All Screen articles in 27 January 2000
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Intermedia, Pacifica unveil merger plans
An imminent merger between Guy East and Nigel Sinclair's Intermedia Film and Los Angeles-based Pacifica Entertainment is set to create a division within Intermedia armed with a new $100m production fund.Under the anticipated deal, production, distribution and financing outfit Pacifica will bring a fund backed by German tax money to ...
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Dir: Emilio Estevez. USA. 1999. 113 mins.Prod Co: District. Prods: Dick Berg, Allan Marcil. Co-prod: Lisa Niedenthal. Scr: Norman Snider, Anne Meredith, David Hollander. DoP: Paul Sarossy. Prod des: John Dondertman. Ed: Craig Bassett. Mus: Tyler Bates. Main cast: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Tracy Hutson, Rafer Weigel, Megan Ward, Terry ...
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Australia gains financier for genre pics
Australia has gained a new breed of financier - Kirkham Management Limited - which aims to coax private investors to plough funds into genre pictures.Set up by chartered accountant Stephen Kirkham - after spending the last six years planning the move - the outfit aims to fund four pictures annually ...
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DVD market booming in France
DVD sales are expanding rapidly in France according to report from local trade body Syndicat de l'Edition Video (SEV). The report found that DVD sales accounted for 16.8% ($83.6m) of French video distributors' sell-through revenues in 1999 compared to just 2.5% in 1998.In total 4.5 millions DVDs were sold in ...
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Belgium caught in funding war
An angry war of words has broken out among Belgium's regional and national governments over the thorny issue of funding policies for the audio-visual industry.The Walloon regional government unveiled plans this week to allocate an extra BEF400m (euro10m) each year to support the development of a local audio-visual industry. The ...
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Highlight to fire with Newell's Fifty Cannon
Swiss distributor and rights trader Highlight Communications has boosted its international profile by signing a three-year output deal with UK director Mike Newell's start-up outfit Fifty Cannon Entertainment. Highlight will take all rights in German-speaking territories to Fifty Cannon's slate and also has the option to co-produce certain projects, acquiring ...
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Artisan, Intertainer join forces for digital film
Artisan Entertainment has signed an agreement with broadband content provider Intertainer to jointly develop, produce and distribute five feature-length films to be shot and edited completely in the digital format. Intertainer will show the films on its entertainment-on-demand service while Artisan will retain domestic rights. The features, which will have ...
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France, Germany team up for promotional activity
French state film body CNC will support the activities of Hamburg-based pan-European promotion agency European Film Promotion (EFP) in the second half of 2000 when France has the presidency of the European Commission.CNC will support EFP's activities outside of Europe. The move was prompted by French culture minister Catherine Trautmann ...
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Wiser to drive Modern Times int'l expansion
MTG Media Properties, part of Sweden's Modern Times Group conglomerate, has upped its international expansion drive by appointing Michael Wiser as its new chairman and CEO.Under Wiser, MTG Media is expected to increase its acquisition of contemporary English-language films and to buy companies involved in distribution, production and film library ...
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Swank to be star at ShoWest
Hilary Swank, the Golden Globe-winning actress who is leading the Oscar race for her portrayal of Brandon Teena, has been named "Female Star Of Tomorrow" at this year's ShoWest 2000.She will receive the award at the event's March 9 ceremony at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, joining ...
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Toy Story 2 set for digital release
Five European exhibitors plan a digital release of Toy Story 2 from February 2, which will mark the first time a major studio film has been released digitally outside North America. The unprecedented venture is co-sponsored by Disney and Technicolor's digital projection company Real Image.France's Gaumont and Bert/Claeys Group will ...
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Video Networks boosts film slate with studio deals
Video Networks, the UK company that operates video-on-demand (VoD) service Homechoice, has struck feature film deals with Buena Vista International Television and Columbia TriStar International Television.Pictures covered in the deal include foreign-language Oscar-winner Life Is Beautiful, Central Station and The Waterboy. The new contracts lift Homechoice's film slate to ...
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Sixth Sense now in all-time worldwide top ten
The Sixth Sense, the supernatural thriller starring Bruce Willis and critically acclaimed youngster Haley Joel Osment, is still raking in box office revenue from around the world. After a spectacular opening in Spain last week and a third week at the top of the French box office, the film's tally ...
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Zentropa sets up international arm
Peter Aalbaek Jensen, co-founder and producer at progressive Danish production outfit Zentropa, is setting up an offshoot - Zentropa Internationale - to oversee projects for the company not originating in DenmarkOle Sondberg will head up the new outfit's financial department while Lars Duus will steer the drama department. Sondberg and ...
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Le Studio grabs Tao for multiple territories
France's Le Studio Canal Plus has caught the deal-making fever present among international buyers at this year's Sundance, snapping up multiple territory rights on Jenniphr Goodman's The Tao Of Steve from Good Machine International.Le Studio has acquired rights for France, Germany, Spain, Benelux and Switzerland to the film, a competition ...
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Film Consortium's Jimmy Spud gets lottery boost
The Film Consortium (TFC), the UK National Lottery studio franchise which last week agreed in principle to be bought by production umbrella WhiteCliff, has secured lottery cash worth £1.2m ($1.9m) for its feature Jimmy Spud. The £3.7m ($6m) project, adapted by Lee Hall from his radio play I Luv You, ...
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EFP unveils Shooting Stars line-up
Pan-European promotion agency, European Film Promotion (EFP), has revealed this year's line-up of 18 European "Shooting Stars" who will be introduced to the public and international film industry at the Berlin Film Festival on Feb 12/13. (see list below)French actress Jeanne Moreau, who is the subject of a tribute at ...
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Sharmill, Champion continue French-language vein
Australia's Sharmill Films and Champion Pictures have bought Australian rights to writer-director Radu Mihaileanu's World War II story Train Of Life from Menemsha Entertainment. The film was included in the programme of last year's French Film Festival and is set to get a mid-year release. Sharmill has a long history ...
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Dir: Michael Lange. USA. 1999. 90 mins.Prod Cos: Moonstone Entertainment, Given Films. Prods: Galt Neiderhoffer, Etchie Stroh, Daniela Soto-Taplin. Co-prods: Karen Jaroneski, Alex Orlovsky. Exec prod: Randy Simon. Scr: Caroline Doyle, Jill Kopelman. DoP: Rodney Charters. Prod des: Jody Asnes. Ed: Anita Brandt-Burgoy. Mus: Jimmy Harry. Main cast: Dominique Swain, ...
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Two Family House
Dir: Raymond DeFelitta. USA. 1999. 104 mins.Prod Co: Filbert Steps. Prods: Anne Harrison, Alan Klingstein. Exec prods: Jim Kohlberg, Adam Brightman. Scr: Raymond DeFelitta. DoP: Michael Mayers. Prod des: Teresa Mastropierro. Ed: David Leonard. Mus: Stephen Endelman. Main cast: Michael Rispoli, Kelly Macdonald, Katherine Narducci, Kevin Conway, Matt Servitto.If small-scale ...