All Screen articles in 5 December 2000 – Page 3

  • News

    Australia's Showtime bags rights to Star Wars pics

    2000-11-30T17:32:00Z

    All four Star Wars movies will be shown on Australian pay-TV channel Showtime next year, following a deal between Showtime parent company Premium Movie Partnership (PMP) and 20th Century Fox. PMP chief executive Bob Donoghue believes it will be the first time that all four films will be shown as ...

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    MGM in talks to launch pay channel in Germany

    2000-11-30T16:43:00Z

    MGM Worldwide Television Group is in talks to launch a movie channel in Germany, according to Financial Times Deutschland.Simon Sutton, MGM Worldwide TV's senior vice president, international pay & free television, said in an interview that negotiations with the Kirch group had recently stalled and new talks are underway with ...

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    Kinowelt, Der Spiegel mull joint TV venture

    2000-11-30T16:39:00Z

    German mini-major Kinowelt is considering joining forces with the on-line arm of weekly magazine Der Spiegel and Alexander Kluge's Development Company for TV Programmes (DCTP) to set up an ad-financed TV channel, tentatively named IDE, in Berlin from next spring.According to the marketing weekly magazine w&v, the station, which intends ...

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    101 Reykjavik whips up a storm in Norway

    2000-11-30T13:54:00Z

    Icelandic feature 101 Reykjavik, directed by Baltasar Kormakur, made an impressive entry into the Norwegian box office in fifth place. The film, distributed by SEG, grossed $49,154 from eight screens during its first week on release, easily beating fellow opener Urban Legends: Final Cut, distributed by ECT, which made $33,423 ...

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    Dragotto re-teams with Hausfater at Intermedia

    2000-11-30T11:11:00Z

    Former Buena Vista Film Sales (BVFS) vice president Michael Dragotto is re-uniting with his erstwhile boss Jere Hausfater at sales, financing and production entity Intermedia.Dragotto takes up the newly-created position of executive vice-president, motion picture group, worldwide distribution. He will report to Jere Hausfater, who previously headed BVFS.The appointment comes ...

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    Artificial Eye, Metro Tartan unite for UK video

    2000-11-30T11:09:00Z

    Artificial Eye Film Distribution and Metro Tartan Films - two of the leading independent distributors of non-English language films in the notoriously tough UK market - are banding together to set up a jointly owned video company.The operation will be headed by Mike Flello, currently head of Fox World Cinema, ...

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    Holland, Croatia get film seasons in New York, LA

    2000-11-30T07:08:00Z

    Film seasons from The Netherlands and Croatia have been scheduled in the US next month. Dutch Treats 2000: New Films From Holland presents ten recent films at the Quad Cinema in New York (Dec 1-7), while Wednesdays In Croatia (Nov 29-Dec 20) screens classic and new Croatian films kicking off ...

  • Reviews

    Almost Blue

    2000-11-30T06:47:00Z

    Dir: Alex Infascelli. Italy. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Cecchi Gori Group. Int'l sales: Cecchi Gori (+39 06 3247 2244). Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Scr: Sergio Donati, Alex Infascelli, based on the book by Carlo Lucarelli. DoP: Arnaldo Catinari. Prod des: Eugenia di Napoli. Editor: Valentina Girodo. Music: Massimo Volume. Main ...

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    Granada comes in at lower end of expected profits

    2000-11-29T17:38:00Z

    The UK's Granada Media reported on Wednesday full-year operating profit at the lower end of expectations.Operating profit rose to $360m, down on analysts' forecasts setting the expected sum as high as $386m. Pre-tax earnings were up 11% to $395m, while advertising turnover rose 8.4%.Granada, which floated out of Granada Group ...

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    Indian producer Sippy honoured at Mumbai fest

    2000-11-29T17:32:00Z

    Veteran Indian film producer G.P. Sippy received a life-time achievement award from the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) at the third edition of the increasingly important Mumbai International Film Festival (November 23-30). Sippy, who produced India's biggest hit Sholay in 1975, said he had never received a life-time achievement ...

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    Lucky Red takes Good Machine's Series 7

    2000-11-29T17:28:00Z

    Italian distribution and production outfit Lucky Red has picked up Good Machine International's Big Brother meats the thriller genre film, Series 7: The Contenders.Written and directed by Daniel Minahan, Series 7 is about six people chosen in a lottery by a TV programme to kill each other for a cash ...

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    Lions Gate posts profitable quarter for Jul-Sept

    2000-11-29T01:28:00Z

    Lions Gate Entertainment has posted net income of $0.5m for the second quarter of 2001 ending Sept 30, 2000. Revenues were $66.5m, net earnings were $2.6m minus a non-cash operating loss of $2.1m in Mandalay Pictures and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) was $5.3m. The results mark ...

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    Kroll and Kwan-Rubinek head Warner International

    2000-11-29T01:25:00Z

    Warner Bros Pictures has named two executives to replace Ed Frumkes as heads of its international distribution and marketing division. Sue Kroll has been named president, international marketing, and Veronika Kwan-Rubinek president, international distribution, reporting to Alan Horn, president & COO of the studio through Richard Fox, executive vice president, ...