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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 ...
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Sundance II: 3rd annual online film festival launched
The SundanceInstitute today (Dec 17) launched the Third Annual Sundance Online FilmFestival at www.sundance.org. This year's event runs until Feb 5, 2003,and features 31 projects in four categories: Animation, Short Subject, Galleryand New Forms. Participating films will be highlighted during the mainfestival, which runs from Jan 16-26, in the Zenith ...
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70s cinema doc gets multi-platform release by IFC
The Independent Film Channel(IFC) announced today (Dec 16) a multi-platform distribution plan for ADecade Under The Influence, theextensive account of cinema in the 1970s that was film-maker Ted Demme'slast project before he died. The picture, which was co-directed by RichardLaGravenese who made Living Out Loud, is set to premiere in ...
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Schmidt, Adaptation lead US broadcast critics noms
AlexanderPayne's About Schmidt and Spike Jonze's Adaptation each received four nominations includingbest picture today (Dec 17) from the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA),which announced its 10 Best Films of 2002 as well as a host of nominees inother categories.In addition toits best picture nod About Schmidt yielded a best actor ...
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Great American Songbook to close Palm Springs fest
Performer-composer MichaelFeinstein's The Great American Songbook, a homage to American musicals and song, will closethe 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Jan 19, 2003.Feinstein will perform after the screening while the evening will be hosted bywriter-comedian Bruce Vilanch. Carol Channing and Jerry Herman will also appearon stage as ...
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Francois Ozon returns to Focus Features
Focus Featureshas acquired US distribution rights to the thriller Swimming Pool, the latest picture by 8 Women director Francois Ozon, from sales agentCelluloid Dreams. Announcing the move today (Dec 17), Focus co-presidents DavidLinde and James Schamus said Swimming Pool will be released in 2003.Swimming Pool is the first English-language picture ...
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Kino launches Kedma at New York Jewish festival
Kino International hasannounced that Israeli director Amos Gitai's drama Kedma will receive its US premiere on Jan 23, 2003, as theclosing film of the 12th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival. This will befollowed by a two-week run at Makor from Jan 27-Feb 6, where the picture willplay twice a ...
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Had To Be Made year-round film festival launched in US
The inauguralHad To Be Made Film Festival (HTBMFF), which seeks to raise public awareness ofAmerican independent pictures by making its entire programme available forrental at participating video stores, has announced its first call for entries.Festival director Michael Kyle said yesterday (Dec 16) that the event willlaunch on Feb 1, 2003 ...
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MGM TV reorganises US sales operations
In light of agrowing global production and distribution role, MGM Worldwide TelevisionDistribution Group has reorganised its US sales operations, with Paul Danylikarriving as senior vice-president of national sales and Joe Patrick relocatingto Los Angeles from MGM's UK office to serve as vice president of basicand pay cable sales. The announcement ...
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BVI tops $1bn in grosses for the eighth year in a row
Buena VistaInternational (BVI) has passed $1bn in international ticket sales for thisyear, making it the only distributor to achieve the distinction eight years ina row. In addition three of the 50 titles BVI handled in 2002 - Monsters Inc,Signs and Lilo & Stitch - grossed more than $100m each. Disney/Pixar'sMonsters ...
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AFI names ten best for 2002, omitting Far From Heaven
The American Film Institute(AFI) announced its 10 outstanding motion pictures for 2002 today (Dec 16) andits almanac recording the year's most significant achievements in theworld of the moving image. The selections were made over two days by two juries- one for feature films and one for TV -comprising one chair, ...
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Chamber Of Secrets soars on, passes $350m gross
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets maintained the magic with an estimated $42.4m in international ticket sales for Warner Bros over the weekend, bringing its cumulative total so far to a mighty $350m. There were 7.6m million admissions from more than 9,000 screens in 45 territories. In South Korea, ...
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Spitfire starts in on The Great War
Intermedia announced today (Dec 16) that Spitfire Pictures, Guy East and Nigel Sinclair's new production company with which it has an overall, non-exclusive deal, is to develop the First World War script The Great War (working title). Larry Ramin, who won an Emmy Award earlier this year for HBO's Winston ...
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Sperry signs with Focus in production and advisory deal
Focus Featureshas entered into a multi-year first-look production deal with veteran filmexecutive Stephane Sperry, Focus co-presidents David Linde and James Schamusconfirmed today (Dec 16). Sperry arrives from his post as co-president ofStudioCanal USA and the Focus deal comprises an exclusive advisory arrangementthat will also involve continued communication with Canal Plus, ...
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Far From Heaven dominates New York critics awards...
Todd Haynes' homage to1950s melodramas Far From Heavenpicked up five awards including Best Picture of 2002 today (Dec 16) from the NewYork Film Critics Circle, one of the key pre-Oscar indicators of the awardsseason. The 34-member group named the picture's director Todd Haynes asbest director and gave other awards to ...