All Screen articles in 7 April 2000 – Page 4

  • News

    Becker Group signs on for Rowe comedy

    2000-03-31T18:27:00Z

    Australia's Becker Group has signed on as international sales agent for producer David Rowe's A$3m contemporary comedy Tempe Tip, scheduled to start shooting in October.REP will handle Australian distribution of the film, while international sales will be contracted out. Michael Ralph is set to direct the project from his own ...

  • News

    Beyond, Seven support on-line Evolution

    2000-03-31T17:02:00Z

    Two of Australia's biggest content suppliers - Beyond International and the Seven Network - have thrown their weight behind a new high-speed network that plans to pump entertainment and services into Australian homes.Operated by fledgling Australian company Evolution Technologies, the venture plans to concentrate on providing services to high-density housing ...

  • News

    Norsk Film set for reform

    2000-03-31T16:26:00Z

    The Norwegian film industry is hoping that incoming culture minister Ellen Horn, appointed March 17, will continue with her predecessor's policy to transform state-owned film body Norsk Film into a single independent production fund.Outgoing culture minister Aslaug M. Haga had wide industry support for her proposal that Norsk Film withdraw ...

  • Reviews

    Monday

    2000-03-31T14:44:00Z

    Dir: Sabu. Japan. 100 mins.Prod cos: CineQuaNon, Cinerocket, Media Factory. Int'l sales: Fortissimo Film Sales (+31 20 627 3215). Prods: Nobuaki Muro'oka, Yoshimi Ishihara, Reiko Arakawa, Takahito Kashino. Scr: Sabu. DoP: Kazuhito Sato. Music: Kei'ichiro Shibuya. Cast: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Ren Osugi, Masanobu Ando.The first three films of Japanese ...

  • News

    Sony restructures to speed up Internet plans

    2000-03-31T13:22:00Z

    Japan's Sony Corp is setting up a US-based holding company, Sony Broadband Entertainment (SBE), to house its movie and music businesses, as part of a plan to speed up exploitation of its entertainment assets on the Internet.Headed by current Sony Corporation of America president Howard Stringer, SBE's core companies will ...

  • News

    Taxi 2 becomes France's biggest ever opener

    2000-03-31T12:34:00Z

    Taxi 2, produced by Luc Besson's Leeloo Productions and distributed by Arp Selection, has smashed the all-time opening day record in France, attracting a massive 759,152 admissions from 830 screens. Taxi 2 is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 1998 hit Taxi which became the fourth highest grossing hit in France in ...

  • News

    Via Digital reaches half million subscribers mark

    2000-03-31T12:26:00Z

    Spanish digital satellite platform Via Digital has announced that it has reached the half million mark in subscribers. Still trailing rival Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) by more than 300,000 subscribers, Via's numbers reflect a remarkable 70.5% rate of growth over the last 12 months.Via claims its market share has grown ...

  • News

    Soldini, Tognazzi lead Italian Davids noms

    2000-03-31T12:19:00Z

    Italy's 2000 David di Donatello Awards look set to be a two-horse race as Silvio Soldini's Pane E Tulipani and Ricky Tognazzi's Canone Inverso both scooped nine nominations apiece, including best film, best screenplay and best director.Marco Bechis' Garage Olimpo was also nominated in the three categories, and also picked ...

  • News

    Warner launches Kubrick web-site

    2000-03-31T11:36:00Z

    Warner Home Video has launched a website - www.kubrickfilms.com - dedicated to the late film-maker Stanley Kubrick. It is the company's first major web site based around the work of one director and is authorised by and assembled with the help of the Kubrick estate.The site includes sections such as ...

  • News

    Barrack heads race for Russian Oscars

    2000-03-31T11:33:00Z

    Valery Ogorodnikov's Barrack is heading the field in the race for the Russian equivalent of the Oscars, the Nikas, which will be awarded by the Russian Academy of Motion Picture Arts in Moscow on April 22.Barrack was nominated in 10 categories, including best feature, best director and best screenplay for ...