All Screen articles in 28 October 2003 – Page 3
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US post outfit Soundelux launches London office
U.S. sound post-production company Soundelux has opened a London office, offering sound supervision and sound editorial services to international feature producers completing their films in the U.K.Supervising sound editor Eddy Joseph will head the new facility. Joseph's credits include Cold Mountain, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and Enemy ...
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Juarez joins Juarez at Spain's Intuition Media
The 29th annual Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain (Nov 8-15) has unveiled the full line-up of films for this year's first edition under new director Porfirio Enriquez.The festival, which also hosts a growing three-day Co-Production Forum (Nov 9-11), has become a key meeting point for Spanish, Portuguese and Latin ...
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Mukta's Ghai lines up Oberoi for Kisna love story
Indian filmmaker Subhash Ghai's next film will be musical love story Kisna with Vivek Oberoi in the title role. Ghai told ScreenDaily.com that Kisna is set in the 1930s and that it will begin shooting in December in the foothills of the Himalayas in India. It is slated for an ...
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Nemo has strong fourth weekend holdover in UK
Finding Nemo continued to plough throughinternational waters as it grossed $6.8m at the weekend to raise its internationalrunning total to $134m.The result wasdriven chiefly by a strong fourth weekend holdover in the UK that saw Nemo drop 34% and stay top for the thirdconsecutive weekend, adding $6.5m for a $36.4m ...
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Zenpix sells four to Screen Media Ventures for domestic DVD and syndicated TV
Santa Monica-based producer and distributor Zenpix has solddomestic DVD/video and syndicated television rights to four theatrical titlesto New York-based international acquisition and distribution house Screen MediaVentures (SMV).The four titles, Vanessa Middleton's in-release romantic comedy 30Years To Life, LisaFrance's family drama Anne B Real, Julia Montejo and Jesus Nebot's thriller No ...
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DENMARK
As expected Constantin Film's release of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol.1 slaughtered last week's chart-topping children's film Brats, cutting it down 73.1%. Bill's 37 prints scooped 25,635 admissions, where as Brats' 104 prints took just 19,472, which was still enough for a second place in front of the Coen-brothers' Intolerable ...
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Football Days (Dias De Futbol)
Dir: David Serrano. Spain. 2003. 118mins.There should be much interest in Football Days (Dias De Futbol) at the upcoming MIFED market, considering the film's breakneck climb up the Spanish box office chart and the cast and crew repeats from last year's biggest local box office hit and hot international seller, ...
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Love Me If You Dare (Jeux D'Enfants)
France-Belgium. 2003. 93 mins.To rework an old Jean Cocteau pronouncement, just as there was painting before and after Picasso, there is French cinema before and after Amelie - as some local scribes are putting it with some alarm, there is the "Amelie Poulain-ization" of French movies. As evidence of this, ...
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Telecinco turns back on Hollywood output deals
Spanish broadcaster Telecinco has confirmed a significant shift inits film acquisitions and production policy, turning its back on lengthy Hollywoodcontracts in favour of more selective pacts with both US indies and local suppliers.Opting for cost-cutting multi-title package deals with leading US producersand mini-studios rather than long-term output agreements with the ...
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Lions Gate finally swallows Artisan to create indie giant
Lions GateEntertainment has agreed to buy Artisan Entertainment for $160m plus assumptionof Artisan debt believed to be up to $85m, bringing to an end an auctionprocess that has lasted five months.The deal - whichis subject to anti-trust regulatory approval and is expected to be completed bythe end of the year ...
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Lions Gate swallows Artisan to create indie giant
Lions GateEntertainment has agreed to buy Artisan Entertainment for $160m plus assumptionof Artisan debt believed to be up to $85m, bringing to an end an auctionprocess that has lasted five months.The deal - whichis subject to anti-trust regulatory approval and is expected to be completed bythe end of the year ...
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Cinema People's Academy takes shape in India
Hindi film producer Smita Thackeray has announced the launch of a new Indian film-industry body called Cinema People's Academy. Modelled on the US Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), it will also be create a new Awards ceremony for Hindi Film industry. The other major objective of the ...
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LXG nears $100m for Fox
Fox International's TheLeague Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) is poised to cross $100m later this week after a $6.8m weekend haulraised its international running total to $96.3m.The fantasy-adventure openedto modest success in its final five territories, including a $16,000 number onebow on six screens in Bolivia, and enjoyed a good second ...
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Cruelty leads international pack with $13.1m
Final weekend figuresreleased by Universal have confirmed Intolerable Cruelty as the weekend's number one international filmon $13.1m from 2,405 sites in 22 countries.Helping the black comedy onits way to an $18.9m international running total was a table-topping bow inAustralia on $1.7m from 228 sites including previews. It took 23% market ...
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New York's Emerging Pictures teams up for China shoot
New York-based Emerging Pictures is teaming with China Film and two Hong Kong companies - Media Asia and the Chinachem property group - to co-produce Fei, the second feature from mainland-born director-producer Ann Hu. The film, which started shooting in China last week, features Chinese stars Zhou Xun (Hollywood Hong ...
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Twins Effect stars double up again for Roses
After developing a taste for action in The Twins Effect, Hong Kong singer-actresses Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi have signed up to star in action comedy Black Roses (working title), to be co-directed by Donnie Yen and upcoming director Barbara Wong Chun-chun.Carl Chang, the former CEO of Emperor Multimedia Group ...
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Beaune conference ends upbeat, but down on US
The 13th annual Rencontres Cinematographiques de Beaune in France was a generally upbeat affair, but also one that marked the departure of lobbyist, Pascal Rogard. The Rencontres, which is organised by France's association of writers, directors and producers (ARP) was founded by Rogard (who remains as managing director of ...
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Working Title readies New Zealand Number
Writer/director Toa Fraser's Number 2 looks like being the first New Zealand film to secure the involvement of Working Title Australia (WTA) - and the third feature since Tim White opened the company's Sydney office in November 2000.While the board of the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) has offered its ...
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Singh's Videovision to handle Maqbool sales
Anant Singh's South African company Videovision Entertainment has signed a landmark deal with Indian production outfit Kaleidoscope Entertainment to handle international sales for critically acclaimed Indian film Maqbool. Producer Bobby Bedi's Maqbool, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, is set against the backdrop of the Mumbai underworld and stars Om Puri, ...