All Screen articles in 6 August 2006
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Pirates adds records, sails past $300m
Buena Vista International's(BVI) Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest maintained its unstoppable form as it plundered anestimated $55m from 7,698 sites in 40 countries for $305.5m.Powered by a huge German debut, the adventure romp became the seventh BVIrelease to cross $300m and has overtaken the 2003 original's $655m global ...
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Haynes names final Dylan actor for I'm Not There
Todd Haynes has named thesixth actor to play Bob Dylan in his outré ensemble portrait I'm Not There, which begins production on Jul 31 in Montreal.So far Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett and BenWhishaw have lined up to play the great singer-songwriter.If the presence of Blanchett points ...
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Haynes names final lead in Dylan biopic
Todd Haynes has named thesixth and final actor to play Bob Dylan in his outre ensemble portrait I'm Not There, which begins production tomorrow (July 31) in Montreal.Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett and BenWhishaw had already lined up to play the iconic singer-songwriter in what has been ...
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Miami Vice busts Pirates to open top
Audience focus moved dueNorth from the Caribbean to Florida at the weekend as Universal's Miami Vice displaced the pirates with an estimated $25.2mopening.Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest continued to break records however, while Warner Bros' Lady In TheWater plummeted to seventh place andFox's The Devil Wears Pradaconsolidated its ...
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Dead Sheep and War Tapes win at Britdoc
The first Britdoc festival,presented in association with Nokia, wrapped on Friday night with 37 UsesFor A Dead Sheep winning the Britishcompetition and The War Tapeswinning the international competition.Ben Hopkins' 37 Uses ForA Dead Sheep, about the PamirKirghiz tribe, was described by the British jury as "an outstandingachievement in documentary filmmaking ...
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Locarno president talks of 'budgetary worries'
On the eve of this year'sLocarno International Film Festival, which will open on Wednesday (August 2)with Michael Mann's Miami Vice,the festival's president Marco Solari has spoken out about the financialchallenges facing Locarno for this year and for the future.In an interview with theSwiss daily newspaper Der Bund atthe weekend, Solari ...
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Motovun honours Look Both Ways and We Feed The World
Festival hit Look BothWays by Australian director SarahWatt took the main Propeller Award at the eighth Motovun Film Festival (July24-28) in Istria, Croatia. Both the Amnesty International Human Rights andFIPRESCI awards went to Erwin Wagenhofer's ambitious documentary We Feed theWorld. Croatian director GoranDukic's Wristcutters won theaudience award and the 'A ...
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Thruline Entertainment announces merger
William Mercer and his RozonManagement Group have joined Chris Henze, J B Roberts and Ron West's managementfirm Thruline Entertainment.Gilbert Rozon, Mercer's Montreal-based partner and founder of the Just ForLaughs Montreal International Comedy Festival, will not become a Thrulineprincipal, however Thruline and Mercer will form a comedy division with him.The division, ...
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Dir: Adam McKay. US. 2006. 108mins.Even though TalladegaNights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby intermittentlyspins its wheels, crowd-pleaser runs well enough to reach the finish line.Playing to his strengths, star/co-writer/executive producer Will Ferrell reapsmany good comic moments early on in Adam Mckay'sfeature to compensate for a sluggish second half.Set in the ...
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Rowntree Trust launches new documentary fund
The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust has announced a new fund to supportdocumentaries that highlight contemporary social or political issues in the UK. The fund was launched at the inaugural Britdoc festival (July 26-28). Up to $65,364 (£35,000) isbeing offered by the Reform Trust for films focusing on British issues ofsocial ...
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La Sagrada Familia takes top prize at Era New Horizons
La SagradaFamilia, the first feature film from Chileanwriter/director Sebastian Campos, has won the Grand Prix at the sixth Era NewHorizons Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.Otherhigh-scoring competition entries included Shinya Tsukamoto's Vital, Paz Encina'sHamaca Paraguaya,Alexander Sokurov's The Sun, the Quay Brothers' ThePiano Tuners Of Earthquakes and Alexey Guerman Jr's Garpastum.Twoentries - ...
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Dir: Adam McKay. US. 2006.108mins.Even though TalladegaNights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby intermittentlyspins its wheels, crowd-pleaser runs well enough to reach the finish line.Playing to his strengths, star/co-writer/executive producer Will Ferrell reapsmany good comic moments early on in Adam Mckay'sfeature to compensate for a sluggish second half.Set in the world ...
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Pinewood says 007 stage will need rebuilding after fire
Pinewood Sheppertonsaid there were no casualties involved at the "serious fire" that broke out atthe 007 stage this weekend. Damage was so extensive that the studio expects tohave to demolish and rebuild the famed stage. The roof of the 45,000-square-footstage caved in from fire damage. Pinewood said that there was"no ...
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Levy tapped as chairman for Film Business Academy
AlainLevy, Chairman and CEO of EMI Music, has been appointed chairman of the Film Business Academy's advisory board at Cass Business School in London.Levypreviously served as president and CEO of PolyGram during its expansion withPolyGram Filmed Entertainment. TheFilm Business Academy at Cass, supported by Skillset and the UK Film Council, ...
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The Host breaks Korean box-office records
Bong Joon-ho's Cannes hit The Host is breaking box-office recordsin Korea, taking theopening week record with more than 2.6m admissions, and the highestsingle-day admissions with 790,000 on Saturday, July 29.The previous record for opening week was held by Typhoon with 1.8m admissionslast year, opening on 540 screens; the highest single-day ...
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Zane, Sizemore sign up for Archetype mayhem
Billy Zane will starin The Mad and Tom Sizemore hassigned to Bottom Feeder, twoproductions by Peace Arch Entertainment's genre arm Archetype Films.The Mad is scheduled to beginproduction this month in Canada and tells of a doctor and his teenage daughterwho are terrorised by zombies at a truck stop.John Kalangis will ...
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Harrison named corp comms chief at Paradigm
Bill Harrison hasjoined Paradigm Talent and Literary Agency as head of corporate communications.Harrison will oversee Paradigm's media relations activities as well as thecompany's branding, advertising, special events and philanthropic efforts. Hewill be based in the Beverly Hills headquarters.He most recently served in a senior role at PMK/HBH, where his accountsincluded ...
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Green signs on to New Line's Golden Compass
Rising French star Eva Greenhas been cast as Serafina in New Line's adaptation of The Golden Compass, the first instalment of Phillip Pullman's HisDark Materials fantasy trilogy.Green, who plays Bond's love interest Vesper Lynd opposite Daniel Craig in theupcoming Casino Royale, is thelatest addition to the $150m project.Earlier this week ...
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Hot Docs and DOC create new documentary fellowship
TheHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the DocumentaryOrganisation of Canada (DOC) have created a new ofthe documentary fellowship programme.During2006-2007, the Quebecor DocumentaryFellowship willwork with 15 mid-level filmmakers from under-represented ethno-cultural communities.Five applicants will receive full fellowships, be mentored by senior producersfrom DOC, and will take part in a year-round ...
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ICA takes UK rights to Eric Steel's The Bridge
DistributorICA Films has taken UK theatrical and DVD rights to The Bridge,while Channel 4 has obtained the UK TV rights. FortissimoFilms is handling sales for the Eric Steel's documentary, which will screen atthe London Film Festival.Thefilm is about the people who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in 2004, while ...