All Screen articles in 27 January 2005 – Page 5

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    Elektra pins hopes on overseas rescue

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Fox International's Elektra begins its international assault in earnest with debuts inthe UK, Mexico, Brazil and South Korea on Jan 21 on 350, 350, 176 and 81screens respectively.The comic book adaptation has taken $2.3m from the earlystages of its run and executives will be hoping for stronger returns than thoseposted ...

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    Vine libary titles find Dream ticket

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Los Angeles-based production and international salescompany Dream Entertainment has acquired all rights to select titles from VineInternational Pictures' UK-based film library.The titles include:* Alan Rudolph's thriller Equinox starring Marisa Tomei, Mathew Modine andLara Flynn Boyle; * the drama Prince Of Jutland starring Christian Bale, Gabriel Byrne, Kate Beckinsale and HelenMirren; ...

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    Picture This! picks up domestic rights to The Great Water

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    PictureThis! Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Ivo Trajkov'sMacedonian foreign language Academy Award submission The Great Water. Basedon the novel of the same name by Zhivko Chingo, The Great Water traces the childhood of a high ranking elderlycommunist party member who is approaching death. IdaMartins, president of German ...

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    here! Films takes US rights to Sundance competitor

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Sales consortium Latido International has closed a deal withhere! Films for North American distribution rights on Spanish film Unconscious(Inconscientes), which is competing in theWorld Cinema competition at Sundance. Unconscious headlinesnew Almodovar muse Leonor Watling (Talk To Her) and local star Luis Tosar (Mondays In TheSun, Take My Eyes) in the ...

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    Empire brings Italy's Caterina to US

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Empire Pictures has picked up Paolo Virzi's coming-of-age story Caterina In The Big City (Caterina Va In Citta) and plans a US release on April 8 in New York and Los Angeles followed by a nationwide arthouse rollout. The picture, which was a sizeable hit in Italy when it opened ...

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    Berlinale lifts lid on 'sassy' Forum programme

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 10-20) hasunveiled the full programme of the 35th International Forum of New Cinema, which focuses largely on films by new and youngdirectors.The programme, which is one of the key festival strands alongsidethe main competition, Panorama, the Kinderfilmfest and the Perspektive DeutschesKino, is billed by ...

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    Bangkok Film Market earns plaudits

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The second running of the Bangkok Film Market (BFM) earnedwarm plaudits from many of the participants. While claims that the event would generate $250m of salesbusiness were always highly dubious and the volume of corridor traffic droppedsharply after day one, it seems that the site of business shifted away from ...

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    Docurama acquires ex-Sundance six-pack

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Docurama, the US home entertainment specialist distribution label for non-fiction titles,has picked up a raft of previous Sundance titles and plans to release themthroughout the year.The titles are:* Sundance 2004 entry The Arthur Dong Collection: Stories From The War OnHomosexuality containingComing Out Under Fire,Family Fundamentals,and Licensed To Kill;* Carlos Bosch ...

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    HONG KONG 21 January

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    National Treasure held on at the top of the Hong Kong box office butAlexander stormed in behind it, grossing US$348,131 for second position in itsopening week. Distributed by GoldenHarvest's Panasia label, Oliver Stone's sword-and-sandals epic scored a healthyscreen average of US$11,604. Meanwhile, Kung-fu Hustle, which dropped tothird position, continues to ...