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Odyssey takes Lassie for a walk
London-basedOdyssey Entertainment has signed a deal with Classic Media and Firstsight Filmsto handle worldwide distribution on Charles Sturridge's live action Lassie project.Odyssey's RalphKamp and Louise Goodsill will represent the title at next month's AFM. UK andJapanese rights were recently sold to Entertainment and Shochiku respectively.Sturridge willdirect from his screenplay based ...
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10-strong delegation from Europe to attend AFI FEST under EFP auspices
Hungarian director NimrodAntal, Germany's Mennan Yappo and Denmark's Paprika Steen and are among adelegation of emerging European talent whose work will be showcased at theupcoming AFI FEST 2004 presented by Audi.Organised under the auspices of European Film Promotion, 10film-makers and actors will attend festival screenings of their pictures andQ&A session ...
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Echo Bridge buys worldwide rights to Zachary Beaver
LosAngeles-based independent Echo Bridge has acquired worldwide rights in allmedia from Revere Pictures to the family picture When Zachary Beaver Came ToTown.Adapted from Kimberly Willis Holt's National BookAward-winning young adult novel by John Schultz, who also directed, the picturecentres on the fateful arrival of a sideshow attraction in a sleepy ...
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Cheadle, Eternal Sunshine get Gotham honours
Don Cheadle will collect theGotham Actor Award and Michael Gondry's Eternal Sunshine Of The SpotlessMind will receive the inauguralCelebrate New York tribute at IFP/New York's upcoming 14th Annual IFP GothamAwards.Cheadle's credits includethe upcoming Hotel Rwanda, Crash, The Assassination Of Richard Nixon and Ocean's Twelve, and he enters a pantheon of ...
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City Lights, Intrinsic Values team for desert thriller Four Women
New York City-basedCity Lights Pictures will produce the thriller Four Women with Intrinsic Value Films, based on thecomic book by writer-illustrator Sam Kieth, who will direct from his ownscreenplay.Described by thefilmmakers as Open Water in the desert, Four Women involves a life-changing road trip thatturns sour for a group of ...
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Smarinsky gets evp stripes at MGM
Michael Smarinsky has beenpromoted to executive vice president of corporate and governmental affairs atMGM.Reporting to MGM seniorexecutive vice president Bill Jones, Smarinsky will continue to rungovernmental affairs and supervise content-protection activities, as he did inhis previous role as MGMC;s principal governmental affairs officer.Prior to MGM, Smarinskyworked at a private law ...
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Valenti presented with honour by Italian government
Former MPAA president andchief executive officer Jack Valenti has been made Knight of the Grand Cross ofthe Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, or Cavalier Di Gran Croce.Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi personally presented the honour during a ceremony at his officialresidence at Rome's Palazzo Chigi.The Order of Merit of ...
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Valenti presented with honour by Italian government
Former MPAA president andchief executive officer Jack Valenti has been made Knight of the Grand Cross ofthe Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, or Cavalier Di Gran Croce.Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi personally presented the honour during a ceremony at his officialresidence at Rome's Palazzo Chigi (pictured above).The Order of ...
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Haunting shoot starts in Romania with territories sold
Filming has begun in Romaniaon the gothic ghost story An American Haunting starring Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, JamesD'Arcy and Rachel Hurd-Wood.The UK-Canadian-Romanianco-production is being made by Midsummer Films, Remstar, Media Pro Pictures andMighty Panda and bonded by Film Finances with banking facilities by the Bank ofIreland.Courtney Solomon directs theproject based ...
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Bone, Dare are top winners at Woodstock
Debra Granik'smarriage drama Down To The Bone won the Maverick Award for Best Feature Narrative at the 5thWoodstock Film Festival, while Amanda Micheli's Double Dare won corresponding honours in the bestfeature documentary category for its portrayal of Hollywood stuntwomen.JessicaSharzer's high school drama Speak took the Audience Award for Feature Narrative, ...
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Kirk Douglas to receive lifetime honour at Palm Springs
Kirk Douglaswill receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th Annual Palm SpringsInternational Film Festival on Jan 8 2005."Mr Douglas'unparalleled body of work has entertained audiences throughout the ages, andthat will continue to stand the test of time on every level," festival chairmanEarl Greenburg said over the weekend at a ...
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Fox's I, Robot top in Japan for fifth weekend
Fox International's sci-fi thriller I, Robot continued its mighty rampage through Japan at theweekend, remaining number one for the fifth weekend in a row and adding anestimated $1.3m on 359 screens for a $29m running total.Overall thepicture added $1.6m on 616 international screens to raise the internationalcumulative score to $187.3m.2046, ...
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Diaries, Sea win Screen-sponsored Hollywood Awards
Walter Salles' TheMotorcycle Diaries won the HollywoodWorld Award and Alejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside won the Hollywood European Award, both sponsored byScreen International, at a gala ceremony last night (18).The gala awards ceremony atthe Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles marked the culmination of the Hollywood FilmFestival, which opened on Oct ...
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Bourne adds another $2.3m to cross $80m for Universal/UIP
Universal's spy sequel The Bourne Supremacy added an estimated $2.3m on 1,200screens in 31 territories through UIP at the weekend to raise its internationalrunning total to $80.4m.The picture opened in five territories including South Africa andthere are 10 to go including Germany next weekend.There were no debuts for Universal/Working Title's ...
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Lucas to receive 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award
George Lucas will receivethe 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award at a ceremony in Los Angeles in June 2005,one month after the global release of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge OfThe Sith."George Lucas is a masterstoryteller, but he is first and foremost a moving image pioneer," AFI board oftrustees chair ...
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White Chicks adds $4.5m for CTFDI, second in UK, fifth in Spain
Revolution Studios' comedy White Chicks added an estimated $4.5m throughColumbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) at the weekend on1,685 screens in 21 markets for a $16.3m running total through all distributorsand $15.9m through CTFDI.The highlights were a second place debut in the UK behind SharkTale on $1.6m on 340screens, and ...
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Kontroll, Turtles take top honours at Chicago Film Festival
Nimrod Antal's Hungarian thriller Kontroll won the Gold Hugo award in internationalcompetition at the 40th Chicago International Film Festival over the weekend,while Bahman Ghobadi's wartime drama Turtles Can Fly took the Silver Hugo.Further Silver Hugos were awarded to:Day and Night / Dag og nat (Denmark), directed by Simon Staho, ...
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Team America disappoints for Paramount while Shark Tale floats at the top
DreamWorks' Shark Tale remained the one to beat as it extended its rule to a thirdconsecutive weekend and passed $100m with ease, drowning the aspirations ofParamount's marionette satire Team America and Miramax's romantic comedy remake Shall We Dance'Shark Taleadded an estimated $22.1m for a $118.8m running total, whileUniversal/Imagine's Friday Night ...
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R-rated Team America fails to sink family favourite Shark Tale
DreamWorks' Shark Tale remained the one to beat as it extended its rule to a thirdconsecutive weekend and passed $100m with ease, drowning the aspirations ofParamount's marionette satire Team America and Miramax's romantic comedy remake Shall We Dance'Shark Taleadded an estimated $22.1m for a $118.8m running total, whileUniversal/Imagine's Friday Night ...
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IDA names nominees in 20th annual documentary achievement awards
Joe Sinofsky and JoeBerlinger's Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Jehane Nujaim's Control Room are among nominees for the International DocumentaryAssociation's 20th Annual IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.Other contenders in thefeature category include Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer, BeingDorothy, Born Into Brothels, The ...