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Fox reaps Passion benefits with massive Latin American weekend
The Passion Of The Christ enjoyed a mighty series of openings in Latin Americathrough Fox International at the weekend, grossing an estimated $10.2m overalland scoring a number of records in the process.Mel Gibson's epic accountof the final hours of Christ's life opened top in all its markets, led by asuperb ...
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Belleville. Belvaux, Coninx among Belgium's Plateau nominees
Organisers at the FlandersInternational Film Festival Ghent (FIFF) have announced the nominees for theJoseph Plateau Awards 2003. All titles are Belgian shorts and features and musthave been released in Belgian theatres between Jan 1 and Dec 31 2003.The Joseph Plateau ceremonywas launched under the auspices of the FIFF to honour ...
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Christ beaten by the Undead at the box office
StrikeEntertainment's zombie remake Dawn Of The Dead roared into life at the weekend as itopened number one for Universal Pictures on an estimated $27.3m, knocking ThePassion Of The Christfrom its top berth as that picture closed in on $300m in its fourth week.Elsewhere WarnerBros serial killer thriller Taking Lives opened ...
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Madstone launches film school editing programme with 50 hours of a real film
New York-basedentertainment company Madstone has launched a film school editing programmethat will allow students to experiment on footage from Aaron Woodley's upcomingcoming-of-age drama Rhinoceros Eyes.The picture,which is the first to emerge from the Madstone Directors Programme and won the2003 Toronto Film Festival Discovery Award, will serve as the basis for ...
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Spearritt moves from S Club 7 to Seed Of Chucky
HannahSpearritt, the British actress formerly with pop group S Club 7, has joined thecast of Focus Features' Seed Of Chucky, which began filming in Romania earlier this week.Spearritt made herHollywood debut in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London opposite Frankie Muniz for MGM whichopened in the US last weekend.The fifthinstalment ...
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Film-makers Alliance sets US DVD date for Madison
The Film-makersAlliance has acquired US rights to Erik Moe, Peter Rudy and David Fleer's awardwinning comedy No Sleep 'Til Madison and will release it straight to DVD in April.The picture stars comedian Jim Gaffigan and won theSundance Channel Emerging Film-maker Award at the St Louis International FilmFestival.The storycentres on an ...
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Passion fever hits Latin America through Fox
Cry havoc and let slip ThePassion Of The Christ. Mel Gibson'sBiblical epic and number one US smash hit is gearing up for some divine boxoffice performances this upcoming weekend when Fox International opens thepicture in its first Latin American markets.Passion is going out on1,216 prints in nine mostly Catholic markets, ...
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Chokher Bali opens second Indian Film Festival in LA
The secondIndian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) kicks off on Apr 14 with the LApremiere of Rituparno Ghosh's period piece Chokher Bali (A Passion Play) and closes on Apr 18 with SudhirMishra's drama Hazaron Khwaishen Aisi (A Thousand Dreams Such As These).All in all thefestival will screen 25 pictures ...
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Young Adam branded with NC-17 by MPAA
Sony Pictures Classics will release an uncut NC-17 version ofDavid MacKenzie's drama Young Adam in the US next month following yesterday's failed eleventh hourbid to overturn the restrictive rating.The picture's veteran British producer Jeremy Thomas flew fromLondon to attend a special LA screening and appeal hearing before the MotionPicture Association ...
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Initial, Intermedia part ways after two-year marriage
Initial Entertainment Group and Intermedia are finally partingcompany following an agreement whereby Initial president Graham King andpartner and chief operating officer Colin Cotter will acquire Initial fromIntermedia through their investment company Parliament Pictures.As a result of the amicable deal Initial will no longer be anIntermedia subsidiary. Both Initial under King ...
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Burt & Raquel together again in Forget About It
Filming is underway inArizona and New Jersey this week on Beverly Hills Film Studio's (BHFS) UScomedy adventure Forget About It,starring Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch and Charles Durning.Styled as Grumpy Old Men meets Analyze This, Forget About It centres on an East Coast wiseguy whose efforts tostick to the straight and ...
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Van Peebles gets ShoWest international lifetime award
Melvin Van Peebles will receive the ShoWest 2004International Lifetime Achievement Award, completing a distinguished talentroster set to appear when the Las Vegas industry convention runs from Mar22-25.Van Peeblesfamously directed and starred in the 1971 blaxploitaiton picture SweetSweetback's Baadasssss Song and his other credits include the 1968 drama The Story Of ...
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Lantern Lane to handle US distribution of Seeing Other People
Lantern Lane Entertainmenthas picked up US distribution rights to film and television companyPariah's romantic comedy Seeing Other People, which recently earned a US Comedy Arts Festivalbest actress prize for Julianne Nicholson.A limited US release isplanned in New York, Los Angeles and two additional markets on May 7, expandingto other cities ...
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King continues to return, rising 11% in 12th weekend
New Line International's TheLord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is on the cusp of $700m at the international box office as thepicture's recent Academy Awards triumph powered another strong weekend.The picture grossed $10.7mfrom 3,151 screens in 61 markets - an impressive 11% rise in its 12th weekend ...
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Arclight takes on two pictures from Cecchi Gori
Arclight Films has acquiredinternational rights to two titles from Gianni Nunnari's Los Angeles-based Cecchi GoriPictures - family movie My Weststarring Harvey Keitel and David Bowie and the period drama Canone Inverso, which stars Hans Matheson and Gabriel Byrne.Arclight willtake both titles to MIP-TV in Cannes, which the company is attending ...
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Elwes, Heard join cast of Millenium's thriller Edison
Cary Elwes andJohn Heard have joined the cast of Millennium Films and Emmett/Furla Films'journalism thriller Edison, which stars Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J and JustinTimberlake and began production on Saturday in Vancouver.The storyfollows a young journalist (Timberlake) who teams up with a reporter (Freeman)and the district attorney's ace ...
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UA takes up Turturro's Romance And Cigarettes
United Artistshas picked up rights in North America, Australia/New Zealand and South Africato Romance And Cigarettes which is scheduled to start shooting in New York this month.The movie iswritten and directed by actor John Turturro and features an ensemble castincluding Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Mandy Moore,Mary-Louise Parker and ...
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Sufrin promoted at MGM's home entertainment group
Ron Sufrin hasbeen promoted to executive vice president of business and legal affairs at MGMHome Entertainment Group, where he will oversee business and legal affairs forthe company's home entertainment, video-on-demand, pay-per-view and consumerproducts operations.Sufrin reportsto group president and chief operating officer David Bishop and Jay Rakow, MGMStudios' senior executive vice ...
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Gelber, Garfinkel, Fischer get senior promotions at Showtime
ShowtimeNetworks has promoted three key programming executives with Danielle Gelberbecoming senior vice president of original programming, Gary Garfinkel risingto senior vice president of film acquisitions and Sara Fischer named as seniorvice president of production.All three willcontinue to work out of the company's Los Angeles office. Gelber will continueto report to ...
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Angrisani joins Miramax as vp, international publicity
Larry Angrisanihas joined Miramax Films as New York-based vice president of internationalpublicity.Angrisani willliaise with distributors and festivals around the world and play a role inimplementing the company's strategic initiatives.Reporting toAmanda Lundberg, executive vice president of worldwide publicity, and RickSands, chief operating officer, he will also work closely with Miramax'sUK-based international ...