All Screen articles in 25 April 2003 – Page 3
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Reese Witherspoon to play slain American activist
Reese Witherspoon is attached to star in a South African film about slain American activist Amy Biehl for Anant Singh's Videovision. Durban-based producer Anant Singh said this week: "When the movie's ready to go, she will be the star playing Amy." Witherspoon's manager, Evelyn O'Neill, told South African press that ...
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UK's Artificial Eye acquires At Five In The Afternoon
UK distributor Artificial Eye has picked up Samira Makhmalbaf's Cannes competition film At Five In The Afternoon.The distributor is waiting until January next year to release the film, understood to be the first foreign film made in Kabul since the toppling of the Taliban regime.The pick-up renews Artificial Eye's relationship ...
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Matrix sequels get domestic IMAX releases
Upcoming Warner Brosblockbuster Matrix Reloaded andNovember release The Matrix Revolutions, the second and third films in the Wachowski Brothers' trilogy,will be released in large-format Imax cinemas in North America and, potentially,internationally. An Imax version of Reloaded will open shortly after the May 15 release of the35mm version while an Imax ...
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Menemsha takes world rights to Czech hit Pupendo
Neil Friedman'sLA-based sales agency Menemsha Films has picked up Pupendo, the latest film from Jan Hrebejk who directedMenemsha's previous Oscar-nominated hit Divided We Fall. Pupendois a huge hit in the Czech Republic and is on course to surpass previouschampions Kolya and Dark BlueWorld from Jan Sverak.The film won the best ...
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Modern picks up three for Cannes including Piaf, Charlotte
Modern Entertainment hasacquired worldwide distribution rights to three new films in time for theCannes Film Festival - concert film Piaf - Her Story HerSongs, US independent favourite CharlotteSometimes and Harry Shearer's TeddyBears' Picnic.'We decided about ayear ago to expand our core business in distribution to include new worldpremiere movies,' said ...
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Gilliam heads to Prague for Grimm shoot
Terry Gilliam's Brothers Grimm has received the final go-ahead for a shoot in Prague, with the gothic fantasy set to start a 17-week schedule at the end of June and wrap in late October. Producers are currently in negotiation with Nicole Kidman for a small part in the film, sources ...
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CineNova strikes MGM, Fox deals
Amsterdam based movie channel CineNova has signed new film licensing agreements with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and 20th Century Fox. CineNova already sources movies from shareholders Sony Pictures Entertainment and Buena Vista International Television, as well as movies from outfits such as Indies Entertainment Group, RCV Entertainment Group, Three Lines Pictures, Les ...
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Heavenly Grassland (Tian Shang Cao Yuan)
Dirs: Mailisi, Saifu. China. 2002. 105 mins.Redolent of Nikita Mikhalkov's 1991 Urga (though more idealised) crossed with 2001's Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner (though much more conventional), Heavenly Grassland tells of a small Chinese boy adopted by a family in the remote steppes of Inner Mongolia. An intimate, very small-scale story ...
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Critics' Week unveils Cannes line-up
The organisers of Critics' Week have unveiled their line up for this year's Cannes Festival. Of the seven titles, six are first time efforts and therefore also eligible for a shot at the Camera d'Or which is given to a first film competing in any of the main selections. Cuba, ...
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Paris to get new film festival this summer
In conjunction with the municipal government, the city of Paris will inaugurate a new film festival this summer entitled Paris Cinema. The event will run from July 2 - 15 in cinemas throughout the French capital.Director Costa Gavras will serve as President of the organisational board while former Cannes Director's ...
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Hukkle wins top prize at muted Hong Kong film fest
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) continued with its inaugural prize-giving ceremony last week, although SARS kept away overseas jurors and award winners.Local replacements were found for absent jury members and HKIFF director Peter Tsi accepted awards on behalf of overseas directors.The festival featured three new international competition sections ...
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Hong Kong warms to English, but gives Monk cool reception
Johnny English lured SARS-wary Hong Kong audiences back into cinemas over the Easter holiday, grossing $579,000 from 31 sites over the four-day weekend. However, Golden Harvest was disappointed with the performance of its other Easter release -Bulletproof Monk - which grossed $229,500. According to Golden Harvest distribution chief, Teerachai Triwongwaranat, ...
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Bruno Ganz cast as Hitler in Eichinger drama
Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, known internationally for his roles in such films as Wim Wenders' Wings Of Desire and The American Friend, will play the part of Hitler in Oliver Hirschbiegel's Euros 13.5m feature Der Untergang - Hitler Und Das Ende Des Dritten Reiches which will begin shooting in St ...
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Verhoeven eyes biopic of Dutch artist
Paul Verhoeven is planning to shoot his first Dutch movie since1984's The Fourth Man.The filmmaker, who has lived for nearly 20 years in Los Angeles, has expressed interest in a biopic on the Dutch artist Jan Montyn.The movie will be based on the novel Montyn, written in 1982 by ...
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Russian Ark to get digital screenings in the UK
Arthouse success Russian Ark is to receive a three-month digital outing in the UK.Bristol based independent exhibitor Watershed Media Centre will keep the Artificial Eye title for three months on digibeta tape following its strong two-week run on 35mm. The single-shot Russian film will screen every weekend next month, projected ...
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Czech comedy laughs all the way to the bank
Pupendo, the new comedy from Czech director Jan Hrebejk is on course to challenge the country's local box-office crown.Czech distributor Falcon and production house Total HelpArt T.H.A. are celebrating the success of Pupendo, the latest effort from Jan Hrebejk (Cosy Dens, Divided We Fall), which appears ready to top Jan ...
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San Sebastian adds new competition strand
Spain's leading film festival, the San Sebastian International Film Festival, has added a new competitive section devoted to Latin American cinema, further strengthening its position as a key showcase for Spanish and Latin American product and talent.Dubbed Horizontes Latinos, the new section will run alongside the festival's existing Official and ...
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Spain's Grupo PI adds two to its international slate
Spanish sales house Grupo PI has added two new titles to its international slate, box office hit Moscow Gold and Danube Hotel, which premieres in competition at next week's Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April 25-May 3).Both titles will make their market debut at the Spanish Film Screenings (May 1-3), ...
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Hong Kong launches production guarantee fund
In a bid to boost the flagging local film industry, the Hong Kong Government officially launched the Film Guarantee Fund yesterday. The new fund was created to help local companies secure bank loans for film production as well as to establish a solid film-financing infrastructure to facilitate the long-term development ...
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Kolodner & Melamede launch Salty Features
Former Madstone Films production executives Eva Kolodnerand Yael Melamede have teamed up to launch New York-based production companySalty Features, which has already boarded four projects aiming to showcase"unique vision, strong storytelling and thought-provoking subject matter."The four titlesin development include Bam Bam And Celeste, the first fictional film vehicle for comedian ...
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