All Screen articles in 11 September 2002 – Page 6
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Mifed anticipates expanded 2002 market
"Mifed is going to be bigger than last year," said Giusepe Zola, president of Fiera Milano operator Rassegne, yesterday (Wed). "Sales companies are concentrating their efforts on Mifed. This means they recognise the important role the event has as a showcase for their products," said Rassegne managing director Manlio Armellini, ...
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Ripley's Game
Dir: Liliana Cavani. It-UK. 2002. 112mins.Liliana Cavani, the veteran Italian director, was presumably brought in to direct this Patricia Highsmith novel in the hope that some of the dark menace of her drama The Night Porter might rub off on Ripley. If so, then the gamble has failed, at least ...
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The Man On The Train (L'Homme Du Train)
Dir: Patrice Leconte. France. 2002. 90 mins.One of the real audience-pleasers in competition at this year's Venice festival, The Man On The Train (L'Homme Du Train) pairs veteran French actor Jean Rochefort with rocker Johnny Hallyday in a changing-places comedy drama that manages to be both quirky and moving. Although ...
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The Man On The Train (L'Homme Du Train)
Dir: Patrice Leconte. France. 2002. 90 mins.One of the real audience-pleasers in competition at this year's Venice festival, The Man On The Train (L'Homme Du Train) pairs veteran French actor Jean Rochefort with rocker Johnny Hallyday in a changing-places comedy drama that manages to be both quirky and moving. Although ...
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Dragonfly takes surprise flight in Spain
After an uninspiring US performance ($30.1m) and a generally lacklustre international performance to date (approximately $22m) Buena Vista International's supernatural romantic thriller, Dragonfly is causing a stir with a strong performance late in its international run, in Spain.With an impressive total gross of $4.22m (Euros 4.3m) after its third weekend ...
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Fierce Entertainment denies Red Light Runners deal
In a further bizarre twist to the film's financing - or lack of it - Fierce Entertainment has denied any commitment to Red Light Runners, the UK heist movie being set up by Reservoir Dogs star Michael Madsen.Producer Clark Westerman had announced that the financier had stepped in as an ...
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THINKFilm, Columbia TriStar strike three-picture US home video deal
THINKFilm, the NorthAmerican distibution outfit which was launched at the Toronto InternationalFilm Festival last year, has entered into a three-picture home entertainmentdistribution deal with Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (CTHE). The first film on the slateis The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys starring and produced by Jodie Foster followed by BartFreundlich's ...
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Nine new films join San Sebastian's Cinema In Progress initiative
Seven Latin American and two Spanish films will be included in the second phase of the newly created Cinema In Progress (Cine En Construccion) joint initiative of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28) and the Latin American Screenings of Toulouse to find funding for stalled Latin American productions.Jose ...
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Buffalo Soldiers get to go home
Buffalo Soldiers, FilmFour and Focus' long-delayed GI's and drugs picture, is finally set to get its first release more than a year after premiering at Toronto on the eve of September 11.While many buyers are still worried about escalating tensions between the US and Iraq, Prokino/Fox has announced it will ...
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Killer strikes first-look deal with Warner Bros
Killer Films,the prolific New York-based production company which is synonymous with theindependent film movement of the 1990s, has signed a one year, first-look dealwith Warner Bros Pictures. The deal is primarily for films in the $10m to $25mrange such as Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven or Mark Romanek's One HourPhoto ...
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Fox Searchlight reteams with Broken Lizard on Club Dread
Fox Searchlight Pictures isreteaming with director Jay Chandrasekhar and his Broken Lizard comedy group,the team behind its Sundance acquisition hit Super Troopers, on Broken Lizard's Club Dread. The film, which has already started principalphotography in Mexico, also stars Bill Paxton.Searchlight picked up SuperTroopers at Sundance 2001 andgrossed $18.5m on its ...
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European Film Awards announces People's Choice nominations
September 1st 2002 marked the start of the annual opportunity for European filmgoers to participate in the European Film Awards' People's Choice. Through a variety of outlets, cinemagoers can vote for their favourites, from the past year's films, in the categories of best European director, actor and actress. The ...
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Picture This! picks up US video rights to DAYS and Abandoned
Doug Witkins' PictureThis! Entertainment, which specialises in the distribution and internationalsales of gay, lesbian and bisexual cinema, has picked up LauraMuscardin's DAYS from Italyand Arpad Sopsits' Abandonedfrom Hungary for US video release and festival bookings. Abandoned, which was screened at the Montreal, Toronto andBerlin film festivals among others, is the ...