All Screen articles in 23 March 2008 – Page 2
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The Brit Pack beats box-office blues
While most of Europe reported a downturn in ticket sales in 2007, the UK (along with Italy and the Czech Republic) bucked the trend. British cinema-goers generated nearly $1.8bn (£904.9m) in ticket sales last year, up 8% from 2006, while admissions rose 3.7% to 162.4 million.Case study: St Trinian'sEven though ...
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Coming Attractions
The CottagePathe Distribution (UK release date: March 14)Dir: Paul Andrew Williams. Producers: Steve Christian, Hugo Heppell, Martin Pope. Key cast: Andy Serkis, Jennifer Ellison, Dave Legeno.Plot: Dark comedy with horror overtones about a farmer who goes on a killing spree in the English countryside. Box office: $600,000 (£300,000) in its ...
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Hyde Park's Street Fighter starts shooting in Thailand
Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom have begun principal photography in Thailand on action film Street Fighter - The Legend Of Chun-Li which is based on the popular Japanese video grame franchise.20th Century Fox has domestic distribution rights through its first look, co-production deal with Hyde Park; Hyde Park ...
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Vail Film Festival set for April 3-6 with (RED) collaboration
The fifth annual Vail Film Festival will take place April 3-6 in the popular US ski resort, and is continuing its collaboration with Bono and Bobby Shriver's (RED) initiative which aims to raise awareness and money for AIDS charity The Global Fund.(RED) and the festival will premiere the RED Vision ...
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Scottish Screen sets up Slate Fund for development
Scottish Screen has created a new $792,900 (£400,000) Slate Fund to provide financial backing for companies to develop marketable, high value projects over a two-year period.Up to four companies will benefit from investment awards designed to support the development of a range of projects including film, television and interactive digital ...
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SPECIAL REPORT: HONG KONG & CHINA 2008
SCREEN SPECIAL REPORT CONTENTS (click to view)Hong Kong: Territory overview Hong Kong: Indie finance Hong Kong and China: Hot projects Hong Kong: Box office China: Territory overview China: Rising stars Filmart preview Hkiff preview Haf preview Filmart highlightsNow heading into its fourth year, Entertainment Expo Hong Kong (March 17-April 13) ...
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Yari Film Group drops Alliance for E1 as Canadian output partner
Bob Yari's Yari Film Group has dropped Alliance Films as its Canadian partner in favour of fast-rising Canadian entertainment group Entertainment One (E1).YFG and E1 have signed an exclusive all-rights deal that will see YFG's films released through E1's Seville Pictures subsidiary through 2010.The pact, which begins with the August-scheduled ...
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Drillbit Taylor
Dir. Steven Brill. US. 2008. 102 mins.The Judd Apatow laugh factory turns out one of its younger-skewing - and less funny - products in Drillbit Taylor, a revenge-of-the-nerds comedy that teams Owen Wilson's hapless title character with a trio of bullied high school outcasts. In some ways resembling a junior ...
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Unifrance's Menegoz defends bodyagainst damning report
A report commissioned by the foreign affairs ministry has sent shockwaves through the French film industry since it was first leaked to French daily Le Figaro last week.The report, commissioned in October 2007 and handled by theMedia Consulting Group, examined Unifrance's missions over the period of 2005-2007 and found that ...
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Truly Indie teams with horse racing venue operator on Saturday doc
US horse-racing venue operator Churchill Downs is partnering with Wagner Cuban distribution division Truly Indie on the US theatrical release of Brad and John Hennegan's documentary The First Saturday In May which will open on April 18.The film chronicles the journey of a cast of six hard-working trainers as they ...
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SPC to launch English-language Persepolis on April 11
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) will release the English-language version of Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis in 100 screens throughout North America on April 11.The English-language version features the voices of Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve in the same roles they voiced for the original - Marjane and Marjane's mother ...
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Lovett, Stanton join stellar cast of Odd Lot's The Open Road
Lyle Lovett and Harry Dean Stanton have joined the cast of Michael Meredith's The Open Road which is currently in production in Louisiana and other parts of the south.The film, produced by Odd Lott Entertainment, stars Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara and Mary Steenburgen in the story of a ...
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Participant teams with Tapestry on comedy Minimum Wage
Participant Media is teaming with Tapestry Films for the comedy Minimum Wage, the story of a crooked corporate executive convicted of fraud and sentenced to spend a year living on minimum wage in the town his company bankrupted.Tegan West and Scott Atkinson will write the screenplay for the project which ...
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The Film Department greenlights Zeta Jones, Freundlich comedy
Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's The Film Department has greenlit an untitled romantic comedy starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and written and directed by Bart Freundlich which is set to start shooting on April 17.The project is a romantic comedy set in New York City about a 25 year-old man who becomes ...
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Toby Emmerich to head newly downsized New Line Cinema
As expected, Toby Emmerich has been named president and chief operating officer of New Line Cinema as it segues into its new incarnation as a production label of Warrner Bros Entertainment.The dramatically downsized New Line will continue to maintain its own development, creative and production teams but its marketing distribution, ...
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HanWay to handle Jean Doumanian catalogue
Jean Doumanian Productions has appointed HanWay Films to represent worldwide sales and distribution rights for its catalogue.Titles include David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner, David Gordon Green's All The Real Girls, and Woody Allen's Don't Drink The Water. The library of titles also includes early roles from Cillian Murphy (Sunburn), Clare ...
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High school Die Welle opens strong for Constantin with $3.5m
Germany's Die Welle was the highest non-US entry into the international top 40 this weekend with a $3.5m take, falling just shy of the top 10.The top 40 films generated $188.2m across 46,679 screens for the period of March 14-16.For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.Die ...
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Shanghai film festival pays tribute to Minghella
The Shanghai International Film Festival has issued the following statement regarding the death of Anthony Minghella who had been appointed president of the festival's competition jury this year: 'The Organising Committee of the Shanghai International Film Festival was greatly shocked upon hearing of the sudden death of Mr. Anthony Minghella.His ...
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Gibney's Gonzo to close San Francisco Film Festival
Alex Gibney's Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr Hunter S Thompson has been selected as the closing night film of this year's San Francisco International Film Festival on May 8.The film, which will be released by Magnolia Pictures in North America in July, focuses on Thompson's life from 1965 ...