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    Somersault

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Cate Shortland.Australia. 2004. 106 minsA haunting little story ofsex, guilt, love and all the confusion in between, Somersault marks aquietly impressive feature debut from writer-director Cate Shortland after astring of award-winning shorts. The interaction between a number of complex,interestingly developed characters is set against the unusual beauty of remoterural ...

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    Mondovino

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Dir:Jonathon Nossiter. US-France. 2004 159minsSomewherewithin Jonathan Nossiter's bloated, self-indulgent new documentary Mondovinothere may lurk a fascinating hour-long offering, perfectly suitable for a spoton cable TV, that explores the contemporary world of wine but one would be hardpressed to find it. Thedirector of the genuinely affecting Sunday (1997) and the ambitious ...

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    Intertainment lawsuit takes a new twist

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    One of the longest andugliest legal fights in independent film business history took yetanother stunning turn on Thursday when the former co-managing director and leadcounsel for Intertainment Licensing attempted to virtually destroy the case ofhis one-time boss, Intertainment CEO Rudiger 'Barry' Baeres."I'm here to make sure justice is done", said ...

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    Italian distributors stock up on Cannes titles

    2004-05-31T04:00:00Z

    Italian distributors have returned from Cannes laden withfilms, including Terrence Malick's TheNew World, Thomas Vinterberg's DearWendy, and Spike Lee's She Hate Me.Eagle Pictures picked up all Italian rights to hot markettitle The New World, which is sold byNew Line. The upcoming film, about Pocahontas, American natives and Europeanexplorers, stars Colin ...

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    Increased cinema-going prompts new cinemas in Malaysia

    2004-05-31T04:00:00Z

    Withthe robust growth in cinema attendance, Singapore-based exhibitor CathayCineplexes is beefing up its presence in Malaysia with plans to add 13 newcinema screens across the straits.A 10-screenmultiplex with over 2,000 seats will be sited at Cineleisure Damansara, anentertainment complex in Kuala Lumpur similar in concept to Cathay's Singaporeflagship nine-screen Cineplex.Another ...

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    Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Alfonso Cuaron. US.2004. Alfonso Cuaron brings a newstreak of magic to the Harry Potterseries in the third picture from JK Rowling's books, The Prisoner Of Azkaban. Draining the world of Hogwarts of colourand Hollywood trappings, Cuaron delivers a genuinely spooky and emotionallyinvolving adventure which gives the world of Potter ...

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    The Day After Tomorrow thunders across the world

    2004-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Fox International's TheDay After Tomorrow grossed an estimated $82.7m at the weekend internationalbox office, thundering across the globe with the kind of elemental ferocitythat defines Roland Emmerich's effects-laden story.Executives at the distributorsaid the amount was the biggest international opening of all time for anon-sequel, adding that the figure included some ...

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    Van Helsing raises international total to $131m

    2004-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Universal's VanHelsing added an estimated $6.5m on 4,300 screens in 42 territories at theweekend, raising its industry-wide international running total to $131m.It grossed$6.2m on 4,100 in 39 UIP territories for a $122.2m UIP total.VanHelsing fell 48% in the UK on $1.5m on 434 for $24.7m and ranked thirdbehind The Day ...

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    Troy passes $200m at international box office

    2004-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Troy passed $200m at the international box office at theweekend with an estimated $39m haul on 9,764 screens in 58 countries thatraised the Warner Bros picture's running total to $216mKey drivers were $4.1m on506 screens in its second weekend in the UK for $18.9m and second place behindFox's The Day ...

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    Troy passes $200m at international box office

    2004-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Troy passed $200m at the international box office at theweekend with an estimated $39m haul on 9,764 screens in 58 countries thatraised the Warner Bros picture's running total to $216mKey drivers were $4.1m on 506 screens in its second weekendin the UK for $18.9m and second place behind Fox's The ...

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    ... but Shrek holds North American lead

    2004-05-31T00:00:00Z

    According to studio estimates for the first three days of the Memorial Day long weekend, Shrek 2 outperformed The Day After Tomorrow domestically, grossing about $73.1m against Day's $70m - and retained the first place in the box office charts.Shrek 2's performance also broke the record for second-weekend highest grosser, ...

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    Wong Kar Wai takes on kung fu grandmaster

    2004-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai has set his sights on the life story of Ip Man (pictured), the real life kung fu master of the legendary star Bruce Lee, as the subject of his next film. A spokesperson of Wong's production outfit, Jet Tone Films, said that Ip's ...

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    Shrek 2 stays top over record Memorial Day weekend

    2004-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Shrek 2 won a record Memorial Day weekend clash ofthe titans, beating Fox's The Day After Tomorrow into second place as itadded the biggest second weekend of all time to comfortably pass $250m.The Dreamworks animatedsequel added $92.2m for $257m over the four-day holiday weekend here, thebiggest ever Memorial Day weekend ...

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    ...but Shrek 2 holds North American lead

    2004-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Shrek 2 won the Memorial Day weekend battle over Fox's TheDay After Tomorrow, staying top of the US charts in its second weekend asit added a record $92.2m over four days for a $257m running total.Roland Emmerich'seco-disaster picture opened strongly on $86m and took around $70m in its firstthree days, ...

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    Weinsteins secure rights to Moore doc through Fellowship Adventure Group

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Harvey and Bob Weinstein have concluded the buy-back of MichaelMoore's Palme D'Or winner Fahrenheit 9/11 from The Walt Disney Co and are free tohire a domestic distributor or distribute the picture personally in the US.The brothers began negotiations several weeks ago after it emergedthat Disney had told both the Weinsteins ...

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    FRANCE 1 June

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Brad Pitt and Co. continue to lead the box-office chargewith Troy still at number one in its second week. The film only droppedoff by 12% and has so far brought in over $10m. Kill Bill Vol. 2 is also holding strong at number 2 with a $4.5mtake in just two ...

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    Lyall named VP, Universal TV Australia

    2000-03-29T09:26:00Z

    Martin Lyall has been appointed vice president, Australasia, at Universal International Television.In his new role, Lyall will be responsible for the distribution of Universal's programming in Australia, New Zealand and selected territories in Asia, including Japan. He will be based in Sydney, Australia.Lyall replaces Pal Cleary who is retiring in ...

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    AUSTRALIA 1 June

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    For the third time in four weeks the record for the highestopening weekend for a film released in 2004 has been broken, this time thanksto 20th Century Fox's The Day AfterTomorrow. The film took a massive A$6,664,837 from 402 screens and showed ascreen average of A$16,579.But there was only about ...

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    NEW ZEALAND 1 June

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Day After Tomorrowdid huge business in New Zealand on the weekend. The 20th Century Fox eventfilm grossed NZ$1,040,090 from 68 screens to record a screen average ofNZ$15,295.Roadshow's Troygrossed NZ$446,928 from 73 screens in its third weekend on release to takesecond place and it was followed by Columbia TriStar's You ...

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    FINLAND 1 June

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    RolandEmmerich's ecological disaster extravaganza, The Day After Tomorrow, easily blew away the other action flicks, Troy, Van Helsing and Kill Bill Vol.2, off the top of theFinnish chart with its impressive Euros 6,199 screen average on its 52 prints.Troy has ten moreprints, but dropped 52% to a low Euros 1,357 ...