All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 71
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Edinburgh toasts latest wave of British filmmaking
Critical enthusiasm for a new wave of British filmmaking was reflected in the prizes announced Sunday night at the 54th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Pawel Pawlikowski's lyrical, Venice-bound Last Resort received the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature whilst the Standard Life Audience Award confirmed the crowd-pleasing qualities ...
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The Little Vampire
Dir: Ulrich Edel. Germany-UK. 2000. 95minsProd Co: Cometsone Pictures. Int'l sales: New Line Cinema. Prod: Richard Claus. Exec prods: Alexander Buchman, Anthony Waller, Larry Wilson. Scr: Karey Kilpatrick, Larry Wilson based on the Little Vampire novels by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg. DoP: Bernd Heini. Prod des: Joseph C. Nemec III. Ed: Peter ...
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Snatch
Dir: Guy Ritchie. UK. 2000. 102 mins.Prod Co: SKA Films. Worldwide dist: Columbia TriStar. Prod : Matthew Vaughn. Co-prod: Michael Dreyer. Scr: Guy Ritchie. DoP: Tim Maurice-Jones. Prod des: Hugo Luczyc-Wynowski. Ed: Jon Harris. Mus: John Murphy. Main cast: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, ...
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One Life Stand
Dir: May Miles Thomas. UK. 2000. 115mins.Prod co: Elemental Films. Int'l sales: Elemental Films (+44 141 332 0375). Prod: Karen M.Smyth. Exec prod: Owen Thomas. Scr/DoP/Ed: May Miles Thomas. Prod des: Ewen Duncan. Mus: Bobby Henry. Main cast: Maureen Carr, John Kielty, Gary Lewis, Alyson Orr, Archie Lal.Having secured attention ...
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A Brief History Of Errol Morris
Dir: Kevin McDonald. 1999. UK-US. 48 mins.Prod Co: Minerva Pictures. Int'l sales: Film Transit International (+1 514 844 3358). Prods: Paula Jalfon, Colin MacCabe. DoP: Neve Cunningham. Ed: Stephen Devlin. Mus: Alex Heffes. Main cast: Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, Tom Luddy, Philip Glass.An Oscar-winner earlier this year for the controversial ...
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Parallax unveils partnership with Scotland's Makar
The UK's Parallax Pictures has established a Scottish production base through a partnership with Edinburgh-based Makar Productions. The two companies are already collaborating on Makar's first National Lottery-financed feature, the $3.9m Child Of Air.Parallax's Sally Hibbins will executive produce the feature with Makar's Eddie Dick producing. Pat Harkins, who recently ...
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Antonine Films unveils scheme for Scottish shorts
UK production outfit Antonine Films has launched a short film initiative, "8 1/2", designed to nurture new talent based in Scotland. Named after the Federico Fellini classic, the title also represents the running time of each short to be produced under the scheme. Supported by a wide range of Scottish ...
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Krampack
Dir: Cesc Gay. Spain. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Messidor Films. Backers: Canal Plus, Television de la Catalunya. Int'l sales: Art Box. Prod: Marta Esteban, Gerardo Herrero. Scr: Cesc Gay, Tomas Aragay. DoP: Andreu Rebes. Prod des: Llorenc Miguel. Editor: Frank Gutierrez. Music: Joan Quilis, Albert Manera, Ricard Casals. Main cast: ...
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Relative Values
Dir: Eric Styles. UK. 2000. 89 mins.Prod Co: Overseas Filmroup/Midsummer Films. UK dist: Momentum Pictures. Int'l sales: Overseas Filmgroup. Prod: Chris Milburn. Assoc prods/scr: Paul Rattigan and Michael Walker from the play by Noel Coward. DoP: Jimmy Dibling. Prod des: Humphrey Jaeger. Eds: Caroline Limmer, Ian Seymour. Mus: John Derney. ...
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When The Sky Falls
Dir: John MacKenzie. UK-Ireland. 2000. 107 mins.Prod cos: Irish Screen, Sky Pictures, Irish Film Board, Redeemable Features. Int'l Sales: Icon Entertainment International. UK dist: 20th Century Fox. Prods: Nigel Warren-Green, Michael Wearing. Exec prods: Kevin Menton, Peter Newman, Mary Louise Queally. Scr: Michael Sheridan, Ronan Gallagher and Colum McCann. DoP: ...
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Ramsay project secures Scottish lottery funding
Company Pictures' Morvern Callar, the latest project from writer-director Lynne Ramsay, was the main beneficiary in the latest round of Scottish Lottery Panel awards. The first awards under the administration of Scottish Screen rather than the Scottish Arts Council, announced a £500,000 production grant to the film which already has ...
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Such Is Life (Asi Es La Vida)
Dir: Arturo Ripstein. Mexico-France-Spain. 2000. 98mins.Prod Co: Filmania, Gardenia, Foprocine, Wanda Vision, DMVB Films, Seceuncia 13. Int'l Sales: World Sales. Prods: Laura Imperiale, Jorge Sanchez, Alvaro Garnica. Assoc prods: Jose Maria Morales, Thierry Forte. Scr: Paz Alicia Garciadiego inspired by Seneca's Medea. DoP: Guillermo Granillo. Prod des: Claudio Contreras. Ed: ...
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Gangster No. 1
Dir: Paul McGuigan. UK. 2000. 105 mins.Prod Co: Pagoda Films. Int'l Sales: FilmFour. Prod: Norma Heyman, Jonathan Cavendish. Co-prods: Ulrich Felsberg, Nicky Kentish-Barnes. Exec prod: Peter Bowles. Scr: Johnny Ferguson. DoP: Peter Sova. Ed: Andrew Hulme. Prod des: Richard Bridgland. Mus: John Dankworth. Main cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul ...
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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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Some Voices
Dir: Simon Cellan Jones . UK. 2000. 101 mins.Prod Co: Dragon Pictures. Int'l sales: FilmFour. Prod: Damian Jones, Graham Broadbent. Co-prod: Fiona Morham. Scr: Joe Penhall. DoP: David Odd. Prod des: Zoe Macleod. Ed: Elen Pierce Lewis. Mus: Adrian Johnston. Main cast: Daniel Craig, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, Julie Graham.A ...
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The King Is Alive
Dir: Kristian Levring. Denmark. 2000. 109 minsProd Co: Zentropa Entertainments 5. Int'l Sales: Good Machine. Prods: Patricia Kruijer, Vibeke Windelov. Exec prods: William A Tyrer, Chris J Ball, David Linde, Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Scr: Kristian Levring, Anders Thomas Jensen. DoP: Jens Schlosser. Ed: Nicholas Wayman Harris. Main cast: Miles Anderson, ...
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Maybe Baby
Dir: Ben Elton. UK. 2000. 102 mins.Prod Co: Pandora/BBC Films. Int'l sales: Pandora Cinema (+33 1 40 70 90 90). Prod: Phil McIntyre. Exec prods: Ernst Goldschmidt, David M Thompson. Assoc Prod: Lucy Ansbro. Scr: Ben Elton. DoP: Roger Lanser. Prod Des: Jim Clay. Ed: Peter Hollywood. Mus: Colin Towns. ...
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A Conversation With Gregory Peck
Dir: Barbara Kopple. US. 1999. 97 mins.Prod Co: On Tour Productions/Cabin Creek Films. Int'l Sales: Films Transit International. Prod: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck, Linda Saffire. DoPs: Don Lenzer, Tom Hurwitz, Sandy Sissel. Ed: Bob Eisenhardt. Sound: Peter Miller, John McCormick, Michael Lonsdale. Mus: Art Labriola. Main cast: Gregory Peck, ...
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Under Suspicion
Dir: Stephen Hopkins. US. 2000. 111mins.Prod Co: Revelations Entertainment. Int'l Sales: TF1 International. Prod: Lori McCreary, Anne Marie Gillen, Stephen Hopkins. Exec prod: Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman. Scr: Tom Provost, W. Peter Iliff based on the film Garde A Vue by Claude Miller, Jean Herman, Michel Audiard. Garde A Vue ...
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Bread And Roses
Dir: Ken Loach. UK. 2000. 110 mins.Prod Co: Parallax. Int'l sales: The Sales Company. Prod: Rebecca O'Brien. Exec prod: Ulrich Felsberg. Scr: Paul Laverty. DoP: Barry Ackroyd. Prod des: Martin Johnson. Ed: Jonathan Morris. Mus: George Fenton. Main cast: Pilar Padilla, Elpidia Carrillo, Adrien Brody, George Lopez, Alonso Chavez.The locale ...