All Screen articles in 23 October 2005
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Fastest Indian shines at home and keeps selling
NZ Film has just signed overSpanish and French rights to The World'sFastest Indian to Alta and Rezo respectively, as the film has topped theNew Zealand chart in its first week of release with $542,000 (NZ$775,375), fivetimes more than nearest rival Dark Water.Kathleen Drumm, NZ Film headof sales and marketing, told ...
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Village Skycity takes control of the Embassy
New Zealand's largest cinema circuit, Village Skycity Cinemas,has taken over management of the country's grandest picture palace, TheEmbassy, in a first step towards giving the chain a mainstream presence in Wellington.The Embassy had a majorrefurbishment in the lead-up to its hosting of the world premiere of The Lord Of The ...
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Doom tops US in slow weekend
Universal's video gameadaptation Doom met with futileresistance as it smashed its way to the top of the charts on an estimated$15.4m in a weekend that saw ticket sales plunge for the fourth consecutive weekend.Andrzej Bartkowiak directedthe high-octane story in which Karl Urban and The Rock lead a Marine unit on ...
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Deep Focus named Weinstein Co online media strategist
The Weinstein Company hassigned Deep Focus as its online agency of record, overseeing all of the company's online media planning and buying, creative advertising, and public relations.Deep Focus chief executive officer Ian Schafer previously served as vice president of new media at Miramax and Dimension Films from 1999 to 2002.The ...
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Doom blazes to the top in slow weekend
Universal's video gameadaptation Doom met with futileresistance as it smashed its way to the top of the charts on an estimated$15.4m in a weekend that saw ticket sales plunge for the fourth consecutive weekend.Andrzej Bartkowiak directedthe high-octane story in which Karl Urban and The Rock lead a Marine unit on ...
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Weinsteins appoint Deep Focus as online media planner
MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Location: file:///C:/50991B13/deepfocus.htmContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableContent-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"The Weinstein Company= hassigned Deep Focus as its online agency of record, overseeing all of thecompany's online media planning and buying, creative advertising, andpublic relations.Deep Focus chief executive officer Ian Schafer previously served as vicepresident of new media at Miramax and Dimension Films from 1999 ...
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UK directors take issue with government's tax proposals
As theclosing date beckons for responses to the UK Government1s proposals forreforming film tax incentives, certain sectors of the industry are claimingthat their voices are not being heard. One lobby group determined to ensure its concerns are addressed is TheDirectors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB), which today (Oct 21), will ...
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IMAX to launch first cinema in Brazil
IMAX Corp and Brazilianretail developer Tacla Shopping have signed an agreement to build the South American nation's first IMAX cinema.The new cinema will be part of a 10-cinema multiplex to be installed in the proposed Palladium Shopping Centre in Curitiba, which is anticipated to be the largest shopping mall in ...
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Wallace & Gromit set to soar past $50m
DreamWorks International's Wallace& Gromit has wasted little timein hitting its stride over the past two weeks and should continue its dominancethrough UIP this weekend.None of the major international distributors is firing off a significantvolley, paving the way for the animated feature to bulk up on its $46.8minternational running total.The picture ...
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Wallace & Gromit set to soar past $50m
DreamWorks International's Wallace& Gromit has wasted little timein hitting its stride over the past two weeks and should continue its dominancethrough UIP this weekend.None of the major international distributors is firing off a significantvolley, paving the way for the animated feature to bulk up on its $46.8minternational running total.The picture ...
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The Weather Man
Dir. Gore Verbinski. US. 2005.102mins.TheWeather Man is clearly a transitional work for director Gore Verbinski, a modestly budgeted, comically inflected dramamore alert to writing, character detail and social portrait than the stylisedvisual flamboyance and mannered comic performances of the likes of Pirates Of TheCaribbean.Starring Nicolas Cage as aman attempting to ...
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Doom
Dir: Andrzej Bartkowiak. US. 2005. 101mins.Just as knowing one's own intellectual limitations isits own form of intelligence, so it is wise for a film to have a keen sense ofboundary and mission. Sometimes economy is the smartest choice, as Doom, the surprisingly enjoyable newadaptation of the wildly popular first-person videogame ...
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Stay
Dir: Marc Forster. US. 2005.103mins.After the mainstream success of his charmingtearjerker Finding Neverland,Monster's Ball director Marc Forstergoes dark and edgy again with Stay, apsychological thriller infatuated with its themes of death, identity, realityand illusion.Forster makes the most ofhis newly earned creative freedom and delivers a stylish, visually inventivefilm that takes ...
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Sogepaq takes on Leon's Princesses
Spain's Sogepaqhas picked up international rights outside North America just ahead of the AFMon Fernando Leon's Princesses.The drama abouttwo prostitutes from different walks of life, played by Candela Pena (TakeMy Eyes) and newcomerMicaela Nevarez, is Leon's follow-up to the internationally well-received MondaysIn The Sun (Los Lunes Al Sol), which Sogepaq ...
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Italians unveil replacement Oscar contender
Followingdays of polemics, Italy has selected Cristina Comencini's drama Don't Tell(La Bestia Nel Cuore)as its candidate for the best foreign language film Oscar. The countryhad previously selected Saverio Costanzo's Middle East drama Private, but the picture was ruledineligible by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, since the filmwas ...
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Little Fish swims into lead for AFI Awards
Rowan Woods' Little Fish has received the largestnumber of nominations for this year's AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards,announced today in Melbourne, with 13 nods including best film. Look Both Ways and two UK-Australian co-productions, The Proposition and OysterFarmer, were also nominated for best film. Three of the best filmnominees, Little ...
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Wallace & Gromit set to soar past $50m
DreamWorks International's Wallace& Gromit has wasted little timein hitting its stride over the past two weeks and should continue its dominancethrough UIP this weekend.No particular title is launching in a significant number of markets this weekend, paving the way for the animated feature to bulk up on its $46.8minternational running ...
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Kinowelt takes German rights to Hood's Tsotsi
Kinowelthas acquired all German rights for Gavin Hood's gangster drama Tsotsi which wonthe People's Choice Award at last month's Toronto International Film festivaland the Michael Powell Award and the Audience Award in Edinburgh in August.Kinoweltplans to release the film in German cinemas in early 2006, but will have itsGerman premiere ...
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Durupty named as CNC deputy chief
Anne Durupty has been named to the post of deputygeneralmanager of France's film body the CNC.Recently tippedas head of the organisation, Durupty is a highlyeducated civil servant who has recently served as a communications director forthe Direction of Media Development. She waspreviously general manager of broadcast watchdog the CSA and ...
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UGC signs on for Boorman's Memoirs Of Hadrian
Rome-basedproduction outfit Movieweb has signed a co-production deal with France's UGC onJohn Boorman's new film, Memoirs ofHadrian.TheEuros 21m movie is adapted from Margherite Yourcenar's historical novel of the same title, a fictionalautobiography of the Roman emperor written as a series of letters to hisnephew, Marcus Aurelius.Spanishactress Paz Vega is currently ...