All Screen articles in 20 August 2002 – Page 2
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The Eye (Oko)
Directors: Oxide and Danny Pang. Hong Kong-Thailand. 2002. 98minsAn atmospheric blend of psychological thriller and eerie ghost story, The Eye sees director brothers Danny and Oxide Pang follow the highly stylised, hitman thriller Bangkok Dangerous (which won the FIPRESCI prize at Toronto two years ago) with a successful foray into ...
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Priest scandal picture shatters Mexican box office records
Carlos Carrera's controversial The Crime Of Father Amaro (El Crimen Del Padre Amaro)has become a phenomenon at the Mexican box office. Released on an unprecedented 356 prints by Columbia TriStar last Friday, the $1.8m drama grossed 31m pesos ($3.1m) in its opening weekend.That would nearly triple the current record opening ...
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XXX, Signs stay atop while Blue Crush debuts big at three
On the day thatColumbia Pictures announced that 2002 was its all-time biggest year at the boxoffice, the studio's latest blockbuster-elect, the Vin Diesel actionvehicle XXX, heldonto top spot at the North American box office with an estimated $23m haul. TheRevolution Studios-produced picture averaged $6,788 from 3,388 theatres in itssecond week. ...
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Palm Springs Short Film Fest announces winners
US student live action shortThe Wormhole directed by JessicaSharzer won the Best Of Festival Award worth $2,000 at the eighth annual PalmSprings International Festival Of Short Films which ended last weekend (Aug11). Over 290 films from 25 countries played during the six-day event whichlasted Aug 6-12.The $15,000 Future FilmmakerAward went ...
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Clifford joins staff of AFI Conservatory
Australiandirector and editor Graeme Clifford has been appointed senior lecturer in thedirecting discipline at the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory.Clifford, whose editing credits include The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Postman Always Rings Twice and whose directing credits includeFrances, will train the 50 first and second year directing fellows ...
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Edinburgh: Irreversible director Noe lays down challenge to UK censorsSpeaking at the film's UK premiere, director Gaspar Noe urges censors to ban the film outright rather than cut its more disturbing scenesAware that the UK has the most restrictive regulations in Europe on the screening of sexual violence, Gaspar Noe ...
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Edinburgh: Cinema Extreme winners named
Young film-makers Dwayne Hopkins and Jens Jonsson were named as the first recipients of funding from the UK's Cinema Extreme scheme, it was announced at the Edinburgh festival.Hopkins and Jonsson will each receive up to $75,000 (£50,000) to take their short projects, respectively, Love Me Or Leave Me Alone and ...
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Lions Gate gets boost from Monster's Ball
Monster's Ball (pictured), the Marc Forster-directed drama that earned Halle Berry her best actress Oscar, also did wonders for its distributor Lions Gate.Lions Gate reported net income of $2.7m, or 4 cents a share, in the quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $335,000, or 3 cents a ...
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Monster's Ball boosts Lions Gate
Monster's Ball (pictured), the Marc Forster-directed drama that earned Halle Berry her best actress Oscar, also did wonders for its distributor Lions Gate.Lions Gate reported net income of $2.7m, or 4 cents a share, in the quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $335,000, or 3 cents a ...
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Japan plans $22m boost for local films
The Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs is asking the government to double its spend on local film this year in a bid to boost domestic film production.The agency has asked the government to set aside Y2.6bn ($22.1m) from its fiscal 2003 budget - twice the amount spent last year - ...
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Toronto to mark 9/11anniversary
The Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 5-14), that was massively disrupted by last year's terrorist attacks, is to mark the anniversary of the tragic events by remaining dark.The festival will suspend all conferences, lectures and screenings until 11am on Sept 11 this year and will offer counseling services to staff ...
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Possession
Dir: Neil LaBute. US. 2002. 103 mins. An extraordinary choice of director lies at the heart of Possession, a story of rapturous Victorian romance told by a film-maker, Neil LaBute, best known for his razor-tongued and cynical comedies about contemporary American sexual mores. Critical response will depend on whether his ...
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O'Neal stars in New York indie The Technical Writer
Tatum O'Neal, WilliamForsythe and Michael Harris are the stars and Scott Saunders the director of TheTechnical Writer, an independentfeature which went into production in New York City this week. The film marksthe first feature from production outfit Damage Control which was formed in NewYork by David Leitner and Michael Yanko ...
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The Guru
Dir: Daisy von Scherler Mayer. UK-US. 2002. 94minsFeatherweight, feel good escapism, The Guru grafts a modish Bollywood sensibility on to a tried and tested fish-out-of-water comedy scenario. The end result is technically polished candy floss that tries desperately hard to please, with a cartoonish approach and casual disregard for basic ...
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Evans to take business role at Film Council
UK funding body the Film Council has recruited Intermedia senior executive Will Evans to be its new head of business affairs. Evans, an entertainment lawyer with 23 years' experience, joins the Film Council on 2 September. He has worked at Intermedia for six years, most recently as co-president of ...
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Abril signs to Alquimia's Swindled
Tie Me Up,Tie Me Down star and Spain's leading lady, Victoria Abril has signed on to star in the forthcoming Alquimia Cinema production Swindled (Incautos).Abril will star alongside Argentine veteran Federico Luppi (The Devil's Backbone) and Spanish up-and-comers Ernesto Alterio and Guillermo Toledo (both from The Wrong Side Of The ...
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Rush Hour 2 is biggest indie film of 2001
Rush Hour 2, New Line's action sequel, has emerged as the biggest independent film of 2001 in the US, according to a list compiled by AFMA, the trade body representing the independent film industry worldwide. The film, staring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker grossed $226 million.Films eligible for AFMA's list ...
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Plenus Entertainment unveils Korean exhibition plans
Plenus Entertainment, the parent of Korea's Cinema Service, today detailed its plans to challenge the market leaders in the country's exhibition sector (see Screendaily, April 14).Plenus will launch a multiplex theatre chain, called Primus Cinema, which it aims to have operating 100 screens with some 24,000 seats by 2004.Primus will ...
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Fox lifts otherwise mournful News Corp
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation today reported widening full year losses of $6.26bn (2001: $445m) after the company was forced to write down the value of its stakes in ailing interactive TV company Gemstar, insolvent KirchMedia and Italian pay-TV broadcaster Stream.Despite posting a 10% increase in annual revenues to $15.2bn, Murdoch ...
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