All Screen articles in 25 April 2003 – Page 4

  • News

    KWA takes international sales on Carmen

    2003-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Madrid-based sales house Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has picked up Vicente Aranda's ambitious Carmen for international sales, and will give the film its market debut next month at Cannes.Billed as the biggest-budgeted European erotic production of the last ten years, Carmen is produced by Juan Alexander for Spain's Star Line ...

  • Reviews

    The Barbecue People

    2003-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Dir. David Ofek, Yossi Madmony. Israel. 2002. 102mins.The feature debut by two Israeli directors who have a strong body of TV work behind them at home, The Barbecue People is an ambitious jigsaw puzzle that profiles one specific community of immigrants in Israel, the Iraqi Jews. First launched at last ...

  • News

    Zwart quits MGM's Cody Banks sequel

    2003-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian director Harald Zwart says he has left MGM's sequel to Agent Cody Banks, according to local paper Dagbladet.MGM had planned to begin production on Agent Cody Banks 2 in London in June, with teen heartthrob Frankie Muniz repeating his teen 007 role in the second instalment of the spy ...

  • News

    Cannes 2003 - competition line-up

    2003-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Chief selector Thierry Fremaux's selection is a robust and wide-ranging mixture of familiar art-house names and Cannes favourites (Blier, Sokurov, Techine, Eastwood, Van Sant and Von Trier) mixed with a few newcomers such as Japan's Naomi Kawase and Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan in competition. The Un Certain Regard sidebar as ...

  • News

    Cannes 2003 - competition line-up

    2003-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Chief selector Thierry Fremaux's selection is a robust and wide-ranging mixture of familiar art-house names and Cannes favourites (Blier, Sokurov, Techine, Eastwood, Van Sant and Von Trier) mixed with a few newcomers such as Japan's Naomi Kawase and Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan in competition. The Un Certain Regard sidebar as ...

  • News

    Competition line-up 2003

    2003-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Chief selector Thierry Fremaux's selection is a robust and wide-ranging mixture of familiar art-house names and Cannes favourites (Blier, Sokurov, Techine, Eastwood, Van Sant and Von Trier) mixed with a few newcomers such as Japan's Naomi Kawase and Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan in competition. The Un Certain Regard sidebar as ...

  • News

    Pandora takes international Sayles rights from IFC

    2003-04-22T04:00:00Z

    Pandora, the internationalsales arm of Gaylord Films, has acquired international sales rights to JohnSayles' latest film Casa De Los Babys from IFC Productions.Pandora's executivevice president of worldwide sales Shebnem Askin will show footage of the filmto buyers at Cannes next month; the film is being positioned for theVenice/Toronto festival season.Casa ...

  • News

    Monk strong in Taiwan day-and-date opening for Fox

    2003-04-22T04:00:00Z

    In the latest sign ofdistributors stepping up the war against piracy, Fox International rolled outthe martial arts action-thriller Bulletproof Monk in Taiwan on the same weekend it opened in the US.The Asian bow grossed$355,000 on 50 screens for a close second place finish behind Warner Bros'horror film Dreamcatcher.Elsewhere, Just Married ...

  • News

    Brazil's Moraes gets short film-maker award in Hollywood

    2003-04-22T04:00:00Z

    Gustavo Moraeswill receive this year's Fuji Filmmaker of the Year Award at the openingnight gala of the 2003 Short Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood on Apr 29. Thefestival runs from Apr 29-May 1.'Gustavo issuch a talented film-maker and we are so thrilled to be honoring him thisyear,' festival director Douglas ...

  • News

    BVI's Jungle Book 2 crosses $60m mark

    2003-04-22T04:00:00Z

    Buena VistaInternational's The Jungle Book 2 raised its international running total to $60.4m after a$5.9m weekend session.Demonstrating several strong gains amid a sea of mostlymodest drops, the animated family sequel fell 8% on $1.4m in its second weekendin the UK for a $5.5m cumulative score.In Spain it rose14% to $1m ...

  • Reviews

    Holes

    2003-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Andrew Davis. US. 2003. 118 mins. The second delivered film from Cary Granat's Anschutz-backed production outfit Walden Media (this time co-produced with Phoenix Pictures), Holes is that rare thing - a family film which treats its target young audience with respect and intelligence. Walden was formed in 2001 to ...

  • News

    Pathe UK loses head of development

    2003-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Matt Gannon has decided to leave his position as head of development at Pathe's UK operation, managing director Francois Ivernel confirmed on Thursday.Although Gannon has developed some of the company's highest-profile productions - including The Magic Roundabout and Pride And Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical - Pathe is scaling back its ...

  • News

    New releases give UK box office a welcome boost

    2003-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Working Title/UIP hit Johnny English held strong, dropping off just 26% in its second weekend, to retain the top spot against powerful competition from 20th Century Fox's Phone Booth and UIP's own How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days.The combined power of the holiday weekend releases (three made the ...

  • News

    Denys Arcand's Barbarians to invade Cannes'

    2003-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Although the official line up is not announced until tomorrow, Montreal daily La Presse today reported that Denys Arcand's Les Invasions Barbares will be in official competition at Cannes this year.While the Cannes press office is keeping quiet until tomorrow, if the news is correct it would mark the first ...

  • News

    Johnny English continues international rampage, crosses $50m

    2003-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Universal's JohnnyEnglish remained the runaway numberone international hit for the second weekend in a row, according to studioestimates released today (Apr 21).The comedy, which stars theBritish comedian Rowan Atkinson as a highly maladroit spy, added a stunning$18.5m from 3,480 theatres in 38 markets for a $50m international running totalafter two ...

  • News

    Dreamcatcher rakes in $9.5m, Two Weeks Notice crosses $100m for Warner

    2003-04-22T00:00:00Z

    The Warner Bros romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice passed $100m at the international boxoffice over the weekend, although complete figures are still unavailable due tothe ongoing Easter holidays in most of Europe.The horror film Dreamcatcher soared, grossing $9.5m and 1.8m admissions from 2,463screens for a $15.7m international total including Village ...