All Screen articles in 12 December 2004 – Page 4
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Moodysson misses out on Swedish Oscar nod
When Sweden's national film awards, the Guldbagges, arehanded out on Jan 24, three films will compete almost exclusively in everycategory.TomasAlfredson's black comedy drama Four Shades Of Brown and first-time filmmaker Maria Blom's comedy drama Dalecarlians will face off against lastyear's biggest local box office success, Kay Pollak's drama As It ...
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Ruiz cranks up Klimt in Vienna
Raoul Ruiz's homage to the artist Gustav Klimt willbegin shooting on January 4 in Vienna.Klimt stars JohnMalkovich, Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane and Nikolai Kinski. The leadproducer of the co-production involving four different countries is Dieter Pochlatkoof EPO-FILM.Ruiz, who wrote the script and will direct, commented:"I see this film as a ...
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Concorde launches Hungary's first film fund
Leveraging theopportunity created by the recently introduced Hungarian Film Law, Hungarianbanking outfit Concorde Securities has established the country's firstfilm financing fund, the Concorde Film Trust.The Law, passed inspring 2004, created tax benefits for companies backing films made in Hungary.Companies may reduce their corporate income tax by 100% of the amount ...
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Israeli outcry as Cinema Council chief replaced
Israeli Cinema Council chairman Eli Zohar has unexpectedlybeen replaced by Ronny Milo, a former Minister of Culture and the ex-mayor ofTel Aviv.The move has taken the entire Israeli film industry bysurprise. The news was announced by Culture Minister Limor Livnat .The founding chairman of the Film Authority when it launchedin ...
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Japanese studios set to build country's biggest multiplex
Shochiku, Toho and Toei will jointly build and operate thelargest multiplex cinema in Japan.Construction of the 12-screen, 2,500-seat site will begin in2006 in Osaka, Japan's second-largest city, as part of a new Osaka rail stationcomplex.The total cost of the project, including renovations of thestation building, is estimated at $1.45 bn ...
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New Line picks up movie rights to Understanding Guys bestseller
New Line Cinema has picked up rights to Sex And The City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo'snon-fiction bestseller He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth ToUnderstanding Guys.The authors will adapt the screenplay, which will centre on a youngfemale talk show host who becomes involved with a guest."The ...
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Flightplan takes off in Berlin
German director Robert Schwentke begins shooting thethriller Flightplan in Berlin today (Dec6) with a cast including Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean and KateBeaham.The film is billed asclaustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughterfly home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobodyadmits she ...
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Warner get Golden Gross award in Japan for Samurai
Steve Southgate has beennamed senior vice president of European technical operations at Warner BrosEntertainment and Paul Saccone becomes senior vice president and generalmanager of Warner Bros subsidiary Global Digital Media Xchange."Steve and Paul have bothproved invaluable to our operations, both here and abroad," Darcy Antonellis,executive vice president of Warner Bros ...
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Warner get Golden Gross award in Japan for Samurai
Warner Bros Japan collectedthe 2004 Golden Cross Award this week for The Last Samurai, which grossed an extraordinary $127m (Y13.7bn) inJapan to become the biggest grossing title of the year.Warner Bros Japan managingdirector William Ireton received the award from the Motion Picture ExhibitorsAssociation of Japan at a ceremony on Dec ...
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Warner makes senior technical appointments
Steve Southgate has beennamed senior vice president of European technical operations at Warner BrosEntertainment and Paul Saccone becomes senior vice president and generalmanager of Warner Bros subsidiary Global Digital Media Xchange."Steve and Paul have bothproved invaluable to our operations, both here and abroad," Darcy Antonellis,executive vice president of Warner Bros ...
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Swiss Film Prize embraces animation
The 2005 Swiss Film Prize has introduced a new prizecategory for Best Animation Film which will be awarded every two years from2005.Five animation films, including Georges Schwizgebel's L'HommeSans Ombre, which won the Prix'Regards Jeunes' at this year's Cannes Film Festival, were nominated.The nominees for Best Feature Film are: Bettina Oberli's ...
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Mesrine project on the rocks after producer assaults agent
The future of producerThomas Langmann's two-part project about career criminal Jacques Mesrine hasbeen called into question following the loss of its lead actor and analtercation between Langmann and agent Francois Samuelson.Barbet Schroeder is set todirect the Euros 45 million films which Benoit Magimel had been set to headlineas France's former ...
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Kranks takes $3.8m for Sony in 14 territories
Revolution/Sony's comedy Christmas With The Kranks added an estimated $3.8m on 1,465 printsin 14 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) at theweekend to raise its early international running total to $5.1m.The picture opened in third place in the UK on $1.5m on 370, astrong debut bearing in mind that ...
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Bridget strides past $100m in international after 25 days
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason passed $100m at the international boxoffice this weekend after 25 days in release through UIP.The romantic comedy sequel added $16.4m on 3,200 screens in 33territories to raise its international running total to $108m.Germany was a key driverhere, as the picture opened top on $4.5m ...
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Warner grosses $10.5m from Polar Express in 25 markets
The Polar Express grossed an estimated $10.7m on 4,400 screens in 25 marketsthrough Warner Bros Pictures International at the weekend to raise itscumulative total to $24m.The animated feature opened on $1.6m on 455 and 254,200 admissionsin Italy, where it was expected to rank second behind Buena VistaInternational's The Incredibles.France produced ...
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A Midwinter Night's Dream
Dir. Goran Paskaljevic.Serbia-Montenegro. 2004. 95mins.More introspective andless explosive than his remarkable feature Powder Keg (1998), GoranPaskaljevic's A Midwinter Night's Dream may, in many respects, be ametaphor for Serbia today, but it is still a powerful and moving personaltragedy that functions well, regardless of its political subtext.The finely tunedrelationship between a ...
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Third weekend at the top for Disney's Treasure
Buena Vista's NationalTreasure stayed top of the chartsfor the third consecutive weekend as it breezed past $100m, whileRevolution/Sony's Christmas With The Kranks climbed to second place to bear down on $50m aftertwo weekends.National Treasure added an estimated $17.1m for $110.2m and it is setto overtake 1996's The Rock on$134m to ...
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Ian Riches named CEO of UK independent exhibitor
Exhibition industry veteranIan Riches has joined the UK's Curzon (Loughborough) leisure group as chiefexecutive officer.Riches' appointment heraldsthe start of a major expansion push for the independent cinema chain. Having been acquired as a single site business byKC Suri, a property entrepreneur, in 2001 it now Presentlycomprisingcomprises of six locations around ...
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The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Dir: Wes Anderson. US.2004. 118mins.Bill Murray owes anenormous debt of gratitude to writer/director Wes Anderson, whose wonderfullydry, absurdist films have stretched the actor in ways the comedy star mightnever have attempted on his own.Forced to venture outsidehis comfort zone into uncharted emotional waters, Murray has delivered oneoutstanding performance after another ...
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Greeks rush to embrace Alexander
Unlikeits limp performance in the US, Oliver Stone's Alexander has gone down a stormin the country that inspired the film - Greece.The filmopened in Greece this weekend and attracted 104,215 admissions nationwide on 85screens through local distributor Spentzos Film.Thestrong opening puts it on a par with hits such as Troy, ...