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Russian exhibitor wins Euro backing for five multiplexes
Russian exhibitor, Rising Star Media, a joint venture between exhibition giant National Amusements and Soquel Ventures headed by American Paul Heth, has secured a $27.5m loan to build five new multiplexes in Russia.The seven year loan was provided by The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Raiffenfeisenbank Zentralbank Osterreich. ...
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Warner Germany ties up X for a further 20 films
Warner BrosPictures Germany has extended its partnership with Germany's X-Filme andits distribution arm X-Verleih in a long-term, multi-faceted distribution agreementcovering up to 20 films.The relationshipbegan in 2001 with the release of Connie Walter's romance Wie Feuer UndFlamme and has continued through to the recent successful theatrical, DVD andVHS distribution of ...
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Showcase takes on Puerto Vallarta Squeeze for AFM
ShowcaseEntertainment will be representing the thriller Puerto Vallarta Squeeze starring Scott Glenn and Harvey Keitelat the upcoming AFM, which kicks off in Santa Monica on Feb 25 and runs untilMar 3.Based on thenovel by Robert Waller (The Bridges Of Madison County) with a screenplay by the award-winningtelevision writer Richard Alfieri, ...
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HBO Films starts shooting Rwanda drama in Rwanda
Production isunderway in Rwanda on HBO Films' ...Sometimes In April, which stars Debra Winger as a USofficial during the Rwandan genocide of the mid-1990s.The US-Frenchco-production between HBO Films and Cinefacto is being directed by Raoul Peck (Lumumba), who also wrote the screenplay andserves as co-executive producer along with Joel Stillerman. ...
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Countdown to $1bn: King is now number two
The Lord OfThe Rings: The Return Of The King has overtaken Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone to become the second highest worldwidegrossing picture of all time behind Titanic.Figuresyesterday (Wednesday) from New Line International (NLI) put Peter Jackson'strilogy finale on $981.9m. This comprises $624.2m in international and $357.7min domestic ticket ...
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Mountain set for four major openings including Germany, Mexico
Milestones will be reached this weekend in the internationalmarkets as The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King will pass $1bn in worldwide ticketsales, while The Last Samurai is expected to slice through $300m in international and Something'sGotta Give should racepast $50m.New Line International's The Return Of The ...
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ROMANIA
New Hollywood comedies, the Farrelly brothers' Stuck On You and David Zucker's My Boss's Daughter were no match at the Romanian box office for The Last Samurai which, released on an impressive fifteen copies, still managed nearly 12,000 admissions in its second week.Local film production and distribution company, Media Pro ...
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BELGIUM
A slew of new openers bombarded the Belgian box office this week but neither diverse US fare including Brother Bear, 21 Grams and Jeepers Creepers 2 nor big-budget French western actionner Blueberry could match the might of Belga's Podium.Yann Moix's French comedy, which stars Benoit Poelvoorde and features Gerard Depardieu's ...
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Your Next Life (La Vida Que Tu Espera)
Dir: Manuel Guttierez Aragon. Spain. 2004. 110 mins.It's doubtful that audiences can recall seeing so many cows in a single film since O Brother, Where Art Thou' The ruminants in veteran director Gutierrez Aragon's 15th feature don't get machine-gunned like their cousins in the Coen brothers' Odyssey-caper, though one does ...
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FRANCE
A smash in its first week out, Podium cracked the one million admissions mark to earn over $8m on 554 screens. The film, which stars Benoit Poelvoorde, handily beat out the Jan Kounen directed Blueberry which opened in fourth place.The comic book adaptation from producer Thomas Langmann was a disappointment ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
The Last Samurai continues to dominate the Serbian-Montegrin box office, having sold another 10,576 tickets in its third weekend and has now grossed a total of $241,643.Tuck also released Gothika which attracted 6,265 tickets and total gross of $22,480. The Halle Berry vehicle pushed Love Actually down a position and ...
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The Passion Of The Christ
Dir: Mel Gibson. US. 2004. 127 mins.It has become difficult to think about The Passion Of The Christ without being influenced by the storm of passion it has stirred up over the last six months, and some of the questions raised. Is it an act of hubris on the part ...
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UK's Optimum launches stand-alone DVD arm
Independent distributor Optimum Releasing is launching a stand-alone DVD arm under the banner of Optimum Home Entertainment.Stuart Henderson, previously at VCI, joins as the company as marketing manager: home entertainment as the first appointment to the division. Sales for the new label will be handled by Elevation Sales, with a ...
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Asian film commissions join forces to attract shoots
A group of leading film commissions from Asia have agreed to join together in a regional network to be called the Asian Film Commissions Network (AFCNet).The network intends to make it easier for local and international productions to shoot throughout the region by promoting co-operation among member film commissions, encouraging ...
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Infernal Affairs star backs gangster thriller
Andy Lau's Focus Films is co-financing a $5m (HK$40m) gangster thriller, Jiang Hu, which combines a stellar cast with one of Hong Kong's most promising new directors.The film, which started shooting earlier this month, reunites many stars from recent Hong Kong blockbuster Infernal Affairs including Lau himself, Eric Tsang, Edison ...
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Italy's Cinecitta launches acting academy
Rome's Cinecitta Studios has announced that it is setting up an Actors Studio-type academy for professional and emerging Italian talent.Named Campus, the 1000 square metre structure will be located inside the studios and will focus on theatre, cinema, TV, music and dance. It will kick off its activities in mid-March, ...
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UK's Entertainment sees profits leap on back of Rings
The UK's Entertainment Film Distributors has seen its post tax profits leap almost threefold to $61.5m (£32.6m) in the year to March 31, 2003, according to recent documents filed at official UK business registry, Companies House.The $61.5m figure compares to a post-tax profit of $24.5 for the year to March ...
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Oz's Accent takes My Flesh from Films Transit
Fledgling Australian distributor Accent Film Entertainment has struck a deal with Films Transit International for Australian rights to Jonathan Karsh's My Flesh And Blood.The film about a woman and her 11 adopted children, all of whom have various disabilities and special needs, won an audience award last year at Sundance ...
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Void sets British box office record as biggest ever doc
Kevin Macdonald's Touching The Void has overtaken Bowling For Columbine as the highest grossing documentary in UK box office history.Released by Pathe Distribution on December 12, and now in its eleventh week in cinemas, the Bafta winning film has so far taken $3.17m (£1.68m). By comparison, Bowling For Columbine took ...