All Screen articles in 25 February 2001 – Page 3
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Edinburgh Film Festival chief to quit
Lizzie Francke, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, is to quit after this year's Festival in August - her fifth in charge of programming what has become Britain's leading launch-pad for introducing new local talent.Francke told Screen: "Five is a good round number. I've helped shaped the festival, ...
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Icon launches Australian distribution company
Icon Entertainment, Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey's production outfit which successfully launched UK distribution outfit Icon Film Distribution in 1999, is doing the same in Australia - creating a local distribution companyThe Icon offshoot could go up against Village Roadshow as an indie giant if the Australian results of Icon's ...
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Winchester breaks more Hearts with deals
Winchester Films has closed two more major territories on Heartbreakers, the all-star comedy which MGM will release domestically on March 23. Dall'Angelo Pictures has bought Italian rights on the film and Buena Vista International has taken Australian rights. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Jason Lee and Ray ...
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Romero thriller shakes Ricky's Bon Bon
Latin singing superstar Ricky Martin is close to signing to star in his feature film debut in The Assassination - a political action thriller being directed by George A Romero and co-starring Oscar nominee Ed Harris, James Coburn and Anthony Quinn.. Set to start shooting in April, The Assassination is ...
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Miramax resumes love affair with foreign cinema
A noticeably acquisitive Miramax Films is close to domestic deals on two of the hottest non-American titles on the current sales circuit -. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Cannes competition contender Amelie From Montmartre and Tsui Hark's The Legend Of Zu, starring Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon discovery Zhang Ziyi. In both cases Miramax ...
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Hannibal devoured by UK audiences
Despite Hannibal taking a large bite out of the UK box office over the weekend, four other openers faired well, no doubt owing a debt of gratitude to sell-out screenings of the UIP monster, which turned hungry audiences toward other titles. As reported on screendaily.com yesterday, Hannibal became the highest ...
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Round-up of Berlin's European Film Market
Sales of Jean-Jacques Beineix’s Mortal Transferto Japan’s Amuse Pictures and Greece’s Rosebud are among a raft of deals sealedby Bavaria Film International at the European Film Market in Berlin last week.
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EM.TV to sell off its 45% stake in TMG
German mediaconcern EM.TV may sell its 45% stake in Herbert Kloiber's Tele-Muenchen-Group(TMG) to an external investor, according to the German daily newspaper DieWelt. Until now ithad been assumed that Kloiber, Germany's second most important rights traderafter Kirch, himself wanted to buy back the EM.TV stake, but at a price muchlower ...
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German weekend box office hits all-time high
Germany saw arecord-breaking weekend in the cinemas with the first four days on release ofthe Mel Gibson-starrer What Women Wantand Ridley Scott's Hannibal. Accordingto the German distributors association VdF, the result(February 15-18) of 3,563,651 admissions and box office takings of $19,937,759 (DM42,898,463) broke the previous record set in September 1997 ...
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Erik Christenson promoted to run Myriad/J&M sales
Eric Christenson has been promoted to executive vice president, sales and distribution, at Myriad Pictures, from his previous position as senior vice president of acquisitions and distribution.Christenson will oversee all aspects of the sales and distribution team at Myriad and London-based J&M Entertainment; both Myriad and J&M are owned by ...
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Lions Gate acquires Tom Hanks-produced comedy
Lions Gate Films has acquired worldwide rights to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a comedy produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone Productions.Based on the autobiographical stage show by Nia Vardalos, the film is directed by Joel Zwick, produced by Hanks, Goetzman and Hanks' wife Rita Wilson and stars ...
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Destination Films closes after 2 1/2 years
Destination Films, the mid-budget domestic distribution company founded in 1998 by Steve Stabler and Brent Baum, closed down at the end of last week after an ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful run of releases.The company was funded by an insurance-backed $100m funding arrangement through a wholly owned subsidiary brokered by Willis ...
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Video keeps VCL profits on course
While Germany's VCL Film + Medien has flagged ambitions to move into the UK, Benelux and Scandinavia and last year made a splash on the production finance scene, the company delivered on-target results powered by its German home entertainment business. Rated Germany's number two video distributor with a 12.2% market ...
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Tartan picks up Fat Girl for UK release
Tartan Films has picked up all UK rights to Catherine Breillat's Fat Girl (A Ma Soeur!) at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it has just won the $14,000 (DM30,000) Manfred-Salzgeber Film Prize. Metro Tartan Distribution will release the film in the UK later this year.The picture explores the unflinching ...
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Germany creates new film and cinema prizes
Germany's new state minister for culture and affairs of the media Julian Nida-Ruemelin has launched another initiative - the Innovation Prize - to follow last week's announcement of three annual film distribution awards.The prize, which will recognise innovations in filmmaking will be awarded up to twice a year with a ...
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Namco plans major studio and theme park for Tokyo
Game maker Namco has announced ambitious plans to build a "movie village", in cooperation with film subsidiary Nikkatsu, government bodies and local businesses. The project will include a major film and television studio as well as a film school, a film museum and movie theatres for the general public. The ...
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UK audiences devour Hannibal
UIP's Hannibal opened to phenomenal receipts over the weekend to become the UK's biggest 18-certificate opener of all time. The previous record, held by Columbia TriStar's Snatch (£3,180,002), was obliterated by Hannibal's three-day gross of £6,402,540 ($9,292,511), more than double that of the Guy Ritchie-directed feature. Released on over 600 ...
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Zoo launches new UK cinema company
The launch of a new British exhibition company was announced February 19 by its founding members. Zoo Cinema Exhibition Ltd has been formed by Clare Binns, managing director of Chris Blackwell's Oasis Cinemas, one of the UK' most established independent exhibitors.David Wight, formerly managing director of Film Network Ltd, joins ...
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Additional Berlin Film Festival prizes
Additional prizes at the 51st Berlin International Film FestivalPIPER HEIDSIECK NEW TALENT AWARD:best young actress for her first major role: Angelica Lee Sinje (Ai Ni Ai Wo)PIPER HEIDSIECK NEW TALENT AWARD:best young actor for his first major role ex aequo to Cui Lin and Li Bin (Beijing Bicycle)CRYSTAL BEAR:for best ...
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Dimension Films and TF1 team up for Heist
Dimension Films and France's TF1 are understood to have partnered on Heist (aka 2-11), the English-language debut of Gerard Pires, director of French action hit Taxi.Dimension, the genre arm of Miramax Films, is understood to have taken US rights to the project, currently in pre-production, and optioned Pires' next English-language ...
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