All Screen articles in 26 May 2004 – Page 5
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Media Asia initials racing deal with Japan
Hong Kong producer and seller Media Asia has struck one ofthe largest ever intra-Asian deals for its forthcoming car-racing thriller Initial D.The film, which goes into production in Japan on June 2, hasbeen bought jointly by Gaga Communications and Avex Inc, the multimedia companywhich has previously handled the Japanese comics ...
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New film festival set for Amazon
In conjunction with thegovernment of Amazonas, Le Public Systeme has announced the creation of a newfilm festival in Amazonas, Brazil.Le Public Systeme is thegroup behind the Deauville Festival of American Film, the Cognac ThrillerFestival and the Gerardmer Fantastic Film Festival. Amazonas will be an adventure-themed event but will includeaspects of ...
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Coalition to dial 911'
The Weinstein brothers areclose to buying back Fahrenheit 9/11from The Walt Disney Co, but they are no nearer to deciding on a third-partydistributor. Which is curious because the brothers require that the MichaelMoore movie hits US theatres in six weeks time on July 2.Word on the Croisette has itthat the ...
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The Holy Girl (La Nina Santa)
Dir/scr.Lucrecia Martel Arg-Spain-It. 2004. 106minsThecombination of Catholic anxiety and female sexual awakening is hardly a novelone in auteur cinema, but it receives an idiosyncratically oblique treatment inThe Holy Girl. Director-writer Lucrecia Martel made her name with debut TheSwamp (La Cienaga), which marked her out as a central figure of thenew ...
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GreeneStreet, Kosinski take Fade Out into pre-production
GreeneStreetFilms and Geyer Kosinski have commenced pre-production on writer-directorMichael Cristofer's psychological thriller Fade Out starring Billy BobThornton and Kate Beckinsale.Kosinskiis producing with GreeneStreet's John Penotti and Fisher Stevens.Principal photography is scheduled to begin on Jul 5 and GreeneStreet FilmsInternational is representing worldwide rights in Cannes.FadeOutisabout a fragile screenwriter confused by ...
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Look At Me (Comme Une Image)
Dir/scr:Agnes Jaoui. France. 2004. 110minsFiveyears after her hugely successful directorial debut Le Gout Des Autres,Agnes Jaoui rewards her impatient admirers with Look At Me (Comme UneImage), a wise and witty ensemble exploration of individuals attempting toovercome their own insecurities and the wounding tyranny of other people'sexpectations. Reminiscentof vintage Woody Allen, ...
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Palm Pictures picks up Larry Clark's upcoming Wassup Rockers
Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures has acquired worldwide rights toand will go into production on Larry Clark's upcoming Los Angeles youth drama WassupRockers.Production is due to begin in Los Angeles this summer and Palmexpects to release the film theatrically in North America in 2005. WouterBarendrecht and Michael Werner's Fortissimo Films will ...
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Toronto megastudio bid down to final two
The bid to builda megastudio in Toronto has narrowed to two finalists: a local film studioplayer and a famous outsider.On the home frontis Toronto Film Studios, which operates the city's largest facility. The othercontender is Pinewood-Shepperton Studios, the UK-based operators of England'stwo most famous soundstages.According to theToronto Economic Development Corporation ...
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Berry, Jackson, Young on board at LAFF
Halle Berry andSamuel L Jackson will serve as honorary co-chairs of the 2004 Los Angeles FilmFestival, which runs from Jun 17-26 and will also feature the services ofsinger and film-maker Neil Young as artist in residence.Berry will host closing night festivities and hand out two TargetFilmmaker Awards for best narrative ...
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Odeon appoints new chief executive
The UK's Odeon Cinemas has appointed Tim Schoonmaker as itsnew chief executive, taking over from Richard Segal, who left the company lastAugust.Schoonmaker joins Odeon from media group Emap Plc. where heworked in general management across a number of Emap's businesses and was chiefexecutive of Emap Performance and chairman of Emap ...
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Do Angels Fly scoops Hartley-Merrill screenwriting prize
Croatia'sIva Kapetanovic haswon top honours at the 15th Annual Hartley-Merrill International ScreenwritingPrize for her harrowing war drama Do Angels Cry.England'sDavid Grieg was runner-up with his Scotland-set thriller The Darkest Hour and third prize went toMexico's Mauro Altschuler for Julia, about a world of children without adults.All threewere presented with their ...
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Shrek 2 scores record $11.8m opening day
Shrek2 gotoff to a storming start at the US box office on Wednesday (19), grossing anestimated $11.8m for the biggest ever mid-week opening of an animated picture."Thiswas a spectacular opening and one that exceeded all of our expectations,"DreamWorks head of distribution Jim Tharp said in a statement."Wehad hoped to come ...
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