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Icon takes on international sales for The Stanford Prison Experiment
Icon Entertainment International has acquired the international sales rights to The Stanford Prison Experiment, which Maverick Films/Infinity Features will start shooting in October 2007. The feature is based on the true story of Philip Zimbardo's groundbreaking 1971 study of human psychology at Stanford University, during which 18 young men assumed ...
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Rome to premiere Coppola's Youth Without Youth
Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth has been confirmed for a world premiere at the secondRome Film Festival, which runs Oct 18-27. 'It is both an honor and a great pleasure to debut Youth Without Youth at the Rome Film Festival. I have worked in Italy extensively, both in Sicily ...
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H20 Motion Pictures to make film on Politkovskaya
Andras Hamori and Mark Horowitz's recently launched H20 Motion Pictures has acquired the rights to three books by Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist who was shot to death in a suspected contract killing in Moscow in Oct 2006.H20 will develop a film about the woman, who was a bold and ...
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Horizon swims with shark documentary hit
Vancouver-based sales agency Horizon Motion Pictures has picked up international rights to Rob Stewart's animal conservation documentary Sharkwater and will commence sales in Cannes.The film is on course to cross C$1m in Canada after launching there recently, and follows Stewart as he highlights the threats faced by sharks from poachers ...
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MPAA cracks down on smoking in films
The Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) ratings board is getting tough on smoking in film.Until now the ratings board has regarded sex, violence, adult language and illegal smoking among teens as the elements most likely to incur its wrath.However, an edict delivered today stressed than all depiction of smoking ...
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Industry moves
Lakeshore adds DeckterJonathan Deckter, former Arclight Films president of international sales and Morgan Creek International vice-president, has been appointed senior vice-president of international sales at Lakeshore Entertainment. He will work alongside Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard Rose, who is promoted to the same position. Meanwhile Rob Burke is promoted to executive ...
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The new US independent model
New York-based IFC Entertainment is in the second year of its day-and-date programme whereby 24 films a year hit theatres and VoD in 40 million homes on the same day. On the eve of Cannes, Mike Goodridge spoke to president Jonathan Sehring about the future of independent distribution. When the ...
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How to make a spider fly
The webslinger's runaway international success represents a first and a last for the movie business, says Leonard Klady. The $380m plus box office that Spider-Man 3 generated in its worldwide launch is both a theatrical anomaly and a harbinger of the future. The luck aspect of this record-breaking performance is ...
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Editorial opinion: festivals' right to choose
The one that got away is a favourite subject at every film festival. Selectors put their necks on the line at each event, picking their favourites for competition and it's only human to reward their efforts with invective about the ones they missed.One of the joys of the season for ...
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NY-based Visit establishes boutique sales arm
Visit Films, the New York-based production company run by former Focus Features International distribution executive Ryan Kampe and commercials producer and creative executive Sylvain Tron, has launched the boutique sales agency Visit Sales.The company will specialise in finding foreign distribution channels for independent American projects and the partners will attend ...
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Canadian legal expert disputes Warner piracy claims
A Canadian legal expert disputes recent claims by Warner Bros. that singles out Canada as the primary source of camcorder piracy. On Monday in Los Angeles, the studio issued a press release alleging that 70 per cent of its films distributed in Canada had been pirated through in-cinema camcording. Referring ...
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Mexico's The Violin continues awards roll at San Francisco
Francisco Vargas Quemada's The Violin won the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival's SKYY Prize at the closing night awards ceremony on May 10.The FIPRESCI Prize went to Jeanne Waltz's Parting Shot/Pas Douce, while the Chris Holter Humour in Film Award was presented to Pavel Giroud for The Silly Age.In ...
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The Violin strikes chord with San Francisco jury
Francisco Vargas Quemada's The Violin won the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival's SKYY Prize at the closing night awards ceremony on May 10.The FIPRESCI Prize went to Jeanne Waltz' Parting Shot/Pas Douce, while the Chris Holter Humour in Film Award was presented to Pavel Giroud for The Silly Age.In ...
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Danielak's Arsenal loads up with Rifkin-Eberts titles
Yarek Danielak's Los Angeles-based distributor Arsenal Pictures has struck a deal to handle four features from Bruce Willis' regular producer Arnold Rifkin and Lord Of War executive producer Christopher Eberts.The deal with Rifkin-Eberts and A-Mark Entertainment kicks off with the recently wrapped horror title Timber Falls and Night Train, which ...
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Toronto to open with premiere of Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces
The 32nd Toronto International Film Festival will open Sept 6 with the world premiere gala presentation of Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces, organisers have announced. Stephen Dillane stars as a man who was orphaned in the Second World War and saved by a Greek archaelogist. Years later, he discovers true love ...
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Francois Velle to direct The Narrows for Serenade
Serenade Films has signed Francois Velle to direct the drama The Narrows, which is set to begin filming in New York later this month.The Narrows stars Kevin Zegers as a 22-year-old Brooklyn man that dreams of escaping his family's criminal roots and becoming a photographer.Vincent D'Onofrio, Sophia Bush, Eddie Cahill ...
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American World signs international rights to Codeblack slate
Mark Lester's Los Angles-based American World Pictures (AWP) has struck a deal to sell foreign rights to African-American-owned studio Codeblack Entertainment's slate at Cannes.The eight-strong Codeblack roster includes The Hit starring Blair Underwood and James Russo, I Tried starring Bone Thugs and Harmony, Flip The Script starring Robin Givens, and ...
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Roadside deal with Goldwyn/IDP comes to an end
Samuel Goldwyn Films announced yesterday that its three-year deal to provide marketing and distribution servicing to Roadside Attractions through its theatrical releasing arm IDP Distribution has come to an end.IDP Distribution and its staff will continue to distribute Goldwyn's theatrical film releases in the United States.Roadside Attraction co-president Howard Cohen ...
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Pellington to direct Henry Poole Is Here for Lakeshore
Los Angeles-based Lakeshore Entertainment is teaming up for the fourth time with director Mark Pellington on the drama Henry Poole Is Here starring Luke Wilson.Joint senior vice presidents of international sales Jonathan Deckter and Elisabeth Costa De Beauregard will begin sales in Cannes next week on the story of a ...
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Son Of Rambow to open Seattle Film Festival
The 33rd Annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) will kick off with Garth Jennings' coming-of-age drama Son Of Rambow and close with the North American premiere of Laurent Tirard's period comedy Moliere.All in all 405 features will screen during the May 24-Jun 17 festival. Events include the new Planet Cinema ...