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Columbine voted best documentary of all time
Michael Moore'sfeted documentary Bowling for Columbine has been named the all-time favourite non-fiction film bymembers of the International Documentary Association (IDA). Announcing "Top20 at 20" today (Dec 12), an eclectic top 20 list to coincide with its20th anniversary, the IDA became the latest body to honour Moore'sstrident examination of America's ...
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Arthur Hiller goes to Greece for comedy festival
Arthur Hiller, theOscar-nominated director of Love Story and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences, will be the guest of honour at the American Comedy Festival inAthens, Greece, this weekend. The week-long festival runs from Dec 13-19 andhas been organised by the US Embassy in association with ...
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Beacon's back: Bernstein signs five-year deal at Disney
Beacon Communicationsfounder and producer Armyan Bernstein has signed a five-year overall deal withWalt Disney Studios. Along with partner Charlie Lyons and private investors,Bernstein has capitalised the new venture, Beacon Pictures, and plans to createand distribute titles under the Beacon label. Lyons, the founder and formerchairman of sport and leisure outfit ...
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Boy band impresario sets up US family film company
N SYNC and Backstreet Boysimpresario Louis J Pearlman has teamed up with Steve Austin's TagEntertainment to form Tag Studios, a theatrical film and television productioncompany that will focus on family oriented output with a strong musicalinfluence. Pearlman and Austin each have an equal equity share in theenterprise and plan an ...
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Academy gives formal rejection to Bloody Sunday
PaulGreengrass' acclaimed historical drama Bloody Sunday was officially rejected today (Dec 11)by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences after it fell foul ofeligibility criteria stemming from a UK television broadcast earlier this year.The multi-award winner is a vivid recreation of the infamous events of Jan 301972, when British ...
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Magic Lamp Releasing to produce Afghan doc
US distributionand services company Magic Lamp Releasing announced today (Dec 11) it is movinginto production with the documentary Life After War - The Sarah Chayes Story, based on American efforts to rebuildAfghanistan. Inspired by an idea from Marla Lewin Halperin, who has handled publicityand promotions on Magic Lamp's five releases, ...
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Lovely & Amazing, Far From Heaven top Spirit Award nominations
Lions Gate's comedy Lovely& Amazing led the field with six2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards nominations today (Dec 11) while FocusFeatures' 1950s drama Far From Heaven weighed in with five including best female lead andsupporting male nods for Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid. Both picturesgarnered best director nominations for Nicole Holofcener ...
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ASC honour Norman Jewison with board of governors award
Norman Jewison is to receivethe American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Board of Governors Award, whichis presented annually to an individual who has made a significant and enduringimpression on the art of filmmaking. The Board of Governors Award is the onlyrecognition that the ASC bestows on individuals who are not cinematographersand ...
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Holly Hunter to receive Sundance Independent Vision Award
Holly Hunter will receivewith the Sundance Institute Tribute to Independent Vision Award at the 2003Sundance Film Festival, which runs from Jan 16-26, 2003. The honour will bepresented in a tribute show at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City on Jan 21 thatfeatures retrospective clips, an onstage interview and party. Hunter, ...
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Slamdance unveils 16-feature lineup
Nine world premieres will be among 16 features competing for honours at the Slamdance 2003 Film Festival after organisers sifted through a record 2,800 submissions. Announcing the line-up last night (Dec 9), Slamdance director Gianna Chachere and president and co-founder Peter Baxter said the titles reflected 'youthful voices and the ...
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Die rustles up another $21.3m for Fox International
Die Another Day grossed $21.3m over the weekend - including numberone bows in the Far East and South Africa - and now boasts a superb $95.2minternational cumulative total. With the $119.2m domestic total taken intoconsideration, the twentieth James Bond instalment has so far grossed $214.4mworldwide. In Singapore it took $838,836 ...
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Minority Report opens in Japan to $6.3m for Fox
Fox International enjoyed its fourth highest opening ofall time in Japan over the weekend with a $6.3m bow for Minority Report on 458 screens. The picture reached number twonationwide but topped the charts in nine key cities, studio executives saidtoday (Dec 9). The sci-fi thriller received a pre-release boost when ...
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Harry conjures up magical $60.5m over the weekend
Harry Potter And TheChamber Of Secrets conjured up$60.5m in the international markets over the weekend, according to latestestimates from Warner Bros. The family sequel registered more than 10.9 millionadmissions from 9,850 screens in 41 countries and now has a remarkable $289minternational running total with just over $500m worldwide.In the latest ...
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Harryhausen, Linklater, Lurie shorts among Sundance selection
Short films from RichardLinklater, actress Illeana Douglas and Lord Of The Rings star Sean Astin are among the 90 shorts programmedat next year's Sundance Film Festival, which kicks off Jan 16 in ParkCity, Utah.Culled from a record 3,345submissions, the narrative and documentary titles will screen before featuresand as part of ...
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Palm Springs throws spotlight on Bollywood
The Palm SpringsInternational Film Festival will focus its Spotlight strand on Bollywood nextmonth, featuring a series of North American premieres that kicks off on Jan 12,2003 with the Indian foreign language Oscar entry, Devdas. The epic tale of star-crossed lovers is due to beattended by director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and ...
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Spyglass finds a new home at DreamWorks
Spyglass Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures announced today (Dec 9) that they have signed an exclusive first-look, non-exclusive production deal. The two parties are already in production on Seabiscuit starring Jeff Bridges and Tobey Maguire, which chronicles the life of the legendary racehorse. Gary Ross is directing the currently-shooting picture which ...
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Girl From Paris goes to US through Philos
Fledgling US distributorFilms Philos has acquired Christian Carion's directorial debut TheGirl From Paris (Une Hirondelle AFait Le Printemps) for NorthAmerican release in spring 2003. The story centres on a young woman'sefforts to start over as a farmer in the French Alps and is told from theperspective of the girl and ...
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Bond returns to the top, Analyze That limps into second
Die Another Day continued its yo-yo cycle with a $13m haul in its third week that took it back to the top for MGM, according to studio estimates released yesterday (Dec 8). The 20th James Bond instalment has now amassed $120.4m and is expected to become the biggest grossing Bond ...
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Reynolds, Suchet star in Foolproof for Alliance Atlantis
Ryan Reynolds and David Suchet are to star in William Phillip's thriller Foolproof, which has started principal photography in Toronto for Alliance Atlantis and Atom Egoyan's EGO FILM ARTS. Reynolds, whose credits include National Lampoon's Van Wilder and upcoming The Wedding Party, will play a theoretical heist mastermind who is ...
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National Board Of Review chimes with The Hours
In the first barometer of the North American awards season, the National Board of Review (NBR) announced its 2002 winners today (Dec 4), with Stephen Daldry's star-studded drama The Hours taking 2002 Best Film Of The Year. The results were a triumph for Miramax Films which co-financed The Hours and ...