All Screen articles in 18 December 2009 – Page 2

  • A Single Man
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    A Single Man

    2009-12-23T14:11:00Z

    Director Tom FordProducers Tom Ford, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Robert SalernoProduction companies Fade To Black Productions, Depth Of Field ProductionsUS distribution The Weinstein CompanyInternational sales IM GlobalUS release date December 11Worldwide gross $217,000 to December 13Best picture chancesThe journey of fashion icon Tom Ford and his ...

  • Up
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    Up

    2009-12-23T14:07:00Z

    Director Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (co-director)Producer Jonas RiveraProduction company Pixar Animation StudiosUS distribution Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesInternational distribution Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures InternationalUS release date May 29Worldwide gross $683m to December 13Best picture chancesIf any animated film has a shot of securing a best ...

  • Inglourious Basterds
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    Inglourious Basterds

    2009-12-23T14:05:00Z

    Director Quentin TarantinoProducer Lawrence BenderProduction companies A Band Apart, Zehnte Babelsberg FilmUSdistribution The Weinstein CompanyInternational distribution Universal Pictures InternationalUS release date August 21Worldwide gross $311.8mBest picture chancesThe biggest hit of Tarantino’s career to date, Inglourious Basterds was also embraced by audiences and many critics as his ...

  • An Education
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    An Education

    2009-12-23T14:02:00Z

    Director Lone ScherfigProducers Finola Dwyer, Amanda PoseyProduction companies Wildgaze Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, BBC Films, Endgame EntertainmentUS distribution Sony Pictures ClassicsInternational distribution Odyssey EntertainmentUS release date October 16Worldwide gross $11.7m to December 13Best picture chancesIf the focus at this stage is on the performances of Carey ...

  • The Hurt Locker
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    The Hurt Locker

    2009-12-23T13:59:00Z

    Director Kathryn BigelowProducers Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg ShapiroProduction company Voltage Pictures, First Light, Kingsgate FilmsUSdistribution Summit EntertainmentInternational sales Voltage PicturesUS release date June 26Worldwide gross $17.8m to December 13Best picture chancesOf all the films to date involving the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts, The ...

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    Up In The Air

    2009-12-23T13:58:00Z

    Director Jason ReitmanProducers Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki, Jeffrey CliffordProduction companies Montecito Picture Company, Rickshaw Productions, Right Of Way Films, Cold Spring Pictures, DW StudiosUS distribution Paramount PicturesInternational distribution Paramount Pictures InternationalUS release date December 4Worldwide gross $4m to December 13Best picture chancesJason Reitman’s Juno ...

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    Invictus

    2009-12-23T13:55:00Z

    Director Clint EastwoodProducers Clint Eastwood, Lori McCreary, Robert Lorenz, Mace NeufeldProduction companies Malpaso Productions, Revelations Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions, Spyglass EntertainmentUSdistribution Warner BrosInternational distribution Warner Bros Pictures InternationalUS release date December 11Worldwide gross $8.6m to December 13Best picture chancesEastwood, of course, is no stranger to the ...

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    Crazy Heart

    2009-12-23T13:53:00Z

    Director Scott CooperProducers Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner, Judy Cairo, T-Bone BurnettProduction companies Informant Media, Butcher’s Run FilmsUS distribution Fox Searchlight PicturesInternational distribution Fox InternationalUS release date December 16Worldwide gross to date n/aBest picture chancesCrazy Heart’s best award chances are in the acting categories, especially ...

  • Star Trek
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    Star Trek

    2009-12-23T13:50:00Z

    Director JJ AbramsProducers JJ Abrams, Damon LindelofProduction companies Bad Robot, Mavrocine, Spyglass EntertainmentUS distribution Paramount PicturesInternational distribution Paramount Pictures InternationalUS release date May 8Worldwide gross $385.6mBest picture chancesWith a field of 10 best-picture Oscar nominations, the chances for a crowd-pleasing smash hit such as Star Trek ...

  • Avatar
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    Avatar

    2009-12-23T13:50:00Z

    Director James CameronProducers James Cameron, Jon LandauProduction company Lightstorm EntertainmentUS distribution 20th Century FoxInternational distribution Fox InternationalUS release date December 18Worldwide gross to date n/aBest picture chancesStar Wars picked up a best-picture nomination. So did each of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. If they can ...

  • Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
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    Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

    2009-12-23T13:48:00Z

    Director Lee DanielsProducers Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary MagnessProduction companies Lee Daniels Entertainment, Smokewood Entertainment GroupUSdistribution LionsgateInternational sales Elephant Eye FilmsUS release date November 6Worldwide gross $38.6m to December 13Best picture chancesIt’s almost a done deal that Daniels’ electrifying film will reach the final 10 best-picture ...

  • An Education
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    Best Picture: The gold standards

    2009-12-23T12:40:00Z

    This year has been an unusually rich season for prestige awards contenders, kicking off as early as the Sundance Film Festival in January when Lee Daniels’ Precious (then called Push) was first seen as well as Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre and Oren Moverman’s The Messenger.

  • Avatar
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    Awards Countdown: Best Picture

    2009-12-23T12:38:00Z

    ScreenDaily rounds up the candidates for best picture.

  • In Treament
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    Søren Stærmose, producer, Yellow Bird, Sweden

    2009-12-23T10:43:00Z

    Favourite film of the year:I am both a movie and TV producer so this year it is not a film, but a TV series – HBO’s In Treatment, starring Gabriel Byrne as psychotherapist, Dr. Paul Weston (pictured). It has outstanding scriptwriters and acting.Biggest news storyThe adaptation ...

  • James Cameron
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    Film-maker profiles

    2009-12-23T10:38:00Z

    ScreenDaily speaks to ten directors whose films are expected to perform strongly this awards season.

  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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    2009 Digest: Screen rounds up the year's key stories

    2009-12-23T05:33:00Z

    Who were the winners and losers of 2009? Louise Tutt brings together the biggest stories of the year.

  • Zhang Yimou’s A Simple Noodle Story
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    Weekly international box office – December 18

    2009-12-21T12:38:00Z

    Screen brings you the weekly international box-office news.

  • Hangover
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    Benjamin Herrmann, Producer/Distributor,  Majestic Film, Germany

    2009-12-21T10:38:00Z

    Favourite filmThe Hangover (main picture). For me it was the perfect comedy. Biggest news storyThis was John Rabe [co-produced by Herrmann] (pictured, right) winning the German Film Award. The fantastic conclusion to a great experience.Changes in store for 2010Cinema will remain strong, particularly the local films. ...

  • Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
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    Roberto Proia, Head of Theatrical Distribution and Marketing, Moviemax, Italy

    2009-12-21T10:18:00Z

    Favourite filmOf the Italian films, I loved Ex by Fausto Brizzi. It was funny, it was tender, it shows that when you have a great cast, a great idea and direction and production values are up that Italians can compete with the films by Working Title ...

  • Siddharth Roy Kapur (pictured), CEO, UTV Motion Pictures, India
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    Siddharth Roy Kapur (pictured), CEO, UTV Motion Pictures, India

    2009-12-21T10:10:00Z

    Favourite filmDev.D (pictured, right). I loved the way a story known to every member of the cinema-going audience in India, and one which has been told so many times in the past, was contemporized to make it relevant and acceptable to an entire new generation.And this ...