All Screen articles in 13 August 2007 – Page 5

  • News

    Harrison, Perkins join LA-based Fifteen Minutes PR

    2007-08-07T19:47:00Z

    Former Paradigm corporate communications chief Bill Harrison has resurfaced at Howard Bragman's LA-based consultancy Fifteen Minutes PR. Lisa Perkins has also joined the Los Angeles-based company from Creative Public Relations, where she served as senior publicist since 2002. Bragman has also promoted Gabriel Serrato to partner.'Bill Harrison is one of ...

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    Hairspray honoured with ensemble acting nod from Hollywood Awards

    2007-08-07T19:37:00Z

    Hairspray will be honoured with the 11th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards' Hollywood Ensemble Acting Of The Year Award - Musical/Comedy.The awards will be handed out at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony on Oct 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.'We are very proud that we will be recognising ...

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    Steve Coogan to play Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards on screen

    2007-08-07T18:33:00Z

    Steve Coogan will star in Eddie The Eagle as the eponymous British ski-jumper whose last place ranking in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary endeared him to tens of thousands of fans and came to epitomise British eccentricity and spirit.Producers John Heyman and Rupert Maconick are lining up a January ...

  • Reviews

    Captain Achab

    2007-08-07T17:40:00Z

    Dir. Philippe Ramos. Fr-Swe, 2007. 100mins. This five episodes piece, only the last section of which actually deals with Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick, is a Freudian attempt to explain why Captain Achab became the driven man he was. It's the kind of picture that should please certain film theorists ...

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    Simpsons make it into Indian multiplexes after boycott is resolved

    2007-08-07T15:12:00Z

    After losing out on opening weekend collections for the The Simpsons Movie in India , local distributor Warner Bros reached an amicable settlement with the Multiplex Owners Association leading to the film being back on regular shows from today (Aug 7). The multiplex owners cited unreasonable demands for an increased ...

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    Kinowelt International picks up Venice Days film Head Under Water

    2007-08-07T14:57:00Z

    Kinowelt International has taken on international sales for Andreas Kleinert's thriller Head Under Water (Freischwimmer) which has been selected for its world premiere at this year's Venice Days sidebar at the end of the month. This is Kleinert's first feature film for almost ten years since his Paths In The ...

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    Beyond Dreams works with foundation for $20m Buddha feature

    2007-08-07T14:10:00Z

    Beyond Dreams Entertainment of India has partnered with Sri Lanka 's The Light of Asia Foundation, Sri Lanka for a $20m film project on the life of Gautam Buddha, the historical founder of Buddhism. Leading Indian director Shyam Benegal will direct the project. The Memorandum of Understanding for the production ...

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    Cronenberg's Eastern Promises to open San Sebastian

    2007-08-07T14:01:00Z

    David Cronenberg's new film, Eastern Promises, is to open the 55th San Sebastian Film Festival, which runs Sept 20-29. The Spanish festival will close with Michael Radford's Flawless, a heist film starring Demi Moore and Michael Caine, playing out of competition. Paul Auster - who is to chair the official ...

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    Park Circus takes on world rights to Icon back catalogue

    2007-08-07T12:18:00Z

    UK distributor Park Circus has struck a deal with Icon Entertainment International to handle Icon's back catalogue worldwide, both theatrically and non-theatrically. The library includes more than 350 titles such as The Passion Of The Christ and The Big Easy. The deal represents Icon productions and also other properties including ...

  • News

    Empties and King Of England lead Czech box-office recovery

    2007-08-07T12:12:00Z

    First-half box-office admissions in the Czech Republic grew 13% year-on-year, with local cinemas earning total revenues of nearly $31.3m (CZK 637m). If the trend continues in the second half, 2007 will outpace last year's 11.5m admissions, continuing a recovery from 2005's 9.5m admissions. The Czech Republic, which has a population ...

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    Ascot Elite takes German-speaking rights to This Is England

    2007-08-07T12:08:00Z

    Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite has taken all German-speaking European rights to Shane Meadows' This Is England from sales company The Works International. Meadows' somewhat autobiographical story of a young boy influenced by skinheads in 1980s England won the best film and best newcomer (Thomas Turgoose) awards at the British ...

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    Credit crunch may squeeze slate funders, says Fazio

    2007-08-07T04:03:00Z

    The rising cost of credit in the US sparked by the recent collapse of the mortgage sector has made film financing a more precarious business, according to Deutsche Bank's new global head of media and entertainment structured finance Laura Fazio.'People are concerned that the debt costs around these transactions have ...

  • News

    Peter Paige to star in Brazilian drama Copacabana

    2007-08-07T04:00:00Z

    Peter Paige from the Showtime series Queer As Folk has joined the cast of Roberto Jabor's Brazilian drama Copacabana, Of Love And Shadows.The $5m English-language production will commence principal photography in Rio De Janeiro in March 2008 and weaves together the stories of a treacherous drag queen, a nightclub diva ...

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    Weinstein Company launches $285m Asian film fund

    2007-08-07T03:52:00Z

    Harvey and Bob Weinstein have announced their long-planned $285m Asian film fund to finance the development, production, acquisition, marketing and distribution of Asian-themed films over the next six years.The Weinstein Company (TWC) will handle worldwide distribution for all films under the deal and domestic DVD distribution will go through Genius ...

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    Russell Schwartz leaves New Line after six years

    2007-08-07T03:45:00Z

    Russell Schwartz is leaving his position as New Line's president of domestic theatrical marketing after more than six years in the role.Schwartz will remain in place until the end of August, by which time studio's leadership will expect to have found a replacement. Beyond that he will be available as ...

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    Shabana Azmi to head jury of new Asia Pacific awards

    2007-08-07T02:00:00Z

    The Indian actress and humanitarian Shabana Azmi has been named president of the international jury at the inaugural Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), to be held on Australia's Gold Coast on Nov 13. 'The Asia Pacific Screen Awards is strongly committed to cinematic excellence and the promotion of the regions' ...