All Screen articles in 19 May 2004 – Page 3
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THINKFilm buys N American rights to Nimrod Antal's Kontroll
THINKFilm has bought NorthAmerican rights to Kontroll, NimrodAntal's Hungarian hit which screened this week in Un Certain Regard. Antal is aUS-born director but the film is set in the world of the Budapest undergroundrail system where a hooded killer is on the loose. It stars Sandor Csanyi andZoltan Mucsi.The deal ...
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Osher named COO at Columbia Pictures
Industry veteran Bob Osher has been named chief operatingofficer of the Columbia Pictures Motion Picture Group and began working at thestudio's Culver City-based lot yesterday (17).Osher's dutiesincludeoverseeing business affairs and physical production for the studioand he will report to Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Amy Pascal, workingalongside co-presidents of production Doug ...
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Canadian film and video industry hits record
Canada's film and video industry saw a record-high $2.36bn(C$3.3bn) in revenues domestically and internationally in 2002-2003, up 8% fromthe year previous.According to numbers released by Statistics Canada, distributorssold a record $1.14bn (C$1.6bn) in DVD and video cassettes while the nation'scinema circuits saw a near 15% rise in revenues, reaching $331.2m ...
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Bad Santa
Dir: Terry Zwigoff. US.2003. 91mins.With little advancepublicity, Bad Santa breezed intoNorth American theatres last Christmas like a breath of fresh air. Into a genreof films - the Christmas movie - traditionally dominated by sweetness andschmaltz (see The Santa Clause, Elf et al), Terry Zwigoff'sR-rated comedy injected a dose of profanity ...
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Initiative awards six completion grants
US-basedcharitable foundation Global Film Initiative has awarded six $10,000 completiongrants to film-makers from the developing world to be used with finishingproduction and post-production costs.The titles are: Manuel Niero Zas' story of a young man building ahouse in The Dog Pound (Uruguay), Albertina Carri's tale of anincestuous affair between siblings in ...
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Fahrenheit 911
Dir/scr: Michael Moore.US. 2004. 112minsA generation ago, thedogged, unwavering efforts of investigative journalists Bob Woodward and CarlBernstein helped to dislodge a president from power. Times change but couldhistory repeat itself with Fahrenheit 911' Probably not, but MichaelMoore's blistering documentary offers such a comprehensive assault on thefailings, lies and deceptions of ...
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FINLAND 18 May
As expected the all-star monster get-together Van Helsingcouldn't hold the fort against Wolfgang Petersen's boys in skirts Troyepic, which had a massive 62 prints and a solid Euros 4,255 screen average.However, the most impressive screen average was The GirlWith The Pearl Earring's Euros 8,857 on just one print, which moved ...
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DENMARK 18 May
Nothing changed at the top of the Danish box-office chartthis week as none of the new releases had a chance of challenging the rule ofStephen Sommers' all-star monster get-together Van Helsing - despite the fact that it dropped 54% and had aadmission screen average as low as 236.But neither House ...
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UK/IRELAND 18 May
UIP's Van Helsingheld on to the top spot in the UK and Ireland over the weekend, in the absenceof any tough competition.The film grossed a further £2.4m between Friday and Sundaygiving it a cumulative gross of £9.6m so far.However, Troy's £89,286 from its single screenplatform in London's West End, indicates ...
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Van Helsing bearing down on $100m international
Official figures released yesterday (17) confirm Universal's VanHelsing grossed $24.5m on 5,121 screens in 41 territories in its secondweekend for a $95m industry running total.The picture added $23m from 4,876 screens in 38 UIP territoriesfor an $88.9m UIP total, while Russia, the Philippines and Iceland amassed$1.5m from 245 through third ...
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Tremain tunes up Music & Silence with Lupovitz
US independent producer DanLupovitz has acquired film rights to Rose Tremain's award-winning novel Music & Silence which Tremainherself has adapted into a screenplay.Tremain describes the novel,which is set in the royal court in 17th century Denmark, as being "about loveand betrayal, greed and poverty and the terrifying consequence of lies ...
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Stantic sets Lerman's Meanwhile
Argentine producer LitaStantic, backer of Lucrecia Martel's Cannes competition title The Holy Girl (La Nina Santa), ispreparing the next film from up-and-coming director Diego Lerman.Provisionally titled Mientras Tanto (Meanwhile), the filmwill follow the overlapping stories of a cluster of characters populating lowermiddle-class Buenos Aires. Two young women provide the link ...
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Paltrow, Ruby strike joint venture
Gwyneth Paltrowand leading British production outfit Ruby Films have formed a joint company todevelop projects for Paltrow to star in and produce.First up islikely to be Diamonds, the true ragsto riches story of a female London jewelry thief who masqueraded as a varietyof wealthy women to rob shops by swallowing ...
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Lolafilms tunes up for Isi/Disi sequels
As Spanish producerLolafilms gets ready for Spain's widest-ever release with 400 prints ofSantiago Segura starrer Isi/Disi, chief Andres Vicente Gomez revealedthat the movie is to become a franchise, with Seguro signed on for two moreinstalments.Isi/Disi 2 will start shooting in January 2005 for a Christmas2005 domestic release. Seguro is widely ...
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Moore pressure on White House
The White Houseput pressure on Mel Gibson's Icon not to back Farenheit 911, Michael Moore claimed yesterday.Moore, whosedocumentary premieres in Cannes, revealed that his agent received a call fromIcon boss Bruce Davey last year saying "I'm in a big jam here, you've got tohelp me. I know we have a ...
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First Look stirs with Martini's Lymelife
US-based First Look Mediahas acquired worldwide rights excluding North America to Derick and StevenMartini's drama Lymelife, which starsAlec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Timothy Hutton.The Martini brothersdeveloped the script through the Sundance Institute˙s film-maker andscreenwriter labs and make their directorial debut on the project, which is dueto begin principal photography ...
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Finland's MRP joins Russian Legion
Finland's MRP Matila RöhrProductions has joined Russia's PK Slovo production outfit to back FyodorBondarchuk's $3.3m The Ninth Legion, which shoots in Tadzikistan,Ukraina and Moscow from June to September.Fyodor Bondarchuk, who isthe son of the legendary director Sergei Bondarchuk (War And Peace),previously acted and co-produced Moving (2003) among other films, buthas ...
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Tokyo festival to launch market
The Tokyo International FilmFestival has announced the launch of an ambitious two-tiered marketaimed at becoming a meeting place for the Asian contents industry.The Japan Contents Fair(JCF) will be held from October 22-24, and will focus on film, animation, TV,video games, music, and DVD, including eventstargeted at ordinary consumers.The Tokyo International ...
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Hopkins runs with World's Fastest Indian
LA producers Freddy Braidyand Francesco Juilland have teamed up to form Cameo FJ Entertainment and thecompany's first film, The World's FastestIndian, which has Anthony Hopkins attached to star, Roger Donaldsonattached to direct and is being sold here by Elie Samaha's Mobius.Warner Bros will handledomestic distribution on the film through Samaha's ...
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Fahrenheit to rise in July
Michael Moore made his firstpublic appearance in Cannes yesterday, revealing that he and Miramax Filmsbosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein are negotiating with third-party distributorsto have Fahrenheit 9/11 in US theatres by July."Our plan was to release thefilm on July 4 weekend," he said, "and in the discussions we are having ...