All Screen articles in 3 June 2002
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Focus acquires The Pianist from VU stablemate StudioCanal
Focus, Vivendi Universal's new speciality label has acquired US and select international distribution rights to Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Pianist from stablemate StudioCanal. Focus has scheduled a December release for the film in the US, according to a statement from Focus co-presidents David Linde and James Schamus.The English-language feature, ...
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Almodovar to head first European cinema heritage week
Pedro Almodovar will be the patron of the first European Cinema Heritage Week (November 15-23, 2002) which aims to raise awareness of European cinema and to promote discussion of the visual image.Launching the Heritage Week in Cannes, European Commissioner Viviane Reding said 'the European public will discover the great films ...
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New releases open well as the blockbusters re-write Memorial Day records
Memorial Day weekend saw more box-office records tumble, with Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones holding on to top spot with a $62.1m four-day haul, according to studio estimates. George Lucas's fifth Star Wars instalment has now grossed $202.5m in 12 days becoming the second fastest movie ...
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Mixed reception for Star Wars: Episode II in Eastern Europe
Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack Of The Clones has achieved the biggest opening ever in Hungary, overtaking the record set by Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring. Clones, which opened with 37 copies in 25 cinemas also produced the biggest attendance ever on its ...
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No Man's Land wins European Union media prize
This year's Foreign Language Film Oscar-winner Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land has been presented with the European Union's Euros 25,000 Media Prize.'Beyond the conflict in ex-Yugoslavia and the story of these two soldiers, one Serbian, the other Bosnian, No Man's Land illustrates with talent and humour the absurdity of violence ...
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The Pianist
Director: Roman Polanski. 2002. 148 mins. In Competition Working from material close to his own childhood experiences in war ravaged Poland, Roman Polanski has created his most satisfying film in twenty years. Old-fashioned, stately and a little uneven, The Pianist recovers from a disappointing start to mature into a restrained ...
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Banderas, Cruz may re-unite with Almodovar for Tarantula
Two of Spain's hottest properties, Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz, are likely to co-star in Tarantula, a futuristic film noir by director Pedro Almodovar. Producer Agustin Almodovar was quoted in Cannes this weekend confirming that the long-mooted project (see Screendaily July 10, 2001) would star Banderas and Cruz. Tarantula, the ...
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Serbian Government introduces national film fund
The Serbian Government has launched a Euros 1.5m prototype film fund, with six local features receiving an award equivalent to 30% of its budget.Goran Markovic's The Cordon, Srdjan Koljevic's Red Coloured Gray Truck, Dusan Kovacevic's The Professional, Milos Petricic's An Almost Ordinary Story, Srdjan Karanovic's Loving Glances and Milos Radovic's ...
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Bollywood release triumphs in the shadow of Star Wars' attack
Five new openers launched into the UK chart this week but were unable to make much impact on the box office of chart leader Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones.The most impressive of this week's debutantes was Eros International's latest Bollywood release, Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam. The ...
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Real Women have deals too
A number of internationaltheatrical distributors have bought local territorial rights to HBO Films' RealWomen Have Curves, even though theaward-winning made-for-cable production will not be seen in US theatres.Among the buyersannounced yesterday by the pay-TV networks sales arm, HBO Enterprises, were MosaicEntertainment, which bought UK rights in association with Optimum Releasing;Italy's ...
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Eureka Screenings to select 300 love stories
Love has been chosen as the theme for Audiovisual Eureka's 5th Eureka Screenings which are being hosted in Skopje by the Minister of Culture of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from October 30 - November 3.During three days, buyers from all over Europe will have the opportunity of viewing ...
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Yeoh to get tough with French distributor M6
Wearing her producer hat - rather than that of actress or Cannes juror - Michelle Yeoh is to start legal proceedings against French distributor M6/SND.Yeoh and Thomas Chung, managing director of Hong Kong-based Han Entertainment, through which the Yeoh-produced film The Touch is financed, say they will be seeking damages ...
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Kinepolis Group's Albert Bert dies, aged 74
Albert Bert, co-chairman of the board of directors of the Kinepolis Group died on 21 May 2002 aged 74. Bert was widely acknowledged as one of the innovators of how movie theatres are operated in Belgium. In the sixties, he took over the Cinema Majestiek in Harelbeke from his father. ...
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Niche acquires Cannes titles over the phone
Niche Pictures principal Lyn McCarthy has closed deals for Australian and New Zealand rights on two high-profile Cannes film - on the phone from the northern New South Wales coast resort Byron Bay, where she lives. They are director Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen, which was in Competition at Cannes, ...
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Sedgwick named director of new Adelaide film festival
Katrina Sedgwick has been appointed director of the inaugural 2003 and the 2005 Adelaide International Film Festival. The first edition will be held in late February or early March 2003 and will celebrate the 30th year of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). Chair of the festival board is Sydney ...
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Spain's Grupo Pi announces string of deals
Spanish sales consortium Grupo Pi announced a string of deals on various titles from its growing slate of feature films.At Cannes, Pi closed all rights for Colombia to Cineplex on women-driven comedy My Mother Likes Women (A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres) starring Leonor Watling (Talk To Her). The ...
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Australia's Seven takes everything from Icon
Australia's Seven Network has signed for television and pay television rights to all the films that are released theatrically by the Australian arm of Icon Film Distribution, which opened for business early this year. The first package of films in the multi-year deal includes We Were Soldiers, Gosford Park, the ...
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The Way Home wins Korea's top Grand Bell award
Lee Jeong-hyang's The Way Home was named best picture at South Korea's 39th annual Grand Bell (Daejong) Awards, held in Seoul on May 26.The film, about a seven year-old boy who goes to live with his grandmother in the country, has been a local audience favourite, earning over $20m since ...
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Wild Bunch picks up Cannes title Chihwaseon
Wild Bunch has picked up world sales rights outside Asia to Im Kwon-Taek's Chihwaseon - the Cannes competition title that jointly won the festival's best direction prize.Wild Bunch picked up the film after seeing it at its early screening on Saturday 25 May and closed the deal on Sunday morning.Wild ...