• Soul Power
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    Soul Power

    2008-09-17T01:05:00Z

    Dir. Jeffrey Levy-Hinte. US. 2008. 93 mins.Jeffrey Levy-Hinte became obsessed with outtakes from Leon Gast’sWhen We Were Kings(1995) when he was editing it. The documentary about the famed ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ boxing match in which Muhammed Ali upset George Foreman 34 years ago in what ...

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    Sony Classics takes North and Latin America on Soul Power

    2008-11-04T21:32:00Z

    Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has picked up North American and Latin American rights from Submarine Entertainment to Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's documentary Soul Power following its world premiere at Toronto.Soul Power chronicles the 12-hour Zaire '74 R&B concert in Kinshasa, Zaire, in 1974 that played concurrently with the infamous Rumble In The ...

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    Eureka takes UK rights to Soul Power from Celluloid Dreams

    2009-02-27T11:22:00Z

    London-based Eureka Entertainment has acquired the UK rights to Soul Power from Celluloid Dreams.Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's documentary about the famous 1974 R&B concert in Kinshasa, Zaire, had its world premiere at Toronto 2008. Sony Pictures Classics picked up North American and Latin American rights.Levy-Hinte produced with David Sonenberg and Leon Gast.The ...

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    Celluloid takes international to Soul Power, Ocean buys France

    2008-09-07T20:50:00Z

    Celluloid Dreams has acquired all international rights from Submarine to Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's documentary Soul Power following its world premiere here and has concluded a deal in France with Ocean.Celluloid is weighing up other offers from the UK and Australia, among others, and expects to close further deals this week. Submarine ...

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    Toronto reviews

    2008-09-04T14:37:00Z

    Gala PresentationsBurn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)Dean Spanley (Toa Fraser)The Duchess (Saul Dibb)Fifty Dead Men Walking (Kari Skogland)La Fille De Monaco (Anne Fontaine)The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Jodie Markell)Nothing But The Truth (Rod Lurie)One Week (Michael McGowan)The Other Man (Richard Eyre)Passchendaele (Paul Gross)Pride And Glory (Gavin O'Connor)Rachel Getting ...

  • October Country, Mugabe take top awards at Silverdocs
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    October Country, Mugabe take top awards at Silverdocs

    2009-06-20T23:55:00Z

    Silverdocs, the AFI/Discover Channel Documentary Festival, has given out $80,000 in prizes along with its top awards this afternoon.

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    Khlebnikov, Schipper, Ottinger and Lom premieres at Berlinale Forum

    2009-01-19T15:09:00Z

    World premieres of new films by Boris Khlebnikov, Sebastian Schipper, Ulrike Ottinger and Petr Lom have been confirmed as the Berlinale's Forum section finalises its 2009 line-up of 48 films from 31 countries. Russian filmmaker Khlebnikov's Help Gone Mad about the adventures of a Byelorussian migrant coming to Moscow to ...

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    Toronto: The Buzz Films

    2008-08-29T07:19:00Z

    THE BUZZ FILMSGALA PRESENTATIONSDean Spanley (UK-NZ)Dir: Toa FraserThe story: Based on Lord Dunsany's novel My Talks With Dean Spanley, this charts the relationship between a stiff Englishman and his son.The cast: Peter O'Toole plays opposite Jeremy Northam as his son and Sam Neill as an eccentric dean.The buzz: A co-production ...

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    Buzz Films - Toronto 2008: the lowdown

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    GALA PRESENTATIONSDean Spanley (UK-NZ)Dir: Toa FraserThe story: Based on Lord Dunsany's novel My Talks With Dean Spanley, this charts the relationship between a stiff Englishman and his son.The cast: Peter O'Toole plays opposite Jeremy Northam as his son and Sam Neill as an eccentric dean.The buzz: A co-production between New ...