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THINKFilm welcomes Bright Young Things
THINKFilm hasacquired all North American rights from The Works to Stephen Fry's directorialdebut Bright Young Things.The filmpremiered at Toronto and will play in the Premieres section at Sundance inJanuary.THINKFilm headof distribution Mark Urman and Randy Manis negotiated the deal for THINKFilmand The Works chief executive officer Aline Perry, Rebecca Kearey ...
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Broadcast Critics nominations favour Mystic River
The BroadcastFilm Critics Association has announced its nominees for the ninth annualCritics' Choice Awards, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Jan 10 inLos Angeles. Mystic River leads the pack with eight nominations, followed by In America on seven and Cold Mountain and Big Fish on five each.The ...
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US online ticketer Fandango cuts deal with Canada's Cineplex
Fandango, one ofthe US' leading online and telephone film ticketing services, is expanding intoCanada through a partnership with Cineplex Galaxy.The company willnow sell tickets online to Cineplex Odeon theatres in the Greater Toronto areaand plans are afoot to roll out into four additional provinces in 2004."Our objective is to makemovie-going ...
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Sundance names 12 scripts in prestigious Screenwriters Lab in Jan
Projects from Thailand, Tajikistan andPakistan join nine from North America in the Sundance Institute's ScreenwritersLab, which takes place from Jan 9-14 at the Sundance Village in Utah. Thefive-day workshop offers writers the chance to develop their scripts withsupport from established screenwriters. This year's chosen writers willcollaborate with a roster of ...
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New York Film Critics opt for The Return Of The King as best of 2003
Peter Jackson's Lord OfThe Rings trilogy finale TheReturn Of The King was named bestpicture of 2003 in the 69th annual New York Film Critics Circle awardsannounced today (Dec 15), taking pride of place among a diverse roster ofmostly independent films. Bill Murray won best actorfor his role as a disconnected ...
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Sobini acquires worldwide rights to Sundance 2003's Quattro Noza
Mark Amin's Sobini Films hasacquired worldwide rights to Joey Curtis' street racing drama Quattro Noza and will serve as a producing partner and providefinishing funds for post-production. The film recently garneredtwo IFP Independent Spirit Award nominations for best first feature andcinematography and premiered in competition at Sundance this year, where ...
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Warner winding down on international Revolutions with $3.5m weekend take
The Matrix Revolutions raised its international cumulative total to $271.7mover the weekend as the sci-fi trilogy finale grossed an estimated $3.5m and566,305 admissions from 3,047 screens in 57 territories. Several other Warner BrosInternational Pictures titles were in action, including Looney Tunes: BackIn Action, which added $4.7m and980,427 admissions from 3,062 ...
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On limited release Sony opened Tim Burton's Big Fish in six sites for a $207,377 weekend and a grand $34,563 per-theatre average. The father-son relationship drama stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney and Jessica Lange and will add a few sites until it goes wide on Jan 9 2004. It has ...
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Malin leaves Lions Gate as merger with Artisan complete
Lions Gate Entertainment completed its merger with ArtisanEntertainment at 1pm today (Dec 15), finalising the creation of the independentgiant that was first made public in October (Screendaily Oct 28).Former Artisan chief executive officer Amir Malin is leaving topursue other avenues, bringing to an end his six-year association with thecompany."This transaction ...
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San Francisco critics name Lost In Translation year's best film...
Sofia Coppola's Lost InTranslation was named best pictureof 2003 by The San Francisco Film Critics Circle today (Dec 15). Best director honours wentto Peter Jackson for his trilogy finale The Return Of The King, while the 20-person group voted Bill Murray bestactor for his role as a disillusioned semi-retired actor ...
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...while Mystic River gets the nod from Boston critics.
Mystic River, Lost In Translation and the documentary Capturing TheFriedmans dominate thisyear's Boston Society of Film Critics awards.Clint Eastwood's murder drama was named best picture and alsowon the group's inaugural ensemble cast award ahead of A Mighty Wind.Meanwhile the dreamy Tokyo-set Lost In Translation earned Sophia Coppola the best directoraward ...
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Hiding And Seeking gets world premiere at NY Jewish Film Festival
Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky'sdocumentary Hiding and Seeking: Faith And Tolerance After The Holocaust and a restored print of Sidney M Goldin's shortYiddish spoof Cantor On Trialboth receive world premieres at the 13th annual New York Jewish Film Festival,which runs from Jan 14-29. The event includes eight USand 13 New ...
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CTFDI takes $8.1m from S.W.A.T., bringing total to $68.1m
The police action thriller S.W.A.T. raised its cumulative total to $68.1mover the weekend.Released by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International(CTFDI), it grossed $8.1m from 3,700 sites.Opening figuresand ranking for Russia were unavailable on Dec 14, although the distributorreported good holds throughout most of Europe on Friday and Saturday.
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$10m more for Love Actually as international gross soars to $87m
Universal's Love Actually grossed an estimated $10m from 2,800theatres in 28 countries through UIP at the weekend, raising its internationalrunning total to $87m.The total excludes France,where the film is distributed by Studiocanal and has taken $3m to date. Theromantic comedy is looking good to pass $100m with 13 countries still ...
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Samurai continues to wow in Japan with $4.6m weekend
Warner Bros International's The Last Samurai continued to slice through thecompetition in its second weekend in Japan, adding an estimated $4.6m (Yen511.9m)from 538 screens.The action epic, in which TomCruise plays a disillusioned Civil War veteran who undergoes a spiritualawakening in Japan, has now grossed $19.2m (Yeb2.1bn) in the territory.The runningtotal ...
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Audiovisual/Ster acquires Europlex in Greece
Greekentertainment media group Audiovisual has acquired the two-site Europlex-GreeceCineplexes chain through its subsidiary, Ster Cinemas.The acquisitionof the two sites - an eight-screen 1,996-seater venue in Patras and aneight-screen 1.764-seater venue in Larissa - positions Ster Cinemas-Greece asthe country's second largest exhibitor with a total of 35 screens and 8,185seats.Ster willshortly ...
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AFI top ten list omits Mountain, Grams
The American Film Institute(AFI) announced its 10 best films of 2003 today (Dec 14), unveiling a heavilydramatic roster of mainstream and independent titles that is also distinguishedby several notable omissions.After deliberating for twodays the 13-person jury comprising academics, critics and trustees named thefollowing titles: American Splendor, Finding Nemo, The Human ...
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Revolution controversy hits IDA awards ceremony
Kim Bartley and DonnachaO'Briain's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised shared top feature honours at the 19th InternationalDocumentary Association (IDA) awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Friday (Dec13), despite an eleventh hour request by Venezuelan protestors to withhold theaward until the facts of the film had been investigated.Protestors handed outleaflets ...
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Bolton launches US online one-stop-shop Really Good Films
Technology veteran Rick Bolton has launched Really Good Films, anonline one-stop shop that offers US film-goers services, editorial content andproducts and provides the company's commerce partners with a cost-effectivemarketing service.Visitors to the website will be able to read reviews andinterviews, check screening times and buy DVDs, books and soundtracks, amongother ...
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Global Film Initiative gives grants to films from Uruguay, Turkey, Brazil
US-based charitable foundation The Global Film Initiative hasnamed the award recipients for its second annual granting programme. Threerecipients selected from 33 submissions representing 19 countries will eachreceive completion funds of between $20,000 and $40,000.The titles are: Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll's siblingrivalry drama Whisky(Uruguay), Reha Erdem's anarchic look at ...