All Screen articles in 11 September 2005 – Page 3
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Otani's Nana dominates Japanese entertainment charts
Kentaro Otani's Nana,a female buddy movie based on a best-selling comic and featuring a theme songby the film's co-star Miki Nakajima, has achieved a rare entertainment worldtriple whammy: the film, comic and song are all number one in their respective charts.Produced by Japanesebroadcaster TBS and released on 296 screens on ...
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Blair heralds signing of India/UK co-production treaty
UK prime minister TonyBlair, currently on a three day tour to India, announced in New Delhi today(Thursday) that the UK and India would be "signing an agreement on filmproduction" during his visit.The agreement, trailed inMarch2005 by British culture secretary Tessa Jowell and Indian ministerfor Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy, will ...
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Cougar, BBC snap up rights to La Plante's Widows
UK production company CougarFilms and BBC Films have struck a deal to acquire the film rights to Lynda LaPlante's TV series Widows from Walt Disney Studios. Cougar will work with BBCFilms to develop and produce the feature film, which will also be titled Widows.The film will be intended for theatrical ...
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Churchill gets inaugural cinematography prize at IDA Awards
Joan Churchill will receive the International DocumentaryAssociation’s (IDA) award for outstanding documentary cinematography atthe 21st IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards in Los Angeles on Dec9.The inaugural award was set up after IDA top brass decided tohighlight the work of cinematographers, which they feel is routinely overlookedby the public.Over the course ...
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Rosenblum named president of all Warner Bros TV operations
Bruce Rosenblum has been named president of the newly formedWarner Bros Television Group (WBTV) and will oversee the studio's entireworldwide television operation including US TV network The WB Network.A 19-year Warner Bros veteran who co-founded the WB Network,Rosenblum will take the lead in expanding the company's production anddistribution portfolio.In addition ...
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Sheffield sharpens its act with extended programme
The 12th Sheffield International Documentary Festival,running October 10-16, will kick off a new strand of industry events with thisyear's festival. The new "Sharp End" programmes for industry professionals andfilmmakers will feature "meet the commissioners" briefings, interviews with BBCdirector general Mark Thompson and film-maker Peter Kosminsky, and discussionsabout alternative distribution and ...
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Japan's Index Corp acquires Nikkatsu
Japan's Index Corp, a company offering mobile phone and internet content services,has announced its acquisition of film producer and distributor Nikkatsu fromits current corporate owner, Namco. The deal, which is expectedto be finalised by mid-September, will result in Index buying a more than 50%stake for $36m-$45.5m (Y4bn-Y5bn). Namco, which currently ...
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European Film Academy honours legend Connery
The European FilmAcademy announced that it will present its 2005 lifetime achievement award toSir Sean Connery. The academy citedthe acting legend's "impressive dedication to the world of film,"appearing in more than 70 films in his lengthy career. Last year's recipientwas Spanish director Carlos Saura.This year'sEuropean Film Awards will be held ...
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Alliance Atlantis renews Focus output deal until 2008
Canada'sAlliance Atlantis' Motion Picture Distribution and Focus Features have extendedtheir output agreement to December 31, 2008. Under the termsof the agreement, MPD will continue to distribute all Focus Features films aswell as those of Focus' genre label Rogue Pictures in all media in Canada.One of thosepictures, Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, ...
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Egoyan's Truth loses MPAA appeal against NC-17 rating
Atom Egoyan's Where TheTruth Lies has lost its appeal tothe Motion Picture Association of America to overturn its restrictive NC-17rating. The decision, handed downyesterday in Los Angeles, means the film will be restricted in the US topersons 18 years and over. More important, the decision could be detrimental interms of ...
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La Fenice set for Istituto Luce slate
Italian distributor Istituto Luce has unveiled a newco-production slate that includes both films by hot local directors andambitious international projects.Luce is currently lining up a Euros 20m noir-thrillerentitled La Fenice. The film, which will be entirely set in Venice, isexpected to star Colin Firth and Peter O'Toole, and will start ...
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Rona to spearhead production at ramped up Rogue
Rogue Pictures has hired former Dimension Filmsco-president Andrew Rona (pictured) as president of production as part of an aggressivebid to increase the filmmaking slate at Universal's genre offshoot.Rona will report directly to Rogue Pictures president David Lindeand will oversee production, acquisitions, marketing and distribution on thegenre division's burgeoning slate, which ...
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Industry weighs up impact of UIP overhaul
Universal Pictures andParamount Pictures' announcement on Tuesday night that they are restructuringtheir joint international distribution venture, United International Pictures(UIP), comes as little surprise given the growing importance of the internationalmarket.The deal sees UIP continuingto work on international releases for Paramount and Universal until the end of2006, at which point UIP ...
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IFP launches indie screening week in NYC
IFP is launching the New York-based Independent Film Weekfrom Sept 19-23, a promotional event designed to boost film-going at first-runindependent theatres by offering free concessions and access to filmmakers andtalent.The event kicks off with the New York premiere of Rodrigo Garcia'sNine Lives, whichMagnolia Pictures will release in the US on ...
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Fox Int'l restructures Scandinavian operations
Fox International is restructuring Scandinavian operationsand has announced two key appointments, naming Hansi Mandoki managing directorof Twentieth Century Fox Theatrical Sweden, and Peter Paumgardhen managingdirector of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Scandinavia.Mandoki will manage all of Fox International's theatricalmarketing, distribution and acquisition activities in Sweden and reportsdirectly to Twentieth Century ...
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Hollywood festival lauds Red Wagon duo
The Hollywood Film Festival's Board of Advisors has unveiledits latest line-up of honourees for the upcoming Hollywood Film Awards inOctober in Los Angeles.Red Wagon Entertainment producers Douglas Wick and LucyFisher will receive the Hollywood Producers of the Year Award, screenwriterAkiva Goldsman will collect the Hollywood Screenwriter of the Year Award, ...
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UIP partnership dissolves in key territories
Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures are to set up their owndirect distribution operations in 15 key territories beginning in January 2007,the studios announced jointly on Tuesday.The move comes as part of a long-term agreement that extends andrestructures their UIP international distribution joint venture, originally setup with MGM, and UA in ...
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Scott's Domino will close Montreal's new film festival
The world premiere of TonyScott's Domino starring KeiraKnightley will close the inaugural Festival International de Film de Montrealon September 25. The new festival added afurther 13 titles to its line-up, including an addition to Iris Awardscompetition, UK-Canada coproduction Guy X, from Scots director Saul Metzstein starring Jason Biggs and JeremyNortham, ...
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Chicken Tikka Masala finds US home at TLA
TLA Releasing has picked up North American home entertainment andbroadcast rights to Harmage Singh Kalirai's British comedy Chicken TikkaMasala, and plans a DVDrelease in early 2006.The story centres on a UK-based Indian medical studentwhose parents begin to arrange his marriage to the daughter of a family friend,all the while oblivious ...
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Bubble
Dir: Steven Soderbergh.US. 2005. 73mins.Soderbergh goes back tobasics. Not in the tricksy, star-stuffed mode of Full Frontal or Schizopolis:in Bubble the basics are the ones that really matter. A strong storylineand good dramatic structure give this quirky tragic love triangle a grip on theaudience; and a certain edgy eccentricity in ...