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STUDIOS POSITION PRE-STRIKE FILMS AS OSCAR 2002 CAMPAIGN BEGINSStudios are already talking up their powerful line-ups of pictures being readied for Oscar gold in 2002. The number of prestige pictures jostling for release slots in November and December is already formidable. The names in these films are pretty familiar to ...
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Blow
Dir: Ted Demme. US. 2001. 120mins.Using Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson's sprawling masterpiece about the porn industry as a model, Ted Demme's Blow is a solid but unexciting epic about the rise of the US cocaine subculture, told through real-life figure George Jung (now in jail). Johnny Depp gives a ...
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Sydney prepares to welcome Matrix marathon
Warner Bros in Los Angeles and the Premier of New South Wales Bob Carr in Sydney simultaneously announced today that Australia will host production of two sequels to the action thriller The Matrix, Warner Bros' biggest hit to date with a worldwide gross of US$450m. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne ...
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Viacom relents over Blockbuster business
In the week when Disney slashed 4,000 jobs or 3% of its workforce, Viacom has ditched plans to sell video rental giant Blockbuster, after reporting improved business and a boost from DVD.Blockbuster has struggled for several years and Viacom, which is also the parent of Paramount Pictures, MTV and the ...
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Japan's Cine Canon prepares kidnap
Japanese production house Cine Canon is to make a film chronicling the 1973 kidnapping of South Korean president Kim Dae-jung in Tokyo. The picture is to be directed by Junji Sakamoto, who previously directed Face. The incident, was alleged to have been organised by then president Park Chung-hee, in an ...
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One small step for The Dish; a leap for Premiere
Sydney-based Richard Sheffield and Wellington-based Larry Parr will launch New Zealand distribution entity Premiere Filmed Entertainment with the Australian hit film The Dish. The film, which had revenues of $16.8m from Australian cinemas alone will be released mid-year as a joint venture with its producers, Melbourne-based Working Dog. The film, ...
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Germany's Das Werk exceeds earnings expectations
German digital postproduction and production house Das Werk brought some welcome cheer to an otherwise depressed Neuer Markt exchange in Frankfurt by posting a 157% increase in sales for the financial year 2000 to Euro 88.8m, 72% higher than the forecast Das Werk had made on its flotation in August ...
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Til Schweiger enters the ring as Max Schmeling
Germany's leading film export Til Schweiger (Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Der Bewegte Mann) is to play the role of German boxing legend Max Schmeling in the $9m (DM 20m) Joe and Max which will begin shooting in Berlin under the direction of US filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) from this ...
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Hallstrom's confection pleases his local audience
Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom might not have received his Oscar yet, despite two consecutive best picture nominations, but in his home territory he has once again confirmed his box office appeal and status as more than just 'flavour of the month' with the release of Chocolat.Hallstrom, who is based in ...
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Cable giants UPC and PrimaCom merge in Germany
UPC, Europe's troubled cable giant is to combine its German operations with those of PrimaCom, creating the third largest cable player in the country.At the end of 2000, PrimaCom had 1.01 million German cable subscribers chiefly in the Berlin Brandenburg and Saxony Anhalt areas, and a further 297,000 in the ...
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Music publishers sing from the same sheet
German publishing houses Eichborn and Achterbahn have joined forces to launch a company specialising in the devising and marketing of music for national and international feature films, TV productions and commercials.Double Fun will be managed by co-shareholders music consultant Andreas Kirnberger (Conception and Production) and media lawyer Steven A. Reich ...
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Lions Gate gets All Over The Guy for North America
Lions Gate Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Julie Davis' All Over the Guy. The romantic comedy stars Dan Bucatinsky, who wrote the original screenplay based on his stage play. Davis directed I Love You Don't Touch Me and Amy's Orgasm.The new film, which is slated for an ...
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Kinowelt aims international arm at Eastern Europe
Kinowelt International (KI), the in-house world sales arm of Kinowelt, is to re-focus its activities exclusively on Eastern Europe, exploiting films acquired through New Line, Beacon Communications and Alliance Atlantis.Having already recognised the rapid growth in the Eastern European market - a five-year growth rate of 46% compared to 11% ...
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Letter From The Publisher Of Screen International
Due to circumstances beyond Screen's control, it is with great regret that I must inform you that Screendaily.com will cease to operate as a free international news and reviews website with immediate effect.The weekly print edition of Screen International remains unaffected. With almost 10,000 registered users, it is quite clear ...
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER OF SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
Due to circumstances beyond Screen's control, it is with great regret that I must inform you that Screendaily.com will cease to operate as a free international news and reviews website with immediate effect.The weekly print edition of Screen International remains unaffected. With almost 10,000 registered users, it is quite clear ...
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Indian superstar tops Forbes list.
A year after being voted 'Superstar Of The Millenium' for an online BBC poll ahead of such luminaries as Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando and Charlie Chaplin, Hindi cinema actor Amitabh Bachchan, has been ranked at the top of India's most powerful film stars by the Forbes.com web site. Bachchan whose ...
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SingTel set to buy Cable & Wireless Optus.
After months of speculation Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) looks sure to buy Cable & Wireless Optus, Australia's second biggest telecommunications company and parent company of pay TV platform Optus Television.Optus has welcomed SingTel's offer of $2.3 (A$4.57) per share, which values Optus's equity at over $8.5 billion (A$17 billion), but it ...
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Italy's Donatello Awards follow box office lead
After awarding a slew of prizes last year to sleeper hit Bread And Tulips, Italy's film industry nominations again matched local box office success. Nanni Moretti's La Stanza del Figlio, Marco Tullio Giordana's The Hundred Steps and Gabriele Muccino's The Last Kiss led the nominations for Italy's Oscar equivalents, the ...
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Ster Century opens cinemas while awaiting sale
Despite its stated intention of divesting itself of its exhibition interests, South African-owned multiplex operator Ster Century is forging ahead into the bustling Spanish cinema market with two new multiplexes planned for a spring opening.The company's new complexes in Madrid and Basque Country capital Vitoria will open in April and ...
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Istanbul honours Bertolucci, Tavernier, Corman
Bernardo Bertolucci, Bertrand Tavernier and Roger Corman are amongst the film-makers receiving tributes at the 20th edition of the International Istanbul Film Festival. (April 14-29)Other directors being feted at the region's leading film event include Takashi Miike, the Japanese film-maker who made an international impression with the ultra-violent Audition. Spain's ...