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Laws Of Attraction
Dir:Peter Howitt. US. 2004. 90mins.Laws Of Attraction travels the well-worn path ofcountless screwball romantic comedies before it. Yet while the join-the-dotsplot is disappointingly devoid of any fresh twists or ideas, the film itselfproves an unexpectedly pleasant diversion, thanks to sparkling dialogue andwinning performances from Pierce Brosnan, Frances Fisher and Michael ...
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Pact appoints new director of film
Tim Willis, a formerdirector at UK media concern Civilian Content, has been appointed director offilm at producers body Pact, chief executive John McVay announced on Thursday.Willis replaces RonniePlanalp, who is moving back to New York with her family. He will have overallresponsibility for Pact's film strategy and will work closely ...
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Istituto Luce beefs up its international production slate
Italy's Istituto Luce is beefing up its internationalproduction slate with several high-profile co-productions, including AbelFerrara's Go Go Tales and Brad Mirman's The Shadow Dancer withHarvey Keitel and Giancarlo Giannini.French production outfit, Euro American, has boarded GoGo Tales, a Euros 5m comedy set in a night-club, which is being produced byIstituto ...
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Brooks scouting locations in India
American comic actor Albert Brooks is currently in Delhifinalising locations for his next untitled film.Brooks, who is planning a very "Bollywood" type of film, butwithout the song and dance elements, is keen to hire an Indian actress to actopposite him.Brooks told ScreenDaily.com, "I am looking forward toshooting this comedy film ...
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Forman to be honoured at Europe Day
Celebrated director, Milos Forman is to be the guest ofhonour for the "Europe Day" being organised by the Cannes festival on 18 May.The event is intended to celebrate the growing EuropeanUnion (EU) and the accession next week of ten new countries including Forman'snative Czech Republic. It will take as it ...
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German animation industry reaches new heights
At the recent Cartoon Moviefinancing market in Babelsberg, German animation producers were feelingparticularly bullish. Of the 14 countries present with projects, Germany wasrepresented with eight of the 40 projects - after France and Spain - and was alsoa co-production partner on the Danish studio A.Film's The Ugly Duckling& Me.Moreover, in ...
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Justice enters new orbit with Lunar
MatthewJustice, the producer who has headed production activities at the successful UKfinancier Invicta Capital, is to strike out on his own.Justice istaking full control of the production company ICL Films that he set-up forInvicta which he joined in late 2001. Renamed as Lunar Films, the company willcontinue to plough the ...
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Italy's Cinecitta and Roma studios in first ever collaboration
Brian De Palma's upcoming movie, The Black Dahlia,will start shooting this summer at Cinecitta Studios and Roma Studios, markingthe first ever collaboration between Italy's two biggest studios.An adaptation of James Ellroy's classic noir novel, TheBlack Dahlia is set in 1940s Los Angeles and tells the story of two copswho investigate ...
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Warner Bros UK chief quits to head up Aegis Media.
Nigel Sharrocks, the head ofWarner Bros' UK distribution arm, is leaving the film business to head up media buying groupAegis Media.Sharrocks, whose pre-Warnerbackground is in advertising, will be the new chief executive of the company inthe UK and Ireland, replacing Mark Craze, who left this month.Meanwhile Josh Berger, executive vice ...
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Sundance names 13 projects for summer labs
Projects from Thailand andSouth Africa are among 13 represented in the Sundance Institute's annual Junefilm-makers and screenwriters labs, which run from May 25-Jun 24 under theauspices of the Feature Film Programme's year-round series of workshops and events.The labs offer emergingdirectors and screenwriters a chance to develop new work under the ...
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Valenti urges Congress to adopt piracy strategy
Outgoing MPAApresident Jack Valenti presented a five-point anti-piracy plan to Congressyesterday (29), urging legislators to foster stronger links between government,intelligence agencies and America's international partners.Testifyingbefore the senate appropriations committee's sub-committee on commerce,justice, state and the judiciary, Valenti called for greater FBI funding andtraining and a higher awareness of enforcement issues ...
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Doughty, Carver complete cast of Aryan Couple
Casting onAtlantic Film and Mairis Film's second world war drama The Aryan Couple has been completed with the arrival ofKenny Doughty and Caroline in the title roles.Directed by John Daly, the picture centres on a Jewishindustrialist who is forced to turn over his vast empire to the Nazis to payfor ...
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Calm before next weekend's monster storm
With Van Helsing set to open in 40 territories or so next weekend, it looks like being a quiet weekend for major openings in key territories across the world.Scooby-Doo 2 is scampering towards $100m at the international boxoffice and Warner Bros Pictures International executives will be looking toKorea and Russia ...
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Global takes on White Countess, Therese Raquin
Peter Elson's foreign salesand distribution outfit Global Cinema Group has picked up two new titles forCannes in the form of Merchant Ivory's Chinese romantic drama The WhiteCountess and an adaptation of EmilZola's classic revenge tale Therese Raquin.The acquisitions follow theannouncement earlier this week (Screendaily Apr 27) of Global's jointfinancing, production ...
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INTERNATIONAL 29 April
The eightweek reign of The Passion Of The Christ ended this week as theinternational marketplace bowed to Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2.The secondpart in the director's genre epic saw a raft of number one positions - with fewexceptions - after opening in 20 territories for a $17.7m weekend. It ...
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Tarnation
Dir:Jonathan Caouette. US. 2004. 88mins.Alreadysomething of a myth in the world of US independent film, Tarnation wasmade on Apple's I-Movie programme for a total budget of $218.32 according to itsfilm-maker Jonathan Caouette. Screened at the Sundance Film Festival in theexperimental and often overlooked Frontier section, the film was immediately amagnet ...
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Strange Bedfellows
Dir: Dean Murphy.Australia. 2004. 105minsHomegrown comedies set infriendly country communities did not fare well at the Australian box officelast year. Danny Deckchair and The Honourable Wally Norman (forinstance) had large, sweetly eccentric supporting casts but little credibilityand far too few supporting laughs. Strange Bedfellows follows thistrend, though it boasts an ...
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Moneypenny expands into SA, NZ
Financial services company Moneypenny, which has been anintegral part of Australia's film industry for 25 years, is expanding intoSouth Africa and New Zealand within the next few months.Principal Jane Corden (pictured) relocates to Capetown for 12 monthsfrom late June - one of her first tasks will be to find a ...
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Mission To Mars
Dir: Brian De Palma. US. 2000. 112 mins.Prod cos: Jacobson Co Production in association with Touchstone Pictures. Co-prods: David Goyer, Justis Greene, Jim Wedda. US dist: Buena Vista . Int'l Sales: Buena Vista Int'l. Exec prod: Sam Mercer. Prod: Tom Jacobson. Scr: Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Graham Yost. DoP: Stephen ...
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FRANCE 30 April
Ben Stillerand Owen Wilson emerged into the box office limelight this week taking over$4.3m with a strong $7,071 per screen average for 70s TV adaptation Starsky& Hutch. The show has high recognition in France and with littlecompetition its big screen incarnation had an easy ride.PanEuropeenne's Mariages! Also had a healthy ...