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NBR honours Letters From Iwo Jima, Whitaker, Mirren
Naming the firstwinners of the 2006/07 awards season, The National Board of Review has votedClint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima the best film of 2006, while Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren earnedrespective acting honours for The Last King Of Scotland and The Queen.Martin Scorsese got his awards season campaign going ...
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Cinemavault picks up sales rights to HD 3-D horror movie Scar
CinemavaultReleasing International has picked up international rights to the highdefinition 3-D psychological horror film Scar, which completed principal photography in Calgary on Nov12.Scarwas shot by Japanese manufacturer NHK Enterprises and is the first live-actionfilm to be shot using this process following the animated releases MonsterHouse and Chicken Little.AngelaBettis stars as ...
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Cars, Over The Hedge lead Annie Award nominations
Cars,Over The Hedge, Happy Feet, Monster Houseand Open Season will contest bestanimated feature in the upcoming 34th Annual Annie Awards.Pixar'sCars leads the pack with ninenominations, while DreamWorks's Over The Hedge has seven. DreamWorks is the most recognised studio with17 nods.TheAnnie Awards are regarded as a key indicator in the Oscar ...
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Demme to direct Jimmy Carter doc for Participant
JonathanDemme will direct a documentary about former President Jimmy Carter forParticipant Productions entitled He Comes In Peace.Productionbegan in Plains, Georgia, on Nov 11 at the Carters' home on the eve of hispublicity tour for his book 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid'.Demmeand his crew will follow Carter on the tour across America.Demmecollaborator ...
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TWC signs music and soundtrack deal with Cherry Lane
The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Cherry Lane Music PublishingCompany have signed a multi-year administration agreement covering all musicand soundtracks from films released by TWC.Under the terms of the agreement, Cherry Lane will represent andexploit all music and soundtracks owned by TWC while securing performancerights fees from various music publishers worldwide.'We ...
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Filmaka launches twice-monthly online competition
Los Angeles-based film-maker collective Filmaka.com has launchedan online twice-monthly competition and is offering a production deal with thecompany and its principals to the year-end finalist.Twice a month Filmaka.com will announce contest topics and invitecontestants to shoot a one-to-three-minute film and upload it to the site.At the entry level contestant films ...
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SPRI's Casino wins jackpot with $44.7m third weekend
Bond ruled the waves for a third consecutive weekend as CasinoRoyale grossed anestimated $44.7m from 6,770 prints in 54 territories for $196.5m.The film will cross $200m on Monday [Day 17] and alreadystands at more than $312m worldwide. 007 is on course to finish hisinternational mission in the mid-$300m range.Casino Royale ...
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Feet keeps marching for Warner Bros in domestic market
Warner Bros' animated hit Happy Feet kept on marching and stayed atop thecharts for the third consecutive weekend as Sony's Casino Royale remained in second place.Happy Feetadded an estimated $17m for $121m after three weekends, while 007 raised histally by $15.1m to $115.9m after the same amount of time. Casino ...
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Babel gets director, ensemble awards at Palm Springs festival
The 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present the cast of Babel with the festival's Ensemble Performance Award and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu with the Director of the Year Award. Cast members Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi are expected to attend along with Inarritu. ...
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007 should dominate for third weekend, Japan opens today
James Bond should prove too tough for his international rivals forthe third consecutive weekend as Casino Royale bears down on $200m.The 007 saga has reached $150m through Sony Pictures ReleasingInternational and is expected to add in the region of $30m-$40m this weekendthrough strong holds and the release in Japan on ...
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Duran named UPI vp, distribution & marketing, Latin America
Mauricio Duran has been appointed vice president of distributionand marketing for Latin America for Universal Pictures International.Duran will oversee the theatrical marketing and distributionstrategies, supervising all aspects of business for the region, including thereview of potential acquisitions. He will oversee all new business initiativesand develop Universal's future distribution plan for ...
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Seattle Film Festival announces year-round screening facility
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) Group is developing a year-roundscreening facility at Seattle Centre's 400-seater Nesholm Family Lecture Hallat Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.The new theatre will become the flagship venue for the 33rd AnnualSeattle International Film Festival, which runs from May 24-Jun 17 2007.The city of Seattle will contribute $150,000 ...
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Babel gets director, ensemble awards at Palm Springs festival
The 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF)will present the cast of Babel with the festival's Ensemble Performance Award and AlejandroGonzalez Inarritu with the Director of the Year Award.Cast members Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchiare expected to attend along with Inarritu. This will be the ...
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Cinemavault closes post-AFM deals with Last Rites
Cinemavault Releasing International (CRI) has closed post-AFMsales on the zombie-sci-fi film Last Rites in Germany (Galileo), Brazil (Nordeste), South Africa (NuMetro), Italy (One Movie), and Japan (Gaga).Offers are imminent in France, Spain, Scandinavia and the Beneluxon the story of two rival LA street gangs forced to assist the police when ...
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Half Nelson dominates New York's Gotham Awards
Ryan Fleck's inner city drama Half Nelson dominated IFP's 16th Annual Gotham Awards last night [Nov 29].The picture won best feature, breakthrough director for Fleck and breakthrough actor for Shareeka Epps, who tied with Babel's Rinko Kikuchi. Half Nelson was released earlier this year in North American through THINKFilm.Alejandro Gonzalez ...
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Sundance unveils competition section lineups for 2007
Hailing a wider global perspective in American film-making and a compelling array of international work, Sundance festival director Geoff Gilmore unveiled the 64 Independent Film and World Cinema documentaries and dramatic films that will play in competition in the 2007 event, which runs from Jan 18 to 28.'American film-makers are ...
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Half Nelson dominates New York's Gotham Awards
Ryan Fleck's inner citydrama Half Nelson dominated IFP's16th Annual Gotham Awards last night [Nov 29].The picture won bestfeature, breakthrough director for Fleck and breakthrough actor for ShareekaEpps, who tied with Babel's RinkoKikuchi. Half Nelson was releasedearlier this year in North American through THINKFilm.Alejandro GonzalezInarritu's Babel also won bestensemble acting honours ...
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IFC, Red Envelope team to acquire An Unreasonable Man
IFC Entertainment and RedEnvelope Entertainment have jointly acquired North American rights fromSubmarine Entertainment and William Morris Independent to the documentary AnUnreasonable Man.The film, which was recentlyshortlisted for the 2007 documentary feature Oscar, will open on Jan 31 2007through IFC's multi-platform division IFC First Take, which to date hasreleased 16 films.Henriette ...
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Powell named vp, marketing, for Samuel Goldwyn, Roadside Attractions
Nathan Powell has joined Samuel Goldwyn Films and RoadsideAttractions as vice president of marketing.Powell will be based in the New York offices of IDP, the marketingand distribution arm of Samuel Goldwyn Films and Roadside Attractions, and willreport to IDP president Michael Silberman.'We are delighted and fortunate to have Nathan's talents ...
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Breen named senior vp of marketing at Fox International
Kieran Breen has beenpromoted to senior vice president of marketing at Twentieth Century FoxInternational.Reporting to co-presidentsTomas Jegeus and Paul Hanneman, Breen will develop and supervise strategicmarketing plans of all Fox releases overseas and will oversee the Los Angeles,regional and field marketing operations.He recently moved to LosAngeles and previously served as ...