All Screen articles in 11 February 2003 – Page 5
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Michael Moore wins ground-breaking WGA nomination
Bowling For Columbine continued to blaze a trail through the industry today (Feb 6)when it became the first documentary to receive an original screenplaynomination by the Writers Guild of America (WGA). The picture, which exploresUS attitudes toward gun ownership in the wake of the Columbine High Schoolkillings in 1999, has ...
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Just Married opens at number one in Mexico for Fox
Just Married, the Fox comedy that opened number one in January in the US, hasscored the biggest ever opening day for a comedy in Mexico. The picture, whichstars Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher as newlyweds who embark on adisastrous honeymoon, opened on Feb 5 and grossed $465,916 from 250 screens. ...
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Paramount Classics concludes Singing Detective deal
ParamountClassics has finalized its deal with Icon Entertainment to buy rights in NorthAmerica, Latin America and Japan to The Singing Detective, Keith Gordon's film version of DennisPotter's landmark 1986 TV series which world premiered at the Sundance FilmFestival last month,Negotiations for the film which stars Robert Downey Jr,Mel Gibson and ...
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Camp
Dir: Todd Graff. US. 2002. 115mins.Of all the films in dramatic competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival, none was as full of undiluted pleasures as Todd Graff's directorial debut Camp. A deliriously good-natured romp through the lives of a bunch of precocious kids attending a summer camp for actors, ...
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Hungarian film industry gets major cash boost
The chronically under-funded Hungarian film industry has received a major boost with Cultural minister Gabor Gorgey (pictured) approving funding of $20m for local filmmakers in 2003.Previously, a mere $1.5m state fund was available to the industry as seed finance - usually for non-commercial projects.Yesterday, Gorgey signed a declaration confirming the ...
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Idiom Entertainment formed with Bardem, Wright Penn picture
Robert C Hawk, the former CEO of cable operator US WestMultimedia, and Quay Hays, a veteran executive most recently senior consultantat RKO Pictures, have formed Idiom Films, an independent production and financecompany that has two projects in pre-production, The Last Face and Hating Her. The company, which has its own ...
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Foley's Confidence opens Santa Barbara Film Festival
James Foley's acclaimed thriller Confidence, starring Dustin Hoffman, Ed Burns andRachel Weisz, will receive its West Coast premiere at the opening night gala ofthe 2003 Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) on Feb 28. Foley andBurns will attend the screening. In addition, the festival's new executivedirector Jon Fitzgerald announced today ...
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UK's First Light film awards to be held this month
The UK's inaugural First Light Film Awards are to be held in London on February 26.The awards are part of a $1.6m initiative launched in May 2001 between UK funding body The Film Council and Birmingham-based Hi8us Projects to give young people aged between 7 and 18 the opportunity to ...
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Vivendi assures Canal Plus of support
In a move to quell rumours, the heads of Vivendi Universal and Canal Plus have sent letters of support and explanation to Canal staff.Following a week of speculation and rumour, Vivendi Universal chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou has assured employees that the channel is "not for sale." He also confirmed the appointment ...
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What Alice Found
Dir: A. Dean Bell. US. 2003. 96mins.A well-matched combination of intelligent drama and understated performances, What Alice Found is a gem. Much more than the sum of its parts, it explores the emotional dynamics of a young woman who thinks she's found the ideal mother and then discovers she's not ...
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FULL LINEUP OF AFM SEMINARS
Influential film-makersincluding Michael Apted, Kathryn Bigelow and Neil LaBute are scheduled to speakin a series of eight seminars to run during the 23rd American Film Market(AFM), which takes place from Feb 19-26. The seminars have traditionally been apopular draw among industry professionals and topics this year include actingin the digital ...
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TLA Releasing acquires North American rights to The Trip
TLA Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights toMiles Swain's award-winning gay romantic comedy The Trip, it was announced today (Feb 6). Thetwo-year-old distribution label, a division of TLA Entertainment Group, willrelease the film initially in New York on May 2 and then platform the releasenationally.'This was one of the ...
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Final Destination 2
Dir: David R Ellis. US. 2003. 97mins. Teen horror franchises usually take a while to get around to jokey self-parody. New Line's sequel to its mid-level 2000 hit Final Destination speeds up the process by adding a string of comically over-the-top death scenes to a plot shamelessly recycled from the ...
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Ranvaud proposes new sales paradigm
The producer of City Of God and Central Station is teaming up with a group of Latin American and European producers to launch a sales company. Talking at the Screen International European film finance summit in Berlin, Donald K Ranvaud said he wanted to reduce costs and improve the management ...
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Ranvaud proposes new sales paradigm
The producer of City Of God and Central Station is teaming up with a group of Latin American and European producers to launch a sales company. Talking at the Screen International European film finance summit in Berlin, Donald K Ranvaud said he wanted to reduce costs and improve the management ...
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Ottfilm picks up Things You Can Tell for Germany
Germany's ottfilm has picked up theatrical rights to Rodrigo Garcia's directorial debut Things You Can Tell from license trader and cofinancier Intertainment. In addition, Intertainment has agreed to a comprehensive video distribution package with Planet Media covering the video and DVD release of Things You Can Tell as well as ...
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Dutch Oscar-winners lobby government for continued support
Four Dutch Oscar-winners - Fons Rademakers (The Assault, 1986), Marleen Gorris (Antonia's Line, 1995), Mike van Diem (Character) and Michael Dudok de Wit (Father And Daughter, 2000) - have published an open letter to the next Dutch government urging for continuation of the present level of film funding.The letter, ...
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Till maps out European cinema future
In one of his first public speeches since becoming chairman and CEO of United International Pictures (UIP), Stewart Till has said that he does not expect to see a European multi-territory distributor emerging in the near future - due to a lack of both money and expertise. "With some honourable ...
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Till maps out European cinema future
In one of his first public speeches since becoming chairman and CEO of United International Pictures (UIP), Stewart Till has said that he does not expect to see a European multi-territory distributor emerging in the near future - due to a lack of both money and expertise. "With some honourable ...
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Another major film studio proposed for Scotland
The ongoing story of constructing a major film studio in Scotland added a further chapter on Wednesday with the announcement of a new $411.5m (£250m) development near Gleneagles, which includes provision for a $49.4m (£30m), 100-acre film studio. A private consortium of unnamed financiers would operate The Gleneagles Film Studio ...