All Screen articles in 19 December 2005 – Page 4
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Mountain towers over Golden Globe nominations
Brokeback Mountain led the field at the 63rd Golden Globenominations ceremony with seven mentions including best picture (drama), bestdirector for Ang Lee, best actor (drama) for Heath Ledger, and best screenplayby Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.It was the first year inGlobes history that all five pictures nominated for best drama ...
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Morden Kichaven promoted to Hollywood executive director at SAG
Ilyanne Morden Kichaven has been promoted to Hollywood executivedirector at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).Kichaven, a five-year SAG veteran, will commence her role in theNew Year and play a key part in representing the interests of the HollywoodDivision board.She will oversee strategic planning on behalf of SAG's nearly70,000 Hollywood members, ...
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Hella Joof to direct a slew of films
Popular Danishdirector Hella Joof hassigned to direct two Nordic features in 2006. First up is the Swedish drama Lina's Diary, (Under Ombygning) its preliminaryinternational title with a budget of $1.2-$2.1m (1-1.8m Euros). SF will beproducing. It is based onthe true story of a teenager's struggles with alcohol, from ...
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National Lampoon teams with Half-Shell to develop film properties
National Lampoon is teamingup with fledgling Santa Monica entertainment company Half Shell EntertainmentFilms (HSE) to develop features based on material from National Lampoonmagazine and NationalLampoon.com.'Partnering with HSEFilms makes perfect sense," National Lampoon's executive vice president BarryLayne said. "They are young, aggressive and have the sensibility that both goeswith our history ...
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Disney unveils first China co-production
Disneyhas unveiled its first Chinese co-production - family-themed feature The Secret Of The Magic Gourd - which iscurrently shooting in Hangzhouin southern China. The film, which wasannounced at the CineAsia conference today in Beijing, is a co-production between Disney's internationaltheatrical arm Buena Vista International, Hong Kong-based visual effects houseCentro Digital ...
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Wellspring picks up US rights to Chereau's Gabrielle
Wellspring, which wasrecently acquired by entertainment company Genius Products, has picked up allUS rights from StudioCanal to Patrice Chereau's Gabrielle.The company bought the filmat The New York Film Festival earlier this year and plans a spring 2006.Based on Joseph Conrad'sshort story The Return, theturn-of-the-century story takes place in France and ...
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Changing of the Lars von Trier guard
Meta Louise Foldager hasbeen named as Lars von Trier's new producer after Vibeke Windeløv departed after adecade to pursue other projects. The 31year-old produced King's Gamedirected by Nikolaj Arceland Angels in Fast Motion directed byOle Christian Madsen. "In thecontext of Vibeke choosing something else thanproducing my films I would like ...
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Changing of the guard at Lars von Trier
Meta Louise Foldager hasbeen named as Lars von Trier's new producer after Vibeke Windeløv departed after adecade to pursue other projects. The 31year-old produced King's Gamedirected by Nikolaj Arceland Angels in Fast Motion directed byOle Christian Madsen. "In thecontext of Vibeke choosing something else thanproducing my films I would like ...
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Ireland nets Dragnet and Becoming Jane
Feature films due to go intoproduction in early 2006 include Dragnet,written and directed by Steve Hudson, and BecomingJane directed by Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots). Dragnet is set to star Scottish actors Robert Carlyle and Gary Lewisand will shoot for five weeks on location in Ireland on a trawler off the ...
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C.R.A.Z.Y., Cronenberg among Canada's Top Ten
Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y.and David Cronenberg's A HistoryOf Violence were among the titleslisted in the Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG)'s annualCanada's Top Ten.The yearly roll-call,published in alphabetical order as opposed to merit, honours achievement inCanadian film. Other titles include Deepa Mehta's Water, which has earned more than C$1m at the ...
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AOL chief Miller to receive PGA award for Live 8 broadcasts
America Online chairman andchief executive officer Jon Miller will receive the Producers Guild of America's(PGA) 2006 Vanguard Award.The honour follows AOL'swebcast of this summer's Live 8 concert events and recognises outstandingachievement in new media and technology.Miller will collect theaward at the 2006 PGA Awards on Jan 22 in Los Angeles."The ...
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The New World to open Palm Springs on Jan 5
The 17th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will openon Jan 5 with a screening of Terrence Malick's The New World. The closing night gala will beannounced shortly.Festival director Darryl Macdonald and his team unveiled a line-upof 232 titles chosen from 70 countries yesterday [Wednesday], including fourworld, 51 US and ...
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12 finalists announced for Sundance/NHK Film-makers Awards
The SundanceInstitute and Japanese broadcaster NHK have announced 12 finalists for the 2006Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards.The annualaward, now in its 10th year, honours emerging directors from four globalregions. One winner each from Europe, Latin America, the US and Japan will bechosen by an international jury and presented with their awards ...
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Two films of comic book Witchblade to shoot in China
Platinum Studios, Relativity Media, IDG Films and Arclight Filmshave jointly arranged financing on back-to-back stories adapted from Top CowProductions' comic book Witchblade.Principal photography is set to begin in 2006 in China on the twopictures, with Platinum, Relativity and IDG producing and Arclight handlinginternational sales. The parties will announce a domestic ...
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The New World
Dir/scr: Terrence Malick. US. 2005. 150mins.A sweeping historical narrative and exquisitely renderedlove story, Terrence Malick's The New World is a majestic, electrifying feature experience that forsome will rank as the most artistically accomplished US studio release this year.Demanding and complex, it possessesextraordinary beauty and comes close to silent cinema, with ...
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Klaus Haro's film, Mother of Mine, wins Golden Pyramid
Mother of Minewas awarded last weekend both at the 29th Cairo International FilmFestival and at the Tallinn Black Nights Festival (PÖFF). In Cairo the film won: bestdirection (Klaus Härö), best lead actress (Maria Lundqvist) and the Golden Pyramid, the main prize for bestfilm.In Tallinnat the 9th Black Night's Festival Mother ...
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Like father like son, new director for Toho
Toho has announced that GoroMiyazaki, the 38-year-old son of anime auteur HayaoMiyazaki, will direct a new feature based on the third and fourth novels in Ursula K. Le Guin'sEarthsea saga. He will work with the animators of Studio Ghibli,his father's creative home since 1985. Toho will release the film in ...
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Memoirs star signs on for Penal Colony Of Love
Koji Yakusho, lately seen inMemoirs Of A Geisha, is set to starin an adaptation of hit serial novel AiNo Ryukeichi (Penal Colony Of Love)for Japanese major Toho. The novel - which is writtenby Junichi Watanabe and is currently running in Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) - has become notorious ...
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Brokeback leads US Broadcast Critics nominations list
BrokebackMountain leads theBroadcast Critics Association nominees roster with eight mentions includingbest film, director for Ang Lee, actor for Heath Ledger and supporting actorfor Jake Gyllenhaal.Ang Lee'sacclaimed Western will face stiff competition from Crash, which earned six nominations includingfilm, director for Paul Haggis, supporting actor for Matt Dillon and TerrenceHoward, and ...
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Breaking news: Golden Globe nominations
Best Motion Picture - Drama Nominees: Brokeback Mountain (2005) The Constant Gardener(2005) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) A History of Violence(2005) Match Point (2005) Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Nominees: Mrs. Henderson Presents(2005) Pride & Prejudice(2005) The Producers(2005) The Squid and theWhale ...