All Screen articles in 4 September 2001 – Page 2
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Studio Ghibli's new film to be directed by rival
Studio Ghibli, whose Spirited Away is breaking Japanese box office records, has embarked on a new feature, based on Howl's Moving Castle, a children's fantasy novel by British author Diane Wynne. But in a first for the studio, the director is not Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata, the two ...
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Danish action-comedy sequel to film in Sweden
The follow-up to the first and so far only Danish action-comedy In China They Eat Dogs, which was well received by audiences and critics alike in 1999, Old Men In New Cars (In China They Eat Dogs 2), is getting ready to shoot in Sweden, after regional fund Film I ...
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Taylor in the pink as amFAR raises $700,000
All eyes were on the glowing, pink-attired Elisabeth Taylor, at the second glittering AmfAR gala to be held during the Venice film festival. The auction of luxury items during the Friday night (Aug 31) event raised more than $700,000 in support of the American Foundation For AIDS Research, organisers confirmed ...
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Mikado grabs Italian rights to Lagaan epic
Rome-based distribution outfit Mikado has scooped up Italian rights to Ashutosh Gowarkier's sprawling Bollywood epic, Lagaan (aka Once Upon A Time In India). Mikado's Luigi Musini said the distribution company had picked up the film after it screened at the Locarno Film Festival in August, where it met with an ...
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I Capture The Castle finally to shoot this month
I Capture The Castle, BBC Films' adaptation of the acclaimed book by The Hundred And One Dalmatians author Dodie Smith, is to start shooting in three weeks after nearly six years in development.Subject to casting, the £5.7m project has finally come together a patchwork of independent financing from operations including ...
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Spanish industry mourns veteran Rabal
Spanish actor Francisco (Paco) Rabal died Wednesday August 29 on his way home to Spain from the Montreal World Film Festival, where he was part of a tribute this week.Rabal was also scheduled to receive a Donostia Award at next month's San Sebastian International Film Festival. The Spanish Festival released ...
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L'amore Probabilmente ( Probably Love )
Dir: Giuseppe Bertolucci. Italy, 2001. 112 mins.Towards the end of Giuseppe Bertolucci's new film, the director's voice can be heard off-camera, pondering one of those fundamental questions: "Do I really want to make this film, or do I just want to dream it'" One can't help feeling that the latter ...
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How unlucky was UK's Lucky Break'
The hottest national holiday weekend Saturday since 1871 may have contributed to it, but Lucky Break pitiful UK opening weekend box office of (£348,613) from 270 sites nationwide suggests a . Screen International's Nick Hunt tracks the development of the movie that everyone expected to be a hot hit.1998-99In the ...
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Brazil sees Rouge, French go Ape
20th Century Fox had good cause to celebrate this week as two of its films, Planet Of The Apes and Moulin Rouge took control of the international box office. Openings in several major territories including a hugely successful launch in France, helped Tim Burton's re-imagining of the 1968 sci-fi classic ...
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FCC greenlights three new Oz films
The Australian Film Finance Corporation (FCC) has greenlighted the desert drama Japanese Story from the creative team that made local sleeper Road To Nhill, and starring Toni Collette. The other two projects getting FCC approval are Blurred, the first in a series of low-budget films supported by UK sales agent ...
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Germany's KirchMedia acquires Splendid package
In a deal worth Euro 23.3m, KirchMedia has acquired the free- and pay -TV rights to a 22-film package from Splendid Film for the German market, including Traffic, Gangs Of New York, Dr T & The Women and Cutaway. Commenting on the deal, KirchMedia's deputy chairman Fred Kogel welcomed "the ...
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Liberato's outfit boards Gucci
Andrea De Liberato's Rome-based production outfit Poetiche Cinematografiche, which produced Venice 58 competition title Luna Rossa, has boarded director Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov's upcoming film, currently known as Gucci.The Tajikistan filmmaker's new project, about three young street thugs who carry out robberies so that they can buy designer clothes, starts shooting later ...
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Italian government set to agree film tax shelter
For the first time in post-war history, the Italian government looks set to ratify a national tax shelter to help fund the entertainment industry. Speaking during a talk held at the Venice Film Festival, Carmelo Rocca, the cultural department under-secretary, confirmed that Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani is fully backing the ...
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Shaolin Soccer kicks Rush Hour 2 into touch
Despite a high-profile marketing campaign, Hong Kong's hottest star, Jackie Chan, was unable to outperform local competitor Shaolin Soccer on their mutual home ground. After 11 days on release, Chan's martial arts action comedy had grossed $1.3m (HK$10.5m) through Sunday August 26, while during the same period Soccer ...
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Germany's Kinowelt on the verge of bankruptcy
Two days ahead of the publication of its half-yearly figures, debt-ridden German media group Kinowelt Medien joined the ranks of the so-called "penny stocks" as trading on Wednesday sent the share price down by some 17% to a new all-time low of Euro 0.90.The latest slump in the share price ...
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Bridget Jones's Diary records $100m
On a weekend that saw a sharp disappointment for UK box office hopeful Lucky Break, UK mega-hit Bridget Jones's Diary passed the $100m international box office mark, having debuted in several territories, including Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and Finland. Distributed in most international territories by UIP, the romantic comedy has taken ...
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UK's Film Council looks for European partners
The UK's Film Council is eager to collaborate with other European film funding bodies in the fields of development and nurturing filmmaking talent. The first collaborative venture is already being prepared by the Fund with France's CNC on the making of a series of shorts to be shot in both ...
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Gas Attack
Dir: Kenny Glenaan. Scotland. 2001. 70 minsA troubling blend of stark facts and alarming fiction, Gas Attack belongs to a long tradition of controversial British documentary-dramas that includes the nuclear attack landmarks The War Game (1965) and Threads (1984). Told with all the urgency of a breaking news story, ...
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Cairo Film Festival celebrates 25 years
Cairo International Film Festival, which for the past 10 years has been recognised as a competitive event by international producers' body FIAPF (and remains one of only 11 festivals to be given this A-grade status), celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a retrospective of some of the most important ...
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