All Screen articles in 2 October 2005 – Page 2
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Lamping to head distribution at Nu Image/Millenium
David Lamping has joined NuImage/Millennium Films as head of distribution and will be based in thecompany's new international distribution office in London.Lamping previously served aspresident of Signature Pictures where he handled the upcoming Brian De Palmaproject The Black Dahlia, whichSignature produced and co-financed with Nu Image/Millennium Films. He previously headed ...
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Shankman to direct Hairspray at New Line
Adam Shankman will directthe remake of John Waters' classic musical Hairspray for New Line.Based on Waters' 1988 filmand the Broadway musical it spawned, Hairspray is set in 1960s Baltimore where a local girl lands aspot on a television dance show. Neil Meron and Caig Zadanare producing with New Line production ...
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Corbijn takes Control with Joy Division biopic
Rock photographer and musicvideo director Anton Corbijn is preparing for an early 2006 shoot for his firstfeature film, tentatively titled Control, about the life of the late JoyDivision singer Ian Curtis. Producers Orian Williams andTodd Eckert of US-based Claraflora first announced the project in January andCorbijn tells ScreenDaily.com that they ...
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Austria, Poland, Sweden, Norway name Oscar films
Austria, Poland and Swedenhave announced their contenders for the foreign language Oscar category.- Veteranfilmmaker Feliks Falk's The Collector (Komornik), which charts 48 hoursin the life of a ruthless debt collector, has been selected as the Polish entry.Falk's first film for ten years, The Collector was the bigwinner at the 30th ...
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Germany's TV-Loonland launches distribution arm
Family programmingspecialist TV-Loonland has launched its own theatrical and home entertainmentdistribution arm Loonland Pictures to market in-house and third partyproductions in Germany.The first title - Alan Simpson's animationfeature Heidi - will be released in collaboration with 20th Century Foxand NFP Marketing as distribution and marketing partners.The co-production between TV-Loonland, its ...
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Black, Bow Wow head up Fast & Furious 3 cast
Principal photography is setto begin in October in the US and Japan on Universal's The Fast And TheFurious: Tokyo Drift, with LucasBlack heading up an ensemble cast that includes rapper Bow Wow. Justin Lin, who directed the2002 Sundance hit Better Luck Tomorrow and the upcoming Naval Academy drama Annapolis, will ...
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Wassup Rockers
Dir/scr: Larry Clark. US.2005. 111mins.In Wassup Rockers,Larry Clark has produced the sweetest, most loving and lovable film he's evermade - and consequently the most boring. If kids (now 10-years-old) wasdeplorable, frightening, and, to some, even degrading, it was always excitingand its hateful, rapacious teenage male lead endlessly fascinating.In his latest ...
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River Queen
Dir: Vincent Ward. NZ-UK.2005. 114mins.Long before Peter Jacksonbecame the Lord of the Kiwis, Vincent Ward was the leading light of New Zealandcinema. After disappointing Hollywood ventures and aborted projects, Wardfinally returns home for River Queen, a labour of love period drama thatemerges virtually unscathed from a difficult, fractured production history.The ...
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Raneri takes over as interim head of Media Programme
Domenico Raneri, until now responsible foroverseeing the development action line of the European Union's MEDIA Programme,has taken over from Costas Daskalakis as the interim head of the MEDIA unit inBrussels.Although there hasn'tbeen an official unit head for MEDIA since Delmoly's exit last year, this postis now expected to be filled ...
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Mrs Harris
Dir: Phyllis Nagy. US.2005. 94mins.Written and directed bynoted playwright and first-time film-maker Phyllis Nagy, Mrs Harris, atleast in its first third, is a jangly, stylised onslaught on sensibilities thatwill alienate many and intrigue just as many others.However, once you becomeused to its anti-rhythms and purposeful edginess - and, truth to ...
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Top German fund VIP hit by tax evasion probe
BeleagueredGerman private film financier VIP Media Group has withdrawn its current fundsVIP 5 and 6 from the market after theoffice of Munich's public prosecutor began investigations this week intoalleged professional fraud and tax evasion.The authoritiesraided the Munich office and homesof VIP fund chief Andreas Schmid and other senior executives.The investigations ...
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Screenwriting endowment established at LA's LMU
LA-based Loyola MarymountUniversity School of Film and Television (SFTV) has received a major leadershipgift to establish The Cosgrove Family Distinguished Visiting Artist Endowmentand Endowed Scholarship Fund. The Cosgrove FamilyDistinguished Visiting Artist Endowment will support the work of a renownedscreenwriter attuned to an increasingly diverse and multi-cultural world.SFTV is launching aninternational ...
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Dragon Tiger Gate starts production at Hengdian
Hong Kong director Wilson Yip Wai-shunhas started shooting $10m kung-fu action movie, Dragon Tiger Gate, at China's Hengdian World Studios with acombination of talents from China and Hong Kong.Donnie Yen, whose credits include Seven Swords and Hero,heads the cast along with Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and Chinese actress Dong Jie.Yen ...
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HDNet offer free War soundtrack download with ticket
In a novel marketing twist,HDNet Films is offering cinema-goers who buy tickets to Joseph Castelo's TheWar Within via Moviefone orMovietickets.com the chance to download the score for free. 'Combining a great filmlike The War Within with a freedownload of an $18 soundtrack is just our first step toward creating additionalvalue ...
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THINKFilm donates some of Till proceeds to Katrina relief
THINKFilm and TheUntold Story Of Emmett Louis Till director Keith Beauchamp will donate a portion of box officereceipts to Katrina relief efforts when the civil rights picture expands on Oct14.Baton Rouge native Beauchamp's picture opened on Aug 14 atNew York's Film Forum and expands into Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta,Memphis, and ...
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Italy, Spain, Mongolia, Singapore unveil Oscar choices
The Spanish Film Academy has named Montxo Armendariz's Obabaas its entry to the foreign language category of the Academy Awards.Obaba inaugurated the San Sebastian International FilmFestival earlier this month and is released in Spain by Alta Films. Thedrama,an adaptation of a prize-wining book set in the Basque Country,hasreceived solid praise ...
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Losique calls for inquiry into New FilmFest 'mess'
Responding to the debaclethat was the inaugural Festival International de Film de Montreal, itslong-established rival, the Montreal World Film Festival, is calling for anindependent inquiry into the decision to fund the fledgling event, whichreceived C$2m in government support, most of it from Telefilm Canada and itsQuebec equivalent SODEC.While onlookers might ...
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Marco Muller heads up Brazil jury at Rio Film Festival
Venice Film Festivaldirector Marco Muller is heading the Premiere Brazil jury at this year'sFestival do Rio which started last week and ends on Oct 6.Muller is joined on the juryby City Of God co-director KatiaLund, local actor Milton Goncalves, whose credits include Kiss Of TheSpiderwoman and Carandiru, and screenwriter Elena ...
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France's Xilam brings Lucky Luke to big screen
LeadingFrench animation house Xilam has confirmed it will begin production on a Euros12m ($14.4m) big screen adaptation of hit TV cartoon series The New Adventures Of Lucky Luke.Thefilm will be titled Tous A L'Ouestand co-produced by Dargaud-Marina and Lucky Comics for a 2007 release.LuckyLuke has been a big critical andratings ...
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Beowulf And Grendel
Dir: Sturla Gunnarsson.Can-UK-Ice. 2005. 103mins.Beowulf And Grendel is a handsomely mounted retelling of the ancientAnglo-Saxon classic from the early Middle Ages, the period in which a nascentChristianity was attempting to establish itself among the warring pagan tribesof northern Europe.It appears that littleexpense was spared, and the cast boasts the likes ...