All Screen articles in 20 August 2004 – Page 4
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I, Robot crosses $100m for Fox International
Fired up by a raft of strong holds, Fox International's I, Robotwas once again the biggest international picture around as it crossed $100m atthe weekend.The sci-fithriller grossed an estimated $18.8m from 5,350 international screens toelevate its international running total to $108m.Key markets were the UK, where I, Robot fell 39% ...
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Edinburgh replaces 2046 with Untold Scandal
The forthcoming EdinburghInternational Film Festival (EIFF) is to change its closing night film, endingweeks of squabbling and speculation about Wong Kar-wai's2046.In a statement, the EIFF announced that it would replace the previouslyscheduled 2046 with Untold Scandal, a sumptuous 17thcentury retelling of the Liaisons Dangereuses story by hot Korean director E ...
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San Sebastian unveils New Directors competition line-up
A selection of eighteen films from seventeen differentcountries will compete for the New Directors award at next month's 52nd annualedition of Spain's San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 17-25).The selection furthers the geographic diversity of thefestival's official competition line-up, unveiled last week. The Altadis-NewDirectors prize comes with a purse of ...
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Kadokawa stages comeback with WWII epic
Disgraced Japanese mega-producer Haruki Kadokawa is makinghis come-back in typical splashy fashion, with the announcement of a major newproduction commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.Titled Otokotachi NoYamato (Yamato), the film will be based on a non-fiction book by Jun Henmiabout the sinking of the Yamato, ...
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Samaha's personal liability to increase in Intertainment case
On Friday in aSanta Ana, California federal courtroom, what may be the biggest bomb in amovie career filled with them was aimed squarely at Franchise Pictures CEO ElieSamaha.That's whenJudge Alicemarie Stotler issued tentative rulings pertaining to next week'sformal judgments in the matter of German rights broker Intertainment GmbH'slawsuit against Franchise.In ...
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Blackwell's Palm funds epic music documentary
Ondi Timoner (pictured), director of Sundance Jury GrandPrix documentary winner Dig!, is todirect a "History Of Jamaican Music" for Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures. Theepic documentary, which will encompass dub, ska and reggae, will be given atheatrical release.As the founder of Island Records, Jamaican-based Blackwellowns the rights to Bob Marley's music ...
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Bermuda Film Festival named as Oscar qualifier for shorts
The Bermuda InternationalFilm Festival (BIFF) has been selected as a qualifying festival for the ShortFilm Oscar category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The decision means thatshort films that win the Bermuda Shorts Award at BIFF 2005 and thereafter willautomatically qualify for Oscar consideration, provided they meet the ...
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Middle Eastern themes dominate Locarno awards
Private, the raw, gritty and uncompromising debut of Italian director Saverio Costanzo, triumphed at the 57th Locarno Film Festival, which wrapped on Saturday night.The tense, intimate drama, confronting an Israeli patrol with a Palestinian family in whose home they have taken cover, may well be too controversial for some, but ...
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Argentina gets its own Motion Picture Academy
More than 400 Argentine actors, actresses, directors,producers and technicians have joined to create an Academy of Motion PicturesArts and Sciences (Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas - AACC).The AACC will decide which Argentine films will compete inother Academy awards, such as the Oscars and the Spanish Goyas. Until lastyear, Argentina's ...
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Australia has mixed feelings about digital cinema
Hoyts executive chair Paul Johnson believes all Australiancinemas will be delivering pictures digitally within five years but UIP'smanaging director in Australia, Mike Selwyn, will be surprised if more thanhalf have converted to digital within a decade."I can't help feeling this is a product seeking anapplication," said Selwyn, during a robust ...
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Tom White
Dir: Alkinos Tsilimidos.Aust. 2004. 106minsWith a standout,hardly-off-the-screen central performance from Colin Friels, Tom Whitecharts the swift descent of its eponymous character from middle-class securityto a desperate life on the streets, utterly broke and hopeless. For his secondfeature, director Alkinos Tsilimidos keeps sentimentality at bay while crediblycharting his protagonist's identity crisis, ...
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Dinard unveils initial line-up of UK films
The fifteenth edition of the DinardBritish Film Festival will see the founding president, Thierry de la Fourniere,hand over to the mayor of Dinard, Marius Mallet.For fifteen years the town of Dinardhas celebrated its own "Entente Cordiale" between the French and British filmindustries and this tradition will be continued between October ...
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UK's Screen East names Crown as production chief
Oscar-nominated film and TV producer Sheryl Crown has joinedScreen East, the Screen Agency for the East of England, as its Head ofProduction.In 2000, Crown received an Oscar nomination for the Welshfeature film Solomon And Gaenor.She also produced Marc Evans first feature, House of America. Crown has worked at the BBC ...
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UK's Screen East names Crown as production chief
Oscar-nominated film and TV producer Sheryl Crown has joinedScreen East, the Screen Agency for the East of England, as its Head ofProduction.In 2000, Crown received an Oscar nomination for the Welshfeature film Solomon And Gaenor.She also produced Marc Evans first feature, House of America. Crown has worked at the BBC ...
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Miracle works for audiences at Melbourne
Cannes competitor Life Is A Miracle, set in Bosniaand directed, co-produced and co-written by Emir Kusturica, was the mostpopular feature at this month's Melbourne International Film Festival.Runner up in the vote by audiences was The Life And DeathOf Peter Sellers, directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring festival patronGeoffrey Rush in ...
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Alien vs Predator
Dir:Paul W S Anderson. US. 2004. 101mins.Withnew backgrounds but the same old bad attitudes, two of 20th Century Fox'ssci-fi icons go head to head in AVP (as the marketing folks havehelpfully abbreviated it), a franchise face-off that looks set to consolidateHollywood's latest genre trend. The match-up, enthusiastically brought to thescreen ...
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Bourne Supremacy opens second in UK on $5m
Universal'sthriller sequel The Bourne Supremacy began its international run with anexcellent $5m (£2.7m) debut in the UK on 425 screens through UIP at theweekend.The pictureranked second behind Fox International's I, Robot and took 25% marketshare. The opening gross included $665,000 from previews and was some 50%bigger than the $3.3m debut ...
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Alien Vs Predator slays its rivals to open top on $38.3m
Twentieth Century Fox'shorror thriller Alien Vs Predator opened top at the weekend on anestimated $38.3m, eclipsing opening records for both Fox-owned franchises andmarking the studio's sixth consecutive picture to open on more than $20m.Sanaa Lathan and Raoul Bovastar in Paul W S Anderson's $60m high-adrenaline tale, which pits the twomonster ...
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Alien Vs Predator rules the roost with $38.3m debut
Twentieth Century Fox'shorror thriller Alien Vs Predator opened top at the weekend on anestimated $38.3m, eclipsing opening records for both Fox-owned franchises andmarking the studio's sixth consecutive picture to open on more than $20m.Sanaa Lathan and Raoul Bovastar in Paul W S Anderson's $60m high-adrenaline tale, which pits the twomonster ...
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Alien Vs Predator rules the roost with $38.3m debut
Twentieth Century Fox'shorror thriller Alien Vs Predator opened top at the weekend on anestimated $38.3m, eclipsing opening records for both Fox-owned franchises andmarking the studio's sixth consecutive picture to open on more than $20m.Sanaa Lathan and Raoul Bovastar in Paul W S Anderson's $60m high-adrenaline tale, which pits the twomonster ...