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Indian film star Rajkumar released by bandit
Indian film star Rajkumar has finally been released by bandit king Veerappan after 108 days in captivity in the jungles of the southern state of Karnataka.The 72-year-old actor's fans let off fireworks and handed out sweets in the streets of Bangalore when they heard of his release. The news of ...
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First Italian tax break receives European Union backing
The initial measures of Italy's first tax incentive law geared to the cinema sector has been approved by the European Union.Thenews announced by Italian Culture Minister Sandro Bondi is a breakthrough for an initiative that has proved ahard sell in Italy and follows more than a decade of lobbying.The law ...
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2008 Review Of The Year - market reports
2008 was a year that began with some expectancy of recovery after what had been something of a grind the previous year.But the US independent market was in no state to make the big leaps forward.What's more, despite signs ofhope at Berlin, the markets were soon overtaken by economic events.An ...
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Sao Paulo critics name Linha de Passe, Hills Of Disorder best of 2008
The film critics of APCA, Sao Paulo Arts Critics Association, gave their top honor of best film this year to two titles: Linha de Passe, Walter Salles' and Daniela Thomas' urban drama which premiered in competition at Cannes, and Andrea Tonacci's The Hills of Disorder. Linha de Passe follows the ...
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Run Run Shaw offers to take Shaw Brothers private
Sir Run Run Shaw has offered to buy the 25.08% stake in Hong Kong's legendary Shaw Brothers that he does not already own for $171.6m (HK$1.33bn). The centenarian mogul, who owns a 74.92% stake in the legendary studios that he founded, has offered to buy the remaining shares at HK$13.35 ...
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Big Pictures to roll out Ghajini in 23 international territories
India's Big Pictures is planning to release Ghajini, starring Aamir Khan, in more than 300 cinemas across 23 countries on December 25. The motion pictures subsidiary of Reliance BIG Entertainment is handling international distribution of the film, while Indian Film Company is distributing in India.Major overseas territories for the film ...
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Feng's If You Are the One tops Chinese box office
There were no signs of economic downturn in Chinese cinemas last weekend as popular local director Feng Xiaogang's If You Are The One raked in a record-breaking $11.68m (RMB80m) in four days of release. The results mark a new opening weekend record for a romantic comedy in China. The opening ...
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Kushner-Locke strikes longterm deal with ALWAYSi
The Kushner-Locke Co has established a longterm partnership with San Francisco-based internet entertainment outfit ALWAYSi whereby it will distribute films represented by ALWAYSi in traditional offline channels.Kushner-Locke will license the brand ALWAYSi True American Independent Cinema in international markets, creating a path from online film exhibition at ALWAYSi's website (alwaysi.com) ...
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Tornasol Films bringsbestsellerThursday's Widowsto big screen
Leading Spanish production outfit Tornasol Films will bring Claudia Pineiro's award-winning novel Thursday's Widows (Las Viudas De Los Jueves) to the big screen.Argentinian director Marcelo Pinyero will direct Thursday's Widows, which follows the rather unusual lives of wealthy families living in Altos De La Cascada, a suburb on the outskirts ...
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SCREEN REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2008: PART THREE
In the last of a three-part review of the year, Screen looks at some of the new talent emerging in 2008.For part one of thereviewclick hereFor part two click hereNEW TALENT:It may have been a tough year for film but startling new talent still managed to find its place.UK STARS ...
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China Film secures $88m loan from Bank of Beijing
Bank of Beijing has announced that it will provide a loan of $87.59m (RMB600m) to state-owned China Film Group for its film production and exhibition businesses. The loan follows several others that the bank has offered to Chinese film companies as part of its strategy to promote 'cultural and creative ...
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Fox launches Australia into 44 territories for Christmas weekend
Fox International's epic adventure Australia gets a big push over the Christmas weekend in a jam-packed few days that is expected to produce considerable gains too for sci-fi stablemate The Day The Earth Stood Still, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International's new family release Bedtime Stories and Warner Bros Pictures ...
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Krabbe and Hershey to star in Albert Schweitzer biopic
Jeroen Krabbe and Barbara Hershey are headlining the cast of UK director Gavin Millar's biopic Schweitzer (working title) on the life of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Albert Schweitzer.Set in 1949 in the early years of the Cold War, the film follows Schweitzer (played by Krabbe) as he arrives in ...
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Nigel Planer joins International Screenwriters Festival line-up
Next week'sInternational Screenwriters' Festival has added actor, novelist and playwright Nigel Planer to its line-up.Planer remains best-known for his iconic comedy roles in the 1980s in The Comic Strip and The Young Ones but hasalso been a successfulplaywright and writer with two novels to his name.Among recent work, he has ...
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Reliance forms joint venture with the Bachchan family
Just one week after news broke that Anil Ambani's Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE) is in talks to invest in DreamWorks, the Indian company has announced a joint venture with India's first family of Hindi cinema, the Bachchans. The tie-up covers the production of films, TV series, reality shows, internet and ...