All Screen articles in 25 September 2000
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Europe ready to block AOL and EMI deals
The European Commission (EC) is proposing to reject America Online (AOL)'s $113bn takeover of Time Warner (TW), having already warned that it is likely to ban the related merger of TW and EMI. The EC has apparently drafted a preliminary rejection of the AOL-TW deal citing concerns over vertical integration ...
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Maelstrom
Dir: Denis Villeneuve. Canada. 2000. 88 min.Prod co: Max Films. Int'l sales: Alliance Atlantis International, tel: (1) 310 899 8000. Prods: Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal. Scr: Villeneuve. DoP: Andre Turpin. Prod des: Sylvain Gingras. Ed: Richard Comeau. Music: Pierre Desrochers. Main cast: Marie-Josee Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stephanie Morgenstern, Pierre Lebeau.A ...
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Almost Famous
Dir: Cameron Crowe. US. 2000. 121 mins.Prod co: Vinyl Films, DreamWorks Pictures. US dist: DreamWorks. Int'l dist: Columbia TriStar. Prods: Cameron Crowe, Ian Bryce. Scr: Crowe. DoP: John Toll. Art dirs: Clay A Griffith, Clayton R Hartley. Eds: Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein. Mus: Nancy Wilson, Danny Bramson. Main cast: Billy ...
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O Brother wins audiences despite UK fuel crisis
Despite the UK's fuel crisis and the start of the Olympic Games, cinema-going was not as disrupted as first thought - a relief for several of the weekend's new releases. Although the Top 15 box office tally of $8.4m (£6m) was $1.8m (£1.3m) down on last weekend's Top 15 aggregate, ...
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Carlton scores $1m DVD deal with Spain's Filmax
Carlton International has scored a $1m DVD deal with Spanish distributor Filmax.The 15-year deal provides Filmax with over 100 titles from Carlton's ITC library for distribution on DVD in Spain and Portugal. Classic titles covered by the latest deal include All Quiet On The Western Front, The Big Sleep, The ...
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Canada's Rogers buys Cable Atlantic for $102m
Days after bowing out of the battle for Groupe Videotron, Rogers Communications has purchased Newfoundland-based cable outfit Cable Atlantic for $102m.The acquisition raises Rogers' Canada-wide subscriber base to 2.3 million and boosts the company's maritime presence. Cable Atlantic has approximately 75,000 subscribers.Rogers used a chunk of its consolation prize for ...
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London Film Commission appoints Hayes as head
The London Film Commission (LFC) has appointed Sue Hayes as its commissioner and announced that Richard Attenborough will be its first patron.Hayes worked as a documentary producer in the UK and US and has been director of the Edinburgh International Television Festival. The commission has also appointed Graham Anderson, managing ...
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Catch 23 acquires two Melissa Banks short stories
Catch 23 Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the film rights to two stories from Melissa Banks' short fiction collection The Girl's Guide To Hunting And Fishing. The stories are The Worst Thing A Suburban Girl Could Imagine and My Old Man, personal favourites of Catch 23 chairman Bob ...
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Jason Cassidy leaves USA Films for Miramax
Jason Cassidy has been named vice president of marketing at Miramax Films, responsible for marketing films in addition to helping develop the company's internet businesses. He will also serve as the liaison between his department andt he company's internet group.Based in New York, Cassidy will report to David Brooks, executive ...
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Dennis O'Connor joins Universal Focus as vp
Dennis O'Connor, who was previously senior vice president, specialised theatrical, at Trimark Pictures, has joined Universal Focus, the studio's fledgeling specialised division, as vice president, distribution.Reporting to Nikki Rocco, president of distribution at Universal Pictures, and Paul Hardart, senior vice president at Universal Focus, he will handle the distribution of ...
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Buena Vista Film Sales is closed down
As anticipated, Buena Vista International (BVI) has closed down its international sales division Buena Vista Film Sales (BVFS) in the wake of the departure of executive vice president of acquisitions and business affairs Jere Hausfater. Very much a Hausfater initiative, BVFS handled such films as The 13th Warrior, He Got ...
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waydowntown
Dir: Gary Burns. Canada. 2000. 83 mins.Prod co: Burns Films, Odeon Films. Int'l sales: Alliance Atlantis Films International (1) 416 967 1141. Exec prod: Bryan Gliserman, Marguerite Pigott. Prod: Shirley Vercruysse, Gary Burns. Scr: Burns, James Martin. DoP: Patrick McLaughlin. Prod des: Donna Brunsdale. Ed: Mark Lemmon. Mus: John Abram. ...
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State And Main
Dir: David Mamet. US. 2000. 106 mins.Prod cos: Green, Renzi Productions, El Dorado Pictures. US dist: Fine Line. Int'l sales: Filmtown International (1) 323 464 6644. Exec prod: Alec Baldwin, Jon Cornick. Prod: Sarah Green. Scr: David Mamet. DoP: Oliver Stapleton. Prod des: Gemma Jackson. Ed: Barbara Tulliver. Mus: Theodore ...
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The Prime Gig
Dir: Gregory Mosher. US. 2000. 97 mins.Prod co: Independent Pictures. US dist: Fine Line. Int'l sales: Independent Picures, tel: (1) 212 993 1200. Prod: Cary Woods, Gina Mingacci, Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt. Co-prod/scr: William Wheeler. DoP: John A. Alonzo. Prod des: Richard Hoover. Editor: James Kwei. Music: David Robbins. Main cast: ...
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Pathe signs Born Romantic's Camarda to first-look
Michele Camarda's UK production outfit Kismet Film Company has struck a first-look deal with National Lottery studio franchise Pathe Pictures, Pathe announced on Wednesday.The move comes hard on the heels of Kismet producing David Kane's highly-anticipated UK comedy Born Romantic. The deal replaces New York-born, London-based Camarda's recently-expired first-look pact ...
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HanWay offers Triumph Of Love
HanWay Films, the sales arm of producer Jeremy Thomas' UK-based production outfit Recorded Picture Company, has taken up international sales duties on The Triumph Of Love, starring Mira Sorvino and Ben Kingsley.Worldwide distribution rights outside Italy belong to Germany's Odeon Pictures. Medusa has Italy.The adaptation of Marivaux's 18th century play ...
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Jackie Chan stars in biggest Hong Kong-backed film
Jackie Chan is to produce and star in The Highbinders - a police action film budgeted at $40m, thought to be the highest amount of Hong Kong capital ever invested in a film.The Asian super-star is partnering with Emperor Movie Group (EMG) rather than his usual Hong Kong financier Golden ...
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Rio festival firms up hefty line-up
Tim Robbins' Cradle Will Rock, Ken Loach's Bread And Roses and Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark are amongst the highlights at next month's sprawling Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.Guests expected during the 14-day event include UK director Stephen Daldry, whose debut Billy Elliot will screen, and John ...
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European players unite in film drive
As reported in Screen International weekly this morning, the UK's BBC Films, Germany's Kinowelt and Spain's Lolafilms have formed a development and production alliance aimed at creating a European powerhouse that can offer film-makers an alternative to Hollywood.The partners, key film operations in their respective territories, aim for the initial ...
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Rocket, Walt Disney board Gnome animation feature
As reported in Screen International weekly this morning, Elton John and David Furnish's production outfit Rocket Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation have acquired UK animation script A Gnome's Story. Disney, which has a first-look pact with Rocket, is funding development on the original spec script about two rival groups ...