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Echelon takes US rights to dog mayor doc
Echelon Entertainment hasacquired US domestic rights to arguably the most bizarre of the current crop ofpolitical documentaries, Jude Gerard Prest's Rabbit Hash: The Centre Of TheUniverse.The picture focuses on anelectoral race in the Kentucky town of Rabbit Hash that returned an actual dog named Goofy as townmayor.The filmmakers profile thetown's ...
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Kinepolis bullish on expansion despite losses
Belgian exhibitor Kinepolis Group is planning to open six new multiplexes throughout Europe by December after reaching its legal investment limit in Belgium with 125 screens.The first to open will be the 12-screen Forum Kinepolis in Nimes, France to be followed by an eight-screen multiplex in Ede, The Netherlands in ...
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UK sports docs get US distribution through Hart Sharp
Domestic DVD distributorHart Sharp Video has partnered with Bombo Sports & Entertainment todistribute a new line of specialised sports documentaries.Upcoming releases willinclude Liverpool FC - No Heart As Big, Manchester United: Beyond The Promised Land, Roy Keane, As I See It, and the rugby picture Sweet Chariot. Each of these ...
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Universal & Toshiba claim number one slot in Japan with Riddick
Universal executives claimedtheir action sequel The Chronicles Of Riddick opened top in Japan through Toshiba at the weekendon an estimated $1.9m on an unconfirmed number of screens.Overall the picture grossed$2.8m on 835 screens in 18 territories and raised its international runningtotal to $10m from all distributors, $7.3m of which comes ...
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Collateral cruises to the top with $24.4m
A $24.4m estimated openingfor DreamWorks-Paramount's thriller Collateral produced the second lowest number one debut of thesummer, as overall box office for the top 12 titles fell to $97.7m - the lowestamount since the first weekend of May.Despite a high profile starin Tom Cruise - playing a redoubtable villain, to boot ...
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Collateral tops box office as North American summer starts to fade
A $24.4m estimated openingfor DreamWorks-Paramount's thriller Collateral produced the second lowest number one debut of thesummer, as overall box office for the top 12 titles fell to $97.7m - the lowestamount since the first weekend of May.Despite a high profile starin Tom Cruise - playing a redoubtable villain, to boot ...
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I, Robot seizes the world with $30.9m weekend
Fox International's sci-fithriller I, Robot extended itsbox office dominance at the weekend with an estimated $30.9m haul from 6,034screens in 29 territories for a $70.8m international running total.The picture scored a stringof number one openings, led by $8.4m on 710 screens in the UK and $5.1m on 910in Germany.Other key ...
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IMAX ties up six-screen deal with National Amusements
IMAX Corporation has signeda deal to install six IMAX theatre systems in US sites owned by internationalexhibitor National Amusements Inc, with the possibility of a further 12 systemsover the next several years, predominantly in the UK.Four theatre systems arescheduled to be installed by the end of the year in National ...
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Spider-Man 2 swings past $325m for CTFDI
Sony's Spider-Man 2 grossed an estimated $12.1m on6,430 screens in 55 territories through Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI) at the weekend, raising the international cumulativetotal to $328.2m.The chief highlight was the $2.6m debut on 300 screens inChina, which included previews and set a new record for an MPAA release in ...
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Spider-Man 2 swings past $325m for CTFDI
Sony's Spider-Man 2grossed an estimated $12.1m on 6,430 screens in 55 territories through ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) at the weekend, raising theinternational cumulative total to $328.2m.The chief highlight was the$2.6m debut on 300 screens in China, which included previews and set a newrecord for an MPAA release in the ...
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Nelly (A Ce Soir)
Dir: Laure Duthilleul.Fr. 2004. 94mins.The complaint isfrequently made that the French production system too often allows film-makersto please themselves rather than justify their intentions to an audience. Thisis a charge unfortunately born out by Nelly, a small, eccentric dramathat was clearly a labour of love for director Laure Duthilleul, but ...
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FRANCE 9 August
As in theprevious week, four newcomers broke into the top 20 this time around. I, Robot came in at number one thisweek, bringing in nearly $5.3m during its first six days, more than one and ahalf million dollars less than Spider-Man2 earned the week before in that movie's second week.The ...
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Australia's REP buys New Zealand's Scarfies
Australia's REP Film Distributors has bought New Zealand's second biggest local hit from last year, Robert Sarkies' comedy thriller Scarfies, about a group of students who quickly discover that crime should be left to professionals. Traditionally films do not travel between Australia and New Zealand, despite the two countries being ...
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Lindon takes on The Moustache
French actorVincent Lindon (Chaos, My Little Business)will begin shooting in Paris on August 23 for The Moustache, the first feature-length fiction film by the authorEmmanuel Carrere.Lindon will staralongside Emmanuelle Devos (Read My Lips,Petites Coupures), who will play his wife. The actress worked previouslywith Carrère during the shooting of the film ...
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Dembo begins shoot on Maison De Nina
Richard Dembo,director of L'Instinct De l'Ange and La Carpe Dans La Baignoire among others,has begun shooting his next feature film, LaMaison De Nina.The story takesplace just after the liberation of France at the end of World War II, a time atwhich children were placed in homes whose goal was to ...
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Six linked Swedish films to shoot simultaneously
Six new Swedish features based on author Hakan Nesser'sbest-selling detective stories will all begin shooting on the same day - August14Two of the films will be made for theatrical distribution in2005, while all of the films in theseries will be broadcast on television all over the Nordic region in 2006 ...
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Swiss locations receive promotion boost
Switzerland's profile as alocation for international film productions is set to receive a major boostafter the decision by Film Location Switzerland (FLS) to become a member of thepromotion agency Swiss Films.Commenting on the move, SwissFilms' managing director Micha Schiwow explained in Locarno at the weekend thatthis would "complement the activity ...
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Denmark's Fly prepares for Manslaughter
Danish filmmaker Per Fly, who swept the national filmawards with his first two films The Benchand The Inheritance, is getting readyto shoot Manslaughter, the thirdinstallment in his trilogy about the social classes in Denmark.The DKK19.3m drama will star Danish veteran JesperChristensen (The Interpreter)opposite Swede Pernilla August (TheConstant Gardener) and newcomer ...
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McDull embarks on martial arts extravaganza
McDull,the clumsy but lovable piglet first seen in hit Hong Kong animated feature, My Life As McDull, is to take up kungfu.Pre-productionhas already begun on martial arts extravaganza, McDull - Wudang, the third animated feature showcasing the pink-snoutedhero.Thenew project sees McDull travelling to China with his mother, Mrs McBing, awould-be ...
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Yasmin
Dir: Kenny Glenaan. UK-Ger.2004. 87minsThree years ago, GasAttack won the Michael Powell Award at Edinburgh and marked out KennyGlennan as a promising new directorial talent. Yasmin confirms hisstatus as a social realist with an ability to focus on the human element in anyheadline-grabbing dramatic situation.Sensitively observed andeconomically staged, Yasmin tells ...