All Screen articles in 9 March 2006 – Page 3
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Tough Enough (Knallhart)
Dir: Detlev Buck. Ger.2005. 98mins.Mixing references from early Ken Loach to La Haine to Mean Streets, Tough Enough is German actor-director DetlevBuck's hard man act after a string of dry, slightly surreal comedies - thelast, Bundle Of Joy, dating back to2000.It's a powerful and oftenviolent film, uncritically but movingly wrapped ...
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Palm picks up worldwide rights to Sun Dogs
PalmPictures has acquired worldwide rights to Andrea Stewart's documentary SunDogs, about the Jamaican dog sledteam that enters the 2006 UK Dog Sledding Championships in Scotland.PalmPictures will finance the project, which is currently filming in Jamaica and isexpected to be completed by the end of the year. A late 2006 theatrical ...
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Hanneman, Jegeus named co-presidents of Fox International Theatrical
PaulHanneman and Tomas Jegeus have been named co-presidents of Twentieth CenturyFox International Theatrical.Theexperienced pair have overseen Fox International since the departure of StephenMoore last summer and officially assume their titles this week.Theexecutives will jointly run the division with equal responsibilities. Theypreviously worked together in Hong Kong from 1998 to 2002, ...
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Flood of Australian film shoot without FFC funds
Film-maker Alkinos Tsilimidos is soon tolock on his fourth feature, the crime thriller Em 4 Jay. In keeping with his focus on social realist cinema - andhis disinterest in "safe, middle-class" stories - it follows two people whoturn to armed robbery to sustain their smack habit.Keeping budgets low allowshim to ...
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Brandon promoted in anti-piracy department at Warner Bros
Marc Brandon has been promoted to vice president of anti-piracy internetoperations at Warner Bros Entertainment.In his new post Brandon will be responsible for coordinating the studio'sonline anti-piracy efforts with a team of local internet anti-piracyspecialists in eight countries.He will work closely with law enforcement agencies, the MotionPicture Association of America, ...
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Sony Classics goes for American Hardcore
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American, Mexican,Australian, New Zealand and German rights to Paul Rachman's punk documentary AmericanHardcore.The AHC Productions picture premiered at Sundance and traces therise of punk from its early 1980s roots to its virtual extinction in 1986.Steven Blush wrote the screenplay inspired by his book ...
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Oscar win for Inside Pictures alumni
Two alumni of the Skillset's training programme Inside Pictures have won an Oscar. Producers Kenton Allen and Mia Bays, who met on the 2002 Inside Pictures programme, won for the Academy Award for short film Six Shooter, directed by Martin McDonagh. "Congratulations to Mia and Kenton for a fantastic ...
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TriPictures helps Gaul to the Games
Spain'sTriPictures has boarded the $93m (Euros 78m) French-language Asterix At TheOlympic Games, set to shoot entirely in Spain beginning nextJune.The film will shoot in high definition for20 weeks at the new Alicante-based City of Light studio complex.The new Asterix isa co-production between Thomas Langmann's La Petite Reine, Pathe RennProductions and ...
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Horgan to take MD role at UIP following restructure
John Horgan will serve as managing director of UIP following its restructuring at the end of the year, the company announced. Horgan, who is currently the senior VP of operations based in UIP's London headquarters, will take his new post from January 1, 2007. He has worked at UIP since ...
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Crash goes back on the road
Surprise Oscar-winner Crashis to be re-released in cinemas across the UKand Irelandthis weekend on approximately 70 screens.The film has already been released on DVD in the territories but Ian George, head of distribution at the film's distributor Pathe, said the best-film win justifies the move. "We thought it's worth giving ...
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UK to recognise film societies on March 11
TheBritish Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) will hold its national Film Societyof the Year Awards ceremony at the National Film Theatre in Londonon March 11. AnthonyMinghella will present the awards, now in their 60thyear. "Iam delighted to be involved with the BFFS in recognising the superbcontribution made by film societies ...
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Korean film King and the Clown rules the box office
Sleeperhit King and the Clown became Korea's biggesthit of all time with a tally of 11.8 million admissions yesterday (March 5), toppingprevious record-holder Taegukgiwith 11.7 million. Afterhaving its premiere at the Berlin market, internationalsales agent CJ Entertainment has decided to co-distribute the film directly in Japan with Kadokawa Herald Pictures, ...
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Wild Bunch enjoys brisk business for its Berlin slate
Following the recent EFM at the Berlin Film Festival, French sales, finance and distribution outfit Wild Bunch has announced a slew of sales on its varied slate. Oscar-winner Luc Jacquet's follow up to March Of The Penguins, TheFox And The Child, which Wild Bunch announced in Sundance, sold in nearly30 ...
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Failure To Launch
Dir: Tom Dey. US. 2006. 92mins.Verging on the preposterous, Tom Dey'sFailure ToLaunch relies on attractive stars to overcome its lacklustreexecution. Opening on March10 in the US - and later in the month throughout Europe - it seeks to capitalise on the success of other recent date movies that useda lover-with-a-hidden-agenda ...
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The Shaggy Dog
Dir: Brian Robbins. US.2006. 92mins.Disney's latest update of one of its vintagelive-action family comedies pairs SantaClause star Tim Allen with that reliably popular screen character, thecutely anthropomorphised canine. It's predictable and only mildly amusingstuff; but it's also the kind of innocuous entertainment that sometimes lures asizeable family audience, if not ...
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Crash takes best picture Oscar, shares spoils with Brokeback Mountain
Crash turned the tables on popular wisdom when it was named best picture at the 78th annualAcademy Awards last night as it took three Oscars, while the pre-ceremonyfavourite Brokeback Mountain alsotook home three awards including best director for Ang Lee.Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon won the lead actor and ...
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Academy Awards
Best PictureCrash - Paul Haggis, Cathy SchulmanBrokeback MountainCapoteGood Night, And Good LuckMunichBest DirectorAng Lee - Brokeback MountainBennett Miller - CapotePaul Haggis - CrashGeorge Clooney - Good Night, And GoodNightSteven Spielberg - MunichBest ActorPhilip Seymour Hoffman - CapoteTerrence Howard - Hustle & FlowHeath Ledger - Brokeback MountainJoaquin Phoenix - Walk The ...
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78th Annual Academy Awards winners
Best PictureCrash - Paul Haggis, Cathy SchulmanBrokeback MountainCapoteGood Night, And Good LuckMunichBest DirectorAng Lee - Brokeback MountainBennett Miller - CapotePaul Haggis - CrashGeorge Clooney - Good Night, And GoodNightSteven Spielberg - MunichBest ActorPhilip Seymour Hoffman - CapoteTerrence Howard - Hustle & FlowHeath Ledger - Brokeback MountainJoaquin Phoenix - Walk The ...
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Brokeback takes feature, director prizes at Spirit Awards
BrokebackMountain continued its virtual sweepof best picture awards at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards which took placein a tent on the beach at Santa Monica this afternoon (Saturday). The event, which isstaged by Film Independent (formerly IFP/West), acted as a mirror to tomorrow'sAcademy Awards which this year is dominated by ...
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Chan's Perhaps Love to open San Francisco Film Festival
Peter Chan's China-set musical Perhaps Love and Robert Altman's A Prairie HomeCompanion bookend the49th San Francisco International Film Festival, which runs from Apr 20 to May4.Ed Harris will receive the Peter J Owens Award in honour of a bodyof work that "exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity".Werner Herzog will collect the ...