All Screen articles in 30 March 2000 – Page 3
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Election scoops top Spirit Awards
Election, the dark high school comedy produced by MTV Films and distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures, won three top prizes at the IFP West Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday afternoon (March 25).The sweep echoed themes brought up by many winners and speakers at the event that the ...
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Junkersdorf slams Germany's proposed media law
Producer Eberhard Junkersdorf, chairman of the German Federal Film Board (FFA)'s administrative council, has lashed out at German finance minister Hans Eichel for his planned revisions to legislation governing private media funds in Germany.Speaking in Berlin at an event where the FFA distributed almost $12.7m (DM25.4m) of retroactive support to ...
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Yes inks VoD supply deal with u-direct
Yes Television, the UK's pioneering video-on-demand (VoD) group, has signed its second content supply deal within a week of announcing plans to float on the stockmarket (Screendaily, Mar 21).Yes has inked a deal with Digital Broadcasting Co (DBC), which trades as u-direct films, to create a u-direct channel on Yes' ...
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United Artists takes int'l rights to Songcatcher
United Artists Films (UAF) has acquired international rights to Maggie Greenwald's Songcatcher, which won the Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Performance at this year's Sundance Film Festival.Songcatcher, which stars Oscar nominee Janet McTeer and Aidan Quinn, is produced by ErgoArts in association with the Independent Film Channel (IFP). The ...
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Hofer set to quit Babelsberg
Germany's Studio Babelsberg has been rocked by the news that a second executive - Arthur Hofer - is to exit the production centre near Berlin, following the departure of studio boss Friedrich-Carl Wachs at the end of February (Screendaily February 14).Hofer, who moved Babelsberg from Munich's Bavaria Studios in 1997, ...
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Splendid profits surge on back of library titles
German rights trader Splendid Medien improved its profits last year thanks to the performance of its library and video titles.Gross earnings (EBITDA) rose 43% from $9.9m (DM19.8m) to $14.1m (DM28.3m) in 1999, while operating profits soared from $1.8m (DM3.6m) to $5.1m (DM10.3m). Net profits after tax and the $4.6m (DM9.3m) ...
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Artcam acquires Wenders title at Film Days
Czech distributor Artcam Prague acquired rights for the Czech Republic to Wim Wenders' Buena Vista Social Club at this year's European Film Days held March 9-19 in Prague and March 20-29 in Brno.Wenders' Road Sales and French sales outfit Roissy-Celluloid are selling the film. Meanwhile Czech distributor Sunfilm, which specialises ...
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Sverak to follow Kolya with Dark Blue World
Czech director Jan Sverak is gearing up to shoot World War II drama Dark Blue World (Tmavomodry Svet), his first film since 1996 foreign-language Oscar-winner Kolya.The $6m film, which cranks up next week, is about Czech pilots in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during WWII. The script was written by ...
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Dir: Mary McGuckian. UK. 2000. 95 mins.Prod cos: Pembridge Pictures in association with Sky Pictures and Isle of Man Film Commission. Int'l Sales: IAC Film & Television (+44 207 801 9080). Exec prods: McGuckian, John Lynch. Prods: McGuckian, Elvira Bolz, Chris Roff. Scr: McGuckian, Lynch. DoP: Witold Stok. Prod des: ...
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Lagardere profits down but media boosts sales
French media and aerospace group Lagardere has reported a 13.9% decrease in profits during the 1999 financial year to $235m (FFr1.58bn), compared to $268m (FFr1.8bn) in 1998. However revenue was up 14.9% over the same period to $12bn (FFr80.5bn), from $11.8bn (FFr79.1bn) in 1998, with the growth mostly attributed to ...
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Intractor appointed Imax Enterprises president
Imax Corporation has appointed Richard Intrator to the newly created position of president, Imax Enterprises and executive vice president, Imax Ltd. New York-based Imax Ltd handles the administrative side of the giant-screen company's business. Imax Enterprises, a new subsidiary, will be devoted to new business development. Intractor was ...
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Beauty blossoms on Oscar buzz
Zoolander led a formidable pack of films launching in the UK at the weekend, but Harry Potter and Spy Game remained the true box office winners.The latest comedy from Ben Stiller won the battle of the openers this week landing in second place with a respectable performance of $965,076 ...
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Full List Of Oscar Winners
72nd Annual Academy Awards: Full List of Winners(US and international distributor listed where appropriate)PictureAmerican Beauty (DreamWorks SKG/UIP)Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks, producersDirectorSam Mendes, American Beauty (DreamWorks SKG/UIP)ActorKevin Spacey, American Beauty (DreamWorks SKG/UIP)ActressHilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)Supporting ActorMichael Caine, The Cider House Rules (Miramax/Miramax International)Supporting ActressAngelina Jolie, ...
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Almodovar wins Foreign Language Film for Spain
Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film last night, ending a triumphant year which began last April with the film's Spanish release.The prize came 12 years after his first nomination ' in 1988 for Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. ...
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American Beauty wins 5 Oscars including Picture
As expected American Beauty won the major Oscars at the 72nd annual Academy Awards ceremony, winning in five categories - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography.The $15m production which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year was the first film to win the ...
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VCL takes 25% stake in next two Terminator films
Germany's VCL Film+Medien is to take a 25% stake in the next two Terminator films being produced by Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna's C2 Productions and Japan's Toho Towa.VCL, which went public last year, will get a 25% share of world revenues in all media and an option on the ...
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Star forms alliance with India's UTV
Rupert Murdoch-owned Star TV is taking a 12% stake in Indian broadcaster United Television (UTV), and has formed a strategic alliance with the company to jointly produce content intended for movie theatres, the Internet and TV.Under the terms of the deal, UTV and Star's Indian subsidiary, Star TV India, will ...
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Asian veteran Sogabe leaves Columbia TriStar
Kunikazu Sogabe has resigned from his post as vice president of FarEast/Asia for Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI)to pursue other interests in the Asian region.Sogabe, who was appointed to his current post in Feb 1998, has been withCTFDI for 23 years. He joined in 1977 as an international departmentmanagement ...
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Warner Japan wins Government Trade Award
Warner Bros Pictures Distribution, Japan, will receive Japan's Ministerof International Trade and Industry Award for Best Motion PictureImporter/Distributor of the Year in a ceremony to take place in Tokyo onApril 21. William Ireton, managing director, Warner Bros PicturesDistribution Japan, will accept the award on behalf of Warner Bros.The award is ...
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Jean Prewitt appointed president of AFMA
Jean M Prewitt has been named president of the American Film Marketing Association (AFMA), the LA-based organisation which represents the independent film industry in the same way the MPAA relates to the major studios. AFMA has 180 member companies.Prewitt was previously a principal with Podesta.com, a Washington-based lobbying and public ...