All Screen articles in 12 January 2007 – Page 7
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Korea 's CJ CGV appoints Charles Kim as CEO
Leading Korean exhibitor CJ CGV has appointed Charles Kim as CEO, replacing Park Dong-ho who has been moved up in position to sister company CJ Foodville, a family restaurant chain with global ambitions. Kim was previously chief operating officer of CJ Homeshopping, which has recently had a successful launch in ...
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Kim draws Breath with Ha, Chang Chen
Maverick Korean director Kim Ki-duk started shooting his 14th film, Breath, over the weekend (Jan 5). The production is Kim's second with up-and-coming Korean actor Ha Jung-woo, on the heels of his Karlovy Vary opener Time. Ha starred in last year's Cannes Un Certain Regard title The Unforgiven, directed by ...
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NSFC votes Pan's Labyrinth film of the year
The National Society of Film Critics voted Guillermo del Toro'sfantasy drama Pan's Labyrinth the best picture of 2006.At its annual voting meeting in New York at the weekend (6), the 58-strong critics body re-elected David Sterritt as chairman.Pan's Labyrinth narrowly beat out Cristi Puiu's The Death Of Mr Lazurescu and ...
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Universal's Children seizes $10.3m in first wide domestic weekend
Fox's Night At The Museum held on to top spot for the thirdconsecutive weekend and raised its domestic running total to $164.1m following a $24m weekend, according to studio estimates.Sony's The Pursuit of Happyness consolidated its $100m-plus status in second place as $13m elevated the tally to $124.2m after four ...
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Chinese box office up by 30% in 2006
China's box office continued to grow in 2006 with combined grosses reaching $335.5m (RMB2.62bn), an increase of 30% on takings of $256m (RMB2bn) in 2005, according to figures released by the Film Bureau under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).The Film Bureau also announced that China's annual ...
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Chinese box office up by 30% in 2006
China's box office continued to grow in 2006 with combined grosses reaching $335.5m (RMB2.62bn), an increase of 30% on takings of $256m (RMB2bn) in 2005, according to figures released by the Film Bureau under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).The Film Bureau also announced that China's annual ...
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Screen enjoys multimedia upgrade
Screen this week makes a number of improvements to both its ScreenDaily 24-hour global website and the weekly magazine Screen International.The website has been upgraded with a range of new services, complementing its already unrivalled news service.Editor Michael Gubbins said the changes were organic, reflecting the growth of the international ...
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Big films shooting in 2007
AvatarTwentiethCentury Fox is handling James Cameron's sci-fi feature about aparaplegic war veteran brought to another planet, Pandora, inhabited bya humanoid race with their own language and culture. It will shoot inCanada in February.Bond 22Pre-production work for this film began before Casino Royale started filming.The story for Bond 22 (provisional title)is ...