All Screen articles in 21 November 2002 – Page 4
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World records crumble to Chamber Of Secrets
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets stormed to the top of the charts in eight international markets with a stunning non-holiday weekend tally of $54m from 3,284 screens and 6.3m admissions. Results in the UK were particularly impressive. In a new series of industry records that beat the old ...
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Korea, France sign preliminary co-operation agreement
South Korea and France this weekend signed an agreement to increase co-operation between their two film industries, with the aim of expanding it into a full co-production accord.However, the agreement fell short of being a co-production treaty, of which France boasts 43, and which would have allowed French ...
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Satin Rouge scoops top prize at Turin
Raja Amari's French-Tunisian title, Satin Rouge, scooped the top prize at the Turin Film Festival (Nov 7-15), Italy's pre-eminent event for international cutting-edge films.Amari's drama focuses on a mother who discovers a whole new world when she enters, by chance, a Tunis nightclub.A special mention went to Flying With One ...
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Pusan festival gets off to a uneven start
The Pusan festival, Asia's premier cinema showcase now in its seventh edition, got off to an uneven start with a mixture of charming details and logistical headaches.VIPs arriving at the opening night ceremony, for instance were given first use of an awesome new road-bridge spanning the bay and more than ...
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Mon-Rak Transistor
Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Thailand. 2002. 120 mins. Monrak Transistor may win a few friends on the strength of its ingenuous charm and attractive performances, but the shapeless direction and meandering story make this dark musical comedy unlikely to have much impact on arthouse audiences outside its home turf. Its best ...
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Best Of Times, Hollywood Hong Kong take top Golden Horse Awards
Taiwan's The Best Of Times, directed by Chang Tso-chi, was awarded best feature at the 39th Golden Horse Awards - Taiwan's equivalent of the Oscars - on Saturday night (Nov 16), while Hong Kong director Fruit Chan picked up the best director prize for Hollywood Hong Kong. Chan's black comedy, ...
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Die Another Day
Dir: Lee Tamahori. UK/US. 2002. 129 mins. Die Another Day has a lot to live up to: the hoopla surrounding the fortieth anniversary of the James Bond franchise, a box office track record that has seen each of the last three entries gross around $350m worldwide, and the expectations of ...
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Panic Room tops $100m international gross for CTFDI
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) held firm in the UK despite the Harry Potter juggernaut, securing third and fourth places with Mr Deeds and XXX respectively. XXX, showing on around 2,500 screens in the international market including those territories booked by co-producer Revolution Studios and its partners, took $4.4m ...
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Lakeshore puckers up for The Last Kiss remake
Gabriele Muccino's Italian blockbuster, The Last Kiss, has found new love in the US and the UK.Tom Rosenberg's Lakeshore Entertainment has acquired US remake rights to the romantic comedy which grossed more than $1m for North American distributor THINKFilm in the US and $10m for local distributor Medusa when it ...
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Susan Wrubel leaves Madstone for Emerging Pictures
Emerging Pictures, the New York-based production, representation and exhibition outfit run by Ira Deutchman, has hired former Madstone Films vice president of acquisitions Susan Wrubel in a scouting drive before the Sundance Film Festival. Wrubel will act as consultant to seek out one or two pictures for representation at the ...
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Diller steps in to run newly spun-off Universal Entertainment
Vivendi Universal Entertainment chairman Barry Diller has been named interim co-chief executive officer of an expanded entertainment division, loosely called Universal Entertainment. The music and highly lucrative video game divisions join Vivendi Universal Entertainment's film, television and theme park assets under one roof in a move analysts say will create ...
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Constantin reports increase in sales - and net losses
German producer-distributor Constantin Film has posted a 10% increase in sales to Euro 94.6m, but also a 64% increase in net losses to Euros 7.36m, (from 2001's loss of Euros 4.5m) according to the nine-months report to September 30, 2002. International sales revenues were up 78% on the previous year ...
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Moritz de Hadeln confirmed to head next year's Venice - at the very least
The Biennale has confirmed that Moritz de Hadeln will head next year's Venice International Film Festival - leaving open the possibility of the former Berlin chief retaining the position for an extra two years.'We are currently re-thinking the position of the Mostra and its relationship to the film industry,' festival ...
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Palm sells Lockdown to Columbia TriStar
Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures has sold US theatrical, non-theatrical, video, TV and other ancillary rights on its prison drama Lockdown to Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. The picture, which was produced and financed by Palm Pictures and jointly made with No Limit Films and Burg/Koules Productions, chronicles the brutal prison experiences ...
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Palm Springs Film Festival starts with early screening of Chicago
The 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which runs from Jan 9-20 2003, kicks off on Dec 19 with a pre-release special screening of Chicago. The Broadway adaptation is expected to be one of Miramax's jewels in the crown during the awards season and stars Rene Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, ...
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Movielink breathes new life into video-on-demand
After years of hype and false starts, video-on-demand took a giant leap forward this week with the soft launch in the US of online video rental service Movielink - backed by five of the US majors - Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Universal Studios and Warner Bros.Screen International put the ...
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Irish Film Board faces sharp budget cuts
Amid a set of sweeping public service cuts announced in pre-budget estimates for 2003, the Irish government is set to reduce the Irish Film Board's funding by an aggregate 12.5%.The Board's administration budget will be reduced by 1% to Euros 1.584m while its capital and training budget will be cut ...
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Australia's indie producer incentive looks like getting through
Despite strong opposition from the commercial free-to-air television networks, it looks like programs produced by the independent sector will earn extra points towards the local content quota for the first time in Australian television history. This should assist the survival of production houses, many of which simultaneously develop both films ...
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Pusan's PPP shows way into Asian film
Prospective financiers and co-producers will get the opportunity to invest in some of Asia's hottest film projects at the 5th Pusan Promotion Plan which runs November 18-20 in South Korea. Running alongside the Pusan International Film Festival, the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) has quickly achieved prominence as a pre-market for ...