All Screen articles in 14 November 2003 – Page 8
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Hong Kong production cycles getting longer
Production cycles are starting to get longer in Hong Kong which was once renowned for its "one-month" movies. As a result, three films scheduled for release during Chinese New Year next January are already in the can and undergoing an unusually lengthy post-production process.Media Asia's Magic Kitchen and Mandarin Films' ...
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Euro producers club to hold co-production forum
The European Film Awards weekend will kick off this year with the European Producers Club's (EPC) Berlin Co-Production Forum on December 5 (Friday) which will open with a panel discussion open to the public, focusing on producing in or with Germany and the future Film Funding Law (FFG).Those wanting to ...
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Russian films clean up at Cottbus festival
Russian cinema is well and truly back on the international scene after becoming the big winner at this year's Festival of East European Cinema in Cottbus (November 4-8) by picking up nine of the festival's 12 awards presented at a gala ceremony on Saturday evening (Nov 8).Lidija Bobrowa's Granny (Babusja) ...
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Italy sees October cinema visits plummet
Cinema admissions in Italy dropped a huge 22% compared to the same month in 2002, according to the latest figures from Cinetel, which surveys around 75% of screens in Italy.The admissions set-back follows a 4.4% rise in cinema-going in the first quarter of 2003 compared to 2002. It also comes ...
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Major boost for NZ film industry
An additional $6.2m (NZ$10m) is going to the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) for 2004, all government agencies are to be reviewed, and NZ$900,000 over two years has been provided for the establishment of an independent Screen Council and NZ$960,000 over two years for marketing body Film NZ.The additional NZ$10m ...
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Moviehouse gets to Work on beefed up slate
London-based sales outfit Moviehouse Entertainment has picked up Adam Goldberg's debut feature I Love Your Work which was one of the last films to be backed by Fireworks Pictures.Moviehouse, which was founded two years ago by Mark Vennis and Gary Phillips, will now also handle 13 titles from the back ...
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AUSTRALIA
The Matrix Revolutions did an extraordinary A$8,011,504 in its first four-day weekend from a whopping 454 screens, giving it an enviable A$17,646 screen average. That meant Roadshow must have swept away with at least two-thirds of Australia's total gross, taking into account its other films on release. Intolerable Cruelty, in ...
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Cecchi Gori lines up Andreotti biopic
Troubled Italian movie mogul Vittorio Cecchi Gori has announced that he will produce a picture about another notorious Italian personality, seven-time prime minister Giulio Andreotti.Directed by Pasquale Squitieri, the picture will be entitled The Trial Of The Century (Il Processo Del Secolo) and will focus on 84-year-old Andreotti's infamous decade-long ...
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Guevara doc bolsters Adriana Chiesa slate
Rome-based sales agentAdriana Chiesa Enterprises (ACE) has bolstered its MIFED slate by picking upinternational distribution rights to two new films, including a documentaryabout the last few hours in the life of Che Guevara.Directed by Italy'sRomano Scavolini, the 60mn documentary is entitled Che: The Last Hours -The Truth about His Assassination ...
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action
Dir: Joe Dante. US. 2003. 90mins.The edgy humour of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck et al takes a back seat to frantic and not terribly funny action-comedy in this Warner family offering (set for a Nov 14 US release) that puts the studio's Looney Tunes animated stars together with live-action characters ...
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Just Betzer dies, aged 59
Just Betzer, the celebrated Danish producer of Oscar-winner Babette's Feast (Babettes Gaestebud), died suddenly last week. Having not produced a film since 1992, Betzer had been planning a comeback and was scheduled to arrive in Mifed on Sunday 9 November. Aged only 59, Betzer started as a camera and ...
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Revolutions opens top for Warner Bros on $50.2m
As expected The MatrixRevolutions opened number one at theweekend on a $50.2m three-day estimated gross that was certainly nothing to besniffed at but trailed its May predecessor by some 45%.Since opening on Wednesday to fairly dire reviews, the final episode in theWachowski Brothers' sci-fi trilogy has amassed $85.5m according to ...
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Matrix Revolutions opens top for Warner Bros on $50.2m
As expected, The MatrixRevolutions opened number one at theweekend on $50.2m, a three-day estimated gross that was certainly nothing to besniffed at but one that still trailed its May predecessor by some 45%.Since opening on Wednesday to fairly dire reviews, the final episode in theWachowski Brothers' sci-fi trilogy has amassed ...
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HONG KONG Production Listings - Nov 11
HONG KONG November 10PRE-PRODUCTIONCOMA(Filmko Pictures) Budget: US$1.4m. Int'l sales: Filmko Films Distribution. Thriller. Dir: Lo Chi-leung. Scr: Susan Lam. Prod des: Man Lim Chung. Cast: Karena Lam, Angelica Lee Sin-Je. Shooting in Hong Kong from November 2003 until the end of January 2004.Contact: Katherine Lee, Filmko Films Distribution, (852) 2379 ...
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Global Revolutions: $204.1m in first five days
In a ringing endorsement ofits global day-and-date release strategy, Warner Bros and VillageRoadshow's The Matrix Revolutions has set a new record for a worldwide five-day opening weekend with amassive $204.1m, according to studio estimates.The spectacular global weekend beats the previous best of approximately $188m set by NewLine's The Lord Of ...
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Revolutions smashes world record with $204.1m five-day global bow
In a ringing endorsement of its global day-and-date releasestrategy, Warner Bros and Village Roadshow's The Matrix Revolutions has set a new record for a worldwide five-day openingweekend with a massive $204.1m, according to studio estimates.The spectacular bow beats the previous best of approximately $188m set by NewLine's The Lord Of ...
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Revolutions trails predecessor in domestic opening
As expected, The Matrix Revolutions opened number one at the weekend on a $50.2m three-day estimated gross that was certainly nothing to be sniffed at but trailed its May predecessor by some 45%.Since opening on Wednesday to fairly dire reviews, the final episode in the Wachowski Brothers' sci-fi trilogy has ...