All Screen articles in 6 January 2004

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    US Producers Guild nominate large-scale movies

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    The Producers Guild ofAmerica (PGA) has announced its line-up of nominees for the Darryl F ZanuckProducer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, which will be handedout at the 15th Annual PGA Awards on Jan 17 in Los Angeles.The films and accreditedproducers are:* Cold Mountain - Albert Berger, Ron ...

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    Klockworx to take Weeping Camel into Japan

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    Klockworx has acquired allrights in Japan to the Toronto Film Festival hit The Story Of The Weeping Camelfrom sales agent MenemshaEntertainment. In addition, New World Pictures bought rights to the film inThailand.The picture, a docu-dramaset in the Mongolian desert, charmed Toronto audiences with its simple tale ofa camel who rejects ...

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    Nemo, Bill, Seabiscuit on Oscar sound editing shortlist

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    The Academy ofMotion Picture Arts And Sciences has unveiled a shortlist of seven titles inthe running for this year's achievement in sound editing Oscar.The titles are: FindingNemo, Kill Bill: Vol 1, The Last Samurai, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return OfThe King, Master And Commander, Pirates Of The Caribbean ...

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    Moscow fest set for revamp, appoints new artistic director

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    The Moscow International Film Festival (18-27 June 2004) is to give itself a more business-like stance and a more Russian flavour and has appointed a new artistic director.Nadia Turincev, a Moscow-born executive, takes up the specially created post with immediate effect. She will remain in Paris, where she previously managed ...

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    Mike Nichols to get top honour from Directors Guild Of America

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    Mike Nichols will receivethe Directors Guild of America's (DGA) Lifetime Achievement Award, the guild'shighest accolade, at the 56th Annual DGA Awards ceremony on Feb 7 in LosAngeles."There is hardly anentertainment medium that Mike Nichols hasn't pioneered and mastered," DGApresident Michael Apted said in a statement. "You can put any of ...

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    Indian war epic soldiers ahead at box office

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    One of the most anticipated and biggest budget Indian films of the past year - the war movie L.O.C Kargil - opened to reasonable returns in its home territory on Dec 26.Set against the backdrop of the Indo Pakistan war in 1999, the four hour long feature directed by J. ...

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    Fantasporto line-up reveals US accent

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    North American films have a notable presence at the upcoming 24th edition of Portugal's leading Oporto International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1), better known as Fantasporto.Twenty films make up the Fantasy Film selection of the Official Competition. The Director's Week competition will feature 11, mostly European titles from directors such ...

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    Samurai jumps 70% in Japan for $61m total

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    Warner Bros PicturesInternational's The Last Samuraienjoyed the biggest weekend of its Japanese run to date, climbing 70% in itsfifth weekend on an estimated $7.2m (Yen782.5m) from 482 screens for a $61.1m(Yen6.7bn) running total.Warner reports the week ofDec 27-Jan 2 grossed Yen1.8bn, which represented a rise of 28% over theprevious week.The ...

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    Return Of The King takes $72.6m over four days

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    After just threeweekends The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is closing in on $400m at theinternational box office and has the $1bn worldwide mark firmly within itssights.Latest figuresfrom New Line International reveal the fantasy finale grossed $72.6m from 8,826screens in 45 territories from Thursday-Sunday (Jan 1-4) ...

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    Master And Commander slows for Fox with $3.3m weekend

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    Master And Commander grossed $3.3m from 1,491 screens in 36 Fox Internationalmarkets at the weekend, raising its international running total from thosemarkets to $62m.The naval adventure openedsecond place in both Thailand and New Zealand, grossing $392,000 from 96screens and $300,000 from 50 respectively.The comedy Stuck On You added $4.2m from ...

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    Miyazaki's Howl delayed till end of 2004

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    The release of Howl's Moving Castle, the new animation from Japanese hitmaker Hayao Miyazaki, will be moved back from July to November, sources at distributor Toho have revealed.The film, which was to be the tentpole of Toho's summer slate, has fallen far behind its production schedule, necessitating the change of ...

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    Rings reigns as top Singapore film of 2003

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King reigned as the top grossing film in Singapore in 2003, according to figures from the Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association.Although the third Lord Of The Rings opened only on Dec 18, 2003, it took $2.6m (S$4.45m) in box office receipts within ...

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    BVI heads UK distributor rankings for 2003

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    Buena Vista International has emerged as the leading distributor in the UK in 2003, with a £218m box office haul and 26.3% market share which was fuelled by hit films such as Finding Nemo and Pirates Of The Caribbean.UIP - which distributed films including Love Actually - was the second ...

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    Warner scores biggest international year ever in 2003

    2004-01-06T04:00:00Z

    Warner Bros PicturesInternational (WBPI) set a new company record for 2003, grossing $1.63bnaccording to latest figures.The amount surpassed theprevious record of $1.6m set in 2002 and means that the company has passed $1bnfor the past three years and six times in total, finishing top of the studiosin 2001 and 2002.WBPI's ...

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    UK/IRELAND

    2004-01-06T00:00:00Z

    The UK saw a strong start to 2004, despite a lack of new openers willing to go up against Return Of The King, with results for the first weekend of the year up 17% against the first weekend of 2003.The top three titles remained unchanged with the third part of ...

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    NORWAY

    2004-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Distributor SF Film's massive roll-out of the local animated feature, Stig Bergqvist's Captain Sabertooth, on 71 prints wasn't able to match the performance of its own The Return Of The King, and after two weeks on release it has now dropped 46% but has still amassed 88,749 admissions.Freaky Friday's 25 ...

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    NEW ZEALAND

    2004-01-06T00:00:00Z

    As expected, The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King dominated the local New Year holiday box office charts, selling a further NZ$1.1m worth of tickets from 114 screens. With a total of NZ$7.5m by its third week it has sailed well clear of the NZ$6.5m reached ...

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    JAPAN

    2004-01-06T00:00:00Z

    The Last Samurai continued to dominate the Japanese box office in its fourth week on release, followed closely by Finding Nemo. Boosted by their strong showings in the peak New Year's season, the two films are expected to gross a collective Y20 billion ($189m).Samurai's fifth weekend (Jan 3-4) proved the ...

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    GERMANY

    2004-01-06T00:00:00Z

    The final part of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy added another $10.9m to its box office takings as it reigned supreme at the top spot, bringing the total so far to $67.8m and a screen average of $8,193 from each of the 1,341 prints occupying almost a third of ...

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    Eurimages names Niehuus as vice-president

    2004-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Kirsten Niehuus, deputy board member at the German Federal Film Board (FFA) in Berlin, has been unanimously elected as Vice-President of Eurimages by all of the 29 national delegates of the pan-European co-production fund."I am very pleased about the decision, particularly in view of the forthcoming EU enlargement and the ...