All Screen articles in 11 September 2001 – Page 4
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Fox, Disney team for rival internet movie service
Just two weeks after five major Hollywood studios announced a joint venture on-demand movie service for internet users, the remaining two - Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox have launched their own service. Entitled Movies.com, it will provide movies and other entertainment content on demand to consumers in the ...
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Rock Star
Dir Stephen Herek. US 2001. 107 minutes Fortunately for Mark Wahlberg, Rock Star is being released close enough to the ill-fated Planet Of The Apes to erase the memory of that disastrous film from viewers' minds. Shedding his bulky astronaut suit for form-fitting leather pants, he plays a wannabe rock ...
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Venice plays host to the critics
After the recent public dissent by members of the jury at Locarno, first time director Irene Bignardi must have been feeling a little let down. But the feeling is well known even for more experienced selectors, such as Venice's Alberto Barbera.Even before the festival opened, Venice had got a mauling ...
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Liberty Media buys European cable crown
Deutsche Telekom AG has signed a contract to sell its six remaining regional cable TV companies to U.S.-based cable group Liberty Media for Euros 5.5bn according to Reuters. The sale forms part of Deutsche Telekom's efforts to reduce its debt mountain of Euros 65.5bn and will make Liberty Europe's largest ...
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UK Film Council members re-appointed
Tim Bevan, James Lee, Sarah Radclyffe, Iain Smith and John Hill have been re-appointed to the board of UK support body the Film Council, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced on Tuesday September 4.The directors of the Board were appointed in September 1999, drawing lots to decide the length of their ...
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UK's DNA appoints Warlow
UK National Lottery franchise DNA Films has confirmed the appointment of Richard Warlow as head of development.Warlow joins from fellow lottery franchise Pathe Pictures, where he held the post of development executive, working on The Hole and the forthcoming releases Thunderpants and The Abduction Club. He previously worked at the ...
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Venice to launch new TV festival in 2002
Venice, famous for its film festival is now set to become one of the highlights of the television calendar.Kicking off next March (March 21-26, 2002) Venice will be host to a new festival organised by the Associazone Prodottore Televisisi (Italy's association of independent television producers) and Venezia Fiere. The ...
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Dutch Film By The Sea announces line-up
The Dutch film season kicks off next week (10-16 October) with the third edition of the Film By The Sea international film festival in Flushing, Holland. Announcing the literary-themed line-up which opens with Captain Correlli's Mandolin, festival director Leo Hannewijk, said "Adapting novels for the big screen is extremely tough, ...
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Eastern Europe embraces multiplex trend
With multi-screen cinema infrastructures already established in some Central and Eastern European territories such as Poland and the Czech Republic, the region's more underdeveloped territories are now seeing the initial signs of multiplex growth.Of the 12 multiplexes opened last year in the region, three were in the embryonic cinema markets ...
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Local films outclass US fare in Scandinavia
Local Scandinavian films are giving the US majors' summer releases a hard run for their money at the box office across a number of Nordic territories. Last week end, America's Sweethearts not only saw itself losing out to Norwegian opener The Greatest Thing, but also had to accept second place ...
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South Korean distributor sparks censorship change
A court case brought by South Korean distributor Indiestory against the national Media Ratings Board, has resulted in a groundbreaking decision that is likely to curtail the board's power to censor films. The ruling, by the country's highest legal authority, the Constitutional Court, renders as unconstitutional the practice of denying ...
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New Oz tax rebates and local funding announced
The Australian government has revealed a new refundable tax incentive that gives certainty and flexibility to those wanting to shoot sizeable features, mini-series and tele-movies in the territory. It has also increased local funding to the tune of $48m for the next four years.For international productions, the government has announced ...
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Majidi's Baran takes Montreal Grand Prix
Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's Baran shared the top prize at the 2001 Montreal World Film Festival, his third Grand Prix of the Americas in as many appearances in competition at Montreal. Majidi previously won in 1999 for The Colour Of Paradise and in 1997 for The Children Of Heaven. The ...
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