All Screen articles in 10 February 2005 – Page 4
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FFC Australia bankrolls four new features
Four new Australian features - Two Fists One Heart,Razzle Dazzle - A Journey Into Dance, Footy Legends and Macbeth -are all are going into production thanks to investment decisions madetoday by Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC).The country's principal film backer is also puttingpost-production finance into The Magician, which has already ...
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ITALY 9 February
BVI's Finding Neverlandwas the clear winner at the weekend, as it shot straight to the top of theItalian box office and rallied $2,120,139 from 269 screens for an impressiveaverage of $7,875 per screen.The Johnny Depp vehiclepushed The Aviator down into second place, with the Martin Scorsesepicture shedding a huge 44% ...
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NEW ZEALAND 9 February
It was a very unusualweekend at the New Zealand box office with nearly half the films rising up inthe chart instead of dropping down. This was caused by a combination of factorsincluding children being back at school, which has given more grown-up films aboost, strong word of mouth being created ...
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EASTERN EUROPE Production Listings - Feb 9
RUSSIA PRE-PRODUCTION BASTARDS (SVOLOCHI)(Rolan Bykov's Fund/ Rithm telecompany). Co-prod: Paradise. Genre/synopsis:drama, action. Almaty 1943. Colonel Vishnevsky has a governmental task: toprepare a diversion group of fighters, consisting of 14-15 years old orphans,to block all activities of selected German formations Edelweiss. All these guysshould not only to destroy fascist military base, ...
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Sweden's Sonet readies international shoots
Swedish distribution and productioncompany Sonet Film is readying a number of international film projects to addto its slate of local productions.The first project is English language title A PerfectFamily, a co-production with Sonet's newAmerican partner, independent production company Sound Pictures. Currently inpre-production, the absurd and romantic drama comedy centres on ...
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French DVD market surges
The French Film Commission (CNC) has released video and DVDfigures for 2004 in conjunction with market research group GfK. The numberspoint to the continuing development of the DVD market while video salesdecline. Overall, the DVD/Video market saw a 32.1% rise in sales toEuros 1.96bn. Sales of DVDs rose 30.4% on ...
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Dream gets international on Tell Them Who You Are
LosAngeles-based production and international sales company Dream Entertainmenthas picked up international rights to Mark Wexler's documentary Tell ThemWho You Are and willbegin sales at the European Film Market in Berlin.The picturepremiered at Venice last year and offers a portrait of the filmmaker's fatherHaskell Wexler, the legendary cinematographer, outspoken left-wing activist ...
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Studs cranks up for Dublin shoot with Gleeson
A five week shoot starts this week in county Dublin onBrother Films' Studs, the feature filmdebut of playwright and theatre director Paul Mercier who has adapted his ownplay of the same title for the screen.BrendanGleeson heads the cast as the mysterious, volatile and threatening soccertrainer who takes on a team ...
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Constantine
Dir: Francis Lawrence.US. 2005. 121mins.The Matrix meets The Exorcist in Constantine, orat least that how things superficially appear. In fact, while it does sharesome characteristics - including its distributors and star Keanu Reeves - withthe Wachowski brothers' trilogy, this graphic novel adaptation from Warner andVillage Roadshow also has enough atmosphere ...
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Italy unveils Festa del Cinema cut-price tickets
The Italian film industry isto introduce its first ever three-day Festa del Cinema in April, when it willoffer cut-price tickets and is expected to heavily promote summer releases.The Festa del Cinema will take place between April 25 - anational holiday - and April 28. Spectators who buy one full price ...
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Sundance Channel buys de Lestrade's Staircase
The Sundance Channel haspicked up pay television rights to Jean-Xavier de Lestrade's true-crimedocumentary The Staircase.The eight-part miniseriesfollows the investigation into the cause of death of Nortel executive KathleenPeterson, and will premiere as a special Sundance Channel DOCday seriesbeginning on Apr 4.The Maha Films production isthe latest release from de Lestrade, ...
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Top Euro buyers swallow Throat rights
Ahead of moreanticipated business at Berlin later this week, Summit Entertainment hasannounced a slew of key European sales on Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato'sdocumentary Inside Deep Throat.The picture, which received its world premiere at Sundanceand plays in Berlin's Panorama programme, sold to Momentum in the UK.Constantin in Germany, Metropolitan FilmExport ...
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Echo Bridge buys domestic DVD distributor Platinum Disc
LosAngeles-based independent Echo Bridge Entertainment is consolidating its NorthAmerican distribution enterprise with the announced merger of leading NorthAmerican home entertainment distributor Platinum Disc Corporation and its2,000-title library.TheWisconsin-based Platinum Disc Corporation will become Platinum Disc, asubsidiary of Echo Bridge Entertainment, and will continue to operate as beforewith its 225 staff intact."This ...
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Boyle's Millions wins top film prize at Sarasota
Danny Boyle's Millions won the 2005 Narrative FeatureCompetition Award at the 7th Annual Sarasota Film Festival closing ceremony (6)and Stephen Vittoria's One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer OfGeorge McGovern tookdocumentary honours.In the audienceawards, Dave McKean's Mirrormask won best narrative feature, Rebecca Dreyfus's Stolen took best documentary, Prachya Pinkaew'sThai picture ...
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Skoll to back Deutchman's US digital network
New York-basedEmerging Pictures is preparing to launch its long-gestating digital cinemanetwork with the backing of former eBay founder Jeff Skoll's Los Angeles-basedParticipant Productions.The initiativewill establish a nationwide network for the distribution and exhibition ofspecialty films in museums, performing arts centres, science and technologyinstitutions, and restored movie palaces.The venues willscreen English-language ...
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Aviator continues to soar for Miramax in Germany, France
The Aviator grossed an estimated $6m through MiramaxInternational at the weekend, raising its international running total to $31.6mfrom five territories.Highlightsincluded a climb to number one in Germany on $1.4m in The Aviator's third weekend for a $6.3m runningtotal, and $2.2m for $6.6m in its second weekend in France, where it ...
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Lions Gate sells Rwanda to Germany, France, Australia
Lions Gate FilmsInternational (LGFI) has closed a raft of sales on its Oscar nominated HotelRwanda, which makes itsinternational premiere in official selection at the 2005 Berlinale.Tobis has picked up the Rwandan genocide drama forGermany, Metropolitan for France, Village Roadshow for Australia, and AscotElite for Switzerland.Hotel Rwanda co-producer Mikado is set ...
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Almodovar to tango with Cruz in Volver
Pedro Almodovar is plottinghis return to female-centred comedies with what looks set to be his next film, Volver, starring Penelope Cruz.The director said the project, one of several he has in development, would be hisnext over the weekend in Rome where his Bad Education (La Mala Educacion) was honored with ...
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Alexander conquers $120m mark over weekend
Alexander grossed an estimated $4.2m through alldistributors on 1,890 screens in 52 territories at the weekend, raising itsinternational running total to $120m.In its only major release of the weekend the epic openedin the top five in Japan through Summit Entertainment on $1.9m on 261 screens.Alexander added $303,000 on 302 in ...
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Boogeyman
Dir:Stephen Kay. US. 2005. 86mins. Hollywood'srun of low-cost, high return horror movies looks set to continue with Boogeyman,a young-skewing chiller that's better than its generic sounding title suggests.With a stronger than expected US opening under its belt, this second projectfrom Ghost House Pictures - the joint venture between Mandate Pictures(formerly ...