All Screen articles in 29 August 2003 – Page 7
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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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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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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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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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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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ARGENTINA
Two local films reign among the top five in Argentina. Romantic road comedy Cleopatra slipped off its perch to third place by the entry of Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life. Nonetheless, Cleopatra attracted just 2,464 admissions less on 58 screens compared to the adventure sequel which opened ...
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Imagining Argentina
Dir. Christopher Hampton. UK/Spain, 2002. 107 min.If there is anything disturbing in this misconceived project by celebrated scriptwriter and occasional director Christopher Hampton, it is not its contents, though it should have been, but the simple fact that an experienced person like him, who only last year was highly praised ...
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Imagining Argentina
Dir. Christopher Hampton. UK/Spain, 2002. 107 min.If there is anything disturbing in this misconceived project by celebrated scriptwriter and occasional director Christopher Hampton, it is not its contents, though it should have been, but the simple fact that an experienced person like him, who only last year was highly praised ...
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Hamburg to give Huppert top award
French actress Isabelle Huppert is to become the latest recipient of the Douglas Sirk Prize during this year's Filmfest Hamburg (Sept 19-26).The Prize, which goes to a personality who has made a special contribution to film culture through their work, will be presented to Huppert by Hamburg's Culture Senator Dana ...
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Block's Decibel takes a shine to Danish Midsummer
US remake rights to Danish newcomer Carsten Myllerup's thriller Midsummer have been picked by Bill Block's DecibelEntertainment, which plans to move its story from the Swedish woods to warmerclimates on Hawaii. "At this point we don't know who will star in or direct the film,"Danish producer Rasmus Thorsen of Cosmo ...
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Slamdance winner Living bought for US by Cowboy
New York-based distributor Cowboy Pictures has acquired ElliotGreenebaum's comedy Assisted Living, this year's grand jury prizewinner at the Slamdance FilmFestival that also won the jury prize and audience award for best film at the2003 GenArt Film Festival.Greenebaum's debut featuretells the story of stoner who strikes up an unlikely friendship with ...
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Celador puts faith in porn and poker
Celador Films, the film arm of the UK TV outfit behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire', has added two non-fiction books to its bustling development slate - porn trade story Once More With Feeling and professional poker player book Big Deal.Once More With Feeling is Victoria Coren and Charlie ...
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Intolerable Cruelty
Dir: Joel Coen. 2003. 100 mins.The Coen brothers paradox is simply stated: why have critical plaudits and a substantial international fanbase never translated into big box-office results' Fargo was praised to the skies but performed disappointingly; while O Brother Where Art Thou, the Coens' best earner to date, did what ...
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In The Forest heads for the trees
In surprise turn of events, Venice artistic director Moritz de Hadlen has withdrawn Indian film In The Forest...Again (Abar Arannye) from the Upstream competition two days before the end of the festival - because the title has just screened at the rival Montreal Film Festival.According to Venice's regulations, any film ...
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India's In The Forest heads for the trees
In surprise turn of events, Venice artistic director Moritz de Hadlen has withdrawn Indian film In The Forest...Again (Abar Arannye) from the Upstream competition two days before the end of the festival - because the title has just screened at the rival Montreal Film Festival.According to Venice's regulations, any film ...
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Green light for Red Light Runners
Shooting has started in London on Red Light Runners, a heist film starring Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, Cillian Murphy, Crispin Glover, Rich Hall, Kate Ashfield, Peter O'Toole and Roy Scheider.Directed by Nick Egan, the film tells the story of a rogue CIA operative in London on a covert mission to ...
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ICELAND
It was the teenagers' weekend at the box-office in Iceland, where they managed to sink Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean from the number one spot with the third instalment of the American Pie-franchise American Pie: The Wedding. With an impressive 1,604 admissions screen average on its four prints, Samfilm's release ...
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Last Life In The Universe
Dir: Penek Rattanaruang. Thailand/US/Netherlands. 2003. 110 mins.There is a lot to be said for the theory that a territory only really comes of age when it develops a credible arthouse cinema. If this is true, then Thailand can finally join the big boys. Last Life In The Universe is the ...
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Last Life In The Universe
Dir: Penek Rattanaruang. Thailand/US/Netherlands. 2003. 110 mins.There is a lot to be said for the theory that a territory only really comes of age when it develops a credible arthouse cinema. If this is true, then Thailand can finally join the big boys. Last Life In The Universe is the ...