All Screen articles in 14 July 2006 – Page 3

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    UK's Eat Cinema channel partners with Metro Newspapers

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    The UK's film promotion TV channel, EatCinema, has announced a three-month sponsorship deal with Metro Newspapers to startin mid-July.This is the first sponsorship deal Eat Cinema has signedsince its launch at the end of February.Over the three month period, Eat Cinema will provide videoclips and interviews to put onto the ...

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    Magnolia buys multiple territorial rights to Cocaine Cowboys

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    MagnoliaPictures has acquired rights in North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealandto Billy Corben's Tribeca Film Festival premiere Cocaine Cowboys.The picturedocuments the explosion of the drug trade in 1980s Miami and featuresinterviews with some of the era's leading law enforcement officers,traffickers, suppliers, dealers and killers.Jan Hammer, whowrote the score ...

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    Brownsey named executive director of British Columbia Film

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    British Columbia Film hasappointed Richard Brownsey as its new executive director, effective September1. Brownsey, formerly executivedirector of the British Columbia Arts Council and director of the ProvincialCultural Services Branch, was an architect of the province's film andtelevision tax credit system. "I am looking forward tothis challenge," said Brownsey in a ...

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    Eastwood to get BAFTA/LA's Britannia Award for excellence in film

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Clint Eastwoodwill get a new addition to his trophy cabinet in November when he receivesBAFTA/LA's Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film.Eastwood, whowon best director and best picture Oscars for both Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, will collect the accolade at the 15thAnnual Britannia Awards on Nov 2 in ...

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    Liu, Murphy star in Detectives for Plum, Peace Arch

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Lucy Liu andCillian Murphy will star in Peace Arch Entertainment and Plum Picture'sromantic comedy Watching The Detectives, which is set to begin shooting in New York this week.New York-basedPlum is producing, with Peace Arch serving as co-financier and worldwidedistributor.Paul Soter wroteand makes his feature directorial debut on the story of ...

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    April Snow director's cut breaks Japanese record

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    The director's cut version ofhit Korean film April Snow, starringBae Yong-joon, has broken the all-time record for first-day advance ticketsales in Japan. Distributed by UIP in Japan, the film grossed $24.2m (Y2.75bn) last year, makingit the second most successful Korean film ever at the Japanese box officebehind A Moment To ...

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    Applegate joins Farce Of The Penguins voice cast

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Christina Applegate islending her sultry tones to the voice cast of THINKFilm's documentary spoof FarceOf The Penguins.Applegate will voice the part of Melissa, whom director Bob Saget describes asa 'grounded and sexually compatible' partner to his character, Carl.Samuel L Jackson narrates the story and Lewis Black, Mo'Nique and Tracy Morganround ...

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    Applegate joins Farce Of The Penguins voice cast

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Christina Applegate islending her sultry tones to the voice cast of THINKFilm's documentary spoof FarceOf The Penguins.Applegate will voice the part of Melissa, whom director Bob Saget describes asa "grounded and sexually compatible" partner to his character, Carl.Samuel L Jackson narrates the story and Lewis Black, Mo'Nique and Tracy Morganround ...

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    Intermedia options Alleca's sci-fi action thriller script Man

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Intermedia hasoptioned Adam Alleca's speculative sci-fi action thriller screenplay TheDrowning Man.Based on HideshiHino's manga book Living Corpse, the story follows a man who wakes up without a pulse and discovershe's at the heart of a sinister government experiment.On the run fromruthless enemies, he must team up with a former lover ...

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    Academy invites 83 foreign language entries

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    The Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences has invited 83 countries to submit films forconsideration in the foreign language film category for the 79th AcademyAwards.Last week Academy members changed the rules so that foreign language entriescan be submitted in any language or combination of languages so long as thedominant language ...

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    New York bulks up 5% city tax credit for film, TV

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    New York City's Mayor Bloomberghas signed into law a bill that expands the city's 5% tax credit on below-the-line expenses for qualified film and television productions.The New York State 2007 executive budget allocates $30m in annual funding for the tax credit scheme through 2011, complementing a $60m state allocation for ...

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    New York extends tax credits until 2011

    2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

    New York's Mayor Bloombergyesterday [11] signed into law a bill that expands the city's 5% tax credit onbelow-the-line expenses for qualified film and television productions.The New York State 2007 executive budget allocates $30m in annual funding forthe tax credit scheme through 2011, complementing a $60m state allocation for a10% tax ...

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    Corbijn starts UK shoot for Ian Curtis biopic

    2006-07-10T17:45:00Z

    Anton Corbijnstarted filming today for Control, hisbiopic of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. Thisshoot starts before a rival Curtis project, Jamie Thraves'All The Time,goes into production with US-based Washington Square Films. The Control film-makers have set up a studio and production base in Nottingham, with additional shooting on location ...

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    New Britdoc festival names 20 features in competition

    2006-07-10T15:11:00Z

    Britdoc, a new international feature documentary festivalbeing launched by the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation, hasannounced the 20 films in its two feature competition sections. The British competition willfeature Ben Hopkins' 37 Uses for a DeadSheep, Rex Bloomstein's KZ, Marc & Nick Francis' BlackGold, Stevan Riley's Blue Blood, Xiaolu ...

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    Unifrance renews Menegoz as president

    2006-07-10T14:31:00Z

    French film export body Unifrancehas renewed the mandate of its president Margaret Menegoz.Three new vice presidents have also been elected: Elzevir Films' producer Marie Masmonteil,director Tonie Marshall and Francois Yon, co-founder of sales outfit Films Distribution. The VPs will oversee three of the four maincommissions which fall under the Unifrance ...

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    Appeals deadline looms for studios in Spanish case

    2006-07-10T11:01:00Z

    Monday marked the deadline forappeals to be filed in the ruling which found five studios guilty ofanti-competitive practices in Spain.Disney/Buena Vista, SonyPictures, Hispano Fox, UIP and Warner Sogefilms werefined $3m (Euros 2.4m) each for cartel-like practices in a decision handed downby Spain's Competition Defense Court (Tribunal de Defensa de laCompetencia) ...

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    Karlovy Vary gives top prize to Sherrybaby

    2006-07-10T10:15:00Z

    Laurie Collyer's Sherrybaby has taken the grandprize at the Karlovy Vary International FilmFestival.At the festival's closing ceremonies July 8, the director received theCrystal Globe for Best Feature and $20,000 for her film about a recovering drugaddict who struggles to reconnect with her daughter after being released fromprison.Collyer also accepted the ...

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    Visual effects specialist Mietkowski dies aged 51

    2006-07-10T06:45:00Z

    Rick Mietkowski, one of the leading lights of the UK visual effects industry, has died aged 51.Mietkowski was about to start work on the latest James Bond film in Prague, part of an impressive catalogue of feature films.Recent work included The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Da Vinci ...

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    Visual effects specialist Mietkowski dies aged 51

    2006-07-10T06:45:00Z

    Rick Mietkowski, one of the leading lights of the UK visual effects industry, has died aged 51.Mietkowski was about to start work on the latest James Bond film in Prague, part of an impressive catalogue of feature films.Recent work included The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Da Vinci ...

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    UK visual effects specialist Mietkowski dies

    2006-07-10T06:00:00Z

    Rick Mietkowski, a visual effects specialist with a strong record in film, has died aged 51.Mietkowski was about to start work on the latest James Bond film in Prague, part of an impressive catalogue of feature films.His work as director of photography for visual effects included The Hitchhiker's Guide to ...