All Screen articles in 26 May 2004 – Page 3
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GreeneStreet reports hot sales on five Cannes features
GreeneStreetInternational sealed a slew of deals at Cannes this year on its slate of fivepictures led by brand new thriller Fade Out written by Michael Cristofer who willalso direct, and starring Billy Bob Thornton and Kate Beckinsale.The film, which is set to start shooting on July 5, waspresold to Village ...
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Beyond Films announces Cannes sales
Beyond Films hasannounced sales as the Cannes Film Festival comes to an end.Cold & Dark, a British horror film in post production starringLuke Goss and Kevin Howarth and directed by Andrew Goth has sold in thefollowing territories:-Japan - Gaga Communications; Mexico - Cine, Video Y Televisio;n Russia -Beliven EnterprisesA Good ...
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Kapur teams with Rings producer for Indian movies
Indian director ShekharKapur (Elizabeth) is teaming up with Lord Of The Rings producerBarrie Osborne for the first time to make two films in India.First up is Paani (Water),a $20m futuristic tale which addresses the issue of water scarcity and featuresa love story set in Mumbai, 15 years in the future. ...
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Exiles (Exils)
Dir/scr: Tony Gatlif.France. 2004. 103minsDirector Tony Gatlif'syearning to return to the land of his childhood is the guiding motivationbehind Exiles, a polished road movie journey of self-discovery thattakes place between France and Algeria. Unfortunately, it is the local colour,vibrant locations and use of music that linger in the memory rather ...
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Edukators picked by Delphi Filmverleih for Germany
Berlin-based distributor Delphi Filmverleih has acquired theGerman speaking rights for Hans Weingartner's Cannes Official Competition entryThe Edukators.Accordingto industry insiders, Delphi successfully fought off stiff competition fromsuch rival bidders as Constantin Film, X Verleih and Concorde Filmverleih. Itis also understood that sales agent Celluloid Dreams had set an asking price ofEuro ...
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The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers
Dir: Stephen Hopkins. US. 2004. 129 minsA tour de forceperformance from Geoffrey Rush is the star attraction and saving grace of The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers, aflashy, highly selective biography of the late comedian. Sellers signaturecharacter was the defective detective Inspector Clouseau but Chance in Being There appears ...
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Clean
Dir/scr: Olivier Assayas.France/Canada 2004. 80 mins.Like his film's heroine,French director Olivier Assayas returns to the straight and narrow in Clean,an emotionally fluent drama that is a world removed from his last film, theexperimental cyber-thriller Demonlover. Another predominantlyEnglish-language venture, Clean sees Assayas working again with Asianstar and ex-wife Maggie Cheung for ...
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BVITV strikes first ever Ukrainian deal
Buena Vista International TV struck its first ever filmlicence deal in the Ukraine this week at the Los Angeles Preview Screenings.It licensed a package of series and feature films tocommercial broadcaster Inter TV in a multi-year deal. Current films covered bythe agreement include Pearl Harbor, The Princess Diaries and Sweet ...
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European Film Awards launch composer category
The European Film Awards will this year carry a new prizecategory, for best European Composer.The award is presented jointly with the World SoundtrackAcademy (WSA) and EFA and the WSA will appoint a nominations committee. Votingfor the prize will be through the European Film Academy (EFA)'s 1,600 members.This year's EFA Awards ...
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The Day After Tomorrow
Dir: Roland Emmerich. US.2004. 125 mins TBA.The box office fate of TheDay After Tomorrow was sealed the moment its trailer hit theatres.Eye-popping scenes of the beleaguered streets of New York City being engulfedby a tidal wave or Los Angeles ripped apart by tornadoes created ripples ofexcitement among audiences itching to ...
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Moonlight acquires Night Falls for Benelux
Dutch distributor MoonlightFilm has licensed Benelux rights to locally made When Night Falls.The psychological thrillerfollows a group of college students who launch their own investigation when thepolice fail to make progress in the hunt for a serial rapist.It is directed by InekeHoutman and adapted from a true story by Frank ...
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Kal Ho Naa Ho dominates Indian Academy awards
NikhilAdvani's Kal Ho Naa Ho walked awaywith eight top honours at this year's International Indian Film Academy awards(IIFA) - Bollywood's equivalent to the Oscar's - bagging best film, bestactress (Preity Zinta), best supporting actor(Saif Ali Khan) and actress (Jaya Bachchan) as well as four out of the fiveawards in the ...
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AUSTRALIA 24 May
Local comedy Thunderstruckwas the fourth most popular film at cinemas on the weekend, taking A$358,890from 162 screens for Icon. While this was well behind the big Hollywoodblockbusters Troy and Van Helsing, it measured up reasonablywell against third placed Twisted,the new release from UIP, which took A$477,471 from 138 screens.Troy and ...
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NEW ZEALAND 24 May
Roadshow's Troyhad no trouble maintaining its title as the most popular film at the box officefor the second consecutive weekend and UIP's Van Helsing held on to second place but three of the next fourspots in the chart were occupied by new releases.They were Columbia TriStar's You Got Served, which ...
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Jolly green giant: Shrek 2 revives summer with $125.3m in five days
Dreamworks' much anticipatedShrek 2 caused the first major eruption of this summer season at theweekend as it opened top on a staggering $125.3m from its first five days,according to studio estimates.If these figures areconfirmed accurate on Monday it will be the biggest Wednesday bow of all time,overtaking The Lord Of ...
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Jolly green giant: Shrek 2 revives summer with $125.3m in five days
Dreamworks' much anticipatedShrek 2 caused the first major eruption of this summer season at theweekend as it opened top on a staggering $125.3m from its first five days,according to studio estimates.If these figures areconfirmed accurate on Monday it will be the biggest Wednesday bow of all time,overtaking The Lord Of ...
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Troy passes $200m worldwide
Troy has passed $200m in worldwide ticket sales as it added $70m in its second weekend for an international running total of more than $145m, according to estimatesreleased by Warner Bros.The picture opened at theweekend in the UK, Italy, Japan and Russia but the distributor did not releasespecific territory details.Combined ...
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Jolly green giant: Shrek 2 revives summer with $125.3m in five days
Dreamworks' much anticipatedShrek 2 caused the first major eruption of this summer season at theweekend as it opened top on a staggering $125.3m from its first five days,according to studio estimates.If these figures areconfirmed as accurate on Monday it will be the biggest Wednesday bow of all time,overtaking The Lord ...
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Van Helsing nears $120m from all markets
Universal's VanHelsing added $14m from 4,400 screens in 38 UIP markets at the weekend toraise its international running through UIP to $111m.Including the$8m running total from 290 screens in the non-UIP markets of Russia, thePhilippines and Iceland, Van Helsing has amassed an industry-wide $119m.The picture passed $100m in all its ...
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Cannes winners list
Cannes 2004: Official Selection PrizesPalme d'OrFahrenheit 9/11 Dir:Michael MooreGrand Prix Du JuryOld Boy Dir: Park Chan-wookBest actressMaggie Cheung in CleanBest actorYagira Yuya in Nobody KnowsBest directorTony Gatlif for ExilesBest ScreenplayAgnes Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri for CommeUne ImageJury prize (jointly)Irma P Hall for The LadykillersandTropical Malady Dir:Apichatpong WeerasethakulCamera d'Or for best ...