All Screen articles in 21 November 2000
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Deckter named vp, int'l sales at Morgan Creek
Jonathan Deckter has been named vice president of international sales at Morgan Creek International, reporting directly to Howard Kaplan, president of Morgan Creek International.Deckter was formerly an account manager in the advertising department of LA-based trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter and prior to that served as a consultant to companies ...
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Kodak, Shanghai Film & TV build Shanghai multiplex
The Shanghai Film & TV Group and Kodak (China) Ltd are teaming up to open a multiplex - named Kodak CinemaWorld - in Shanghai, China, early next year. The four-screen complex will be located in the Xujiahui Metro Entertainment Centre in the city's commercial district.The multiplex sits alongside a shopping ...
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Terrorist drama sweeps board at Israeli Oscars
Josef Cedar's Time Of Favour (Hahesder), a topical drama about a paramilitary Jewish organisation that attempts to blow up the El Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, won six prizes at the Israeli Film and TV Academy Awards on Tuesday night, including best film and best script.The Cinema Factory production now automatically ...
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Vivendi to break links with News Corp
Vivendi has called off its attempt to establish a long-term alliance with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.Vivendi chief executive Jean-Marie Messier, in an interview with the UK's Financial Times, said that severing the difficult relationship with News Corp would be of benefit to the complicated merger that Vivendi is engineering with ...
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Dr Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Dir: Ron Howard. US. 2000.Prod co: Imagine Entertainment. US dist: Universal Pictures. Int'l dist: UIP. Executive producer: Todd Hallowell. Prod: Brian Grazer. Scr: Jeffrey Price, Peter S Seaman, from the book by Dr Seuss. DoP: Don Peterman. Prod des: Michael Corenblith. Eds: Daniel P Hanley, Michael J. Hill, Mike Hill. ...
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Mediaset posts 26% jump in nine-month profits
Mediaset's gross profits increased by 25.9% to Euros481m in the first nine months of 2000, on net turnover up 16.4% to Euros1.68bn. Advertising revenue was up 14.1%.The Silvio Berlusconi-owned broadcaster also said its three broadcasting channels, Rete 4, Canale 5 and Italia 1, registered a 42.5% audience share for the ...
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Smithies confirmed as Cinemedia CEO
Victoria's state government agency Cinemedia, based in Melbourne, has finally confirmed that John Smithies has signed a 12-month contract as CEO. The former deputy director had been acting in this crucial role since Jenifer Hooks left the post in February this year. Smithies has the twin challenges of responding to ...
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ScreenCorp, Unity set sail with Batavia
Sydney-based Screen Corporation Ltd (ScreenCorp) is partnering with Michael Cerenzie's LA-based company Unity Productions for its first project, titled Batavia. The bloodthirsty epic adventure is based on the real events that occurred after the sinking of the Dutch United East India Company ship of the same name off the coast ...
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AFC to test development scheme with Bennelong
Development agency the Australian Film Commission (AFC) will finally be able to test its "matched" development scheme on Bennelong, an epic tale to be directed by Bill Bennett and set soon after the arrival of Europeans in Australia. The scheme aims to find extra sources of much-needed development cash by ...
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EIB set to unveil audiovisual fund
Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture and Audiovisual Policy, has announced that the EU's European Investment Bank (EIB) will unveil details of a venture capital fund for film and TV production within the next two weeks.The fund, which was anticipated (ScreenDaily, October 6), will be used to leverage ...
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SBS appoints Tellenbach as COO
Markus Tellenbach, whose departure from KirchPayTV was announced only two weeks ago, has been appointed chief operating officer of SBS Broadcasting.Tellenbach will start his new job from March 1. He succeeds Howard "Woody" Knight, who will remain SBS' vice chairman and focus on strategy, financing and acquisitions. "Markus is a ...
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Australia's Nine Network to invest in film
On the eve of Australia's annual producers conference, Kerry Packer's Nine Network has announced that it intends to commission a slate of feature films and is currently seeking both developed proposals and new strategic relationships to facilitate the plan.The enterprise is to be headed by Nine drama director Kris Noble ...
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Moulin Rouge boosts Oz production
The total value of features made in Australia in the 12 months to June 30, 2000 rose 7% to $66m (A$127m), compared to $62m (A$119m) the previous year, according to the Australian Film Commission (AFC). The rise was mostly due to the impact of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge which is ...
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Winchester plots Millennium gem heist
The UK's Winchester Films is readying a feature about this month's audacious diamond raid on the Millennium Dome in London - only this time the robbers get away with it.Producer Mark Thomas, Winchester's point person for UK films, has copyrighted a six-page treatment he wrote on the day of the ...
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Indian film star Rajkumar released by bandit
Indian film star Rajkumar has finally been released by bandit king Veerappan after 108 days in captivity in the jungles of the southern state of Karnataka.The 72-year-old actor's fans let off fireworks and handed out sweets in the streets of Bangalore when they heard of his release. The news of ...
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Kushner-Locke strikes longterm deal with ALWAYSi
The Kushner-Locke Co has established a longterm partnership with San Francisco-based internet entertainment outfit ALWAYSi whereby it will distribute films represented by ALWAYSi in traditional offline channels.Kushner-Locke will license the brand ALWAYSi True American Independent Cinema in international markets, creating a path from online film exhibition at ALWAYSi's website (alwaysi.com) ...
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Jarmus, Schuman named heads of Universal Int'l TV
Steven Jarmus and Philip Schuman have been named co-presidents of Universal International Television, overseeing the distribution of all Universal feature films globally in all forms of television (pay-TV, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, non-theatrical, broadcast, satellite-to-home, basic cable) as well as Universal's TV programming internationally.They are also responsible for the international distribution of ...
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The Secret
Dir: Virginie Wagon. France. 2000. 107mins.Prod cos: Productions Bagheera, France 3 Cinema, Diaphana Films. Int'l sales: Mercure Distribution, tel: (33) 1 44 108 844. Exec prod: Francois Marquis. Scr: Wagon, Erick Zonca. DoP: Jean-Marc Fabre. Ed: Yannick Kergoat. Prod des: Brigitte Brassart. Sound: Ludovic Henault, Stephane Thiebaut. Cost des: Brigitte ...
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Platform
Dir: Jia Zhang-ke. Hong Kong-Japan-France. 2000. 192mins.Prod co: Hu Tong Communications (HK). Int'l sales: Flach Pyramide International, tel: (33) 1 42 96 02 20. Prods: Li Kit-ming, Shozo Ichiyama. Scr: Jia Zhang-ke. DoP: Yu Lik-wai. Ed: Kong jing-lei. Prod des: Qui Sheng. Music: Joshihiro Hanno. Main cast: Wang Hong-wei, Zhao ...
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StudioCanal, Classic board Angelopoulos trilogy
France's StudioCanal and Italian production outfit Classic Films will co-produce Theo Angelopoulos' $20m epic trilogy about Greek exiles, the first of which, The Weeping Field, is set to star Harvey Keitel.The Weeping Field, which is based on a short story by Italian scriptwriter Tonino Guerra, is scheduled to shoot in ...