All Screen articles in 12 December 2004 – Page 3
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Ocean's Twelve
Dir: Steven Soderbergh. US. 2004. 132mins Warner Bros andVillage Roadshow can count on another worldwide hit with Ocean's Twelve, the sequel to the 2001 blockbuster Ocean's Eleven which grossed $183.4m inNorth America and $267.3m in international territories. With global movie starsClooney, Pitt, Damon, Roberts and now Catherine Zeta-Jones heading the ...
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Godzilla: Final Wars
Dir: Ryuhei Kitamura.Jap. 2004. 110mins.Godzilla: Final Wars, director Ryuhei Kitamura's send-off to the Big G,going into retirement after a 50-year run, is like one of those documentariesof R&B greats - the old guys can still play the notes, but the heat left along time ago. They once shook the world ...
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Cinemart shines spotlight on arthouse veterans
A raft of projects fromacclaimed UK directors including Nicolas Roeg, David MacKenzie and PeterGreenaway have been selected for this year's Cinemart co-production market,which takes place during the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 26 -Feb 6).In all, 47 projects havemade the line-up out of 539 entries for next year's event, the ...
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NORTH AMERICA 8 December
The story of the top 10occurred in fifth place this week as Sony's acclaimed stage adaptation Closeropened on limited release with an excellent $7.7m.Mike Nichols' adaptation ofPatrick Marber's harrowing relationship drama averaged $16,193 on 476 screens.Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Jude law and Julia Roberts star as a London-basedcoterie whose rampant ...
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GERMANY 8 December
National Treasure lasted only one week at the top spot before beingousted by Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason which clocked up over $4.2min its first four days and the weekend's top screen average of $ 5,864.The 500,282 admissions werealmost 50% up on the opening performance of the first Bridget ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 8 December
Alexander opened this weekend in pole position inSerbia and Montenegro. With only six prints, an unusually low number for apicture of its scope even in such a small territory, Oliver Stone's epic sold16,715 admissions for the weekend, and with previews that started on Tuesday,it has now grossed $110,264 for Mirius.Out ...
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Incredibles, Bridget cross $100m international mark
The Incredibles and Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason joinedthe ranks of $100m international grossers last weekend, making them the 16th and 17th films topass the mark in 2004.The latest Pixar and WorkingTitle hits join Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Shrek 2,Spider-Man 2, Troy, The Day After Tomorrow, ...
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Universal to remake BBC mini State Of Play as movie
UniversalPictures has acquired the rights to BBC's political thriller television series StateOf Play from producerAndrew Hauptman and his Mission Pictures.Hauptman willproduce the project with Tracy Falco. State Of Play series creator Paul Abbott will serve asexecutive producer and is currently working on future installments to thetelevision series.State Of Playcentres on ...
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Top Dutch production outfit launches Oz joint venture
Leading Dutch film company IdtV Film (Twin Sisters)and co-owner Anton Smit are moving into English language film-making via ajoint venture with Australian TV producers Mark and Cathy Overett.Called New Holland Pictures, the Queensland-based jointventure is readying an Australian remake of a Dutch film called Afghan Bride(working title). The project is ...
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Downfall for Momentum in UK
Momentum Pictures has acquired UK rights to German boxoffice hit The Downfall (Der Untergang) - which grossed $40m in its home territory.Lara Thompson, head of acquisitions at Momentum Pictures,and Eos Distribution's managing director, Dirk Schuerhoff, negotiated the deal.The war drama depicts the final days of Adolf Hitler andis directed by ...
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Incredibles continues to soar for BVI
Buena VistaInternational's (BVI) The Incredibles passed $100m at the weekend with an estimated $36.3m grossthat raised the international cumulative total to $104.6m.The highlight was the second biggest animated debut everin Japan behind Finding Nemo on $7.3m on689 screens that ranked second behind Howl's Moving Castle.The pictureopened top in Argentina on ...
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Balkan funds back six new projects
Six filmprojects have received backing for script development and co-production from the Thessaloniki based BalkanFund and the Sarajevo co-production Market-Cinelink. The news was announced atlast week's Thessaloniki Film Festival (TIFF).Fourprojects were granted Euros 10,000 each by the Balkan Fund, a TIFF scriptdevelopment initiative created in 2003.Theprojects are:- The Only Love ...
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'Make or break' period for European animation
European animation is entering into a 'make or breakperiod' over the next few years as a string of high budget films produced inEurope hit the market.That's the conclusion of a new report from Screen Digest,called Animated Movies - US and European Market Assessment.US animations captured the lion's share of admissions ...
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Alexander opens number one in eight smaller territories
Alexander grossed an estimated $4m on 686international screens at the weekend, powered by eight number one debuts includingMexico through Warner Bros.The pictureopened on $1.3m on 400 screens in Mexico through Warner Bros and scored astrong $948,356 on 83 in Greece, where Athens accounted for $51,155.The Greek result was especially impressive ...
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82 short films selected for Sundance
The Sundance Instituteannounced yesterday (6) that 82 short films have been chosen from 3,887submissions to play at the Sundance Film Festival in January.Narrative, documentary andanimated shorts will play in six programmes, with prizes on offer for outstandingachievement and merit in international and American entries.Subjects cover a satiricallook at spelling bees, ...
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The Oyster Farmer
Dir/scr: Anna Reeves. Aust-UK. 2004. 91minsAustralian newcomer Anna Reeves does little to changethe image of her countrymen or local cliches with Oyster Farmer, servingup the typical Aussie quirky characters, black humour, beer and sex in equalmeasure.It isn't the most attractive picture that writer-director Reeves paints of theisolated oyster farmers of ...
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SWEDEN 7 December
Having OliverStone in town to promote Alexander didn't give the epic enough leverageto stay on top of the Swedish box-office chart, and it dropped heavily to thirdbehind Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason and The Incredibles.The romanticcomedy retained a solid $4,832 screen average from its high 80 prints, but thisweek's ...
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DENMARK 7 December
Despite dropping some 37%Oliver Stone's Alexander epic managed to stay on top of the Danishbox-office chart in front of The Incredibles and Bridget Jones: TheEdge Of Reason, which swapped places on second and third.Alexander's DKK 30,591 box-office screen average wasconsiderably higher than its closest competitors but marginally bested by HeadOn ...
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ITALY 7 December
Last weekend saw WarnerBros' The Polar Express open at number two at the Italian box office,but BVI's The Incredibles stayed firmly on top.As the local box office hotsup in the run-up to Christmas, The Polar Express earned $1,467,954 - butthis paled in comparison to the huge $10,795,560 which The Incredibleshas ...
