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Menemsha takes Weeping Camel, What The Eye...
Menemsha Entertainment's world sales division has acquiredworldwide rights to Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni's drama The Story OfThe Weeping Camel andFrancisco Lombardi's Peruvian thriller What the Eye Doesn't See (excluding Peruvian rights).Both films will premiereat Toronto and The Story Of The Weeping Camel has already been sold to German distributor ...
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Menemsha takes festival premieres Weeping Camel, What The Eye...
Menemsha Entertainment's world sales division has acquiredworldwide rights to Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni's drama The Story OfThe Weeping Camel andFrancisco Lombardi's Peruvian thriller What the Eye Doesn't See (excluding Peruvian rights).Both films will premiereat Toronto and The Story Of The Weeping Camel has already been sold to German distributor ...
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LA launches new horror/sci-fi fest with world premiere of Monster Man
The world premiere ofLions Gate's Monster Man and theWest Coast premiere of Beyond Re-Animator are among the highlights of the inaugural ManiaFest sci-fi, fantasy andhorror festival, which runs in Santa Monica from Sept 18-21.The four-day event features classic screenings, panel discussions,a competition strand and panel discussions with Friday The 13th ...
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Miercourt moves from Myriad to Miramax as svp
David Miercort has joined Miramax Films as senior vice presidentof acquisitions and business affairs.Based in the company's Los Angeles offices, Miercort will beinvolved in day-to-day acquisitions activities from a business affairs andlegal perspective and will also work on Miramax's worldwide promotions.He will report to both Agnes Mentre, head of Miramax's ...
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Pirates aims to haul more international gold
Pirates Of The Caribbean looks set to continue its international dominance this upcoming weekend with releases in the key territories of Germany, Italy and Korea.Buena Vista International's family adventure has been a late summer arrival outside the US and has wasted little time in making waves.Pirates boosted its international running ...
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Hayek, Sundance among PGA diversity honorees
Salma Hayek, writer-director John Singleton, Hawaiian film-makerChristine Walker and the Sundance Institute's Native American InitiativesProgramme are to be honoured for their diverse producing work by the ProducersGuild of America (PGA).The 2nd Annual Celebration of Diversity is due to take place inLos Angeles on Oct 1 and recognises producers whose work, ...
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Slamdance winner Living bought for US by Cowboy
New York-based distributor Cowboy Pictures has acquired ElliotGreenebaum's comedy Assisted Living, this year's grand jury prizewinner at the Slamdance FilmFestival that also won the jury prize and audience award for best film at the2003 GenArt Film Festival.Greenebaum's debut featuretells the story of stoner who strikes up an unlikely friendship with ...
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Universal's The Hulk breaks $100m barrier
Universal's The Hulk became the 15th film to pass $100m at the international boxoffice this year with a $3.1m weekend gross powered by a mighty number oneItalian bow.Released through UIP, the film took $2.8m from 255 sites in Italyfor Universal's and UIP's biggest opening weekend of the year in the ...
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The 2003 summer season ended in grand style over the long Labor Day weekend as Jeepers Creepers 2 set a record for the holiday weekend and four films passed $100m to raise to a record 14 the number of titles that have reached the milestone this season.The new arrivals at ...
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Phone Booth opens third in France for Fox
Fox International's thriller Phone Booth opened in third place in France at theweekend, grossing $1.8m from 276 screens.The decent bow raised the film's international cumulative score to$41.9m.Elsewhere the romantic comedy Down With Love opened fourth in Mexico on $288,000 on150 screens, raising its international running total to $2.5m.Overall the film ...
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Lawson, Libby promoted, Lewis rehired at US PR firm MPRM
Publicity veteran Michael Lawson has been promoted to senior vicepresident at mPRm Public Relations and Chris Libby to director as part of arestructuring of the company's film practice.James Lewis will also be returning to the company as a senioraccount executive in film."Michael Lawson's elevation to head of the film practice ...
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Jeepers Creepers 2 ends summer with a bang
United Artists' JeepersCreepers 2 ruled over the long LaborDay weekend, opening number one on an estimated $18.5m as the summer seasonofficially ended with a flourish and four titles passed $100m.The top 12 films grossed anestimated $101.2m, up 11% on the same period last year and the third successiveweekend rise.Overall the ...
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T3 opens well in China, crosses $250m milestone
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines passed $250m at the international boxoffice at the weekend when it scored the second biggest opening of the year inChina behind The Matrix Reloaded.Columbia TriStar FilmDistributors International (CTFDI) opened the sci-fi sequel at number one inChina on an impressive $1.3m.The film added $8.2m from ...
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MPAA seeks to stop UK DVD software outfit 321 Studios
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is seeking aninjunction from the High Court in London preventing the sale and distributionof 321 Studios' DVD-pirating software.MPAA president Jack Valenti said in a statement, 'Companies thatstand to profit from the violation of copyright laws should be brought to book.'No-one should be under ...
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MPAA piracy chief meets Thailand prime minister
Continuing itsefforts to stamp out intellectual property violation, the Motion PictureAssociation of America's (MPAA) chief anti-piracy officer held talks with theprime minister of Thailand last week. Ken Jacobsen,the MPAA's senior vice president and director of worldwide anti-piracyoperations, told Thaksin Shinawatra that while the number of pirate copiesavailable on the street ...
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Lipshy leaves Intermedia to become financial controller at Myriad
Former Intermedia Films' financial executive Amy Lipshy has beenhired for the newly created position of financial controller at financing,production and worldwide sales house Myriad Pictures.Based in Los Angeles, Lipshy will report directly to Myriad chieffinancial officer Jon Shiffman and will oversee general accounting functions,production accounting, quarterly financial reporting, financial planning ...
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IFC Films steps into the Void
IFC Films has acquired all North American rights to TouchingThe Void, Oscar-winningdirector Kevin MacDonald's true-life mountaineering drama that will screen atthe Telluride and Toronto festivals.Based on the memoir of the same name by the renowned mountaineerJoe Simpson, the film recounts a 1985 attempt by Simpson and Simon Yates toscale the ...
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Shorts from Wong Kar-Wai, Apted, Linklater at Palm Springs festival
Films from Wong Kar-Wai, Richard Linklater and Michael Apted areamong 265 titles that will screen at this year's 2003 Palm SpringsInternational Festival of Short Films, which runs in its new late slot of Sept16-22.The opening night will feature six award-winning shorts includingEric Armstrong's best animated Oscar winner The ChubbChubbs! (US), ...
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Hulk looks to cross international milestone
After a summer-long campaign Universal's The Hulk will be looking to break through the $100m barrier this weekend when it opens through UIP in its final major territory of Italy.The comic book adaptation has amassed $96.3m at the international box office to date and Aug 29's Italian job is a ...
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Demme doc goes to THINKFilm
THINKFilm has acquired all North American rights to JonathanDemme's The Agronomist,a documentary profile of the assassinated Haitian journalist and national heroJean Dominique that receives its world premiere in Venice and North Americanpremiere in Toronto.The film will open in the US in 2004 and charts Dominique's careeras operator of the country's ...