All Screen articles in 16 October 2002 – Page 4
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Pinocchio's Italian screen count noses ahead
Massive demand from Italian exhibitors has led Italian distributor Medusa to widen its nationwide release of Pinocchio this Friday to an unprecedented 940 screens, up from the previously announced - and already record-breaking - 860 screens.Through a careful Euros2m marketing campaign, Medusa and the film's star and director, Roberto Benigni, ...
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3DD, Lorber Media to sell classic AFT films package
British programmes sales company 3DD Entertainment has picked up a package of classic films that have been out of circulation for nearly a decade.The package consists of critically acclaimed films made under the American Film Theatre (AFT) banner between 1973-1976. Directed by cinema greats including Joseph Losey, Lindsay Anderson and ...
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My Kingdom
Dir: Don Boyd. UK. 2001. 117mins.The British gangland genre gets a handsome if flawed addition with Don Boyd's freewheeling, ambitious spin on King Lear set among a corrupt modern dynasty in which Richard Harris's world-weary patriarch dominates - though is not allowed to overshadow - a fresco of elaborately drawn ...
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Focus sells Moonlight Mile rights for Hyde Park
Focus Features has confirmed that it will handle sales of continental European rights to Brad Silberling's Moonlight Mile starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon on behalf of Hyde Park Entertainment. Focus' international sales team under David Linde will screen the film at MIFED.Moonlight Mile is the first picture ...
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Manoel de Oliveira starts shoting A Spoken Film
Veteran Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira began shooting Monday on his latest movie, A Spoken Film (Um Filme Falado), which will feature appearances by Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich and Irene Papas.The film tells the story of a history professor (Leonor Silveira) and her daughter (Stefania Sandrelli) who embark on a ...
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Bollywood / Hollywood
Dir: Deepa Mehta. Canada. 2002. 103mins.Canada-based Indian emigre Deepa Mehta lets her exuberant affection for her home country's film conventions run wild in Bollywood/Hollywood. A bloated comedy which awkwardly attempts a blend of the two cultures against a dreary Toronto setting, the film suffers in comparison to Mira Nair's 2001 ...
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Almodovar tips 'anti-clerical' movie as his next
Spanish auteur PedroAlmodovar hinted yesterday that his next film will likely be BadEducation (LaMala Educacion) a "profoundly anti-clerical movie" abouttwo boys in a Catholic school forced to contend with sexual abuse by thepriesthood.The highly chargedsubject-matter is liable to present yet another public relations headache forthe Catholic hierarchy which has spent ...
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Agnes Varda named as IDA Pioneer Award winner
French directing legend Agnes Varda will receive the International Documentary Association (IDA) Pioneer Award for distinguished lifetime achievement at the annual IDA Awards gala benefit in Hollywood on Dec 13. 'The Pioneer Award is presented to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to advancing the non-fiction form,' says IDA President ...
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