All Screen articles in 11 September 2005 – Page 5
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Everything Is Illuminated
Dir: Liev Schreiber. US.2005. 102mins.The fine US actor LievSchreiber makes his directorial debut on his own ambitious adaptation of whatis perhaps an unfilmable book - Jonathan Safran Foer's brilliant first novel EverythingIs Illuminated. It's a brave attempt, but only partially successful, andcritics will compare it unfavourably with the very recent ...
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Wallace And Gromit enjoy upbeat Oz world premiere
Aardman/DreamWorks animation WallaceAnd Gromit: TheCurse Of The Were-Rabbit world premiered in Sydney on Sunday (Sep 4) - three weeks before the US and four weeks ahead of theUK. The film goes wide in Australia on Sep 15.The positive reaction of the severalhundred strong audience - the majority of them young ...
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The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
Dir: Scott Derrickson.US. 2005. 118minsAn interesting but unresolved hybrid of metaphysical horror film andcourtroom drama, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose takes the true story of agirl who died in Germany following an apparent case of demonic possession, andtransplants it to small-town America.Billed as the firstauthentic film treatment of demonic possession, ...
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Oscar nominated director cranks up Eagle vs Shark
Eaglevs Sharkfrom Academy Award nominated writer/director Taika Waititi is to be the firstfeature for Whenua Films, set up in 2004 by producer Ainsley Gardiner and CliffCurtis, one of New Zealand's best-known actors.Thefilm has been fully financed by the New Zealand Film Commission. The fundingoutfit's sales division is handling international sales. ...
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Brokeback Mountain
Dir:Ang Lee. US. 2005. 133mins.Nonewly-arrived Martian would ever guess that the same person had directed Sense& Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Hulk.The most impressive thing about Ang Lee's creative take on the multiplepersonality syndrome is the way that each successive experiment feels like thework of a pro that ...
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CMG seals deals for Reeker with Bac, Pathe
Los Angeles-based sales company Cinema Management Group (CMG) hassecured a trio of major deals on Dave Payne's horror picture Reeker.Reeker,which receives its international market premiere on Sept 10 when it screens atToronto outside the festival, has sold to Bac Films in France, PatheDistribution in the UK, and Blanco & Travieso ...
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Gone With The Wind named as top grossing film of all time
Gone With The Wind is the top grossing film of all time based oninflation-adjusted figures, according to new research by Screen Digest and datafrom Box Office Ginca. The 1939 Civil War dramaracks up an adjusted U.S. gross of $1.26bn, beating out Star Wars at$1.11bn. The figures were based on original ...
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Fox, Europa Corp drive US box office with Transporter 2
The action sequel The Transporter 2 roared to the top of the charts overthe Labor Day holiday weekend on an estimated $20.3m over four days.Opening in third place on $10.8m was Focus Features' acclaimedJohn LeCarre adaptation The Constant Gardener, while two movies from the shelf - Underclassmanfrom Miramax and ASound ...
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Madagascar retakes international lead with $12.5m weekend
A sensational launch in Italypowered DreamWorks International's Madagascar towards $300m over the weekend as the picture added an estimated$12.5m from 47 territories through UIP for $291.5m.The animated hit opened top in Italy on $7.1m including $1.4m frompreviews for 64% market share. This is the biggest CGI animated opening ever inItaly, ...
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01 Distribution acquires Fine Art Of Love
01 Distribution has acquired Italian distribution rights toJohn Irvin's Venice out-of-competition title The Fine Art of Love.Sold by Rome's AdrianaChiesa Enterprises (ACE), Irvin's period drama revolves around six girls agedsixteen who have been living in a luxurious orphanage-cum-finishing school froma very young age.The film, which stars Jacqueline Bisset, is anItalian-Czech-UK ...
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