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Sheridan's In America leads Indie Spirit nods
Fox Searchlight's InAmerica dominated the 2004 IFPIndependent Spirit Awards nominations with six nominations in the US indieworld's equivalent of the Oscars.Jim Sheridan's film wasfollowed by HBO Films/Fine Line Features' American Splendor (this year's Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance) andSamuel Goldwyn Films/ Fireworks' Raising Victor Vargas with five nominations each.All ...
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Judge in screener ban suit will announce decision on Friday
The New York federal judge presiding over the case brought by acoalition of independent film-makers to overturn the MPAA screener ban isexpected to deliver a ruling on Friday (Dec 3).US district judge Mukasey adjourned court yesterday (3) followinga day of testimony and legal argument, saying he would return on Friday ...
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Mystic River wins National Board of Review
The first blood in this highlycontentious awards season has gone to Clint Eastwood's Mystic River, which was named today best film by the usuallyidiosyncratic National Board of Review (NBR).Sean Penn was named best actorfor his performances in both Mystic River, released by Warner Bros, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 21 Grams, ...
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Beazoglou joins business and legal affairs at Warner Independent
In the latest executive appointment to the fledglingspecialty division Warner Independent Pictures (WIP), Despina Beazoglou hasjoined as vice president of business and legal affairs.Effectiveimmediately, Beazoglou will report to executive vice president of businessaffairs and operations Andrew Kramer and will be involved in handling thebusiness and legal affairs for WIP and ...
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Balseros, Revolution win top honours at IDA Awards
Carlos Bosch and Josep MDomenech's account of Cuban castaways in Balseros and Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain's first-handchronicle of the 2002 Venezuelan coup in The Revolution Will Not BeTelevised have shared top featurecompetition honours in the International Documentary Association's 19th annualIDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.Both titles were presentedby HBO/Cinemax Documentary ...
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Master And Commander scores $15m maiden wide weekend for Fox
FoxInternational's Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World stirred up the international waters overthe weekend as it grossed $15m haul from 2,944 screens in 31 territories.The naval epic's high spot was a $1.1m number one openingon 152 screens in Russia for Fox's fourth biggest bow of all time ...
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Revolutions passes $250m in international for Warner
The Matrix Revolutions continued to decelerate in its fourth weekend in theinternational arena as it added an estimated $11.9m from all territories toraise the running total to $253.5m.Figures released by WarnerBros reveal the final episode in the sci-fi trilogy drew 1.9m admissions from6,081 screens. Reloaded grossed$454m at the international theatrical ...
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Nemo submerges competition with $37m weekend
Buena Vista International(BVI) executives are predicting Finding Nemo will pass $300m in international ticket sales bynext Monday (Dec 8) after a stunning $37m weekend haul raised the animated hit'srunning total to $230.8m.The acclaimed title andleading contender for next year's best animated picture Oscar has become Disney's11th animated title to pass ...
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Wellspring teams with Gilula for US video distribution
US-basedWellspring Media has moved to bolster its video distribution and originalprogramming operations through a deal with Mark Gilula's Stanford Media Group.Gilula will headup Wellspring's home video operation and work with the company's team toservice sales to current key accounts, open additional distribution channels,acquire new programming and arrange strategic marketing partnerships.Wellspring'shome ...
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Universal celebrates $15.4m gross for Love Actually
Universal's Love Actually grossed an estimated $15.4m through UIP from 2,300sites in 18 countries over the weekend to raise its international cumulativetotal to $48.7m.The romantic comedy stayedtop in its second week in the UK, adding $8.4m from 477 sites and dropping 11%including previews (25% excluding) for a magnificent $25.9m running ...
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AFMA hires two PR agencies to up policy work in 2004
AFMA, the tradebody that runs the AFM and represents 170 independent producers anddistributors worldwide, has hired public relations firms The Lippin Group andPodestaMattoon.The moveestablishes a bi-coastal entertainment and policy communications network forAFMA, which is preparing to go head-to-head with embattled MIFED organizerswhen it launches an AFM market in November 2004.Entertainment ...
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CTFDI opens Bad Boys II top in Japan, SWAT top in Australia
Entering the final stretch of an international campaign that beganin July, the action sequel Bad Boys 2 opened top in its final market of Japan at the weekend onan estimated $3.5m.Executives at ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) expect the film to prosper inJapan going into the holiday season and in ...
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Cat beats Mansion by a whisker
Universal's The Cat InThe Hat stayed top by a whisker overthe holiday weekend, adding an estimated $25.6m for $77m in its second weekwhile Buena Vista's The Haunted Mansion opened second on $25.3m.Three other openers gracedthe top ten with varying degrees of success as the top 12 films combined forthe second ...
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Finding Nemo eyes $200m international haul
Riding high on a sensational European run, Finding Nemo is expected to pass $200m in international ticket sales this upcoming weekend with wide releases in France and Spain and strong holdover business.Following an international table-topping weekend last week, the worldwide animated hit has amassed $190.8m at the international box office ...
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HBO's Sellers strikes key Euro deals
HBO Films London has sold all rights on The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers to Ocean Films in France and Lucky Red in Italy, adding to a raft of sales announced at Mifed earlier this week.Scanbox has picked up all rights in Scandinavia, Cineart and A-Film in the Benelux ...
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Box office Love-fest, Actually
Universal's Love Actually overtook The Matrix Revolutions at the top of the Italian charts in itsfirst international opening, grossing $2.3m from 322 sites and tracking 11%ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary.In Portugal, Richard Curtis' romantic comedy took $330,000from 60 theatres for second place. There it is tracking 43% ahead of NottingHill.In ...
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Elf outguns Master And Commander as Revolutions tumbles
Exhibiting dramatically contrasting fortunes in their second weeks, New Line's comedy Elfclimbed one place to pole position on an estimated $27.2m at the weekend, whileWarner Bros' The Matrix Revolutions dropped two to third and appears to be in early terminal decline.Jon Favreau's feel-good film cost around $30m and has amassed$71.3m ...
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Anonymous Content boosts management team
LA-based multimedia development, production and talent management outfit Anonymous Content has expanded its management division with the appointment of Shawn Hopkins, Brian Medavoy and Lainie Stolhanske.Hopkins arrives from LA-based production and management company Catch 23 and previously served two years with Rick and Julie Yorn and Artist Management Group, having ...
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Sundance/NHK Int'l Film-makers Awards unveil finalists
The Sundance Institute and Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK have announced the 12 finalists for the 2004 Sundance/NHK International Film-makers Awards, created in 1996 to support emerging directors as they develop their next screenplays.One winner from each of four global regions - Europe, Latin America, USA and Japan - will be ...
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Costner, Minghella, Zanuck to be honoured at Palm Springs
Kevin Costner, Anthony Minghella and producer Richard D Zanuck are among honourees at the upcoming 15th Palm Springs International Film Festival's gala awards on Jan 11 2004.Costner, currently riding high following critical and commercial success in the US for his latest Western, Open Range, will receive the Career Achievement in ...