All Screen articles in 7 November 2005 – Page 9
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Dimension picks up 2929 remake Black Christmas
Dimension Films has swoopedon US rights to 2929 Productions' remake of the 1974 horror thriller BlackChristmas, which will be made byJames Wong and Glen Morgan, the filmmaking team behind Final Destination and The One. 2929 International will becommence pre-sales at AFM on the project, which is scheduled to beginproduction in ...
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Toronto says $44m in sales achieved at 2005 film festival
The Toronto International Film Festival says an estimated $44m(C$52m) changed hands as a result of buying and selling at this year's event,including $24.5m in North American deals and $19.5m in international deals fromterritories such as the UK, Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, and Spain. The record sum, based on estimates from ...
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Negishi takes top honours at Tokyo festival
Kichitaro Negishi's drama What the Snow Brings became the first Japanese film to win the Tokyo International Film Festival's top prize, the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix, since the fest's first edition in 1985. Jury chairman Zhang Yimou said the judges had reached the decision quickly and unanimously - "a first ...
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Hof hits new heights
This year's International Hof Film Days attracted a record 28,000 admissions in five days.Amongthe highlights at this year's annual gathering of the German film communitywere Andreas Dresen's Summer In Berlin (Sommer VormBalkon), EoinMoore's Im Schwitzkasten,Alain Gsponer's Roseand Veit Helmer'sdocumentary Behind The Couch - Casting InHollywood.Gsponer won the Eastman Support Prize ...
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Hof hits new heights
TheInternational Hof Film Days posted record attendancewith 28,000 admissions in five days.Amongthe highlights at this year's annual gathering of the German film communitywere Andreas Dresen's Summer In Berlin (Sommer VormBalkon), EoinMoore's Im Schwitzkasten,Alain Gsponer's Roseand Veit Helmer'sdocumentary Behind The Couch - Casting InHollywood.Gsponer won the Eastman Support Prize for NewcomerTalents ...
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Independent distributor to make new year debut
A newindependent distributor will begin operations in the Netherlands and Belgium fromJanuary.Dutchcompanies Filmworks and Inspire Pictures and the Belgium distributor Lumierehave joined forces to form Benelux Film Distributors. The companyis aiming for a wide range of independent film productions, from mainstream toarthouse. Amongstthe titles to be released in 2006 are ...
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The War Within
Dir. Joseph Castelo. US.2005. 100mins.The War Within is amilestone in many ways. It's the first dramatic film production from a businessmodel hatched by 2929 Entertainment that may shape the way movies are exploitedin the future. Shot entirely in high-definition, it was released in the USsimultaneously in theatres and on high-definition ...
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Three shortlisted for Sutherland Trophy
Three films have been shortlisted for the British Film Institute's Sutherland Trophy, awarded to the director of the most original first feature film screened at The Times bfi London Film Festival.The three are Kari Paljakka's For The Living And The Dead, Giorgio Diritti's The Wind Blows Round, and Ali Mosaffa's ...
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Winter Passing
Dir: Adam Rapp. US. 2005. 98mins.A well-written and literate, if not very original,drama, Winter Passing would have themakings of an auspicious debut feature from director-writer Adam Rapp, were itnot for the over-conventional cinema language that it employs.Rapp shows himself to be astrong writer with his piece about a young New ...
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The Ice Harvest
Dir. Harold Ramis. US. 2005. 88mins.After the fairly impersonal work he delivered on hisrecent studio assignments (Analyze That, the Bedazzledremake), Harold Ramis returns to the offbeat,anti-social observational humour his talent thrives on with The Ice Harvest.Told in a clipped, rakishstyle and suffused in a low-key sleaze, it makes for an ...
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Ford takes Ingenious finance role
Media investment group Ingenioushas appointed Sue Ford as group finance director. Ford previously held thesame position at Channel 4 Television Corporation and 4 Ventures Ltd. Sue will be responsible forthe financial management and governance of the Ingenious Group.In the last year, thecompany has raised film finance for productions such as ...
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Rubin's First Independent signs US DVD distribution deal with Visual
Gary Rubin's FirstIndependent Pictures has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with VisualEntertainment, a Universal Music Group division set up to distributeindependent features on DVD and video in the US.The slate kicks off withHuck Botko and Andre Gurland's comedy Mail Order Wife, Gary Sinyor's comedy Bob The Butler starring Tom Green, ...
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Universal endorses Christie/AIX digital projector
Following similar recent moves by Walt Disney Studios andTwentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures has agreed to supply features to theDCI-compliant digital projection systems deployed by Christie/AIX.Under the non-exclusive agreement Universal will provide titlesfrom its slate and will pay virtual print fees to Christie/AIX for each titleprojected on deployed systems as ...
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Chicken Little
Dir: Mark Dindal. US. 2005. 80mins.For its first fully computer-animated feature, WaltDisney has turned the fable of ChickenLittle into a warm and funny comedy-adventure with an appealing energy, atouching thread of family drama and a surprising dose of War Of The Worlds-style sci-fi. After thedisappointment of some of Disney's recent ...
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Saw II hacks down Zorro at domestic box office
Lions Gate's horrorsequel sliced up the competition and shunted Sony's adventure sequel TheLegend Of Zorro into second placewith an estimated $30.5m opening that offered a hint of optimism for the autumnbox office.Despite mediocre reviews thepicture scored a superb debut that far exceeded the $18.3m launch of its 2004predecessor. Saw II ...
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Gold Circle, Vertigo to bring Angel back to the screen
Gold Circle Films and Vertigo Entertainment are teaming up toadapt William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel, which Alan Parker famously turned intothe 1987 mystery Angel Heart.While that version madesignificant departures from the novel, Gold Circle and Vertigo plan a morefaithful adaptation, while setting it in the present day.The project marks ...
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Picturehouse buys North America on Prairie Home Companion
Picturehouse has acquiredall North American rights to Robert Altman's ensemble A Prairie HomeCompanion based on GarrisonKeillor's radio variety show and starring Keillor, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline,Tommy Lee Jones, Lily Tomlin and John C Reilly.Woody Harrelson, VirginiaMadsen, Maya Rudolph and Lindsay Lohan also star in thefictionalised account of Keillor's show chronicling ...
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Unitel acquires international rights to kidnapping thriller Cavite
Philippine-owned Unitel Pictures International has acquiredworldwide rights excluding North America to Ian Gamazon and Neill De La Llana'skidnapping thriller Cavite for representation at this week's AFM in Santa Monca.Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's Truly Indie Filmsis handling the picture in North America, which will become one of the firstreleases under ...
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...but Zorro cuts a swathe in international launch with $27m
The Legend Of Zorro cut a swath through the international marketplaceover the weekend as it launched on an estimated $27m on 6,140 prints in 50countries.Handled in most territoriesthrough Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI), which licensed rightsfrom the picture's co-financier Spyglass Entertainment, the adventure sequelopened top in 40 markets and enjoyed ...
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Sundance commits to Park City until 2018, moves HQ from Salt Lake City
The Sundance Institute's year-round administrative headquartersare relocating from Salt Lake City to Park City in a deal between the SundanceInstitute and Park City Municipal Corporation that ensures the festival willstay in Park City through 2018.In early autumn 2006 the Institute will move to a renovatedhistoric building at the Spiro mining ...