All Screen articles in 21 April 2004 – Page 3
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UK Film Council to study impact of film on economy
The UK Film Council is backing a six month study to probethe contribution and trickle down effect of the UK screen industries -including film, television, games and commercials - to the economy.The study will look to uncover the size, scale and impact ofthe UK screen industries on each nation and ...
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L'Apres-Midi opening for Critics' Week
L'Apres-midi de Monsieur Andesmas is set to open the 43rd annual Critic's Weeksidebar at the Cannes Film Festival on May 13.The first feature from director Michelle Porte is adaptedfrom a text by legendary French author Marguerite Duras. Porte was a longtimecollaborator of the writer prior to Duras' death in 1996.Set ...
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Desi Del Valle leaves Frameline Distribution
FramelineDistribution director Desi del Valle has announced she is leaving the SanFrancisco-based non-profit distributor of gay and lesbian cinema to pursue otherinterests including her acting career.Del Valle joinedFrameline, which also presents the San Francisco International Lesbian &Gay Film Festival, in 1992 as a distribution assistant, taking overdistribution two years later.Maura ...
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Malkovich thumbs a ride with Hitchhiker's Guide
John Malkovich has reportedly joined the cast of TheHitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, theSpyglass/Disney version of Douglas Adams's cult sci-fi novel.Malkovich will play a cult leader, created for the film bythe late Adams, according to a report on the BBC.The $50-$60m film alsostars Hip-hop star and actor Mos Def, ZooeyDeschanel ...
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Spain's Lumina sells Hero to UK's Parasol Peccadillo
Spanish sales outfit Lumina Films has sold all UK rights on1970s-set coming-of-age tale You're My Heroto Parasol Peccadillo Releasing (PPR).The sale adds to a growing list for the title, including toQuality Films in Mexico, Cinplex in Colombia, Weisner Distribution in PuertoRico, Gateno in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, pay TV to ...
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DENMARK 20 April
The new release of stuntman-turned-filmmaker Lasse Spang Olsen's action comedy The Good Cop fared better with audiences than critics, but with an admission screen average of 476 on its high 60 prints, it was unable to topple Nordisk Film's hit animated film Terkel In Trouble from the top spot.Olsen's previous ...
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GERMANY 20 April
While BVI's Brother Bear held on to the top spot for the fifth week in a row based on admissions, it was a different matter as far as box-office takings were concerned. The animation feature was pushed down to second position by the new entry of UIP's The Dawn Of ...
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SWEDEN 20 April
After three weeks at the top of the Swedish box-office chart even Mel Gibson's Passion had to give in to the unholy teaming of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson and their revival of 70s cool in Starsky & Hutch as it sped into pole position with a strong $5,253 screen ...
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ITALY 20 April
The Passion Of The Christ has grossed a massive $18,859,373 at the Italian box office, less than two weeks after its Easter release. Distributed by Eagle Pictures on 538 screens, Mel Gibson's picture shed 42% of its earnings on its second weekend, but still registered the weekend's highest per screen ...
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UK Production Listings - April 20 2004
UK PRODUCTION LISTINGS APRIL 2004PRE-PRODUCTIONTHE AMERICAN(CTB Film Company, Tartan Films) Prods: Sergey Selyanov, Hamish McAlpine. Dir: Alexei Balabanov. Cast: Michael Biehn. Shooting in New York and Siberia.Contact Camilla Summers/David Freed, Tartan Films, (44) 207 494 1400BITTEN(Tartan Films) Dir: Meloni PooleContact Camilla Summers, Tartan Films, (44) 207 494 1400CARRY ON LONDON(Black ...
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Miramax's Starsky & Hutch takes $7m through BVI
Miramax's Starsky & Hutch grossed an estimated $7m through Buena Vista International(BVI) at the weekend to raise its international running total to $42m.The picture opened fourth in Spain on $1.3m and scored a trio ofstrong bows in Scandinavia, where the highlight was top billing in Finland on$100,000 and a huge ...
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BVI's Brother Bear stays top in Germany for fifth week
Buena Vista's animated hit BrotherBear grossed $3m through Buena VistaInternational (BVI) at the weekend, raising its international running total toa superb $156.7m.The picture remained top in Germany for the fifth consecutive weekand is the first picture to do so since local hit Goodbye, Lenin! last year. Final figures were unconfirmedat ...
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Two Brothers (Deux Freres)
Dir: Jean-Jacques Annaud. Fr-UK 2004. 109minsAlong with Roman Polanski and Luc Besson, Jean-Jacques Annaud is one of the few France-based directors who can shoot an international production in English that will be screened worldwide.Sixteen years ago his film The Bear, about the life and adventures of its titular hero in ...
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Whore goes to US through Screen Media
Screen Media Films haspicked up North American rights from Dolores Pictures to Maria Lidon's Whore, starring Daryl Hannah, Denise Richards and Joaquimde Almeida.Whore will get its USpremiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in May, where it plays in thefeature competition. The company is planning a theatrical release ...
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New script partnership results in Project Tiptree
European development and training outfit The Script Factory has joined forces with new production company Mute Marmalade to establish Project Tiptree - a search for new screenwriting talent.Screenplay submissions are invited within specific genres on a quarterly basis, with selected scripts offered development with The Script Factory and an option ...
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Momentum celebrates as Translation crosses£10m mark in UK
Independent UK distributor Momentum Pictures had cause to celebrate this weekend as its long-running hit Lost In Translation became the company's first sterling eight figure earner.After 15 weeks on release in the territory Sofia Coppola's Oscar winning film, which also picked up three BAFTA awards including best actor and best ...
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$6.7m comes in through the Window for CTFDI
The thriller SecretWindow grossed $6.7m on1,589 screens at the weekend from its first foray in the major internationalmarkets, elevating its early international running total to $9.5m.Released through Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI) the picture opened second in Italy on $1.6m on 252screens, fourth in France on $1.6m on 399 and ...
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Euro buyers swoop for Japanese samurai action feature
European buyers have snapped up Japanese samurai action feature Azumi.Buyers include CTV in France, Optimum Releasing in the UK, Manga Films in Spain, Lusomundo in Portugal, A Films in Benelux, Laser Paradise in Germany and Smile/Noble Entertainment in Scandinavia. The film has also been popular among Asian buyers and has ...
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Woody Allen's Anything Else finally finds UK home
Woody Allen's Anything Else has at last found a home with a UK theatrical distributor, it was announced yesterday.The comedy is to be released on 40 prints in late July by Optimum Releasing, who acquired the film from Capitol Films in a joint acquisition deal with MGM Home Entertainment. Anything ...
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Weinstein to be awarded honorary CBE by Queen
Harvey Weinstein has been awarded an honorary CBE for outstanding contribution to the British film industry.The award is conferred by the Queen to those who have made an important contribution to British interests. Miramax Films, the company Weinstein founded with his brother Bob, said it has invested more than £600 ...