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Santa Barbara festival names Will Smith a Modern Master
Will Smith will receive the 2007 Santa Barbara International FilmFestival's Modern Master Award.Smith stars in this season's upcoming drama The Pursuit OfHappyness and hiscredits include Men In Black, I Robot, Independence Day, and Hitch.Previous recipients of the award include Michael Douglas,Peter Jackson, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, ...
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61 films submitted for foreign language Academy Award
A record 61 countries have submitted films for consideration inthe foreign language film category for the 79th Academy Awards.As previously reported, Finland had submitted Aki Kaurismaki's LightsIn The Dusk, which thedirector subsequently said he wanted to withdraw, claiming his permission tosubmit was not sought. At time of going to press ...
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Children Of Men multiplies in four major territories
Fox International's overseas champion The Devil Wears Prada stands a chance of crossing $100m thisweekend as it launches in four territories.The comedy has amassed $83.5m and goes out in smallermarkers this weekend including Sweden on Oct 20. Decent holds in previouslyopened territories should account for another strong weekend haul.Little Miss ...
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New York Film Critics Circle welcomes four new members
VA Musetto and Kyle Smith from The New York Post, and David Fearand Joshua Rothkopf from Time Out New York have been invited to join the NewYork Film Critics Circle (NYFCC).The organisation has also voted Stephen Whitty from the StarLedger and Newhouse News as vice-chairman. He will replace Marshall Fine ...
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Fenkel moves from domestic to international at THINKFilm
Former THINKFilm vice president of marketing David Fenkel has beenpromoted to vice president of international as the company continues to ramp upits overseas sales business.Fenkel will represent the company at all markets and festivals andwill play a key role in international acquisitions. He will report toTHINKFilm's senior vice president Randy ...
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Schorr, Hildebrand and Zipser take on roles at River Road
Bill Pohlad's Minneapolis and Los Angeles-based production companyRiver Road Entertainment has hired three key hires as it expands its LosAngeles operations.Former Sobini Films production chief Robin Schorr joins as head ofcreative production, producer Frank Hildebrand arrives as head of physicalproduction, and former Film Finance Corporation Australia's Deborah Zipser hasjoined as ...
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Davis joins Liberation as head of worldwide business affairs
J Alan Davis has joined Los Angeles-based distribution and saleshouse Liberation Entertainment as vice president and head of worldwide businessaffairs.Davis previously served as head of business affairs at Warner BrosInternational Television Production, and was a principal of media consultingcompany Periscope.Liberation Entertainment was launched earlier this year by mediaentrepreneur Jay Boberg, ...
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Amy Redford heads cast of Finding Fate for MacArt, Bootstrap
Amy Redford has joined the cast of Jack Conroy's family drama FindingFate, which is set tobegin filming in Ireland and New York in early 2007.Patrick Bergin, Hugh O'Conor, Jamie Harris, and John Keating alsostar in the story of a woman who embarks upon a search for the truth when herlife ...
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Breaking And Entering to open, Rescue Dawn to close Denver Film Festival
Anthony Minghella's London-set drama Breaking And Entering and Werner Herzog's Vietnam POW thrillerRescue Dawn bookendthe 29th Starz Denver Film Festival (SDFF29).Minghella will receive the Mayor's Career Achievement Awardfollowing the opening night screening on Nov 9.Breaking And Entering stars Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Ray Winstoneand Martin Freeman and ...
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Fire, Evil take audience awards at Mill Valley
Phillip Noyce's Catch A Fire took home the audience award for best dramatic feature atthe Mill Valley Film Festival, which ran from Oct 5-15.Amy Berg's Deliver Us From Evil won corresponding honours in the documentarysection and Wolfgang Murnberger's Lapislazuli: In The Eye Of The Bear took the award for best ...
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SPRI and BVI team for distribution joint venture in Korea
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) and Buena Vista International(BVI) have formed a joint venture to distribute their pictures and localproduct in South Korea, effective Nov 30.The set-up allows the companies to streamline their operations inone office, and reflects similar arrangements between SPRI and BVI in Mexico,Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Switzerland, ...
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VOD service Eurocinema signs to handle First Run catalogue
US video-on-demand service Eurocinema has signed an exclusive dealwith independent film distributor First Run Features to handle First Run'scatalogue of titles.Premiere First Run Features titles launching on Eurocinema inDecember include Claude Chabrol's Merci Pour Le Chocolat, Ludivine Sagnier's La Petite Lili, Dani Levy's Go For Zucker, and Ole Christian Madsen's ...
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Hounsou to star in urban drama The Trunk
Djimon Hounsou will star in urban drama The Trunk for the trio of Los Angeles-basedcompanies Melee Entertainment, White, and Bluvoma Inc.Brian White, Boris Kodjoe, and Thomas Krestchmann are alsoattached to the story of an inner city musical prodigy on the cusp of successwho discovers some of his closest friends will ...
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Chris Davis International bringing Ten Inch Hero to AFM
Brave New Films has completed principal photography on DavidMackay's ensemble drama Ten Inch Hero, which Chris Davis International is representing forinternational sales.Elisabeth Harnois, Clea DuVall, and Sean Patrick Flanery are amongthe cast in the story of a young woman searching for her daughter who winds upworking in a quirky sandwich ...
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Odyssey pacts with Starz on CG comedy Sheepish
UK-based Odyssey Entertainment will handle international sales anddistribution on Starz Animation's $45m CG family animated comedy Sheepish.Starz Animation is a division of Starz Media, the newly configuredmedia company run by John Malone's Liberty Media Corporation and based aroundits Starz US pay-TV network. Starz recently bought IDT Entertainment and indoing so ...
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Diane Keaton to get gala tribute from Film Society Of Lincoln Center in 2007
Diane Keaton will be the subject of the Film Society Of LincolnCenter's 34th annual gala tribute on the closing night on Apr 9,2007."Keaton's career-defining roles in films, directed by WoodyAllen, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty and Nancy Myers, among others, havemade her one of the most popular and beloved screen ...
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Daviau to get lifetime achievement award from ASC
AllenDaviau will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) LifetimeAchievement Award at the 21st Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards in LosAngeles on Feb 18 2007.Daviauhas earned five Oscar nominations in his career for ET - The Extra-Terrestrial,Bugsy, The Color Purple, Empire Of The Sun,and Avalon.'AllenDaviau is still in the prime ...
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Screenwriting software outfit Final Draft acquires Forum Publishing
Final Draft Inc has acquired the assets of Forum Publishing, whichincludes Script magazine, the Scriptwriters Showcase, Take A Meeting andScriptXpert, as well as all related web sites and domains.Terms of the acquisition were undisclosed, however the acquisitionpositions Final Draft as a one-stop shop for screenwriters offering education,software, and support.'We couldn't ...
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Grudge 2 tops strong weekend at North America box office
Sony registered its 12th number one release of the year as horrorsequel The Grudge 2 launchedon an estimated $22m.The supernatural tale of a rage-inducing curse stars AmberTamblyn and features a cameo by the original's leading lady Sarah MichelleGellar. Overall box office annihilated the same weekend last year,rising 41% as the ...
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Prada continues to lead international pack with $22.7m
Once again Fox International's The Devil Wears Prada dominated the overseas arena as thecomedy grossed an estimated $22.7m from 4,250 screens to raise its tally to$75.5m.Four muscular launches drove the result, led by a $3.7mnumber one Italian haul on 437 screens, and $4.4m from 575 German screens forsecond place.Prada opened ...