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Old guard meets new in DGA nominations
Clint Eastwood, MarcForster, Taylor Hackford, Alexander Payne and Martin Scorsese have beennominated for the Directors Guild of America's DGA Award for OutstandingDirectorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2004.Eastwood is nominated for MillionDollar Baby, Forster for FindingNeverland, Hackford for Ray, Payne for Sideways, and Scorsese for The Aviator.The winner will be ...
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Doc fever continues as What The Bleep passes $10m
Samuel Goldwyn Films &Roadside Attractions reported yesterday (4) that William Arntz, Betsy Chasseand Mark Vicente's docudrama What The #$*! Do We Know' has passed $10m at the North American box office.The picture wasself-financed by Arntz to tune of $5m and released by the filmmaker in February2004. Samuel Goldwyn Films and ...
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Nunnari buys film rights to Coelho's 11 Minutes
Gianni Nunnari'sHollywood Gang Productions has optioned movie rights to Eleven Minutes, the bestselling novel by Paolo Coelho,who also wrote the worldwide hit The Alchemist.ElevenMinutes centres on ayoung Brazilian girl's quest for romantic satisfaction as she navigates thewaters of sexual pleasure and true love.The titlederives from the apparent fact that the ...
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North American box office narrowly beats 2003
Final annualNorth American box office figures released by Nielsen EDI reveal that 2004 narrowlybeat 2003 by 0.5% with $9.21bn in total ticket sales compared to $9.17bn.Despite weekend reports from other sources declaring 2004a record year, in the final reckoning Nielson EDI said this was not the case,which means 2002 remains ...
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World premiere of The Moguls closes Santa Barbara
The SantaBarbara International Film Festival will kick off with a special preview ofWoody Allen's Melinda And Melinda starring Will Ferrell and Radha Mitchell on Jan 28 and closes onFeb 6 with the world premiere of Michael Traeger's comedy The Moguls starring Jeff Bridges.Overall nine world premieresand 11 US premieres will ...
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Seven films shortlisted for sound editing Oscar
The Academy Of MotionPicture Arts And Sciences has named seven pictures for consideration forachievement in sound editing for the 77th Annual Academy Awards.Ten-minute clips from eachof The Aviator, Collateral, The Day After Tomorrow, The Incredibles, ThePolar Express, Ray and Spider-Man2 will screen for the sound editingaward committee on Jan 18.Committee ...
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Miami Film Festival pays tribute to Ullman, Rouch
MiamiInternational Film Festival organisers unveiled two special programmes today (Jan4) that will run during the festival from Feb 4-13.Liv Ullmann will receive acareer achievement tribute and filmmaker Jean Rouch will be the subject of aretrospective and symposium showcasing work including Jaguar and Chronicle Of A Summer.For moreinformation see www.miamifilmfestival.com.
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Alexander approaches $50m in international ticket sales
Alexander added an estimated $7.5m on more than 1,400 screensin 29 territories through I.S. Film Distribution at the weekend to raise its international running total to$43.5m.The picture opened well in South Korea, ranking number one on justover $4m on 270 screens and 801,000 admissions. Results for India wereunavailable at time ...
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Kung Fu Hustle continues strong run for SPRI
KUNGFu Hustleadded anestimated $10.1m on 1,095 screens in sixmarkets at the weekend through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) toraise its international cumulative total to $31.1m.Key highlights were a $3.2m second place debut on 368 Japanese screens behindHayao Miyazaki's reigning champion, Howl's Moving Castle. SPRIexecutives expect strong results going into the ...
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Ocean's Twelve, Polar Express pass $100m international
Ocean'sTwelveand The Polar Express both passed $100m at the international box officein a bumper weekend for Warner Bros Pictures International.Ocean's Twelve added an estimated $20.9m haul on 4,900 prints in 49countries to raise its total to $107.3m. The picture is scheduled to open inJapan on Jan 21 and the UK ...
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Ocean's, Polar Express pass $100m at International box office
Ocean'sTwelveand The Polar Express both passed $100m at the international box officein a bumper weekend for Warner Bros Pictures International.Ocean's Twelve added an estimated $20.9m haul on 4,900 prints in 49countries to raise its total to $107.3m. The picture is scheduled to open inJapan on Jan 21 and the UK ...
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Ocean's Twelve, Polar Express pass $100m international
Ocean'sTwelveand The Polar Express both passed $100m at the international box officein a bumper weekend for Warner Bros Pictures International.Ocean's Twelve added an estimated $20.9m haul on 4,900 prints in 49countries to raise its total to $107.3m. The picture is scheduled to open inJapan on Jan 21 and the UK ...
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Palms Springs to honour Payne
Alexander Payne will receivethe Director of the Year award at the 16th Annual Palm SpringsInternational Film Festival (PSIFF).Payne, whose latest picture Sideways has garnered a host of best pictureawards from North American critics groups and picked up seven Golden Globenominations, will collect the honour at the annual awards gala on ...
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North American box office scales new heights in 2004
Early estimates today (2)declared 2004 a record year at the North American box office, spurred on by asuperb opening 12 days for Universal's Meet The Fockers that saw the comedy race past $150m (seeseparate story).According to industry calculations annual ticket sales amounted to $9.4bn, a 1.4%rise from $9.27bn in 2003 ...
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Meet The Fockers stays top as records fall
Universal's Meet TheFockers stayed atop the US charts with a mighty second weekend's businessthat propelled the comedy past $150m and helped set a new annual domestic boxoffice record.The picture grossed an estimated $42.8m over three days, raising its runningtotal to $163.4m, which means Fockers should pass Meet The Parents'$166.2m lifetime ...
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Meet The Fockers reigns supreme
Universal's Meet TheFockers stayed atop the US charts with a mighty second weekend's businessthat propelled the comedy past $150m and helped set a new annual domestic boxoffice record.The picture grossed an estimated $42.8m over three days, raising its runningtotal to $163.4m, which means Fockers should pass Meet The Parents'$166.2m lifetime ...
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Meet The Fockers reigns supreme
Universal's Meet TheFockers stayed atop the US charts with a mighty second weekend's businessthat propelled the comedy past $150m and helped set a new annual domestic boxoffice record.The picture grossed an estimated $42.8m over three days, raising its runningtotal to $163.4m, which means Fockers should pass Meet The Parents'$166.2m lifetime ...
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BVI readies National Treasure in trio of major markets
BuenaVista International's (BVI) adventure National Treasure is in line for a holiday boost this upcoming weekendwith a handful of openings including South Korea, Mexico and Brazil on Dec 31.The picture has amassed $54.5m to date and executives anticipate typicallystrong holiday business to raise the international running total even further.The Incredibleswill ...
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Alexander climbs to $32.7m on 1,345 international screens
Anumber two opening in Germany helped to raise Alexander's international running total to an estimated $32.7mfollowing a $3.8m weekend haul through I.S. Film Distribution on 1,345 screens in 25 territories.Figures are incomplete due to the holiday season, with particularly lengthy reportingdelays expected in many parts of Asia following the weekend's ...
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Bourne Supremacy on cusp of $100m for UIP
Universal'sthriller sequel The Bourne Supremacy is on the cusp of passing $100m and has grossed $99.1m through UIP todate. The final territory of Japan will open on Feb 5 2005.Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reasonadded an estimated $4m through UIP on 2,260 screens in 21 territories at theweekend for a ...