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Hardcore
Dir. Dennis Iliadis. Gre.2004. 98minsA promising sketch ratheran actual probe into Athens' sleazy dives, lo-fi drama Hardcorenevertheless shows distinct promise for debut feature film-maker DennisIliadis.While his film-making giftsclearly need more mileage to mature, Iliadis' first feature neverthelessmaintains a steady course between coyness and titillation, conveying in theprocess a credible and ...
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ITALY 1 February
The Aviator soared to the top of the Italian box office on itsopening weekend, on the back of its freshly announced 11 Oscar nominations.The Leonardo Di Capriovehicle earned $2,759,240 for 01 Distribution from 438 screens, registering astrong average of $6,300 per screen.At the same time, WarnerBros's Alexander, currently playing on ...
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Serbia and Montenegro has new box-office champ
SrdjanDragojevic's We Are Not Angels 2 (Mi Nismo Andjeli 2) has scored thebiggest opening of all time in Serbia and Montenegro. The sequel to his1992 blockbuster achieved 88,526 admissions over the weekend, and with previewssince last Tuesday, grossed $395,120 from a total 124,417 spectators. Despitesnowstorms closing many roads in the ...
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Doom wraps production in Prague
Video game adaptation Doomwrapped principal photography at Prague's Barrandov Studio on 28 January and isconcluding work with a reduced unit this week, unit publicist Geoff Freemantold Screendaily.com. "Filming went very well and I hope we do justiceto the video game," he said. The film is tied in with therelease of ...
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Cecchi Gori may form new partnership with Medusa
According to local reports,Cecchi Gori could soon enter into a new partnership with Medusa, Italy'sleading film producer and distributor.The Cecchi Gori Group willhold a board meeting on February 4, Italian financial daily Il Sole 24 Orereported. Its agenda is expected to include discussing a partnership proposalwhich was put forward by ...
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Dutch TV company expands into film production
Dutch independent television productioncompany Eyeworks is expanding into film production. The creator of successfulTV formats as The National IQ Test and The 10' is working on twoprojects to be filmed in 2006.Dutch producer Rolf Koot, co-creator of AllStars and executive of its English remake Things To Do Before You're 30,has ...
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Golden Screen Cinemas boosts Malaysian circuit
Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC)has opened Malaysia's first multiplex in the heart of downtown Kuala Lumpur:the nine-screen multiplex is located in Berjaya Times Square shopping mall. The $5.8m (RM22m) multiplexclocked up 1,000 ticket sales on its first day of business on Jan 27 whichcoincided with the opening of Elektra and local ...
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Tango Entertainment announces key appointments
Tango EntertainmentInc, the home entertainment operatorformed at the end of 2004 by industry veterans Paul Levinson and WarrenGoldberg, has made two key appointments.Evan Fisher joins thecompany as senior vice-president of sales and marketing with an emphasis onestablishing a broad spectrum of distribution channels and originating newretail outlets.Working alongside Fisher inthe ...
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Contagious teams with Yari to co-finance three films a year
Entertainmentfinancing and production company Contagious Entertainment has launched in LosAngeles with a deal to co-produce and co-finance at least three featureprojects a year in association with Bob Yari and the Yari Film Group.The commerciallyoriented titles will be budgeted from $2m-$6m and will be available for domesticand international release.Founded by LosAngeles-based ...
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Tango staffs up in LA with Fisher, Elizalde
Paul Levinson and WarrenGoldberg's fledgling Los Angeles-based home entertainment distributor TangoEntertainment has hired Evan Fisher as senior vice-president of sales andmarketing and Victor Elizalde as senior vice-president of finance and administration.Fisher's overall task willbe to set up a broad range of distribution channels and new retail outlets. Hepreviously ran his ...
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Milestone gets worldwide on lost Valentino/Swanson classic
New Jersey-based Milestone Film & Video has picked upworldwide rights excluding the Benelux countries to Sam Wood's 1922 silentclassic Beyond The Rocks, which untilrecently was believed to be lost and stars Rudolph Valentino and GloriaSwanson.Milestone vice-president Dennis Doros negotiated the dealwith Jan Rofekamp of Films Transit International on behalf of ...
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German fund Academy pitches $42m into three Inferno projects
Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel's production and financing houseInferno Distribution has received $42m to finance three projects in 2005 fromGerman film fund, Academy.The first of the projects is Southland Tales, Richard Kelly's follow-up to DonnieDarko that centres on aheatwave that culminates in a huge July 4 party in the Los ...
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GERMANY 2 February
Despite a 58% week-on-weekdrop in box-office takings, Warner Bros.' Blade:Trinity held onto thetop spot for a second week with a $1.8m gross to bring its tally for the firsttwo weeks of release to over $ 7m.Last weekend saw threestrong new entries to the Top 10 with Lemony Snicket's A Series ...
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With Blood On My Hands ' Pusher II (Pusher II)
Dir/scr: Nicolas Winding Refn. Den. 2004. 96minsAfter Pusher and Bleeder,Nicolas Winding Refn's third low-life drama could easily have been called Loser,with its portrait of a small-time thug on the skids. Going back to realistroots after a bold detour with the US-set existential thriller Fear X,Denmark's Refn offers his most confident ...
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Binoche, Whitaker line-up for Ferrara's Mary
Juliette Binoche, ForrestWhitaker, Heather Graham and Matthew Modine are to star in Abel Ferrara's nextfeature, Mary. French sales and distributioncompany Wild Bunch has taken rights to the film - outside North America andItaly - ahead of Berlin's European Film Maket.Mary is a Bible-themed drama about a contemporary trio -an actor, ...
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I Am A Sex Addict
Dir/scr:Caveh Zahedi. US. 2005. 90minsAttimes, you don't know whether to laugh or cringe at I Am A Sex Addict, awitty, self-reflexive, often painfully revealing drama-doc confessional from USindependent film-maker Caveh Zahedi. As the title suggests, the film isZahedi's account of some 20 years struggling with his fetish for prostitutes,an obsession ...
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Fockers storms international chart
Propelled by a $14.9mopening weekend in the UK, Meet The Fockers easily topped theinternational box office, grossing $18.8m from 20 territories and scoring anexcellent screen average of $10,937.But the real star performerswere two South Korean releases: Another Public Enemy and Running Boy.Selling more than half amillion tickets over the weekend, ...
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The Upside Of Anger
Dir/scr: Mike Binder. US.2004. 116mins.Enigmatic stand-up comic,actor, writer and film-maker Mike Binder whose credits include Londiniumand The Sex Monster, has crafted an enigmatic fourth film in TheUpside Of Anger. The independently financed, star-studded affair is acurious blend of romantic comedy, women's melodrama and shaggy dog story whichhas a shot at ...
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Why We Fight
Dir. Eugene Jarecki. US.2004. 98mins.Any serious documentary,one hopes, strives to provoke. Eugene Jarecki's scintillating Why We Fight isa marvel of restraint, making it all the more provocative. Following on fromhis 2002 title The Trials Of Henry Kissinger, he here explores themilitary-industrial complex that has been a primary engine of the ...
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Dubinet to head IAC America
UK-based sales and financing house IAC Holdings has launched US division IAC America under sales veteran Ann Dubinet.Dubinet joins as president of the Los Angeles-based operation, as well taking a seat on the board at IAC. She will continue working for Alchemy Entertainment, her 50-50 partnership with producer Martin Bregman. ...