All Screen articles in 8 February 2002
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Senator Int'l picks up worldwide on Vaya Con Dios
Senator International hasacquired worldwide rights (excluding German-speaking territories) to the Germanromantic comedy Vaya Con Dioswritten and directed by Zoltan Spirandelli.Recent winner of fourBavarian Film Awards including best new director, best new actor and best newactress, the film tells the story of three monks who leave their bankruptmonastery to find their ...
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Ocean's Eleven steals past $100m overseas
Warner Bros celebrated itsfirst international smash of the new year as Ocean's Eleven stole past the $100m mark outside North America overthe weekend with a healthy $21m gross in 32 territories. Its total is now$111m.Playing on 3,827 screens,the film drew an estimated 3.75m admissions over the three days. It opened ...
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Euro public film fund coordination group launched
A new structure to promote a greater exchange of information between European public film funds is on the cards after meetings held during the Berlinale.The venture, which goes under the unwieldy working title of European Coordination Group for Regional Audiovisual Investment Funds (CEFIR-AV), was initiated by Rotterdam Film Fund's Jacques ...
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Gilliam to exec produce Quay Bros' next feature
Two of the Berlinale's "Vision Day" panelists have revealed details of the new projects they are hatching.Terry Gilliam, in town for Lost In La Mancha, will serve as executive producer on the Quay Brothers' long-anticipated second feature The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes. "Audiences are searching for a chance to journey ...
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Ex-London film fest chief launches Metropolis Film
Former London Film Festival head Sheila Whitaker is launching UK distributor Metropolis Films.The venture is to handle world cinema, releasing most titles on video but with some theatrical outings. Whitaker is attending Berlin with her partner in the company, Andy Ordonez, formerly of Japanese financing house NDF.Ordonez said the company ...
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Sogepaq takes world rights on City Of No Limits
Spanish sales house Sogepaq has picked up worldwide rights on Berlin Panorama entry In The City Of No Limits (En La Ciudad Sin Limites).Directed by Antonio Hernandez (Lisboa), City is a co-production between Spain's Zebra Producciones and Iconica with Argentina's Patagonik.The film stars Leonardo Sbaraglia (Intact) as a young man ...
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Screen International's latest news from Berlin
A round-up of the latest news taken from the Screen International Berlinale dailies - the official festival magazine.For previous stories and a full listing of the films in the main sections of the festival - type: Berlinale into the search bar at the top of the screendaily homepage.At a ceremony ...
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Safe Conduct (Laissez Passer)
Dir: Bertrand Tavernier. France. 2001. 170mins.An ambitious, enormously detailed portrait of a complex and (internationally, at least) little known footnote of World War II, Safe Conduct observes the film-makers working at the Continental, a German studio set up in Paris to produce French movies under the Occupation. Bertrand Tavernier's contention ...
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Minor Mishaps (Sma Ulykker)
Dir: Annette K Olesen. Denmark. 2002. 109mins.That peculiarly Danish brand of bittersweet, intimate comedy finds its latest expression in Minor Mishaps, the story of a turbulent family reunion that combines many familiar Dogme elements (although it is not, in the strict sense, a Dogme film) with Mike Leigh's preparation for ...
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Berlinale confirms status as new-talent event
Two of the Berlinale's "Vision Day" panelists have revealed details of the new projects they are hatching.Terry Gilliam, in town for Lost In La Mancha, will serve as executive producer on the Quay Brothers' long-anticipated second feature The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes. "Audiences are searching for a chance to journey ...
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New German production outfit seeks US product
Framewerk's Stefan Jonas and three partners have launched the new Munich-based international production outfit SRO Entertainment AG.SRO - which stands for Standing Room Only - will be represented in Los Angeles by Michael Ovitz's AMG and top lawyer Larry Hirsch to access top quality projects from the US."Our plan is ...
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Taiwanese website offers studio movies for $1
A Taiwanese web-site has incurred the wrath of Hollywood for offering web-casts of thousands of major film titles for just $1.Current rental releases such as Shrek, Legally Blonde and American Pie 2 are available on the site - Movie88.com - which streams movies online using Real Player software. The site's ...
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Buena Vista UK records biggest-ever opening
Buena Vista International recorded their biggest opening weekend of all time in the UK with the release of Monsters, Inc. The latest production from Pixar Animation Studios opened on Friday (Feb 8) to record a three-day gross of $13.1m (£9.2m) - including $3.8m (£2.7m) of previews.The animated film is the ...
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Bidding wars begin over rights to Eight Women
Bidding wars in Germany and the UK on glitzy French ensemble piece Eight Women (Huit Femmes) lit up an otherwise sluggish market as the Berlinale moved into its second week.Prices for the German rights were said to have risen to as much as $1m on Eight Women, which was ...
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Harry strides past $600m in international b.o.
Warner Bros' HarryPotter & The Sorcerer's Stone aka Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone crossed the $600m mark at the international boxoffice over the weekend, becoming only the second film in history to do so afterTitanic. The film is now poisedto become the third highest worldwide grosser in history, with ...
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CDP's Winterstern named chairman of Signpost Films
HenryWinterstern, the co-founder and managing partner of Canada's CDP CapitalEntertainment, has been appointed chairman of the board at Stewart Till'snew company Signpost Films. He will play an integral role in identifyingstrategic partners and providing deal expertise for Signpost.Signpost is backed by CDPCapital Communications (a member of fund management group CDP ...
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Arnie does some damage at lowkey box office
Three critically lambastednew entries topped the North American box office over the weekend and it wasnot a spectacular one, down some 22% on the same weekend last year when Hannibal made its record-breaking debut.At the top of the heap withan estimated $15.2m was Collateral Damage, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starrer from Warner ...
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Screen International's latest Berlinale news
A round-up of the latest news taken from the Screen International Berlinale dailies - the official festival magazine.For previous stories and a full listing of the films in the main sections of the festival - type: Berlinale into the search bar at the top of the screendaily homepage.Kevin Spacey plans ...
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Blasco named president of Spain's Antena 3 TV
Spanish media group Admira Media, filial of telecoms giant Telefonica, has appointed Luis Blasco the new president of holding Antena 3 Television.Blasco, a former CEO of Radio Espana, will also act as vice president of Admira under president Luis Abril, who replaced Juan Jose Nieto in January.Jose Antonio Sanchez, a ...
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Scottish shorts scheme expands to features
The New Found Land short film scheme is to expand its remit and fund two features. The joint initiative between Scottish Screen, Scottish TV and Grampian TV is now in its third year and annually funds six half-hour dramas shot on digital and intended for television transmission and Festival exposure. ...