All Screen articles in 30 March 2003 – Page 4
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BVI opens The Recruit at number one in Spain
Buena Vista International's TheRecruit grossed $3m at theinternational box office over the weekend for a $6.5m international runningtotal.Opening number one in Spain,the spy thriller grossed $1m on 229 screens. Opening in China, ittook $400,000 on 180 screens and was the top grossing US picture of theweekend. The Mexican bow yielded ...
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Harry passes $600m for Warner, local hits flourish
Warner Bros' Harry PotterAnd The Chamber Of Secrets hasbecome only the third picture in history to pass $600m at the international boxoffice.The family sequel, based onJ K Rowling's best-selling book series, has conjured up an estimated $604m. Thetwo biggest international pictures are Titanic ($1.2bn, Fox 1997) and Harry Potter And ...
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Fox pulls in $11.3m over the weekend with Daredevil
Fox's Daredevil grossed $11.3m over the weekend, setting a couple ofrecords along the way and raising its international cumulative score to $36.3m.Leading off a raft of mostlynumber one openings, the comic book adaptation grossed $1.9m on 304 screens inAustralia for the second biggest industry March opening ever. It took $2.8m ...
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World premiere of If You Were Me to open Korea's Jeonju fest
The fourth Jeonju International Film Festival in South Korea will screen the world premiere of If You Were Me, an omnibus collection dealing with human rights and shot by six leading Korean directors, as its opening film. Produced and financed by Korea's Commission on Human Rights, the omnibus collection ...
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Irreversible passed uncut for UK video, DVD release
Following its uncensored release in UK cinemas, Gaspar Noe's controversial Irreversible has been passed uncut for video and DVD release by the British Board of Film Classification. The film has been given an '18' certificate, but it will also contain consumer advice on the strong language, nudity and violent ...
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Lolafilms closes sales on Raggy Boy
Spanish production, distribution and sales house Lolafilms has closed a string of deals in Latin America, Europe and beyond on Sundance hit Song For A Raggy Boy.From director Aisling Walsh, Raggy Boy stars Aidan Quinn and Iain Glen in the true story of a man's struggle against the violent regime ...
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Argentina wins big at Fribourg
Argentinian cinema was the big winner at this year's Fribourg International Film Festival which closed on Sunday March 23 with the $21,500 (SFR 30,000) Regard D'Or going to Carlos Sorin's Historias Minimas.In addition, the Special Jury Award went to Luis Ortega's feature debut Caja Negra and the General Public Award ...
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UK government film minister addresses the industry
UK film minister Kim Howells has ruled out a levy on cinema tickets to compensate for the decline in lottery revenue, the government's main source of funding for the UK film industry. Speaking at the UK Cinemas Conference in London, Howells said: "Even though cinema admissions are rising we would ...
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France's Springtime Of Film programme records 2.5m admissions
France's exhibition federation, the FNCF, has announced that 2.5 million tickets were sold during its recent Springtime of Film programme. The event, a three-day promotion where admission is slashed to Euros 3 - less than half normal price - in 5,500 cinemas across the country, is four years old. 2003 ...
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Blockbuster faces Canadian lawsuit over late fees
Dallas-basedvideo rentailer Blockbuster may be facing a class-action suit in Quebec overits late fee policies after a judge granted class status to a group ofBlockbuster customers in the province. Thesuit, which targets the company's late-fee revenues over the past 11years, alleges that Blockbuster's fines are 'abusive' and aviolation of the ...
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Far From Heaven sweeps Spirits, but war is top topic
Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven swept the board at the IFP Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in Santa Monica, winning all five of its five nominated categories including best feature, best director for Haynes and best actress for Julianne Moore. It was the first ever Spirit win for the film's ...
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Hong Kong distributor moves into production finance
Hong Kong distributor Panorama Entertainment has unveiled plans to co-finance up to five Chinese-language movies this year, starting with comedy-drama Ho Qing (Erotica), a co-production with China Star Entertainment. The $2.5m film, which started shooting today (March 24) in Hong Kong, stars Louis Koo and Eason Chan as a pair ...
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Bringing Down The House is top for third weekend
With the televised war and a lack of major openers creating the lowest domestic box office in two months, Buena Vista's Bringing Down the House held on to top spot for the third successive weekend, grossing an estimated $16.2m for an $83.4m running total.The comedy has traded strongly on its ...
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The Bottom Of The Sea (El Fondo Del Mar)
Dir: Damian Szifron. Argentina. 2003. 90 mins.The new independent company Aeroplano looks like it has a winner on its hands with the drama comedy The Bottom Of The Sea. This lively but mature piece combines a very individualistic vision with a firm grasp of entertainment value that will make it ...
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Chicago's best picture, but The Pianist wins director, actor
Chicago was named best picture at the Academy Awards ceremony last night in Hollywood but Roman Polanski's The Pianist almost pipped it to the post, winning in best director, actor and adapted screenplay categories. It was a surprising turn of events, with the holocaust drama upsetting a long-anticipated sweep for ...
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FULL LIST OF ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS 2002
Best picture Chicago (Miramax Films) Martin Richards, producerBest director Roman Polanski The PianistBest actor Adrien Brody The PianistBest actress Nicole Kidman The HoursBest supporting actor Chris Cooper AdaptationBest supporting actress Catherine Zeta-Jones ChicagoBest original screenplay Pedro Almodovar Talk To HerBest adapted screenplay Ronald Harwood The PianistBest foreign language film Nowhere ...
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Col TriStar takes another $6.1m with Revolution's Maid
Columbia TriStar/Revolution's Maid In Manhattan grossed an estimated $6.1m on 2,850 screens over the weekend, raising its international tally so far to $33.4m.Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) opened the romantic comedy strongly in Thailand, where it went to number one on $205,000 from 34 screens. In another impressive bow ...
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