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Pie sequel makes it five $100m grossers for Universal International
Universal became the first studio to release five $100m-plusinternational grossing films in a single year as American Pie: The Wedding reached the mark over the weekend.The comedy sequel grossed $6.5m from 1,730 sites in 32 countriesfor an estimated $100m running total.8 Mile, Johnny English, The Hulk and 2 Fast 2 ...
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Streep to receive AFI Lifetime Achievement Award
Meryl Streep will receive the American Film Institute's (AFI) 32ndLife Achievement Award at a tribute gala in Hollywood on Jun 10, 2004."Meryl Streep is one of the great artists in the history ofAmerican films," Sir Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI board of trustees, saidin a statement."Her talent, range and ...
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Box office massacre for Texas Chainsaw Redux
Platinum Dunes' horror remake The Texas Chainsaw Massacre slaughtered the opposition as it openednumber one on an estimated $29.1m over the weekend. Platinum Dunes is the lowbudget film outfit of mega-budget director Michael Bay which has a productiondeal at Ted Field's Radar and therefore Focus Features handles sales of itsfilms. ...
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Bad Boys II looking good abroad
Following a triumphant session last week, Bad Boys II will be aiming to elevate its $67.4m international running total even further with a raft of major European openings this weekend.Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) opened the action sequel in France on 627 prints on Oct 15, with Russia going ...
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And the 11 most influential cinematographers of all time are...
The names of the 11 mostinfluential cinematographers of all time as voted by members of theInternational Cinematographers Guild (ICG) will be unveiled on a 'wall offame' at the opening of the ICG's new national headquarters inHollywood on Nov 8.Billy Bitzer, JordanCronenweth, Conrad L Hall, James Wong Howe, Sven Nykvist, Vittorio ...
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Chrysler Film Festival winner starts shooting in US
Filming began in Virginiathis week on Jeff Wadlow's directorial debut Living The Lie, the winner of the first Chrysler Million DollarFilm Festival in 2002.Doug Liman'sentertainment company Hypnotic is producing in association with Chrysler, withUniversal set to release in spring 2004.The thriller centres on agroup of older boarding school children caught ...
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Moneo to spearhead Euro co-productions for Fox
Inspired by the resurgenceof local-language films in Europe, Fox International has hired former Miramaxexecutive Teresa Moneo to head up European co-productions.In the new post Moneo, whowas previously senior vice president of European co-productions at Miramax,will be expected to source and evaluate material and oversee production on twoto three local-language titles ...
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Latest screener meeting proves inconclusive
A telephone conference callbetween MPPA chief Jack Valenti and top brass from the US majors and other MPAAsignatories to discuss the screener ban ended inconclusively yesterday (16) asall parties agreed to resume talks at a later date.Sources said the partiesagreed to disagree following a lengthy discussion in which the ramifications ...
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Rialto buys Bresson, Godard classics for US theatrical re-release
New York-based RialtoPictures has acquired theatrical rights to four classic titles from Paris-basedArgos Films and will kick off with the release of Robert Bresson's acclaimed1966 drama Au Hasard Balthazar atNew York's Film Forum on Oct 17.Au Hasard Balthazar, an allegorical musing on saintliness, willsubsequently go out on national release and ...
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Panahi dedicates Chicago Gold Hugo to Shirin Ebadi
Jafar Panahi, whose drama CrimsonGold won top honours at the ChicagoFilm Festival last week, has dedicated his award to the Iranian Nobel PeacePrize winner Shirin Ebadi.In an open letter publishedin Iranian newspapers, Panahi, whose previous credits include The Circle,The White Balloon and Mirror, wrote: "The news of your winning the ...
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Fox enjoys $13.1m weekend with LXG, top in Italy, Japan, Taiwan
Number one openings inItaly, Japan and Taiwan were the chief drivers in a $13.1m weekend haul for TheLeague Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) that raised its international running total to $68.7m.Fox International'sfantasy/adventure grossed $2.4m from 337 screens in Italy, $2.2m from 362 inJapan and $1.2m from 91 in Taiwan.There were a ...
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...and Nemo soars past $100m
A massive UK opening for FindingNemo propelled the animated hit past$100m at the international box office at the weekend.The film - which proved itsdomestic chops over a record-breaking summer run - took $12.2m from 453 screensin the UK for the 10th biggest industry opening of all time.Overall Finding Nemo grossed ...
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IDA names 13 documentaries shortlisted for Dec 12 awards
Andrew Jarecki's controversialCapturing The Friedmans, LaurenLazin's rap icon profile Tupac: Resurrection and Sam Green and Bill Siegel's account of 1960sradicals in The Weather Undergroundare among 13 feature nominees for the International Documentary Association's(IDA) 19th Annual Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.Overall 28 titles willcontest for honours in the four categories of feature, ...
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Sundance Documentary Fund names 14 films to receive grants
Stories of post-TalibanAfghanistan, Mexican immigrants and a Shakespearean prison troupe are among 14recipients of the latest round of bi-annual grants from the SundanceDocumentary Fund (SDF)."The recipients of thisfall's grant cycle show an uncanny ability to get to the heart of crucialissues and events, which are not being covered by the ...
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Sundance Channel acquires US TV rights to War doc
Sundance Channel hasacquired the US television rights to Brian Knappenberger's documentary LifeAfter War.The deal was negotiated byChristian Vesper on behalf of Sundance Channel and Marc Halperin of Magic LampReleasing on behalf of the film.The film focuses on SarahChayes, a former National Public Radio war correspondent, and her involvementin Afghans for ...
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New Jersey film outfit CSC/Cargo names Baldwin production chief
William Baldwin has beennamed president of production at the New Jersey-based production companyCSC/Cargo Films, one of the key players in the state's high-profile drive toprevent runaway productions by offering incentives to film-makers.Since 2001 Baldwin has beena prominent supporter of the Garden State's campaign, which took a significantstep forward last month ...
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Veteran film buyer Groves joins IMAX distribution team
As IMAX Corporation steps upits positioning as a distributor of Hollywood event films the company hasappointed veteran buyer Phil Groves to the new post of vice president ofdistribution and development.Groves will serve as chiefliaison with the studios' distribution executives and will devise easier waysof distributing original and IMAX DMR films ...
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Universal takes additional $4.6m with Wedding
Universal's AmericanPie: The Wedding stayed on course topass $100m at the international box office after an estimated $4.6m weekendhaul from 1,500 venues in 29 territories raised its total to $91.5m.With 19 more markets to openthrough UIP, including France next weekend, passing the milestone is merely aquestion of time.American Pie: The ...
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Milestone takes domestic on Poland's The Big Animal
US independent distributorMilestone Films has acquired all North American rights to Polish film TheBig Animal (Duze Zwierze) directed by Jerzy Stuhr. The film was based on ascreenplay by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski and shot in black-and-white byPoland's Pawel Edelman (The Pianist).Stuhr, aprotégé of Kieslowski, also stars in the film as ...
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Bad Boys lord over international box office
A string of number oneopenings including a mighty $5.9m estimated bow in Germany secured Bad Boys2 as the number internationalperformer of the weekend, according to Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI).The action sequel grossed$15.3m from 3,625 screens in 59 territories to raise its running total to$63.3m. The film looks good to ...