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MPAA survey concludes that one in four internet users has downloaded film illegally
A survey of internet use in eight countries conducted by the MPAAand online research company OTX has revealed that nearly one in four users haveillegally downloaded a film at some point.Researchers interviewed respondents in the US, UK, Germany,France, Italy, Australia, South Korea and Japan, and found that on average 24%of ...
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IFC Films takes US rights to Nobody Knows, Edukators
IFC Films has picked up USdistribution rights to two award-winning pictures that screened in competitionat Cannes this year, Kore-eda Hirokaza's Nobody Knows and Hans Weingartner's The Edukators.International sales for bothtitles are being handled by Celluloid Dreams.Nobody Knows is styled as a heartbreaking and humorous account ofthe daily lives of four ...
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Spider-Man 2 fends off strong attack from Anchorman
Sony's Spider-Man 2 was too strong for the opposition at the weekend,beating off the challenges of Anchorman and King Arthur to staytop on an estimated $46m for $257.3m after its second weekend.The arachnid passed $200mafter a record eight days last week and is roughly $20m ahead of its 2002predecessor at ...
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Spider-Man 2 continues to dominate US box office
Sony's Spider-Man 2 was too strong for the opposition at the weekend,beating off the challenges of Anchorman and King Arthur to staytop on an estimated $46m for $257.3m after its second weekend.The arachnid passed $200mafter a record eight days last week and is roughly $20m ahead of its 2002predecessor at ...
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Empire launches US video arm with 9/11 shorts
Arthouse distributor Empire Pictures is set to launchvideo arm Empire Pictures Home Entertainment this autumn with September 11(11'09"01), the composite work featuringthe responses of 11 film-makers to 9/11.The divisionwill be headed up by executive vice president and industry veteran StevePennie, who most recently served as director of national accounts for ...
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Spider-Man 2 to get IMAX treatment
IMAX andColumbia Pictures have struck a deal whereby Spider-Man 2 will be digitally remastered for releaseon IMAX screens around the world beginning Jul 23."When you have amovie like Spider-Man 2,it makes sense to offer audiences an opportunity to experience the film in thisincredible format," Jeff Blake, vice chairman of Sony ...
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du Toit named programming director at Palm Springs shorts fest
Helen du Toit has been nameddirector of short film programming at the tenth Palm Springs InternationalFestival of Short Films, which is scheduled to run from Aug 31-Sept 6.Du Toit was oneof the programmers for the 2004 Palm Springs International Film Festival andhas worked for film festivals including Seattle and Toronto ...
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Global Film Initiative takes US rights to Whisky
US-basedcharitable trust the Global Film Initiative has picked up Juan Pablo Rebellaand Pablo Stoll's Cannes award-winning drama Whisky for its Global Lens touring filmsseries.The Initiative is also partnering up with the Museum ofModern Art for the New York premiere, which is expected some time in Decemberas part of MoMA's 10-week ...
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Spider-Man 2 prepares for second wave attack
Barely one week into release, Sony's Spider-Man 2 has already spun such a solid international platformthat a raft of second wave releases in several major markets and strongholdovers elsewhere could take it past $100m this weekend.The comic book sequel has amassed $60.5m to date and was dueto open in Germany ...
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Dirty Pretty Things script wins top Humanitas prize
Steven Knight's screenplayfor the drama Dirty Pretty Thingswon the feature film category in the 30th Humanitas Prize ceremony in LosAngeles yesterday (8), earning $25,000 as judges praised its "stark andrealistic depiction of the life of undocumented workers".Jacob Estes claimed the$10,000 Sundance Feature Film honour for the screenplay to his directorialdebut ...
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Harry Potter flies high in Japan with $11.5m in second weekend
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban grossed an estimated $26.2m from morethan 8,460 screens in 50 countries at the weekend, raising its internationalrunning total to $369.4m.In its second weekend in Japan the family picture took a superb$11.5m and remained top with a $38.2m cumulative score.Azkabanraised its UK total by ...
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...while industry opening records broken in 12 international territories
Sony's Spider-Man 2 launched its international run with a powerful $43m haul from morethan 28 territories at the weekend, fuelled by a spectacular Asian blitz thatdefied a typhoon and beat all-time records in seven out of eight markets.All in all the sequel brokeopening records in 12 markets and set the ...
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North American box office basks in Spider-man 2's holiday glory...
Sony executives have estimatedfour and six-day opening records for Spider-Man 2 in a triumphant Independence Day holiday weekend, tempered only by thefact that the original picture's legendary three-day mark remained unbeaten.Sam Raimi's sequel opened topin the US charts and grossed $180m from Wednesday to Monday and $115.8m fromFriday to Monday, ...
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Dawn Of The Dead crosses $95m worldwide for Strike, Universal
Universal/Strike's Dawn Of The Dead crossed $95m at the worldwide box officethis week after adding $400,000 in 13 markets through UIP at the weekend.The horror remake has amassed a$20m international running total through UIP, rising to $37m through alldistributors.Van Helsing is still active in 20 countries and has grossed$145m to ...
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Spider-Man 2 spins multiple box office records
Sony's Spider-Man 2 leapt into action over the Independence Day holiday weekend,easily ranking top as it spun an estimated $115.8m record gross for Friday toMonday and an all-time high of $180.1m in its first six days.Both marks stem from the sequel's $40.5m record opening day lastWednesday (Jun 30) and studio ...
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Spider-Man 2 spins multiple box office records
Sony's Spider-Man 2 leapt into action over the Independence Day holiday weekend,easily ranking top as it spun an estimated $115.8m record gross for Friday toMonday and an all-time high of $180.1m in its first six days.Both marks stem from the sequel's $40.5m record opening day lastWednesday (Jun 30) and studio ...
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IFP/New York moves Gotham Awards to Dec
IFP/New York has moved tobolster the awards season credibility of its annual Gotham Awards by switchingthe gala date from September to December and introducing two new awards.The 14th Annual GothamAwards will take place on Dec 1, when for the first time awards will bepresented for best feature and best documentary.In ...
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LA-based Blacklight Films launches stock footage library
Industry veteran LouisSchwartzberg, whose directorial debut America's Heart And Soul is due to go on limited release through Buena Vistaon Jul 2, has launched a stock footage library within his production companyBlackLight Films.The new resource includesmore than 4,500 scenes of natural beauty and indigenous peoples from around theworld, including 350 ...
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Six composers named for Sundance Lab in July
The Sundance Instituteyesterday (29) named the six participants in its 7th Annual Sundance InstituteComposers Lab, which is due to run from Jul 20-Aug 4.This year's Composers LabFellows are Peter Fitzpatrick, Aiko Fukushima, Joseph Julian Gonzalez, GaryLouris, Raz Mesinai and Michael Torke.The two-week lab falls underthe aegis of the Institute's Film ...
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Sony, IMAX to remaster Spider-Man 2 for large screen format
IMAX Corp and Sony are in talks to digitally remaster and convert Spider-Man2 for the big screenformat, with a release scheduled for mid-July.If the deal is truck, this would be the first time the studio haspartnered with IMAX Corp, which teamed up with Warner Bros on the last two Matrix ...