All Screen articles in 29 August 2003 – Page 2
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Hayek, Sundance among PGA diversity honorees
Salma Hayek, writer-director John Singleton, Hawaiian film-makerChristine Walker and the Sundance Institute's Native American InitiativesProgramme are to be honoured for their diverse producing work by the ProducersGuild of America (PGA).The 2nd Annual Celebration of Diversity is due to take place inLos Angeles on Oct 1 and recognises producers whose work, ...
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Alliance Atlantis takes on international rights to Moon
Alliance Atlantis hasacquired international rights to writer-director Robert Lepage's Far Side ofthe Moon. Adapted from Lepage'seponymous stage play, and starring Lepage in two roles, as competitive twinbrothers, the film explores the notion of duality against the backdrop of theUS-Soviet space race. The film makes its world premiere at the TorontoInternational ...
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Alliance takes international rights to festival-bound Moon
Alliance Atlantis hasacquired international rights to writer-director Robert Lepage's Far Side ofthe Moon. Adapted from Lepage'seponymous stage play, and starring Lepage in two roles, as competitive twinbrothers, the film explores the notion of duality against the backdrop of theUS-Soviet space race. The film makes its world premiere at the TorontoInternational ...
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Pirates aims to haul more international gold
Pirates Of The Caribbean looks set to continue its international dominance this upcoming weekend with releases in the key territories of Germany, Italy and Korea.Buena Vista International's family adventure has been a late summer arrival outside the US and has wasted little time in making waves.Pirates boosted its international running ...
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Kurosawa's Doppelganger to open Pusan
The Pusan International Film Festival has released the lineup for its 8th edition (October 2-10) featuring 244 films in all, with a strong focus on Asian cinema.Opening the South Korean festival will be the international premiere of Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Doppelganger, a philosophical thriller about a man who meets ...
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Benelux distributor falls for Kitano's style
Start-up Dutch distributor Bright Angel achieved something of a coup by snatching Benelux rights to hot Venice competition title Zatoichi. The film is possibly director Takeshi Kitano's most commercial and accessible to western audiences for several years. Bright Angel, which only launched in May, also bought Italian title Ora O ...
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New Benelux distributor falls for Kitano's style
Start-up Dutch distributor Bright Angel achieved something of a coup by snatching Benelux rights to hot Venice competition title Zatoichi. The film is possibly director Takeshi Kitano's most commercial and accessible to western audiences for several years. Bright Angel, which only launched in May, also bought Italian title Ora O ...
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Agata and The CardPlayer lead rare Italian pre-sales
In what stands as one of the rare times Italian films are pre-sold to international distributors, Rome sales agent Adriana Chiesa Enterprises (ACE) has already found a host of buyers for Bread And Tulips director Silvio Soldini's new comedy, Agata And The Storm, and Dario Argento's upcoming thriller, The CardPlayer. ...
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Weiss responds to Germany Film Academy critics
Germany's State Minister for Culture Christina Weiss has responded to growing criticism of her support for the setting up of an AMPAS-style German Film Academy by stressing the independence of the annual German Film Awards.Earlier this year Weiss voiced her support for a German Academy after a group of key ...
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The Return (Vozvrashcheniye)
Dir. Andrei Zvygatinsev. Russia, 2003. 105 min.This intimate, almost metaphysical study of rebellion against parental authority does everything a Hollywood picture doesn't. Not only because it is refreshing to see, for a change, that adolescence does not relate only to sexual glands, but also because it takes a considerable risk ...
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Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Dir: Roberto Rodriguez. US 2003. 101 mins.You have to give Roberto Rodriguez his due: he's nothing if not ambitious. Take the title of his new film. With a dose of homage and a dose of parody and a slug of bare-faced presumption, Once Upon A Time In Mexico declares its ...
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Italy's Lady Pictures picks up Matrubhoomi
Indian film Matrubhoomi - A Nation Without Women has been picked up for distribution in Italy by independent player Lady Films. In Scandinavia it has been acquired by local major Svensk Filmindustri. Sales are handled by France's Mercure International and Films Distribution, which reports discussions for other European territories and ...
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HUNGARY
Following its success in its opening weekend with the year's third strongest opening performance, T3 is still holding strong across Hungary, in the capital as well as in all of the country's larger cities. In its shadow following the relative success of Monsoon Wedding, SPI International, the country's youngest distributor, ...
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The Human Stain
Dir: Robert Benton. US. 2003. 104 mins.Or The Human Blot, depending on your point of view. It's not that Miramax' early autumn Oscar rollout is a bad film: it's just that it doesn't quite work up the energy to be a good one. True, the pairing of Kidman and Hopkins ...
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The Human Stain
Dir: Robert Benton. US. 2003. 104 mins.Or The Human Blot, depending on your point of view. It's not that Miramax' early autumn Oscar rollout is a bad film: it's just that it doesn't quite work up the energy to be a good one. True, the pairing of Kidman and Hopkins ...
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Lawson, Libby promoted, Lewis rehired at US PR firm MPRM
Publicity veteran Michael Lawson has been promoted to senior vicepresident at mPRm Public Relations and Chris Libby to director as part of arestructuring of the company's film practice.James Lewis will also be returning to the company as a senioraccount executive in film."Michael Lawson's elevation to head of the film practice ...
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The Dreamers
Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci. UK. 2003. mins.The Dreamers is not the masterpiece that some were expecting. But neither does it betray the return to form that was announced by Bernardo Bertolucci's 1998 chamber drama, Besieged. This is an infinitely more intelligent, edgy and intriguing film than, say, Little Buddha. Its main ...
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Miramax plots new Spanish distribution strategy
Miramax Films has terminatedits relationship with Spain's Lauren Films and is moving ahead with a newstrategy for releasing its films in the territory, the company's COO Rick Sandstold ScreenDaily yesterday.Sands was responding tostatements made by Lauren's new COO Francesc Guardans which claimed that Lauren is stilllooking to salvage its relationship ...
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France's Vincent Cassel joins Ocean's Twelve
Continuing his foray into Hollywood, French actor Vincent Cassel has taken a role in Stephen Soderbergh's upcoming sequel to Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve. Cassel's Paris-based agent, Laurent Gregoire of Intertalent confirmed the news to Screendaily on Wednesday.Ocean's Twelve will reunite the all-star cast of the 2001 hit which included George ...