All Screen articles in 11 February 2004 – Page 6
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One Perfect Day
Dir: Paul Currie. Australia. 2003. 105minsTelling their tale of a young 'genius' who rejects composing at London's fusty old Royal Academy of Music in favour of spinning the decks at Melbourne clubs and Outback raves, it was essential that the makers of One Perfect Day got the soundtrack right. This ...
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Frigo earns svp sales/marketing stripes at BVI - Europe
Daniel Frigo has been promoted from vice president ofBuena Vista International, Europe to senior vice president of sales/marketingand deputy general manager for Buena Vista International, Europe.He will report to Stuart Salter, executive vicepresident and general manager of Buena Vista International, Europe, and willtake on a more comprehensive management role within ...
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BULGARIA
Little seen thriller No Good Deed (aka The House On Turk Street) has found a surprise audience in Bulgaria.The film, which despite being completed in 2002 by legendary director Bob Rafelson and featuring Samuel L Jackson and Milla Jovovich, has been released in only a handful of territories. It launched ...
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Funny Balloons takes Belgian comedy
Newly created Paris-based sales agent Funny Balloons has acquired Aaltra from directors Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern. The Belgian road comedy, which was also written by the director/stars was a contender for a Tiger Award at the recent Rotterdam Festival.Peter Danner, a former sales director at 20th Century Fox in ...
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Theron leads Outfest Screen Idol Award nominees
Charlize Theron is among nominees announced by Outfest forits fourth annual Screen Idol Awards to be voted on by the public.The awards recognise the leading gay, lesbian, bisexual andtransgendered performances by a lead actor, lead actress, supporting actor andsupporting actress in a feature film or television.Theron's performance in Monster earns ...
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Official Mickey Mouse portrait artist John Hench is dead
JohnHench, the longtime Disney artist and official portrait artist of Mickey Mouse,died of heart failure earlier today (5) at Providence Saint Joseph MedicalCentre in Burbank following a brief illness. He was 95.Henchwas born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Jun 28 1908 and grew up in southernCalifornia. After attending the California ...
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The Last Samurai set to cross $250m for Warner Bros
The Last Samurai is poised to pass $250m at the international boxoffice this upcoming weekend when Warner Bros Pictures International unleashesit in Russia.The epic adventure goes outon 170 screens and has amassed $249.2m from all its markets to date.The romantic comedy Something'sGotta Give begins its European release following an out ...
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Solo takes Your Next Life
German distributor Solo-Film has picked up veteran Spanish director Manuel Gutierrez Aragon's latest feature Your Next Life which will have its world premiere in the Berlinale's Official Competition on Feb 9.Meanwhile, Senator Film Verleih has been named as the distributor for Carsten Fiebeler's East-West comedy Kleinruppin Forever. Handled internationally by ...
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Giles checks into Tartan as buying chief
Tartan Films, the UK indie that recently changed its name from Metro Tartan, has appointed Jane Giles as its new head of acquisitions.Giles, who held a similar post at the Institute of Contemporary Arts' ICA Projects, joined Tartan at the beginning of the year and has already travelled to the ...
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Hot docs swell Wild Bunch slate
French sales house Wild Bunch has added another controversy-stirring documentary to the huge line-up it will present at the Berlinale and the AFM later this month. It has also added two films that look made for high profile slots at Cannes.It has picked up world sales rights to The Yes ...
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Mountain buffeted by cold US wind
Speaking yesterday at Screen International's Modernising European Cinema Summit in Berlin, Anthony Minghella expressed his dismay at the continuing criticism he faces in the US for shooting Berlinale opening film Cold Mountain in Romania.Even though his decision to film the Civil War drama in Europe rather than North Carolina ...
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Germany's 'ambivalent' cinema year
"An ambivalent cinema year" was how Rolf Baehr, the outgoing board member of the German Federal Film Board (FFA), described 2003 on presenting Germany's official annual box office figures yesterday.While the box-office success of such local films as Good Bye, Lenin!, The Miracle Of Bern and Luther saw German ...
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Ireland bucks downward Euro admissions trend
Irish box office revenues continued to climb - up 4% to Euros 97.5m in 2003, while admissions bucked the downward European trend and rose by 1% to 17.4 million, according to year-end analysis of cinema-going in the Republic of Ireland from Carlton Screen Advertising.The population of the Republic of Ireland ...
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Berlinale adds political spice to glitz cocktail
Glamour is set to walk hand in hand with politics along the red carpet at this year's Berlinale.First, there's the opening Cold Mountain bonanza tonight (Feb 5) fronted by Anthony Minghella, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Brendan Gleeson - although Nicole Kidman will be a no-show and Jude Law and Renee ...
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Deveau named MK2 acquisition chief
French mini-conglomerate MK2 comes to Berlin having recently appointed Jean-Francois Deveau as its new head of acquisitions.The move signals MK2's ambition to expand its theatrical releasing operations, which have taken a back-seat in the last couple of years as the group developed its exhibition portfolio and branched into DVDs.Deveau, who ...
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UK/IRELAND
While only placing 17th in the UK/Ireland chart Gus Van Sant's 2003 Cannes Palme D'Or winner Elephant drew a heavyweight screen average during its strong bow in the territory last weekend.Playing at just 17 locations the documentary-styled drama, which tells a Columbinesque story of two disenchanted high school boys who ...
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Roadside and Goldwyn pick up US rights to Super Size Me
Roadside Attractions anddistribution partner Samuel Goldwyn Films have picked up US theatrical andvideo rights to Morgan Spurlock's hot Sundanceaward-winner Super Size Me.Spurlock won the BestDirector award in the festival's documentary section last month andearned wide popularity for the film, which charts his efforts to eat onlyMcDonalds food over the course ...
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OZ producers' conference moves date, location
The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) plans to stage its annual conference three months earlier than usual and relocate it to Queensland's Surfers Paradise, so that it overlaps with the Australian International Movie Convention."This decision can only grow Australia's film business because of the opportunities that will come from ...
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Firstsight Films and Classic Media team up on Lassie
Charles Sturridge, theBATFA-award winning director of Shackleton and Longitude, haswritten and is set to direct a live-action version of Lassie with his Firstsight Films and New York-based ClassicMedia set to produce.Firstsight's SelwynRoberts, who shared BAFTA honours with Sturridge, and Francesca Barra willserve as producers while Classic Media's chairman and chief ...
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Walden Media fast-tracks three children's projects
Fast-tracking threechildren's projects, Walden Media has acquired rights to KatherinePaterson's Newbery Award-winning novel Bridge To Terabithia and Australian author Wendy Orr's award-winnerNim's Island and has signedAntz writer Todd Alcott to adaptLois Lowry's Newbery Award-winner The Giver.The company has partneredwith Jeff Bridges and his AsIs Productions and RCN Entertainment (RCNE) toproduce.'These ...