All Screen articles in 19 November 2004 – Page 3
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Bridget Jones catapults to top of international box office
Havingalready enjoyed a week on the chart through previews alone Bridget Jonessequel The Edge Of Reason topped the international chart in its officialopening week with ease.Arecord opening for the UK's Working Title in its home territory ($13.2m excludingpreviews) was complimented by number one launches in all of the romanticcomedy's other ...
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Nordic Council to award annual film prize
Two years afterawarding a film prize for the first time at its 50th anniversary gala, theNordic Council has decided to make the Nordic Film Prize an annual event.The $61,000(DKK350,000) prize will be awarded to a film which is 'embedded in Nordic culture,and stands out artistically as a single rounded work', ...
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INTERNATIONAL 17 November
Having already enjoyed a week on the chart through previewsalone Bridget Jones sequel The Edge OfReason topped the international chart in its official opening week withease. A record opening for the UK's Working Title in its home territory ($13.2mexcluding previews) was complimented by number one launches in all of theromantic ...
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Academy names 12 documentaries on Oscar shortlist
The Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences has formally unveiled its 12-strong documentary shortlist for next year's Oscars.The titles are: Born IntoBrothels, Home Of The Brave, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral On A MovingTrain, In The Realms Of The Unreal, Riding Giants, The Ritchie Boys, The StoryOf The Weeping ...
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Polanski praises Prague as Oliver Twist wraps
Roman Polanski concluded filming Oliver Twist in the CzechRepublic yesterday (Nov 15).Principle photography began at Prague's Barrandov Studio in July2004. The director was enthusiastic about shooting in Barrandov's stagesand on the nearby back lot, where Czech crews built the London and villagesets."I have worked in practically all the studios of ...
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Newmarket, The Works take Tristram Shandy rights
London based sales outfit The Works has taken internationalrights to Michael Winterbottom's Tristram Shandy, while Newmarket Films has picked up distributionrights for North America.Based loosely around Laurence Sterne's Englishliterature masterpiece, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the project is a comic, post modern take onthe construction of a ...
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Festival invitations to determine German film funding
The participation ofGerman films at 17 international festivals from Annecy to Zlin will now berecognised as an additional criterion for accessing "reference"production funding from the German Federal Film Board (FFA).When the new German Film Law (FFG) came intoeffect at the beginning of this year, producers were informed that aninvitation to ...
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Emperor signs output deal with News Corp's Star
Hong Kong production andsales outfit Emperor Motion Pictures(EMP) has signed a three-year multi-territory output deal with News Corp's StarChinese Movies channel covering Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, the Philippines andSingapore.Under the terms of the deal,Star will have exclusive Mandarin and Cantonese pay-TV rights to all upcomingfilms produced by EMP and JCE ...
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Record-breaking Incredibles conquers Taiwan, Sweden
TheIncredibles began itsinternational roll-out through Buena Vista International (BVI) with a $5.8mweekend haul that featured number one debuts in all its markets and a raft ofrecords to boot.The latest Pixar title, which is already within spittingdistance of $150m in the US after its second weekend, scored the biggest everopening for ...
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Cellular opens in seven European markets for NLI
New Line International's Cellular raised its international running totalto $5.3m after launching in seven European markets at the weekend.The highlight was a sixth place debut in Spain throughTri-Pictures that yielded $753,979 on 246 screens.Elsewhere the thriller grossed $357,782 on 133 Russian screens,$91,779 on 27 in the Netherlands, $49,925 on 16 ...
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McGuckian lines up eclectic cast for Rag Tale
Five weeks of principal photography begins today (Nov 16) inLuxembourg and London on writer/director Mary McGuckian's (The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Best) contemporary urban satire Rag Tale.Set in the ruthless world of British tabloid newspapers,McGuckian will produce and direct from her own original story.Heading the international cast are Simon ...
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Mercier leaves Indie Circle for new role at Warner Bros
Christophe Mercier has been appointed to the newly createdposition of vice president of speciality films at Warner Bros PicturesInternational.Based in London,Mercier will report to the respective heads of European marketing anddistribution based in London and to the head of the overall division inBurbank, California.Mercier'sprimary function will be to identify and ...
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Day And Night disqualified from Swedish awards
Danish writer-director Simon Staho's Swedish-languagearthouse hit Day And Night has hit a serious snag on its way to Sweden'snational film awards.Lauded by Swedish critics and starring a number of thecountry's biggest stars including Mikael Persbrandt, Pernilla August, MichaelNyqvist, Lena Endre and Fares Fares, the film has nevertheless beendisqualified from competing ...
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Echelon closes AFM deals on Mantis, Fish
Los Angeles-basedproduction, distribution and sales house Echelon Entertainment has sold rightsto certain territories on Marc Levie's Belgian thriller Praying Mantis and Brian Austin Green's US romantic comedy FishWithout A Bicycle.BRAVO/Canada bought non-exclusiveCanadian television rights for one year to Praying Mantis, which tells of a woman who develops the instinctsof a ...
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Alien Vs Predator fights past $60m for Fox
FoxInternational's action sequel Alien Vs Predator grossed an estimated $4.9m on 2,136screens in 27 markets at the weekend to raise its international running totalto $60m.Elsewhere, Foxcomedies Dodgeballand Garfield areapproaching the end of their runs and have amassed $51m and $119m respectively.The sci-fithriller I, Robot currentlystands on $198.6m and Fox International ...
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Marrakech festival unveils 14 title competition line-up
The 4th MarrakechInternational Film Festival (Dec 6-12)has selected 14 films to play in its maincompetition.The films range from highprofile US fare such as Alexander Payne's Sideways to Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia's PerfectCrime and Sengalese director OusmaneSembène's Moolaade.A high proportion of thecompetition films are also by first time directors, ...
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01 Distribution roars for Benigni's Tiger
RaiCinema label 01 Distribution has taken Italian distribution rights to Tuscancomic Roberto Benigni's upcoming film, The Tiger And The Snow. As aresult it can be expected to see asignificant jump in its 2005revenues.Theannouncement yesterday by Benigni's production outfit Melampo Cinematograficaand Rai Cinema marks the end of a protracted battle among ...
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GERMANY 16 November
Germany is still in 7Dwarves fever as the comedy held onto the top spot for a third week runningdespite a 33% week-on-week drop in takings. The film has now sold over 4.6mtickets and grossed over $34.2m.Buena Vista's Shall WeDance', meanwhile, swapped places with Fox's Alien vs. Predator whose takings dropped ...
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FRANCE 16 November
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's AVery Long Engagement remained in the top spot this week with a still strongper screen average of $9,088, however the film did drop off by 45%.Shark Tale alsoheld its position at number 2 with a steep drop of 75% which was likely down tothe fact that kids returned ...
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AUSTRALIA 16 November
UIP opened BridgetJones on 370 screens on Thursday and soaked up A$5,588,507 of the cinemaspend of Australians over that and the next three days. The screen average wasa highly impressive A$15,104. Cinemagoers spent more to see the film then theydid to see the other 19 in the chart combined.Another opener, ...