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Glickman in France for first international outing
Piracy and otherkey issues will be on the agenda when new MPAA chief Dan Glickman travels toFrance today (22) to hold talks with government ministers.In his firstofficial trip as MPAA president and chief executive officer, Glickman isheading for the annual Encounters of Beaune and will take part on a panel ...
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Reel World opens LA management outfit for international talent
Reel World Management has opened offices in Beverly Hillsto offer LA production companies direct access to international film andtelevision writers, directors, and co-producing partners.Reel WorldManagement is owned by managing partner and president, Roma Roth and Reel OneEntertainment, headed by Tom Berry (Screamers, The Assignment).Reel OneEntertainment executive produces eight-10 pictures each ...
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49 entries to vie for foreign language film Oscar
49 countrieshave submitted films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forconsideration in the foreign language category, the Academy announced yesterday(21).That's down fromthe record number of 55 last year and 54 in 2002. It's also a bad year for theAcademy in that some of the year's most acclaimed ...
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AFM announces conference & seminar schedule
Conferences and seminars covering US productionincentives, digital filmmaking, and how to exploit ancillary markets are amongthe line-up of events scheduled for next month's AFM in Santa Monica.Other subjectsat the market, which runs from Nov 3-10, include the marketing of women'spictures, cinematography and budget constraints, and writer-producercollaborations.The conferencespresented by Akin Gump ...
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Gyllenhaal confirmed as Mendes' lead in Jarhead
Jake Gyllenhaal has beenconfirmed as the lead in Universal's Gulf War drama Jarhead, which Sam Mendes will direct based on US MarineAnthony Swofford's memoirs.William Broyles Jr adaptedthe screenplay and Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce under their Red Wagonbanner. Ivan Fenyo, Laz Alonso, Evan Jones, Jacob Vargas, Brian Geraghty ...
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Harmony Gold signs three-year sales deal with Slamdance
Production and distributioncompany Harmony Gold has signed a three-year deal to become the exclusiveinternational distributor for Slamdance Media Group.Harmony Gold will hold alltheatrical, broadcast and DVD distribution rights and will have access to aminimum of 12 new titles each year. Slamdance retains North American rights.The first two pictures willbe offered ...
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Focus teams with Hadida on Silent Hill
Focus Features has acquiredinternational sales rights to Davis Film Productions' adaptation of Konami'ssmash videogame series Silent Hill,with Christophe Gans set to direct and Davis Film's Samuel Hadida producing fora March 2005 start.Sales will commence at nextmonth's AFM. Hadida's distribution company Metropolitan Filmexport will releasein France and a North American distributor ...
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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 ...