All Screen articles in 21 October 2003 – Page 6
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The Good Cop attracts great cast
Danish stuntman-turned-filmmaker Lasse Spang Olsen and actor Kim Bodnia have joined forces to set up their own production outfit, Endaxi Film, to make the action comedy The Good Cop. This is a continuation of the working relationship they have had on three films, the two successful action-comedies In China They ...
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Indian Film Development Corp targets Asia
India's National Film Development Corporation has invited buyers from the former USSR, China and Japan to attend the Film Bazaar at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) being held in Delhi. Akhmadjon Kasimov of TV and Broadcasting Company of Uzbekistan and an exhibitor at the Film Bazaar told ScreenDaily.com ...
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Bad Boys II looking good abroad
Following a triumphant session last week, Bad Boys II will be aiming to elevate its $67.4m international running total even further with a raft of major European openings this weekend.Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) opened the action sequel in France on 627 prints on Oct 15, with Russia going ...
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Latest screener meeting proves inconclusive
A telephone conference callbetween MPPA chief Jack Valenti and top brass from the US majors and other MPAAsignatories to discuss the screener ban ended inconclusively yesterday (16) asall parties agreed to resume talks at a later date.Sources said the partiesagreed to disagree following a lengthy discussion in which the ramifications ...
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Moneo to spearhead Euro co-productions for Fox
Inspired by the resurgenceof local-language films in Europe, Fox International has hired former Miramaxexecutive Teresa Moneo to head up European co-productions.In the new post Moneo, whowas previously senior vice president of European co-productions at Miramax,will be expected to source and evaluate material and oversee production on twoto three local-language titles ...
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Chrysler Film Festival winner starts shooting in US
Filming began in Virginiathis week on Jeff Wadlow's directorial debut Living The Lie, the winner of the first Chrysler Million DollarFilm Festival in 2002.Doug Liman'sentertainment company Hypnotic is producing in association with Chrysler, withUniversal set to release in spring 2004.The thriller centres on agroup of older boarding school children caught ...
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...as Council diverts Funds cash to training, BFI
The UK Film Council plans to reduce the amount of money allocated to two of its three main production funds, and instead invest the cash on training and extra money for the British Film Institute.The Premiere Fund, which has backed commercially orientated films such as Gosford Park and Sylvia, will ...
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UK Film Council outlines 'son of Section 48' proposals
UK Film Council chief executive officer John Woodward yesterday outlined the proposals for a replacement to the Section 48 tax break that the support body has presented to the government.Woodward was speaking at the Screen International UK Film Finance Summit, where he gave the keynote address. It came on the ...
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And the 11 most influential cinematographers of all time are...
The names of the 11 mostinfluential cinematographers of all time as voted by members of theInternational Cinematographers Guild (ICG) will be unveiled on a 'wall offame' at the opening of the ICG's new national headquarters inHollywood on Nov 8.Billy Bitzer, JordanCronenweth, Conrad L Hall, James Wong Howe, Sven Nykvist, Vittorio ...
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HONG KONG
While Edko Films' Korean title The Classic continues to hold a top ten position in Hong Kong after 10 weeks on release and a cumulative gross of $686,689 (HK$5.4m), a new Korean title performed less well upon opening last week.Distributed by Golden Scene The Uninvited opened fourth during the week ...
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FRANCE
It's a rare, thing when there are relatively no changes in the French box-office from one week to the next. Especially considering the fact that the number one film had a pretty un-extraordinary showing in the US. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen continues at number one followed by the same ...