All Screen articles in 11 September 2005 – Page 2
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Warner Bros Japan swoops on Seven Swords
In a coup for sales agentFortissimo Films, Warner Bros Pictures Japan has boarded Tsui Hark'sVenice-opener Seven Swords, which screens in Toronto on Sunday.The deal, which wasconcluded in Venice, is the largest-ever for Fortissimo in Japan, where the $18m Seven Swords will now open onOctober 1 on 200 screens.Warner Bros has ...
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Wolf joins Peace Arch as sales chief
Former HBO Films Londonmanaging director Penny Wolf has joined Toronto-based production anddistribution outfit Peace Arch Entertainment Group as executive vice presidentof international sales and marketing.Based in London, Wolf will oversee all feature acquisitions andinternational sales and marketing on the company's film and television slate."We're looking to acquireand produce theatrical projects ...
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Wellspring grabs Manson murders musical comedy
New York-based Wellspringhas picked up all North American rights to Live Freaky! Die Freaky!, astop-motion animation musical-comedy retelling of the Manson family murders.The action takes place inthe year 3069 when a man discovers a copy of Helter Skelter, VincentBugliosi and Curt Gentry's true crime classic detailing the Charles Manson cultand ...
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BVI hopes for Cinderella story in six key territories
The international crown is up for grabs this weekend as CinderellaMan launches in itsfirst international territories as strong holdover business is expected from Madagscar,The Island and CharlieAnd The Chocolate Factory.Buena Vista International (BVI) holds all rights outside NorthAmerica to Cinderella Man, which has notched up $61.6m in domestic ticket sales ...
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The Sun rises in Japan for The Works
On the eve of thisyear's Toronto Festival, UK sales agent The Works has closed a deal with Japanfor Alexander Sokurov's The Sun, his film about Emperor Hirohito's last days of power beforeJapan's surrender to the US in 1945. Kabocha hastaken Japanese rights to The Sun and will be giving it ...
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Mikado snaps up Venice competition pair
Rome outfitMikado Film has acquired Italian distribution rights to two films that areplaying in competition at the Venice Film Festival, bringing its total tally tofour.The veteranarthouse distributor has picked up Manoel de Oliveira's Magic Mirror, and Abel Ferrara's controversialdrama Mary.Sold byFirst Hand Films, Magic Mirror is adapted from Agustina Bessa-Luis's ...
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StudioCanal names new president, unveils acquisitions
StudioCanal has announcedthe appointment of a new president, Olivier Courson. Courson, who is alsosecretary general of the Canal Plus Group, takes over from Bertrand Meheut whoremains as Canal Plus CEO.StudioCanal managingdirector Frederic Sichler is unaffected by the change in management and willcontinue in his role as head of operations.Meanwhile, in ...
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Producer Burton joins Swank and Lowe as partner in accomplice
Producer Mark Burton(pictured), whose credits include Santosh Sivan's The Terrorist, Finn Taylor's Cherish, Richard Jobson's 16 Years Of Alcohol and Deepa Mehta's Water, is joining Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe as a partnerin their production company accomplice films.The company, which plans tomake film and TV programming, recently struck a first-look ...
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Rai Cinema to remake Euros 20m Iron Crown
Rai Cinemais lining up a big-budget English-language remake of classic Italian 1941picture, The Iron Crown.Theoriginal film, directed by Alessandro Blasetti, focuses on a crown, supposedly made from a nail out of the Cross ofChrist and the metal of Roman swords, which becomes a legend and a symbol ofjustice. The newfantasy-gothic ...
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The Maid screams up Singapore record
Fortissimo pick-up The Maid hasbecome the top-grossing horror title in its native Singapore, passing $1.1m (Sing $2m)at the weekend.Directed by Kelvin Tong, the $900,000The Maid, which is screening privately at Toronto, is about a Filipina domestichelper who unknowingly sets free Chinese ghosts. Produced by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, it has already ...
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Goal!
Dir: Danny Cannon. UK.2005 110minsGoal! is the first episode in a planned football trilogyabout a 19-year-old Latino Santiago plucked from LA to play in the EnglishPremiership. The second film - to be shot by House Of Wax director JaumeCollet Serra from next month - will see him play on a ...
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Lelouch heads up jury of New Montreal FilmFest
French auteurClaude Lelouch will head the international jury of inaugural Golden Iriscompetition at the Festival International de Film de Montreal. Lelouch's newdramatic comedy Le Courage D'Aimer will make its international premiere at the event, which launchesits first edition from September 18 to 25.Lelouch will bejoined on the jury by Italian ...
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Toronto festival juggernaut starts to roll
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival kicks off today and - once again - is offering an abundance, somewould say over-abundance, of world premieres. Buyers, media and publicalike have been poring over the packed schedules since they were announced, decidingwhat to target and what they will inevitably have to miss. It's rich ...
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Thailand selects Tin Mine as Oscar entry
Jira Maligool's The Tin Mine(Mahalai Meung Rae) has been selected as Thailand's official entry for the best foreign-language filmcategory of the 2006 Academy Awards. The film was chosen by aseven-member selection committee headed by Somsak Techaratanaprasert of Thailand's Federation of National Film Association. Produced by GMM Tai Hub, thefilm is ...
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Elizabethtown
Dir/scr:Cameron Crowe. US. 2005. 138mins.Aromantic comedy for the MTV generation with some of that old Kentucky magicthrown in for the oldies, Elizabethtown illustrates the dangers of goingstraight for the feelgood jugular. Feelgood has to be earned. So do the last 48minutes of a 138-minute film. And the overlong Elizabethtown has ...
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Elizabethtown
Dir/scr:Cameron Crowe. US. 2005. 138mins.Aromantic comedy for the MTV generation with some of that old Kentucky magicthrown in for the oldies, Elizabethtown illustrates the dangers of goingstraight for the feelgood jugular. Feelgood has to be earned. So do the last 48minutes of a 138-minute film. And the overlong Elizabethtown has ...
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Deauville sees thaw in Franco-US film relations
Franco-US political relations may be strained, but one wouldbe hard-pressed to notice at this year's Deauville Festival of American Film (Sept2-11), held in the Normandy region of France.Director Ron Howard had a warm welcome here and was thesubject of a tribute on Tuesday night. He recently wrapped the French leg ...
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Romance & Cigarettes
Dir/scr:John Turturro. US. 2005. 106mins.After the first song-and-dance number of John Turturro'sstar-peppered blue collar musical, the Venice press corps broke into loud,spontaneous applause. When the second ended, there was a more subdued ripple.By the time the third came along, the excitement had died down, and thegood-natured, foot-tapping, flawed nature of ...
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Romance & Cigarettes
Dir/scr:John Turturro. US. 2005. 106mins.After the first song-and-dance number of John Turturro'sstar-peppered blue collar musical, the Venice press corps broke into loud,spontaneous applause. When the second ended, there was a more subdued ripple.By the time the third came along, the excitement had died down, and thegood-natured, foot-tapping, flawed nature of ...
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Romance & Cigarettes
Dir/scr:John Turturro. US. 2005. 106mins.After the first song-and-dance number of John Turturro'sstar-peppered blue collar musical, the Venice press corps broke into loud,spontaneous applause. When the second ended, there was a more subdued ripple.By the time the third came along, the excitement had died down, and thegood-natured, foot-tapping, flawed nature of ...