All Screen articles in 6 August 2001 – Page 3
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Shooting Gallery owner itemus files for bankruptcy
After weeks teetering on the brink of failure, Itemus inc. filed for bankruptcy yesterday. The Toronto-based internet incubator was brought down by the obligations of its Shooting Gallery subsidiary, which it purchased in April 2001. In a letter to shareholders posted on the company's website yesterday, itemus chairman Jim Tobin ...
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TF1 USA hires Brimm to fulfil co-production drive
Tracy Brimm, who was an agent in the international department at ICM, has joined European broadcaster TF1 as president of co-productions and acquisitions at TF1 USA, a division of TF1 International.Run by Jean Louis Capra and Didier Sapaut, TF1 International is the foreign sales company of TF1 which has financed ...
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Berlusconi daughter to head Italy's Medusa
Marina Berlusconi, daughter of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, has been appointed president of Finvinvest film arm Medusa Film. The move at Italy's leading film production and distribution outfit, follows the death of Carlo Bernasconi last month."Marina Berlusconi's appointment to the head of the company is a strong sign of ...
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Taylor to host new amFAR benefit at Venice
Cinema legend Elizabeth Taylor will once again be hosting the Cinema AIDS Venice gala dinner during the Venice film festival later this month.The charity events, which include auctions of luxury items in support of the American Foundation For AIDS Research (amFAR), have been a regular feature of film festivals during ...
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Shaolin Soccer opens Sydney Asian festival
Shaolin Soccer opens this month's Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival, kicking off a week of Asian fare.Stephen Chow and Lik-Chi Lee's Hong Kong title follows a down-at-heel soccer star who tries to get a Shaolin monk apprentice with a gift for soccer to play in the national football finals.The festival, ...
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Bingham Ray lined up to head United Artists
After weeks of speculation, it seems certain that indie veteran Bingham Ray is to head United Artists (UA), the specialised arm of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Ray, who is expected to remain based in New York City, is currently running the film production arm of New York commercial and video production company ...
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North Korean films to get South Korean release
Two North Korean films appear likely to secure a release in South Korean theaters in the second half of this year, following the groundbreaking release of Shin Sang-okk's Pulgasari in Summer 2000.Despite the almost total lack of interest on the part of South Korean audiences during last year's one-week run ...
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UK films earmarked for product placement
Already an established feature of Hollywood blockbusters, product placement remains a largely neglected revenue stream from UK film productions. But that seems finally set to change with the rising number of product placement companies focusing on film. The latest to join the fray is Earmark, which will compete with the ...
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Moscow gets Moulin Rouge's European kick-off
Twentieth Century Fox has chosen Moscow as the first city in its European roll-out of Moulin Rouge as an indication of the growing strength of the Russian exhibition sector. The film, which is distributed in Russia by Gemini Kinomir, will have its premiere in Moscow on August 2 - nearly ...
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Highbinders gets off to flying start
Production has got underway in Ireland on The Highbinders, the Jackie Chan starring action-comedy that is the biggest budget film ever to emerge from Hong Kong.The $35m picture is produced by Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG) and is directed by Gordon Chan with veteran stuntman Sammo Hung responsible for directing the ...
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Bollywood beats the summer heat
Only a few years ago, the arrival of an Indian film in the UK box office charts was big news - now it is an increasingly common occurrence. Following hot on the heels of Bollywood hit Lagaan, yet another Indian success has entered the top 15. Yaadein arrived at number ...
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Toronto has Novocaine and six more world premieres
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced a further seven world premieres including new films from Mike Figgis, John Dahl, Gregor Jordan, Bruce McDonald and Yvan Attal. Topping the list is Novocaine (pictured), the Artisan Entertainment-produced feature debut of screenwriter David Atkins. The crime thriller stars Steve Martin as ...
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The Parole Officer
Dir: John Duigan. UK. 2001. 90 mins. Few television comedians manage to become film stars, and fewer still succeed outside their home turf. But The Parole Officer should serve lengthy time at the British box-office on the strength of Steve Coogan's huge popularity as a stand-up comic and small-screen character ...
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Aizea is first Euro film to use DTS/16mm system
A 29-minute German/Spanish short Aizea: City Of The Wind becomes the first European film to use the DTS/16mm sound technology when it premieres this week at the Hollywood Film Festival in Los Angeles.The system, pioneered by Digital Theatre Systems (DTS), combines DTS 5.1 six channel digital surround sound with 16mm ...
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Spain's Albaladejo wins LA Latino Film Festival
Miguel Albaladejo's El Cielo Abierto (Ten Days Without Love) won the top prize at the fifth Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival on Sunday. The Spanish film was named best picture by a jury composed of Pedro Armendariz Jr, Quinn Coleman, Manuel Perez Estremera and Gabriel Figueroa Jr. Albaladejo also ...
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EM.TV offloads holding in Crown Media
In yet another stage of its restructuring, beleagured German media concern EM.TV & Merchandising has offloaded its holding in Crown Media Holdings to Hallmark Entertainment for a total $ 103m. The 8.2% shares in Crown Media had been held by EM.TV via its 100% subsidiary The Jim Henson Company which ...
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Kinowelt looks for partners in bail-out bid
The RTL Group has been named by a German newspaper as a possible strategic partner to bail out debt-ridden Kinowelt Medien. In addition, Munich-based Sueddeutsche Zeitung quoted a Kinowelt spokesman as saying that the company was "currently in talks with various possible strategic partners" and "first results" of the negotiations ...
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Miramax picks up Carolina for the US
Miramax Films has finalised a deal for US rights on Marleen Gorris' Carolina, which started shooting last week after being postponed from the spring.The story of a Southern girl trying to make it in Hollywood is the first feature from the alliance between US producer Martin Bregman and UK sales ...
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Hindi film Dattak to open at Toronto
Dattak, a Hindi feature film by well-known and award-winning director Gul Bahar Singh for the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), will be screened at the Toronto Film Festival. The film, about a guilt-ridden young non-resident Indian "adopting" an old man because he had abandoned his own father, stars A K ...
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Hollywood studios go bananas over internet piracy
Twentieth Century Fox has sent letters to internet service providers (ISPs) asking them to disable the accounts of people showing Planet Of The Apes (pictured left) on the world wide web.The Fox move is one of the most visible to date as Hollywood studios become more aggressive in their drive ...
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