All Screen articles in 3 June 2003 – Page 2
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Carandiru is Brazil's all-time top grossing local film
Hector Babenco's prisondrama Carandiru has become thehighest grossing Brazilian film of all time in its home territory according tolocal distributor Columbia TriStar. In terms of admissions, it hasjust overtaken 1989's family smash Princesa Xuxa E Os Trapalhoes which attracted 4.018m moviegoers.As of June 1, 2003, Carandiru has raked in $9,053,066 ...
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Wellspring acquires US rights to two Cannes titles
US distributor Wellspring has acquired US rights to two filmswhich played at this year's Cannes Film Festival - Alexander Sokurov's FIPRESCIprizewinner Father And Son and Jafar Panahi's Crimson Gold, winner of the Jury Prize in the UnCertain Regard section.Both acquisitions continue Wellspring's association with thefilm-makers, following its US release of ...
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The Last Customer/Il Grido D'Angoscia Dell'uccello Predatore 20 Tagli D'Aprile
Dir: Nanni Moretti. Italy 2003. 23/27minsSometimes a short work from a major film-maker can give more pleasure than an epic feature from a lesser talent. That is certainly the case with Nanni Moretti's The Last Customer, a warm-hearted salute to a family pharmacy business that had become an institution in ...
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X2 takes another $5.5m for Fox
X2: X-men United grossed just over $5.5m on 4,670 international screens over theweekend to raise its running total to $177.1m.Fifth week highlights include $600,000 from 430 screens in France(38% drop) for a $16.8m cumulative score and $289,000 from 297 in Spain for$10m (also a 38% drop).In Mexico the sci-fi sequel ...
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UIP, BVI seal theatrical pact for Scandinavia
United International Pictures (UIP) and Buena Vista International (BVI) are to rationalise their theatrical distribution operations in parts of Scandinavia.BVI will close its distribution operations in Denmark and sub-distribute its films through the Danish branch of UIP. In Finland the situation is reversed; with UIP closing and instead routing its ...
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RCV wraps up a dozen Cannes buys
Dutch distributorRCV Entertainment bought a dozen high profile English-language titles at Cannes. Although the prices paid have notbeen disclosed, the company's willingness to pre-buy so many titles that haveyet to go into production underlines the competitiveness of the Dutch market. RCV'sshopping list was headed by Monkeyface, the racing ...
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Flanders festival changes awards policy
In the light of the present crisis in arthouse distribution, Ghent's Flanders International Film Festival (FIFF) will be revising its awards policy for the 30th edition from October 7-18.While the festival will be increasing the total prize money by 10% to just over Euros 81,000, the major change is that ...
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Taormina announces June festival line-up
The 49th Taormina BNL FilmFest, directed for the fifth consecutive year by Felice Laudadio, will screen 50 feature films during the event's eight days, 10 as world premiers and 16 as international premiers.Announcing the line-up Laudadio expressed his delight at being able to use Taormina with the aim of helping ...
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Disney/Pixar's Nemo finds new animated BO record
Finding Nemo's $70.6m domestic number one bow rewrote the record books over the weekend as the Disney/Pixar collaboration scored the biggest opening ever for an animated film. The superb three-day estimated total overtook the previous high-water mark set by Pixar stablemate Monsters, Inc, which opened on $62.5m in Nov 2001. ...
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Kinderfilmfest tribute for Iran's Mohammad Ali Talebi
Iran's Mohammad Ali Talebi is to receive the first ever showcase at a film festival of a selection of his feature films with the staging of a Director's Portrait by this year's Kinderfilmfest during the Munich Film Festival (June 28-July 5).Among the five films being shown are his 1992 film ...
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Matrix Reloaded hits $250m in third week int'l box office
The Matrix Reloaded grossed $56m in 62 countries over the weekend, according to estimates released by Warner Bros. The sci-fi sequel's total now stands at $250m in its third week in international markets. Figures for the opening in Indonesia will become available on Monday. However, the film is expected to ...
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Huesca gets 1,400 submissions for shorts competition
Reflecting the importance of the short film format as a calling card for young talents, the Huesca Film Festival of Spain (June 5-14) said it received more than 1,400 submissions for its parallel international and iberoamerican short film competitive sections.Of those presented, 53 were chosen from 27 countries for the ...
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Spruill heads up Kodak's Entertainment Imaging division
D Brian Spruill has beennamed vice president and general manager of worldwide sales operations andmarketing for Kodak's Entertainment Imaging division.His role includescoordinating the work of four strategic product groups and the company'sworldwide sales and marketing operation.Spruill has held a number ofsales, marketing and strategic planning management posts since joining Kodak ...
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The Mother
Dir: Roger Michell. UK. 2003. 112minsA finely-shaded performance from veteran British actress Anne Reid is the shining centre of The Mother, a shrewd and believable portrait of an older woman's belated revolt against a life of quiet desperation. A thoughtful companion piece to the kind of themes previously explored in ...
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The Fog Of War
Dir: Errol Morris. US. 2003. 95minsErrol Morris's latest documentary/essay, The Fog Of War, is a brilliant, nuanced examination of the career of Robert S McNamara, who served as secretary of defence in the US cabinet during the Vietnam War. Owing to its intellectual, moral and political complexity, the film, which ...
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Finding Nemo sinks the competition
Disney/Pixar's FindingNemo made a splash overthe weekend as it scored the biggest ever bow for an animated film, opening onan estimated $70.6m.The latest pieceof wizardry from Pixar, the studio behind Monsters Inc and Toy Story, was doused in critical praise andaveraged $20,924 from 3,374 venues.It is the fifth consecutive number ...
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Columbia Asia to back new film from Stephen Chow
Columbia Pictures FilmProduction Asia (CPFPA) has announced that it is backing the next film fromHong Kong megastar Stephen Chow, an action comedy tentatively titled Kung FuHustle, which is scheduled to startshooting in China on June 27. One of Asia's hottest stars,Chow has directed and acted in a string of hits ...
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Plenus plans merger with Korea's online game giant, NetMarble
Plenus Entertainment, parent company of South Korean major Cinema Service, has unveiled plans to merge with Korea's largest online game company NetMarble. The announcement comes only months after the collapse of a planned merger between Plenus and rival studio CJ Entertainment.NetMarble, which has been 51% owned by Plenus since ...
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Spain's Filmax starts shooting The Machinist
Filmax began principal photography Monday on Brad Anderson's The Machinist, a 100% Spanish production shooting for eight weeks in Barcelona.The English-language film stars Christian Bale (American Psycho), Jennifer Jason Leigh (ExistenZ), Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (I Am Not Scared), John Sharian (Saving Private Ryan) and the young Matthew Romero.The story turns on ...
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Paltrow out, Deneuve in on cast of Russell's Huckabee's
After news this week that Gwyneth Paltrow had pulled out of David O'Russell's forthcoming I Love Huckabee's, casting has been confirmed with French doyenne Catherine Deneuve set to topline alongside Dustin Hoffman.The film, which also stars Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts, will begin shooting in Los Angeles in ...