All Screen articles in 14 April 2004 – Page 2

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    Muccino's Remember Me finally gets US distribution

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    Howard Cohen andEric d'Arbeloff's US independent distributor Roadside Attractions has picked upNorth American distribution rights to Gabriele Muccino's family drama RememberMe, My Love (RicordatiDi Me) from The Works.Roadside plans a summerrelease for the picture, which played at the Toronto Film Festival last yearand Sundance in January. It was nominated for ...

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    Cinemark sets two new multiplexes in Brazil

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    CinemarkInternational, one of the leading exhibitors in Latin America that celebratesits 20th anniversary this year, is to open two new theatres in Brazil in May.The MuellerShopping theatre will be located inside an existing five-storey shopping centrein the heart of Curitiba and features an eight-screen multiplex comprising morethan 2,200 seats in ...

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    Focus trumpet Sunshine as Kaufman's biggest hit

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    EternalSunshine Of The Spotless Mind raised its domestic box office tally by $2.4m to $25.9m at theweekend to become the biggest grossing film written by Charlie Kaufman.In 24 days FocusFeatures' acclaimed quirky romance has overtaken Being John Malkovich, which was released by USA Films in 1999and grossed $22.9m over five ...

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    Stage Beauty gets closing night slot at Tribeca

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    The worldpremiere of Richard Eyre's period drama Stage Beauty starring Billy Crudup, Claire Danes andRupert Everett will close the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on May 8. It isproduced by Tribeca Film Festival founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthalthrough their Tribeca Productions.Stage Beauty is set in 1660s London ...

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    Echelon puts back Wake US release to May

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    EchelonEntertainment has put back the release of Henry LeRoy Finch's drama anddirectorial debut Wakeand will now open it in LA and New York on May 28.The picture, which centres on four brothers who convenefor a night of revelry only to discover they are attending a wake, wasoriginally scheduled to open ...

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    Austin joins THINKFilm in senior Canadian distribution role

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    Andrew Austin isto join ThinkFilm as senior vice president of Canadian distribution whileTamara Shannon has been promoted to vice president theatrical distribution.Austin hasworked in the Canadian film industry for almost 20 years, most recently servingas senior vice president and general manager at Seville Pictures.Prior to Sevillehe served as executive director ...

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    German box office down in first quarter 2004

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    Germany's box office saw a fall in admissions and revenuesfor the first quarter of 2004, according to figures collated by EDI Nielsen.Admissions weredown 6.4% from last year's 37.58m to 35.18m in the first three months, whilerevenues slipped 8.6% from Euro 225.68m to Euro 206.27m.Apart from the final part ofthe Lord ...

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    Scooby Doo 2 is top of the heap in UK, Mexico

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    Powered bystrong holds in parts of Europe and Latin America, Scooby-Doo 2: MonstersUnleashed grossed anestimated $15m at the weekend to raise its international running total to$44.2m.The familysequel, which is distributed through Warner Bros Pictures International, stayedtop in its second weekends in the UK and Mexico on $4.2m for $16.5m and ...

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    Fox takes $9.2m from glorious Passion weekend

    2004-04-13T04:00:00Z

    The Passionof The Christ added$9.2m from 2,208 screens in Fox International markets at the weekend to raiseits international running total in Fox territories to $59.1m.The picturefinished number one in almost every market handled by the distributor excludingTaiwan, Singapore and Uruguay.In Brazil itclimbed 17% and grossed $2m from 511 screens in ...

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    NEW ZEALAND

    2004-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Along Came Polly's NZ$300,945 gross for UIP from 40 screens was enough to knock Scooby-Doo 2 - Monsters Unleashed down into second position at the New Zealand box office over the Easter weekend. In dollar terms there wasn't much between the two films, but Scooby-Doo 2, which is in its ...

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    JAPAN

    2004-04-13T00:00:00Z

    The only new opener for the week of April 3~9, In The Cut debuted at number five on the nine-major-cities chart, with a $27,938 screen average. This is not a strong performance given Meg Ryan's star power and the hoopla in the Japanese media over her nude scenes in the ...

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    FRANCE

    2004-04-13T00:00:00Z

    For the third week in a row French heartstring tugger Les Choristes, to be released in the US by Miramax, is at the top spot with a total gross of just over $15m.Mel Gibson's hotly debated The Passion Of The Christ took the number two position with a strong 613,700 ...

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    AUSTRALIA

    2004-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Starsky & Hutch grossed A$4,350,736 for BVI from 288 screens, which was more than double the result of any other film in Australia during the extra long Easter holiday weekend - the figure is for five days instead of the usual four and includes two public holidays. The film's A$15,106 ...

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    Universal Pictures Int'l appoints director of acquisitions

    2004-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Universal Pictures International today announced the appointment of Ben Roberts to the position of director of acquisitions. Based in London, the newly-created appointment is effective April 2004.Ben Roberts' responsibilities as director of acquisitions will centre around the development of UPI's strategy of all-rights acquisitions for Universal's key operating company ...

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    Period epic Kisna wraps Himalayan shoot

    2004-04-12T04:00:00Z

    Hindi film producer-director Subhash Ghai has completed a forty-day shoot of his period epic Kisna in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.The US$5m Kisna is the most expensive film made by Ghai's Mukta Arts. The company's credits include Taal, which was the first Indian film to feature in both the ...

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    Wild Bunch picks up Mar del Plata winner

    2004-04-12T04:00:00Z

    French sales house Wild Bunch has picked up international sales duties on Buena Vida Delivery, the Argentinian dark comedy which won last month's Mar Del Plata festival and the Toulouse festival of Latin American films."We don't often board such obviously cinephile pictures, but we feel strongly that this film will ...

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    Italian cinema hit by distribution bottleneck

    2004-04-12T04:00:00Z

    New research shows that 30 completed Italian films are currently in limbo, still searching for a distributor or simply waiting to be released.Among the Italian market's self-described "frozen" films are Egidio Eronico's Rua Alguem, which stars Charlton Heston and F. Murray Abraham, and Fiorella Infascelli's Il Vestito da Sposa with ...

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    Wellspring boards Cannes-bound Tarnation

    2004-04-12T04:00:00Z

    US independent distributor Wellspring has come on board JonathanCaouette's acclaimed docudrama Tarnation as co-producer and worldwide distributor.Wellspring will provide completion financing and marketing fundsfor domestic and international release on the picture, which has secured aDirectors Fortnight slot in Cannes next month.The company's worldwidesales division will begin marketing the picture at ...

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    Wellspring boards Quinzaine-bound Tarnation

    2004-04-12T04:00:00Z

    US independent distributor Wellspring has come on board JonathanCaouette's acclaimed docudrama Tarnation as co-producer and worldwide distributor.Wellspring will provide completion financing and marketing fundsfor domestic and international release on the picture, which has secured aDirectors Fortnight slot in Cannes next month.The company's worldwidesales division will begin marketing the picture at ...

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    Swedes back English language features

    2004-04-12T04:00:00Z

    The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) has greenlit six new Swedish feature films and given financial support to Lars von Trier's Manderlay.Colin Nutley's English-language drama The Queen of Sheba's Pearls won most backing. $1.04m (SEK 8m) has been allocated to the film, which is being produced by Maritha Norstedt of Sweetwater ...