All Screen articles in 25 September 2005 – Page 3
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April Snow (Wae Chul)
Dir: Hur Jin-ho. S Kor.2005. 105mins.Coming after ChristmasIn August and One Fine Spring Day, April Snow shows HurJin-ho be as gentle and romantic as ever - and as likely to enjoy successfulbox office.Once again he concentrateson strong emotions, showing as slow, deliberate and sensitive a touch as he hasdone before, ...
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Not Here To Be Loved (Je Ne Suis Pas La Pour Etre Aime)
Dir: Stephane Brize. Fr.2005. 95mins.French director StephaneBrize's second feature after Hometown Blues (1999), Not Here To BeLoved is more a slow, intimate study of two repressed characters than astraightforward romantic comedy. The film's measured dosing of humour andpassion takes its cue from the tango music, which is central to the ...
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Walk The Line to open AFI FEST in Nov
AFI FEST 2005will open on Nov 3 with James Mangold's Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line, one of the early awards seasoncontenders that stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.The line-up, announced earlier today, includes 16 worldpremieres and 17 North American premieres.Among the worldpremieres are Penelope Spheeris' comedy The Kid And ...
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Richard Kline gets ASC lifetime achievement honour
Richard H Klinebecame the latest cinematographer to be inducted into the American Society ofCinematographers' (ASC) lifetime achievement hall of fame at a luncheon inHollywood yesterday (20).Kline receivedtwo Academy Award nominations in 1968 and 1977 respectively for Camelot and King Kong, and his credits include Body Heat,The Andromeda Strain, Soylent Green, ...
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AFM trumpets record 410 registered exhibitors
A record 410exhibitors have registered to attend the upcoming AFM in Santa Monica from Nov2-9 in what organisers say will be the largest event in the market's history.The 15% increaseon last year's exhibitor attendance is generated by a record pool of 33countries, including for the first time companies from Vietnam, ...
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Ninja title Shinobi set for US remake
In a greeting to the audience on September 17, theopening day of his new film Shinobi, director Ten Shimoyama announcedthat a Hollywood company has offered to remake his ninja actioner - even beforeits release in Japan. Distributor and international sales company Shochiku hadscreened a 10-minute show reel of the film, ...
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Cramer joins Universal as production evp
Peter Cramer (pictured)has left New Regency Productions and joined Universal Pictures as executivevice president of production.Based at thestudio lot in Burbank, Cramer begins work today (Monday) and reports topresident of production Donna Langley and incoming president of production JonGordon."Peter isan incredibly talented executive who has great taste and sharp instincts,"Langley ...
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Lord Of War
Dir/scr: Andrew Niccol.US. 2005. 121mins.Andrew Niccol has always been a fascinating writer,exploring decidedly catchy, low-fi concepts about the collision of humanity andmodernity, while also showing a consistent distrust of authority.His list of credits aswriter-director includes the under-heralded sci-fi drama of Gattaca, thebloated Hollywood-goes-digital satire Simone, and of course thescreenplay for ...
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The World's Fastest Indian
Dir/scr: Roger Donaldson.NZ. 2005. 127mins.The latest RogerDonaldson is a natural born winner through and through. An inspiring real lifestory of a man who dared in his late sixties not only to dream but to go on andaccomplish his dreams against all odds, The World's Fastest Indian hasall the hallmarks of ...
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Economists weigh up impact of UK film industry
The UK film industry is asubstantial contributor to the UK economy, directly contributing £960m to GDPand employing 31,000 people, according to a new report published today byOxford Economic Forecasting.Published at a sensitivetime for the film sector - the Treasury's consultation period on its tax creditproposals ends on October 21 - ...
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
Dirs: Nick Park, Steve Box.UK. 2005. 85mins.A delirious blend ofwhimsy and wit, the long-awaited Wallace & Gromit feature is sure tocharm all who encounter it. Having already opened in Australia - just ahead ofits Toronto appearance - to substantially better figures than those forAardman's previous feature, the buoyant Chicken Run, ...
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
Dirs: Nick Park, Steve Box.UK. 2005. 85mins.A delirious blend ofwhimsy and wit, the long-awaited Wallace & Gromit feature is sure tocharm all who encounter it. Having already opened in Australia - just ahead ofits Toronto appearance - to substantially better figures than those forAardman's previous feature, the buoyant Chicken Run, ...
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Twelve and selling: Cuesta drama logs first deals
Hot Toronto title Twelve And Holding, directed byMichael Cuesta, has sold to several major territories, including the UK, Franceand Australia.Handled internationally by Fortissimo Films, the drama is aboutthree 12-year-olds on the cusp of becoming teenagers who cope in different wayswith the death of a companion.With a notable performance by young ...
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Cry Wolf
Dir: Jeff Wadlow. US.2005. 90mins.There are more twiststhan jolts in Cry_Wolf, the teen thriller whose script helped debutantfeature director Jeff Wadlow take first prize - a $1m production grant - in theChrysler Million Dollar Film Festival.Wadlowproves himself a worthy winner of the competition (created by Doug Liman'sproduction outfit Hypnotic and ...
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El Dorado picks up sales rights to Garci catalogue
Mocha Aguilar'sstart-up Spanish sales house El Dorado Internacional has picked up rights on acatalogue of films from Academy Award winning director-producer Jose LuisGarci. The catalogue includes all ofGarci's films, including new feature Ninette, one of three currentfinalists pre-selected for Spain's nomination to this year's foreign-languageOscar.Also included isthe director's 1982 Oscar ...
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Canada gives Oscar nod to C.R.A.Z.Y.
Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y. has been selected as Canada's submission for the foreignlanguage film Oscar category.A smash hit in the provinceof Quebec, where it has earned C$5.4m to date, the French-language title wonthe best Canadian feature prize at the recently wrapped Toronto InternationalFilm Festival.Marc-Andre Grodin stars asZac, the sexually confused and ...
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Graham, Calderwood take key Pact roles
Wall To Wall chief executiveAlex Graham is to become the next chair of UK producers body Pact, while SlateFilms managing director Andrea Calderwood has been named vice chair, film.Both stood unopposed for thekey positions, which will come into effect from January 2006. MalcolmBrinkworth, managing director, Touch Productions, was also named ...
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White Masai takes top spot at German box office
The White Masai,directed by Hermine Huntgeburth, has become the second local film this yearafter Til Schweiger's Barefoot to take the number one spot at the Germanbox-office.The love storybetween cultures between a Swiss businesswoman and a black Masai warrior hadbeen primarily targeted by distributor Constantin at female audiences, althoughthe Euros 7m ...
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Tokyo festival unveils Asian focused line-up
With a sharper focus on Asian and Japanese films, theTokyo International Film Festival (Oct 10-30) has announced its line-up for its18th edition.The opening film will be Riding Alone for Thousands ofMiles, Zhang Yimou's new film about an elderly man embarking a researchtrip in China for his dying son. Star Ken ...
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