All Screen articles in 2 October 2000 – Page 3
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Kinowelt seeks to buy Village's German cinemas
Kinowelt, Germany's fast-moving licensing and distribution conglomerate, is poised to become one of the country's leading exhibitors.It is involved in exclusive talks with Village Roadshow to buy a majority stake in the eight German multiplexes owned by the Australian group. Kinowelt was unable to confirm details about the size or ...
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AtomFilms links with Jonze, DiCaprio
Director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) has joined the advisory board of on-line distributor AtomFilms and will create three original shorts for exclusive distribution by the company. AtomFilms is also teaming up with Leonardo DiCaprio's Birken Interactive Studio to launch a short film festival. The two-year deal with Jonze includes ...
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Faithless falters against other local product
While Scandinavian film-makers Lars von Trier and Liv Ullmann received plenty of positive international attention at this year's Cannes Film Festival, both directors have been hit hard by the local, and often much younger, competition at the box office in their respective home territories. The Swedish production Faithless from Norwegian ...
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Holy Tongue (La Lingua Del Santo)
Dir: Carlo Mazzacurati. Italy. 2000. 110 mins.Prod co: Rodeo Drive. Co-prod: Medusa Film. Int'l sales: Adriana Chiesa (+39 06 807 0400). Prods: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valzania. Scr: Franco Bernini, Umberto Contarello, Carlo Mazzacurati, Marco Pettenello. DoP: Alessandro Pesci. Prod des: Leonardo Scarpa. Editor: Paolo Cottignola. Main cast: Antonio Albanese, Fabrizio ...
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Dutch government extends tax incentive scheme
The Dutch government has extended tax measures, introduced in 1997 to encourage private investment in local film production, for another 12 months. The move is an interim measure until the government develops a new support system in which "film entrepreneurs instead of investors" will be the first in line to ...
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Canal Plus Spain picks winners for script fund
Spanish pay-TV outlet Canal Plus has unveiled the six winners of its newly relaunched script development fund, known as Canal Plus Guiones.Canal Plus chose six treatments from 372 applications in which it will invest between $2,857 (PTS500,000) and $14,286 (PTS2,500,000) each to develop over the next year.The channel is also ...
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InternetStudios ups McKean; completes merger
InternetStudios.com, the LA-based web-site for licensing film and TV distribution rights and tracking entertainment industry data, has promoted Alex McKean to the position of vice president of finance. He was formerly director of finance for the company.A former corporate accounting manager at PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, McKean will be responsible for ...
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SightSound.com cancels $50m float
SightSound.com, which offers movies for download over high-speed internet connections, has reportedly cancelled its planned $50m initial public offering due to unfavourable market conditions.The US-based company originally filed with the SEC to float on the Nasdaq in April. But in a filing yesterday it said it 'does not believe that ...
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Star, PacNet in talks for Indian internet venture
Star TV and Asian internet service provider (ISP) Pacific Internet (PacNet) are in talks about forming a joint venture to launch internet services in India according to local press reports.According to Indian daily The Economic Times, Star and PacNet - a US-listed company which is 42% owned by Singapore's SembCorp ...
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IEG's credit line with Chase raised to $135m
Chase Manhattan Bank has increased its revolving credit line to Graham King's LA-based independent Initial Entertainment Group to $135m according to a statement released yesterday by John Miller, managing director of Chase Manhattan, and Colin Cotter, IEG's COO.The relationship between the bank and IEG began in 1997 when the two ...
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Prinze Jr to star in Miramax martial arts movie
Freddie Prinze Jr will star in an untitled martial arts movie to be produced by Miramax Films which acquired the untitled pitch from Robert Mark Kamen, writer of the Karate Kid series and A Walk In The Clouds.The project tells the story of an American boy raised by Chinese monks ...
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AFMA elects new board members for 2001
The 2001 board of directors for the American Film Marketing Association (AFMA) was elected yesterday at the organisation's annual membership meeting. 'The new board continues the tradition of a strong, diverse and experienced group of industry executives, one that reflects the breadth of the independent industry that we represent,' said ...
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Zeffirelli, Paskaljevic head Cattleya slate
Having set new box office records even before its official UK and US releases, its no surprise that Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone is making news in every territory as soon as it is released.In Germany, Potter has broken Men In Black's four year record of 1.95m admissions for ...
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Teeth (Denti)
Dir: Gabriele Salvatores. Italy. 2000. 95 mins.Prod co: Cecchi Gori Group Fin.Ma.Vi. Co-prod: Colorado Film. Int'l sales: Cecchi Gori (39) 06 324721. Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Maurizio Totti. Scr: Salavatores, based on novel by Domenico Starnone. DoP: Italo Petricione. Prod des: Rita Rabassini. Editor: Massimo Fiocchi. Music: Federico De Robertis, ...
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San Sebastian heats up but field remains open
No clear favorite had yet emerged in the official competition at the halfway mark of the 48th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, running from September 21-30.Local buzz favoured Basque Country native Alex de la Iglesia's opening night film Common Wealth (La Comunidad), which scored a home-run among ...
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Irene opens well but doesn't live up to Mary
The Farrelly brothers latest comedy Me Myself And Irene opened in the UK over the weekend with $1.9m (£1.3m) from 357 screens, including previews of $126,743 (£86,946). Distributed by 20th Century Fox, the comedy starring Jim Carrey and real-life wife Renee Zellweger, won the number one spot and a screen ...
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Mojto, Kogel appointed KirchMedia deputy chairmen
Jan Mojto, who heads Kirch's Programme Division, and former SAT1 managing director Fred Kogel, have been appointed joint deputy chairmen of KirchMedia's management board.They replace Dieter Hahn who has been appointed deputy chairman of the board of KirchHolding with responsibility within the group for communications, sports, multimedia and pay-TV.Mojto will ...
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Craven moves to Alibi from United Artists
UK-based media concern Alibi Communications has appointed David Craven as head of post-production and technical delivery.Craven previously worked in the London office of United Artists Films, which parent US studio MGM recently announced its was shutting down. The appointment is effective immediately.Alibi includes TV and feature production interests as well ...
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Altavista builds slate of exportable Mexican films
Altavista Films - the two year-old production arm of Mexican entertainment giant Corporacion Interamericana de Entretenimiento (CIE) - has lined up a production slate headed by Tear This Heart Out aka Arrancame La Vida, a $4.2m period epic to which Salma Hayek is attached to star.Roberto Sneider, who was once ...
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Altavista boards Saura's Bunuel fantasy
Growing Mexican production outfit Altavista Films is one of three international partners to board veteran director Carlos Saura's forthcoming feature Bunuel And King Solomon's Table (Bunuel Y La Mesa Del Rey Salomon).France's Les Films Sans Frontieres and Portugal's Hora Magica have also joined Spanish producers Rioja Films and CPI to ...
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