis (pictured) an ...

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    Digital opener for 36th Hof Film Days

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    Marc Ottiker's digitally shot feature Halbe Miete will have its world premiere as the opening film of the 36th International Hof Film Days today (Wednesday October 23).Ottiker's film and Hanno Hackfort's Junimond, which is also showing at the festival, are the first projects completed under the 'Radikal Digital' initiative ...

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    Cohen's Manhattan picks up US rights to 12 Hours

    2002-10-23T04:05:00Z

    Manhattan PicturesInternational has picked up US rights to Puerto Rican festival favourite 12Hours with an eye on an early March2003 release. Raul Marchand-Sanchez's 93-minute picture was showcased at theTribeca Film Festival and won the Audience Choice Award at the Chicago LatinoFilm Festival. A socially relevant drama, 12 Hours was produced ...

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    Hollywood Hong Kong scoops record number of Golden Horse nods

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Fruit Chan's Hollywood Hong Kong has scored a record number of nominations - 14 in all - for the 39th Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan's equivalent of the Oscars, including best picture, best director, best actor for Glen Chin and best actress for China's Zhou Xun.The film, which beat Crouching Tiger, ...

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    Hyman leaves Miramax to head physical production at Focus

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Kevin Hyman has joined Universal Pictures' specialty films unit Focus Features as executive vice president of physical production. Hyman, who previously worked at Miramax Films, will be in charge of physical production and post-production on Focus' in-house productions and will oversee post-production on other Focus acquisitions. He will be based ...

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    Spain selects three contenders for foreign-language Oscar submission

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish Cinema Academy's preliminary selection of three titles for the foreign-language Oscar submission includes Pedro Almodovar's Talk To Her, Jose Luis Garci's Story Of A Kiss and Fernando Leon's Mondays In The Sun.The pre-selection will be whittled down to one nominee, unveiled on November 11. The Academy introduced the ...

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    Vivendi sells publishing businesses

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Vivendi Universal chief Jean Fortou confirmed yesterday that it was selling its European and Latin American publishing assets for Euros 1.25bn ($1.2bn) to a consortium led by French publishers Lagardere that includes US investment house Ripplewood Holdings and publisher John Wiley & Sons.Vivendi's US publishing arm Houghton Mifflin is to ...

  • Reviews

    Abandon

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Stephen Gaghan. US. 2002. 99mins.The directorial debut of Oscar-winning Traffic screenwriter Stephen Gaghan, Abandon is not so much a teen thriller as a Bright Young Thing thriller - and like some of its Ivy League student characters it may be a bit too clever for its own good. US ...

  • Reviews

    800 Bullets (800 Balas)

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Alex De La Iglesia. 124mins. Spain.A spoof on the classic western, 800 Bullets (800 Balas) is one of the funniest, most original and stylistically adventurous pictures to emerge from Spain in recent memory. Perhaps heir to that other local master of invention, Pedro Almodovar, director Alex De La Iglesia's ...

  • News

    Noe's Irreversible gets UK theatrical OK

    2002-10-22T04:05:00Z

    The British Board Of Film Classification given Gaspar Noe's Irreversible an 18 certificate, and passed it uncut for its UK theatrical release - which will be through Metro Tartan in Spring 2003..In a statement, Metro Tartan said it was delighted to hear that the film had been passed uncut for ...

  • News

    Hungary's premiere film festival wraps

    2002-10-22T04:05:00Z

    The 10th Titanic Budapest Film Festival came to an end on Sunday night with a special screening of Atom Egoyan's Ararat. Although the director could not be present at the screening he did send a letter saying 'I am proud and honoured that you have chosen to close your festival ...

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    Spanish pay-TV merger could encounter national resistance

    2002-10-22T04:05:00Z

    The pending merger of Spain's digital pay-TV platforms, Via Digital and Canal Satellite Digital is likely to meet stiff resistance from numerous sectors within the country. The nation's Court for the Defence of Competition is understood to be collecting multiple complaints concerning the merger from Spanish companies and associations prior ...