All Screen articles in 21 April 2002 – Page 4

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    Le Boulet is a smash for Warner France with $5.6m

    2002-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Le Boulet (Dead Weight), the eagerly awaited action comedy starring Gerard Lanvin and Benoit Poelvoorde, stormed to the top of the French box office charts at the weekend with nationwide grosses of Euro 6.4m ($5.6m). Jointly produced by Warner Bros France and La Petite Reine, the $21m ...

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    Tribeca Fest unveils 24 international titles, adds Insomnia, Ya-Ya

    2002-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The inaugural Tribeca Film Festival has announced the 24 films to screen in its International Film Showcase and added two high profile Warner Bros films to its world premiere list - Callie Khouri's Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Christopher Nolan's Insomnia.The festival, which takes place from May 8-12, ...

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    Geisler/Roberdeau option McCain POW memoir

    2002-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Bobby Geisler and JohnRoberdeau, the New York producing duo who were last involved in TerrenceMalick's The Thin Red Line, haveoptioned the movie rights to Faith Of My Fathers, the best-selling Vietnam prisoner of war memoirwritten by John McCain, the high-profile US Senator for Arizona.Written with Mark Salter,McCain's book is the ...

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    Bend It Like Beckham scores home goal

    2002-04-15T00:00:00Z

    He may have been rendered unfit for the first of the World Cup qualifying matches, but David Beckham has scored a winning goal at home - at least in the form of a British movie named after him.Scoring $2.9m (£2.0m) over its opening weekend from 384 sites, British comedy Bend ...

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    TVA saves distribution arm through Christal alliance

    2002-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Montreal-based TVA Group will merge the administration of its distribution arm, TVA International, with that of fellow Montreal distributor, Christal Films, breathing new life into an organisation TVA Group had considered abandoning. Under the terms of the service agreement, the new entity will operate under the name Topaze Communications. Both ...