All Screen articles in 21 January 2003 – Page 3
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Chris Aronson joins MGM Distribution as evp and general sales manager
MGM Distribution has appointed industry veteran Chris Aronson as executive vice president and general sales manager, it was announced today (Jan 23) by Erik Lomis, president of MGM Distribution. Aronson will be responsible for the sales and distribution of both MGM Pictures and United Artists theatrical releases within the US ...
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Berlin unveils full Panorama line-up
Over thirty feature films have been selected for the final Panorama section (Main Programme & Specials) of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-14), which will open with Emir Kusturica's production Jagoda In The Supermarket (Jagoda u Supermarketu) (pictured) by Dusan Milic.Some 26 of the full-length films are world premieres, ...
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Kirk Douglas signs to The Illusion for Entitled
Kirk Douglas has joined the cast of The Illusion for production house Entitled Entertainment, it was announced today (Jan 22) by partners James Burke and Scott Disharoon. Burke and Disharoon, along with Kevin Weisman and Anahid Nazarian, will serve as producers on the film, which marks actor Michael Goorjian's directorial ...
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Spice Factory options Ondaatje's Forgotten Games
UK production outfit Spice Factory has optioned the rights to The Forgotten Games, an original screenplay by David Ondaatje based on the true story of the British Olympic ice hockey team's controversial participation in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Nazi Germany. Ondaatje also plans to direct the film which is ...
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Huge selection as full Panorama line-up is unveiled
Over thirty feature films have been selected for the final Panorama section (Main Programme & Specials) of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-14), which will open with Emir Kusturica's production Jagoda In The Supermarket (Jagoda u Supermarketu) (pictured) by Dusan Milic.Some 26 of the full-length films are world premieres, ...
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Soft Money - The newcomers
Like a Japanese ronin, independent film-producers are rarely able to settle down with a cosy financier for very long. Samurai warriors without a master, they are forced to roam the lonely planet in search of the ever-shifting treasure chests that will bankroll their good deeds. The reason is simple: private ...
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Thirteen
Dir: Catherine Hardwicke. US. 2002. 100minsAn impressive directorial debut by established production designer Catherine Hardwicke (Vanilla Sky), Thirteen offers a glimpse into the sex-and-drug realities of life as a teenage girl in LA. The film is particularly disquieting as it is based on both the screenplay and experiences of a ...
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Goats, Goddesses and AC/DC feature in Lolafilms slate
Spanish production company Lolafilms is readying several new films for production in 2003."I foresee making four or five films this year," says Lolafilms CEO Andres Vicente Gomez, co-producer on Aisling Walsh's Sundance title Song For A Raggy Boy and this season's biggest domestic hit in Italy, Christmas On The Nile ...
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Comerica Bank files lawsuit against Advanced Licencing
German license trader Advanced Medien's troubles seem to have no end with the news that US-based Comerica Bank has filed a lawsuit against subsidiary Advanced Licencing.The lawsuit is over payment of over $2m in loans granted by the bank to Unified Film Organization (UFO), a 51% subsidiary of Advanced Medien, ...
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Records fall as Australia celebrates bumper box office
Box office revenues in Australia rose 4% in 2002 to hit US$495.4m (A$844.8 million) and achieve another record-breaking year. Given that annual falls have only been registered once in the past 15 years, the positive result was not a surprise.While the country's nearly 19m people are visiting cinemas more than ...
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Specialist Hispanic distributor launches into US
Cinemateca, a new distribution company for Spanish-language arthouse and classic films, kicks off next month in a bid to tap the exploding DVD market in the U.S. where DVD player penetration currently stands at 46% of TV households. The move also comes just as census figures show that Hispanics have ...
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Hungarian Film Week unveils competition line-up
The annual Hungarian Film Week in Budapest (Jan 28- Feb 4) will open with Miklos Jancso's latest film, Wake Up Mate, Don't You Sleep.The Film Week will close with a film from another Hungarian filmmaking legend, Karoly Makk's A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda. The feature film competition will ...
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American Splendor wins top dramatic prize at Sundance
Films populated by socialoutcasts and misfits, both real and imagined, claimed the top honours at thisyear's Sundance Film Festival that ended over the weekend in Park City.The Grand Jury Prize forbest dramatic feature went to American Splendor, a docu-drama hybrid that used actors, real-lifevideo footage and animation sequences to tell ...
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Masked And Anonymous
Dir: Larry Charles. USA. 2003. 120 min.Masked And Anonymous screened at Sundance as a work-in-progress and director Larry Charles has his work cut out for him. A mish-mash of styles, genres and cameo appearances, as it stands it will annoy every constituency it aims to entertain. As a showcase for ...
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Oscar favourites dominate UK's BAFTA nominations
Academy Award favourites Chicago, Gangs Of New York and The Hours dominated the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards.Chicago and Gangs secured 12 nods each, while The Hours came in with 11. The following pack was led by The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers with nine nominations, ...
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Darkness Falls a surprise hit for Columbia/Revolution
Columbia scored its first numberone of the year as Revolution Studios' $11m horror picture Darkness Falls opened at the top on $12.5m, according to studio estimatesreleased today (Jan 26). The story centres on a young man who is stalked by theTooth Fairy and stars Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield and Joshua ...
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Just Married
Dir: Shawn Levy. US. 2002. 94 mins.Broad comedy, flimsy romance and some decorative European settings are the key ingredients in Just Married, a young-skewing romantic comedy from producer Robert Simonds. Grossing a surprising $34m after 10 days on US release, the $18m project has also become the film to knock ...
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Everest crosses $120m after five years
MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF) has declared that Everest is now the highest grossing documentary of all time, amassing more than $120.6m in worldwide box office since it went on continual release on Mar 6 1998. Throughout its run Everest, a harrowing account of an ascent by three climbers in 1996, ...
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Assisted Living wins top prize at Slamdance
Elliot Greenebaum's dark comedy Assisted Living about a janitor in a nursing home for the elderly who spends his time getting high with the residents won the Grand Jury Award at the Slamdance Film Festival on Friday night in Park City. Slamdance runs concurrent with the Sundance Film Festival and ...
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Sokurov to receive Berlin Freedom Prize
Russian director Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) is to receive this year's Andrzej Wajda/Philip Morris Freedom Prize at a special gala ceremony in the Berlin Rathaus on February 9. The Prize, which is presented by the Foundation with a purse of $ 10,000 donated by Philip Morris Kunstfoerderung, is awarded annually ...
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