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Antwone Fisher wins PGA Stanley Kramer Award
The ProducersGuild of America (PGA) will present Antwone Fisher producers Todd Black and DenzelWashington with the second Stanley Kramer Award at the 14th Annual PGAwards onMar 2 in Los Angeles. The accolade was established to honour a producer whose work'illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevatingfashion'. The picture, ...
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Fogelson, Hampe join US indie MAC Releasing
Andrew Fogelson and CarlHampe have joined the new US independent distributor MAC Releasing, it wasannounced today (Jan 9) by partners Craig Baumgarten, Andy Gruenberg and MikeMarcus. Fogelson, who arrives from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, joins as apartner after serving as a consultant to MAC since its inception in May 2002.Hampe, who ...
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Universal scores powerful 8 Mile opening in Germany
Universal began theinternational roll-out of rap drama 8 Mile in emphatic style over the weekend, grossing $7.3m from 597 theatres inGermany, Austria, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In Germany the Eminem starrer took amighty $6.1m from 455 venues. It was Universal's fifth biggest opening ever inthe territory behind American Pie 2, ...
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Colin Callender to receive inaugural Ray-Ban award at Sundance
Colin Callender,the award-winning producer and president of HBO Films, is to receive theinaugural 2003 Ray-Ban Visionary Award in Park City on Jan 21. The accolade,which is being presented by Ray-Ban, US film magazine Movieline and non-profitpublic advocacy body The Creative Coalition, was established to recognise 'thework and dedication of an ...
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Slamdance opens with Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Two world premieres bookendthis year's ninth annual Slamdance Film Festival, which opens on Jan 18with Ken Bowser's documentary Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, based on Peter Biskind's provocative accountof film-making in the 1960s and 70s, and closes on Jan 24 with AllanMindel's Milwaukee, Minnesota.Easy Riders, Raging Bulls chronicles one of the ...
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James Cardwell takes over top video job at Warner
In the wake ofthe recent departure of outspoken DVD pioneer Warren Lieberfarb, James Cardwellwas today (Jan 8) named president of Warner Home Video by Barry Meyer, WarnerBros chairman and chief executive officer. Caldwell, a widely respected 20-yearveteran of the division, leaves his post as executive vice president for NorthAmerica and ...
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Kahli Small joins Focus as vice president of production
Kahli Small hasjoined Universal's specialty film unit Focus Features as vice presidentof production, co-presidents David Linde and James Schamus announced today (Jan8). Small, who most recently worked as an independent producer, will be basedat the company's West Coast offices and will report directly to Focuspresident of production Glenn Williamson.In a ...
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Marcus Ammon to head MGM Channel Germany, exits Universal
MGM Worldwide TelevisionDistribution has appointed veteran television executive Marcus Ammon as generalmanager of the MGM Channel in Germany, the largest cable and satellite marketin Europe. Ammon will be based in Munich, where he will oversee day-to-dayaffairs including programming, marketing, sales and technical operations at thechannel, which is due to launch ...
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Ryan Werner leaves Magnolia for Palm Pictures
Ryan Werner hasjoined Palm Pictures as head of theatrical distribution, where he will reportto Karol Martesko-Fenster, head of film & RES Media Group, and David Koh,head of acquisitions and production, on all distribution matters. Werner willwork with Koh on acquiring titles for theatrical and DVD distribution and willoversee marketing, distribution ...
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Reese shines for BVI as Sweet Home Alabama passes $30m
Reese Witherspoon continued to charm internationalaudiences over the weekend as Buena Vista International's comedy-romance SweetHome Alabama took $5.4m from 1,527 theatresfor a $30.8m cumulative total. The animated adventure Treasure Planet, which flopped in the US, added another $4.6m from2,575 venues and now has a $38.9m running total, while comedy The ...
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AMPAS names scientific and technical Oscar honorees
The creators of an industrystandard special effects tool and two leading camera developers are to receiveOscar statuettes when the Academy hands out its scientific and technical awardson March 1. Alias/Wavefront will receivean Oscar for The Maya, its 3-D animation software that has been almost universallyadopted by the industry's leading effects ...
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Palm Springs honours Zeffirelli, Redgrave, the late Conrad Hall
Franco Zeffirelli, LynnRedgrave, composer Michel Legrand and producer Mace Neufeld will each receive aLife and Career Achievement Award at the Palm Springs International FilmFestival gala awards ceremony on Jan 11. Organisers will also stage a tribute tothe late cinematographer Conrad Hall, the double-Oscar winner who died over theweekend and was ...
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Online Film Critics opt for The Two Towers
New Line's The LordOf The Rings: The Two Towers tookbest picture and director honours in the 2002 Online Film Critics SocietyAwards, voted on by 132 internet journalists from around the world. The secondpart of Peter Jackson's fantasy adaptation added best ensemble acting,editing, visual effects and sound to its haul but ...
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The Two Towers towers over the competition
New Line's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers stayed atop of the competition in its third week in North American theatres with a $25.7m haul that gives Peter Jackson's Tolkien adaptation a mighty $261.7m running score, according to studio estimates released on Sunday (Jan 5). The second instalment ...
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Lightning takes international rights on The Event
LightningEntertainment has acquired international sales rights to ThomFitzgerald's The Event, which will screen in the Panorama section of the Berlin FilmFestival on Feb 8, 9 and 10. Set in Manhattan, The Event explores the effect of one man'sdeath on his loved ones and boasts a strong ensemble cast that includes ...
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Ice Age cracks $200m overseas
Fox International's Ice Age has passed $200m in international box office ticketsales, the distributor said yesterday. The hit animation was released in the US last spring, eventually generating $174.8m at thedomestic box office, a figure that has been complemented by impressive totalselsewhere. In Germany, Ice Age opened on March 21 ...
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LOTR sequel Towers over first in smash worldwide bow
New Line Cinema's The Lord Of The Rings: The TwoTowers has fully lived up to itsblockbuster expectations, reeling in $41.7m worldwide on its firstday on release. The figure represents a staggering 45% leap above thefirst episode's $29m one-day opening gross last year. Debuting in the US and 13 international territories ...
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International skew to 2003 Sundance writers lab
The Sundance Institute has announced the 12'signature' projects, a third of them originated from outside theUS, which will participate in the upcoming Screenwriters Lab, which takes placein Utah next month. The Lab gives participating writers the opportunity to developtheir screenplays through workshop sessions with a stellar cast of leadinginternational screenwriters ...
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Film comedy gets own gong show
As the North American awards season gathers pace the USComedy Arts Festival (USCAF) and HBO have got in on the gong-giving act byannouncing that next year's ninth annual event will feature the inauguralComedy Film Honours. The awards will recognise Studio Comedy Film, Independent ComedyFilm, First-Time Director and the Entertainment Weekly ...
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Sundance I: Festival announces Native Forum lineup 2003
The SundanceInstitute announced details of the 9th Native Forum programme for the 2003Sundance Film Festival today (Dec 17). The Native Forum highlights films madeby Native Americans and indigenous peoples and opens on Jan 17 with the USpremiere of Alanis Obomsawin's new documentary Is The Crown At WarWith Us' The rest ...