All Screen articles in 7 April 2004
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Massive marketing push for Passion in Italy
Eagle Pictures' head of marketing, Antonio Adinolfi, has spent Euros 2.5m to publicise Mel Gibson's Passion Of The Christ, which is released in Italy today, Wednesday (April 7).The figure, which is huge compared to the usual marketing budget of Italian indie distributors, has been spent mainly on TV advertisements and ...
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French show healthy Passion for Gibson epic
Despite boycotts and lawsuits in the lead up to its French release, The Passion Of The Christ has had a healthy first five days at the local box office.On its opening day, Wednesday March 31, Mel Gibson's film sold 82,111 tickets for a take of just over $500,000 on 502 ...
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Zeffirelli tipped for presidency role at RAI Cinema
Italian director Franco Zeffirelli is expected to soon be named the new president of Rai Cinema, the film arm of state broadcaster RAI.Zeffirelli was approached, he says, both by RAI CEO Flavio Cattaneo, and by prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who owns Rai Cinema's rival Medusa and Mediaset. "So many people ...
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Eurimages chief plays up Media Programme 'collaboration'
Eurimages chief Jacques Toubon has distanced himself from comments he made earlier this week suggesting that a merger between the Media Programme and Eurimages may be inevitable in the future.Last week, in an email interview with ScreenDaily.com, he said it would be "natural that the two initiatives will merge in ...
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Best Of Youth sweeps Italian critics' prizes
Marco Tullio Giordana's epic The Best of Youth has swept the Nastri d'Argento awards, winning seven of the prestigious Critics' prizes, including best director, best screenplay and two collective awards for its ensemble cast.The Best Of Youth, which won Un Certain Regard at Cannes last year, is a six hour ...
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Sales agents win cash backing to market European films
With the aim of opening up new markets outside the European Union, the European Film Promotion (EFP) is to launch its new Film Sales Support (FSS) initiative at this month's Buenos Aires Film Festival (April 14-25).FSS offers financial support to sales companies and producers who promote and market European films ...
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TURKEY
Having struggled to find an audience in many territories Robert Benton's drama The Human Stain has proved particularly popular in Turkey.Although having to settle for second place on opening behind UIP's Along Came Polly, The Human Stain played at 25 fewer screens and boasted a far stronger screen average.The film ...
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ROMANIA
In one of the few territories not yet hit by the Passion-fever, Clint Eastwood's Mystic River is performing strongly, pulling together nearly 1,500 admissions over the weekend from a single print.InterComFilm's new release, Peter Pan proved something of a disappointment and so did New Film's How To Deal and Ro-Image ...
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JAPAN
Both of this week's new releases in the nine-major-cities chart opened strongly, with Something's Gotta Give recording a $41,935 average on 17 screens and Bong Joon-ho's Memories Of Murder, $40,909 on two.Something's Gotta Give was boosted by its raft of awards, particularly the Oscar Best Actress nomination for Diane Keaton. ...
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HBO Films wraps up Mrs Harris
Production has wrapped in Los Angeles on Mrs Harris, starring Annette Bening and Sir Ben Kingsley.The Number 9 Films and Killer Films production is produced for HBO, and is written and directed by playwright Phyllis Nagy.A tale of love and obsession, Mrs Harris explores the story of Jean Harris (Bening), ...
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Ella Enchanted
Dir: Tommy O'Haver. US. 2004. 95 mins.Somewhere underneath the decorative clutter of characters, effects, jokes and name actors which over-stuffs Ella Enchanted, director Tommy O'Haver has fashioned a sweet, good-natured fantasy which wisely banks on the delightful new star Anne Hathaway to provide its heart.With Home On The Range and ...
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Mira Nair hatches film deal with Indian poultry giant
Mira Nair's Mirabai Films has announced a partnership with Indian poultry giant Balaji Rao's Bala Entertainment to establish a film production company that will create independent Asian cinema for the world market.The new production company, International Bhenji Brigade, is looking at producing three South Asian or Asian diaspora films over ...
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Chancellor Schroeder to open Oberhausen short film fest
Germany's Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is to be one of the opening speakers at the 50th edition of the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (April 29 - May 4)The opening event will also see filmmakers Wim Wenders, Soenke Wortmann, Romuald Karmakar and Eija-Liisa Ahtila presenting short films which were screened ...
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BVIT to sell Miramax reality TV show
Buena Vista International Television, Walt Disney's film and TV sales division, has picked up its first TV product from Miramax Television.BVITV will handle Project Runway, a reality show offering a 'behind the catwalk' look at the fashion industry, and the associated format rights. The US show features supermodel Heidi Klum ...
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Top producers launch Indian awards ceremony
Indian producers body the Film Producers Guild of India is to launch its own awards ceremony next month.The nominees for the first Apsara FPGI Awards will be announced on May 5 with prizes to be unveiled at a ceremony in Mumbai on May 29.The 50-year old Guild has 153 by-invitation-only ...
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JAPAN Production Listings - April 7 2004
JAPANPRE-PRODUCTIONASHURAJO NO HITOMI(Shochiku) Int'l sales: Shochiku. Dist (Jap): Shochiku. Samurai action drama. A samurai battles with monsters that haunt ancient capital Edo. Dir: Yojiro Takita. Scr: Masashi Todayama. Main cast: Somegoro Ichikawa. Release date: Spring 2005.Contact: Kiwamu Sato, Shochiku, (81) 35550 1623CHI TO HONE(Be Wild, Artist Film, Asahi Hoso, Eisei ...
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Passion passes $100m from 44 international markets
Current global box office king The Passion Of The Christ held onto the top international position last weekend as its international cumulative passed the $100m mark.The film launched well in several territories including France and Spain - where it claimed the top spot having amassed 525,000 admissions. With a total ...
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Sponsors sign up for Producers Network
The Cannes Market has attracted a number of sponsors and consultants toits new Producers' Network.The network includes a newrange of facilities and meeting specifically designed to serve the needs ofproducers during the festival and market.Professional partners include theAustralian Film Commission, New Zealand FilmCommission, IFP/New York, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Region Ile ...
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Sponsors sign up for Cannes Producers Network
The Cannes Market has attracted a number of sponsors and consultants toits new Producers' Network.The network includes a newrange of facilities and meeting specifically designed to serve the needs ofproducers during the festival and market.Professional partners include theAustralian Film Commission, New Zealand FilmCommission, IFP/New York, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Region Ile ...
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Japan's Klockworx makes entry into US distribution
Japanese distributor TheKlockworx Company is boldly stepping into the US distribution market, teamingup with US independent Pathfinder Pictures to buy and release films in the US.Klockworx plans to acquirebetween 20 and 30 films for theatrical and DVD release in its first year ofoperation, about half of which will go theatrical. ...