All Screen articles in 6 August 2000 – Page 3
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Norway's Zwart to direct Wolff for Universal
Norwegian director Harald Zwart has been signed to direct Universal's Wolff And Byrd, also known as Supernatural Law, based on Batton Lash's comic-book about two lawyers who specialise in macabre cases.Zwart recently finished his US directing debut One Night At McCools, starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon and Michael Douglas, for ...
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Protestors mar Los Angeles Latino fest
The 4th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival ended on a sour note July 30 when the entrance to the festival venue, the Egyptian Theatre, was picketed by a radical Latino group protesting against DreamWorks' The Road To El Dorado. Actor and festival president Edward James Olmos narrated the voice ...
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Yes teams with Philippines' Sky Vision
UK video-on-demand (VoD) company Yes Television and Philippines cable TV operation Sky Vision Corporation have pledged $100m over the next ten years to fund a newly-launched joint venture, Yes Sky Interactive Corporation.The venture will offer VoD and interactive TV over the SkyCable network in the Philippines. The partners are conducting ...
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UPC takes over Czech cable operator Dattelkabel
Netherlands-based cable operator UPC has taken control of leading Czech cable operator Dattelkabel by acquiring telco Global TeleSystem (GTS)'s 42% stake in the company. GTS spokeswoman Marcela Roflikova told Screendaily that the stock-only deal led to former Dattelkabel shareholder, Dutch Nuon International, selling out of the company completely. UPS had ...
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Brazil's Globo considers IPO
Brazilian media empire Globo is mulling an initial public offering of a minority stake in the group if Brazil's parliament passes legislation allowing foreign companies to invest in the country's media.The Brazilian Congress is scheduled to vote next month on a bill that would enable foreigners to acquire up to ...
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Big Brother no longer hangs over Helkon
Endemol Entertainment, the Dutch TV production giant responsible for the worldwide Big Brother phenomenon, has sold its 25% stake in Helkon Media, setting the German producer-distributor free to pursue its own international expansion.Endemol said the move was part of a "strategic reorientation" of its activities that would focus the group ...
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Forever Lulu
Dir: John Kaye. US. 1999. 95 mins.Prod co: Green Moon. Co-prod: Tani Cohen. Int'l Sales: Nu Image/Millennium Films, tel: (1) 310 246 0240. Exec prods: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Willi Baer. Prods: John Thompson, Boaz Davidson, Diane Sillen, Abra Edelman. Scr: Kaye. DoP: Brad Milsap. Prod des: Stephen ...
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Wowow subscriber levels reach six-month high
Japan's Wowow recorded 2,550,874 subscribers at the end of June, the first time the satellite broadcaster has passed the 2.5 million mark in six months. Wowow officials attributed the boost to its Digital Passport promotional campaign which features free sign-ups, fee discounts and live broadcasts of European soccer. However nearly ...
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Film Council set for funding boost
UK film body the Film Council stands to get the lion's share of a $3m (£2m) boost in annual government funding.The funding, announced by the government as part of last month's spending review, is expected to be split between the Film Council and the National Film and Television School (NFTS). ...
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Gianopulos, Rothman take reins at Fox
Following a recent tradition of promoting from within, Fox Filmed Entertainment has named two joint successors to studio chairman Bill Mechanic - former president of 20th Century Fox Film Group Tom Rothman and former president of 20th Century Fox International Jim Gianopulos. The appointments were made by Peter Chernin, president ...
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Winstar acquires US rights to A One And A Two
New York-based Winstar Communications has acquired North American rights to Edward Yang's A One And A Two (Yi Yi), which picked up the best director award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.Winstar plans to release the picture, which follows three generations of a middle-class Taiwanese family, in October following a ...
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Indian star Raj Kumar kidnapped by bandit king
In a series of events that might have been lifted straight out of an Indian movie, Indian actor Raj Kumar has been kidnapped by bandit king Veerappan. The actor, who stars in movies made in the Kannada language, was picked up at gun-point from his farm-house in the forests near ...
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Telepool takes Swiss rights to Warner Bros package
German rights trading company Telepool has acquired free-TV rights for German-speaking Switzerland to a package of 80 films from Warner Bros including The Matrix, Eyes Wide Shut, Three Kings and You've Got Mail. The deal also includes several television series including The Sopranos, Jack & Jill and upcoming series The ...
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FINANCIAL BRIEFS
SOGECABLE REPORTS 25% SALES INCREASEMADRID: Spain's Sogecable saw revenues increase by 25% to $440m (PTS77.1bn) in the first six months of 2000 compared to the same period last year. The company, whose shares have gained in value by more than 80% since their debut on the Spanish stock exchange in ...
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Perfect Storm rides tide to top of UK chart
The Perfect Storm washed up at the top of the UK chart this weekend with an opening gross of $3m (£1,920,045) excluding previews of $435,000. The Hollywood adaptation of Sebastian Junger's bestseller of the same name, played at 409 cinemas for a screen average of $8,888 (£5,333). This is a ...
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Media Asia unveils flotation plans
Hong Kong-based Media Asia is on course for a stockmarket flotation at the end of the year following last week's cash injection from hotels to internet group eSun. The new finance will underwrite expansion of the group's distribution and production operations. "We wanted a strategic investor, not just a financial ...
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Murdoch lines up Sky Global partners
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is reportedly close to acquiring a minority stake in Kirch Media, raising speculation that the German media giant will in turn become a shareholder in Murdoch's proposed international pay-TV platform Sky Global Networks. Telecom Italia may also take a stake in Sky Global in return for ...
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Constantin rings up $43m in video, TV sales
Germany's Constantin Film has sold a package of free TV, pay-TV and video/DVD rights to broadcasters such as Kirch Media and ZDF and video companies VCL Film + Medien and BMG Video for a total $42.5m (DM90m).Constantin licensed video/DVD rights to a total 15 films in two packages. VCL took ...
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Life As A Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Dir: Krzysztof Zanussi. Poland. 2000. 99mins.Prod co: Tor Film Production. Int'l sales: Mercure Distribution, tel: (33) 1 44 168 120. Scr: Krzysztof Zanussi. Prod: Krzysztof Zanussi. DoP: Edward Klosinski. Editor: Marek Denys. Music: Wojciech Kilar. Art dir: Halina Dobrowolska. Costume des: Jagna Janicka. Sound: Katarina Dzida. Main cast: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, ...
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Vatel pushes Gaumont into the red
The poor box office performance of Roland Joffe's Cannes opener Vatel has sent French major Gaumont spinning into the red with a pre-tax loss of $12.5m (FF89m) in the first half of 2000 compared to profits of $5.1m (FF36m) in the first half of 1999.Gaumont's net loss added up to ...
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