All Screen articles in 24 December 2001
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Miramax nears $1bn in worldwide grosses for 2001
Miramax Films has broken a company record for annual worldwide gross in 2001, taking some $950m so far this year and expecting to pass the $1bn mark by year end. Domestic takes from the Miramax and Dimension labels totalled over $600m while international totals through Miramax International partners came to ...
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Kinowelt Medien AG files for insolvency
Embattled German distributor Kinowelt yesterday (Dec 19) filed insolvency proceedings in the Munich courts.The company described the move as a "precautionary measure" but also said that the move had been triggered by the failure of talks which had been taking place with ABN AMRO Bank over the repayment of a ...
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Spain's Goya nods dominated by The Others
Alejandro Amenabar's international box office hit The Others is up for 15 of Spain's Oscar-equivalent Goya Awards in the 16th annual ceremony to be held February 2, leading a competitive pack of four titles vying for most of the major prizes.In the list of nominees by the Spanish Cinema Academy ...
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French loyalty cards boost an upward trend
The first in-depth report on the effect of France's controversial cinema loyalty passes, introduced in March 2000, reveals that card-holders are on the increase in the country, giving benefits to both exhibitors and distributors.P>The report, by French film support body CNC, also reveals that foreign titles, as opposed to French ...
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KirchMedia sells Mediaset stake for Euros 120m
Christmas has come early for German media mogul Leo Kirch after his free-TV division KirchMedia sold its 1.28% stake in Italy's Mediaset for Euros 120m. The transaction is part of an ongoing strategy by KirchMedia to focus its business operations on the German language market ahead of its planned merger ...
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New German talent premieres for Ophuels Prize
World premieres of Oliver Rihs' Brombeerchen, Zueli Aladag's Elefantenherz and Almut Getto's Fickende Fische are among the 18 films by up-and-coming German-language filmmakers selected for the official competition of the Max Ophuels Prize Film Festival in Saarbruecken (January 22-27, 2002).For the 2002 edition, 14 of the competition films are either ...
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Toronto fest selects Canada's top 10 films
The Toronto International Film Festival Group has inaugurated a list of the 10 Best Canadian films of 2001. And, in inimitable Canadian style, the list is not ranked but alphabetical. The Group is the umbrella organisation for the annual film festival as well as the Spockets Childrens' Film Festival and ...
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Untitled 03 among recipients of UK Premiere Fund
The UK Film Council's Premiere Fund is investing £500,000 in acclaimed director Mike Leigh's Untitled 03, currently in development. Details of the subject of the film, produced by Simon Channing-Williams of Thin Man Films and set to shoot in 2003, are typically sketchy. Traditionally, Leigh does not work ...
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Cannes chooses six for residence programme
The Cannes festival has selected six young directors to participate in the fourth running of its Residence training programme.On the basis of the candidates short films or first feature, a jury headed by Constantin Costa-Gavras selected: Alicia Duffy from the UK, Jens Jonsson from Sweden, Manu Kurewa from Zimbabwe, Sergio ...
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Momentum for Britney Spears' Crossroads
Momentum Pictures has acquired the UK rights to Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads, the company confirmed this week.Momentum, which has slated the film to open March 29, joined other international buyers such as Sogepag in Spain, Constantin Film in Germany and Egmont in Scandinavia in an unusual auction. Distributors were invited ...
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Ali
Dir: Michael Mann. US 2001. 159mins.The challenge of how to present dramatically the life of Muhammad Ali, arguably the most recognisable and flamboyant celebrity of the 20th century, is only partially met in Michael Mann's Ali. An ambitious but flawed film, it narrowly focuses on one decade in ...
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The Golden Globe nominations in full
The full list of nominations for the 2002 Golden Globe AwardsBEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMAA Beautiful MindImagine Entertainment; Universal Pictures/DreamWorks In The BedroomGood Machine Productions; Miramax FilmsThe Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The RingWingnut Films; New Line CinemaThe Man Who Wasn't ThereWorking Title; USA FilmsMulholland DriveLes Films Alain ...
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Beautiful Mind, Moulin Rouge lead Globe nods
A Beautiful Mind and Moulin Rouge came out top in the nominations for the 59th Golden Globe Awards which were announced this morning (Dec 20) in Los Angeles. The films scored six nominations apiece, A Beautiful Mind leading the way in the best drama categories and Moulin Rouge in the ...
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Lescure rejects accusations of sell-out
"The French film industry is healthy if Canal Plus is healthy," said Canal Plus chief Pierre Lescure yesterday in response to charges that Vivendi Universal is becoming American dominated. "Its health will be better through the acquisition of USA Networks."His remarks came during a hastily organised Paris press conference, put ...
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2001 - An Odyssey
No one will forget 2001 in a hurry. A year that had already been memorialised by Stanley Kubrick has now been burned into our collective psyches because of one day in September. For once the entertainment industry found itself thrust into the limelight by forces beyond its control and making. ...
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Veteran Warner executive Richard Ma dies at 81
Long-time Warner Bros film executive Richard Ma has died in Canada at the age of 81.Ma joined Warner Bros Pictures in 1945 as assistant manager in the company's Hong Kong office. He held several positions with the company in Hong Kong, New York and Burbank, working his way up through ...
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Odeon buys Canadian rights to Atanarjuat
Odeon Films, the Canadian specialised distribution arm of Alliance Atlantis, has picked up Canadian rights to Zacharias Kunuk's acclaimed Inuit film Atanarjuat - The Fast Runner, Canada's submission to the foreign language film Oscar category.The film, an action thriller set in ancient Igloolik, won the Camera d'Or for best first ...
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Sundance launches second online film festival
The second Sundance Online Film Festival started online yesterday at www.sundanceonlinefestival.org, showcasing a selection of new work designed specifically for the web.21 projects are being presented featuring animation, live-action, documentary, interactive, new form and selected shorts from the Sundance Film Festival shorts programme. The festival will run online, sponsored by ...
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Guy East & Nigel Sinclair set to depart Intermedia
Intermedia co-chiefs Guy East and Nigel Sinclair are understood be leaving the indie powerhouse they co-founded, taking the first opportunity to cash in their shares following the company’s flotation.The two executives, who are currently negotiating their exits, could earn up to $60 million each before any deductions by selling their ...
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Elstein takes over as lottery franchise struggles
Former Channel 5 chief David Elstein is replacing Richard Thompson as chairman of Civilian Content, the publicly listed company that owns UK lottery franchise the Film Consortium.Thompson is exiting the company after it issued a profit warning and signalled plans to cut overheads, citing a delay in receiving payments from ...