All Screen articles in 8 August 2005 – Page 4

  • Reviews

    20 Centimetres (20 Centimentros)

    2005-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Ramon Salazar.Sp-Fr. 2005. 113mins.A bawdy, picaresque Spanish yarn about a transvestite whoyearns for a sex change operation (she has 20cm she wishes to dispense with -hence the title), Ramon Salazar's second feature carries obvious echoes of theearly work of Pedro Almodovar. There is the same irreverent humour, a sharedfascination ...

  • News

    Charlie wins international weekend with $14.4m in 23 markets

    2005-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Charlie And The Chocolate Factory drew the winning ticket for the secondconsecutive weekend as the family remake grossed an estimated $14.4m on 2,500screens in 23 markets through Warner Bros Pictures International for a $67.2mrunning total.The picture vanquished Typhoon Masa in Taiwan to open top on $720,200including previews on 63 prints, ...

  • News

    Sandrelli set for Golden Lion at Venice

    2005-08-07T00:00:00Z

    The Biennale has announcedthat Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli will receive a Golden Lion for LifetimeAchievement at the upcoming Venice Film Festival (Aug 31-Sept 10).Festivaldirector Marco Mueller said: "A 45-year-old career in film, and she doesn'tshow it. Stefania Sandrelli has lived through all the various periods ofItalian cinema."TheTuscan actress started out ...

  • News

    Ex-Renaissance exec Canning joins Becker Films

    2005-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Former Renaissance executive Iain Canning has joinedBecker Films International (BFI) as head of worldwide acquisitions, and willalso act as a consultant on acquiring Australian rights for sister companyDendy Films. He will continue to be based in London.In a statementreleased on Friday, Canning said he looked forward to working with BFIpresident ...

  • News

    AUTLOOK Filmsales racks up Crash Test Dummies sales

    2005-08-07T00:00:00Z

    AUTLOOKFilmsales has clocked up the first sales on Joerg Kalt's Crash Test Dummies which had its worldpremiere in Berlin's International Forum sidebar and was shown in Karlovy Varylast month. AUTLOOK'smanaging director Peter Jager told ScreenDaily.com that Kalt's debutfeature has been sold to Germany's Stardust Filmverleih and Poland's AgainstGravity, while he ...

  • News

    Axel Springer takes over ProSiebenSat.1 Media

    2005-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Germanpublishing empire Axel Springer has acquired a majority stake in theProSiebenSat.1 Media to create the only listed media group in Germany withactivities both in the print media and television sectors.Inan Euros 2.5bn acquisition subject to anti-trust and media authority approval,Springer intends to increase its existing shareholding in ProSiebenSat.1 fromthe present ...