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IDA Awards names documentary nominees
Andrew Jarecki's child abuse expose Capturing The Friedmans, Lauren Lazin's rap icon profile Tupac: Resurrection and Sam Green and Bill Siegel's account of 1960s radicals in The Weather Underground are among 13 feature nominees for the International Documentary Association's (IDA) 19th Annual Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.Overall 28 titles will contest ...
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Baldwin to fight runaways at New Jersey's CSC/Cargo Films
William Baldwin has been named president of production at the New Jersey-based production company CSC/Cargo Films, one of the key players in the state’s high-profile drive to prevent runaway productions by offering incentives to film-makers.Since 2001 Baldwin has been a prominent supporter of the Garden State’s campaign, which took a ...
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Ewan McGregor gets on his bike with best friend Charley Boorman
Elixir Films and Image Wizard TV are to produce a travelogueseries featuring Ewan McGregor and his best friend, actor Charley Boorman,crossing the globe on motorcycles.Filming on Long Way 'Round is due to begin in January 2004 and the programme will beavailable for the autumn 2004 television season.The intrepid pair plan ...
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Quentin & Uma slay the competition with Kill Bill Vol I
Quentin Tarantino stormed back into North American theatres for thefirst time in almost six years with his best ever bow as Kill Bill Vol 1 opened top on an estimated $22.1m.The first instalment of the $55m two-parter looks likely to becomeone of Tarantino's best performers and will chase down the ...
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Extraordinary weekend for Fox as BVI goes in for Kill
Fox International's The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) will be the one to watch this upcoming weekend with openings in Italy and Japan.Last weekend's mighty European roll-out propelled the action title's running total to $54.3m and a second consecutive number one performance at the international box office looks likely.LXG opens ...
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H2V Entertainment prepares inaugural animated slate
H2VEntertainment, a Montreal-based production and distribution house that softlaunched in 2000, is approaching completion on its inaugural slate of threefully financed animation features.Manga Latina: Killer On The Loose, Monica Made In Americaand Pinatas are all aimed at the teen and young adult market and are dueto wrap in spring 2004.Fivemore ...
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AFI Fest unveils 24 world premieres
Worldpremieres of Mark Sobel's Kennedy era drama The Commission and Lisa GayHamilton's profile of activist Beah Richards in Beah: A Black Woman Speaksare among an eclectic line-up unveiled by organisers of the AFI Fest 2003,which runs from Nov 6-16.Theroster of 134 international titles includes 72 world, North American and USpremieres ...
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MDP Worldwide changes name to Media 8 Entertainment
Reflectinga shift in business strategy towards production and financing, MDP Worldwidehas changed its name to Media 8 Entertainment.Media8 will continue to actively operate its in-house distribution division tolicense both international and domestic rights to its films."Media8 Entertainment is now one of the few independents in the marketplace that hasthe financial ...
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Castle Hill, Dream acquire What Alice Found
CastleHill Productions and Dream LLC have acquired US and English-speaking Canadianrights to A Dean Bell's award-winning crime drama What Alice Found.Thecompanies will jointly release the film in US theatres, starting with New Yorkon Dec 5 and Los Angeles and San Francisco on Dec 19.Thedeal was brokered by Dream LLC's chief ...
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Agencies launch Writers and Artists Group International
Talent boutique Writersand Artists Agency (WAA) and music agency Artist Group International (AGI) havejoined forces under the banner of Writers and Artists Group International.Both companies, whichhave offices in New York and Los Angeles, will continue to operate as their ownbrands while also offering clients an enhanced and confluent service throughthe ...
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Thompson joins Prisoner Of Azkaban
Emma Thompson has swelled the ranks of Warner Bros' ensemblecast on Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban after signing on to playthe eccentric professor of divination Sybll Trelawney.Thompson joins Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint,Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis andMichael Gambon - who stepped ...
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Palm picks up Legend Of Leigh Bowery
PalmPictures and Arthouse Films have acquired worldwide distribution rights toCharles Atlas's The Legend Of Leigh Bowery and plan a New York releaseon Nov 21 with DVD and video to follow in 2004.Thedeal was negotiated for Palm Pictures and Arthouse Films by David Koh, head ofacquisitions and production, and Jose Martinez ...
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Valenti takes piracy fight to Europe
Inthe latest bid to stamp out piracy and the causes of piracy, MPAA chief JackValenti is heading for Dublin on Oct 11 to hold talks with Irish Prime MinisterBertie Ahern.Thefive-day trip is seen as an opportunity to urge Ahern and his top brass to takea lead on the anti-piracy fight ...
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Peter Sellers tickles UK and Down Under
IconFilm Distribution and Warner Home Video have teamed up to acquire theatricaland home video rights respectively in the UK and Australia/New Zealand for HBOFilms' star-laden The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers.BBCFilms had already secured all UK television rights to the film, which wrappedin London recently and stars Geoffrey Rush ...
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Valenti showdown talks 'positive'
Fresh from a conferencecall with MPAA chief Jack Valenti, the heads of the studios' specialtydivisions are preparing a follow-up meeting in a bid to thrash out alternativesto the screener ban.Whilesources described Wednesday's showdown as "positive", details of the agendaremained sketchy other than proposals for less draconian anti-piracy measures.Itis understood neither ...
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Lansbury gets BAFTA/LA Lifetime award
Angela Lansbury will receive BAFTA/LA's Britannia Awardfor Lifetime Achievement in film and television at the 12th Annual BritanniaAwards in Los Angeles on Nov 8.Lansbury, who earned three Academy Award nominations for roles in TheManchurian Candidate, ThePicture Of Dorian Grayand Gaslight,received BAFTA's Silver Mask for Lifetime Achievement in 1992 and a ...
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Lansbury gets BAFTA/LA Lifetime award
Angela Lansbury will receive BAFTA/LA's Britannia Awardfor Lifetime Achievement in film and television at the 12th Annual BritanniaAwards in Los Angeles on Nov 8.Lansbury, who earned three Academy Award nominations for roles in TheManchurian Candidate, ThePicture Of Dorian Grayand Gaslight,received BAFTA's Silver Mask for Lifetime Achievement in 1992 and a ...
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Movielink hoards Italian titles for Internet viewing
Broadband video-on-demand service Movielink has acquired Internetrights to a selection of Italian films from Intramovies, the internationaldistributor that represents rights to several major Italian film libraries.The first 25 subtitled films are expected to be ready for downloadin November and include and Marco Tullio Giordana's crime drama I CentoPassi, Francesco Nuti'scomedy ...
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Afghanistan becomes Unveiled at Mill Valley
In a stirring plea to the international community at the weekend, one of the women journalists behind the documentary Afghanistan Unveiled used the film's world premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival to urge for more aid work in the war-torn country."The international aid organisations need to extend their coverage ...
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Pieces Of April stirs Mill Valley emotions
Peter Hedges' emotional on-stage interview after the Oct 4 screening of his dysfunctional family drama Pieces Of April provided one of the early highlights of the 26th Mill Valley Film Festival, which in its first weekend offered a heady mix of passion and personality that confirmed its status as a ...