All Screen articles in 16 March 2004 – Page 5
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New distributor launches in South Korea
Lotte Cinema, which operates one of South Korea's three major multiplex chains, has announced its long-speculated move into film distribution.The company, headed by CEO Kim Kwang-seop, is scheduled to release its first film Naduya Ganda in May. Another 3-4 titles are expected to be announced by the end of June.Lotte, ...
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Cinema Service opens shop in Japan
South Korean major Cinema Service has announced plans to establish a branch office in Tokyo to directly distribute its films into Japan.To be named Cinema Service Japan, the company will be established by June and will initially co-distribute with other local film companies. Within five years the office intends ...
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Malick's Che decision deals morale-denting blow to indie sector
Terence Malick's surprise decision to pull out of Che, a $40m picture about the life of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara that he had co-written, has dented the pride and perhaps the finances of sales house Wild Bunch - but the blow is unlikely to be fatal either to the French ...
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Zenpix closes AFM deals on Reeseville, Anne B Real
Susan Jackson's Zenpix,celebrating its first year as an international distribution and sales companybacked by Promark Entertainment, has closed multi-territory deals on ChristianOtjen's thriller Reeseville andLisa France's rap drama Anne B Real.The Santa Monica-basedcompany said it sold Reesevilleto Home Entertainment for the UK, TransTV for Indonesia, New World Pictures forThailand, Audio ...
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Nine German films get free TV ads
Golden Bear winner Head-On is one of nine German films awarded a total Euros 1.8m worth of advertising airtime on public and private channels.The new funding category, which was introduced as part of the agreement with the TV stations on their financial contribution to the German Federal Film Board (FFA), ...
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French cinema admissions show early strength
With 34.82 million tickets sold since the beginning of the year, the French box-office is up 4.8% on 2003 according to figures released by the CNC this week.February saw a rise of 3.2% over 2003 for 19.5 million admissions. However, French films' market share is down to 39.3% compared with ...
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UK/IRELAND
While UIP's romantic comedy Along Came Polly held onto the top spot in its second week with a respectable 30% slip from its launch it was Icon's drama 21 Grams that proved the real triumph in the UK last weekend.The film presents three story lines constantly interlinking and which jump ...
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JAPAN
Fresh from its Oscar triumph, Return Of The King easily beat off the challenge to its pole position by new release Master And Commander.LOTR led the nine-cities charts with a $54,508 screen average, compared with $39,613 for Master And Commander. The week's other Top Fifteen opener, Gothika, earned $300,105 on ...
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HUNGARY
As was expected following its Oscar-success, The Return Of The King fared strongly at the Hungarian box office last weekend, performing a mere 1% weaker than the week before taking nearly 10,000 admissions in the ninth week of its release.The French comedy Mauvais Espirit and the latest John Grisham adaptation ...
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Don't Move (Non Ti Muovere)
Italy-Spain-UK. 2004. 121 mins.Don't Move is worth any number of seminars on the state of Italian cinema, and is ample proof that there is life in the old dog yet. The cynical might object that this is because of a standout performance by Spanish star Penelope Cruz, who does something ...
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Shaun Of The Dead
Dir: Edgar Wright. UK. 2004. 100mins tbcAfter the critical debacle that was last month's Sex Lives Of The Potato Men comes Shaun Of The Dead, a film which proves that the move from small to big screen comedy does not always end in artistic failure. This romantic zombie comedy - ...
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Caplan named president of Icon Film Distribution
Elizabeth Draper is leavingIcon Film Distribution (IFD) after five years as head of distribution andgeneral manager at the UK operation and Sally Caplan, who most recently servedas Momentum's senior vice president of acquisitions and business affairs, hasjoined as president."I've had a fantastic timeat Momentum and am sorry to leave, but ...
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De-lovely wraps up Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival has confirmed that De-lovely, a musical biography of American composer Cole Porter directed by Irwin Winkler, will close the festival on May 22.The MGM film will screen in official selection, out-of-competition.De-lovely stars Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, and Jonathan Pryce as well as music stars Alanis Morissette, ...
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Coffee, Laws bookend San Francisco Fest
The 47th SanFrancisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) will open on Apr 15 with JimJarmusch's series of comic vignettes Coffee And Cigarettes and closes on Apr 29 with Peter Howitt'sromantic comedy Laws Of Attraction.Coffee AndCigarettes features suchluminaries as Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Iggy Pop and the British comedianSteve Coogan discussing an ...
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Judy Blume movie adaptations land at Disney
Bestselling children's author Judy Bloom, film-maker LawrenceBlume and producer Jane Startz have signed a multi-picture deal with WaltDisney Studios.The Blumes' Tashmoo Productions and Jane Startz Productions willadapt several books beginning with Deenie, which centres on a young woman'sstruggles to defy her parents' expectations and follow her dreams.Buena Vista Motion Picture ...
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Mortensen eyes big budget Alastride adaptation
Lord Of The Rings star Viggo Mortensen is in negotiations to take the lead in big budget Spanish production The Adventures Of Captain Alatriste for Spain's Telecinco and Origen PC.Mortensen, who speaks fluent Spanish, confirmed to Spanish press during a promotional trip to Madrid on Hidalgo that he was studying ...
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Revenues fall but 2003 still a 'pivotal' year for IMAX
IMAX Corporation's joint chiefs Richard Gelfond andBradley Wechsler announced a fourth quarter loss of one cent per shareyesterday but rallied behind what they described as a 'pivotal' 2003 that positioned the company for continued growth.The companyposted a profit of two cents per share a year earlier and said lastquarter's unexpected ...
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