All Screen articles in 18 September 2000 – Page 2
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Fuji Bank launches film funding drive
Fuji Bank, one of Japan's largest city banks, is plunging into film financing in a drive to invest in the production of entertainment software, including films, animation and music. By the end of 2000, Fuji plans to expand its entertainment investments, reaching a year-on total of $9.5m. The bank is ...
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Star TV buys 26% stake in Indian cable operator
Rupert Murdoch's Star TV is strengthening its position as a programme provider in the competitive Indian market by buying a 26% stake in local cable TV operator Hathway Cable and Datacom Private, according to wire reports.The Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Murdoch's News Corp is understood to be paying around $75m ...
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Thailand's Iron Ladies Win In Hong Kong
A team of Thai male transsexual volleyball players took the number one slot at the Hong Kong box office as the Thai hit The Iron Ladies served up $675,324 in its first four days, making a weekly gross of $954,157 (Aug 31-Sept 6). Distributed on 23 screens by Golden Scene, ...
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When Brendan Met Trudy
Dir: Kieron J Walsh. UK-Ireland. 2000. 95 mins.Prod co: Deadly Films 2/Collins Avenue Films. Int'l Sales: The Sales Company (44) 207 434 9061. Prod: Lynda Myles. Scr/Co-prod: Roddy Doyle. DoP: Ashley Rowe. Prod Des: Fiona Daly. Ed: Scott Thomas. Mus: Richard Hartley. Main cast: Peter McDonald, Flora Montgomery, Marie Mullen, ...
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Time And Tide
Dir: Tsui Hark. Hong Kong-China. 2000. 112 mins.Prod co: Film Workshop Company Limited. Co-prod: Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia. Int'l sales: Columbia Tristar, Tel: (1) 310 244 4000. Prod: Tsui Hark. Scr: Koan Hui, Tsui Hark. DoP: Ko Chui Lam, Herman Yau. Editor:Marco Mak . Music: Tommy Wai. Main cast: ...
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Canadian cable player abandons Videotron bid
Canadian cable leader Rogers Communications has abandoned its bid for Quebec-based rival Groupe Videotron.The move ends a six-month battle with publishing giant Quebecor and its powerful backer, pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. Last month, Quebecor and the Caisse, through a jointly-held company, topped Rogers' February $26-per-share ...
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Italian watchdog fines Stream, Telepiu
Italy's communications watchdog has slapped a $130,000 fine onto rival pay-TV groups Stream and Telepiu for failing to agree to a single decoder that will allow viewers to freely zap from one channel to another.Communications chief Enzo Cheli ordered the two groups to undertake the necessary measures within the next ...
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Gala takes Second Skin for UK
UK distributor Gala Film Distribution has picked up UK rights to Second Skin (Segunda Piel), a Spanish language film starring Javier Bardem and produced by Lolafilms.Directed by veteran Gerardo Vera, the sexually-charged Skin features a cast including Volaverunt's Jordi Molla, Belle Epoque's Ariadna Gil and All About My Mother's Cecilia ...
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TF1 records 53% jump in profits
TF1, France's leading TV channel, has announced a 53% jump in first-half profits to $144m.The company cited a bullish advertising market and tightly controlled programming costs. A 39% rise in revenues stemmed from its diversification activities, notably cable and satellite sales.First-half revenues rose 23.4% to $1.2 billion, compared to $798m ...
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Odeon Films buys Andersson's Songs for Canada
International sales company The Coproduction Office has sold Canadian rights to Roy Andersson's Cannes competition entry Songs From The Second Floor to Odeon Films, a subsidiary of Alliance Atlantis Communications.Latina Film in Mexico and Gutek Film in Poland have also acquired the film which screens in the Toronto International Film ...
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Mexican hit Amores Perros goes to Lions Gate in US
Lions Gate Films has completed its deal to acquire all US and Canadian rights to Amores Perros, the critically lauded Mexican film directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Lions Gate Films International took the film on for foreign sales prior to Cannes where it screened in Critics Week, winning the Grand ...
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Dinosaur opens Leeds children's festival
Walt Disney Co's Dinosaur gets its first UK public screening as the opening gala film for the Leeds Children's Film Festival (October 7-15).Opening the Leeds International Film Festival, which runs alongside the children's event, is Purely Belter, by Little Voice director Mark Herman. The Newcastle-based comedy makes its English premiere ...
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UK trio generates midway buzz at Toronto festival
A trio of UK films - Stephen Frears' Liam, Kieron J Walsh's When Brendan Met Trudy and David Kane's Born Romantic - are amongst the titles triggering most interest halfway through the Toronto International Film Festival.The films, all three being handled by London-based The Sales Co, have all been well-received ...
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UGC, UIP move towards cinema pass resolution
UIP and UGC's feud over rental revenues from the exhibitor's Unlimited cinema pass has taken a major step towards being resolved after UGC agreed to release UIP's Shaft this Friday.Although a law suit continues, UGC and UIP are also expected to strike agreements for the wide releases of Billy Elliot ...
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UK cast lines up for Pasolini's Napoleon picture
Tom Watson, Tim McInnerny, Trevor Cooper, Chris Langham and Nigel Terry have joined Ian Holm and Iben Hjejle in the cast of The Emperor's New Clothes, a Napoleon fantasy story from The Full Monty producer Uberto Pasolini.Palookaville director Alan Taylor started shooting the Redwave Films production on location in Italy ...
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The Goddess Of 1967
Dir: Clara Law. Australia. 2000. 120 mins.Prod co: Still Life Pictures. Co-prod: Trix Films. Backers: Australian Film Finance Corporation. Int'l sales: Fortissimo Film Sales (31) 20 627 3215. Prods: Peter Sainsbury, Eddie L.C. Fong. Scr: Eddie L.C. Fong, Clara Law. DoP: Dion Beebe. Editor: Kate Williams. Prod des: Nicholas McCallum. ...
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Pollock
Dir: Ed Harris. US. 2000. 130 mins.Prod co: Brant-Allen Industries Inc. Co-prod: Zeke Productions, Fred Berner Films. US dist: Sony Picture Classics. Int'l sales: Alliance Atlantis Pictures International, tel: (1) 310 899 8000. Exec prod: Peter M. Brant, Joseph Allen. Prod: Fred Berner, Ed Harris, Jon Kilik. Scr: Barbara Turner, ...
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Dancer In The Dark disappoints in Scandinavia
Dancer In The Dark, this year's Cannes Palme D'Or winner, had a disappointing opening when it was released last weekend (Sept 8) in Scandinavia - the first territory the drama-musical has played to a paying audience. Despite successful preview screenings of $180,223 (dkr1,562,965) in Denmark, mixed reviews are likely to ...
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Gaumont, UGC step up loyalty pass battle
The French loyalty pass battle heated up this week as Gaumont linked up with MK2 and Cine Classiques to launch a common loyalty card, Le Passe. UGC is now also seeking to partner with independent exhibitors, starting with the Ritman theater operation.Le Passe is to be launched September 27, to ...
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TV veterans launch Apollo tax financing scheme
Veteran UK programme-makers Bill Cran and Clive Syddall have launched tax-based financing scheme Apollo TV & Film Partnerships.The venture aims to bankroll films, TV projects and documentaries qualifying as British and budgeted at up to $21m, thereby qualifying for 100% tax relief under UK regulations. Barclays Bank may arrange additional ...
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