All Screen articles in 18 February 2004 – Page 2
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Blueberry
Dir: Jan Kounen. Fr-UK-Mex. 2004. 122 mins.Blueberry is not so much a Gallic makeover of the spaghetti western ' shot in Mexico ' as a feature-length commercial for Indian shamanism, a sort of special effects-driven Dances With Spirits, in which the audience is asked not so much to thrill to ...
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Italians return laden from Berlin
In a swathe of deals closed by Italian distributors in Berlin, Rome's Istituto Luce has snapped up all Italian distribution rights to two of the festival's hottest titles, including Argentine director Daniel Burman's Lost Embrace - which won the Jury Grand Prix and the Best Actor Silver Bear at last ...
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Sweden's NonStop takes five Berlin titles
Stockholm-based distributor NonStop Entertainment acquired five new titles at last week's Berlin Film Festival. The films include animated hits, a Sundance surfing doc and a spin-off to the Oscar-nominated City Of God.Stacy Peralta's Riding Giants, from Studio Canal, is an documentary about American surfing. It will be distributed in Sweden, ...
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Berlusconi benefits as Italy passes controversial media law
The Italian Parliament has finally passed the government's controversial Gasparri media law, which critics say will pump an extra Euros 163m into Silvio Berlusconi's companies.The law, which paves the way for digital TV transmission, will save Berlusconi's Rete 4 from shifting to satellite Tv, and will allow state channel ...
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Belleville wins best film prize at France's Lumieres.
Belleville Rendez-Vous (Les Triplettes De Belleville) received the Lumiere Award for best film of 2003 on Tuesday night in Paris.The film is nominated for three Cesars later this month as well as two Oscars in the best animated film and best original song categories.The Lumieres are France's equivalent to the ...
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We Don't Live Here Anymore
Dir: John Curran. US. 2004. 104 mins.A superlative drama about adultery boasting four courageous lead performances, We Don't Live Here Anymore may not be the ideal date movie but it will still be an attractive draw for smart adult audiences around the world.Adapted from two short stories by Andre Dubus, ...
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NORTH AMERICA
In the limited release arena Fox Searchlight's NC-17 drama The Dreamers grossed $511,207 for a $714,458 total in its second week. It climbed nine places to 27th and expanded by 61 sites into 66.Sony Pictures Classics opened Francois Dupeyron's acclaimed drama Monsieur Ibrahim in 52nd place on $65,696, which translated ...
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Showcase takes on Puerto Vallarta Squeeze for AFM
ShowcaseEntertainment will be representing the thriller Puerto Vallarta Squeeze starring Scott Glenn and Harvey Keitelat the upcoming AFM, which kicks off in Santa Monica on Feb 25 and runs untilMar 3.Based on thenovel by Robert Waller (The Bridges Of Madison County) with a screenplay by the award-winningtelevision writer Richard Alfieri, ...
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NonStop Entertainment acquires Berlin five
Stockholm-based distributor NonStop Entertainment acquired five new titles at this month's Berlin Film Festival.It bought Stacy Peralta's surfing doc Riding Giants from StudioCanal, and will distribute the film in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.City Of Men, from Buena Onda Films, is a spin-off TV series of Fernando Mereilles' City ...
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Imax puts 3-D movie to DVD for the first time through Warner
Warner Home Video willrelease the Imax 3D film Space Station on DVD, the first-everImax 3D title to be released in the video domain. The DVD, which will bedistributed in both 2D and 3D capabilities, will go into the domestic market inthe fourth quarter of 2004.However, consumers hoping tosee the 3D ...
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20:30:40
Dir: Silvia Chang. Taiwan-Hong Kong. 2004. 109mins.A cinematic weave of contemporary Asian women's stories, 20:30:40 is also a star vehicle for its three female protagonists. Sylvia Chang (who also directed and co-wrote), Rene Liu and Lee Sinje, each half a generation apart, have a cross-border appeal that stretches from Taiwan ...
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Warner Germany ties up X for a further 20 films
Warner BrosPictures Germany has extended its partnership with Germany's X-Filme andits distribution arm X-Verleih in a long-term, multi-faceted distribution agreementcovering up to 20 films.The relationshipbegan in 2001 with the release of Connie Walter's romance Wie Feuer UndFlamme and has continued through to the recent successful theatrical, DVD andVHS distribution of ...
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Netherlands lays groundwork for film institute
While there are plenty of individual Dutch film bodies, the Netherlands is one of the last of the mature European film markets to have an official Film Institute.However, with the launch of a Dutch independent film research initiative only three weeks away, the Dutch film industry is taking another step ...
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Ster-Kinekor embraces digital future
South Africa's Ster-Kinekor has revealed that it is to roll out digital high definition (HD) film servers at five cinemas nationwide over the next few months. This is the first time in South African film history that full-length mainstream features will be screened in digital HD format.Three cinemas in Johannesburg ...
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Kosslick mulls market future, festival dates
Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick declared himself "very pleased" with the running of this year's edition which had "conceptually achieved everything we wanted to."Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily.com, Kosslick described the official competition as a "varied programme of old masters and young first-time directors" and pointed out that the focuses on South ...
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Premiere, Constantin conclude extensive deal
Germany's digital pay TV platform Premiere and producer-distributor Constantin Film have concluded an extensive multi-year programming deal.The agreement covers such films as Constantin's current box office hit Lost In Translation, 21 Grams and Alexander, which are being theatrically released by Constantin Film, as well as all of Constantin's own output ...
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Spain's KanZaman strikes deal with Columbia TriStar
Spanish production powerhouse KanZaman has signed a five-title distribution deal with Columbia TriStar Films of Spain for local theatrical and DVD/video rights.The deal includes three of KanZaman's high-profile international co-productions: Robert De Niro-starrer The Bridge Of San Luis Rey; Helen Hunt-starrer A Good Woman; and Willem Dafoe-starrer The Reckoning (Morality ...
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Columbia TriStar ups Indian release slate
Columbia Tristar's Indian office is to release 40 new films this year, 10 more than last year. Among the films scheduled to be released are Spiderman 2, Hell Boy and Anaconda 2.Spiderman 2 will have a 250 print release - the largest ever for a Hollywood movie in India. Previously, ...
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Miramax snaps up Les Choristes
The hottest title at the European Film Market in Berlin this year, Les Choristes has been snapped up by Miramax.In a deal completed on Saturday, the US mini-studio acquired rights for North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.The first-time film directed by Christophe Barratier was screened on Monday (9 ...
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Miramax takes EFM favourite Les Choristes
Miramax Films has acquiredmultiple territory rights to Les Choristes, the hottest film at the European Film Market in Berlin this year.Miramax bought rights to the feelgood drama in North America, Latin America,Australia and New Zealand from Pathe International.Directed by ChristopheBarratier and written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, the film is ...