All Screen articles in 7 November 2002 – Page 4
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Parker delivers UK cinema 'reality check'
Alan Parker, the UK director who chairs British film support body the Film Council, has called for a radical overhaul of public support to finally cure British cinema of its "little England" disease.In his most far reaching speech since taking up the council reigns, Parker said the UK's influential tax ...
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BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE UK FILM INDUSTRY
The full keynote speech by the Chairman of the Film CouncilToday I want to set out some new thinking from the Film Council about the kind of film industry we'd like to see in this country. I want to set out a vision of an industry that is a strong ...
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8 Mile
Dir: Curtis Hanson. US. 2002. 110 mins.Flashdance gets an electrifying sex change and upgrade courtesy of director Curtis Hanson and rap icon Eminem in 8 Mile. A loose retelling of Eminem's own troubled youth in the run-down 8 Mile district of Detroit, the film is a downbeat, but not depressing, ...
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Marketing campaign raises awareness of 28 Days Later
A savvy marketing campaign came up trumps in the UK this week as 20th Century Fox launched British director Danny Boyle's latest film 28 Days Later. The horror title defeated all comers in the country including Hollywood heavyweights XXX and Lilo & Stitch and fellow wide openers Changing Lanes and ...
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Multiple sales for Saura's Salome
Spanish director Carlos Saura's musical Salome has sold to Japan, Benelux and much of South America.After winning a prize for best artistic contribution at the recent Montreal World Film Festival, Salome screened last week in the official section out of competition at Spain's Valladolid International Film Week.Florence Stern of international ...
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Sweet Sixteen takes Golden Spike at Valladolid
Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen went home Saturday night with the top Golden Spike award from Spain's 47th annual Valladolid International Film Week.The film also won best photography for Barry Ackroyd. Loach was unable to attend the festival for health reasons. Paul Laverty, who won a best script prize for Sixteen ...
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London screenings funk primes MIFED pump
Any international film acquisitions executive who by-passed what's left of the London Screenings last week missed one key world premiere: Hanway's To Kill A King. The large-scale period piece starring Dougray Scott and Tim Roth screened to cast, crew and a strong turn-out of buyers ' although no US deal ...
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London screenings funk primes MIFED pump
Any international film acquisitions executive who by-passed what's left of the London Screenings last week missed one key world premiere: Hanway's To Kill A King. The large-scale period piece starring Dougray Scott and Tim Roth screened to cast, crew and a strong turn-out of buyers - although no US deal ...
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Sidecar Films shoots Winspeare's Miracle
Hot young Italian director Edoardo Winspeare has started shooting The Miracle, his next picture after Live Blood, the quirky southern Italian drama which screened at Sundance in 2001.Produced, like his first two pictures, by Maurizio Tini's Rome outfit, Sidecar Films and TV, Winspeare's new film revolves around an 11-year-old boy ...
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Warner marries into Korean Mafia family
Continuing Hollywood's recent infatuation with Korean remakes, Warner Bros has bought English-language remake rights to Cinema Service's romantic comedy Marrying The Mafia.The deal sees Warner pay Cinema Service a 'mid six figures' dollar sum and a share of the profits from the remake. US rights to the original film are ...
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Ex-Helkon trio goes Solo
The management of Helkon International Pictures (HIP) - Christian Halsey Solomon, Lee Solomon and Clifford Werber - has formally bought itself out from Helkon Media and relaunched as Solo Entertainment Group (SEG). The company's name affirms its connection to Solo Film Verleiht, the nascent German distribution outfit co-founded by former ...
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Ex-Helkon trio goes Solo
The management of Helkon International Pictures (HIP) - Christian Halsey Solomon, Lee Solomon and Clifford Werber - has formally bought itself out from Helkon Media and relaunched as Solo Entertainment Group (SEG). The company's name affirms its connection to Solo Film Verleiht, the nascent German distribution outfit co-founded by former ...
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Veggie empire goes on global Odyssey
Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato are talking vegetables that have spawned a $500m kids entertainment franchise that has been nipping at Walt Disney's heels in the market for direct-to-video children's series. Now the Christian-themed US animation phenomenon VeggieTales is recruiting distributors to expand into the international market for ...
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Veggie empire goes on global Odyssey
Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato are talking vegetables that have spawned a $500m kids entertainment franchise that has been nipping at Walt Disney's heels in the market for direct-to-video children's series. Now the Christian-themed US animation phenomenon VeggieTales is recruiting distributors to expand into the international market for ...
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Grosvenor Park to open Paris, Dublin offshoots
Toronto- and London-based film financier Grosvenor Park will open offices in Paris and Dublin, cementing its expansion into European film financing - and reflecting its increasing involvement in projects that have no financial ties with Canada.The company, which has been involved in such films as David Cronenberg's Spider and Robert ...
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My Little Eye director returns to horror genre
Fresh from the success of his low-budget horror hit My Little Eye, director Marc Evans is returning to the psychological chiller genre with Trauma.The project marks the first from Ministry of Fear, the horror label set up by former Edinburgh International Film Festival chief Lizzie Francke at UK-Irish production outfit ...
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My Little Eye director returns to horror genre
Fresh from the success of his low-budget horror hit My Little Eye, director Marc Evans is returning to the psychological chiller genre with Trauma.The project marks the first from Ministry of Fear, the horror label set up by former Edinburgh International Film Festival chief Lizzie Francke at UK-Irish production outfit ...
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German funds in Polish development talks
The German regional funds Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung (MDM) and Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg are in talks with the Polish Culture Ministry to establish a development fund dedicated to joint projects by German and Polish producers.MDM chief executive Manfred Schmidt is confident that a decision could be reached before the end of this year, ...
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Eros International reclaims sales on Devdas
First-time MIFED exhibitor Eros International will be offering distributors the chance to buy Devdas, the Indian foreign-language Oscar contender, that was previously represented by Focus Features."The transaction is done at last," said Eros chief executive Kishore Lulla, who produced the film and has been negotiating to retrieve the sales rights ...