All Screen articles in 18 September 2006 – Page 5

  • News

    Magnolia, Optimum, Madman reteam to buy To's Exiled

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Magnolia Pictures in North America, Optimum in the UK and MadmanEntertainment in Australia and New Zealand have jointly bought allEnglish-language rights to Hong Kong director Johnny To's action thriller Exiled.The distributors recently teamed up to buy the South Korean boxoffice smash The Host and Magnolia plans to release in North ...

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    Newmarket boards US rights to Death Of A President

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Newmarket Films has snappedup US rights to Death Of A President as a flurry of territory deals collectively worth $3m closed on the George W Bush assassination drama last night [11].Gabriel Range's hotly anticipated picture sold within 24 hours of its Sundayworld premiere, with rights also going to Maple Pictures ...

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    BME chooses not to renew first-look deal with Samaha's Gibraltar

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Bauer Martinez Entertainment (BME) has decided not toexercise its option to extend its first look deal with Elie Samaha's Gibraltar Entertainment,which expired on Jun 1.Under Samaha's deal with Bauer Martinez the company producedthriller The Flockstarring Richard Gere and Claire Danes and set to open next year in NorthAmerican, and acquired ...

  • Reviews

    Antonia

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Tata Amaral. Br. 2006. 90mins.The third feature from film-maker TataAmaral, Antoniatakes a well-sung genre - the rap group from the wrong side of the tracks whotry to make it big in the face of ruptured friendships - and gives it theunique flavour of a Sao Paolo favela.It is further ...

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    Apple announces US download service for iTunes, iPod

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Apple will start selling downloads of feature-length WaltDisney titles that can play on any computer loaded with iTunes software as wellas the new 80GB iPod.The company will offer features from Buena Vista, Pixar, Miramaxand Touchstone, priced at $12.99 in the first week and rising to $14.99 afterthat.Speaking at a conference ...

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    AAM signs Newman deals for four more cinemas

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    UK-based film distributionservices company Arts Alliance Media (AAM), has signed deals to provide its Newman cinema management system tofour new cinemas. The Renoir, Chelsea Cinemaand Richmond Filmhouse (all part of the Curzon group) and the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley willall use the Newman solution, which manages businesses including booking, ...

  • Reviews

    10 Items Or Less

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Brad Silberling. US. 2006. 82mins.The unpredictable career of Brad Silberlingtakes another left turn after the big budget spectacle of Lemony Snicket's A SeriesOf Unfortunate Events (2004) with his new feature 10 Items Or Less. More of a character-basedchamber piece than anything else, this virtual two-hander finds thewriter-director straying into ...