All Screen articles in 26 May 2002
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All Or Nothing
Dir: Mike Leigh. UK-France 2002. 127 mins.After a brief detour into history (and real-life individuals) with his 1999 Gilbert and Sullivan drama, Topsy Turvy, Mike Leigh returns to more familiar terrain with this subtle, precisely observed contemporary story of ordinary South London folk. Comic but also melancholy - although it ...
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France's TF1 looks to enter Noe territory
Miramax's new French partner TF1 is understood to be close to buying into Noe Productions, the company which despite having co-produced this year's foreign-language Oscar winner No Man's Land, was recently forced into receivership.With a production track record also including such festival-friendly titles such as Jan Kounen's feature film debut ...
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24hr party - no Cannes do
Outraged guests were pushed and knocked to the floor by bouncers as scenes of violence erupted in Cannes at Saturday night's party for Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People.One guest saw bouncers lock a man's arms behind his back and throw him through a gap in the barriers so he ...
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Attack Of The Clones opens new episode in international box office records
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones has established a new box office record for a simultaneous international opening weekend.According to 20th Century Fox, Episode II grossed $67m internationally from 70-plus territories, in a combination of opening weekend revenues that included Thursday to Sunday tallies as well as ...
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Brosnan to broaden range with two new projects
Pierce Brosnan and producing partner Beau St Clair have announced two new projects - romantic comedy The Laws Of Attraction and 11th century epic Legend Of Lochenbar for an autumn and early-2003 shoot respectively. Both are to star Brosnan.Brosnan, wearing his producer's hat, and St Clair met with potential ...
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Spanish thriller Intacto connects with Cannes' buyers
Intacto, the Spanish thriller that opened Cannes' Critics' Week sidebar, has scored highly with international buyers.Handled by Lions Gate Films International, Intacto was bought by Nippon Herald for Japan, Momentum for the UK, Lady Films for Italy, Scanbox Entertainment for all of Scandinavia, Spentzos for Greece, Cosmopol for Russia and ...
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Studio Canal: minus to equal plus
StudioCanal is to slash its production to just 15 films a year as part of a dramatic streamlining of operations. However, closing Vivendi Universal's European production and distribution arm is not on the agenda, insists chairman Richard Lenormand, despite rumours to the contrary.StudioCanal's production policy will now firmly focus ...
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UK's Entertainment extends New Line output deal
Leading UK independent Entertainment Film Distributors has extended its output deal with New Line Cinema for two years, whereby Entertainment will handle all New Line product in the UK until Dec 2003.The last deal between the two companies expired in Dec 2001 when Entertainment enjoyed its biggest ever hit with ...
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Zentropa unleashes 'Dogumentary' label
Under a new 'Dogumentary' label, Denmark's Zentropa has finalised deals for a slate of docs to be mentored by Lars von Trier as a documentary equivalent to his Dogme-movement.Organised by documentary arm Zentropa Real and headed by Carsten Holst, the idea has so far attracted filmmakers from Denmark (Sami Saif, ...
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Heather Graham to star in Stardust
Nick Hurran, whose Plots With A View was sold to Miramax Films for domestic, has signed to direct romantic comedy Stardust for Luxembourg-based The Carousel Picture Company with Heather Graham attached to star and James Purefoy and Brenda Blethyn in leading roles. Mark Damon's MDP Worldwide is handling sales on ...
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UK filmmaker Eddie Cantor dies, aged 36
British filmmaker Charlie Cantor died last week, aged 36. Friends and colleagues are invited to a memorial service at Bafta in London on May 28 at 7.00pm. Cantor's credits include Appetite, which he produced and co-wrote for J&M Entertainment and the Isle of Man, and Blood, which he wrote and ...
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Send in the Clones: UK box office under attack
It came as no great surprise last weekend when 20th Century Fox opened the latest film in the Star Wars saga, Episode II - Attack Of The Clones, to massive results and the number one spot in the UK.The four day opening scored $16.6m (£11.4m) from 467 sites in the ...
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First Look gets $8m from Seven Hills
First Look Media has accessed new capital to the tune of $8m from a new deal with Reverge Anselmo's Seven Hills Pictures to further build its domestic distribution operation.Under the deal, which was signed this week, Seven Hills will invest $6.05m in cash in First Look, in addition to $2m ...
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Sex doll horror adds to ContentFilm slate
After just eight months in operation New York's ContentFilm, run by indie stalwarts Ed Pressman and John Schmidt, has announced its fifth fully-financed film to go into production, a sexually-twisted psychological horror called Love Object.Said to combine elements of Demon Seed and Chucky with those of Roman Polanski's early classics, ...
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Hong Kong's Cheung and Law plan epic Story Of Ah-Toi
Hong Kong on and off-screen partners Mabel Cheung and Alex Law are planning a giant leap in budget for their next production, provisionally titled The Story Of Ah-Toi, to be set in the US and written and directed by Law with Cheung producing.Throughout their career together, Law has written and ...
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Granada closes German pre-sale on All American
The UK's Granada Film has closed a significant pre-sale to Germany with Telepool on romantic comedy All American Man.The German company bought all rights to the film, which writer-director Craig Ferguson is to shoot in January. "It's a real coup," said Penny Wolf, head of sales. "We have not heard ...
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Snapper, Two Drivers alliance starts with two Minnie features
Juha Wuolijoki's New York and Helsinki-based Snapper Films has formed an alliance with Minnie Driver's outfit Two Drivers, which the actress runs with her sister Kate Driver and producer Lisa Fielding.Their joint slate includes two new features both budgeted under $10m, the horror-thriller Luci's Prayer based on a script by ...
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Fox Searchlight selects Beckham for North & South America
The Works has confirmed that Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired North and South American rights UK hit Bend It Like Beckham.Fox Searchlight president Peter Rice and The Works chief executive Aline Perry said Fox Searchlight will handle North America and Twentieth Century Fox South America. Fox is understood to have ...
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HBO announces international theatrical sales push
UK distributor Momentum Pictures has picked up UK theatrical, TV and home video rights to HBO Films' My House In Umbria, a drama based on the William Trevor novel starring Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall and Ronnie Barker and directed by Richard Loncraine. The sale, closed by Momentum with HBO's worldwide ...
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Arclight, Spice Factory launch UK slate
Horror adaptation Possession, modern-day Count of Monte Cristo story Lazarus Ash and thriller Perfect People head the slate of $10m - $25m productions in a partnership between Gary Hamilton's Arclight Films, the UK's Spice Factory and best-selling horror novelist Peter James.The announcement follows last month's unveiling of plans for ambitious ...