All Screen articles in 9 October 2002 – Page 5
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Indie veterans Manne, Tait create Duopoly
Two veterans of the New Yorkindependent scene - Liz Manne andCatherine Tait - have teamed up to form Duopoly, a production andstrategy company which will executive produce "entertainment properties"as well as providing strategic services to production companies.Manne was most recentlyexecutive vice president, programming & marketing, for The Sundance Channelwhere she ...
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Cinema Service boosts investment in Korean film industry
South Korean major Cinema Service is to boost its investment in local film production amidst what appears to be an exodus of venture capital from the industry. With industry sources predicting leaner times ahead for production companies, the increased spending by Cinema Service is expected to give it even ...
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Germany's F.A.M.E. to be axed after shareholder vote
Film & Music Entertainment (F.A.M.E. AG) is to be dissolved after shareholders accepted management proposals to close the company.F.A.M.E.'s executive board argued that negative market conditions and the remote prospects of recovery in the media sector made liquidation necessary. The board said there was "no possibility to profitably continue ...
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Achterbahn files for insolvency
Achterbahn AG, producer of the hugely successful animated Werner features, has become the latest in a long line of publicly listed German media companies to file for insolvency.In a statement the executive board said that it believed that there were possibilities to continue business activities after the insolvency proceedings.Founded in ...
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Reviews
The Legend Of Suriyothai
Dir. Chatri Chalerm Yukol. Thai 2001/US 2002. 154minsThis mammoth historical pageant, originally directed by a prince who is also one of his country's leading filmmakers, broke all home box office records in Thailand last summer, grossing over $14 million, about three times as much as Titanic did in that territory. ...
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Prague slashes location shooting fees
Prague city council this week slashed location shooting fees in the Czech capital by 75%.The reduction effectively reverses a controversial location fee increase introduced in June, when shooting costs in the city's historic centre were raised fivefold from $0.32 to $1.62 per square metre - working out as an increase ...
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Latin American sizzle heats up foreign markets
In the fickle world of acquisitions, Latin America has a fair claim to being this week's hot new cinema. Boosted by Miramax's expected Oscar push for Brazilian sensation City Of God and a strong reception for Mexican Cannes title Japon, Wild Bunch director of acquisitions, Alain De La Mata was ...
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