All Screen articles in 15 July 2008 – Page 3
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Film London board adds Aston, Comer, and Fletcher
UK screen agency Film London has appointed three new board members.They are: Emily Aston, a lecturer at London Metropolitan University and a longtime producer; Stuart Comer, curator of film at Tate Modern; and Edward Fletcher, co-founder and managing director of independent distributor Soda Pictures.Sandy Lieberson, Chair of Film London said: ...
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Charlotte Clark joins UK digital marketing agency Jam
London-based dgital agency Jam has hired Charlotte Clark as its new head of PR.Clark had been at Way To Blue where Warner Music International was her main client.Jam has worked on digital marketing for projects including Juno, Step Up 2 The Streets, Adulthood, Mamma Mia! and Guy Ritchie's forthcoming Rocknrolla.Daniel ...
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Skillset minority fellowships select 10 new participants
The Skillset Graduate Fellowship Programme 2008 has selected this year's participants.The initiative, backed by Skillset and the UK Film Council, gives paid placements at leading film companies for graduates from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.The scheme pays a training allowance up to about $34,000 (£17,000) per year. Fellows also ...
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Charlotte Rampling to star in Majewski's The Hill And The Cross
Polish director Lech Majewski (Glass Lips, Wojaczek) is in pre-production on The Hill And The Cross, an English-language drama to feature Charlotte Rampling.Majewski is himself producing the film, along with Swedish producer Freddy Olsson of Bokomotiv Filmproduktion. Principal photography will take place in southern Poland this autumn. The film would ...
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Red Cliff has record-breaking opening in mainland China
The first part of John Woo's war epic Red Cliff had a strong opening in major Asian territories on Thursday (July 10), grossing around $4.7m in total from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.In mainland China, the film grossed more than $2.92m (RMB20m) on its opening day, according to ...
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Meet Dave
Dir. Brian Robbins. US. 2008. 90 minsThe puzzler that is Eddie Murphy's career continues apace with this low-fi kiddy-oriented affair featuring the comedian as both a human-shaped spaceship called Dave Ming-chang and the commander of said vessel.With Dreamgirls well-established as a flash-in-the-quality-pan, and the stunning comedic turns of the 80s ...
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MovieMobz pioneers 'cinema on demand'
Brazilian digitalservice MovieMobz launched this week in Sao Paulo with what it says is the first step towards 'cinema on demand.'Customers will be able to select films from a list of 200 titles currently availablefor screening in participating theatres -although this will expand as the operation takes off.Social networking and ...
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Pretty Pictures buys French rights to Clubbed from AV
Pretty Pictures has acquired all French-speaking rights to Neil Thompson's Clubbed from AV Pictures.AV has also sold the film for include Australasia (21st Century Pictures), Benelux (European Film Partners), Middle East (Falcon Films), Poland (Vision) and Turkey (Horizon International).The story, set in 1980s clubland, stars Colin Salmon, Mel Raido an ...
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Hancock set for second weekend at the top in international
Hancock should cross $100m overseas by Friday and Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) top brass expect the picture to begin the serious business of consolidating its early gains this weekend.The superhero saga starring Will Smith stood at $98.7m on Thursday and launches in more than a dozen key markets including ...
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IMAX prepares for its biggest ever launch of The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight will open in 94 North American and 15 international IMAX theatres on July 18, day-and-date with Warner Bros' conventional launch.A further 23 international IMAX sites will accommodate the release in the weeks following the worldwide premiere, which is set to take place on July 14 at the ...
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Tommy Gargotta takes top creative advertising job at SPE
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has promoted Tommy Gargotta to president of worldwide creative advertising.Gargotta will report to the studios' co-presidents of worldwide theatrical marketing Valerie Van Galder and Marc Weinstock and will guide the creative marketing team in the creation of posters, commercials, trailers and in-theatre materials.He joined Columbia in ...
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Interview: Sam Taylor-Wood
UK artist Sam Taylor-Wood has had her share of art-world accolades but was humbled by the chance to screen her first short film in Competition at Cannes.'It's beyond exciting, it's such an honour and a privilege,' she says. The Film4-backed short Love You More also happened to be the only ...
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In focus - No middle ground for UK indies'
When Tartan Films Distribution went into administration in late June, the rest of the UK independent distribution sector shuddered. International sales agents also winced, especially those handling Asian fare.Tartan's ground-breaking Asia Extreme label brought Japanese, South Korean and Hong Kong movies by directors such as Takashi Miike, Hideo Nakata and ...
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In Focus: Postcard from Edinburgh
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) closed its successful first June edition on June 29, completing the initial stage in its self-proclaimed mission to realise the event as the world's 'premiere festival of discovery'.A traditional fixture in August, the film festival shifted dates to avoid the city's overcrowded festival season ...
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International - Drunk on success
Six new entries broke into the international box-office chart this week, with Sony Pictures' Hancock storming to the top of the table.Non-US new entries failed to break into the top 10, with India's Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na reaching number 12. Written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala and distributed by ...
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Dylan Doggoes to Hollywood
'I can read the Bible, Homer or Dylan Dog for days on end without ever feeling bored.' So says iconic writer and philosopher Umberto Eco, a self-confessed fan of the comic-strip character created by Tiziano Sclavi in 1986.Since then Dylan Dog has become a popular phenomenon, and not just in ...
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Screen opinion: A lengthening list of demands
Cinema on demand is one of those long-touted ideas that's become a cliche before the fact.The idea of customers taking control of the programme in their local theatres is among the most compelling dreams of digital cinema (though evidently not quite compelling enough to break through the impasse in adoption ...
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The critical view: On the money
Critics rarely give much thought to the money side of the film industry. In fact, if I miss a film's national press preview or international festival debut, my desire to see it later, alongside a paying public, is generally in inverse proportion to its box-office success.This isn't just critical petulance ...
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Focus: Countdown To Toronto
Last week Cameron Bailey was in London. This week he is in Paris. Or maybe it is Brussels. Two months out from his September debut, the new co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) is in screening mode.'It's slightly more impossible than I expected,' he writes from wherever he ...
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New talent - One to One - John Maybury and China Moo-Young
China Moo-Young: What's the difference between working with Hollywood and British producers'John Maybury: To be honest, none. Now in this country, as soon as you're above $2m (£1m) you're answering to some sort of American requirement. I was working with Capitol Films (on The Edge Of Love) and I was ...