All Screen articles in 9 October 2006 – Page 2
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Fox revises Prada international weekend to $19.4m
The DevilWears Prada was a biggeroverseas hit at the weekend than originally thought and grossed $19.4maccording to revised figures from Fox International.Thecomedy debuted in three major territories and took $2.7m in France, $2.3m inRussia, and $6.1m in the UK as previously reported. The international runningtotal currently stands at $42.2m.SummitEntertainment/Constantin's murder ...
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Prada has devilish $15.3m weekend for Fox International
Fox International's The Devil Wears Prada wore its style on its sleeve at theweekend as it dominated the overseas arena on an estimated $15.3m from 2,900screens.The weekend result was driven by a superb $6.1m number one UKdebut on 446 screens, which swelled the comedy's total gross to $41.5m overall. The ...
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Leung to star in See Movie's Chinese Fairy Tale
Tony Leung Ka-fai has signedup to star in Lam Wai Lun's The ChineseFairy Tale (working title), to be co-produced by Hong Kong's See Movie and mainland Chinese partners.Written and directed by LamWai Lun, the film is based on a true story which took place in Changchun in northern China, where ...
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Thai Film Federation drops Waves for Ahimsa
In an unexpected move, Thailand has dropped Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Invisible Waves as its entry for the bestforeign-language film category of the Oscars and submitted Kittikorn Leosakun'sAhimsa: Stop To Run instead. The Federation of National FilmAssociation, responsible for selecting and submitting a Thai candidate, told Screendaily that it was forced to ...
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Yacoubian Building takes Golden Eye at Zurich
Egyptian filmmaker Marwan Hamed's The Yacoubian Building (Omaret Yacoubian) won the Golden Eye Award in the best debut category at this year's Zurich Film Festival.The International Jury, headed by veteran US producer Edward R. Pressman, praised the film's approach of "using classic melodrama to discuss issues and conflicts in ...
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Besson reconsiders directing 'retirement'
Luc Besson says he will reconsider returning behind the camera if he finds, "a good script" - despite a recent interview announcing his retirement from directing.Speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair, he told Agence France Presse: "I made 10 films and I never would have imagined being able to do ...
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Days Of Glory star Debbouze barred from Algerian screening
Days Of Glory star, and Palme d'Or winner, Jamel Debbouze has been refused a visa to enter Algeria for a screening of the film.Debbouze, who was born in France, is of Moroccan origin and, according to reports earlier this year in Moroccan daily Maroc Soir was already refused entry ...
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UK-French co-productions face testing times
The new UK film tax credit may hamper thedevelopment of some co-productions but shouldn't stop UK and French producers from workingtogether. That was the message reiterated at the Franco-British co-productionmeeting hosted at this weekend's film festival in the French seaside town of Dinard.The conferencechair, producer Nik Powell of the National ...
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A Stone's Throw
Dir: Camelia Frieberg. Canada. 2006. 98mins.The directingdebut of producer Camelia Frieberg, AStone's Throw is a family drama underscored with hot button social issues.Adroitly crafted and well observed, the film shows a nascent talent behind thelens. However, the familiarity of the yarn and the absence of marqueeperformers present an uphill struggle ...
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Suely In The Sky takes top prizes in Rio
KarimAinouz's Suely In TheSky picked up both the best picture and best director awards at the Rio de JaneiroInternational Film Festival.HermillaGuedes also picked up the best actress award for her performance as anabandoned single mother stranded in the barren north east of Brazil. Suely, which playedin both Venice and Toronto, ...
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The Fall
Dir: Tarsem. 2006. India/UK/US. 117mins.Surely the most visuallyawe-inspiring film at the Toronto film festival this year, music video directorTarsem's The Fall will divide mostaudiences. Patient viewers, however, will be richly rewarded by a visual andaural extravanganza that is virtually sui generis. Think the brilliant andexciting images of Julie Taymor in ...
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Everything's Gone Green
Dir: Paul Fox. Canada. 2006. 92mins.A generally wellcrafted, breezy yarn, Everything's Gone Green has a lot of bright, nascenttalent but falls short of an artistic or commercial bull's-eye. It'sintelligently observed when it ought to be hilarious and lacks the requisitebite and tartness that would set it apart from the ceaseless ...
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UK distributor Spark Films launches
Award-winning producersDaniel San and Rebecca Knapp have launched their new UK distribution outfit SparkPictures Limited today, Oct 6. The company intends todistribute three to four "commercial independent"titles over the next year. San and Knapp teamed up in2004 with the aim to create a company that will make and distribute low-costcommercial ...
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Name changes for Universal
UniversalPictures has announced that it has renamed two of its divisions. As of Nov 1,its international theatrical releasing arm will be renamed Universal PicturesInternational and its international home entertainment group will be renamedUniversal Pictures International Entertainment. The new companynames reflect Universal Pictures' international distribution joint venture withParamount Pictures, which was ...
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Pecs unveils Central European Pitch Forum
Screenwriters from Centraland Eastern Europe could have betterchances of finding a producer to come onboard their projectthanks to theCentralEuropean Pitch Forum (CEPF) initiative which was unveiled at the Pecs InternationalFilm Festival in Hungary this week.The event, which is to beheld for the first time in Pecs ina year's time, has ...
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Zonemedia gets NBC Universal cable rights in Poland, Hungary
London'sZonemedia has acquired exclusive basic cable rights in Poland and Hungary tofeature films from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The films will be screened on Zonemedia's channel ZoneEurpoa, and include La Haine,Highlander, Delicatessen, Leaving Las Vegas, Europa and Kundun as well as the works ofdirectors Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Jacques Beinex, ...
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Dir: Jonathan Liebesman.USA. 2006. 89 minutes.A lot of modern horrorhas become more synonymous with horrifying rather than terrifying - thechief difference being the latter is something that grips you on a base,visceral level certainly, but also provokes significant feelings ofpsychological unease. The gulf between these two approaches is roundly apparentin ...
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Babel to open, Host to close Hawaii festival
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's ensemble drama Babel and the US premiere of Lee Sang-il'sfeel-good Japanese picture Hula Girls booked the 26th Hawaii International Film Festival (LVHIFF),which straddles several Hawaiian islands from Oct 19-Nov 5.Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror blockbuster The Host is named the centerpiece gala, while KenWatanabe will collect the ...
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Trapped Ashes
Dirs: Joe Dante, Monte Hellman, Ken Russell, SeanCunningham, John Gaeta. US/Canada/Japan. 2006. 105mins.Monte Hellman's superlative,evocative and genuinely moving Stanley'sGirlfriend is the standout contribution of Trapped Ashes, the horror anthology of four macabre vignettes alsodirected by Ken Russell, Sean Cunningham and John Gaeta.Financed by Japanesebroadcast concerns and shot in Vancouver, Los ...
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WTC, Prada, Vice, Click all hit major territories
Paramount's World Trade Center took the international arena by stormlast weekend and executives will be looking for more of the same when overseasdistributor UIP launches the picture in 16 further territories.Oliver Stone's 9/11 drama opens in Australia on Oct 5 and Japan onOct 7. It has grossed $22.5m from the ...