All Screen articles in 15 July 2002 – Page 2
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Further claims emerge from collapse of Australia's HIH
The extent of the damage caused by its involvement in the film financing business is emerging as further evidence is given to the on-going Royal Commission into the 2001 collapse of Australia's HIH Insurance Group. This week documents were tendered that show outstanding claims could be as high as $225.5m, ...
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IM Internationalmedia releases second quarter results ahead of schedule
IM Internationalmedia generated Euros 75m - 85m in the first half of 2002 thanks to The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys and overages from such films as Traffic and The Wedding Planner, according to preliminary figures for the second quarter which will be officially released on August 29.IM reported that ...
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UK's Channel 4 rejected FilmFour rescue offer
Channel 4 rejected a last-minute rescue deal with Germany's Senator Film and UK tax financiers Matrix that was geared at allowing the broadcaster to slash its investment to $15m (£10m) but still save FilmFour as a going concern with an annual war-chest of $45m (£30m).This decision to reject the partnership ...
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Mandalay lands at Universal, launches new international sales offensive
Days after announcing that it was leaving Paramount Pictures on the expiration of its current deal, Peter Guber's independent film production company Mandalay Pictures has entered into a new multi-year financing and distribution agreement with Universal Pictures. The deal, which was closed yesterday lunchtime, sees Guber find a studio home ...
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Focus
Dir. Neal Slavin. US 2001 104 minutes.Based on Pulitzer Prize-wining playwright Arthur Miller's 1945 novel, Focus offers a timely, yet heavy-handed look at the paranoia, fear, and ignorance that fuels religious and racial intolerance. In light of the tragic events of September 11th and the subsequent attacks ...
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Eileen Atkins, Lucas Black join Cold Mountain
Two new cast members, Eileen Atkins and Lucas Black, have been added to the mammoth ensemble of Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain which stars shooting on Monday on location in Romania. Minghella has adapted the novel by Charles Frazier for the screen himself.Black's credits include Crazy In Alabama and All The ...
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Box-office still going up Down Under
Australian cinemas have sold $240m (A$423m) worth of cinema tickets in the six months to June 30, a 6.7% rise on the same period last year and an indication that a growth pattern spanning more than a decade is not yet over.Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia chair Mike Selwyn ...
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Belt-tightening squeezes pre-Mifed screenings
The pre-Mifed screenings in London this October look set to be a smaller affair than in previous years. Many film sellers, including some based in London, have decided to set up stall only once this autumn - in Milan.The various London organisers are faced with what comes close to a ...
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New Line taps UK's Stevenson for Double Au Pair duties
British writer/actress Jessica Stevenson, who co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in hit TV series Spaced, has landed a deal with New Line Cinema to write and star in Double Au Pair, a family adventure comedy about a nanny spy. Stevenson, who also starred in comedy Tomorrow La Scala! which played in ...
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Benelux's Paradiso expands into video via Laurus acquisition
Growing Benelux distributor Paradiso is to move into video releasing following the take-over of well-established outfit Laurus Entertainment.Laurus, headed by Hans Goosens, has been in business for ten years covering the rental and retail sectors in The Netherlands and Flemish-speaking Belgium.The acquisition means that within the dominant part of the ...
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Korea's Shinabro gets $50m for acquisition and production drive
Korean distribution company Shinabro Entertainment has secured a $50m cash pool for acquisition of rights to Hollywood movies and a drive into Korean production.The funding comes from Isoo Venture Capital, part of the giant Isoo Chemical group. The five-year, non-exclusive deal sees Isoo put up financing for the acquisition of ...
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Korean films take 46% local market share in first half of 2002
Korean films leapt 7.8% to take a 46.1% share of the Seoul market with 44 films released during the first half of 2002, according to figures published by the Korean Film Commission. The hefty 7.8% increase over the same period in 2001, bodes well for the full-year tally ending up ...
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Sweden's box-office revenue growth outstrips admissions by 7 to 1
Reflecting a global pattern of box-office growth outstripping that of an increase in cinema admissions, Sweden has seen 2002's first quarter revenues outperform admissions by a factor of 7 to 1.Yet, despite allowances for inflation and increases in ticket price, Sweden's cinema industry is continuing its upward curve, with 2001 ...
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Devdas
Dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali. India. 2002. 181minsDevdas is a bloated banquet with minimal nutrition for the grey cells, but a few spicy morsels to tease the taste buds along the way. Expectations are riding high for the $10 million production, which opens worldwide with around 1,000 prints today (July 12) ...
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Intermedia's London operation moves inside Box
Leading independent Intermedia, which faces a tough test when its biggest film to date K19: The Widowmaker opens in North America on July 19, is strengthening its ties in the UK with Box TV in which it has a 24.9% ownership stake. Intermedia will relocate its key creative team to ...
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di Bonaventura promoted at Warner, production restructured
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, the head of worldwide production at Warner Bros Pictures, has got a promotion to a new corporate position within Warner Bros itself, prompting a restructure of the film production arm at Burbank.Di Bonaventura is now executive vice president, worldwide motion pictures, at Warner Bros, reporting to president ...
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Sci-fi action-thriller boosts Cruise & Spielberg's report card
Sci-fi action-thriller Minority Report received a host of strong international openings this weekend - including the UK and Hong Kong - to gross $12.7m over the weekend, its third on international release. 20th Century Fox's film has taken $22.3m internationally so far and has yet to open in eight of ...
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Edinburgh unveils full festival line-up
The 56th Edinburgh International Film Festival (August 14 - 25) will open with the UK premiere of Lynne Ramsay's acclaimed Morvern Callar and close with Christopher Nolan's hit thriller Insomnia.Gala screenings joining previously the announced titles: Tadpole, The Guru, Rabbit Proof Fence, 8 Femmes and Changing Lanes include Mark ...
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Latvia joins Poland in EU's MEDIA Plus programme
Following hot on the heels of Poland, Latvia is now the second of the East European countries to become a member of the European Union's (EU) MEDIA Plus Programme.Latvia's Ambassador to the EU signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enable Latvian professionals to participate in the audiovisual programme.Preparations had already ...
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