All Screen articles in 9 June 2000 – Page 2
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New Waterford Girl beats MI:2 on screen average
For one of the first times in Canadian box office history, a small indigenous film beat out the Hollywood heavyweights on a per screen average basis last weekend (June 2-4).New Waterford Girl, a C$4m title produced by Sienna Films and Imagex and distributed by Odeon Films, opened on June 2 ...
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Kopelson shifts slate from Fox to Intertainment
Germany's Intertainment has stepped up to fully finance a $1bn slate of films being prepared by Oscar-winning producer Arnold Kopelson, who is poised to quit his production deal at 20th Century Fox.Kopelson and his wife and producing partner Anne enjoyed huge commercial success with a prolific stream of pictures for ...
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DreamWorks to release Shrek in Imax 3D
DreamWorks' animated film Shrek is set to be released in Imax 3D, the first full-length animated feature to be released in the format as Walt Disney's Fantasia 2000, which opened in January, was shown on 2D. The Shrek 3D release is set for December 2001 to coincide with DreamWorks' home ...
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Constantin grabs Hyde Park slate
German distributor Constantin Film has struck an output deal that gives it theatrical and video/DVD rights to a slate of films flowing from US producer Hyde Park Entertainment.The five-year deal, which gives Constantin rights in Germany and Austria, was concluded with KirchMedia, which as part of the Epsilon pact with ...
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Suitors circle filmgroup following cancelled IPO
Filmgroup, the parent of UK theatrical distributor Redbus Film Distribution, is expected to spark interest from several companies in the cable and telecommunications sector following the cancellation of the video-on-demand company's flotation this week.Acquisitive UK cable company NTL is seen as a potential suitor for filmgroup but other companies may ...
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UIP's Pilowsky seals pact with Axiom
In Marion Pilowsky's first move as head of international acquisitions and development at United International Pictures (UIP), the distribution powerhouse and UK and Australian-based production company Axiom are partnering to release a slate of indie pictures in the UK.The partners will initially release four titles over two to three years. ...
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Italy's 'plex operators form breakaway trade body
Italy's largest multiplex operators, including Warner Village Cinemas, De Laurentiis Cineplex and United Cinemas International, have split from exhibitor trade association, ANEC, to form their own organisation, ANEM.ANEM spokesman Carlo Bernaschi said that Italy's single-screen exhibitors want to obstruct the rights and interests of multiplex operators, but claimed that the ...
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Eagle unwraps theatrical slate; $60m drama
In a bid to stamp its mark on Italy's turbulent distribution scene, recapitalised distributor Eagle Pictures has unveiled its first full theatrical slate and also announced development of $60m medical drama, The Lazarus Child.Eagle secured a $300m war chest to invest in film and TV productions and acquisitions last year ...
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Shadow Of The Vampire
Dir: E. Elias Merhige. UK-US. 2000. 93 mins.Prod co: Long Shot Films. Int'l Sales: Lions Gate Films. Prods; Nicolas Cage, Jeff Levine. Exec Prod: Paul Brooks. Co-prods: Jimmy De Brabant, Richard Johns. Scr: Steven Katz. DoP: Lou Bogue. Prod Des: Assheton Gorton. Ed: Chris Wyatt. Mus: Dan Jones. Main cast: ...
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BSkyB shares hit by Vivendi, Kirch sales
Shares in BSkyB remained highly volatile today after two of its key shareholders yesterday sold stakes.At 14:00 BST the shares were trading at £12.07, having closed 6% down at £12.85 overnight. In earlier trading today they had dipped as low as £11.48. The shares were hit when investment bank Lehman ...
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Canal Plus to sponsor Deauville fest
Canal Plus is to become the principal sponsor of the Deauville Festival of American Film.The value of the endorsement by the pay-TV giant was not disclosed, but the contract is understood to cover three years from 2000 to 2002. The move appears to underscore the revival of Deauville, which is ...
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Chello puts back flotation for second time
Mark Schneider, chairman and chief executive of Dutch cable network giant UPC, said on Wednesday (June 7) that the flotation of its Chello Broadband division would not go ahead as planned on Friday, June 9. The float had already been postponed for at least a week, last Wednesday (May 31).The ...
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Arndt takes producer prize at Cologne
Stefan Arndt has been awarded the Producer Prize at this year's Cologne Conference. The Casting Award went to Anja Dihrberg.Arndt is one of four partners, along with Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker and Dani Levy, in hot Berlin production outfit X-Filme creative pool which has credits including Run Lola Run, Life ...
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Telefonica, Prisa reportedly in 'net merger talks
Putting a new spin on old rumours of merger talks between Telefonica-backed digital satellite TV platform Via Digital and Grupo Prisa's Canal Satelite Digital (CSD), Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported that the two groups are negotiating the creation of a joint Internet and TV venture which could result in the ...
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Filmgroup cancels flotation plans
UK video-on-demand operation filmgroup, the parent of theatrical distributor Redbus Film Distribution, has cancelled its float, the company confirmed on Wednesday.CEO Simon Franks cited market conditions for pulling the planned flotation on the London Stock Exchange on June 14.Filmgroup had already slashed how much it aimed to raise from the ...
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M:I2 gives UIP biggest Oz weekend
Mission: Impossible 2's opening in Australia on June 1, one week after its blockbusting North American debut, grossed $3,675,654 (A$6,395,638) from 366 screens over the four-day weekend. This gives distributor UIP its biggest ever weekend and ranks third-highest in Australian history. This compares to the $3.4m (A$5.9m) brought in ...
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Ex-Searchlight publicist Robertson opens PR shop
Michele Robertson, former executive director of national publicity at Fox Searchlight Pictures, has launched her own boutique PR agency in Los Angeles called MRC. Kicking off with two film accounts - Fine Line Features' Saving Grace and Trimark Pictures' Skipped Parts - Robertson plans to work with both studios and ...
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Roth lines up $3bn for Revolution Studios launch
Joe Roth's eagerly-awaited film and internet production outfit, to be henceforth known as Revolution Studios, has finally hit the ground with an initial $3bn in financing and distribution commitments from three key investment partners who will collectively control own around a quarter of the company.Roth's Revolution - not to be ...
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FilmFour strikes first-look deal with Calderwood
The UK's FilmFour has struck a first-look deal with Andrea Calderwood, formerly head of production at National Lottery franchise Pathe Pictures.The deal was announced Wednesday by Paul Webster, FilmFour's chief executive. Calderwood steps down at the end of July from her current position to form her own production company."I have ...
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Canal Satelite racks up 900,000 subscribers
Spain's Grupo Prisa-backed digital satellite TV platform Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) has reported that it has reached the 900,000 mark in subscribers. The platform has reported a steady growth of about 100,000 new subscribers every six months since June of 1998.CSD launched a little over three years ago in January ...
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