All Screen articles in 12 November 2004 – Page 3
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Eagle takes Italian rights to The Saint
EaglePictures has picked up Italian distribution rights to The Saint, a Euros10m English-language picture starring Bad Boys II's Jordi Molla.The historic action movie, which is written and directedby Italy's Antonello Bellucco, tells the story of Saint Antonio of Padua, apriest who was born in Lisbon and died in 1231 at ...
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CTFDI's Resident Evil sequel shines in Spain, Italy openings
Horror sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse opened top in Spain at the weekend,grossing $2.5m on 349 screens through Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI).The result was 38% ahead of the 2002 original's debut. The pictureopened second in Italy on $1.7m on 250, some 73% ahead of Resident Evil. Overall the picture added ...
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TLA buys US DVD and video rights to Maura-starrer La Promesa
TLA Releasing has acquired US DVD/VHS rights at AFM to HectorCarre's psychological thriller La Promesa.The picture stars Carmen Maura as an abused wife who flees herhusband to start a new life as a nanny in what may be a haunted house.Maura is best known as the star of a number ...
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Kosslick 'confident' Berlinale will meet sellers demands
The Berlinale is"absolutely confident" that it will be able to cater for theincreased demand from sales companies at the European Film Market (EFM) nextFebruary in its "transition year" before moving into its new venue atthe Martin Gropius Building from 2006.Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily.com, festival director Dieter Kosslick said that"if the ...
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Spacey, Neeson, Jackson, Linney among Palm Springs honourees
Kevin Spacey, Samuel LJackson, Liam Neeson and Laura Linney will each be honoured at the upcoming16th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) awards gala on Jan8 2005.Spacey, who directed andstars in the Bobby Darin biopic Beyond The Sea, will collect the Sonny Bono Visionary Award forActing, Directing and Producing, ...
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Amazon.com launches shorts series with Scott brothers' RSA
Amazon.com has partneredwith Ridley and Tony Scott's RSA USA production company and creativeagency Fallon Worldwide to launch the short film series Amazon Theatre.Starting today (9) andcontinuing each Tuesday for the next four weeks, Amazon will release a newtitle exclusively to Amazon.com customers, viewable either on the gateway pageor as a ...
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Biondo joins Infinity in business and legal affairs
John Biondo hasjoined the Los Angeles-based production and financing company Infinity Media asvice president of business and legal affairs.Biondo will beresponsible for structuring and negotiating production and distribution dealswith domestic and international parties for all Infinity productions.His other dutiesinclude negotiating contracts with talent and other general corporate and legalmatters. Biondo ...
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Glickman sounds the piracy alarm in his first public address
Dan Glickman, the new chief of the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica (MPAA), warned yesterday (8) that the US film industry faced calamityunless the studios tackled online piracy immediately."Illegal piracy of movies over the internet poses the greatestexisting threat to the motion picture industry," Glickman said in his firstpublic address since ...
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Metrodome acquires UK rights to pair of films
UK distributor Metrodome has acquired UK rights to TheAssassination of Richard Nixon and Private for its 2005 slate.The Assassination of Richard Nixon played in UnCertain Regard at Cannes this year. It was directed by Niels Mueller andwritten by Mueller together with Kevin Kennedy, and stars Sean Penn, NaomiWatts and Don ...
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French protest at 9 Songs 'pornographic' rating
Michael Winterbottom'scontroversial 9 Songs has been given an 18 rating from France'sclassification board, essentially qualifying it as pornographic.Two filmindustry representative groups, the writers', directors', producers'association (ARP) and the Societe des Realisateurs de Films (SRF), which headsup Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, have both protested the decision.In a statement, the two groupssaid, ...
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AVP takes another $8.7m for Fox International
Fuelled by a respectabledebut in Germany and several smaller markets, Fox International's Alien VsPredator added $8.7m on 2,249 screensat the weekend to pass $50m at the international box office.The action horror opened on$3.1m on 561 in Germany, while Austria yielded $447,000 on 65 and Belgiumproduced $582,000 on 50.All three results ...
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Travolta to be 20th honouree at MOMI
John Travolta will be the 20th honoree to receive theMuseum of the Moving Image salute in New York City on Dec 5."John's stardomis based not only upon his enormous talent, but an irresistible combination ofunpretentious appeal, innate skill, intensity, humor and grace," museumdirector Rochelle Slovin said in a statement.The museum ...
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2% increase in buyers at AFM from Feb event, says IFTA
The number of buyers attending the 25th AFM climbed 2% against theprevious market in February, AFM organising body the Independent Film &Television Alliance (IFTA) reported.The final tally released yesterday (8) put the number of buyers at1,459 compared to 1,434 in February 2004. Buyers came from 637 companies.Several countries showed significant ...
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Shrek 2 DVD and video sales gross $185m since Friday
DreamWorks Animation reported yesterday (8) that domestic homevideo sales of Shrek 2grossed approximately $185m from 12.1m sales on DVD and VHS.Of the 12.1m units sold sincethe title was released on Nov 5, a record 11m were DVDs.The results dwarf those of the original, which sold more than 7min the first ...
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BVI's King Arthur crosses $150m international mark
King Arthur became the seventh Jerry Bruckheimerpicture released by the Walt Disney Company to pass $200m at the worldwide boxoffice at the weekend.The epic actionadventure added $795,000 through Buena Vista International (BVI) for a $149.7minternational running total, and has grossed $51.9m in domestic ticket sales.Miramax'sromantic comedy remake Shall We Dance ...
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New York Critics sets announcement date for Dec 13
The New York Film CriticsCircle will announce its 70th annual awards winners at New York's Muse Hotel onDec 13.Results will be postedonline immediately. On Jan 9 2005 the group will host its awards dinner at theRoosevelt Hotel in Manhattan."2004 has been a solid ifnot spectacular year,' newly elected vice chair ...
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French producers hit by Warner funding wrangle
In the ongoing battle between the local film industry and 2003Productions, some producers and France's film board, the CNC, are starting tofeel the pinch.On Friday, the Administrative Court of Paris announced it would cancelthe approval of eligibility for state funds given by the CNC to producers ofJosiane Balasko's latest film, ...
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Kings And Queen (Rois Et Reine)
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin.France, 2004. 150mins.Arnaud Desplechin'sstatus as a hero of the French intelligentsia, whose charms remain largelyunfathomable to the rest of the world, continues with Kings And Queen,which is as delightful and infuriating as his previous work.For two-and-a-half hours hespins two parallel tales that eventually converge to become one. Along ...
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Illusive Tracks takes double top at Nordic Film Days
The Swedish film IllusiveTracks (Skenbart) by Peter Dalle proved a big hit with both the jury andaudience at this year's Nordic Film Days in Luebeck.The jury gave the Euros 12,500 NDR Promotion Prize toDalle's "frivolous black comedy" for an "excellent screenplay[which] forms the basis for an exceptionally good cast and ...
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Turin unveils competition line-up
David Gordon Green's Undertowis among the films that will compete at the upcoming Turin Film Festival (Nov12-20), Italy's leading festival for emerging and cutting-edge talent.The festival will kick off with John Sayle's Silver City and will close with theinternational premiere of Hong Kong director Benny Chan's New Police Story.The Asian-heavy ...
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