All Screen articles in 14 November 2001 – Page 4
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Murdoch's Shine teams with Greenroom for horror
Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Entertainment and Greenroom Digital, the production company of The Hole director Nick Hamm and his brother Jon, are to co-produce a slate of horror films under the banner 'The Dark'. Shine and Greenroom aim to shoot the films back to back, starting late next year. The films ...
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Italian industry denounces merger consultations
In an unprecedented move, more than sixty of Italy's top film directors, writers and producers have addressed a fiery open letter to Giuseppe Tesauro, president of Italy's Antitrust Authority in leading Italian daily La Repubblica, denouncing the fact that none of Italy's film associations have been consulted over the planned ...
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Krabbe and Kidman in box office Heaven
After a staggered platform release director/actor Jeroen Krabbe's The Discovery Of Heaven has pulled its way to the top of The Netherlands box office chart in its third week on release. The English-language Dutch film, Krabbe's second directorial effort after 1998's Left Luggage, opened on Oct 18 to a resounding ...
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Smell Of Camphor, Fragrance Of Jasmine
Dir: Bahman Farmanara. Iran. 2001. 93mins. Bahman Farmanara's first film in 20 years is a semi-autobiographical meditation on death and art whose mordant comic tone is an acquired taste but still a rather elegant one. With the way already paved by international festival acclaim, the film's immediate appeal will be ...
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A Ma Soeur passed uncut for UK release
A Ma Soeur, controversial French director Catherine Breillat's exploration of childhood sexuality, has been passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) despite misgivings about some of the film's sexual content.According to a statement, the BBFC took legal advice about some of the film's sexual scenes, particularly those ...
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Sex And Lucia seals international sales
Julio Medem's erotic Spanish epic Sex And Lucia (Lucia Y El Sexo) has closed brisk sales worldwide, fulfilling expectations that the local hit from production powerhouse Sogecine would travel.A round-up of deals for Latin America and Europe closed after recent markets by sales house Sogepaq bodes well for the film, ...
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National Amusements to open first Imax cinema
US exhibitor National Amusements is opening its first-ever Imax cinema in the New Year. According to National Amusements president Shari Redstone, the cinema will be launched with the premiere of Walt Disney's Beauty And The Beast on Jan. 1, 2002. The new facility will be located at the circuit's 17-screen ...
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Zeal TV announces two appointments
New UK indie, Zeal Television has appointed Barbara Lee as head of development. Lee's role at will be to develop and produce entertainment and lifestyle formats for broadcast in the UK. Lee was previously a producer at Hat Trick Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions. Her credits include: 'Oblivious' for ...
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Korea's CJ sells Musa to multiple territories
Korean giant CJ Entertainment enjoyed a profitable MIFED with strong sales of its film Musa (aka Musa The Warrior) which premiered in September at an interrupted Toronto festival.The film earned CJ its highest price ever for a German deal when it was sold to E-M-S New Media. Musa, which was ...
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UK's Metrodome seals string of acquisitions
Metrodome Distribution, the UK distributor whose parent group this week sold a 29.9% stake to Germany's TV-Loonland, has completed a string of acquisitions including German Oscar nominee Das Experiment.The distribution arm has also acquired the first package of films from InDigEnt, New York Dogme-style venture. Amongst the titles is Richard ...
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German cinema admissions reach 10-year high
August's cinema admissions in Germany were the highest for 10 years, thanks to the combined success of Der Schuh Des Manitu Jurassic Park III and Bridget Jones, according to figures collated by the German Federal Film Board (FFA). August's tally of 17.6m admissions was 52% up on August 2000. Moreover, ...
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