All articles by Allan Hunter – Page 72

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    Antonine Films unveils scheme for Scottish shorts

    2000-08-17T14:18:00Z

    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

    2000-06-26T13:00:00Z

    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

    2000-06-16T17:41:00Z

    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

    2000-06-15T16:40:00Z

    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

    2000-06-14T11:58:00Z

    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)

    2000-06-08T16:04:00Z

    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

    2000-06-08T16:01:00Z

    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

    2000-06-07T15:34:00Z

    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

    2000-06-05T16:56:00Z

    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

    2000-06-02T11:24:00Z

    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

    2000-06-02T11:22:00Z

    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

    2000-05-31T14:15:00Z

    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

    2000-05-30T14:18:00Z

    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

    2000-05-26T16:11:00Z

    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 ...

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    Les Destinees Sentimentales

    2000-05-26T16:00:00Z

    Dir: Olivier Assayas. France. 2000. 180 mins.Prod Co: Arena Films. Int'l Sales: Pathe International. Prod: Bruno Pesery. Scr: Olivier Assayas, Jacques Fieschi based on the novel by Jacques Chardon. DoP: Eric Gautier. Prod des: Katia Wyszkop. Ed: Luc Barnier. Mus: Guillaume Lekeu. Main cast: Emmanuelle Beart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, ...

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    Kippur

    2000-05-25T15:51:00Z

    Dir: Amos Gitai. Israel. 2000. 123 minsProd Co: MP Productions (Fr), Agav Hafakot, Studio Canal Plus, Arte France Cinema, R & C Produzioni (It). Int'l Sales: President Films, (+33 1 4562 8222). Prod: Michael Propper, Amos Gitai. Scr: Amos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme. DoP: Renato Berta. Prod des: Miguel Markin. ...

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    Billy Elliot

    2000-05-24T13:52:00Z

    Dir: Stephen Daldry. UK. 2000. 110 mins.Prod Co: Tiger Aspect Pictures, WT2. Int'l Sales: Universal Pictures. Prods: Greg Brenman, Jonn Finn. Exec prods: Natasha Wharton, Charles Brand, Tessa Ross, David M Thompson. Scr: Lee Hall. DoP: Brian Tufano. Ed: John Wilson. Mus: Stephen Warbeck. Main cast: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, ...

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    Fast Food, Fast Women

    2000-05-16T18:25:00Z

    Dir: Amos Kollek. US. 2000. 98 minsProd Co: Lumen Films. Int'l Sales: Celluloid Dreams. Prod: Hengameh Panahi. Co-prod: Avram Ludwig. Scr: Amos Kollek. DoP: Jean-Marc Fabre. Prod des: Stacey Tanner. Ed: Sheri Bylander. Mus: David Carbonara. Main cast: Anna Thomson, Jamie Harris, Louise Lasser, Robert Modica, Lonette McKee.As welcome ...

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    Harry, A Friend Who Wishes You Well

    2000-05-15T18:31:00Z

    Dir: Dominik Moll. France. 2000. 117 mins.Prod co: Diaphana Films/M6. Int'l sales: Mercure Distribution. Prod: Michel Saint-Jean. Scr: Dominik Moll, Gilles Marchand. DoP: Matthieu Poirot-Delpech. Prod des: Michel Barthelemy. Ed: Yannick Kergoat. Mus: David Sinclair Whitaker. Main cast: Laurent Lucas, Sergi Lopez, Mathilde Seigner, Sophie Guillemin, Liliane Rovere.Although audiences may ...

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    In The Mood For Love

    2000-05-08T14:55:00Z

    Dir: Wong Kar-Wai. Hong Kong. 2000. 90 mins.Prod Co: Block 2 Pictures Inc/Paradis-Orly Films. Int'l Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales. Prod/Scr: Wong Kar-Wai. DoPs: Christopher Doyle, Mark Li Ping Bing. Prod des/Ed: William Chang Suk-Ping. Mus: Michael Galasso. Main cast: Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Rebecca Pan, Lai Chen, Siu ...