All Screen articles in 20 January 2003 – Page 5

  • News

    John McMahon promoted to senior evp at Sony TV Europe

    2003-01-14T04:00:00Z

    John McMahon has beenpromoted to senior executive vice president, managing director for SonyPictures Television International's (SPTI) European operations, it wasannounced today (Jan 13). McMahon will be chiefly responsible for developingand overseeing a growing confluence between SPTI and other Sony'sinternational divisions like Sony Electronics and Sony Playstation. Prior tohis promotion, McMahon, ...

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    Starz renews US pay TV output deal with Warren Miller

    2003-01-14T04:00:00Z

    US pay TV channeloperator Starz Encore Group has extended its exclusive output deal with WarrenMiller Entertainment, the film and TV production company that specialises inskiing and snowboarding documentaries, to include two recently releasedtheatrical pictures and two projects still in production. The released titlesare: Cold Fusion (2001)which came out last year ...

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    MAC Releasing gets P&A financing from Nazarian's Samy Boy Films

    2003-01-14T04:00:00Z

    Samy Boy Filmsis to provide prints and advertising co-financing for independent USdistributor MAC Releasing's next 10 theatrical releases, under a newfinancing deal announced by the fledgling companies today (Jan 13).'I amhappy to be partnered with MAC. My strategy for Samy Boy Films is to team withstrong niche players, and MAC's ...

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    Gangs opens big in UK, France, continues big in Japan

    2003-01-14T04:00:00Z

    Gangs Of New York opened in five international markets over theweekend, including a strong three-day $4.2m bow on 385 screens in the UKthrough Entertainment Film Distributors (£2.6m in local currency), rankingsecond nationwide and first in London's West End and in Ireland. MartinScorsese's three-hour epic opened at number one in France ...

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    Sundance NHK Filmmakers Award winners named

    2003-01-14T04:00:00Z

    Yesim Ustaoglu,Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, Michael Kang and Mai Tominaga have beennamed as the winners of the 2003 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards,the annual honour launched in 1996 to recognise emerging internationaldirectors. The four, who were each chosen from a separate global region, willreceive a $10,000 cash award to ...

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    Richard Crudo named president of ASC

    2003-01-14T04:00:00Z

    Richard Crudo,whose credits include American Pie and Down To Earth, has been elected president of the American Society ofCinematographers (ASC). Crudo is among the vanguard of a younger generation ofcinematographers and said his election was 'humbling', adding thathe was committed to the ASC's mission to 'inspire and recogniseinnovation and artistic ...

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    Doc-maker Alexandra Pelosi signs output deal with HBO

    2003-01-14T04:00:00Z

    HBO has signed JourneysWith George directorAlexandra Pelosi and her company Purple Monkey Productions to an exclusivetwo-year output deal, it was announced today (Jan 13). Pelosi will produce anddirect documentary specials for HBO that will focus on the American politicalprocess following her acclaimed production Journeys with George, which debuted on the ...

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    007 glides past $200m for Fox and MGM

    2003-01-14T04:00:00Z

    Die AnotherDay passed $200m ininternational ticket sales today (Jan 13) after another storming weekend thatyielded $8.62m and another batch of records for distributor Fox International.Opening in Holland, the picture shunted The Lord Of The Rings: The TwoTowers off top spot witha tremendous $1.45m bow that included previews ($110,000). It was ...

  • Reviews

    War (Vojna)

    2003-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Dir. Aleksei Balabanov. Russia 2002. 120mins. The takeover of a Moscow theatre by Chechen rebels last year, and that incident's bloody outcome, can only emphasise the impact of Alekesi Balabanov's War. The gang wars of Balabanov's previous action-packed hits Brat and Brat 2 are replaced here by real conflict, between ...

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    Soft Money - Luxembourg

    2003-01-14T00:00:00Z

    LuxembourgShooting in this tiny country can shave 15% from budgets as tax relief is available on everything spent there. Patrick Frater reportsIt may have interesting locations, two studio complexes and a pool of government cash, but it is Luxembourg's tax breaks that are making it such a magnet for foreign ...

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    Inward investment in UK production sees slender rise

    2003-01-14T00:00:00Z

    UK production levels from inward investment and local films limped to $696.6m (£433.1m) last year, only slightly up on 2001's disastrous tally of $660.4m, according to figures from support body the Film Council.Inward investment from overseas films and TV productions shooting in the UK such as Lara Croft And The ...

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    Gangs Of New York storms the UK

    2003-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Entertainment Film Distributors enjoyed a mighty double-headed victory at the UK box office this week with The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers and new release Gangs Of New York in the top two positions.Martin Scorsese's long awaited and much anticipated period epic Gangs Of New York, launched on ...

  • Reviews

    Bolivar, That's Me (Bolivar Soy Yo)

    2003-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Jorge Ali Triana. Colombia/France. 2002. 93 mins. Since taking the top prize at Mar del Plata last year, Bolivar, That's Me, an offbeat satire about an actor who starts to over-identity with the character he is playing, has been a regular guest on the international festival circuit, playing at ...