All Screen articles in 12 May 2000 – Page 3

  • Reviews

    Nurse Betty

    2000-05-09T18:58:00Z

    Dir: Neil Labute. US. 2000. 110 mins.Prod cos: Ab-Strakt Pictures, Propaganda, IMF. Domestic dist: USA Films. Int'l sales: Summit Entertainment (+1 310 309 8400). Exec prods: Philip Steuer, Stephen Pevner, Moritz Borman, Chris Sievernich. Prods: Gail Mutrux, Steve Golin. Scr: John C Richards, James Flamberg. Dop: Jean Yves Escoffier. Prod ...

  • News

    Gladiator marches into Australia, Mexico

    2000-05-09T18:57:00Z

    Ridley Scott's highly anticipated film Gladiator thrashed Australian competition when it reported its opening four-day gross May 4-7. The Roman epic became the fourth highest opening film ever in the territory marginally beating The Lost World: Jurassic Park distributed in May 1997. Playing on 287 screens, the UIP release scooped ...

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    Senator first up for Roth slate

    2000-05-09T18:56:00Z

    Germany's Senator Film has become the first international distributor to sign up to the highly anticipated package of studio-level films being put together by former Disney chief Joe Roth. The five-year deal initially gives Senator all media rights in all German-speaking territories. It is promised a minimum of six films ...

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    Warner international chief Frumkes calls it quits

    2000-05-09T00:46:00Z

    Ed Frumkes, the president of international distribution and marketing for Warner Bros Pictures, is to leave the studio when his contract expires in December.The 13 year-old veteran of the studio, who took over from Wayne Duband as head of Warner International in Feb 1996, leaves on a high, after his ...

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    Mutual's foreign partners strike $200m credit line

    2000-05-09T00:31:00Z

    The three leading foreign distributors involved in Mutual Film Company have jointly secured a $200m revolving credit line allowing the production company to develop and finance projects without having to necessarily wait for a greenlight from a Hollywood studio partner.The flexible financing arrangement is the result of a three-year credit ...

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    Hugh Grant named advisor to Internationalmedia AG

    2000-05-08T22:56:00Z

    Ahead of its floatation on the German stock market this year, Intermedia and Pacifica's recently-formed film and media company IM Internationalmedia AG has added some star-power to its supervisory board by appointing Hugh Grant.The British actor will join other supervisory board members including Munich-based financial consultant Antoinette Hiebeler-Hasner, who acts ...

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    RAI joins Napoleon's $35m European campaign

    2000-05-08T22:53:00Z

    Italy's RAI Fiction has joined forces with France's GMT Communications and France 2 to co-produce Napoleon, the planned four part mini-series starring Christian Clavier (Asterix & Obelix, The Visitors) and Gerard Depardieu. GMT had been expected to partner with Italy's Mediaset and Germany's KirchGroup/Beta Film on the project (Screendaily, February ...

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    Sogepaq picks up Fugitivas, eyes del Toro's Devil

    2000-05-08T22:52:00Z

    Sogepaq, the rights and acquisitions arm of Spanish media group Sogecable, has picked up world rights on Fugitivas, a feature film currently in production at Seville-based Maestranza Films.Sogepaq is also understood to be negotiating international rights on Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo Del Diablo), a Tequila Gang ...

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    Constantin adds Propaganda to production stable

    2000-05-08T22:50:00Z

    Bernd Eichinger's Constantin Film has unveiled its third US venture inside a week, setting up a production joint venture with Propaganda Films.The move is designed to deliver three or four films per year using Propaganda's unusual stable of directors and actors. Propaganda said under the deal it "will be taking ...

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    Kevin And Perry go large again in the UK

    2000-05-08T19:04:00Z

    The British comedy Kevin And Perry Go Large is back at the top of the UK chart after pinching the number one slot from last weekend's chart topper Scream 3. However, box office revenues across most of the country plummeted over the weekend (May 5-7) as the first ...

  • Reviews

    In The Mood For Love

    2000-05-08T14:55:00Z

    Dir: Wong Kar-Wai. Hong Kong. 2000. 90 mins.Prod Co: Block 2 Pictures Inc/Paradis-Orly Films. Int'l Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales. Prod/Scr: Wong Kar-Wai. DoPs: Christopher Doyle, Mark Li Ping Bing. Prod des/Ed: William Chang Suk-Ping. Mus: Michael Galasso. Main cast: Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Rebecca Pan, Lai Chen, Siu ...

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    Devils On The Doorstep (Guizi Lai Le)

    2000-05-08T14:46:00Z

    Dir: Jiang Wen. China. 2000. 162 mins.Prod Co: Asian Union Film & Entertainment Ltd. Int'l Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales. Prod: Jiang Wen. Exec prods: Dong Ping, Zheng Quangang. Scr: You Fengwei, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Shi Jianquan, inspired by the novella Shengcun by You Fengwei. DoP: Gu Chengwei. Prod des: ...

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    Dancer In The Dark

    2000-05-08T14:46:00Z

    Dir: Lars Von Trier. Denmark-Sweden. 2000. 139 mins.Prod Co: Zentropa Entertainment. Int'l Sales: Trust Film Sales (+45 3686 8788). Prod: Vibeke Windelov. Scr: Lars Von Trier. DoP: Robby Muller. Prod des: Karl Juliusson. Ed: Molly Malene Stensgaard, Francois Gedigier. Mus: Bjork. Main cast: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, ...

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    Scott's Gladiator slays US box office

    2000-05-08T07:16:00Z

    The annual bloodbath known as the US summer box office has begun in earnest and already one film has emerged victorious: Ridley Scott's $103m Roman spectacle Gladiator which debuted with $32.7m and utterly slayed all its weekend competition.Starring Australian actor Russell Crowe as the hero who fights back in the ...

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    Malkovich adds Botto, Morante to Dancer cast

    2000-05-07T22:33:00Z

    Actor John Malkovich and producer Andres Vicente Gomez of Lolafilms have unveiled the full cast of Dancer Upstairs which will include Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Minguez and Abel Folk alongside Spanish star Javier Bardem.The project, which marks Malkovich's directorial debut, will shoot in English on a budget of ...

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    Millennium Dome to host Indian Oscars

    2000-05-07T22:29:00Z

    An Indian cinema awards night - christened the International Indian Film Awards (IIFA) - will be held at the Millennium Dome in London on June 24. The organisation chose London as a venue to reflect the UK's status as the leading overseas market for the Mumbai-based film industry.The show, to ...

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    Steel Company to buy for Brazil's Playarte

    2000-05-07T22:25:00Z

    Los Angeles-based worldwide entertainment consultant The Steel Company has signed on to handle acquistions and market liaison for Brazilian distributor-exhibitor Playarte, headed by president Otelo Bettin Coltro. According to Steel Company vice president Patrick Aluise, Playarte will be looking to acquire Brazilian rights to around ten high-profile theatrical features and ...

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    Flotation fear hits Indian film companies

    2000-05-07T22:22:00Z

    Reflecting events in the US and Europe, several Indian film and TV companies have postponed their planned IPOs, in this case because of the decline in value of media companies on the Mumbai stock exchange. Twenty Indian film and TV companies have applied to the Securities and Exchange Board of ...

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    Penta, 3Dmax to digitally recreate Indian stars

    2000-05-07T22:17:00Z

    Indian computer graphics company PentaMedia and Silicon Valley-based 3D animation outfit 3Dmax Media have unveiled details of their joint venture which plans to bring late Indian director and film star Raj Kapoor to life using digital animation.The new company will be a 50-50 joint venture between PentaMedia and 3Dmax Media, ...