All Screen articles in 6 January 2002
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Lord Of The Rings strides past $200m
The Lord Of The Rings continued to dominate the North American box office crossing the $200m barrier with a $23m take in its third weekend, while Warner Bros' Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone crossed the $300m mark after eight weeks on release.Playing at 3,381 theatres, the epic three hour ...
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Navarre gets DVD/VHS rights to three from Halicki
Navarre Corporation, a US distributor of PC software, music and home video, has acquired domestic rights to distribute three more action films made by the late HB Halicki on DVD and VHS following its successful re-release of Gone In 60 Seconds last year. The films are The Junkman, Deadline Auto ...
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Mulholland Drive is National Critics' choice
Mulholland Drive was named best picture of 2001 by the influential National Society Of Film Critics on Saturday, completing a remarkable run of success for David Lynch's film which began with a best director prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival.The National Society which comprises 52 of the country's leading ...
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AFI Awards go for Lord Of The Rings, Sopranos
The inaugural American Film Institute (AFI ) Awards took place on Saturday night in Los Angeles, awarding its top prizes to The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring for film and The Sopranos for television. Few winners (eight out of 20) actually attended the ceremony - yet ...
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British Telecom to be broadcaster within two years
UK phones giant British Telecom (BT) is aiming to become a major power in Britain's television sector and seems on course to be a broadcaster within two years. Newly installed chairman Sir Christopher Bland says that by distributing television content over its own landlines, satellites and microwave networks it could ...
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Germany's Red Beat announces 10-picture slate
Berlin-based production house Red Beat Pictures has announced an ambitious slate of ten feature projects after almost two years dedicated to project development since its launch in April 2000 by partners Herbert Gehr, Michael Helfrich and Ali Eckert.This year should see a May start on production at locations in Berlin, ...
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French production & exhibition enjoy record 2001
2001 has been a record-breaking year for both the French production and exhibition sectors, with local titles attracting a hefty 41% (up from 28.5% in 2000) of the 185 million tickets (up 11.4%) sold last year, according to the latest CNC estimates, the highest attendance figure since 1984.Last year, French ...
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Untitled Great War project wraps in Prague
The as-yet untitled World War I thriller starring Billy Elliot's Jamie Bell wrapped in the Czech Republic in December, a UK-German co-production and the first from UK-based Film & Music Entertainment Ltd. The $5 million shoot finished on time and on budget, according to producer Mike Downey, who explained that ...
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Czech cinema admissions pass 10m in 2001
Homegrown hit Ali G IndaHouse topped the chart in the UK over the weekend. Grossing an impressive $4.6m (£3.2m) from 396 sites, including $352,649 of previews from 338 sites, the comedy vehicle for Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G character triumphed over an onslaught of children's and family titles. Ali G, ...
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Afghanistan to host Indian film festival in Kabul
The Indian Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Directorate of Film Festivals have announced that they will be hosting an Indian Film Festival in Kabul in late January. Up to 10 films will be screened at the festival with likely contenders including Satya, Lagaan and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. ...
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Berlin reveals competition, world premiere titles
The first round of competition titles to be announced for the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival (6 - 17 February) includes six world premieres and a strong European slant.The world premieres lined up for the official competition section include:Heaven by Tom Twyker (opening film)Amen by Constantin Costa-GavrasDer Felsen (A Map ...
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2001 European box office charts
UK Top 20 20011. Harry Potter /UK-US$78.8m*2. Bridget Jones's Diary/UK-US$60.6m3. Shrek/US$41.8m4. The Lord Of The Rings/NZ-US$37.2m*5. Cats & Dogs/US$33.2m*6. Hannibal/US$31.1m7. The Mummy Returns/US$29.4m8. Jurassic Park III/US$26.4m9. American Pie 2/US$26.3m10. Moulin Rouge/Aus-US$26.2m*11. What Women Want/US$24.9m12. Planet Of The Apes/US$24.6m13. Cast Away/US$21m14. Pearl Harbor/US$18.6m15. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider/US$18.5m16. The Others/Sp-US$16.5m*17. Rush Hour ...
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2001 cinema admissions rise across Europe
UK cinema admissions hit 156m in 2001 according to Screendaily estimates, surpassing industry expectations and making it the most successful for nearly 30 years. Other major European territories mirrored the UK's near 10% admissions increase.Despite a below-par first quarter in the UK - which saw admissions down 8.7% year-on-year - ...
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Germany's Senator welcomes Fabritius
After months of speculation as to his next destination, former Arthaus Filmverleih managing director Juergen Fabritius has been appointed as one of the managing directors at Senator Film Verleih with responsibility for marketing and distribution for releases in the German language area.According to a German press report, Bernd Tietze will ...
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Bertelsmann increases RTL Group shareholding
Germany's Bertelsmann is to increase its current 67% majority shareholding in the radio and television holding RTL Group by acquiring the 22% stake held by the Pearson Group. The remaining11% is held by the public as free-float.As part of the purchase agreement, Pearson will be paid Euros 1.5bn for its ...
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Gomez to take back Lolafilms stake from Admira
Spanish heavyweight producer Andres Vicente Gomez is in negotiations to take back the 70% stake in his production powerhouse Lolafilms which he sold two years ago to Admira (Telefonica Media).Local press reports suggest that Admira, the media subsidiary of telecoms giant Telefonica, presided over by Juan Jose Nieto, is considering ...
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Amelie takes Oz foreign-language record
French-language phenomenon Amelie, which has already grossed over $100m worldwide, has set a new foreign-language record on its opening in Australia. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film saw opening week figures of $413,000 (A$798,000) to become the territory's highest foreign-language release of all-time. Including previews it has already grossed over $520,000 (A$1m). Amelie ...
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Telenor, Canal Plus dispute payments in court
Norwegian telecommunications giant Telenor and Vivendi Universal's TV and film division Canal Plus are battling in court over the payment for an agreement the two companies reached last summer. Canal Plus is demanding immediate payment of Euros 237m for the sale of its 50% stake in Nordic pay-TV operator Canal ...
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Warner, Asahi bank on Son's Room in Japan
Warner Bros. Pictures and the TV Asahi network will jointly distribute Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room in Japan in a deal that is a first for the Japanese market. According the terms of the partnership, the two companies will split p&a costs and share film distribution and video sales revenues. ...
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New deals increase US focus for Intermedia
It was a muddy picture at Intermedia parent International Media in the New Year as news, some authorised, some not, trickled out of the independent giant - in one of its most tumultuous periods of growth since floating on Frankfurt's Neuer Markt in May 1999. Co-chairman Moritz Bormann travelled between ...