All Screen articles in 5 December 2000
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Kroll and Kwan-Rubinek head Warner International
Warner Bros Pictures has named two executives to replace Ed Frumkes as heads of its international distribution and marketing division. Sue Kroll has been named president, international marketing, and Veronika Kwan-Rubinek president, international distribution, reporting to Alan Horn, president & COO of the studio through Richard Fox, executive vice president, ...
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Lions Gate posts profitable quarter for Jul-Sept
Lions Gate Entertainment has posted net income of $0.5m for the second quarter of 2001 ending Sept 30, 2000. Revenues were $66.5m, net earnings were $2.6m minus a non-cash operating loss of $2.1m in Mandalay Pictures and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) was $5.3m. The results mark ...
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Lucky Red takes Good Machine's Series 7
Italian distribution and production outfit Lucky Red has picked up Good Machine International's Big Brother meats the thriller genre film, Series 7: The Contenders.Written and directed by Daniel Minahan, Series 7 is about six people chosen in a lottery by a TV programme to kill each other for a cash ...
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Indian producer Sippy honoured at Mumbai fest
Veteran Indian film producer G.P. Sippy received a life-time achievement award from the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) at the third edition of the increasingly important Mumbai International Film Festival (November 23-30). Sippy, who produced India's biggest hit Sholay in 1975, said he had never received a life-time achievement ...
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Granada comes in at lower end of expected profits
The UK's Granada Media reported on Wednesday full-year operating profit at the lower end of expectations.Operating profit rose to $360m, down on analysts' forecasts setting the expected sum as high as $386m. Pre-tax earnings were up 11% to $395m, while advertising turnover rose 8.4%.Granada, which floated out of Granada Group ...
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Almost Blue
Dir: Alex Infascelli. Italy. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Cecchi Gori Group. Int'l sales: Cecchi Gori (+39 06 3247 2244). Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Scr: Sergio Donati, Alex Infascelli, based on the book by Carlo Lucarelli. DoP: Arnaldo Catinari. Prod des: Eugenia di Napoli. Editor: Valentina Girodo. Music: Massimo Volume. Main ...
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Holland, Croatia get film seasons in New York, LA
Film seasons from The Netherlands and Croatia have been scheduled in the US next month. Dutch Treats 2000: New Films From Holland presents ten recent films at the Quad Cinema in New York (Dec 1-7), while Wednesdays In Croatia (Nov 29-Dec 20) screens classic and new Croatian films kicking off ...
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Artificial Eye, Metro Tartan unite for UK video
Artificial Eye Film Distribution and Metro Tartan Films - two of the leading independent distributors of non-English language films in the notoriously tough UK market - are banding together to set up a jointly owned video company.The operation will be headed by Mike Flello, currently head of Fox World Cinema, ...
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Dragotto re-teams with Hausfater at Intermedia
Former Buena Vista Film Sales (BVFS) vice president Michael Dragotto is re-uniting with his erstwhile boss Jere Hausfater at sales, financing and production entity Intermedia.Dragotto takes up the newly-created position of executive vice-president, motion picture group, worldwide distribution. He will report to Jere Hausfater, who previously headed BVFS.The appointment comes ...
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101 Reykjavik whips up a storm in Norway
Icelandic feature 101 Reykjavik, directed by Baltasar Kormakur, made an impressive entry into the Norwegian box office in fifth place. The film, distributed by SEG, grossed $49,154 from eight screens during its first week on release, easily beating fellow opener Urban Legends: Final Cut, distributed by ECT, which made $33,423 ...
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Kinowelt, Der Spiegel mull joint TV venture
German mini-major Kinowelt is considering joining forces with the on-line arm of weekly magazine Der Spiegel and Alexander Kluge's Development Company for TV Programmes (DCTP) to set up an ad-financed TV channel, tentatively named IDE, in Berlin from next spring.According to the marketing weekly magazine w&v, the station, which intends ...
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MGM in talks to launch pay channel in Germany
MGM Worldwide Television Group is in talks to launch a movie channel in Germany, according to Financial Times Deutschland.Simon Sutton, MGM Worldwide TV's senior vice president, international pay & free television, said in an interview that negotiations with the Kirch group had recently stalled and new talks are underway with ...
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Australia's Showtime bags rights to Star Wars pics
All four Star Wars movies will be shown on Australian pay-TV channel Showtime next year, following a deal between Showtime parent company Premium Movie Partnership (PMP) and 20th Century Fox. PMP chief executive Bob Donoghue believes it will be the first time that all four films will be shown as ...
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Sony Europe, Canal Plus pact for interactive TV
Sony Europe expects to play a central role in the European market for interactive digital television after signing a strategic alliance with the Canal Plus subsidiary Canal Plus Technologies (CPT).The agreement will allow Sony to use the interactive digital TV platform developed by CPT, Mediahighway Consumer Electronics, which corresponds to ...
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Robb quits as chief executive of Israel's Yes
Eytan Robb is resigning from his position as chief executive of Israeli digital satellite broadcaster Yes, which made its much-delayed debut this July.Robb said his decision to quit was prompted by "personal reasons", but despite finally getting the service on air, his tenure at Yes has not been an easy ...
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Overseas Filmgroup acquires rights to Swimming
Overseas Filmgroup has acquired international sales rights to Swimming, a drama about friendship and love set in a small Carolina town. Starring Lauren Ambrose, Jennifer Dundas Lowe and Joelle Carter, the film is directed by Robert J Siegel and has played at a host of film festivals including Rotterdam, Seattle, ...
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Civilian Content appoints Auty as director
In a key managerial move at UK National Lottery studio franchise The Film Consortium, chief executive Chris Auty has become a director of Civilian Content, the media operation which agreed to buy the franchise this year.The appointment, which takes place with immediate effect, is expected to bolster the franchise's position ...
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Saura, Bornedal projects win Eurimages support
Carlos Saura's Bunuel And King Solomon's Table and Dina, to be directed by Denmark's Ole Bornedal, are among the eight projects to receive support from Council of Europe-backed funding body Eurimages in its fifth round of funding this year.Dina, which is being produced by Denmark's Per Holst with co-production partners ...
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MTV Germany chief in talks to take helm of TM3
Following weeks of speculation about her departure, MTV Germany chief Christiane zu Salm has confirmed that she is to leave her post, and is in "advanced negotiations" to head News Corp-owned channel TM3.News Corp took control of TM3, by buying out Herbert Kloiber's TeleMuenchen, earlier this year, but the former ...
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Istituto Luce, Medusa unveil 2001 line-up
Italian mini-majors Medusa and Istituto Luce have announced their distribution slates for the second half of 2001.Medusa, part of Silvio Berlusconi's media empire Fininvest, will be handling high-profile US titles such as Tony Scott's Spy Game, starring Brad Pitt and Robert Redford; Bounce, directed by Don Roos and starring Gwyneth ...