All Screen articles in 7 November 2001 – Page 3
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Academics attack Asoka's historical accuracy
Academics in the Indian state of Orissa have hit out at the historical accuracy of actor-producer Shah Rukh Khan's international hit Asoka. MN Das, an internationally renowned expert on Emperor Ashoka and his conquest of Kalinga, said that a figure of such historical importance should not have been distorted ...
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UK trade gap narrows in film and TV sectors
The positive trade balance of the UK film industry has plunged between 1999 and 2000, dropping from $409m (£278m) to $107m (£73m) last year.According to figures from government agency National Statistics, UK film exports fell by 20% - or $60.1m (£41m) to $899m (£612m) - between 1999 and 2000, while ...
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MIFED: figures show attendance drop of15%
Mifed organising company Rassegne has pledged to tackle one of the most persistent complaints of the market's attendees - the terrible air-conditioning system - which chilled this year's dwindling number of delegates."Next year, we will be upgrading the air conditioning system," promised Manlio Armellini, managing director of Rassegne. The move ...
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Bandits to open Mumbai festival of Indian film
Bandits, produced by Indian-born producer Ashok Amritraj, is to open the International film festival of Mumbai on 21 November. Amritraj will be the chief attraction at the three year old festival which will also screen a total of 30 feature films as part of the Indian Panorama, including this year's ...
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Miramax prepares ingenue for Oscar run
Abstracted from the weekly edition of Screen InternationalNo doubt smarting at missing out on foreign-language megahit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon last year, Miramax Films has done everything in its considerable power this year to bag the cream of the world crop.But all its many international pick-ups this year - which ...
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Rift between Kirch and BSkyB opens wider
Relations between UK satellite giant BSkyB and Germany's Kirch appear close to breaking point.Continuing losses and repeated changes of management at Premiere World, Kirch's pay-TV brand, appear to have put in doubt BSk'B's investment in the operation. With the prospect of a stockmarket flotation for KirchPayTV looking increasingly remote, BSkyB ...
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The One
The OneDir: James Wong. US. 2001. 80mins. The One offers a double dose of Asian martial arts star Jet Li but shortchanges its audience in just about every other department. After the promising box office showings in the US of last year's Romeo Must Die ($56m) and this past summer's ...
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Domestic Disturbance
Domestic DisturbanceReviewed by Jean OppenheimerDir: Harold Becker. US 2001. 91minsIf Domestic Disturbance is indicative of the current state of Hollywood thrillers, then the genre is suffering from a bad case of fatigue. Coming on the heels of Swordfish and Battlefield Earth, John Travolta appears to be in a bit of ...
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Berlin to create 'campus' for young film-makers
The Berlin International Film Festival is to set up a parallel event for up to a thousand international film students, festival director Dieter Kosslick has revealed.Called the Berlinale Talent Campus, the event is to run in parallel with the 53rd edition of the festival in 2003. The initiative will include ...
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BVI's Man Who Sued God rides high
Australia scored another local hit last weekend as boisterous comedy The Man Who Sued God chalked up one of the biggest openings of the year in the market.The film grossed $780,612 (A$1.53m) for Buena Vista International in its first four days from 226 screens. The gross was $102,000 more than ...
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MIFED: Cineclick's Gangster scores with new buyers
My Wife Is A Gangster, the Korean hit which twists the gangster genre by putting a woman in the criminal lead, proved a hit with MIFED buyers. The film, sold by Cineclick Asia, was bought by Audiovisual Entertainment for Greece, ASG Videofilm for Russia, PT Menara Media for Indonesia and ...
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Harry Potter mega-release smashes advance records
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone was this week on course for the biggest opening ever in the UK, racking up record-breaking advance bookings for its release on a record number of sites and prints.UGC Cinemas reported that, with two weeks still to go before the release, bookings have equalled ...
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Bruce Willis cancels London for 'family reasons'
Bruce Willis has bowed out of appearing at this month's London Film Festival, citing "family reasons".The star was due to attend a gala screening of MGM crime ensemble Bandits on November 15, as well as take part in a public interview with festival director Adrian Wootton at the National Film ...
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Dunaway, Boorman, Haneke head for Thessaloniki
Faye Dunaway, John Boorman, Michael Haneke, Stanley Kwan and Mohsen Makhmalbaf are amongst the guests attending this month's Thessaloniki International Film Festival.The event, presided over by celebrated film-maker Theo Angelopoulos, kicks off with Jacques Rivette's Va Savoir on November 9. Peter Cattaneo's Lucky Break closes proceedings on November 18. Dunaway ...
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New chief trims running time at Edinburgh festival
In his first move as artistic director of August's Edinburgh International Film Festival, Shane Danielsen has trimmed the marathon 15-day event to 12 days.The Scottish festival aims to channel cash saved by the move into creating other events throughout the year. Next year's edition runs Wednesday 14 to Sunday 25."A ...
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Fireworks, Samuel Goldwyn pick up Me Without You
Fireworks Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have acquired all North American rights to Sandra Goldbacher's female relationship drama Me Without You.The US partners bought the film, which stars Michelle Williams, Anna Friel and Kyle MacLachlan, from the UK's Capitol Films. The acquisition was announced by Meyer Gottlieb, president of Samuel ...
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Columbia, Winchester take over New Best Friend
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group and UK and US-based Winchester Films have taken over New Best Friend, the college-age drama which was originally on MGM's slate for the US.Columbia has taken North and Latin American and Asian rights excluding Japan and Korea on the picture, formerly known as Mary Jane's ...
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DiCillo's Double Whammy to open Gijon festival
US director Tom DiCillo is set to inaugurate Spain's International Film Festival of Gijon (Nov 23-30) with Sundance hit Double Whammy.The black comedy stars Elizabeth Hurley, Dennis Leary and Steve Buscemi in the story of a police detective struggling to gain back his reputation after failing to stop a fast-food ...
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Kandahar opens to full houses in Canada
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Kandahar did sell-out business on its first theatrical engagement in North America. The Afghanistan-set film opened October 26 - October 28 in Toronto and Montreal through distributor Seville Pictures. Box office was $34,831 (C$54,986) from just two screens for a stunning screen average of $17,415. Seville ...
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AFMA sees first revenue drop in six years
The growth of the UK market last year helped indie film sellers to offset growing weakness in the world video markets. According to new data from the American Film Marketing Association (AFMA) members' revenue dropped for the first time in six years. Overall sales were down 6% to $2.62bn. In ...
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