All Screen articles in 11 September 2008 – Page 10
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CMG steps onto Killer Bean Forever
Edward Noeltner's LA-based Cinema Management Group (CMG) has boarded animator Jeff Lew's feature directorial debut Killer Bean Forever and will introduce to buyers in Toronto.The film is based on Lew's cult short Killer Bean 2: The Party, which took the internet by storm when it launched on iFilm in 2000 ...
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Sunshine Barry boogies with Baltics, Benelux, India
Sola Media has sold 3-D animation Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms to more territories including the Baltics (AMCE), Benelux (Independent Films) and India (VMI).Thomas Borch Nielsen's film has its world premiere here in with public screenings starting Sept 7. Sola previously booked sales for 40 countries including Brazil (Imagem), ...
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Fifty Dead Men Walking author holds legal fire against TIFF
The author of Fifty Dead Men Walking is holding his fire. Martin McGartland, the Royal Ulster Constabulary mole who infiltrated the IRA and nearly paid for it with his life, has decided to see the film for a second time. The film, which screens as a gala on Sept. 10, ...
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Plastic City set for new edit after Venice, Toronto screenings
Celluloid Dreams has confirmed that the version of Yu Lik-wai's Plastic City screening here in Toronto Special Presentations is an 'unfinished' version.After the post-production was rushed for the world premiere in Venice, the sales company will work with the film-makers after Toronto to recut the film.Gordon Spragg, Celluloid Dreams' director ...
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CPH:PIX starts $72,000 prize in debut feature competition
Denmark's new April festival, CPH:PIX, will have a competition devoted to first-time feature directors. The directors of 10-12 debut films will compete for a cash prize of $72,090 (Euros 50,000).'A substantial cash prize can make all the difference to a first-time filmmaker, and it is our hope that the money ...
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Roadshow scoops most awards at Australia's Movie Convention
Roadshow, the only Australian-owned distributor with a direct supply line from the US studios, was the big winner last night (Thurs), the final evening of the Australian International Movie Convention (AIMC), which has been running on Queensland 's Gold Coast for the past five days. Roadshow won the most awards ...
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ReviewsPasschendaele
Dir: Paul Gross. Canada. 2008. 114minsAnyone confronting the horrors of trench warfare in the First World War has to acknowledge the long shadows cast by seminal classics All Quiet On The Western Front and Paths Of Glory. Paul Gross’s ambitious Passchendaele doesn’t try to compete. Instead, ...
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Viva la republic
Content Republic sounds like a new nation state, but in fact it is a new state of mind about digital distribution.Teun Hilte, who co-founded the company with Michel Peters, explains the concept: "We're licensing films to internet platforms," he says. "For companies like iTunes which have the ambition to work ...
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Profile: Guarav Dhillon
For Gaurav Dhillon, the CEO of Jaman.com, what sets his online film offering apart from the likes of CinemaNow and iTunes is the sense of community fostered by its interactive elements.Site users are encouraged to review films and take part in discussions on the forums, while a mood selector will ...
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Editorial - D-day for d-cinemas
Digital cinema is inevitable but I no longer believe it is a good thing." That was the surprising conclusion of a senior European figure this week who had once been an advocate if not a downright enthusiast for the switch to D-cinema.His is not a lone voice. Those who once ...
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Festival talk - 'Eclectic cinema that pushes the limits'
What are your favourite film festivals'I go to Berlin, Cannes, Pusan and those that I organise. (Deauville's festival programmer) Jerome Lasserre goes to Sundance. I prefer Cannes.What's the blueprint for a good festival'A welcoming town where everything can be done on foot, a policy of assuming cultural choices, a demanding ...
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Interview: Larry Charles
While Borat saw Larry Charles travel across the US with Sacha Baron Cohen's hapless Kazakh TV reporter, Religulous sees the director taking in a range of religious sites - Jerusalem, Vatican City and Florida's Holy Land Experience - with comedian Bill Maher as he skewers religion.Maher and Baron Cohen's methods ...
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In Focus: Thedomestic summer box office
Domestic revenues for the four-month summer season from early May to Labor Day in September reached $4.2bn. That's a box- office decline of 1% from 2007 with admissions down by about 7%. At first glance, then, the overall picture appears disappointing.Considerable money has been spent on pumping up old franchises ...
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United Kingdom - There will be blood
It is mid-June in London, and James Corden is sweating in a yellow raincoat as he runs through a foggy forest, carrying a condom full of holy water. Director Phil Claydon calls out his instructions: "Vampire fighting formation, please!"This is the set of Lesbian Vampire Killers. "The title tells you ...
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International - Batman battles on
Warner Bros' The Dark Knight's worldwide gross is still ticking off the key box-office milestones, crossing $400m in international markets and $500m domestically.The $1bn worldwide gross is tantalisingly close and the film held on to the top spot of Screen's international chart.The highest new entry in this week's chart is ...
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Australia - Logic's animal cracker
When director Zack Snyder's animated fantasy adventure Guardians Of Ga'hoole opens worldwide in 2010, it will be Zareh Nalbandian's first credit as a feature producer - and Australia's first 3D feature.Nalbandian is co-founder and major shareholder of the privately owned Animal Logic at Sydney's Fox Studios. The company measures up ...
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Deauville Festival of american film - America's french connection
As the summer winds down and the French film industry makes its way back from holiday, the Deauville Festival of American Film has established a strong niche in the industry calendar.A bevy of US studio films as well as independent fare will be screened in the seaside town, which acts ...
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Flashback to 2007
Live!Dir: Bill GuttentagDist: Pretty Pictures130,207 admissionsWaitressDir: Adrienne ShellyDist: 20th Century Fox41,449 admissionsTeethDir: Mitchell LichtensteinDist: TFM40,237 admissionsBroken EnglishDir: Zoe CassavetesDist: Eurozoom31,061 admissionsGrace Is GoneDir: James C StrouseDist: TFM20,446 admissionsNever ForeverDir: Gina KimDist: Surreal Distribution15,984 admissionsThe Dead GirlDir: Karen MoncrieffDist: ARP15,320 admissionsFor Your ConsiderationDir: Christopher GuestDist: CTV International761 admissionsNo French distribution: Factory ...