All Screen articles in 16 March 2004 – Page 4
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Dir: Michel Gondry. US. 2004. 108minsScriptwriter Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation) and director Michel Gondry go a long way in their new film toward rehabilitating themselves after their disastrous previous collaboration, Human Nature, but the conspicuously brilliant Kaufman, especially, still seems too smart for his own good.The concept behind Eternal Sunshine Of ...
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Wellspring gets US on Seducing Doctor Lewis
US distributor Wellspringhas picked up all US rights to Jean-Francois Pouliot's Canadian hit SeducingDoctor Lewis (La Grande Seduction), which won the World Cinema Audience Award atSundance 2004.Wellspring's head ofacquisitions Marie Therese Guirgis negotiated the deal with Matt Littin ofCinetic Media, who represented producers Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal of MaxFilms.The ...
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Scott Free develops Elegance
Scott Free, the production company owned by Ridley and Tony Scott, has hired Christopher Monger to adapt Kathleen Tessaro's novel Elegance.Published in the UK by Harper Collins, Elegance follows an American woman in London who follows the advice in an old A-Z of etiquette and style by a renowned French ...
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Roadshow pounces on Libertine, Dahlia
Roadshow Film Distributionhas signed up to handle the release of three high-profile films for Australiaand New Zealand: The Black Dahlia, The Libertine and Havoc.Brian De Palma's TheBlack Dahlia is from SignaturePictures International and is an adaptation of the James Ellroy novel about thedeath of an actress in LA in the ...
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Hackford's Ray Charles biopic goes to Universal
Universal Pictures hasacquired worldwide distribution rights to the musical biopic Unchain MyHeart: The Ray Charles Storystarring Jamie Foxx and has scheduled an Oct 29 domestic release.Produced and financed byPhilip Anschutz's Crusader Entertainment, Unchain My Heart: The Ray CharlesStory charts the legendary singer'slife from the time he went blind as a ...
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Hush Hush Baby (Shouf Shouf Haibibi)
Dir: Albert ter Heerdt. The Netherlands. 2004. 88minsThe ever expanding borders of the European Union have pushed immigration to the top of the political agenda. Hush, Hush Baby touches on some of the serious global issues surrounding the topic but is generally happy to settle for broad, knockabout comedy and ...
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Cinecitta teams with Rome Film Commission to attract production
Seeking to provide international film-makers with a comprehensiveand competitive production package, Cinecitta Studios has partnered with Rome'sFilm Commission to offer financial and location services.The commission officially set up shop within the studio compoundin February and will provide assistance with gap financing, free andreduced-fee shooting permits and other services.A crucial component ...
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Spanish industry suspends business after terror attacks
Cinema is the last thing on anyone's mind in Spaintoday. The media sector responded to yesterday's terrorist attacks withthe same solemnity and solidarity that has characterised national - andinternational - response to the tragedy.Spain awoke Thursday morning to news that ten bombs hadexploded on four packed commuter trains travelling into ...
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Universal postpones Cinderella Man release to March 2005
Universal Pictures has postponed until Mar 18 2005 the release of Ron Howard's Depression-era boxingdrama The Cinderella Man starringRussell Crowe and Renee Zellweger.The picture, which is beingco-financed with Miramax Films, was set to be one of Universal's key awardspictures with an end of year domestic release planned.The delay follows from ...
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New force emerges in Japanese market
Kadokawa Group is reportedly finalising negotiations to purchase a 40% stake in Nippon Herald and to acquire Herald's local distribution network.The news was reported in Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun.Despite distributing the three Lord Of The Rings films together with Shochiku, Herald is forecasting a loss of $9.5m (Y1.06bn) for the ...
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Fog screening set for International Criminal Court in The Hague
Director Errol Morris andformer US defence secretary Robert McNamara will attend a special screening ofthe Oscar-winning documentary The Fog Of War at the International Criminal Court in theNetherlands on Mar 24.The unprecedented event willbe attended by the 18 elected members of the court, members of theInternational Criminal Tribunal on Yugoslavia ...
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UIP confirms plans for Russian distribution office
United International Pictures has confirmed plans to open a branch office in Moscow to distribute films directly to cinemas in Russia.East West Creative Associates, UIP's partner for over 13 years, will cease trading as a distributor from that date but will continue to be involved in film production.UIP chairman and ...
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Tais-Toi to get US premiere at City Of Lights festival
The US premiereof Francis Veber's prison mismatch comedy Tais-Toi! (Ruby & Quentin) starring Gerard Depardieu and Jean Renowill kick off the eighth annual City of Lights, City of Angels Film Festival inLos Angeles in Mar 29, which also features the world premiere of NicolasBoukhrief's noir tale Le Convoyeur (Cash Truck) ...
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Dafoe to head jury at Bermuda Film Festival
Willem Dafoe will head upthe jury panel at the Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF) later thismonth alongside screenwriters Carlos Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, 21 Grams).Also joining Dafoe will befilm makers Patricia Flynn (Discovering Dominga) and Helen Lee (Sophie), as well as Shane Smith of ...
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River swells on back of Oscar glory
The Return Of The King was not the only film benefiting from Academy Awards glory last weekend as Warner Bros' Mystic River witnessed some massive box office leaps around the world.Clint Eastwood's acclaimed drama picked up Oscars for best actor (Sean Penn) and best supporting actor (Tim Robbins) on Feb ...
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Warner Bros snags US rights to Japanese animation
Warner Brothers has acquired US and key European rights to Japanese animation feature Yu-Gi-Oh!, which is based on the popular card trading game comic and TV cartoon series.The TV Tokyo network, Shueisha publishing house and Asatsu DK advertising agency are jointly producing the feature animation.Warner Brothers is set to release ...
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Sundance Channel acquires four Sundance Film Fest docs
The SundanceChannel has acquired the US pay television rights to four documentary filmsthat premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January.The fourpictures are Jorgen Leth and Lars Von Trier's film-making exercise The FiveObstructions; RuthieShatz and Adi Barash's Israeli prostitution story Garden; Jean Michel Roux's Icelandicsupernature picture Investigation Into The Invisible ...
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Spain talks all about Almodovar
Spain's El Deseo has held a number of screenings for Pedro Almodovar's Cannes opener Bad Education and early press reaction suggests that Cannes is set for a provocative opening.The film proves that commercial success has not domesticated Almodovar: the idiosyncratic director could spark controversy with Bad Education's storyline of a ...
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ROMANIA
Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain shot in the spectacular Carpathian mountains in Romania was received extremely well in the land of its birth.Released on a not so strong six copies by Glob Com, the film made over 12,000 admissions in its opening weekend. Scary Movie 3 released by InterComFilm on seven ...
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The Reckoning
Dir: Paul McGuigan. UK. 2001. 110mins.Paul Bettany's penchant for diverse roles spanning the eras continues in the intriguing but lethargic medieval murder mystery The Reckoning, a long finished drama shot in 2001, even before Bettany made his leap into Hollywood with A Beautiful Mind.This time Bettany is a fugitive priest ...