All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 71

  • Reviews

    La Chambre Des Magiciennes (Of Women And Magic)

    2000-11-23T16:26:00Z

    Dir: Claude Miller. France. 1999. 80 minsProd Co: Le Sept ARTE-teleclip/Les Films de la Boissiere. Int'l sales: UGC International, tel: (33) 1 4029 8900. Prods: Annie Miller, Jacques Fansten. Scr: Claude Miller partially based on The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt. DoP: Philippe Weldt. Ed: Veronique Lange. Mus: Hubert Persat. Main ...

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    Gabriel, Bronco secure Scottish Screen loans

    2000-11-10T15:33:00Z

    Gabriel Films and a revitalised Bronco Films are among the beneficiaries of Development Loan Awards funded by the Scottish Screen National Lottery in partnership with the Scottish Enterprise Creative Industries Team.The two companies will each receive $107,000 (£75,000) of working capital to finance a slate of new film and television ...

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    One Life Stand leads nods for Scottish BAFTAs

    2000-11-02T17:14:00Z

    Elemental Films' One Life Stand and controversial BBC Scotland television drama Tinsel Town lead the nominations for the third biennial BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. A recent winner for Best Achievement in production at the British Independent Film Awards, the low-budget digital feature One Life Stand tells of the complex ...

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    A Shot At Glory

    2000-10-09T15:22:00Z

    Dir: Michael Corrente. UK-US. 2000. 114 mins.Prod Co: Eagle Beach Productions, Butcher's Run Productions. Int'l Sales: Seven Arts International (1) 323 467 1822. Prods: Michael Corrente, Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner. Exec Prods: Billy Heinzerling, Steven Bowman, Denis O'Neil. Scr: Denis O'Neil. DoP: Alex Thomson. Prod des: Andy Harris. Ed: David ...

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    French film fest throws spotlight on thrillers

    2000-10-06T18:06:00Z

    The resurgence of the traditional French thriller will be celebrated at this year's French Film Festival in Scotland and the UK with a series of screenings including Frederic Schoendoerffer's Scenes De Crimes and Eric Rochant's Total Western.Other films in the series include Claude Chabrol's Au Coeur Du Mensonge, Cannes Quinzaine ...

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    Greenfingers

    2000-10-04T14:46:00Z

    Dir: Joel Hershman. UK-US. 2000. 91 mins.Prod Co: Boneyard Entertainment. Int'l Sales: Overseas Filmgroup (1) 310 855 1199. Prods: Travis Swords, Daniel J Victor. Exec prod: Trudie Styler. Scr: Joel Hershman. DoP: John Daly. Prod des: Tim Hutchison. Ed: Justin Krish. Mus: Guy Dagul. Main cast: Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, ...

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    Under The Sand (Sous Le Sable)

    2000-09-29T17:11:00Z

    Dir: Francois Ozon. France. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Fidelite Productions. Int'l Sales: Celluloid Dreams (33) 1 4970 0370. Prods: Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missionier. Scr: Ozon. DoP: Jeanne Lapoirie, Antoine Heberle. Prod des: Sandrine Canaux. Ed: Laurence Bawedin. Mus: Phillipe Rombi. Main cast: Charlotte Rampling, Alexandra Stewart, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot.The ...

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    Dark Days

    2000-09-28T17:56:00Z

    Dir: Marc Singer. US. 2000. 84 mins.Prod Co: Picture Farm Productions. Int'l Sales: Picture Farm Productions (I) 212-343-2314. Prod/DoP: Marc Singer. Co-Prod: Ben Freedman. Ed: Melissa Neidich. Mus: DJ Shadow.A remarkable documentary, Dark Days captures the life and soul of a subterranean shanty town that existed for years in the ...

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    Men Of Honor

    2000-09-25T16:27:00Z

    Dir: George Tillman Jr. US. 2000. 120mins.Prod Co: Fox 2000 Pictures. Int'l Sales: 20th Century Fox. Prods: Robert Teitel, Bill Badalato. Exec Prods: Bill Cosby, Stanley Robertson. Scr: Scott Marshall Smith. DoP: Anthony B Richmond. Prod des: Leslie Dilley. Ed: John Carter. Mus: Mark Isham. Main cast: Robert De Niro, ...

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    Beautiful

    2000-09-25T16:22:00Z

    Dir: Sally Field. US. 2000. 112 mins.Prod co: Beautiful Productions. Int'l Sales: Cathy Morgan International (310) 979 9100. Prods: John Bertolli, B.J. Rack. Exec prods: Richard Vane, Kate Driver, Wendy Japhet, Barry London, Brent Baum, Steve Sabler, Marty Fink, David Forrest, Beau Rogers. Co-prods: Mark Morgan, Jon Bernstein, Jade Ramsey. ...

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    Merci Pour Le Chocolat (Nightcap)

    2000-09-18T10:15:00Z

    Dir: Claude Chabrol. France-Switzerland. 2000. 100 mins. Prod co: MK2 Productions, Cab Productions in association with France 2 Cinema, Le Studio Canal +. Int'l Sales: MK2 Diffusion. Prod: Marin Karmitz. Scr: Caroline Eliacheff, Claude Chabrol based on the novel The Chocolate Cobweb by Charlotte Armstrong. DoP: Renato Berta. Prod des: ...

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    When Brendan Met Trudy

    2000-09-14T13:54:00Z

    Dir: Kieron J Walsh. UK-Ireland. 2000. 95 mins.Prod co: Deadly Films 2/Collins Avenue Films. Int'l Sales: The Sales Company (44) 207 434 9061. Prod: Lynda Myles. Scr/Co-prod: Roddy Doyle. DoP: Ashley Rowe. Prod Des: Fiona Daly. Ed: Scott Thomas. Mus: Richard Hartley. Main cast: Peter McDonald, Flora Montgomery, Marie Mullen, ...

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    Beautiful Creatures

    2000-09-01T18:07:00Z

    Dir: Bill Eagles. UK. 2000. 87 mins.Prod Co: Snakemen Productions for DNA. Int'l Sales: UPI (44) 20 7307 1300. Prods: Alan J Wands, Simon Donald. Exec prods: Duncan Kenworthy, Andrew McDonald. Scr: Simon Donald. DoP: James Welland. Prod des: Andy Harris. Ed: Jon Gregory. Main cast: Rachel Weisz, Susan ...

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    Aberdeen

    2000-09-01T10:40:00Z

    Dir: Hans Peter Molland. Norway-UK. 2000. 105 mins.Prod Co: Norsk Films, Freeway Films. Int'l sales: Trust Film Sales: (45) 3686 8788. Prods: Tom Remlov, Petter J Borgli. Co-prods: Kastro Khatib, John McGrath. Scr: Hans Petter Moland, Kristin Amundsen. DoP: Philip Ogaard. Prod des: Janusz Sosnowski. Ed: Sophie Hesselberg. Mus: ...

  • News

    Edinburgh toasts latest wave of British filmmaking

    2000-08-28T18:32:00Z

    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

    2000-08-23T15:58:00Z

    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

    2000-08-23T15:32:00Z

    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

    2000-08-21T17:24:00Z

    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

    2000-08-18T16:29:00Z

    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

    2000-08-18T11:41:00Z

    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 ...