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Academy names 12 documentaries on Oscar shortlist
The Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences has formally unveiled its 12-strong documentary shortlist for next year's Oscars.The titles are: Born IntoBrothels, Home Of The Brave, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral On A MovingTrain, In The Realms Of The Unreal, Riding Giants, The Ritchie Boys, The StoryOf The Weeping ...
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Alien Vs Predator fights past $60m for Fox
FoxInternational's action sequel Alien Vs Predator grossed an estimated $4.9m on 2,136screens in 27 markets at the weekend to raise its international running totalto $60m.Elsewhere, Foxcomedies Dodgeballand Garfield areapproaching the end of their runs and have amassed $51m and $119m respectively.The sci-fithriller I, Robot currentlystands on $198.6m and Fox International ...
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Echelon closes AFM deals on Mantis, Fish
Los Angeles-basedproduction, distribution and sales house Echelon Entertainment has sold rightsto certain territories on Marc Levie's Belgian thriller Praying Mantis and Brian Austin Green's US romantic comedy FishWithout A Bicycle.BRAVO/Canada bought non-exclusiveCanadian television rights for one year to Praying Mantis, which tells of a woman who develops the instinctsof a ...
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Mercier leaves Indie Circle for new role at Warner Bros
Christophe Mercier has been appointed to the newly createdposition of vice president of speciality films at Warner Bros PicturesInternational.Based in London,Mercier will report to the respective heads of European marketing anddistribution based in London and to the head of the overall division inBurbank, California.Mercier'sprimary function will be to identify and ...
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Cellular opens in seven European markets for NLI
New Line International's Cellular raised its international running totalto $5.3m after launching in seven European markets at the weekend.The highlight was a sixth place debut in Spain throughTri-Pictures that yielded $753,979 on 246 screens.Elsewhere the thriller grossed $357,782 on 133 Russian screens,$91,779 on 27 in the Netherlands, $49,925 on 16 ...
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Record-breaking Incredibles conquers Taiwan, Sweden
TheIncredibles began itsinternational roll-out through Buena Vista International (BVI) with a $5.8mweekend haul that featured number one debuts in all its markets and a raft ofrecords to boot.The latest Pixar title, which is already within spittingdistance of $150m in the US after its second weekend, scored the biggest everopening for ...
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Absolute Tangerine to start shooting at end of Nov
Principalphotography is set to begin in New York on Nov 29 on Tomax Aponte's psychologicalthriller Absolute Tangerine.Theproject features a cast of US and Latin America's Telenovela actors and starsPatricia Rae, Craig Wasson, John Heard, Gary Perez, Francisco Gattorno, Sissi,Lou Torres, and newcomer Jeremiah Sayys.Setin present day New York, the story ...
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Bridget is big fat hit in first six territories
Universal and Working Title scored their biggest opening weekendof all time in the UK as Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason opened top through UIP on an estimated$19.1m (£10.3m) on 496 screens including previews of $5.9m (£3.3m).The record UK opening applies to US$ and pounds sterling, and beatBridget Jones's Diaryby ...
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Hotel Rwanda books second major audience prize at AFI FEST
Having already scored the prestigious audience award at theToronto International Film Festival this year, Terry George's Hotel Rwanda won the same prize at AFI FEST, the LosAngeles International Film Festival, which wrapped up this weekend.It beat out such crowd-pleasers as A Very Long Engagement,House Of Flying Daggers, Bad Education and ...
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Polar Express opening is less than Incredibles
Pixar's The Incredibles, distributed in the US through Buena Vista, beat off thechallenge of Warner Bros' The Polar Express to stay top with an estimated $51msecond weekend haul that raised its running total to $144.1m.Polar Express, a 50/50 co-venture between Warner Bros and Steve Bing'sShangri-La Entertainment that cost $165m to ...
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The Incredibles maintains super-hero pace
Pixar's The Incredibles, distributed in the US through Buena Vista, beat off thechallenge of Warner Bros' The Polar Express to stay top with an estimated $51msecond weekend haul that raised its running total to $144.1m.Polar Express, a 50/50 co-venture between Warner Bros and Steve Bing'sShangri-La Entertainment that cost $165m to ...
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Schumacher, Prieto to be honoured at Bangkok fest
Joel Schumacherwill receive the Golden Kinnaree Award for Career Achievement and Alexander cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto willcollect theCinematographer's Crystal Lens Award at the BangkokInternational Film Festival's (BIFF) awards gala ceremony on Jan 21, 2005.Festival-goerswill get a chance to see the regional premiere on Jan 20 of Schumacher's latestpicture, Andrew Lloyd Webber's ...
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Bridget, Incredibles begin international rollout
Universal'sromantic comedy sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason goes out in its first major marketsthrough UIP this weekend, beginning with Australia on Nov 11 on 300 prints andthe UK a day later on 750.Strong resultsare on the cards given the performance of the 2001 original. Bridget Jones'sDiary opened top ...
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+Entertainment's Tunnel sold to Tartan, Artport
Pejman Partiyeli's BeverlyHills-based international sales house +Entertainment has closed multipleterritory deals at AFM on horror title Death Tunnel and its companion documentary Spooked, which are attracting strong interest for domesticrights.The two-tile package sold toArtport in Japan, Tartan for the UK, Imagine Entertainment for Australia, TotMedia for Spain, and Movie Bank ...
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Saw producers Twisted sign up with Lions Gate
Twisted Pictures is movingfast in the wake of its horror hit Saw and has signed a nine-picture distribution deal with Lions Gate Filmsfor its upcoming slate of horror and thriller titles.Twisted executives arelooking for writers and directors with existing scripts and will considerworking with outside producers willing to work within ...
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Longtime Fox international executive Mars dies at 77
Harold Mars, theformer vice president of 20th Century Fox International, died of complicationsfrom pneumonia on Nov 1. He was 77.Born inBrooklyn, Mars started out in the film business with MGM International in 1946and moved to Fox in 1964, where he became the first director of operations forLatin America.He relocated toLos ...
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Leigh to get lifetime achievement award at Gothams
IFP/New York hasannounced nominees for its inaugural best feature and best documentarycategories at The Gotham Awards and named Mike Leigh this year's recipient ofthe Filmmaker Award for Lifetime Achievement.Officials added that DanTalbot will receive the Industry Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition ofhis work at New Yorker Films in introducing classic ...
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Palm acquires domestic rights to graffitti drama
ChrisBlackwell's Palm Pictures has acquired North American and Caribbean rights toAdam Bhala Lough's feature debut Bomb The System.Palm plans aspring 2005 release for the picture, which chronicles the lives of a group ofgraffiti artists who wage graffiti war on New York after the police beat up oneof their gang.Mark Webber,Jaclyn ...
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IFC takes US rights to Turtles Can Fly
IFC Films has acquired USrights in all media to Bahman Ghobadi's award-winning Iranian best foreignlanguage Oscar entry Turtles Can Fly.Set in Ghobadi's nativeKurdistan on the eve of the American invasion of Iraq, Turtles Can Fly follows the fortunes of a 13-year-old satellite dishinstaller who falls for an orphan girl.The picture, ...
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Trade groups act to boost Mexican industry
Moving to galvanise whatdelegates described as a desperate Mexican film industry yesterday (9), leadingfilmmakers and trade groups from the US and Mexico signed the Declaration ofSanta Monica.The declaration was issuedat the 10th meeting of the US-Mexico Bilateral Film Industry Committee andresolved to pull the Mexican industry out of crisis by ...