All Screen articles in 15 December 2006 – Page 2
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Austria close to double-digit box office bounce back
Austriancinemas are set to post an increase of 10-11% in admissions and gross boxoffice this year, according to Kurt Kaufmann of the exhibitors association FLA.Whilethe industry was unlikely to repeat the "miracle year of 2004" when19.38m tickets were sold, there were hopes that this year could see totaladmissions approach those ...
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German box office heading for 5-10% box-office recovery
Germandistributors trade association Verband der Filmverleiher (VdF) is forecastingan increase of between 5-10% for admissions and gross box office in Germancinemas for 2006.Accordingto the VdF, the weekend figures (Thursday to Sunday) up to December 10 saw a10% increase over 2005, with admissions topping 85.3m and gross box officereaching $706m (Euros ...
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Oliver Stone pays fines over Cuba documentaries
OliverStone has confirmed that his production company, Ixtlan Corp, has paid the USTreasury department $6,300 in fines over his Cuba documentary Looking ForFidel in order "to end the affair". However,he stressed, "we maintain our innocence."Speakingat the Dubai International Film Festival, where he is accepting a career award,60-year-old Stone said the ...
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London critics give seven nominations to The Queen
The nominations have been announced for the 27th London Critics' Circle Films Awards.The awards will take place on February 8th at the Dorchester Hotel with proceeds supporting UK children's charity, the NSPCC.The nominations are:British Producer Of The YearPaul Greengrass, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner - United 93 (UIP/UK)Al Clark, ...
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Romanian director Caranfil wraps epic The Rest Is Silence
Romanian director Nae Caranfil (Philanthropy, Asphalt Tango) has concluded photography on The Rest Is Silence, a $3.2m retelling of the filming of the first Romanian feature in 1911. The production is unusual in its scope both in cost (the most expensive Romanian films in recent years, Philanthropy and Catalin Mitulescu's ...
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Romanian director Caranfil wraps epic The Rest Is Silence
Romanian director Nae Caranfil (Philanthropy, Asphalt Tango) has concluded photography on The Rest Is Silence, a $3.2m retelling of the filming of the first Romanian feature in 1911. The production is unusual in its scope both in cost (the most expensive Romanian films in recent years, Philanthropy and Catalin Mitulescu's ...
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UK second city to host digital conference
The UK city of Birmingham has announced plans aimed at putting it as the centre of the changes to digital cinema and television.The city will host a series of events over the next 12 months, culminating in a major International Digital Film Event in 2008."We were the birthplace of the ...
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Happyness for Sony at US box office
Will Smith drama The Pursuit of Happynessbeat two other family-oriented new releases to top the North American boxoffice chart this weekend -- and give distributor Sony the biggest single-yearaggregate gross ever recorded. Fox's fantasy adventure Eragon openedsolidly in second place while Paramount's new live-action version of classicchildren's book Charlotte's Web ...
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Rocky Balboa
Dir/scr: SylvesterStallone. US. 2006. 100mins.Sixteen years since the last installment,multi-hyphenate Sylvester Stallone delivers RockyBalboa, a stirring and pleasingly grounded tale of an erstwhileunderdog-turned-champion coming to terms with his ownageing. The most emotionally resonant film in the iconic series since theOscar-winning 1976 original, it also showcases by far Stallone'sbest performance in ...
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Jiffest hands out awards at inaugural competition
John De Rantau's Denias Senandung Di Atas Awan was namedbest Indonesian film while Rudy Soedjarwo took best Indonesian director for 9 Naga at the 8th Jakarta InternationalFilm Festival (Jiffest). A special mention went toGarin Nugroho's Opera Jawa for its'outstanding artistic value and for the metaphorical and spectacular visualstory'. Jiffest launched ...
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Palm Springs to open with Outsourced close with Tiger's Tail
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will open its18th annual event on Jan 4 with the US premiere of John Jeffcoat's Outsourced about a salesman who heads to India to train hisreplacement after his entire department is outsourced. It will close on Jan 14with the North American premiere of John ...
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The Host sweeps Korea's Blue Dragon Awards
Bong Joon-ho's monster film The Host swept Korea's 27th Blue Dragon Awards this Friday (Dec 15),scooping six awards including Best Picture.Producer Choi Yong-bae saidof the film, which is the country's box office record holder with 13 millionadmissions, "I was concerned the film's box office record was overshadowing itsartistic merits," but ...
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Seven film shortlisted for visual effects Academy Award
Seven film have been shortlisted for consideration for the visual effects Oscar by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS).They are Casino Royale, Night At The Museum, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Poseidon, Superman Returns and X-Men The Last Stand.On Jan 17, the Academy's visual effects ...
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New production venture to back low-budget UK films
A new joint venture between UK production outfit Matador Pictures and Regent Capital is to provide up to 30% of the budgets on a series of films qualifying for the new British tax break.The initiative - called Cinema One - will be focused on backing four to five films with ...
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Golden Globes: the nominations
Best Motion Picture - DramaBabelBobbyThe DepartedLittle ChildrenThe QueenBest Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - DramaPenelope Cruz VolverJudi Dench Notes On A ScandalMaggie Gyllenhaal SherrybabyHelen Mirren The QueenKate Winslet Little ChildrenBest Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - DramaLeonardo DiCaprio Blood DiamondLeonardo DiCaprio The DepartedPeter O'Toole ...
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Babel, Dreamgirls and The Departed lead Globes nominations
Paramount Vantage’s maiden release Babel leads the field heading into January’s 64th Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations, while Helen Mirren earned three acting nods, Leonardo DiCaprio picked up two, and Forest Whitaker kept his robust prospects alive with a nomination for The Last King Of Scotland.
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Arthur Penn to receive Berlin lifetime honour
Veteran American director Arthur Penn will receive a Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at the forthcoming Berlinale (February 8-18, 2007) as part of a 10-film homage being held in his honour during the festival.The homage will include such classic titles as Bonnie And Clyde, Alice's Restaurant, and Little Big Man."Arthur ...
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The Painted Veil
Dir: John Curran. US-Chi.2006. 125mins.Adapted from W Somerset Maugham's novelabout an idealistic newlywed British couple living in turbulent 1920s China, JohnCurran's The Painted Veil is apalpably alive and heart-rending romantic drama about the extremes -geographic, sexual and emotional - travelled in a struggling marriage. Far morethan an attractive literary period-piece, ...
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Eragon
Dir: Stefen Fangmeier. US. 2006. 103mins.Lord Of TheRings-lite it may be. But Eragon, based onthe hugely successful young adult novel by Christopher Paolini,still manages to deliver some involving fantasy and brisk adventure in itssword-and-sorcery tale of a feisty dragon and her hunky young rider.Lacking the dramatic heft ofthe Rings films, ...
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UK cinemagoing survey to change format
The UK's annual research into cinema andits audiences, CAVIAR (Cinema and Video Audience Research) is being revamped bythe CAA for its 24th study.The studyis being rebranded as FAME (Film Audience Measurement and Evaluation) and will providein-depth insight into film viewing across cinema, DVD, online and new emerging formats. FAME will ...
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