All Screen articles in 3 June 2004 – Page 3

  • News

    FINLAND 1 June

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    RolandEmmerich's ecological disaster extravaganza, The Day After Tomorrow, easily blew away the other action flicks, Troy, Van Helsing and Kill Bill Vol.2, off the top of theFinnish chart with its impressive Euros 6,199 screen average on its 52 prints.Troy has ten moreprints, but dropped 52% to a low Euros 1,357 ...

  • News

    IRELAND Production Listings - June 1 2004

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    IRELANDPRE-PRODUCTIONAURORA ISLAND(Magma Films [Irl], Art Oko Film [Ger]) Co-prods: Future Film [UK]. Budget:Euros 5m. Backers: Buena Vista [Ger]. Dist: Buena Vista (Germany) andMoviehouse (UK). Thriller. Exec prods: Ralph Christians, Stephen Margolis,Michele Berk. Prods: Karel Dirka, Clodagh Freeman. Dir: Peter Medak. Scr:Agatha Dominik, Robert Newton. DoP: Elemer Ragalyi. Prod des: Michael ...

  • News

    Increased cinema-going prompts new cinemas in Malaysia

    2004-05-31T04:00:00Z

    Withthe robust growth in cinema attendance, Singapore-based exhibitor CathayCineplexes is beefing up its presence in Malaysia with plans to add 13 newcinema screens across the straits.A 10-screenmultiplex with over 2,000 seats will be sited at Cineleisure Damansara, anentertainment complex in Kuala Lumpur similar in concept to Cathay's Singaporeflagship nine-screen Cineplex.Another ...

  • News

    Italian distributors stock up on Cannes titles

    2004-05-31T04:00:00Z

    Italian distributors have returned from Cannes laden withfilms, including Terrence Malick's TheNew World, Thomas Vinterberg's DearWendy, and Spike Lee's She Hate Me.Eagle Pictures picked up all Italian rights to hot markettitle The New World, which is sold byNew Line. The upcoming film, about Pocahontas, American natives and Europeanexplorers, stars Colin ...

  • News

    Wong Kar Wai takes on kung fu grandmaster

    2004-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai has set his sights on the life story of Ip Man (pictured), the real life kung fu master of the legendary star Bruce Lee, as the subject of his next film. A spokesperson of Wong's production outfit, Jet Tone Films, said that Ip's ...

  • News

    ... but Shrek holds North American lead

    2004-05-31T00:00:00Z

    According to studio estimates for the first three days of the Memorial Day long weekend, Shrek 2 outperformed The Day After Tomorrow domestically, grossing about $73.1m against Day's $70m - and retained the first place in the box office charts.Shrek 2's performance also broke the record for second-weekend highest grosser, ...

  • News

    Shrek 2 stays top over record Memorial Day weekend

    2004-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Shrek 2 won a record Memorial Day weekend clash ofthe titans, beating Fox's The Day After Tomorrow into second place as itadded the biggest second weekend of all time to comfortably pass $250m.The Dreamworks animatedsequel added $92.2m for $257m over the four-day holiday weekend here, thebiggest ever Memorial Day weekend ...

  • News

    ...but Shrek 2 holds North American lead

    2004-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Shrek 2 won the Memorial Day weekend battle over Fox's TheDay After Tomorrow, staying top of the US charts in its second weekend asit added a record $92.2m over four days for a $257m running total.Roland Emmerich'seco-disaster picture opened strongly on $86m and took around $70m in its firstthree days, ...

  • News

    The Day After Tomorrow thunders across the world

    2004-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Fox International's TheDay After Tomorrow grossed an estimated $82.7m at the weekend internationalbox office, thundering across the globe with the kind of elemental ferocitythat defines Roland Emmerich's effects-laden story.Executives at the distributorsaid the amount was the biggest international opening of all time for anon-sequel, adding that the figure included some ...

  • News

    Troy passes $200m at international box office

    2004-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Troy passed $200m at the international box office at theweekend with an estimated $39m haul on 9,764 screens in 58 countries thatraised the Warner Bros picture's running total to $216mKey drivers were $4.1m on506 screens in its second weekend in the UK for $18.9m and second place behindFox's The Day ...

  • News

    Troy passes $200m at international box office

    2004-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Troy passed $200m at the international box office at theweekend with an estimated $39m haul on 9,764 screens in 58 countries thatraised the Warner Bros picture's running total to $216mKey drivers were $4.1m on 506 screens in its second weekendin the UK for $18.9m and second place behind Fox's The ...

  • News

    Van Helsing raises international total to $131m

    2004-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Universal's VanHelsing added an estimated $6.5m on 4,300 screens in 42 territories at theweekend, raising its industry-wide international running total to $131m.It grossed$6.2m on 4,100 in 39 UIP territories for a $122.2m UIP total.VanHelsing fell 48% in the UK on $1.5m on 434 for $24.7m and ranked thirdbehind The Day ...

  • News

    Edinburgh sets a date for Motorcycle Diaries

    2004-05-28T04:00:00Z

    The Motorcycle Diariesis to open this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, it was announcedyesterday.Walter Salles's epic account of the 1952 motorbike journeyacross Latin-America undertaken by the then 23-year-old Ernesto 'Che' Guevaraand his 29-year-old friend Alberto Granado won the Ecumenical Prize at theCannes Festival earlier this month. Though controversially snubbed for ...

  • News

    German producer urges local cinema to get global

    2004-05-28T04:00:00Z

    Just three weeks before the German Film Awards on June 18,X-Filme creative pool's Stefan Arndt has called for German film producers toshow more self-confidence and a greater global approach.In a guest commentary for the Berlin daily newspaper DerTagespiegel, Arndt writes "producers are not particularly popular inGermany. The first larger financing ...

  • News

    Celluloid Dreams celebrates its 'most successful' Cannes

    2004-05-28T04:00:00Z

    HengamehPanahi, head of French sales powerhouse Celluloid Dreams, has confirmed theacquisition of Todd Solondz's upcoming Palindromes.Panahi toldScreenDaily.com that the new film is almost complete and will be submitted tothe Venice Film Festival. The acquisition was made just before Cannes.Along with Palindromes, Celluloid also acquiredrights outside the US and UK to ...

  • News

    Vivendi Universal reports improved Canal Plus results

    2004-05-28T04:00:00Z

    The CanalPlus Group has reported first a quarter operating income of Euros 74m for 2004- a Euros 29m improvement on the first quarter of 2003. Figures were releasedThursday by parent company Vivendi Universal.Canal Pluswas a strong presence at Cannes this year with a blowout bash in a secludedvilla and broadcasting ...

  • News

    Rialto announces five Cannes pick-ups

    2004-05-28T04:00:00Z

    Cannes Grand Jury winner OldBoy, the thriller by director Park Chan-Wook, is one of five films pickedup for distribution in Australian and New Zealand by Rialto Entertainment.The distributor is likely to release Old Boy this year but hold the controversial The Woodsman, the debut feature by director Nicole Kassell starringKevin ...

  • News

    Malaysia censor approves Kill Bill - but only Vol 2

    2004-05-28T04:00:00Z

    Quentin Tarantino's KillBill Vol 2 has been passed by Malaysia's censorship board with a 18certificate - although Kill Bill Vol 1 was never released in theterritory.Local distributor SunnyFilm, which is releasing Vol 2, didnot even bother to acquire the first part, knowing that it would never beapproved by the censorship ...

  • Reviews

    Somersault

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Cate Shortland.Australia. 2004. 106 minsA haunting little story ofsex, guilt, love and all the confusion in between, Somersault marks aquietly impressive feature debut from writer-director Cate Shortland after astring of award-winning shorts. The interaction between a number of complex,interestingly developed characters is set against the unusual beauty of remoterural ...

  • Reviews

    Mondovino

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Dir:Jonathon Nossiter. US-France. 2004 159minsSomewherewithin Jonathan Nossiter's bloated, self-indulgent new documentary Mondovinothere may lurk a fascinating hour-long offering, perfectly suitable for a spoton cable TV, that explores the contemporary world of wine but one would be hardpressed to find it. Thedirector of the genuinely affecting Sunday (1997) and the ambitious ...