All Screen articles in 9 June 2000

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  • News

    Terra shareholders approve capital increase

    2000-06-09T17:47:00Z

    Shareholders of Telefonica Internet subsidiary Terra approved a Euros761m amplification of capital on Thursday (June 8) which will allow the company to complete its proposed 100% buy-out of US portal Lycos. The new company, Terra Lycos, will have corporate centres in Barcelona, Boston and Miami."With Lycos, we are creating a ...

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    Davenport joins Wiest in cast of Not Afraid

    2000-06-09T17:45:00Z

    Jack Davenport, Elsa Zylberstein, Miriam Margolyes and Michael Weir have joined double Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest in the cast of Not Afraid, Not Afraid.The story of the burgeoning relationship between a handicapped boy and his hostile grandmother has just started shooting in Dublin. Annette Carducci is directing from a ...

  • News

    Gil to sing with Hamilton in Lolafilms' Off Key

    2000-06-09T17:39:00Z

    Spanish actress Ariadna Gil and Italy's Anna Galiena and Claudia Gerini have joined the cast of English-language comedy Off Key from Spanish production house Lolafilms.The film stars Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton and Danny Aiello as three opera stars whose love-hate relationship comes to a head during an explosive weekend together ...

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    Ecosse makes US move with Kerr, Chaplin projects

    2000-06-09T17:34:00Z

    Ecosse Films, the production outfit behind Mrs Brown and FilmFour and Warner Bros' upcoming $20m Charlotte Gray, is heading for the US.Launching full-scale into developing large-budget projects, the UK company is funding development on two US-set projects: $30m-plus Stick Shaker and $25m Helen's Boy.Ecosse has commissioned popular thriller novelist Philip ...

  • Reviews

    Peppermint Candy

    2000-06-09T16:29:00Z

    Dir: Lee Chang-Dong, South Korea 1999. 125 mins.Prod co: East Film. Int'l sales: Cineclick (+82 2 577 6694). Prod: Myung Kaynam. Scr: Lee Chang-Dong. DoP: Kim Hyung-Gu. Prod des: Park Il-Hyun. Ed: Kim Hyun. Music: Lee Jae-Jin. Main cast: Sol Kyung-Gu, Moon So-Ri, Kim Yeo-Jin.South Korean cinema is in fine ...

  • Reviews

    Happy End

    2000-06-09T16:25:00Z

    Dir: Ji-Woo Jung. South Korea, 2000. 93 mins.Prod co: Myung Film Co. Co-prod: Seoul Movie. Int'l sales: CJ Entertainment (+82 2 726 8488). Prod: Eun Lee. Scr: Ji-Woo Jung. DoP: Woo-Hyung Kim. Prod des: Sang-Mahn Kim. Editor: Hyung Kim, Yong-Soo Kim. Music: Young-Wook Cho, Kyu-Yang Kim. Main cast: Min-Shik Choi ...

  • Reviews

    Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros)

    2000-06-09T16:21:00Z

    Dir: Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu. Mexico. 2000. 151 mins.Prod co: Altavista Films. Co-prod: Zeta Films. Int'l sales: Lions Gate Films (+1 323 692 7300). Prods: Martina Sosa, Francisco Gonzalez Complean. Scr: Guillermo Arriaga. DoP: Rodrigo Prieto. Eds: Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Luis Carballar, Fernando Perez Unda. Music: Gustavo Santaolella. Main cast: Emilio ...

  • News

    American Psycho to open Fantasy Filmfest

    2000-06-09T14:47:00Z

    Mary Harron's American Psycho, starring Christian Bale, will be the opening film at this year's Fantasy Filmfest in Germany.The peripatetic festival for genre and thriller titles, held from July 26 to August 23, will tour through Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin. James Wong's darkly comic Final Destination closes ...

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    Netherlands launches Internet film festival

    2000-06-09T14:46:00Z

    The Netherlands Film Festival (September 20-29) is launching a virtual event - the Netherlands Internet Film Festival - which is designed to give greater exposure to Dutch film-makers.Starting from June 29, up to 21 short to medium-length films will be webcast each week on the festival's web-site (www.filmfestival.nl), seven in ...

  • News

    Per Holst appointed chair of European Film College

    2000-06-09T14:40:00Z

    Per Holst, Danish veteran producer and creative director of Scandinavian major Nordisk Film, has been appointed chairman of the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark. "We have to give our young film-making talent more and better opportunities if we are sustain the positive flow we're experiencing now," said Holst.Holst, who ...

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    Babelsberg production chief slams German tax laws

    2000-06-09T14:37:00Z

    Studio Babelsberg's managing director for production, Rainer Schaper, called for changes to German tax legislation during a speech at this week's Media Forum NRW in Cologne.Schaper criticised current laws under which non-German talent is taxed when shooting in the country. Earlier this year, Schaper successfully beat off rival bids to ...

  • News

    India, Hungary line up two co-productions

    2000-06-09T14:34:00Z

    Indian film-maker Ramesh Sharma is set to produce and direct a biopic of Hungarian scientist Sandor Korosi Csoma, one of two Indian-Hungarian co-productions set to shoot early next year. Transylvanian writer Laszlo Csiki and Geza Bethlenfalvy, an expert on Korosi Csoma's work, are scripting the project which will follow the ...

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    Cinemex extends Mexican reach with GCM acquisition

    2000-06-09T14:25:00Z

    Mexico City's leading exhibitor, Grupo Cinemex, has expanded beyond the capital's borders by acquiring 100% of General Cinema Mexico (GCM), an alliance between General Cinema International and Fondo Optima. By pouncing on GCM's five cinemas and 62 screens - located in Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Leon and Aguascalientes - the ...

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    Tom Quinn promoted at Samuel Goldwyn Films

    2000-06-09T01:13:00Z

    Tom Quinn has been named director of acquisitions for Samuel Goldwyn Films and will relocate to the company's New York office immediately. Quinn joined Goldwyn in 1997 as manager of production and acquisitions; prior to that he was executive assistant to Samuel Goldwyn Jr and worked in publicity for the ...

  • News

    Bony to replace Lupfer at TPS Cinema

    2000-06-08T16:24:00Z

    Philippe Bony has been named general manager of TPS Cinema, replacing Didier Lupfer, who has moved over to rival pay-TV operator Canal Plus (Screendaily, June 2).In his new role, Bony will head digital satellite operator TPS' four film-themed channels, which include Cinestar 1 and 2, Cinefaz and classic movie channel ...

  • News

    TF1 forms holding company for digital operations

    2000-06-08T16:22:00Z

    French free TV broadcaster TF1 is to create a holding company, TF1 Digital, which will group all of its digital TV operations.The move is seen as evidence of the broadcaster's intention to step up its involvement in the pay-TV sector and prepare for the future launch of digital terrestrial broadcasting ...

  • News

    Cineart lines up Cowards adaptation

    2000-06-08T16:19:00Z

    Prague-based production company Cineart is developing an adaptation of acclaimed novel The Cowards by Czech writer Josef Skvorecky.Vladimir Michalek, who was awarded 10 Czech Lions for his 1998 Sekal Has To Die, is writing and will direct the project which is scheduled to start shooting in May 2001. Czech Television ...

  • News

    Canal Plus loses appeal against fine

    2000-06-08T16:15:00Z

    Canal Plus has lost its appeal against a $1.5m (FFr10m) fine imposed by the highest French court for unfair competition practices against rival Television Par Satellite (TPS) with regard to pay-per-view rights.The judgement followed a complaint filed by TPS last year that Canal Plus was preventing French film producers from ...

  • Reviews

    Such Is Life (Asi Es La Vida)

    2000-06-08T16:04:00Z

    Dir: Arturo Ripstein. Mexico-France-Spain. 2000. 98mins.Prod Co: Filmania, Gardenia, Foprocine, Wanda Vision, DMVB Films, Seceuncia 13. Int'l Sales: World Sales. Prods: Laura Imperiale, Jorge Sanchez, Alvaro Garnica. Assoc prods: Jose Maria Morales, Thierry Forte. Scr: Paz Alicia Garciadiego inspired by Seneca's Medea. DoP: Guillermo Granillo. Prod des: Claudio Contreras. Ed: ...

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    Gangster No. 1

    2000-06-08T16:01:00Z

    Dir: Paul McGuigan. UK. 2000. 105 mins.Prod Co: Pagoda Films. Int'l Sales: FilmFour. Prod: Norma Heyman, Jonathan Cavendish. Co-prods: Ulrich Felsberg, Nicky Kentish-Barnes. Exec prod: Peter Bowles. Scr: Johnny Ferguson. DoP: Peter Sova. Ed: Andrew Hulme. Prod des: Richard Bridgland. Mus: John Dankworth. Main cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul ...