All Screen articles in 20 January 2006 – Page 3

  • News

    THINKFilm buys North American rights to Down In The Valley

    2006-01-17T00:00:00Z

    THINKFilmhas acquired all North American rights from Element Films to David Jacobson'scontemporary western Down In The Valley starring Edward Norton and Evan Rachel Wood. THINKFilmplans a spring release for the San Fernando Valley-set story of a young girlwho falls for a charismatic stranger who is not all he appears to ...

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    Walden acquires Allende trilogy about teen adventurer

    2006-01-17T00:00:00Z

    WaldenMedia has acquired the rights to Isabel Allende's young adult trilogy featuringthe teenage adventurer Alexander Cold. Thefirst story in the series, City Of The Beasts, will be produced by Barrie Osborne of The LordOf The Rings fame. DavidRothenberg will adapt the screenplay from Allende's novel and serve asco-producer. HarperCollins, which ...

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    IFC Films takes domestic rights to Drawing Restraint 9

    2006-01-17T00:00:00Z

    MatthewBarney's experimental Drawing Restraint 9 has found a US home at IFC Films and is scheduled to open at the IFCCentre in New York on Mar 29 before expanding to other regions. Thepicture stars Barney and his longtime partner Bjork as passengers aboard aJapanese whaling ship, and features a soundtrack ...

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    2006 Golden Globe winners

    2006-01-17T00:00:00Z

    2006 Golden Globe winners:Best Motion Picture - DramaBrokeback MountainBest Performance By An Actress In AMotion Picture - DramaFelicity Huffman - TransamericaBest Performance By An Actor In A MotionPicture - DramaPhilip Seymour Hoffman - CapoteBest Motion Picture - Musical Or ComedyWalk The LineBest Performance By An Actress In AMotion Picture - ...

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    UK production spending down 31% in 2005

    2006-01-16T14:44:00Z

    As expected, 2005 wasn't abanner year for UK film production as film tax breaks uncertainty and a strong pound hurtthe industry. According to figures from the UK Film Council, film productionspending in the UK was £559m ($988m) in 2005, down 31% from 2004's £810.3m ($1432m). That'sfar below 2003's record year ...

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    Berlin's Co-Production Market line-up confirmed

    2006-01-16T13:54:00Z

    This year's Berlinale Co-ProductionMarket will feature 44 projects from 24 countries, including three projects from the forthcoming CineMart in Rotterdam.Under an agreement between the two festivals, the Berlin market (February 12-14) will include Eran Riklis' Israeli-Palestinian dark comedy Lemon Tree; Stefan Arsenijevic's featuredebut Love and Other Crimes, co-produced with Cologne-based ...

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    Nu Image acquires Boyana Film Studios in Bulgaria

    2006-01-16T12:32:00Z

    Nu Image Bulgaria has acquiredBoyana Film Studios and plans several major Hollywood productions for theformerly state-owned studios. The romantic drama Napoleon and Betsy, starring Al Pacino and Scarlett Johansson, thethriller The Code, starring MorganFreeman, and a remake of the zombie classic Dayof the Dead are scheduled to shoot in Bulgariathis ...

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    Gerardmer Film Festival confirms its line up

    2006-01-16T11:11:00Z

    The Gerardmer Fantastic FilmFestival has announced its line up for the 13th annual edition to be heldJanuary 25-29.Director Hideo Nakata will head up the jury and be thesubject of a tribute. The director previously won the festival's grand prizefor Dark Water.Other jury members include actors Lou Doillon,Antoine Dulery, Claire Keim,Tom ...

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    Studs to kick off Dublin festival

    2006-01-16T04:00:00Z

    In a preliminaryannouncement the 4th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival has confirmedit will open on February 17 with the World Premiere of Paul Mercier's Studs.A debut feature written anddirected by Mercier and produced by Cúán and Fiach Mac Conghail (alsoproducers of Mercier's three short films) Studsis a feel-good action comedy ...

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    Placido's gang drama tops Nastri d'Argento nominations

    2006-01-16T04:00:00Z

    MichelePlacido's Romanzo Criminalehas scooped 10 nominations at Italy's second highest film awards, the Nastrid'Argento.Veteranactor Placido'sseventh feature as a director is a fact- based epic about a Rome gang whichtried to control the Italian capital's underworld from the mid- 1970s to the1990s.The filmstars Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino andClaudio Santamaria, ...

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    Placido's gang drama tops Nastri d'Argento nominations

    2006-01-16T04:00:00Z

    MichelePlacido's Romanzo Criminalehas scooped 10 nominations at Italy's second highest film awards, the Nastrid'Argento.Veteranactor Placido'sseventh feature as a director is a fact- based epic about a Rome gang whichtried to control the Italian capital's underworld from the mid- 1970s to the1990s.The filmstars Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino andClaudio Santamaria, ...

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    DVD sales in Italy jumped by 33% in 2005

    2006-01-16T04:00:00Z

    DVD sales in Italy jumped a massive 33% in2005, according to national home entertainment body Univideo.Univideo estimates that 40million DVDs were sold last year. The average price of DVDs dropped 21% to$17-18 (14-15 Euros). Meanwhile, video sales slumped 47%.Official figures for 2005will only be available in March or April. Univideopresident ...

  • Reviews

    Running Scared

    2006-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Wayne Kramer. US-Ger. 2006. 122mins.Film-maker Wayne Kramer follows up hisOscar-nominated film noir The Cooler withRunning Scared, a hyper-charged,ultra-violent thriller that opens in frantic fashion and never slows down.While Kramer succeeds insetting a relentless narrative pace and shows plenty of flair for stagingbloody set-pieces, his sledgehammer approach has obvious drawbacks. ...

  • Reviews

    KZ

    2006-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Dir/sc: Rex Bloomstein. UK.2005. 97mins.Initially KZ,Rex Bloomstein's harrowing documentary, appears tocover seemingly familiar territory. His subject is the former concentrationcamp of the title, located at Mauthausen in UpperAustria, and the last of the Nazi death camps to be liberated after the war.Thousands of men, women and children from more than ...

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    Weinsteins win Martin Luther King Day weekend with Hoodwinked

    2006-01-16T00:00:00Z

    The Weinstein Company's animated release Hoodwinked opened at the top over the four-dayMartin Luther King holiday weekend on an estimated $16.6m, which will be thecompany's first number one launch if results are confirmed this week.The computer-generated picture, a reworking of the Little RedRiding Hood children's story directed by Cory and ...

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    Buffalo Boy and Love + Hate share Palm Springs jury prizes

    2006-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Minh Nguyen-Vo's Vietnamese coming-of-age story Buffalo Boy won the FIPRESCI Award and DominicSavage's hard-hitting UK tale of love across racial divides Love + Hate won the New Voices/New Visions Award atthe 17th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.Both titles were directorial debuts and were joined on the winner'spodium by another ...

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    Narnia continues to rule international box office

    2006-01-16T00:00:00Z

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe remained the international champion forthe fourth consecutive weekend as an estimated $20m haul raised the cumulativetotal to $319m.The children's adaptation is now Buena Vista International (BVI)'sixth biggest release of all time and became the first international title togross $100m ...

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    Payne, Vinterberg, Rudolph among jurors at this year's Sundance

    2006-01-16T00:00:00Z

    The six Sundance 2006 competition juries have been announced,comprising 24 jurors including Alexander Payne, Terrence Howard, ThomasVinterberg and Alan Rudolph.The jurors are:Dramatic Competition: Miguel Arteta, Terrence Howard, AlanRudolph, Nancy Schreiber and Audrey Wells.Documentary Competition: Joe Bini, Zana Briski, Andrew Jarecki,Alexander Payne and Heather RaeWorld Cinema Dramatic Competition: Irene Bignardi, Lu ...

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    Korean 2005 box office hits 30-year high

    2006-01-16T00:00:00Z

    South Korea's box office hit a 30-year high in 2005, ratchetingup over 145 million admissions nationwide. Multiplex chain CJ CGV'syear-end industry report puts admissions up 7.5% from 2004, bucking globaltrends and outdoing even CJ's own highest projections for the territory'sseventh year of box office growth. Local films' market sharewas 59% ...

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    CineVegas to give $11,000 cash prizes for the first time in June

    2006-01-16T00:00:00Z

    The fast-rising CineVegas film festival in Las Vegas will awardcash prizes to two films for the first time this year.The grand jury award winner for feature film will receive $10,000,while the winner of the grand jury award for best short will collect $1,000.The list of films accepted into the festival ...