All Screen articles in 1 October 2004 – Page 2
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Bavaria takes on (T)Raumschiff Surprise sales
Bavaria Film International will handle theinternational sales for Michael "Bully" Herbig's local blockbuster (T)RaumschiffSurprise - Period 1 which has been seen by over nine million cinema-goersin Germany this year. It is currently the territory's most successful releasewith a box-office gross of over Euros 50m.The sci-fi spoof will have its market ...
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Pons' Idiot benefits from Spanish Euros 40m fund
Ventura Pons' Idiot Loveand Eduard Cortes' Other Days Will Come are two of the feature films setto receive backing from a Euros 40m fund created by Sogecable and CatalanTelevision (TVC).The projects form part ofthe first Euros 4m earmarked from the fund, 50% of the anticipated investmentthis year. Four TV movies ...
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Askin leaves Pandora to head 2929 International
Shebnem Askinhas been appointed head of 2929 International, the fledgling internationalsales arm of Los Angeles-based 2929 Entertainment owned by the billionaire duoTodd Wagner and Mark Cuban.Askin, who arrivesfrom Pandora/Gaylord Films, will handle worldwide sales on the theatrical outputof 2929 Productions and HDNet Films, the sister companies owned by 2929Entertainment.The appointmentmarks ...
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House Keys to represent Italy at the Oscars
Italy has selected Gianni Amelio's drama, The House Keys, as its candidate for theforeign-language category of the next Academy Awards.The film, which focuses on the relationship between a fatherand the disabled 15-year-old son he meets for the first time, premiered incompetition at this year's Venice Film Festival. Kim Rossi Stuart, ...
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Three Extremes
Dirs: Fruit Chan, ParkChan-Wook, Takashi Miike. HK-Jap-S Kor. 2004. 127mins.The second of twothree-part omnibus films at this year's Venice Film Festival (the other was theWong Kar-Wai/Soderbergh/Antonioni collaboration Eros), Three Extremes is a tasty showpiece forthree of Asia's hottest directors. In market terms, they are a well-chosen trio- far more so ...
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Crash
Dir:Paul Haggis. US. 2004. 100mins.Whilethe mini-genre it occupies - multi-storylined ensemble pieces aboutdysfunctional life in southern California - is already well-established (see ShortCuts, Magnolia), Crash is a superb, sometimes literallybreath-taking new addition to this august group.First-timefeature director Paul Haggis (a native of Canada who has lived in Los Angelesfor a ...
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Bidders jockey for UK development cash
Patrick Wachsberger's SummitEntertainment, French major Pathe and US distributor Newmarket Films areamongst the indie players who ended a frantic round of marriages today, thedeadline day for the UK Film Council's slate deals.The roll call of consortiaaiming to win long-term development cash from the Government-backed supportbody is understood to run to ...
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ROMANIA 30 September
Veteran Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu's latestproduction, Orient Express was thetalk of the town last week opening with a total of nearly 9,000 admissions. Thehistorical drama released by MediaPro Film Distribution opened on seven printsjust like Hollywood production TheChronicles Of Riddick and was only defeated by less than one thousandadmissions to ...
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NORDIC Production Listings - 30 September
NORDIC LISTINGS - SEPTEMBER 29DENMARKIN PRE-PRODUCTIONAMAZON JACK 3 [Jungledyret Hugo - fraek som altid](PH3)Co-prod: Nordisk Film Norway. Backers: Danish Film Institute, Norwegian FilmFund. The third installment in the popular animated feature series about AmazonJack. Prod:Per Holst. Co-prod: Aage Aaberge. Dir: Flemming Quist Moeller, Anders Soerensen,Joergen Lerdam. Scr: Flemming Quist Moeller. ...
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ITALY 30 September
Spider-Man 2remained firmly at the top of the Italian box office in its second week,further distancing its nearest competitors even though its earnings were down44% on its staggering opening.Meanwhile, the weekend saw three new Italian films onrelease. Paolo Sorrentino's Cannes competition film The Consequences Of Love, opened on 75 screens, ...
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FRANCE 30 September
Agnes Jaoui's Cannes crowd pleaser Comme Une Image opened with a stunning per screen average of $9,472 to debut at number one this week.The film knocked Steven Spielberg's The Terminal down to the number 2 spot for a two week cumulative score of $5.4m.Claude Lelouch's Les Parisiens got a 32% ...
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Taiwan selects 20:30:40 as foreign-language Oscar entry
Taiwan has selected Sylvia Chang's 20:30:40 as its entry for the foreign-language category of nextyear's Academy Awards.The romantic drama, which follows three women aged 20, 30and 40 as they grapple with modern-day relationships, screened in competitionat this year's Berlin International Film Festival. It opened in Taiwan inFebruary and was a ...
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US studios return to tap German funds
20th Century Fox, New Line and Universal Studiosare looking to benefit once more from three new placements by German privatemedia funds this autumn.German fund specialist DCM Deutsche CapitalManagement (DCM) is launching a new fund to raise Euros 150m for projects to beproduced at 20th Century Fox.DCM has previously collaborated withInternationalmedia ...
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Hollywood Film Festival has Neverland, Bobby Long
The 2004Hollywood Film Festival will open on Oct 12 with the world premiere of WendyApple's film editing documentary The Cutting Edge and closes on Oct 17 with the USpremiere of Shainee Gabel's family drama A Love Song For Bobby Long starring John Travolta and ScarlettJohansson.All in all 16world premieres and ...
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BBC Films sprinkles comic talent on Confetti
A host of leading newcomedic talent has lined up for Confetti,a mockumentary-style comedy that started shooting this month for BBC Films.Directed by Debbie Isitt,best known for hit TV series NastyNeighbours, the cast is headed by Martin Freeman from TV show The Office and Jessica Stevenson, whosecredits include Shaun Of The ...
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Campfire burns brightly at Israeli Film Awards
Josef Cedar's Campfire,a coming of age story and a portrait of the right wing settlers on the WestBank and their less than idealistic motivations, picked up five of the topawards at the Israeli Film Academy at its annual ceremony on September 27.Campfire will now automatically go forward asIsrael's submission to ...
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Dealer hits jackpot at Athens festival
Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf's Dealer wasnamed best film at the 10th Athens International FilmFestival-Opening Nights which wrapped on Sept 27 with the out of competitiongala presentation of Steven Spielberg's The Terminal.The festival kicked off on Sept 17 with the presentation ofMichael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. One hundred and forty films, up ...
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Arclight takes on sales to Devlin's Librarian TV movie
Arclight Filmshas acquired international sales rights to action adventure The Librarian, the first television feature to beproduced by Dean Devlin, who created Stargate and wrote Independence Day and Universal Soldier.Arclight willrepresent The Librarianat Mipcom and AFM and it will be broadcast in the US on Dec 5 on Turner NetworkTelevision.Directed ...
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Mainframe to produce CGI animated feature with Tony Hawk
Vancouver-based MainframeEntertainment has entered into an agreement with celebrity skateboarder TonyHawk to produce a CGI animated feature.Tentatively titled TonyHawk in "Boom Boom Goes The Circus",the direct-to-video release will be handled worldwide by Mainframe's majorshareholder IDT Entertainment. IDT Entertainment is a subsidiary of NewJersey-based IDT Corporation, an international telecom, entertainment andtechnology ...
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Team America gets after-hours opening slot at Denver
Trey Parker andMatt Stone's marionette terrorism satire Team America: World Police has landed a unique screening slot atthe upcoming 27th Starz Denver International Film Festival.The picturebecomes the first ever opening night after-hours special and will screen after Ray, the official opening night selection,on Oct 14. Paramount plans to release Team ...