All Screen articles in 16 October 2003 – Page 4
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Cork kicks off with Irish features, Hurt tribute
British actor and long time Irish resident John Hurt will be the recipient of Cork Film Festival's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. The festival will host a public interview with the actor and screen a retrospective selection of Hurt's film and television work, including Ridley Scott's recut Alien.Now in its 48th ...
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BVITV to handle Miramax rights in Spain
Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has signed adeal to represent the TV rights in Spain to MiramaxFilms' feature slate. Theexclusive multi-year deal, signed on Friday (Oct 10), replaces an earlier dealthat saw local all-rights distributor Lauren Films handle Miramax's titles inall sectors of the Spanish market. But Miramax's relationship with ...
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MIPCOM bounces towards lively conclusion
The MIPCOM internationaltelevision programmes market in Cannes has been a relatively lively affair. It saw theunveiling of few mega-deals, but it was distinctly more buoyant than recentevents. Corridor traffic was widely felt to have been busier andboth buyers and sellers reported that the time for transactions had replacedinterminable talks. "This ...
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UK boost for children's development
Family audiences, seen as being under-served by UK films, are being targeted in a new funding initiative launched by National Lottery administrator UK Film Council, the BBC and the Children's Film & Television Foundation.Aimed at children and families, the £900,000 fund offers £300,000 per year over the next 3 years ...
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Becker looks to profit from Three Dollars
Reiko Bradley has signed on for all sales rights outside of Italy and Australasia to director Robert Connolly's Three Dollars - her first wholly Australian film since relocating there to head the joint venture company Becker Films International. Connolly's second film, produced by business partner John Maynard, stars David Wenham, ...
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Bad Boys lord over international box office
A string of number oneopenings including a mighty $5.9m estimated bow in Germany secured Bad Boys2 as the number internationalperformer of the weekend, according to Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI).The action sequel grossed$15.3m from 3,625 screens in 59 territories to raise its running total to$63.3m. The film looks good to ...
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Milestone takes domestic on Poland's The Big Animal
US independent distributorMilestone Films has acquired all North American rights to Polish film TheBig Animal (Duze Zwierze) directed by Jerzy Stuhr. The film was based on ascreenplay by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski and shot in black-and-white byPoland's Pawel Edelman (The Pianist).Stuhr, aprotégé of Kieslowski, also stars in the film as ...
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Wellspring to sell Name Of Allah doc
US distributor Wellspringhas signed on as worldwide sales agent for the non-English-speaking world for Inthe Name Of Allah, a documentaryabout Islam and homosexuality by first-time film-maker Parvez Sharma.The film, which is currentlyin production with shooting scheduled to finish at the end of the year anddelivery set for Sept 2004, is ...
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Tavernier adopts Cambodian project
Following 2002's World War II drama Laissez-Passer, veteran French director Bertrand Tavernier is turning his sights on Cambodia. Holly Lola starts shooting this week and is about a couple seeking to adopt a child in the former French territory. The film stars Jacques Gamblin who also appeared in Laissez-Passer. He ...
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Spanish Film Academy chiefs quit
The president and two vice presidents of the Spanish Film Academy have stepped down in a surprise move just four months after their reelection to a second three-year term.They were replaced by unanimous vote at an extraordinary board meeting last week by the actress Mercedes Sampietro, who will take over ...
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Universal takes additional $4.6m with Wedding
Universal's AmericanPie: The Wedding stayed on course topass $100m at the international box office after an estimated $4.6m weekendhaul from 1,500 venues in 29 territories raised its total to $91.5m.With 19 more markets to openthrough UIP, including France next weekend, passing the milestone is merely aquestion of time.American Pie: The ...
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NEW ZEALAND
Older women definitely got their own back against the starlets in New Zealand when Calendar Girls opened in top position in its first official weekend in the charts. The film took NZ$332,452 from 38 screens for BVI, which was double the gross of the other major opener, 20th Century Fox's ...
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GERMANY
Bad Boys II blew away all competition in Germany over the weekend selling over 765,000 tickets between Oct 9 and 12, more than 500,000 tickets more than second placed The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.Local children's comedy 4 Freunde & 4 Pfoten (literally 4 Friends and 4 Paws) failed to make ...
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HBO Films, Maya Pictures team for Latino-themed projects
HBO Films has agreed to acquire the first six Latino-themed projects developed by MayaPictures, the new film and television production company launched by producerMoctesuma Esparza and Robert Katz. Maya is currently in the process of identifying emerging Latino filmmakersfor these projects which will touch on the contemporary US Latino experience. ...
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Premiere completes studio line-up with Sony deal
Germany's digital pay TV service Premiere can now boast output deals with every one of the major Hollywood studios, having agreed a multi-year licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) on Monday (Oct 13).Premiere already has deals in place with Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Buena ...
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Crimson Gold, Distant take top prizes at Chicago
Jafar Panahi's CrimsonGold from Iran won the Gold Hugo atthe Chicago International Film Festival on Saturday, while Nuri Bilge Ceylan'sTurkish film Distant took theSilver Hugo and Special Jury Prize.CrimsonGold was cited for "its compellingportrait of a man inexorably destroyed by social pressures" while Distant was cited for "its intense and ...
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Ewan McGregor gets on his bike with best friend Charley Boorman
Elixir Films and Image Wizard TV are to produce a travelogueseries featuring Ewan McGregor and his best friend, actor Charley Boorman,crossing the globe on motorcycles.Filming on Long Way 'Round is due to begin in January 2004 and the programme will beavailable for the autumn 2004 television season.The intrepid pair plan ...
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Baldwin to fight runaways at New Jersey's CSC/Cargo Films
William Baldwin has been named president of production at the New Jersey-based production company CSC/Cargo Films, one of the key players in the state’s high-profile drive to prevent runaway productions by offering incentives to film-makers.Since 2001 Baldwin has been a prominent supporter of the Garden State’s campaign, which took a ...
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Goldenthal wins World Soundtrack Awards for Frida
Elliot Goldenthal has won the Soundtrack Composer of the Year for the score of Frida at the World Soundtrack Awards, presented by the International Film Festival Flanders-Ghent.Frida also won the Best Original Soundtrack of the YearGuest of honour Maurice Jarre received a World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award. The song The ...