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The Grudge 2
Dir: Takashi Shimizu. 2006. 102mins.The hairy ghost andher bug-eyed little boy work overtime in TheGrudge 2, Japanese director Takashi Shimizu's busy but less effectivesequel to his hit American remake of his franchise-starting J-horror chiller Ju-On.Thoughoriginal star Sarah Michelle Gellar makes only a brief appearance this timeout, the sequel has already ...
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France changes ratings system in Baise-moi row
French culture minister Catherine Tasca has agreed to reinstate the 18 certificate in France following the censorship row that broke out when controversial title Baise-moi (Fuck Me) was given an X rating when already on release. As a result, exhibitors which were refusing the pull the film from their theatres ...
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Napoleon And Me (Io E Napoleone)
Dir: Paolo Virzi. It-Fr-Sp. 2006. 110mins.The latest Eurozone attemptto find a new angle on the Napoleon story finally, Napoleon And Me allows Daniel Auteuil to pitch into a role which seems to have been cutout for an actor of his professional and physical stature. But this - and onesteamy love ...
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The Grudge 2
Dir: Takashi Shimizu. 2006. 102mins.The hairy ghost andher bug-eyed little boy work overtime in TheGrudge 2, Japanese director Takashi Shimizu's busy but less effectivesequel to his hit American remake of his franchise-starting J-horror chiller Ju-On.Thoughoriginal star Sarah Michelle Gellar makes only a brief appearance this timeout, the sequel has already ...
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Letters From Iwo Jima set for Tokyo world premiere
Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima will receive itsworld premiere at Tokyo's Budokan arena on November 15. The multiple AcademyAward-winning director is confirmed to attend the red carpet event at the famedvenue, as well as a press conference with the film's Japanese cast scheduledfor the following day. Lettersfollows Flags Of ...
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PUSAN: FDL participants pitch new projects at Pusan
Participants in the KoreanFilm Council (KOFIC)'s inaugural Filmmakers' Development Lab (FDL) are on handin Pusan to pitch the scripts developed at the week-longworkshop.FDL selected five emergingKorean and Korean-American writer-directors and paired each one withestablished film professional mentors from the US and Korea. Modeled on similar creativeprojects such as the Sundance ...
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Iglesias wins composer and soundtrack of the year at World Soundtrack Awards
Alberto Iglesias won Soundtrack Composer of the Year and BestOriginal Soundtrack of the year awards for The Constant Gardener at the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent,Europe.Inother awards presented during the 33rd Flanders International Film FestivalGhent on Oct 14, Gustavo Santaolalla won the Public Choice Award for thesoundtrack to Brokeback Mountain,while ...
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Grudge 2 tops strong weekend at North America box office
Sony registered its 12th number one release of the year as horrorsequel The Grudge 2 launchedon an estimated $22m.The supernatural tale of a rage-inducing curse stars AmberTamblyn and features a cameo by the original's leading lady Sarah MichelleGellar. Overall box office annihilated the same weekend last year,rising 41% as the ...
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Prada continues to lead international pack with $22.7m
Once again Fox International's The Devil Wears Prada dominated the overseas arena as thecomedy grossed an estimated $22.7m from 4,250 screens to raise its tally to$75.5m.Four muscular launches drove the result, led by a $3.7mnumber one Italian haul on 437 screens, and $4.4m from 575 German screens forsecond place.Prada opened ...
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Running With Scissors
Dir: Ryan Murphy. US.2006. 122 mins.Ryan Murphy, the Hollywood wunderkind whose Nip/Tuck is one of the most cutting edge series on US TV atthe moment, turns his caustic sensibilities to Running With Scissors, the film version of Augusten Burroughs' popularmemoirs. As one might expect from the creator of Nip/Tuck, Murphy ...
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PUSAN: CJ CGV to open Shanghai multiplex this week
Leading Korean exhibitor CJCGV has announced that its first mainland China multiplex will open in Shanghai on Oct 22.With over 1,000 seats, themultiplex will comprise six screens, including one VIP screen with only 38seats and premium class service that includes food and beverages. CJ CGV saysthe theatre has been certified ...
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Polish Insitute backs new films from Loach and Zelenka
Newfeature projects by Ken Loach, Petr Zelenka and Oliver Parker are among sixinternational co-productions supported with a total of $4.1m (Zlotys 12.8m) bythe Polish Film Institute in its latest round of funding. Loach's These Times, which hasproducer-distributor SPIInternational as its Polish co-producer, received $176,376 (ZL 546,508)production support. The Polish elements ...
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AFC overhauls funding guidelines
As part of its on-going revamp, Australia's major development agency, the Australian Film Commission (AFC), has issued new funding guidelines under which film-makers with a proven track record will be given the most support. Experienced talent will be given access to the lion's share of AFC funding - and at ...
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Daniel Thomas and Sue Milford join new Film Agency For Wales
The new Film Agency for Wales has tapped Daniel Thomas and Sue Milford for itsmanagement team.Working with previouslyannounced chief executive Pauline Burt, Thomas will serve as audiencedevelopment manager. He previously worked with UGC and Southwest Scotland on behalf of Scottish Screen.Milford has been named finance manager. She has worked withvarious ...
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UK piracy operation leads to 10 arrests
Following an undercoveroperation of house raids in North Wales, Cheshire, and Wirral early Oct 15,ten people were arrested for piracy-related crimes in the UK.This operation, codenamed"Buzzard," was a mission to expose merchants who claim benefits while makingmoney selling pirate DVDs to shoppers at Greenfield Market in Flintshire. Themulti-agency task force, ...
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Cinema's economic model is dead, says Digimart keynote
The film industry has a great future as long as it realisesthe existing economic order is dead.That was the warning of John Perry Barlow in his keynoteaddress to this year's Digimart conference in Montreal.The co-founderof the Electronic Frontier Foundation and former lyricist of the GratefulDead said the debate about the ...
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Nikkatsu rolls out library through VoD service
Nikkatsu, one of Japan's oldest film studios, has announced that it willoffer films from its vast library as video-on-demand content through parent companyIndex Corp's "Miranca" VoD and IPTV service.The first 23 titles goonline today (Oct 16) and include classic films starring some of Japan's mostenduring cinema icons, including the late ...
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PUSAN: Avex boards Apple, Chen Kaige project
Following its investment in Beijing-basedChengtian Entertainment, Japan's Avex is making a push into Chinese production by co-financingtwo of the company's upcoming productions - Li Yu's Apple and a biopic to be directed by Chen Kaige.Chen, who most recentlydirected big-budget fantasy epic ThePromise, is developing a film based on the life ...
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PUSAN: Taiwan's Serenity signs up for Pain
Serenity EntertainmentInternational has acquired Taiwanese rights to Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Confession Of Pain from Hong Kong's Media Asia. The company, which has beenramping up Chinese-language acquisitions since its launch in mid-2005, willrelease the film as part of a pan-Asian roll-out in mid-December. Since the beginning of 2006,Serenity has ...
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PUSAN: GTH scores string of sales on Alone
Thailand's GMM Tai Hub (GTH) has scored further deals on Alone, the long-awaited follow-up toThai writer-directors Parkpoom Wongpoom and Banjong Pisanthanakun's horror hit Shutter. The $2.5m project, firstunveiled at last year's Pusan,has been sold to Lark Films for Hong Kong, GoldenScreen Cinemas for Malaysia and Downtown Filmes for Brazil. Wild ...