All Screen articles in 21 November 2002 – Page 5

  • News

    Splendid, Artisan team on U-Boat

    2002-11-15T04:05:00Z

    Splendid Pictures has begun production in Los Angeles on the wartime thriller U-Boat, starring William H Macy, Lauren Holly and Scott Caan. North American rights have gone to Artisan Entertainment as part of a two-picture deal under which Artisan also acquired North American rights to Heaven's Pond, which is currently ...

  • News

    Lovely & Amazing results for Lions Gate

    2002-11-15T04:05:00Z

    Driven by a 53% margin in its motion picture business, Lions Gate Entertainment (LGE) has reported a 30% increase in second quarter revenue over the same period last year, from $59.7m to $77.8m. Six-month figures were better still, with revenues up 64% from $104.9m in 2001 to $172.1m this year. ...

  • News

    $75m in 24 hours for Episode II video and DVD

    2002-11-15T04:05:00Z

    The DVD and video release of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones notched up $75m in its first 24-hour period after going on sale at midnight on Tuesday in parts of North America. Twentieth Century Fox said in a statement that one quarter of initial shipments were ...

  • Reviews

    In This World

    2002-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Michael Winterbottom. UK 2002. 87mins.It's a road movie to end road movies: two Afghan refugees' long, life-threatening overland journey from Pakistan to London, shot with a small DV camera but a big wide-screen sweep. World premiered at the London Film Festival - where it played as a last-minute addition ...

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    Spain's digital satellite platforms get qualified greenlight for merger

    2002-11-15T00:00:00Z

    The planned pay TV merger between Spain's two digital satellite platforms - Via Digital and Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) - got a qualified green light this week from the nation's Competition Defense Court (Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia).The Court outlined ten key conditions for the merged platform, including that ...

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    Gene Hackman gets Cecil B DeMille trophy at the Globes

    2002-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Gene Hackman has been named as the recipient of this year's Cecil B DeMille Award at the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards show on Jan 19 next year. The honour was announced yesterday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) which gives out the Globes and Hackman was cited for ...

  • Reviews

    Anita And Me

    2002-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Metin Huseyin. UK. 2002. 93mins. With its blend of elements from the successful recent comedies East Of East and Bend It Like Beckham, Anita And Me is intent on riding on the current public appetite for all things Asian-British. In the UK, where it world premiered at the London ...