All Screen articles in 18 July 2003 – Page 4
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Warner picks up Coninx's latest for Belgium and Netherlands
Warner Bros PicturesInternational has acquired Belgian director Stijn Coninx's family drama VerderDan De Maan (Sea Of Silence) for distribution in the Netherlands and Belgium.Set against the backdrop ofthe 1960s Space Race, Verder Dan De Maan follows the spiritual and emotionaljourney of a nine-year-old girl and her father.Coninx, whose creditsinclude Hector, ...
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MGM Home Entertainment takes control of Australian operation
MGM Home Entertainment hastaken another step in its worldwide expansion plans by assuming control ofoperations in Australia.MGM executive Don Huntonwill head up a full-scale sales, marketing and distribution apparatus that isbeing planned for the territory, one of the fastest growing DVD markets in theworld.As managing director,Australia, Hunter will oversee new ...
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Lithuania looks to exploit EU accession
Lithuania, which has lagged behind its Baltic neighbours in terms of film production, is poised to see major changes in advance of EU accession next year. Increased state funding, a new film law and the impending privatization of its state owned film studios all signal better times ahead for Lithuanian ...
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Artisan renews with Alliance Atlantis in Canada till 2007
Alliance Atlantis andArtisan Entertainment have agreed to renew their all-rights Canadiansub-distribution agreement through March 31, 2007. Upcoming on the Artisanslate are Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, a re-imagination of the 1987 hit and The Punisher, based on the Marvel comic, starring John Travoltaand Thomas Jane.The deal, first signed in1998, has covered ...
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Giffoni jury turned over to 1000 children
Juliette Lewis, Jon Voight and Ian Mckellen are among the guests who will attend next week's Giffoni Film Festival (July 19-26), one of the premier competitive events in the world dedicated to kids and youth-oriented cinema.The festival will also welcome Italian directors Pupi Avati (The Heart Elsewhere), Paolo Virzi (My ...
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Tarantino's Bill makes multiple killing
Fans of Quentin Tarantino - and the many international distributors who pre-bought the rights to his long-awaited fourth film, Kill Bill - are about to get rather more than they originally bargained for. But all will have dig into their pockets twice for the unexpected treat. Instead of the three-hour ...
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UK prepares for Hulk onslaught
UK eyes will be on UIP's The Hulk this weekend after previews for the Ang Lee film were hit by soaring temperatures in the territory last weekend. That The Hulk will claim a number one UK/Ireland bow is not in doubt but how much it can muster is a bigger ...
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Six directors selected for Cannes' Residence
The Cannes Film Festival's annual young filmmakers' workshop announced its participants on Wednesday for the upcoming session. The Festival Residence is a four-month programme aimed at helping filmmakers prepare a first or second film project.The list of directors heading to this year's programme which begins on October 1 is: Karin ...
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Old, New, Borrowed And Blue (Se Til Venstre, Der Er En Svensker)
Dir. Natasha Arthy. Denmark. 2003. 90mins.This new romantic comedy is the best proof that a Dogme tag does not necessarily indicate a film is a meaningful or even a challenging experience. Old, New, Borrowed And Blue's sitcom-type humour and occasional melodramatic touches will probably provide a safe niche on international ...
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Gaga veterans jump start Japanese indie
Former Gaga Communications acquisitions chief Kaz Tadashiki has joined Movie-Eye Entertainment as president and CEO. Together with COO Taku Ushiyama, another Gaga veteran, Tadashiki plans to reposition Movie-Eye, whose core business since its April 2000 start has been film promotion, as a production, distribution and talent management company.To support its ...
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Franchise vs Intertainment court battle delayed
The lawsuit between German license trader Intertainment and US producer Franchise Pictures may be delayed for another year, after the planned August 5 court case between the two companies was unexpectedly postponed by a Los Angeles judge.Federal District Court judge Alicemarie H. Stotler did not give any reasons for the ...
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Valentin to open LA Latino fest
The seventh Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) will kick off on July 18 with a Miramax pick-up, Alejandro Agresti's award-winning Valentin, the tender story of a young boy and his attempts to find surrogate parents. Competing titles at the festival include Radio Favela by Helvecio Ratton (Brazil), Carlos ...
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How To Deal
Dir: Clare Kilner. US. 2003. 101mins.The first of three films due this year from 19-year-old US singer-actress Mandy Moore, How To Deal touches on some of the thornier issues of adolescence and family life but eventually resolves itself into a disappointingly insipid teen romance. To match the $41m grossed in ...
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Sony strikes 'three digit million' German TV deal
Sony Pictures Entertainment's (SPE) latest blockbusters Terminator 3, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Spider-Man are among 80 feature film titles acquired by Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 Group in an exclusive free-TV deal for all of SPE's output from 2001-2003.The package, which was concluded with Sony Pictures Television International for a reported three ...
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No Borders market selects projects from Quays, Buscemi, Holland
Narrative projects from Steve Buscemi, Sexy Beast screenwriters Louis Mellis and David Scinto, and animation gurus the Brothers Quay are among 21 works in progress that will be presented at the 25th annual IFP market's No Borders International Co-Production Market this autumn.The IFP Market, which runs in New York City ...
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Red And Blue (Rot Und Blau)
Dir. Rudolf Thome. Germany. 2003. 112mins.Veteran German director Rudolf Thome is back with another one of his meticulously over-scripted, exceedingly polite and talkative dramas. Like much of his previous work, such as Venus Talking and Paradiso: Seven Days With Seven Women (which won the Silver Bear at Berlin in 2000), ...
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Cannes pays tribute to Alexander Walker
Cannes president Gilles Jacob has paid tribute to film critic Alexander Walker, who died suddenly yesterday."It is with great sadness that I heard about Alex's passing. Alex was a close friend, a great critic and historian," Jacob told Screen. "I believe that he didn't miss a single Cannes Film Festival ...
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