All Screen articles in 7 April 2004 – Page 3
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Haneke plans Paris shoot for Cache
Director Michael Haneke will begin shooting his latest film,Cache, in Paris on July 5, moving on toAustria where it will be completed in early September.The film stars Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche as ahusband and wife caught in a story of intrigue and revenge.Auteuil is Georges, a TV presenter who ...
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Wolfe steps up US theatrical, buying Thoughts, City
California-based USindependent Wolfe is continuing its expansion into theatrical distribution withthe acquisition of Achim Von Borries' German drama Love In Thoughts which made its world premiere at the Sundance FilmFestival and Spanish director Cesc Gay's latest picture In The City.The 20 year-old company hasbeen established as a video company of ...
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British Film Institute unveils plans to 'open up'
The British Film Institute (bfi) is to receive one of thebiggest shake-ups in its 70-year-history.Following a nine month internal review, chairman AnthonyMinghella and Director Amanda Nevill have announced a series of initiatives to"open up" a cultural organisation which, though widely respectedworldwide, has developed a reputation for being aloof and too ...
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Goldmann named president of Atmosphere Entertainment MM
Bernie Goldmann has beennamed president of Mark Canton's LA-based Atmosphere MM Entertainment. He willoversee Atmosphere MM's film and TV development and production activities, willtake an equity stake in the company as well as a seat on its board ofdirectors.A former president ofproduction for Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment, Goldmann most recentlyproduced ...
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Miramax takes Stratus' Hostage for North America
MiramaxFilms has acquired North American rights to Hostage, the Bruce Willis action thriller financed byStratus Film Company and scripted from his own novel by Robert Crais.FlorentSiri (The Nest) is directing thefilm, which is currently shooting in Los Angeles, and Stratus, Equity Picturesand Cheyenne Enterprises are the production entities. The film's ...
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Polly takes another $5m for Universal, Dead opens well in Mexico
UniversalPictures/UIP opened hit comedy Along Came Polly in eight more territories this weekendincluding Korea, Russia and Sweden for an estimated total of $5m at 2,000 sitesin 32 countries.Theinternational total on the film is now $69m, with ten more territories still toopen including New Zealand and Panama next weekend.Polly's holdovers included ...
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Netherlands gets 1 More Film distributor
The rapidly changing Dutch distribution scene this week sees the launch of one more distribution company, appropriately called 1 More Film.The company is headed by Wallie Polle and Suzan van der Veen, both recently with The Netherlands' leading distributor A-Film. Polle is an industry veteran who has previously worked at ...
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The Prince And Me
Dir: Martha Coolidge. US. 2004. 110 mins.The Prince & Me is a contemporary fairy tale romance which will enchant pre-teen and teenage girls around the world, but few else. If that core demographic signs up at the box office this weekend in North America, girl power will likely follow suit ...
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DENMARK
Denmark's first CGI movie, Terkel In Trouble was directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen and Thorbjorn Christoffersen. The $1.2m film is based on a story written by the Danish comedian Anders "Anden" Matthesen and is a production by Thomas Heinesen for Nordisk Film Production, in collaboration with A-Film.Released on ...
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High Point strikes MIP-TV deals on feature slate
At the recent MIP-TV, UK sales house High Point Films And Television secured a number of deals for its feature film slate.Dutch blockbuster Peter Bell was sold to Belgium's VRT, Hungary's (HBO) and TV Markiza of the Slovak Republic. TV Markiza also picked up another Dutch film, Bella Bettien, while ...
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Warner Bros strikes mobile distribution deal with Vodafone
Warner Bros. Online and mobile phone company Vodafone have signed a distribution deal which will bring Warner Bros. Entertainment brands as well as current information on upcoming projects to Vodafone customers across the world.The global agreement covers 16 countries. Initially, Warner Bros. Online will provide Vodafone with games, screensavers, alerts ...
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Hellboy scores heavenly bow for Revolution and Sony
Itwas another strong weekend at the North American box office, with overallticket sales for the top 12 films up 39% from the same weekend last yearcontinuing an upward trend on 2003 for the sixth consecutive weekend.RevolutionStudios' well-reviewed comic book actioner Hellboy directed by Guillermo Del Toro opened at number onewith ...
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The Smell of Blood (L'odore Del Sangue)
Dir: Mario Martone. It-Fr. 2004. 99mins.Italian auteur Mario Martone's latest arthouse offering is a sterile and rather dated relationship drama in psycho-thriller sauce which will be defended only by the director's staunchest fans, and make the rest of us nostalgic for the edgy originality of his 1995 breakout film, L'Amore ...
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Karma proves a winner at Hong Kong Film Awards
Running On Karma, directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, scooped three prizes including best film at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, while To was awarded best director for cop drama PTU.An action adventure film that ruminates on reincarnation and destiny, Running On Karma also picked ...
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AUSTRALIA
Two high-profile family-friendly openers, UIP's The Cat In The Hat and Roadshow's Scooby-Doo 2, failed to make a dent in the popularity of 50 First Dates, despite the latest Adam Sandler romantic comedy being on fewer screens and in its second week.50 First Dates grossed A$2,573,524 from 286 screens, The ...
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Immortel (Ad Vitam)
Dir: Enki Bilal. Fr-UK-It. 2004 102 mins.A futuristic take on the Greek myth of Amphitryon, set in New York City in 2095, Immortel is the visually exciting third feature from Enki Bilal, the Belgrade-born artist who is one of the dominant figures in European comic strip art. Using a darkly ...
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Kill Bill Vol 2
Dir: Quentin Tarantino.US. 2004. 136 mins.Rather like ThePassion Of The Christ, weknow how Quentin Tarantino's four-hour-plus epic Kill Bill will end. Yes, plot spoiler ahead, she killsBill. The pleasure, of course, comes in the journey, and, in contrast to thehigh style and stylized action of Vol 1, Vol 2 is ...
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Kill Bill Vol 2 review
Dir: Quentin Tarantino.US. 2004. 136 mins.Rather like ThePassion Of The Christ, weknow how Quentin Tarantino's four-hour-plus epic Kill Bill will end. Yes, plot spoiler ahead, she killsBill. The pleasure, of course, comes in the journey, and, in contrast to thehigh style and stylized action of Vol 1, Vol 2 is ...
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France gets new Culture Minister
Following France's recent elections which saw the upheaval of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government and a resurgence of the conservative right, culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon is on his way out after only two years in office.Replacing Aillagon is Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, a former deputy minister of European Affairs in ...