All Screen articles in 12 May 2005 – Page 4
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The Longest Penalty In The World (El Penalti Mas Largo Del Mundo)
Dir. Roberto Santiago.Sp. 2005. 101mins.A very local comedy withstrong remake potential, The Longest Penalty In The World has provedthis year's Spanish box office hit to date taking more than $6.5m.Although perhaps tooanchored in Madrid to travel past Spanish-language territories, that'sconversely Penalty's greatest strength - this could be remade more thanonce ...
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Cheung steps up in Celestial hierarchy
Hong Kong's CelestialPictures has promoted international sales chief Gordon Cheung to the newposition of executive vice president, acquisitions & distribution. In his new role, Cheung willoversee Celestial's new movie productions, content acquisition and thedistribution of new film content. The company, which owns and distributes the760-title Shaw Brothers library, is currently ...
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Kusturica spells out judging criteria for Cannes festival
The Cannes competition titles will be judged on purelyaesthetic grounds rather than box-office potential, said jury president EmirKusturica. It's astatement that sets the tone for this year's genre-focussed and auteur-richfestival. Kusturica promised the festival would "hit the heights" by going backto the value judgements that he says have marked out ...
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Positive response for Korea's Antarctic Journal at Jeonju
Antarctic Journal, a large-scale Korean mystery thriller set in theAntarctic Circle, provided a high profile close to the sixth JeonjuInternational Film Festival on May 6. The film receives its market premiere viaMirovision in the upcoming Cannes market.Shot in New Zealand, Journal focuses on an expedition to the South Pole thatveers ...
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Downfall snubbed in German Film Awards
Oscar-nominated German hit Downfall has been controversiallyomitted from best film shortlist for this year's German Film Awards.The Bernd Eichinger produced box office smash only mustered three actingnominations for this year's awards including best actor for Bruno Ganz as AdolfHitler. Dani Levy's Jewish family comedy Go For Zucker! - An Unorthodox ...
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Arab festivals co-ordinate to avoid date clashes
The second DubaiInternational Film Festival is to be held from December 11-17, 2005. The date of the week-longfestival was decided after a series of discussions with the organizers of theCairo, Marrakech and Damascus film festivals to enhance synergies between majorfestivals from the Arab world. The discussions focused onthe most appropriate ...
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Warner Bros boards Ant and Dec's Alien
Warner Bros is to handleinternational distribution on Alien Autopsy, the new feature showcasingthe acting talents of diminutive British TV presenters Ant and Dec. The film, produced by MichaelKuhn of Qwerty Films and Barnaby Thompson of Ealing Studios, begins shootingnext month.Alien Autopsy is a comedy abouttwo friends who make a spoof ...
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Brody, Affleck embark on American Way for Focus
Production has begun on AllenCoulter's Truth, Justice And The American Way, the real-life Hollywoodmystery starring Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck and Diane Lane. Focus Features will handlethe North American release and international sales on the picture, which alsostars Bob Hoskins and marks Sopranos director Coulter's feature directorialdebut. Brody stars as a ...
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Kicking & Screaming
Dir:Jesse Dylan. US. 2005. 93mins.WillFerrell's comic talents are used to very variable effect in Kicking &Screaming, a haphazard family comedy that attempts to combine kid-friendlyhumour with something a bit edgier for youngish parents. It's the kind of safefamily film that sometimes finds a surprisingly large audience, and Ferrell'sgrowing star power ...
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Kicking & Screaming
Dir:Jesse Dylan. US. 2005. 93mins.WillFerrell's comic talents are used to very variable effect in Kicking &Screaming, a haphazard family comedy that attempts to combine kid-friendlyhumour with something a bit edgier for youngish parents. It's the kind of safefamily film that sometimes finds a surprisingly large audience, and Ferrell'sgrowing star power ...
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Kicking And Screaming
Dir:Jesse Dylan. US. 2005. 93mins.WillFerrell's comic talents are used to very variable effect in Kicking &Screaming, a haphazard family comedy that attempts to combine kid-friendlyhumour with something a bit edgier for youngish parents. It's the kind of safefamily film that sometimes finds a surprisingly large audience, and Ferrell'sgrowing star power ...
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Howard to receive Musuem of Moving Image salute
Ron Howard will be honoured by New York's Museum of the Moving Image atits 21st annual black tie salute on Dec 4, when friends andcolleagues will present highlight footage from the filmmaker's career."Ron Howard has played an essential role in the world of the moving image since he was a ...
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Three Dollars
Dir: Robert Connolly.Aus. 2005. 119mins.Based on an award-winning 1998 Australian novel, ThreeDollars is about a good, honest man utterly unable to compromise hisintegrity. David Wenham is sensitively intelligent in a role that requires himto bravely suffer a variety of modern economic tortures, from sacking andbetrayal to bankruptcy and destitution.Made with ...
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The Longest Penalty In The World (El Penalti Mas Largo Del Mundo)
Dir:Jesse Dylan. US. 2005. 93mins.WillFerrell's comic talents are used to very variable effect in Kicking &Screaming, a haphazard family comedy that attempts to combine kid-friendlyhumour with something a bit edgier for youngish parents. It's the kind of safefamily film that sometimes finds a surprisingly large audience, and Ferrell'sgrowing star power ...
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Dubrovnik Film Festival unveils competition line-up
The DubrovnikFilm Festival, taking place in Croatia immediately after Cannes, has confirmeddetails of its line-up and many of its guests. The festival (running 25 to 29May) is to open with Charles Dance's Ladies In Lavender and to close with Sahara.Britishactor John Hurt is President of the main festival jury. Other ...
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Romero's Dead to world premiere at CineVegas
George ARomero's Land Of The Deadwill receive its world premiere as the closing night picture at the upcomingCineVegas Film Festival in Las Vegas on Jun 18.Romero will also receive thefestival's 2005 Vanguard Director Award from Atmosphere Entertainment chairmanMark Canton, who produced the picture with Peter Grunwald and Bernie Goldmann.Horror fans ...
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Clooney thriller joins Summit's Cannes slate
Michael Clayton, a dramatic thriller set to start shootingearly next year with George Clooney starring, has been added to SummitEntertainment's Cannes pre-sales slate. Tony Gilroy, whose screenwriting credits include The BourneSupremacy and The Bourne Identity, will write the script and make his directingdebut on the film. Clooney's and Steven Soderbergh's ...
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Sharon Stone signs for Eslinger's Cannes project
Sharon Stone has signed on tostar in Ryan Eslinger's When A Man Falls In The Forest, one of 18projects by young filmmakers beingshowcased in the inaugural Cannes sidebar L'Atelier du Festival."I think that Ryan Eslingeris enormously talented and I look forward to our collaboration," Stone said ina statement.The star added ...
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Sales execs board Chartier and Devlin's Voltage Pictures
Nadine de Barros and EricChristenson have joined Nicolas Chartier and Dean Devlin's fledgling sales andfinancing outfit Voltage Pictures as sales executives.The former Crystal Sky and Tentpole Pictures executives come aboard as Voltageheads into its first Cannes market with a strong slate of titles boasting suchtalent as Julie Delpy, Elisha Cuthbert, ...
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Bavaria strikes US and UK deals ahead of Cannes
Munich-based sales agentBavaria Film has concluded a number of US and UK deals ahead of this year'sCannes market.First Run has picked uprights for the USA and English-speaking Canada for Oskar Roehler's Agnes AndHis Brothers and the Chinese Ning Hao's comedy Mongolian Ping Pong.Meanwhile, Strand Releasingacquired the Berlinale Teddy Award-winner Un ...