All Screen articles in 19 May 2003 – Page 9
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Fandango finds Tom, picks up Kusturica
Dynamic Italian producer Domenico Procacci, whose Fandango outfit produced Critics Week closing film B&B and The Cormoran, is continuing to ramp up his international production and distribution labels. Procacci has boarded upcoming Australian picture Missing Tom, through the Australian company he runs with directors Rolf de Heer and Richard Lowenstein.At ...
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FAME strikes deal with Handprint
Film and Music Entertainment Ltd (FAME) has signed an exclusive US representation deal with management company Handprint Entertainment. In pacting with Handprint, FAME's Mike Downey and Sam Taylor believe that not only their access to US talent will be smoother and less time consuming, They also expect to benefit from ...
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FAME strikes deal with Handprint
Film and Music Entertainment Ltd (FAME) has signed an exclusive US representation deal with management company Handprint Entertainment. In pacting with Handprint, FAME's Mike Downey and Sam Taylor believe that not only their access to US talent will be smoother and less time consuming, They also expect to benefit from ...
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Stealing Rembrandt to open first Copenhagen festival
The first edition of the Copenhagen International Film Festival, which unspools in Denmark's capital from August 13-20, will have the highly anticipated feature debut from Jannik Johansen, Stealing Rembrandt, as its opening gala screening. The full festival programme and the competition films will be announced in late July, but head ...
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Copenhagen to host int'l documentary fest
Copenhagen's first international documentary film festival, cph:dox, will take place from Nov 7-16 2003. The new independent festival is organised by the NatFilm Festival in cooperation with the Copenhagen Cinémathèque and the European Documentary Network. cph:dox plans to present some 60 new international documentaries. Like its popular sister event NatFilm, ...
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IEG wed to Thurman comedy
Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) has agreed to fully finance The Accidental Husband which IEG's Graham King will produce with the film's star Uma Thurman and Jason Blum. Thurman is joined by Brendan Fraser in the romantic comedy which will be directed by Hugh Wilson (The First Wives Club).IEG is handling ...
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Cold War drama defects to Lions Gate
Lions Gate Films has bought US rights to Marek Kanievska's A Different Loyalty starring Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett which began shooting last month in Montreal. The film which is sold here by Arclight Films will move to locations in London, Malta and Moscow during its shoot.The film is set ...
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Celestial gets drunk on Kung Fu masters
Hong Kong's Celestial Pictures has picked up international rights to action title Drunken Monkey directed by and starring veteran kung-fu master Lau Kar-Leung. Lau, who directed classics such as 36th Chamber Of Shaolin and Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, came out of retirement to make the film which was produced ...
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Daddy Day Care
Dir: Steve Carr. US. 2003. 93 mins Working with animals in his two Dr Dolittle movies, Eddie Murphy produced some decent laughs and some good box office numbers (approaching $500m in total). Working with children in Daddy Day Care, Murphy and Dolittle 2 director Steve Carr come up with a ...
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Grupo Novo boast hot Brazilian slate
Quinzaine entry Filme De Amor tops the slate of leading Brazilian sales company Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV which comes to Cannes with some of its strongest titles to date. "I think we'll see happy times for Brazilian cinema at the Cannes Marche this year. We'll be taking ...
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Grupo Novo boast hot Brazilian slate
Quinzaine entry Filme De Amor tops the slate of leading Brazilian sales company Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV which comes to Cannes with some of its strongest titles to date. "I think we'll see happy times for Brazilian cinema at the Cannes Marche this year. We'll be taking ...
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Bim backs Resnais musical
Bim, Valerio De Paolis's Rome distribution outfit, has added Alain Resnais's upcoming musical Pas Sur La Bouche to its impressive international production slate, and has also decided to start producing Italian pictures for the first time.Pas Sur La Bouche is Resnais's first directorial effort in five years. The farcical love ...
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Bim backs Resnais musical
Bim, Valerio De Paolis's Rome distribution outfit, has added Alain Resnais's upcoming musical Pas Sur La Bouche to its impressive international production slate, and has also decided to start producing Italian pictures for the first time.Pas Sur La Bouche is Resnais's first directorial effort in five years. The farcical love ...
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Fandango finds Australian Tom, picks up Kusturica
Dynamic Italian producer Domenico Procacci, whose Fandango outfit produced Critics Week closing film B&B and The Cormoran, is continuing to ramp up his international production and distribution labels. Procacci has boarded upcoming Australian picture Missing Tom, through the Australian company he runs with directors Rolf de Heer and Richard Lowenstein.At ...
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Fandango finds Australian Tom, picks up Kusturica
Dynamic Italian producer Domenico Procacci, whose Fandango outfit produced Critics Week closing film B&B and The Cormoran, is continuing to ramp up his international production and distribution labels. Procacci has boarded upcoming Australian picture Missing Tom, through the Australian company he runs with directors Rolf de Heer and Richard Lowenstein.At ...
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Fandango finds Australian Tom, picks up Kusturica
Dynamic Italian producer Domenico Procacci, whose Fandango outfit produced Critics Week closing film B&B and The Cormoran, is continuing to ramp up his international production and distribution labels. Procacci has boarded upcoming Australian picture Missing Tom, through the Australian company he runs with directors Rolf de Heer and Richard Lowenstein.At ...
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Wild Bunch cleans up with new Assayas
Separation from StudioCanal has not dented the ability of Wild Bunch to pack a punch on the Croisette: not only does Vincent Maraval's French sales house boast a trio of films in competition, it also part-financing Olivier Assayas' reunion with his ex-wife Maggie Chung. Assayas, who last year had Demonlover ...
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Summit severs Artisan ties
Summit Entertainment has reclaimed the 5% stake it sold to Artisan Entertainment in 1998 as part of the two companies' initial international distribution agreement. The companies last month renewed their five year agreement from 2003 to 2005 kicking off with Marvel Studios' actioner The Punisher starring Thomas Jane and John ...
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Menemsha flies to Argentinian Moon
Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has boarded Avellaneda's Moon, the next film from Son Of The Bride team of Juan Jose Campanella and star Ricardo Darin. Menemsha is pre-selling the Argentinian film in Cannes, the first time that it has done so, based on the film-maker's pedigree.Son Of The Bride has ...
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Menemsha flies to Argentinian Moon
Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has boarded Avellaneda's Moon, the next film from Son Of The Bride team of Juan Jose Campanella and star Ricardo Darin. Menemsha is pre-selling the Argentinian film in Cannes, the first time that it has done so, based on the film-maker's pedigree.Son Of The Bride has ...