All Screen articles in 8 March 2002
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On The Road To Emmaus
Dir: Markku Polonen. Finland. 2001. 77mins.Markku Polonen has been on Finland's film-making scene for nearly two decades, but On The Road To Emmaus buzzes with the irrepressible anarchic spirit of a first or second feature. Premiered in Helsinki last October, the film had local critics calling Polonen a Finnish Fellini ...
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Italy's Eagle swoops on two-picture Mandalay deal
Eagle Pictures, the fast-expanding film and TV outfit based in Rome and Milan, has struck a two picture deal with Mandalay Pictures, the Paramount-based independent headed by Peter Guber. Mandalay had previously licensed movies in Italy through Cecchi Gori Pictures and more recently Medusa Film. Under the deal, Eagle has ...
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Acting surprises at Cesars but Amelie wins top two
Despite taking the awards for best film and director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie failed to dominate Saturday's French Cesar awards as expected, winning in four categories out of its 13 nominations.While Amelie's star, Audrey Tautou, has been widely recognised as a talent to watch and was generally considered the favourite for ...
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Ster Century Europe sells three national circuits
South African Media Group Primedia and Kersaf Investments have sold their cinema interests, Ster Century Europe, in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia for $18.5m.The cinemas were bought by UCI Central Europe BV, a joint venture between United Cinemas International (UCI) and venture capital and private equity fund Argus Capital ...
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Kuhn fund to raise Euros 99m for 10-picture slate
With its first project Sin Eater, now in production (Screen Daily, March 1), Michael Kuhn's German-based media investment fund N1 European Film Produktions-GmbH & Co KG (N1 EFP) is planning to raise Euros 99 m by the end of 2002 to invest in the development and production of 10 English-language ...
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Hong Kong cinema ticket promotion backfires
A price promotion by the two largest theatre chains in Hong Kong backfired when movie-goers were charged full price for the most popular films.On February 25, UA and Broadway cinemas announced a four week promotion for Tuesdays and Wednesdays where tickets would be reduced by as much as $6.40 (HK$50) ...
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Fausto and Sorum are Fantasporto favourites
Spain's Fausto 5.0 and South Korea's Sorum walked away the big winners of the 22nd annual edition of Portugal's fantasy and sci-fi oriented Oporto International Film Festival (Feb 22-Mar 3), better known as Fantasporto.Fausto 5.0, directed by Isidro Ortiz, Allex Olle and Carlos Padrissa, took home the official Fantasy section's ...
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Antitrust authority blocks Stream/Telepiu sale
Italy's Antitrust Authority has frozen the deal which would have seen Rupert Murdoch's News Corp sell Italian pay-tv platform Stream to Vivendi Universal. The two media giants reached an agreement last month after News Corp bought Telecom Italia's 50% share of Stream for Euros 48m. The move enabled News Corp, ...
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We Were Soldiers tops chart for Paramount and Icon
Mel Gibson's star shone bright at the North American box office over the weekend as We Were Soldiers, his latest war epic financed by his own company Icon Entertainment with Paramount Pictures, opened at the number one spot with $20.2m. Gibson stars as Lt Col Hal Moore, on whose book ...
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PGA votes for Moulin Rouge, WGA Park, Mind
Two more talent guilds dished out their annual awards over the weekend, adding fuel to speculation about which films will take home Academy Awards later this month. Last night (Sunday), the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) shook things up by naming Moulin Rouge its best picture of 2001 beating favourites ...
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BBC Films appoints Isabel Begg
BBC Films, the film arm of the UK public broadcaster, has appointed Isabel Begg, formerly head of UK business and legal affairs at Miramax, as head of business and legal affairs.Begg will report to Jane Wright, who has been promoted from head of business development to the new role of ...
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Intermedia/Spyglass merger cancelled
Intermedia and Spyglass Entertainment have called off their imminent merger, Intermedia announced on Monday in an ad hoc disclosure to Frankfurt's Neuer Markt.Intermedia said that Nigel Sinclair, Guy East and Moritz Borman will continue in their positions as co-chairmen of Intermedia. East and Sinclair had been expected to step down ...
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Rings grosses $6.8m from 2-day Japanese debut
Lord Of The Rings grossed a powerful $6.8m (Y900m) over its opening two-day weekend in Japan, recording 620,000 admissions from 600 screens. While impressive in itself, the film's debut weekend was nowhere near the level of business that Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone generated, which grossed a record $12.8m ...
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Intermedia shares crash after merger cancellation
Shares in Intermedia plummeted 65% on Monday after it cancelled a merger with production firm Spyglass Entertainment and slashed its earnings forecast.In an ad hoc disclosure to Frankfurt's Neuer Markt, the company said that Nigel Sinclair, Guy East and Moritz Borman will continue in their positions as co-chairmen of Intermedia. ...
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40 Days And 40 Nights
Dir: Michael Lehmann. US. 2002. 95mins.Stripping the military uniform that he valiantly wore in his last two screen roles (Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down) for sexier civilian clothes in his new romantic comedy proves to be a good idea for broadening the appeal of fast-rising star Josh Hartnett among ...
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Procacci launches Australian production outfit
Italian producer Domenico Procacci has announced the formation of Fandango Australia Pty Ltd, a new production entity combining both Australian and European financial sources. The first project to be made by the company will be Rolf de Heer's Alexandra's Project which will go into production later this month.The directors of ...
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Intermedia shares crash after merger cancellation
Intermedia saw two thirds of its value wiped out within hours on Monday after it cancelled its imminent merger with production firm Spyglass Entertainment and slashed its earnings forecast.Intermedia's Neuer Markt-listed stock fell as much as 66% before recovering slightly to Euros 7.21, down more than 62%. The company said ...
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Sex Up to become Columbia Germany's sixth
Florian Gaertner's screwball teenage comedy Sex Up will be the sixth local feature to be produced by Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion GmbH (DCPF), the German production arm of Columbia TriStar Film.DCPF's production partner on the project, which is being scripted by Gaertner with Jakob Hilpert (Kleine Kreise), will be Berlin-based ...
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El Deseo confirms My Life Without Me cast
The Almodovar brothers' Madrid-based production house El Deseo has confirmed casting on forthcoming English-language production My Life Without Me from director Isabel Coixet.Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Amanda Plummer and Deborah Harry are set to star in the $2.5m film, which begins shooting March 25 in Vancouver with Canada-based My Life ...
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Lauren Bacall hands out Denmark's Bodil Awards
Lauren Bacall was the guest of honour at Sunday's Bodil Awards in Denmark, where she handed the best film prize to director Ole Christian Madsen for Kira's Reason.Hollywood-legend Bacall was fresh off the shoot of Lars von Trier's Dogville, which wrapped on Friday in Sweden, and her presence added ...