All Screen articles in 21 March 2003 – Page 2
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Telefonica to divest Antena 3 stake as part of merger with Sogecable
Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica has announced plans to unload its 59% majority stake in local free-to-air broadcaster Antena 3. The company said it would distribute as much as 30% of its shares in Antena 3 - the equivalent of 50 million shares with a company book value of Euros 420m ...
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Golden Screen Cinemas to open 16th Malaysian multiplex
Exhibitor-distributor Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) is to open its 16th multiplex in Malaysia later this year.The new complex, located on the island of Penang in the north of the country, will be a 12-screener with a total seating capacity of 1,850. GSC's investment in the new complex is some $3.95m ...
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German publisher to up stake in ProSiebenSat.1
German publishing empire Axel Springer has confirmed that it will increase its interest in ProSiebenSat.1 Media by 2% to 13.5% and receive another seat in the broadcasting group's supervisory board. These moves were made after talks with US billionaire Haim Saban who secured a controlling interest in the ProSiebenSAT.1 Media ...
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Restored Hired Hand to Sundance Channel for US home video, DVD and pay-TV
Sundance Channelhas acquired US home video/DVD and pay television rights to the restoredversion of Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand, the channel's senior vicepresident of film programming Paola Freccero announced today (Mar 20).Following alimited theatrical run, the film will be released on home video and DVD underthe Sundance Channel Home Entertainment ...
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Amigo heads up Warner's Spanish local production
Ana Amigo has been namedWarner Bros' director of local production in Spain in a newly createdrole that demonstrates the studio's production ambitions in theterritory.The appointment wasannounced today (Mar 20) by Simona Benzakein, vice president of Europeanproductions at Warner Bros. Based in Madrid, Amigo will report directly toBenzakein, who operates out ...
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Palm gets Bunny doc in North America, UK, Caribbean
Palm Pictures has acquiredall North American, UK and Caribbean rights to How To Draw A Bunny, John W Walter's award-winning documentaryprofile of artist and Andy Warhol contemporary Ray Johnson which is executiveproduced by John Malkovich's production company Mr Mudd.The picture is the secondafter Matthew Barney's The Cremaster Cycle to be ...
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Wellspring acquires international rights to two US docs
US independentWellspring has acquired international rights to two hard-hitting documentaries,Billy Corben's Raw Deal and Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley's Horns And Halos.Raw Deal, which was produced by Spellman/CorbenProductions, screened at Sundance 2002 and focuses on the alleged rape byFlorida university students of a 27-year-old exotic dancer. Wellspring hassecured international rights ...
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Maid In Manhattan sweeps up $8.7m in second weekend
Maid In Manhattan continued to clean up at the international boxoffice, grossing $8.7m over the weekend for Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI).The romantic comedy fromRevolution Studios was the number one international picture for the second weekin a row and has amassed just under $25m after two major weekends. No romanticcomedy ...
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Two Towers running 6% higher than Fellowship in Japan
New Line's The LordOf The Rings: The Two Towersremained number one in its fourth weekend in key cities in Japan, dropping amere 19% and adding $3.4m from 349 screens for a $37.7m cumulative score.The picture averaged $9,729and has grossed 6% more than Peter Jackson's first instalment, TheFellowship Of The Ring, ...
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Fox takes $5.9m over weekend with Daredevil
20th CenturyFox's Marvel Comics adaptation Daredevil grossed $5.9m on 2,035 screens in international markets over the weekend,raising its cumulative score to $22.9m.Opening number one inMexico, it grossed $2m on 689 screens, which represented FoxInternational's fifth biggest opening of all time in the territory. A number one opening inBrazil ...
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Lilo takes another $2.3m in Japan for BVI
Buena Vista International(BVI)'s animated romp Lilo & Stitch grossed $2.3m in Japan over the weekend, dropping17% but raising its cumulative score in the market to $7.1m. Its internationalrunning total now stands at $107.3m.Spy thriller The Recruit grossed $1.3m over the weekend to raise itinternational running total to $2.9m. The highlight ...
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The Hunted
Dir: William Friedkin. US. 2003. 94minsWhen a government orders a man to kill, it is considered acceptable. When that same man, tormented by the violence he has perpetrated loses his grip and starts killing on his own, who is to blame' That is the question that should be central to ...
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Diller resigns from VUE post as Vivendi moves to sell
Barry Diller has resignedfrom his interim role as co-chief executive officer of Vivendi UniversalEntertainment (VUE) as Vivendi Universal steps up efforts to sell theentertainment division and slash debts of more than $13bn.Under the leadership ofchairman Jean-Rene Fourtou, who takes over as full chief executive officer,Vivendi Universal is considering an offer ...
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EU regulators suspend Canal Plus investigation
The European Union's competition watchdog has suspended its investigation into French pay-TV group Canal Plus' deals with the Hollywood studios. Mario Monti, the Commissioner whose responsibilities include competition, internal markets and the information society, has put on "indefinite hold" its long-standing probe into the pay-TV company, following changes in the ...
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Breaking Up (Separacoes)
Dir: Domingos De Oliveira. Brazil. 2002. 110mins.A sophisticated, wordy, extremely fast-moving comedy about the loves and lusts of a group of Rio artists and intellectuals (think Woody Allen, with Manhattan angst replaced by an irrepressible Latino hedonism), Breaking Up was a great popular favourite with audiences in Mar Del Plata ...
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Nominated Kaurismaki boycotts Oscars in protest at war
Oscar-nominated Finnishdirector Aki Kaurismaki is boycotting Sunday's Academy Awards in protest overthe imminent war with Iraq.In a strongly worded letterto Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Frank Pierson,Kaurismaki said he and his production company Sputnik Ltd refused to attendwhile "the United States is preparing for a crime against ...
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Tobis, Blue Star sign on for Duigan's Head In The Clouds
Tobis in Germany and Blue Star in Italy are the newest territorialbuyers of John Duigan's Head In The Clouds, which began principal photography yesterday in Montreal.The film, which is being sold internationally by Arclight Films, was previouslysold to Gaga Communications in Japan and Manga Films in Spain.The film, which moves ...
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The Blessing Bell (Koufuku No Kane)
Dir: Sabu. Japan. 2002. 87mins.Even those who have learned to appreciate Japanese director Sabu, his deadpan ironical portrayal of his fellow countrymen and the laconic, elliptical delivery of his films, will find that with The Blessing Bell he has gone to lengths even he has not attempted before. An almost ...
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Blind Shaft sweeps awards at Deauville's Asian fest
The 5th annual Deauville Festival of Asian Film wrapped last week with a slew of prizes going to German/Chinese/Hong Kong co-production Blind ShaftThe film, directed by Li Yang, took home five awards: Best Film, Best Director, the audience award, the critics' prize and Best Actor for Wang Baoqiang. Currently banned ...
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Focus closes North American deal on Love
Focus Featureshas acquired North American rights to Thomas Vinterberg's It's All AboutLove from Denmark'sNimbus Film. As reported earlier in Screen International negotiations have beenongoing since the film's world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. "Ever sinceThe Celebration,we've been seeking to work with Thomas," commented Focus co-presidentsDavid Linde and James Schamus ...