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Saccani rejoins Universal as vice president of production.
Former Universal Pictures' director of development Damien Saccani isrejoining the studio as vice president of production."Damien showed a good deal of promise when he was hereyears ago, and since then he has become a first-rate executive with keenintelligence and taste, a terrific knowledge of the business and fantasticrelationships with talent," ...
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Palm Springs to screen 52 of 56 foreign Oscar submissions
Sixty-nine world and US premieresare among a line-up of 200 films from 60 countries that will play at the 15thPalm Springs International Film Festival, which runs from Jan 8-19.The festival opens with TimBurton's father-son drama Big Fishand closes with the US premiere of John Irvin's musical comedy The Boys FromCounty ...
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Washington DC critics name Return Of The King best film
The Lord OfThe Rings: The Return Of The King has been named best film and Peter Jackson best director by theWashington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).The 23-membergroup named Bill Murray best actor for Lost In Translation and Naomi Watts best actress for 21Grams, while supportinghonours went to Benicio Del ...
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Warner Bros and Rowling win German plagiarism court case
A district courtin Hamburg has upheld a plagiarism claim brought by Warner Bros Entertainmentand J K Rowling against a German educational publisher.According to thestatement of claim the company, Verlag an der Ruhr, published three schoolbooks related to the character, lore and trademarks of the Harry Potter serieswithout formal permission of ...
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Seven films shortlisted for FX Oscar - but no Matrix
The Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven films that will be consideredfor achievement in visual effects for the 76th Academy Awards.The titles are: Hulk,The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, Master And Commander, Peter Pan,Pirates Of The Caribbean, Terminator 3 and X2.Curiously,neither of ...
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Wellspring takes US rights to Strayed
US-based Wellspring Media has acquired all US rights toAndre Techine's Strayed (LesEgares), which premiered in competition atCannes earlier this year. The company plans a summer 2004 US release followedby DVD and video roll-out.Based on GillesPerrault's best-selling novel, Strayed stars Emmanuelle Beart as a widowed schoolteacher who fleesParis as the Nazis ...
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Love Actually Universal's sixth $100m international title of 2003
Love Actually became Universal's sixth title of the year to pass$100m at the international box office at the weekend, marking the first timethis has happened at the studio and only the second time in industry historyafter Buena Vista International in 1997.The romantic comedy added$5.9m from 2,650 sites in 31 UIP ...
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Rings round opposition: Return Of The King scores $121m int'l bow
New Line International's TheLord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King ruled them all in 28 territoriesat the weekend, opening on a sensational $121m international box office in itsfirst five days and smashing numerous records.The international gross combinedwith the $125.1m US tally for what the studio is claiming to ...
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Nemo reaches $365m international total, sets sights on $500m target
Buena Vista International's(BVI) Finding Nemo added $25m at the weekend for an internationalrunning total of $365m.The latest figures combinewith the film's US tally for a worldwide total of more than $700m. Studioexecutives are now tentatively setting their sights on a possible internationalfinal tally of more than $500m.The animated hit is ...
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Return Of The King reigns supreme on $73.6m three-day opening
New Line's J R R Tolkientrilogy finale The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King obliteratedthe opposition at the weekend, opening top on an estimated $73.6m from itsfirst three days on 7,205 screens and a staggering $125.1m from its first five.The third and final episodein Peter Jackson's acclaimed ...
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Rings embarks on global weekend box office assault
New Line International's fantasy trilogy has begun its final global assault this weekend as The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King opens in 28 territories.The third and final instalment in Peter Jackson's acclaimed J R R Tolkien adaptation went out on a total of 5,475 screens in ...
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Australia's John Curran signs on with Endeavor
Award-winning Australianwriter and director John Curran, whose latest film is the drama We Don'tLive Here Anymore, hassigned for representation with Endeavor.The film starsLaura Dern, Mark Ruffalo and Naomi Watts and will premiere in competition atSundance in January.Curran's creditsinclude the relationship drama Praise, which won the best director award from the ...
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Warner prosecutes German man with camcorder
In a move that demonstratesstudio resolve to stamp out piracy, Warner Bros Entertainment has begun legalaction against a cinema-goer for illegally camcording The Matrix Reloaded.A German man wasdetained while copying the film with a personal camcorder at a cinema in Munichafter he was spotted by cinema staff wearing night goggles.The ...
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Frameline & Horizons name four gay and lesbian grant-winners
San Franciscoorganizations Frameline and Horizons have announced recipients of the 2003Horizons/Frameline Completion Fund, established more than 10 years ago to helplesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media artists with the final stages ofproduction.This year, thefund received more than 80 submissions and awarded $15,000 in completion fundsto the following four projects:Screaming Queens: ...
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$57.6m in opening day for the King in 18 territories
With Friday andthe weekend still to come, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King has already broken a slew ofinternational opening day records as the New Line International title grossedan estimated $23.5m in its first day in 17 territories and $34.1m in the US.All in all thefinal ...
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Warm day for Cold Mountain with Globe nominations
Miramax'shomeric American Civil War drama Cold Mountain led the 61st Golden Globe nominationstoday (Dec 18) with eight nods including best drama, actor, actress, directorand screenplay, while Focus Features' dreamy Tokyo romance Lost InTranslation and Warner'smurder drama Mystic River followed on five each. The Globes are voted on by the 90-member ...
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FabiLuce Films gets reality movie for US distribution
New York-based Fire IslandFilms' Games People Play: New Yorkhas been picked up for distribution by the new production and distributionhouse FabiLuce Films and is scheduled for US release in March 2004.Games People Play: NewYork is the first instalment in areality movie franchise conceived, produced, edited and directed by Fire Islandfounder ...
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Nemo swims past $330m mark for BVI
Finding Nemo continued to plough its way throughinternational waters at the weekend, grossing $31.5m to raise its internationalrunning total to a stunning $330.2m.With no new openings BuenaVista International (BVI) executives pointed to strong number one holds inJapan and key European territories as the weekend highlights.In its secondweekend in Japan the ...
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Acheson to be honoured by US Costume Designers Guild
James Acheson,who won Academy Awards for The Last Emperor, Dangerous Liaisons and Restoration, will receive the Costume DesignersGuild's Bulgari Achievement for Film Award at the Guild's sixth annual awardson Feb 21 in Los Angeles.In otherhonorary awards, Tzetzi Ganev and Tomas Velasco will collect the President'sAward.Posthumousinductees into the Guild's Hall of ...
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Agronomist, Reckoning among first Bermuda Film Festival titles
The BermudaInternational Film Festival (BIFF) will take place from Mar 19-25 2004, withseveral titles already confirmed including The Agronomist, Jonathan Demme's documentary aboutHaitian civil rights activist Jean Dominique and The Reckoning, Paul McGuigan's morality play that starsPaul Bettany and Willem Dafoe.Festival categories will include competition feature,competition documentary and a Bermuda ...