All Screen articles in 26 May 2000 – Page 3
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Yes takes private route after cancelling IPO
UK video-on-demand (VoD) pioneer Yes Television is to seek private finance having today called a halt to its London stockmarket flotation for the second time. Earlier this month Yes TV cut its planned sale price from 225p-275p a share to just 175p in an effort to get the float away ...
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Stockmarket turbulence halts UPC takeover of SBS
The creation of a European cable, Internet and free TV giant was halted today when UPC said that it could no longer afford the share issue it planned for the acquisition of SBS Broadcasting.Mark Schneider, chairman and CEO of Dutch cable giant UPC, said: "Because of the continuing turmoil in ...
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Goldwyn, CanWest team up for Australia's Sex
Samuel Goldwyn Films and CanWest Films have jointly acquired US rights to Australian title Better Than Sex from France Television Distribution (FTP). The romantic comedy, a first effort by Jonathan Teplitsky, will be released through Goldwyn and CanWest's joint distribution venture, IDP Distribution (Screendaily, April 10).The film, which stars ...
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Gielgud dies aged 96
Actor Sir John Gielgud, whose career spanned eight decades and roles as diverse as Lear and Hobson the butler in Arthur, died peacefully at his home in Buckinghamshire west of London yesterday. He was 96.Although renowned for his stage career - he played Hamlet more than 500 times - Gielgud ...
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Highlight grabs pics from Miramax, Nu-Image
Switzerland's Highlight Communications has extended its relationship with Miramax International and grabbed a ten-picture deal with Nu Image. From Miramax, Highlight has bought three more titles including John Cusack-starrer Serendipity, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck-headed Bounce and the all star Wakin' Up In Reno. The ten pictures from Avi Lerner's ...
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NWR, Nordisk team up for Rampage, Kuppet
Fledgling Danish production outfit NWR ApS, which teams long-time collaborators Nicolas Winding Refn and Henrik Danstrup, has signed a two-picture output deal with Scandinavian major Nordisk Film for distribution and international sales. The two new features are Martin Schmidt's Rampage, a youth thriller with a twist written by Dennis Jurgensen, ...
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AltaVista lines up three to follow Bitch
Mexican start-up production company AltaVista Films - which has its second feature, Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros) in Cannes competition - is prepping a slate of Spanish-language films to shoot before the end of the year.First up out of the new production house is Fernando Sarinana's Smoke In Your Eyes ...
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PHF, Patagonik, Surf extend Sabrina tie-up
Spanish-French joint production venture PHF is developing two feature films in a three-way arrangement with Argentina powerhouse Patagonik Film Group and Italy's Surf Film. The three partners recently wrapped A Night With Sabrina Love (Una Noche Con Sabrina Love), starring Cecilia Roth and Giancarlo Giannini for director Alejandro Agresti. The ...
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Fantastic Factory ready for chopsocky action
Spanish mini-studio The Filmax Group is developing an "Asian-style action movie" for its Fantastic Factory genre film division, according to Factory co-producer and director Brian Yuzna. "The money we would usually put into effects we'll put into stunts," Yuzna said. Filmax plans to bring in Asian talent to further develop ...
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New Zealand boosts production with $10m fund
New Zealand's prime minister Helen Clark has put aside $10.8m (NZ$22m) for a feature film production fund, a huge commitment for a country with a population of less than four million people. It is envisaged that the fund will assist about 10 films at the rate of two or three ...
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Kinowelt on board for next Rivette pic
Germany's Kinowelt has boarded the next film from French director Jacques Rivette, Va Savoir, which is to start shooting this summer. The film, which is being produced by Pierre Grise Productions' Martine Marignac and co-produced by Italy's Mikado, is currently being cast. The deal was brokered by Roissy Films' Raphael ...
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Cuaron, Vergara launch Anhelo production outfit
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron and the producer of his latest film Y Tu Mama Tambien, Jorge Vergara, have formalised their relationship in a new production company Anhelo to make Spanish and English-language films, some of which Cuaron will direct. The outfit has already boarded Guillermo Del Toro's ghost story The ...
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Von Trier dances away with Palme d'Or
Danish director Lars von Trier, always prepared to experiment with genre, technology and his own reputation, took the Palme d'Or with Dancer In The Dark at Cannes.While the critics have argued that this may not have been the best film von Trier's ever made, none were left unmoved by his ...
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