All Screen articles in 28 November 2005 – Page 4
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Hill to get retrospective at French Cinematheque in LA
Walter Hill willintroduce a special screening of The Driver as part of an 11-picture retrospectiveat the French Cinematheque in Los Angeles.The event kicksoff on Nov 19 and features such titles as Southern Comfort, 48 Hours, TheWarriors and The LongRiders.Hill's creditsinclude Last Man Standing, Undisputed and Will Bill. The retrospective will ...
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Sundance Channel licenses two docs from Film Sales Co
The Film SalesCompany has licensed US rights to two documentaries to the Sundance Channel- Mercedes Moncada Rodriguez' Nicaraguan El Immortal and David Redmon's Mardi Gras: MadeIn China.El Immortal premiered at the Sundance Film Festivaland went on to play at Berlin. It explores the effect of the Contra/Sandanistacivil war through the ...
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Howl's Moving Castle scores DVD chart triple
Three DVD editions of HayaoMiyazaki's hit animation Howl's MovingCastle grabbed the top three spots in the latest Oricon chart released onNov 22.Occupying the number oneslot was the stand-alone DVD, which sold 708,000 units in its first week onrelease, followed by the special edition, a four-disc set that includes a "makingof" ...
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Hong Kong film industry explores US business ties
Agroup of Hong Kong film industry figures is expecting to increasebusiness activities with the US following a trademission organised by the US Consulate General'sCommercial Service in Hong Kong. A delegation of senior executives from sevenHong Kong film companies took part in the second ImaginAsian Film Trade Mission (Oct24 - Nov ...
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Fortissimo gets ready for Battle
Dutch-HongKong-based sales agent Fortissimo Films is to plunge deeper into the territoryit carved out on Seven Swords by investing in the US$16m martial artsepic A Battle Of Wisdom, directed by Hong Kong's Jacob Cheung.Fortissimohas also acquired international sales rights to the title, which stars HongKong's Andy Lau (House of Flying ...
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Darwin's Nightmare proves to be an Austrian dream
When the InternationalDocumentary Film Festival Amsterdam opens in the Dutch capital on Thursday (Nov24) it will feature two documentaries from the same country on the same topic.The overlap is not due tosome error by the selection committee: the films in question - each Austrianand dealing with food politics - are ...
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Tsotsi, Henderson share Denver audience awards
The 28th DenverInternational Film Festival ended on Saturday night with a gala screening of BrokebackMountain and theannouncement of the juried award-winners. The festival is sponsored by StarzEntertainment Group.The audience award for best feature was shared betweenStephen Frears' Mrs Henderson Presentsand Gavin Hood's Tsotsi, bestdocumentary went to Donnie I Betts' Music ...
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Apted starts UK shoot for Walden's Amazing Grace
Director Michael Apted has started principal photography on Amazing Grace, a feature film about antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce.The film is a Walden Media production. Terrence Malick and Ed Pressman are producing for Sunflower Productions with Patricia Heaton and David Hunt for FourBoys Films as well as Ken Wales, Mark Cooper ...
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Dimension picks up domestic on Dead Or Alive
Dimension Filmshas acquired acquired North American distribution rights from Constantin toCorey Yuen's video game adaptation Dead Or Alive.The long-gestating project is based on Tecmo's game andfollows three women as they fight their way through a martial arts contest.Devon Aoki,Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Matthew Marsden, Jaime Pressly, Eric Roberts andnewcomer Holly ...
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New ending Pride on 12 UK screens
Universal plans a 12-screenUK release of the alternate version of Pride & Prejudice that was recentlyunveiled in the US. The US version of the film has an extended ending thatwasn't seen during the original UK release. Starting November 25,United International Pictures will release the extended version in select UKand Irish ...
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Greengrass starts shooting 9/11 re-enactment at Pinewood
Director Paul Greengrass has started principal photography on his9/11 feature film Flight 93 for Universal Pictures and Working Title Films in associationwith Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, The Bourne Supremacy) started shooting Flight 93 at the UK's Pinewood Studios on November14, and shooting will continue on location in the UK ...
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