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FACT launches UK anti-piracy campaign
The UK's Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) will this week launch a new campaign to raise public awareness of the dangers associated with film and video piracy.The thirty second-long cinema trailer, sponsored by DHL and produced by Hunkydory Productions, highlights recent evidence that organised crime and international terrorist groups have ...
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Rialto plans 2004 re-release of original Godzilla
New York-based RialtoPictures will re-release Ishiro Honda's original 1954 Japanese version of Godzilla in the US in spring 2004 in all its uncut glory tocoincide with the 50th anniversary of the film and character.The release will feature 40minutes of unseen footage - a far cry from the pared-down 1956 US ...
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Ogilvie moves to vp Europe position at WBITD from MTV
Alex Ogilvie has been namedvice president of business development, Europe, at Warner Bros InternationalTelevision Distribution (WBITD).Ogilvie will focus on allnew business opportunities for WBITD, develop the division's pay televisiondeals and oversee development of video-on-demand and other television modelsacross Europe.In addition, he will workwith all of WBITD's European sales executives on ...
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CTFDI crossed the $1bn mark in 2003
Powered by the internationalsuccess of T3, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Bad Boys II, Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) has passed$1bn in ticket sales for 2003.This marks the second timeboth of Sony Pictures Entertainment's international and domestic distributiondivisions have passed the mark after domestic declared $1bn in sales lastmonth.It ...
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Revolutions worldwide total passes $400m
The Matrix Revolutions' worldwide total inched past $400m at the weekend asthe film added just over $6m with 996,503 admissions from 4,682 screens in 59territories.According to Warner BrosInternational, the film has now grossed an estimated $265.1m after five weeksin the international arena and $400.1m worldwide.Looney Tunes: Back InAction took $3.5m ...
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FX expert Anderson to receive ASC Presidents Award
Howard AAnderson Jr, who created visual effects for hundreds of films including SomeLike It Hot, Heaven Can Wait and Blazing Saddles, will receive the American Society of Cinematographers PresidentsAward.The honour ispresented each year to an individual who has made extraordinary contributionsto advancing the art of film-making.Anderson willcollect his award at ...
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Tribeca Film Institute launches ethnic minority programme
The Tribeca FilmInstitute has launched Tribeca All Access, a programme to support ethnicminority film-makers that will make its debut at the 2004 Tribeca FilmFestival.The programmeaims to facilitate networking and funding opportunities through project meetingswith industry players including producers, sales agents and equity financiers.Directors ofapproximately 20 fiction projects in development and ...
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BVI promotes four to vice president in marketing/publicity dept
Buena VistaInternational (BVI) has promoted four marketing and publicity executives to therank of vice president.Executivedirector of international publicity Maggie Todd (left) has been promoted to vicepresident of international publicity while executive director of promotionsDonald Evans (right) becomes vice president of marketing and promotions.Executivedirector of creative services - marketing Mari Gastineau ...
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Warner gets new co-financier/supplier in Alcon
Warner Bros Pictures has entered into an exclusive, long-term worldwide distribution agreement with Alcon Entertainment under which Warner will distribute a minimum of 10 films produced and financed by Alcon over the next five years. The agreement also allows Warner to co-finance certain films with Alcon.The new arrangement gives Warner ...
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Vangelisti joins First Look as senior vp, TV sales
Dina Vangelistihas joined First Look Media as senior vice president of television sales andwill oversee the company's activities in the US and Canada for its threedivisions, First Look Pictures, First Look Home Entertainment and OverseasFilmgroup.Vangelisti willreport directly to First Look Media president Bill Lischak and chief executiveofficer and co-chairman Chris ...
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Nemo finds $45.9m in stunning weekend for BVI
Powered byrecord industry openings in Japan and Italy at the weekend, Buena VistaInternational's (BVI) Finding Nemo surged through international waters and raised its internationalrunning total by $45.9m to $283.4m.The animated hitalso became Disney's third film to pass $600m in worldwide ticket sales behind TheLion King and PiratesOf The Caribbean and ...
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Fox adds $11.2m on second weekend for Master And Commander
Master AndCommander pulled inanother $11.2m from international forays at the weekend, raising its internationalcumulative total to $32.8m.Fox International's naval adventure opened top inAustralia on $2.3m from 324 screens.There wereseveral good second weekend holds, with Spain adding $2m and dropping 24% for$5.1m and the UK adding $1.9m in its second wide ...
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Peckos, Myerson unveil new distribution venture Dada Films
Former FirstLook executives MJ Peckos and Bob Myerson have launched Dada Films, a domestictheatrical distribution and worldwide marketing company that will be based inLos Angeles."We canstrategically position a film for sale at a film festival, oversee domestic andinternational sales, or - if appropriate - can release the film itselfdomestically and ...
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Johnny To signs to CAA for US representation
Hotshot Hong Kong director Johnny To, whose creditsinclude Heroic Trio and FulltimeKiller, has signed to Hollywood talentagency Creative Artists Agency for representation in the US.To began hisfilm career 25 years ago in Hong Kong and used the commercial success of titleslike Good-bye Ah Longand Heroic Trio tolaunch his Milkyway Image ...
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Columbia TriStar's release of the Colin Farrell/Samuel L. Jackson police actioner S.W.A.T. stormed the German box office at No. 2 with an impressive $ 4,125 screen average from its 609 prints to take $2.5m on its first weekend (without previews), but was still eclipsed by Buena Vista's Finding Nemo ...
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Redbus named fastest growing UK company
UK distributor Redbus Film Distribution was named the fastest growing company in the UK according to the Sunday Times newspaper Fast Track 100.The company founded by Simon Franks and Zygi Kamasa has in the last two years scored with titles including Bend It Like Beckham, Jeepers Creepers and Cabin Fever. ...
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Belgian exhibitor goes digital
Belgian exhibitor Kinepolis is planning to equip another ten of its cinema screens with the Barco DLP digital projector in addition to the existing four screens already converted to digital projection. According to Kinepolis, the decision was taken because of the exceptional demand for these screenings in Belgium: the children's ...
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Last call for 2004 festival calendar
Last call for 2004 festival calendar On January 9 Screen International publishes its 2004 festival calendar. This will include more film and TV events than any other film and TV industry calendar. If you have not already sent us details of your event, then you have less than a week ...
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Three Kings storms into UK chart
Warner Bros' Gulf war epic Three Kings charged into the UK box office with £1.4m from 307 sites (including previews of £187,186) reaping a solid site average of £4,687. This placed the film at number two in the chart below record-breaking champ Toy Story 2 which held over at number ...