All Screen articles in 1 September 2004 – Page 3
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Newmarket takes North American rights to three from Trust
Newmarket Filmshas acquired North American rights to a trio of Scandinavian pictures fromTrust Film Sales - Old, New, Borrowed And Blue, In Your Hands, and Daybreak.Natasha Arthy'sDanish bittersweet romantic comedy Old, New, Borrowed And Blue won the 2003 Grand Jury Award in the AFIFEST's International Feature Competition; it stars Sidse ...
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Ireland's cinema admissions hit all-time high
The largest player in the Irish cinema advertising market,Carlton Screen Advertising, has reported an all-time high of 1.9m admissions inthe Republic of Ireland for the month of July. This compares with 1.6madmissions for the same month last year, a rise of 18%.Shrek 2 and Spiderman 2, aided by some bad ...
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Simon to represent Netherlands at Academy Awards
Simon, the newfeature by director Eddy Terstall, has been selected as the Dutch entry for theOscars next year in the best foreign film category. The production will alsoopen the 24th Dutch Filmfestival on September 22.The film is produced by Imko Nieuwenhuijs for productionhouse Spaghetti Film. The screenplay is written by ...
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Spider-Man 2 makes history in Indonesia
ColumbiaTriStar's Spider-Man 2 has become the first film in Indonesia's history tocross the Rp21bn ($2.3m) mark, beating theprevious record of Rp20,982,496,000 set by 20thFox's Titanic in 1998.Thesequel clung onto the top spot for three consecutive weeks after it opened onJune 30 on 42 prints.Brett Hogg, Buena Vista Columbia TriStar general ...
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Foxx, Knightley, Shrek 2 join Hollywood Film Awards lineup
Jamie Foxx willreceive the Hollywood Breakthrough Male Performer Award and Keira Knightley theHollywood Breakthrough Female Performer Award at the 2004 Hollywood FilmAwards.DreamWorks'animated hit Shrek 2will be honoured with the Hollywood Animation Award at the awards gala on Oct18.Foxx currentlystars opposite Tom Cruise in the DreamWorks thriller Collateral and is already ...
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Russian fighter jet company backs $10m action film.
Russianmilitary aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi is backing a new $10m Russian actionmovie Mirror Wars starring MalcolmMcDowell and other Hollywood actors.Mirror Wars producer Oleg Kapanets declined to put afigure on Sukhoi's financial involvement, however, the company's investment issaid to be "substantial." TheEnglish-language film is produced by the LA and Moscow based Kremlin ...
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BVI passes $1bn gross mark for tenth consecutive year
Fuelled by suchhits as Finding Nemoand Brother Bear,Buena Vista International (BVI) has passed $1bn in international tickets salesin record time this year, becoming the first distributor to achieve the feat in10 consecutive years.BVI passed the milestone on Aug 22, continuing a streakthat started in 1995,since which time it has amassed ...
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Throw Down
Dir:Johnnie To. Hong Kong. 2004. 94mins.After25 years as a director of solid Hong Kong crime and action features, Johnnie Tois finally beginning to be taken seriously on the international festivalcircuit. PTU, the story of a city cop's search for his missing gun, waswell received in 2003, and Breaking News was ...
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Kessler quits as president of France's CNC
David Kessler, president ofthe French film support body, the CNC, will leave his current post for FranceTelevisions within the next few weeks, it was announced today (Sept 1).As previously reported (ScreenDaily.com,July 27), Kessler is tipped to be replaced by Catherine Colonna who is thespokesperson for the Elysee Palace - France's ...
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DENMARK 1 September
Thoughlocal critics were praising Brothers,the new film from the multiple-award winning filmmaker Susanne Bier, as herbest so far, audiences seemed to have been slightly distracted by thisweekend's many other offerings. It did oust I,Robot from the top spot with its solid if unimpressive DKK23,223 from 60prints, but Fahrenheit 9/11 on ...
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NORWAY 1 September
Therelease of three big American films was more than the Norwegian musical This Is The Song You Need (Alt For Egil)could withstand, dropping 44% to fourth behind The Village, Garfield and Fahrenheit9/11.The newlocal release of Torun Lian's The Color OfMilk, based on her own book about a 12 year-old girl ...
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FINLAND 1 September
VeikkoAaltonen's first fiction film since 1999's KissMe In The Rain, Trench Road (Juoksuhaudantie), opened in fourth with asolid Euros 3,955 screen average on its 35 prints. The film is based on anaward-winning book by local author Kari Hotakainen, and follows an obsessedman, who goes to extremes in order to get ...
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Austria, Germany, Switzerland - 1 Sept 2004
AUSTRIA September 1PRE-PRODUCTIONKELLER(Novotny& Novotny Filmproduktion) Backer: Filmfonds Wien. Coming of age drama.Prod: Franz Novotny. Dir/scr: Eva Urtaler.Contact Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion, (43) 1 478 71 70KOTSCH(LotusFilm) Backers: Filmfonds Wien, OFI. Comedy about four slackers in Styria. Prod:Erich Lackner. Dir: Helmut Koepping. Contact: Erich Lackner, Lotus Film, (43) 1786 33 87LAPISLAZULI(DorFilm) ...
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ThinkFilm takes Nixon for North America
Torontoand New York-based THINKFilm has acquired North American rights to NielsMueller's debut The Assassination Of Richard Nixon and will release thepicture in New York and Los Angeles on Dec 29.TheCannes competitor will screen as a special presentation at the upcoming TorontoInternational Film Festival, and is based on real events surrounding ...
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Alexandria' New York
Dir: Youssef Chahine.Fr-Egypt. 2004. 128minsDuring the past few years, veteran Egyptian directorYoussef Chahine has courted controversy with his comments relating to the 9/11terrorist attacks on America.On-screen, Egypt,his contribution to the 11'09''01 - September 11 project portrayed anArab director being refused entry to New York, facing the ghosts of a dead ...
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HUNGARY 31 August
Hungarian audiences were ready for new releases last weekendwhen four of the week's five new titles made it into the top ten.Following strong previews, Garfield came out on top with over 60,000 admissions taking itstotal over the 100,000 mark.Halle Berry's Catwomanshowed no strength in the duel of the cats and ...
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NEW ZEALAND 31 August
While UIP's The BourneSupremacy, in its first weekend in the charts, took about 10 times morerevenue than second placed Fahrenheit9/11, the documentary did climb two places despite being in its fifth weekon release.The Bourne Supremacygrossed NZ$618,691 from 54 screens, registering a screen average of NZ$11,457,while Fahrenheit took NZ$68,712 from19 screens ...
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GERMANY 31 August
This year's top film so far - German blockbuster (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 - mayhave clocked up over 1,000 more admissions than King Arthur but had to contend with second place based onbox-office takings. Six weeks into release for Constantin Film, the film parodyis still showing on 937 screens ...
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New Yorker takes My Eyes for US
Spanish sales house Sogepaq has closed a deal with NewYorker Films for US distribution of award-winning local drama Take My Eyes.New Yorker is expected to premiere the film in 2005. The USwas the last of the major territories to sell excluding Germany, which Sogepaqsays it is near to closing.Take My ...
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San Sebastian names Floor as closing film
Tod Williams' The Door In The Floor has been selected as the closing film for theupcoming San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 17-25).Jeff Bridges and Tod Williams are expected to be on-hand forthe festival's closing gala. The film co-stars Kim Basinger, Jon Fosterand Mimi Rogers in the tragic tale of ...
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