All Screen articles in 18 February 2005 – Page 8
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Kinowelt acquires Warner titles from Epsilon
German distributor Kinowelthas taken rights to a package of films headed by Warner Bros titles MillionDollar Baby and Mr & Mrs Smith. Clint Eastwood'sOscar-nominated Million Dollar Baby has been widely advertised as beinghandled by Warner's German branch with a release date of March 3. Kinowelt'sBertil Le Claire said the company ...
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Errol Morris to be feted at 2005 Hot Docs
Acclaimed US documentary filmmakerErrol Morris will be the guest of honour at the 2005 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Along with a retrospective of his work, the director of such films as Gates Of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line and the AcademyAward-winning Fog Of War will be presented with ...
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European cinema admissions rocket in 2004
Cinema admissions for theenlarged European Union of 25 member states rocketed to record levels in 2004,topping the 1bn mark for the first time ever, according to provisional figurescompiled by the Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO).Initial estimates havelogged a year-on-year-increase of 5.87 percent, led by a stunning 11.6 percentadmissions hike in ...
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FRANCE 14 February
French comedy EspaceDetente took in a whopping 701,031 admissions in its first week. The filmis adapted from a 15-minute TV series called Camera Cafe whose formathas been sold the world over. The film pushed The Aviator down to thesecond spot in its second week for a cumulative total of $7,463,417 ...
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HONG KONG 14 February
The Incredibles has beaten both of this year's Chinese New Yearproductions to the top of the Hong Kong box office, grossing US$1.56m from 57screens in its opening week. The film's opening tallytook in the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday period - Wednesday Feb 9- but as the ...
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Meet The Fockers soars past $100m for UIP
DreamWorks International'sMeet The Fockers grossed an estimated $20.8m on 3,166 screens in 39territories through UIP at the weekend as it became UIP's first 2005 release topass $100m.The comedy sequel currently stands at $111.5m following 10 fresh openings, thebiggest of which was a strong number one launch in Italy that produced ...
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Hitch hikes up US box office
Sony's romantic comedy Hitchopened on an estimated $45.3m at the weekend in what was the biggest everlaunch for a romantic comedy.Will Smith stars as a date doctor who claims he can find anybody's perfectmatch within three days. Eva Mendes and Kevin James also star in Andy Tennant'spicture, which drew strong ...
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Vera Drake, Aviator share top Bafta honours
The Aviator and Vera Drake shared the major honours at Saturday night's Baftas.Martin Scorsese's epicwon best picture but it was local hero Mike Leigh who finally took home hisfirst-ever directing BAFTA. Imelda Staunton, bestactress for her starring role in Vera Drake, received the biggest applause of the night, whileCate Blanchett ...
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Hitch opens top in US on $45.3m
Sony's romantic comedy Hitchopened on an estimated $45.3m at the weekend in what was the biggest everlaunch for a romantic comedy.Will Smith stars as a date doctor who claims he can find anybody's perfectmatch within three days. Eva Mendes and Kevin James also star in Andy Tennant'spicture, which drew strong ...