All Screen articles in 20 August 2006 – Page 2
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Hollywoodland
Dir: Allen Coulter. US.2006. 126mins.A noir thriller set in 1950s Los Angeles which blendsfact, fiction and speculation, Hollywoodland is so rich in detail, character and atmospherethat it's easy to forgive its narrative failings. This well-crafted, well-castfilm which marks the feature debut of TV veteran Allen Coulter, should stir upplenty of ...
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Noyce, Macdonald titles get world premieres at TIFF
Philip Noyce's US-SouthAfrica co-production Catch A Fireand Kevin Macdonald's Uganda-set The Last King Of Scotland are among six world premieres the TorontoInternational Film Festival has added to its line-up as it announced moreselections from the cinema of Africa and the African diaspora. Noyce's political thrilleris based on the real-life story ...
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Routh, Stallone, Strathairn in fillms at Palm Springs Short Films Festival
Brandon Routh, David Strathairn and Timothy Hutton feature in someof the films at the upcoming Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films& Short Film Market.The event will take place from Aug 24-30 and is expected toshowcase 333 films from 46 countries chosen from more 2,500 worldwidesubmissions.Superman Returns' Routh takes the ...
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Sony challenges BVI's Pirates record in Spain
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SRI) has challenged BuenaVista International's claim that Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest set a new industry opening record inSpain last weekend.According to figures the BVI sequel grossed Euros 8,598,915 includingpreviews on the Thursday night [Aug 10] before official release.SPRI executives said The Da Vinci ...
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New York Film Festival lineup boasts Lynch, Field, Coppola
New work from Sofia Coppola, David Lynch and Todd Field are amongthe final line-up of the 44th New York Film Festival (NYFF) announcedyesterday.Coppola's Marie Antoinette starring Kirsten Dunst will screen, as will Lynch's hi-defmystery The Inland Empire starring Laura Dern, Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror phenomenonThe Host, and Field'sromantic drama ...
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Medavoy, Roth on the honours roll for Hollywood Film Awards
Mike Medavoy will receivethe Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Producer of the Year Award and EricRoth will collect corresponding screenwriting honours at the Hollywood AwardsGala on Oct 23.Medavoy is celebrated for abody of work that includes the upcoming All The King's Men, Miss Potter and Zodiac, as well as Basic and ...
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Knud Rasmussen to open Atlantic Film Festival in Canada
The Journals Of KnudRasmussen, Zacharia Kunuk andNorman Cohn's follow up to Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, will open the 26th Atlantic FilmFestival in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Canada-Denmarkcoproduction -- like Atanarjuat shotprimarily in the langage of arctic aboriginal Inuit people -- is the openingnight film at the Toronto International Film Festival ...
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Loach's Wind blows to IFC in North America
IFC Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to Ken Loach'sPalme D'Or winner The Wind That Shakes The Barley ahead of its North American premiere atToronto next month.The 1920s-set tale about the early Irish resistance movement willget a multi-platform release through IFC's First Take Films label in 2007.IFC Entertainment president Jonathan ...
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Ganis re-elected to second term as president of the Academy
Sid Ganis has been re-elected for a second term as president ofthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) following a meeting ofthe board of governors.Executives branch governor and former Academy president RobertRehme was re-elected first vice president in this week's meeting [Aug 15],while music branch governor Arthur Hamilton ...
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Steven Leighton moves to Fox Home Entertainment UK
Steven Leightonhas been named UK managing director for Twentieth CenturyFox Home Entertainment. He replaces John Stanley, who as ScreenDaily.comreported yesterday, is leaving Fox to join Warner Bros UK.He has been withFox Home Entertainment since 2004 as managing director of Australia. Previously he was CEO of the HawthornFootball Club in Melbourne ...
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Pusan to give filmmaker of the year prize to Andy Lau
The Pusan International FilmFestival has announced that Andy Lau will receive this year's Asian Filmmakerof the Year award. The festival said it applauded "Lau's dedication ofsearching for Asian filmmaking talents and promoting Asian cinema as a producerand actor'During the past two decades, Lau has proven himself as one of thecelebrities ...
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CJ moves into English fare with Kang's West 32nd
Koreanstudio CJ Entertainment is set to shoot its first English-language feature, West 32nd. MichaelKang, who previously directed Sundance selection The Motel, will direct from a script he co-wrote with Edmund Lee. TeddyZee (Hitch, Saving Face) will produce. JohnCho, who has appeared in American Pie and Harold &Kumar Go To White ...
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John Stanley leaves Fox for Warner UK
John Stanley is leaving hispost at Twentieth Century Fox UK to become managing director of Warner HomeVideo UK. He replaces Neil McEwan,who departed Warner Bros. a few weeks ago. Since 1999, Stanley had been MD ofTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment in the UK.Joshua Berger, executive VPand MD of Warner Bros ...
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The Killing Of John Lennon
Dir/scr: Andrew Piddington. UK. 2006. 112mins.The very thought of a film about Mark David Chapmanis enough to provoke a knee-jerk reaction of resistance: do we really needanother portrait of a killer' The striking independent feature The Killing Of JohnLennon silences any reservations. Beautifully crafted, it studiously avoidssliding into the sensationalist ...
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Hounded (Verfolgt)
Dir: Angelina Maccarone.Ger. 2006. 83mins.The fascination of German cinema with encountersbetween middle-aged adults and teens, aired twice this year at Cannes (see Summer Of 04 and pingpong) takes a new and unexpectedturn in Angelina Maccarone's new feature Hounded.Here the focus is not on innocentgames of sex initiation but the sado-masochisticaffair ...
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Saints kicks off IFP's Independent Film Week in Sept
The 28th Annual IFP Market and 1st Annual Filmmaker Conferencewill be among highlights of IFP's annual Independent Film Week in September.The New York event is scheduled to run from Sept 18-21 and kicksoff with the New York premiere of Dito Montiel's drama A Guide To RecognizingYour Saints.Other features include reduced ...
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Grey Rembert leaves DreamWorks for Initial
Former DreamWorks production executive Grey Rembert has joinedInitial Entertainment Group as vice president of development.Rembert will work alongside senior vice president of creativeaffairs Jennifer Wachtell and will report directly to company head Graham King.Rembert joined DreeamWorks at its inception 12 years ago and mostrecently headed up the literary department at ...
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Cinemavault hires Rondina, MacPhee on sales team
Cinemavault Releasing International has bulked up its sales team,naming Ruby Rondina festivals and publicity manager and Alisha MacPhee marketsmanager.Rondina joined Cinemavault last year as distribution coordinatorand reports to both the acquisitions department and sales department. MacPheepreviously served as office manager.Laura Jengle becomes the new distribution coordinator andPatterson Skuce is named ...
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White Planet, Ghobadi Mozart film added to TIFF world premiere roster
Arctic documentary TheWhite Planet and films commissioned for the 250thanniversary of the birth of Mozart have been added to the line-up of the 31stToronto International Film Festival. The festival is also addingchild-themed programming under its Sprockets brand, including the NorthAmerican premiere of Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, directed by Geoffrey ...
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2:37
Dir/scr: Murali K Thalluri. Aust. 2006.94minsAn impressive debut feature from a 20-year-old withno previous film training nor experience, 2:37proves is a gripping teen suicide drama that forces audiences to confront thechallenges of growing up in wrenching style.Aside from showcasing the compellingdirection of director Murali K Thalluri,it also demonstrates the tenacity ...
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