All Screen articles in 14 April 2003 – Page 4
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Schepisi lined up for Australian project after 15-year absence
Two expatriate Australian directors, Fred Schepisi (Last Orders) and John Polson (Swimfan), may be among those to benefit from the second fundraising by Australian partners the Nine Network and Macquarie bank, it was revealed last night. Schepisi was presented with the highest honour at the Australian Screen Directors Association awards ...
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Jackie Chan to join Mandarin's $10m Sword Searchers
Hong Kong's Mandarin Entertainment has lined up Jackie Chan and hot local singer-actor Nicholas Tse to star in The Sword Searchers, a $10m action adventure film to be directed by Tony Ching Siu-Tung.The film, which will be set up as a co-production with a Chinese studio, is based on the ...
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Hong Kong's Universe sets sights on mainland market
So far the killer virus that has recently hit Hong Kong doesn't appear to be affecting production. Several studios, encouraged by the growing potential of the mainland market, are continuing to line up busy production slates for the coming months. Universe International Holdings plans to put into production at least ...
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Sweden's NonStop Entertainment takes on Comandante
Swedish distribution company NonStop Entertainment has acquired all rights for Scandinavia and the Baltic countries to Oliver Stone's Comandante. For his first documentary, Stone has chosen a controversial subject: an intimate conversation between the director and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.From three days of shooting in Cuba, Stone has edited down ...
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Casa Nova Films launched to develop US Hispanic market
Two new players have launched LA- and Barcelona-based theatrical distributor and consultant Casa Nova Films, specialising in the US Hispanic market.Partners Joshua Gabel and Walter Cuculic, both experienced marketing and business management/development consultants, aim to build up to as many as eight Spanish-language releases per year for the Hispanic market, ...
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Baltic Films becomes member of European Film Promotion
Baltic Films, the joint organisation of the Estonian Film Foundation, the Latvian National Film Center and the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, has become the 22nd organisation to become a member of the pan-European promotional body European Film Promotion (EFP).Commenting on joining EFP's network, Karlo Funk, a board member of Baltic ...
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Italian Oscars organiser to get new name and awards location change
Following an agreement with the EU Commission in Brussels, the Ente David di Donatello, the organisation that manages Italy's Donatello awards will be renamed 'Academy of Italian Cinema,' bringing it in line with the Cesars, the Goyas, the BAFTAS and the Academy Awards.It is hoped that the new name will ...
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France resists TV advertising for films
Convinced that television commercials for films in France would create a schism in the local marketplace, France's culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon met with EU commissioner Frits Bolkestein last week to make his case. Based on rules laid out in 1992, France retains an exception regarding television advertising for films, publishing, ...
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Malaga fest unveils 16 new Spanish films
Pedro Olea's Tiempo De Tormenta is set to inaugurate the sixth annual Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April 25-May 3).Starring Maribel Verdu (Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Dario Grandinetti (Talk To Her), Tiempo will open the official competition section, which also includes the following 15 new Spanish films:Dionisio Perez Galindo's ...
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Don Hahn gets honour at International Family Film Fest
Don Hahn, the renownedanimation producer whose credits include The Lion King and Beauty And The Beast, will receive the Friz Award at the 9th AnnualInternational Family Film Festival Awards in Valencia, California, on May 1.Since its inception in 1994,the award - named after Warner Bros animator and 1994 honouree Friz ...
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Jarecki to host European Parliament screening today of controversial doc
Eugene Jareckiis to host a closed screening at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today(Apr 8) of his award wining BBC documentary The Trials Of Henry Kissinger.Jarecki producedand directed the picture, which asks whether the former US diplomat should facecrimes against humanity charges for his role in US covert operations in ...
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Chouchou, Lenin continue to prosper in France, Germany
Warner Brosenjoyed another successful weekend as distributor of two local language hits inEurope.In Germany, thecomedy-drama Good Bye, Lenin! added $1.8m (Euros 1.7m) to became the second highest grossingGerman picture released in the last three years (behind Der Shuh Des Manitu), with an estimated $30.5m (Euros 28.4m)running total.After five weeksat the ...
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Chick flicks rule: Warner opens Girl, while Notice powers on
WarnerBros' romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice edged closer to the $100m mark as itadded $1.2m over the weekend on 1,124 screens in 41 markets for a $97.3mcumulative score.The picture drew300,400 international admissions. It is scheduled to open in Venezuela onWednesday (Apr 9) and Japan on May 24.Meanwhileanother 'chick flick', What ...
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Universal's Ned Kelly holds at one in Australia
Universal Pictures/EndymionFilms' Ned Kelly held off openersBringing Down The House, Dreamcatcher and What A Girl Wants toremain number one in Australia for the second weekend in a row, adding $889,000from 252 theatres for a $2.9m running total after 11 days.The biopic, which starsHeath Ledger, Naomi Watts and Geoffrey Rush, fell ...
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Daredevil has powerful $7.7m weekend for Fox
Strong openingsin the major markets of Italy and Japan were the chief drivers in a $7.7mweekend for Fox International's Daredevil, which played on 4,337 screens in 43territories and raised its international running total to $55.8m.In Italy thesuperhero adaptation went straight in at number one, taking $1.3m on 249screens. In Japan ...
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Sundance Doc Fund names 14 annual grant-winners
Documentariesexploring the trial of the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, maleprostitution in Tel Aviv and immigrant tensions in a Texan farming communityare among 14 grant recipients from the Sundance Documentary Fund (SDF).Originally established in 1996as the Soros Documentary Fund, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund was created in 2002 and offers ...
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Johnny English
Dir: Peter Howitt. UK. 2003. 89mins.More Carry On Spying than Austin Powers, Johnny English is a surprisingly tentative spy spoof that should still prove a licence to print money for production company Working Title. A family-friendly version of Mike Myers' racier, more inventive espionage antics, the combination of local comedy ...
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Catherine Zeta-Jones ready for Getting And Spending
Catherine Zeta-Jones' Milkwood Films has teamed with UK National Lottery franchise Pathe Pictures and Starboard Entertainment to develop and produce a feature based on the stage play Getting And Spending.The romantic comedy, written for the stage by Michael J Chepiga, will be developed and produced as a starring vehicle for ...
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JR Int'l Media brings Caiman's Dream to the US
Chicago-based talent management and distribution company JR International Media has acquired domestic distribution rights to Mexican dark comedy, Caiman's Dream (El Sueno Del Caiman). Jesse Rodriguez, President & CEO of JR International Media, negotiated the deal with the film's worldwide distributor, Carlos Sanchez Sosa of Latina Films, at the Guadalajara ...
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Anger Management
Dir: Peter Segal. US. 2003. There are some films in which the teaming of two stars is so enticing that critical appraisal of the film which goes on around them is almost moot. Anger Management - which brings Adam Sandler together with Jack Nicholson - is one such film. Critical ...