All Screen articles in 9 October 2005 – Page 2
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France slows down runaway production trend
According to a new study by France's National Film Commission, runawayproduction has been largely stemmed in France thanks to new initiatives put inplace by public bodies.The study notes that from 1998 to 2003, the number of shooting weeksspent outside France had practically doubled from 220 to 424. In 2004, however,that ...
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Kindred makes US play for Hoffman's Game 6
Kindred Media Group hasacquired North American distribution rights to Michael Hoffman's dramaticcomedy Game 6, starring Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.Exploring the existentialcrisis of a Broadway playwright and baseball fanatic, Game 6 is based onan original screenplay by acclaimed novelist Don DeLillo. It is directed byMichael Hoffman and produced by ...
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Fortissimo adds Hart Sharp collection to library
Fortissimo Films hasexpanded its library of TV rights by acquiring the five-film catalogue of NewYork-based production company Hart Sharp Entertainment.Titles covered by the dealinclude films such as Dark Harbour, directed by Adam Coleman Howard; Lift,from DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter; and award-winning You Can Count On Meby Kenneth Lonergan.Fortissimo, whichestablished ...
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All The Invisible Children
Dirs: Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, KatiaLund, Jordan and Ridley Scott, Stefano Veneruso, John Woo. It. 2005. 131mins.Portmanteau films arelike chocolate assortments: pretty boring once all the coffee creams have gone.The latest multi-director outing to test international audiences' limitedappetite for the genre, All The Invisible Children is a worthy ...
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The House Of Sand (Casa De Areia)
Dir: Andrucha Waddington.Braz. 2005. 103mins.No, this isn't 2003's HouseOf Sand And Fog after the mist has lifted but Brazilian director AndruchaWaddington's first feature since his well-regarded Me You Them (2000),which won the top prize at Karlovy Vary.Set in northern Brazil'sforbidding state of Maranhao, now a conservation zone, it begins in ...
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VIP Medienfonds chief arrested as part of tax probe
The troubles of the privateGerman media fund VIP Medienfonds took a dramatic turn on Wednesday (October 5)with news that its CEO Andreas Schmid has been arrested.Schmid was taken intocustody by the Munich's public prosecutor's office as it was feared he mightflee the country, leading German fund news service Fondstelegramm reportedtoday.Earlier ...
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Service of Thanksgiving for Lord Brabourne to be held in London
AMemorial Service of Thanksgiving for Lord Brabourne CBE, who died last month,is to be held in London on November 15 at The Guards Chapel at 3:00pm.Lord Brabourne was a much respected film maker, whoproduced and co-produced 16 international feature films, which collectivelyreceived 25 Oscars/ Oscar nominations.Lord Brabourne was also a ...
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Keaton, Mendes, Crash cast to receive HFA honours
Diane Keaton will receivethe Hollywood Career Achievement Award, Sam Mendes will collect the HollywoodDirector of the Year Award, and the cast of Crash will receive the Hollywood Ensemble Acting of theYear Award at the Hollywood Awards gala on Oct 24.Keaton won the best actress Academy Award in 1978 for Annie ...
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NBC UITD names two key European executives
NBC Universal InternationalTelevision Distribution has appointed two new European sales executives, namingCarolyn Stalins president of liaison for France and Italy, and Sven Nothdirector of liaison for Germany.Stalins, who formerly served as senior vice president of MGM InternationalTelevision Distribution in London, moves to Paris where she will oversee freeand pay television ...
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THINKFilm, HBO reunite for Favela Rising
THINKFilm and HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films have jointlyacquired Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary's Favela Rising, which has been shortlisted for two International DocumentaryAssociation awards.The partners plan a 2006 release on the US-Brazilian co-production about aformer drug trafficker from a notorious Rio de Janeiro slum who turns socialactivist and campaigns against violence ...
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Focus does roaring trade on The Tiger And The Snow
Focus Features has pre-soldRoberto Benigni's latest comedy The Tiger And The Snow to a raft of territories ahead of its widelyanticipated Italian release next week on Oct 14.The film has been sold to France (Pathe), Germany (Telemunchen), Benelux (A-Film), Greece (Odeon), Iceland (Sena), Portugal (Lusomundo), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Switzerland (Ascot Elite),and ...
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A Little Trip To Heaven
Dir:Baltasar Kormakur. Ice. 2005. 98mins.For his latest feature A Little Trip To Heaven,Icelandic film-maker Baltasar Kormakur takes audiences on a modest littleadventure in the other direction as well and the familiar hellish genre of themodern neo-noir. This time however the focus is not on some disaffected,world-weary flatfoot and his cheating, ...
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Shinobi
Dir: Ten Shimoyama. Jap.2005.101mins.Already sold to 14foreign territories and with strong remake potential, Ten Shimoyama's Shinobiresembles recent Japanese period epics like Red Shadow, SamuraiResurrection and Azumi in its computer game-like structure andtargets their teen audiences accordingly.But in telling his story oftwo warring ninja clans, Shimoyama also aspires to the epic, ...
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Europa Corp cranks up Harlan Coben adaptation
French actor Guillaume Canet is in the middle of productionon his latest directorial effort Tell NoOne, based on American writer Harlan Coben'sbestselling thriller.Thefilm is produced by Alain Attal with EuropaCorp., M6 and Les Productions duTresor on a Euros 15m budget. EuropaCorp. will commence sales at November'sAFM.Canet has rounded up a ...
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Jackson and Walsh add sparkle to Halo
Peter Jackson and Fran Walshhave signed on as executive producers on the upcoming adaptation of the smashhit video game Halo.The pair will offer creative advice through theirWingNut Films, and Jackson's Weta Digital and Weta Workshop will provide visualeffects, creatures and miniatures for the production.The Universal Pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment and ...
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Kopelevich to spearhead sales for Bleiberg
EhudBleiberg's ambitious Los Angeles-based finance and production outfit BleibergEntertainment has appointed Roman Kopelevich tospearhead its salesactivities.As vice president of worldwide sales for Bleiberg Entertainment, Kopelevichwill start in earnest at the upcoming American Film Market,whereBleiberg's inaugural slate includes the holocaust drama AdamResurrected to be directed by Paul Schrader, the spoofactioncomedy Kill ...
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Polish Film Centre chief named
Poland's Deputy Culture Minister AgnieszkaOdorowicz has been appointed by Culture Minister Waldemar Dabrowski as thedirector of the new Polish Film Centre (PISF).The new body, whichwill bring the activities of the Film Production Agency, Script Support Agencyand Polish Film Promotion together under one roof with an annual budget ofEuros 25m, is ...
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THINKFilm, HBO team up on Favela Rising
THINKFilm and HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films have jointlyacquired Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary's Favela Rising, which has been shortlisted for two International DocumentaryAssociation awards.The partners plan a 2006 release on the US-Brazilian co-production about aformer drug trafficker from a notorious Rio de Janeiro slum who turns socialactivist and campaigns against violence ...
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THINKFilm, HBO unite for Favela Rising
THINKFilm and HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films have jointlyacquired Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary's Favela Rising, which has been shortlisted for two International DocumentaryAssociation awards.The partners plan a 2006 release on the US-Brazilian co-production about aformer drug trafficker from a notorious Rio de Janeiro slum who turns socialactivist and campaigns against violence ...
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THINKFilm, HBO reunite for Favela Rising
THINKFilm and HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films have jointlyacquired Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary's Favela Rising, which has been shortlisted for two International DocumentaryAssociation awards.The partners plan a 2006 release on the US-Brazilian co-production about aformer drug trafficker from a notorious Rio de Janeiro slum who turns socialactivist and campaigns against violence ...