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MPAA upholds 'R' rating for 9/11
The MPAA upheld its R ratingfor Fahrenheit 9/11 yesterday(22), despite an eleventh hour appeal led by Lions Gate Films president TomOrtenberg.Classification and ratingappeals board members stuck to their guns after watching a screening of MichaelMoore's Palme D'Or winner in Los Angeles and hearing argument from Ortenberg.The reason for the ratingcited ...
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9/11 gets support from Cuomo, pledges from MoveOn
MoveOn PAC, the politicalaction arm of online democracy advocates MoveOn.org, is trumpeting an earlysuccess in its campaign to drum up support for Fahrenheit 9/11 ahead of this weekend's opening.The group claims it hassecured more than 107,000 pledges from the public saying they will see MichaelMoore's stirring Palme D'Or winner in ...
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MPAA, NATO team up for anti-camcording rewards scheme
The MPAA and US theatreowners group NATO have launched the Anti-Camcording Rewards Programme, a cashincentive scheme designed to thwart illegal recording activity.US theatre staff who catchindividuals recording pictures, notify the police and stop the recording willbe eligible for cash rewards of up to $500.According to the MPAA,pirates typically capture a ...
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Mattison to star with Maguire, Assante in The Third Wish
Jenna Mattison is to star inand produce the romantic comedy The Third Wish, which is being directed by Shelley Jensen and hasbegun production in Los Angeles and San Francisco.Mattison wrote thescreenplay about a bookstore clerk whose life is transformed when she finds afirst edition copy of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.Sean ...
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Garden State tops Maui Film Festival honours
The fifth Maui Film Festivalcame to a close at the weekend (20) as Zach Braff's Garden State was awarded the best feature film prize and BobSmeaton's rock'n'roll documentary Festival Express claimed non-narrative honours.The award for best shortfilm went to David Brown's Of Wind And Waves: The Life Of Woody Brown, ...
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Day After Tomorrow grosses swell after $19.7m weekend
FoxInternationalC;s The Day After Tomorrow elevated its international running total to an estimated$274.7m weekend, after adding $19.7m from 7,731 screens.Third weekendhighlights were $3.7m from 590 in Japan, where the picture stayed top in itsthird consecutive week and fell 28% for a $27.3m running total. In Korea itadded $1.4m from 245 ...
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Greenwald's Uncovered acquired by Sundance Channel in US
Robert Greenwald'sdocumentary, Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War has been acquired for US TV broadcast on TheSundance Channel on Sept 6.The picture examines theBush Administration's conduct in convincing the American public that SaddamHussein posed a threat to national security and is supported by the liberalgroups Centre for American ...
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Dodgeball wins the box office match with The Terminal
Audiencespreferred the crazy antics of Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn to the subtlerhumour of Tom Hanks at the weekend as Fox's comedy Dodgeball: A TrueUnderdog Story opened top on an estimated $30m.Hanks anddirector Steven Spielberg had to settle for second place for The Terminal as it bowed on $18.7m, while ...
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The Talent Given Us wins top jury prize at CineVegas
Andrew Wagner's The Talent Given Us won the jury award at the CineVegas FilmFestival 2004 at the weekend, while Larry Golin's Cross Bronx took the audience award and JohnHarkrider's Mitchellville received an honourable mention from the jury.The jury award is presentedannually to a feature length narrative feature without US distribution ...
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Harry has third magical international weekend for Warner
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban continued as top of the internationalclass at the weekend as Warner Bros' family hit added an estimated $39m from 48territories to raise its total to $263.6m.It opened well on top in Spain despite a crucial Euro 2004football game on Sunday with arch-rivals Portugal, ...
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Riddick has so-so openings in Singapore, Malaysia for UIP
In its first international bows through UIP, Universal's TheChronicles Of Riddickopened fourth in Singapore on $210,000 from 26 screens and second in Malaysiaon $160,000 from 36 screens.Results for the Philippines, where Pioneer is the distributor, willbe reported on Monday (21).The Universal/UIP cumulative total to date is $370,000; Riddick is set ...
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Dodgeball wins the box office match against The Terminal
Audiencespreferred the crazy antics of Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn to the subtlerhumour of Tom Hanks at the weekend as Fox's comedy Dodgeball: A TrueUnderdog Story opened top on an estimated $30m.Hanks anddirector Steven Spielberg had to settle for second place for The Terminal as it bowed on $18.7m, while ...
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Fahrenheit gets NYC opening early on June 23
Fahrenheit9/11 will open in twoNew York City theatres on Jun 23, two days before Michael Moore's eagerlyanticipated Palme D'Or winner opens nationwide.Lincoln PlazaCinemas in the Upper West Side and Loews Cineplex Village in the East Villagewill screen the picture, which is being released in the US by Lions Gate, IFCFilms ...
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Damon talks of Monster selling points at AFMA production conference
The familiar themes ofchampioning passion projects and sourcing the varied international financingoptions available to independent film-makers dominated AFMA's sixth annualproduction conference in Los Angeles yesterday (17).Speaking on a panel entitledGetting It Done: Producing Against All The Odds, Media 8 Entertainment chairmanand chief executive officer Mark Damon stressed the importance of ...
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Sundance prize-winner Brother goes to Wolfe
Gay and lesbian USdistributor Wolfe has picked up North American theatrical and home video rightsto Rodney Evans' Sundance special jury prizewinner Brother To Brother.The story concerns a conflicted young black gay writer whoencounters a surviving poet from the Harlem Renaissance, and stars AnthonyMackie, Roger Robinson, Duane Boute, Larry Gilliard and ...
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Warner signs massive free-TV deal with DMI in Middle East
Warner BrosInternational Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed a multi-year,exclusive deal with Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), marking the biggestdistribution deal the company has ever signed with a free-to-air MiddleEast-based broadcaster.The deal willbring Middle Eastern audiences of the newly launched Dubai TV around 90 ofWarner Bros' latest pictures, including the Matrix, Harry ...
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Skoll launches Participant for socially relevant pictures
Philanthropistand former eBay president Jeff Skoll has launched Participant Productions, aLos Angeles-based company to focus on socially relevant features highlightingsocial injustice and related themes.Financing is inplace for the company to produce four to six pictures a year ranging from lessthan $5m to up to $40m. It marks SkollC;s second foray ...
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Sorkin to script real life Afghan tale for Playtone, Universal
The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin is to adapt George Crile's real-lifeMujahideen tale Charlie Wilson's War for Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone and UniversalPictures.Charlie Wilson's War recounts the eponymous Texas Congressman's covert mission tofunnel arms to the Afghan rebels and help them fight the Soviet army in the1980s, a ...
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Online activists organise for Fahrenheit 9/11
US onlineactivism group MoveOn.org has launched a campaign urging the public to see Fahrenheit9/11 on its Jun 25opening day.Failing that, the group wants audiences to pledge to turnout anytime that weekend."Given howdevastating the movie is to President Bush's carefully crafted facade, it'shardly surprising that right-wing groups who call Moore a ...
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Tales From The Orphanage gets theatrical with 15
LosAngeles-based Tales From The Orphanage is planning its first theatrical releasefollowing the acquisition of all North American rights to Royston Tan'sSingaporean debut 15.The story causeda stir on the festival circuit for its uncompromising portrayal of Singaporecounterculture and stars bona fide street children.Tales From TheOrphanage plans a January 2005 theatrical release ...