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All Screen articles in 6 August 2000
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UIP seals distribution pact with Spain's Planeta
United International Pictures (UIP) has added a Spanish link to its rapidly growing chain of international distribution partners, striking a long-term pact with Planeta 2010, the start-up multimedia division of publishing company Grupo Planeta.UIP chairman and chief executive Paul Oneile confirmed that a deal has been concluded with the Spanish ...
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Nutty Professor II is huge with $42.7m opening
Universal enjoyed a much-needed box office boost - the first since news of its takeover by Vivendi - over the weekend with the opening of Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, one of the summer's more predictable hits. With an estimated $42.7m grossed from Friday to Sunday on 3,243 screens, the ...
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Russian authorities drop charges against Gusinsky
Media Most chief Vladimir Gusinsky left Russia to join his family in Spain last week after the criminal case against him of defrauding the Russian government of $10m was dropped due to lack of evidence.Gusinsky spent four days in prison earlier this year when the charges were first brought against ...
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Kinowelt grabs Rings merchandising rights
M.R. Kinowelt Merchandising (MRKM), the recently formed joint venture between German mini-major Kinowelt and Munich-based M.R. Merchandising & Retail, has acquired the German merchandising rights to New Line Cinema's upcoming Lord Of The Rings trilogyThe deal makes MRKM the first Lord Of The Rings licensee outside the US. MRKM CEO ...
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Sega to install video-on-demand in game centres
Sega Enterprises plans to equip its Net@ chain of game arcades in Tokyo with video-on-demand (VoD) systems developed by NEC and linked via fibre-optic cable.Each Net@ game centre will be supplied with a server able to store up to 120 hours of films and other video software. Sega claims that ...
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Vatel pushes Gaumont into the red
The poor box office performance of Roland Joffe's Cannes opener Vatel has sent French major Gaumont spinning into the red with a pre-tax loss of $12.5m (FF89m) in the first half of 2000 compared to profits of $5.1m (FF36m) in the first half of 1999.Gaumont's net loss added up to ...
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Life As A Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Dir: Krzysztof Zanussi. Poland. 2000. 99mins.Prod co: Tor Film Production. Int'l sales: Mercure Distribution, tel: (33) 1 44 168 120. Scr: Krzysztof Zanussi. Prod: Krzysztof Zanussi. DoP: Edward Klosinski. Editor: Marek Denys. Music: Wojciech Kilar. Art dir: Halina Dobrowolska. Costume des: Jagna Janicka. Sound: Katarina Dzida. Main cast: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, ...
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Constantin rings up $43m in video, TV sales
Germany's Constantin Film has sold a package of free TV, pay-TV and video/DVD rights to broadcasters such as Kirch Media and ZDF and video companies VCL Film + Medien and BMG Video for a total $42.5m (DM90m).Constantin licensed video/DVD rights to a total 15 films in two packages. VCL took ...
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Murdoch lines up Sky Global partners
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is reportedly close to acquiring a minority stake in Kirch Media, raising speculation that the German media giant will in turn become a shareholder in Murdoch's proposed international pay-TV platform Sky Global Networks. Telecom Italia may also take a stake in Sky Global in return for ...
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Media Asia unveils flotation plans
Hong Kong-based Media Asia is on course for a stockmarket flotation at the end of the year following last week's cash injection from hotels to internet group eSun. The new finance will underwrite expansion of the group's distribution and production operations. "We wanted a strategic investor, not just a financial ...
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Perfect Storm rides tide to top of UK chart
The Perfect Storm washed up at the top of the UK chart this weekend with an opening gross of $3m (£1,920,045) excluding previews of $435,000. The Hollywood adaptation of Sebastian Junger's bestseller of the same name, played at 409 cinemas for a screen average of $8,888 (£5,333). This is a ...
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FINANCIAL BRIEFS
SOGECABLE REPORTS 25% SALES INCREASEMADRID: Spain's Sogecable saw revenues increase by 25% to $440m (PTS77.1bn) in the first six months of 2000 compared to the same period last year. The company, whose shares have gained in value by more than 80% since their debut on the Spanish stock exchange in ...
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Telepool takes Swiss rights to Warner Bros package
German rights trading company Telepool has acquired free-TV rights for German-speaking Switzerland to a package of 80 films from Warner Bros including The Matrix, Eyes Wide Shut, Three Kings and You've Got Mail. The deal also includes several television series including The Sopranos, Jack & Jill and upcoming series The ...
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Indian star Raj Kumar kidnapped by bandit king
In a series of events that might have been lifted straight out of an Indian movie, Indian actor Raj Kumar has been kidnapped by bandit king Veerappan. The actor, who stars in movies made in the Kannada language, was picked up at gun-point from his farm-house in the forests near ...
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Winstar acquires US rights to A One And A Two
New York-based Winstar Communications has acquired North American rights to Edward Yang's A One And A Two (Yi Yi), which picked up the best director award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.Winstar plans to release the picture, which follows three generations of a middle-class Taiwanese family, in October following a ...
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Gianopulos, Rothman take reins at Fox
Following a recent tradition of promoting from within, Fox Filmed Entertainment has named two joint successors to studio chairman Bill Mechanic - former president of 20th Century Fox Film Group Tom Rothman and former president of 20th Century Fox International Jim Gianopulos. The appointments were made by Peter Chernin, president ...
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Film Council set for funding boost
UK film body the Film Council stands to get the lion's share of a $3m (£2m) boost in annual government funding.The funding, announced by the government as part of last month's spending review, is expected to be split between the Film Council and the National Film and Television School (NFTS). ...
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Wowow subscriber levels reach six-month high
Japan's Wowow recorded 2,550,874 subscribers at the end of June, the first time the satellite broadcaster has passed the 2.5 million mark in six months. Wowow officials attributed the boost to its Digital Passport promotional campaign which features free sign-ups, fee discounts and live broadcasts of European soccer. However nearly ...
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Forever Lulu
Dir: John Kaye. US. 1999. 95 mins.Prod co: Green Moon. Co-prod: Tani Cohen. Int'l Sales: Nu Image/Millennium Films, tel: (1) 310 246 0240. Exec prods: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Willi Baer. Prods: John Thompson, Boaz Davidson, Diane Sillen, Abra Edelman. Scr: Kaye. DoP: Brad Milsap. Prod des: Stephen ...
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Big Brother no longer hangs over Helkon
Endemol Entertainment, the Dutch TV production giant responsible for the worldwide Big Brother phenomenon, has sold its 25% stake in Helkon Media, setting the German producer-distributor free to pursue its own international expansion.Endemol said the move was part of a "strategic reorientation" of its activities that would focus the group ...