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Deschanel named HFF's cinematographer of the year
Caleb Deschanel, the director of photography behind Mel Gibson'sbox office smash The Passion Of The Christ, will receive the Hollywood Cinematographer of the YearAward at the upcoming Hollywood Film Festival (Oct 12-18).Deschanel earned back-to-back Academy Award nominations in1984 and 1985 for The Right Stuff and TheNatural, and received further nominationsfor ...
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Azkaban enjoys biggest '04 opening in Portugal
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban added an estimated $8.7m for Warner Broson more than 3,900 screens at the weekend to raise its international cumulativetotal to $477.2m.Key drivers included the biggest debut of the year so farin Portugal, where $932,300 on 115 screens surpassed Shrek 2 by 20% and ...
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I, Robot takes $21m; Day After Tomorrow crosses $350m
Fox International's I, Robot stamped its authority over the overseas box office at theweekend, grossing $20.8m from 3,489 screens in 18 markets to become the topinternational picture of the weekend.The sci-fi thriller's distinction of opening number one inall its markets so far suffered setbacks in Argentina and the German-speakingpart of ...
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Cleary promoted to general counsel at IFTA
Susan Cleary has been promoted from vice president of legalaffairs to vice president and general counsel at the Independent Film &Television Alliance (formerly AFMA).Cleary will continue to oversee legal matters andarbitration activities for IFTA, and will now supervise IFTA Collections(formerly AFMA Collections), which manages worldwide claims for and collectionof audio-visual ...
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Murdoch-baiting documentary hits theatres this weekend
Robert Greenwald's Fox-baiting documentary Outfoxed: RupertMurdoch's War On Journalism, will go on limited theatrical release this weekend through LosAngeles-based Cinema Libre Distribution - just two weeks after becoming aunderground DVD sensation.The picture, which is essentially a sustained broadside againstalleged political bias at Fox News Channel and its notorious "fair and ...
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Roven taps Gartner as producing partner
FormerMGM production chief Alex Gartner has joined Mosaic Media Group as a producingpartner with the LA production and distribution group's Atlas Entertainmentfilm division.Gartner,who produced Barbershop 2 and servedas executive producer on Out Of Time, will develop and produce with Mosaic partner and Atlas Entertainmentfounder Charles Roven."This is the first step ...
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Riddick opens second in Australia on $1.8m
Universal's action sequelThe Chronicles Of Riddick grossed an estimated $1.8m on 700 screens in 13territories through UIP at the weekend, powered by a third place $1.1mAustralian bow on 226 screens.The picture opened top inNew Zealand on $225,000 from 46 and raised its UIP running total to $5.5m.Industry-wide it has taken ...
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Spider-Man 2 swings past $300m international gross
Sony's Spider-Man 2 remaineda dominant international force at the weekend, swinging past $300m with a$17.5m estimated haul on 7,915 screens that raised the picture's running totalto $302m.The highlights were $3.6m on858 prints in its third weekend in France despite a decent 37% drop to ranksecond on $27m, and $3.1m for ...
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Shyamalan is king as The Village opens top on $50.8m
M Night Shyamalan's safehands delivered the promise of a late summer rally for beleaguered Disney atthe weekend, as the young director's latest mystery The Village opened top onan estimated $50.8m.This was Disney's best everJuly opening weekend, surpassing $46.6m by Pirates Of The Caribbean last year,and presents studio executives with their ...
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Shyamalan is king as The Village opens top on $50.8m
M Night Shyamalan's safehands delivered the promise of a late summer rally for beleaguered Disney atthe weekend, as the young director's latest mystery The Village opened top onan estimated $50.8m.This was Disney's best everJuly opening weekend, surpassing $46.6m by Pirates Of The Caribbean last year,and presents studio executives with their ...
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Deauville to honour Zanuck with career producing award
Veteran producer Richard D Zanuck will receive theLifetime Achievement Award for producing at the 30th Annual Deauville FilmFestival on Sept 7.Zanuck hasproduced more than 50 films in his career, earning three Academy Awardnominations and winning best picture in 1990 for Driving Miss Daisy, which heshared with his wife Lili Fini ...
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Northern Arts acquires Avati's Cannes hit Incantato
Northern Arts Entertainment in association with Artistic LicenseFilms and marketing experts Palisades Pictures Entertainment has picked up PupiAvati's romantic comedy Incantato (Il Cuore Altrove).The Italian-language picture was a hit at Cannes 2003 and earnedAvati a best director di Donatello award the same year. It will open in NewYork on Sept ...
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Sutherland, Harden, Reed shoot for IFC's American Gun
Donald Sutherland, Marcia Gay Harden and Nikki Reed have joinedthe cast of Aric Avelino's ensemble drama American Gun, which began shooting in Los Angelesearlier this month and will open in the US through IFC Films.Sutherland plays the owner of a Virginian gun store whoselife becomes entangled with those of a ...
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I, Robot embarks on biggest international weekend yet
Columbia's Spider-Man 2 should swing past $300m at the international box officethis weekend, while Fox International's I, Robot embarks on its biggest weekend yet,buoyed by an estimated $1.2m opening day on 770 prints in France this week.The sci-fi thriller, which headlines Will Smith, is expected to boost its $10.3minternational running ...
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Regas joins Premier Public Relations in Los Angeles
Beve Regas hasjoined the Los Angeles offices of Premier Public Relations (PPR), where shewill oversee international theatrical marketing and publicity campaigns for thecompany's roster of clients.Regas willreport to PPR president Pamela Godwin-Austen, who said the new arrival'sexpertise in film and television across the independent and mainstream marketsmade her a "valuable ...
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Simonds signs first-look deal with Panther studio MGM
The PinkPanther producer RobertSimonds, who began his career as a production trainee at MGM, has returned tothe studio with a first-look deal.First up will be a remake of the 1968 family comedy Yours,Mine & Ours, which originally starredLucille Ball and Henry Fonda.Simonds has justwrapped production on The Pink Panther, which ...
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MGM staunches red ink, stays mum on 007
Dropping no hints about sales talks or the identity of the nextJames Bond actor, MGM announced second quarter results that revealed adrastically reduced net loss and $33.6m in net cash from operating activities.Second quarter revenues fell from $487.7m for the sameperiod last year to $406.1m.Second quarter 2003 results were boosted ...
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Payne to receive Vision Award from Film-makers Alliance
Academy award nominatedwriter/director Alexander Payne will receive the Film-makers Alliance's 5thAnnual Vision Award at the Directors Guild of America headquarters in LosAngeles on Aug 18."Alexander Payne is afilm-making humanist who allows us to experience his joyously idiosyncraticstories and characters from a compassionately humorous and distinctlyinsightful perspective," Jacques Thelemaque, co-founder of ...
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Holm, Broderick, Hoffman, Parker round out Candy cast
A glitteringsupporting cast has been finalised for the currently-shooting big screenversion of US TV comedy hit Strangers With Candy. Called, not surprisingly, StrangersWith Candy: The Movie,the film is a prequel to the series about a 46 year-old former junkie andprostitute who returns to high school in a bid to start ...
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Sundance Documentary Composers Lab kicks off next week
The Sundance Institute hasnamed the five documentary film-makers and six composers who will take part inits second Documentary Composers Lab.Participants will spend fivedays from Aug 1-5 at the Lab, a convergence of the Institute's Documentary FilmProgramme and Film Music Programme in which composers and film-makerscollaborate under the guidance of industry ...