All Screen articles in 25 February 2005 – Page 3
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ITALY 24 February
Meet The Fockers, FindingNeverland and The Merchant OfVenice held tightly on to the top three positions at the Italian box officefor the second week running, despite four new films opening nationwide.With a huge screen averageof $8,877 on its second week, Fockers shows no signs of running out ofsteam, and has ...
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UPI to set up operations in Russia
Universal PicturesInternational (UPI) is taking its home entertainment operations into Russia, acountry widely seen as one of the major sources of video piracy.It has set up a wholly-ownedaffiliate covering Russia and the CIS that will handle all the titles that werepreviously distributed through licensees. The operation is headed bymanaging director ...
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Sokurov plans 'free fantasy' version of Faust
Having tackled Hitler, Leninand Hirohito, Russian director Alexander Sokurov is to round off his four filmproject on "Men Of Power" with his own version of Faust. The new film, loosely basedon works by Goethe and Thomas Mann, promises to be in a very different registerto its dark and brooding predecessors, ...
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German home entertainment market doubles over five years
Turnover in the German home entertainment market has more than doubled since 1999, when DVDs firstregistered significant business in Germany, according to figures compiled byGfK Panel Services Consumer Research for the video trade association BVV.Revenues from sell-throughand rental videos and DVDs increased by 103% from 1999’s Euros 860m to a ...
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THINKFilm launches kids DVD division
Toronto and New York-basedNorth American distributor ThinkFilm is launching a child-oriented specialtydivision, ThinkFilm Kids, to tap what it calls the expanding "KidVid" DVDmarket children under nine years of age. The division will concentrate oneducational product and has two franchise series available at launch, Braincandy and My First Day. ThinkFilm ...
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Italian production start-up to shoot controversial erotic drama
Cameras will start rollingon March 7 on the controversial adaptation of an erotic diary written by a17-year-old Sicilian schoolgirl, which is being produced by Italian actressFrancesca Neri.The literary sensation,entitled Cento Colpi Di Spazzola Prima Di Andare A Dormire (literally,one hundred brushes before bed time), was written by a student known ...
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McClure leaves First Look and joins 2929
Former First Look Mediageneral counsel and senior vice president of business and legal affairs DougMcClure has joined 2929 Productions as senior vice president of legal andbusiness affairs. McClure will report to 2929president Marc Butan and help the company develop its slate and businessoperations. 2929 produces projects inthe $10m-$40m range and ...
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Wendy finds US home at Wellspring
Wellspring has picked up allUS rights to Thomas Vinterberg's jolting cautionary tale Dear Wendy, which was one of the most talked about pictures atSundance when it premiered in January.Based on a screenplay byLars Von Trier, Dear Wendy starsJamie Bell and Bill Pullman and centres on a group of young misfits ...
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Berlin hit Paradise gets US & UK deals with WIP
WarnerIndependent Pictures (WiP) has acquired all rights in North America and the UKto Hany Abu-Assad's Berlin Audience Award winning drama Paradise Now.The film, which was one of the most talked about at thefestival, follows two Palestinian childhood friends whose planned suicide bombstrike on Tel Aviv is thrown into chaos after ...
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Oscar nominees benefit from pre-awards hype
With a week to go before theOscar winners dominate the charts, the films nominated for best picture wereenjoying their status at the international box office.Leading the pack TheAviator, now on $76.6m internationally, added seven Asian and smaller Europeanterritories including South Korea, Hong Kong and Poland. Handled by KoreaPictures in South ...
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Belfast cinemas reduce ticket prices
Northern Ireland exhibitorMichael McAdam of the Movie House chain of cinemas has hit back at the localWarner Village cinema's 'Cheap Tuesday' promotion, alleging that it is thelatest episode in a long line of promotions that threaten the viability of theexhibition sector in Belfast.The promotion, currentlyavailable at several Warner Village sites, ...
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Bielinski's Aura shines on Celluloid
France'sCelluloid Dreams has picked up international sales rights to The Aura (ElAura), the latest film by Fabian Bielinsky, the Argentinian director ofbreakout hit Nine Queens. Nine Queens and Son Of The Bride star RicardoDarin plays a taxidermist whose fantasies about setting up the perfect crimecome unexpectedly to life. The film ...
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Germany, Brazil sign co-production treaty
Germany and Brazil have signed a treaty to formalise theco-production of films between the two countries. Films co-produced by German and Brazilian companies under thetreaty will qualify as 'national films' and consequently have access toreciprocal benefits such as the German public funds as well as equivalentsources in Brazil.A co-production will ...
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Spring offers hope for Korean box office
April is not considered tobe high season at the box-office in Korea, but in past years it has shown aknack for producing major box-office hits. My Little Bride (2004, $17m local gross), Memories Of Murder(2003, $27m), The Way Home (2002, $20m) and Friend (2001, $38m)have all got off to a ...
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ShoWest awards watch: Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston has been named ShoWest 2005 Female Star of the Year and will collect her award at the closing night ceremony on March 17.Aniston's upcoming roles include the romantic comedy Rumor Has It oppposite Kevin Costner, and the thriller Derailed opposite Clive Owen.Her previous credits include Bruce Almighty, Along ...
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Angola's Hero to open New Directors/New Films in NYC
Zeze Gamboa's Angola-Portugal-France civil war drama The Hero will open the upcoming 34th NewDirectors/New Films 2005 event, which is set to run in New York from Mar 23-Apr3.The picture recently won the inaugural world dramatic competitionat Sundance and takes its place among a varied line-up that includes otherSundance entries Junebug, ...
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De Laurentiis re-affirms Alexander project with DiCaprio and Kidman, to be directed by Luhrmann.
Dino De Laurentiis has announced that he is pressing ahead with plans to shoot his Alexander the Great project, which is set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman and will be directed by Baz Luhrmann. "We will shoot the film in one year's time, and it will be the ...
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NonStop makes host of acquisitions at Berlin
NonStop Entertainment hasannounced the following acquisitions at the recently closed Berlin FilmFestival.From Celluloid Dreams:The Beat That My Heart Skipped, which was awarded the Silver Bear for BestMusic at the Berlinale 2005. NonStop will distribute The Beat in Sweden,Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Me And You And EveryoneWe Know, the US ...
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Eastern European Acquisition Pool adds Slovenian partner.
Berlin-based Eastern European Acquisition Pool (EEAP) has expandedits influence in the Central and East European market with the Slovenian mediacompany Cinemania Group coming onboard as a new shareholder with a 26% stake.The agreement was signed by Cinemania's general manager SretenZivojinovic with EEAP's other shareholders, Berlin-based A Company Consulting& Licensing and ...
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Half A Confession tops 28th Japanese Academy Awards.
Half A Confession(Hanochi), Kiyoshi Sasabe'scourtroom drama about a man who confesses to murdering his wife, has been named2004 Best Picture at the 28th Japan Academy Awards. Based on a best-sellingnovel by Hideo Yokoyama, the film was also one of 2004's biggest domestic hits,grossing $18.1m (Y1.9 bn) for distributor Toei. Half ...