All Screen articles in 5 December 2004
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Chinese Mountain Patrol rides off with Golden Horse
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, the second feature by Chinese director Lu Chuan, beat WongKar-wai's's 2046 to thebest film prize at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, which showcases filmsfrom Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.A bleak portrayal of life on a Tibetan plateau, it is thefirst entry from China to win the top prize ...
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Jecmen promoted to senior vp, legal finance, at MGM
Judith A Jecmen has beenpromoted to senior vice president of legal finance at MGM.'Judith is an integralmember of the business affairs team," MGM's executive vice president ofbusiness affairs Jonathan Bader, to whom Jecmen will report, said in astatement.'She is incrediblyversatile. She has the unique ability to handle the most complicated ...
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Odeon unveils Phantom Eurostar deal
The UK's Odeon Cinemas, the territory's biggestexhibitor, is partnering with train operator Eurostar to offer audiences forthe film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera a chance toget two-for-one rail tickets to Paris where the musical is set.FromDec 10, when the film debuts across the UK, anyone ...
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BVITV renews Star Group feature film deal
BuenaVista International Television - Asia Pacific has renewed its existingmulti-year agreement with News Corp's Star Group for feature films. The dealwas announced during the three-day Asia Film Market/Asia Television Forum (AFM/ATM) inSingapore, which closes on Dec 3.The deal,announced by BVITV-AP vice president and general manager Steve Macallister andStar COO Steve ...
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Blade: Trinity
Dir:David S Goyer. US. 2004. 114mins.There'sas much joke cracking as blood sucking in the third episode of New Line'ssolidly successful Blade franchise, a young-skewing horror outing withWesley Snipes again starring as the titular Marvel Comics vampire slayer.Theraunchy humour, together with some boisterous action and a coven of newcharacters, gives the ...
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Liberia wins IDA's Courage Under Fire award
Jonathan Stackand James Brabazon will receive the International Documentary Association's(IDA) Courage Under Fire Award for Liberia: An Uncivil War.The picture charts a crucial time in the political life ofthe West African nation in summer 2003 as a rebel army comprising indigenousLiberians attempts to overthrow the government of then-president CharlesTaylor.It recently ...
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LaMarre's urban western Click starts shooting for Sony
Production began in LosAngeles this week on Jean Claude LaMarre's urban western Click, starring the rappers Wyclef and Kurupt and DavidCarradine.Set at the end of the CivilWar, Click follows the turbulent journey of a group of outlaws who bandtogether to rob the town bank, despite the best efforts of a ...
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Bridget to hit Germany, Incredibles to land in Japan
Universal's BridgetJones: The Edge Of Reason and BuenaVista International's (BVI) The Incredibles should both pass $100m at the international boxoffice this weekend with a handful of major launches and strong holdoversexpected elsewhere.Bridget opened in Germany through UIP on Dec 2 on 765prints, and goes out in Brazil on Dec 3 ...
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The Aviator
Dir: Martin Scorsese. US.2004. 169 mins. He's perhaps best knownas a nutty old recluse, but it's the younger Howard Hughes, the ambitious movieproducer, industrialist and aviation pioneer, that interests Martin Scorseseand Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator, their epic period biopic forMiramax, Warner and Initial Entertainment Group. Director and star paint ...
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FRANCE 3 December
The Incredibles overwhelmingly grabbed first place in its debut week with 1,404,006admissions knocking Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement down tothird place behind Gerard Depardieu/Daniel Auteil cop drama 36, Quai DesOrfevres which brought in 652,148 moviegoers in its first week.Bertrand Tavernier's adoption themedHoly Lola came in at number four with ...
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Sideways named best feature at Gothams
Alexander Payne's Sideways won the best feature award at IFP/New York's 14thAnnual Gothams Awards last night (1) and The Agronomist, Jonathan Demme's documentary about the Haitiancivil rights leader Jean Dominique, took top documentary honours.Breakthrough actor honourswent to Catalina Sandino Moreno for her role in Maria Full Of Grace, while that ...
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Senator picks up German rights to Rings parody
Germany's Senator Film Verleih has picked up theGerman rights for the Swiss Lord Of The Rings parody, The Ring Thing,ahead of its world premiere in German-speaking Switzerland by the local outpostof Buena Vista International (BVI) on December 16.According to the film's producer Kristian Widmerof Condor Communications, which produced the film ...
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NonStop deals for Sayles' Silver
Two months after acquiring the international distribution rights for USindie director John Sayles' latest feature Silver City,Scandinavian-based sales agent NonStop Sales has landed multiple deals on thefilm worldwide.In the past few weeks NonStop Sales has signed all rights agreementswith California Films for Brazil, Pacific Marketing and Entertainment forThailand, Bir Film ...
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UK industry on tenterhooks over tax D-Day
The British productionsector is on tenterhooks ahead of a widely-anticipated clamp down on tax fundsin today's pre-budget report.Producers have been fearingthe worst since a dressing-down from the Inland Revenue last week in whichfilmmakers were attacked for abuses including so-called double dipping undertax support mechanism Section 48.Support body the UK FilmCouncil ...
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Court sentences Japanese film pirate
AJapanese man has received a one year prison sentence for making Hollywoodfilms available over the internet.However, the sentence was suspended for three years, meaning that if he behaves himself during that time, he will not have to serve the one-year sentence.Ina case expected to influence the prosecution of film piracy ...
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Eurimages celebrates Nocturna support
Nocturna, byVictor Maldonado and Adrian Garcia, has become the thousandth co-production towin support from Eurimages, the Council of Europe fund for the co-production,distribution and exhibition of European films.Ananimated film for children, Nocturna is co-produced by Spain, France andGreat Britain."I am particularly pleased that, the coincidence ofbeing the 1,000th co-production to ...
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French film-makers call for subsidy overhaul
French film industryprofessionals responded favorably on Wednesday to a request made by cultureminister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres calling for a dialogue on rules surroundingthe country's film subsidy system.On Tuesday, Donnedieu de Vabresasked Catherine Colonna, president of French film body the CNC, to opendiscussions with industry groups with the aim of ...
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Giant screen bonanza for Polar Express
ThePolar Express: An Imax 3D Experience, thelarge-format version of the Warner Bros/Castle Rock animated feature, hasbroken several records in its North American giant-screen outing.Itslatest three-day weekend gross was an estimated $2.75m, 30% more than itsopening weekend, breaking its own record. Playing on 61 screens, the filmscored an estimated per screen ...
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Six-way co-production for Austrian Headsman
As so often in the Austrianfilm scene, the idea for the medieval adventure story Henker(provisionally known in English as The Headsman) was born in a Viennacoffee house when screenwriter Susanne Freund pitched the story idea toproducer Helmut Grasser of Allegro Film 4-5 years ago.Once a treatment had beenprepared, they started ...
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Doc Hollywood Kidz signs first-look deal with Arclight
Family-oriented film companyDoc Hollywood Kidz (DHYK) has signed a first-look deal with Gary Hamilton'sinternational sales outfit Arclight Films.Under the agreement Arclightwill provide consulting services and may finance some projects."Working with Arclight willallow Doc Hollywood Kidz to stay at the forefront of the industry in pickingthe right material to develop, produce ...