All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 112
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Ice Age rocks box office record book
One week before the AcademyAwards, 20th Century Fox, which has one of the lead contenders in MoulinRouge, celebrated a victory at theNorth American box office with Ice Age. The CGI animated comedy about a family of prehistoric beasts trying toreunite a human baby with its mother took a massive estimated ...
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Strand, Sundance, Tomorrow join Cockettes party
Strand Releasing and TheSundance Channel are jointly acquiring domestic rights and Yoram Pelman'sTomorrow Films has acquired international sales rights to to hit documentary TheCockettes directed by Bill Weber andDavid Weissman.The Cockettes is the story of the flamboyant, drug-fuelled troupeof performers who dressed up in drag and glitter for a series ...
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Madonna confirms she will sing Die Another Day
Madonna has confirmed thatshe will compose and perform the main title song for the 20th JamesBond film Die Another Day whichis scheduled to open around the world on Nov 22 this year."We are thrilled that Madonna, who is recognized as theworld's most exciting songwriter and performer, has agreed to compose ...
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THINKFilm launches genre video label Velocity
Newly formed North Americandistributor THINKFilm has launched a stand-alone, domestic direct-to-videolabel Velocity Home Entertainment with plans to distribute 15 to 18 genretitles a year. The label is the initiative of THINKFilm president and CEO Jeff Sackmanwho initiated three US video labels while he was president of Lions Gate Filmsincluding genre ...
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New Line's Rush Hour 2 hits $100m internationally
Rush Hour 2 has crossed the $100m barrier at the internationalbox office eight months after its first territories opened in August last year.The movie, released by New Line International buyers and partner distributorsinternationally, now stands at $100.3m and could catch up with Rush Hour which took $103.1m in international territories ...
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Lagaan, K3G battle it out for Indian Int'l Awards
Lagaan, the epic Indian film which has beennominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, goes head to headwith Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sorrow), the most expensive film in Indian filmhistory also known as K3G, in the nominations for the third annual Electrolux KelvinatorInternational Indian Film ...
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Sony 2002 lineup paves way for global domination
No attendee left the recent global exhibitors' convention ShoWest without one over-riding impression - that Sony Pictures has one of the most promising lineups of any studio in years. As worldwide marketing and distribution president Jeff Blake screened new trailers for Spiderman and XXX and the full-length feature Mr ...
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Sales veteran Arthur Kananack dies in Los Angeles
Arthur Kananack, thewell-known and well-liked film and TV sales veteran, died in Los Angeles lastweek. He most recently was head of his own company Arthur Kananack &Associates (AKA) which he ran with his two sons Michael and Claude in LosAngeles and New York. They will continue to run the company.Born ...
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Spacey to receive San Francico Fest Owens Award
Kevin Spacey will receivethe Peter J Owens Award at the 45th San Francisco International FilmFestival which takes place this year April 18 to May 2. The award, named afterlocal benefactor and longtime festival board member Owens honours an actorwhose work "exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity."The award will be presentedto Spacey ...
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Kidman & Lee named honorary co-chairs of Spirits
Nicole Kidman and Ang Leehave signed up as honorary co-chairpersons and presenters at the 2002 IFP/WestIndependent Spirit Awards which will be presented on Santa Monica beach onMarch 23. The show is being emceed by John Waters.Other presenters at the eventinclude this year's Oscar nominees Ian McKellan, Ben Kingsley and EthanHawke ...
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Overseas buys worldwide on Hillenbrands' Pinata
Overseas FilmGroup hasacquired worldwide distribution rights to Pinata: Survival Island, a horror thriller being produced by Hill &Brand Entertainment. Written, produced and directed by brothers David and ScottHillenbrand, the film stars Nicholas Brendon, Jaime Pressly, Nate Richert andGarrett Wang.The Hillenbrands have todate made actioner King Cobra forTrimark Pictures and are ...
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Men With Brooms: Canadian comedy opens with C$1m
Men With Brooms, an English-language Canadian comedy set in theheady world of curling, has enjoyed spectacular success on its debut weekend inCanada through Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution. Taking C$1.04m,it scored the highest opening weekend of all time for an English language localproduction - and, playing at 207 theatres, it ...
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Emmett/Furla signs to five more with Millenium
Randall Emmett and GeorgeFurla's Emmett/Furla Films has extended its ten picture non-exclusivefinancing and distribution agreement with Avi Lerner's Millenium Filmsfor an additional five pictures. Under the current agreement, the two have alsopacted to make Lizzie Borden's next film Rialto which will star Susan Sarandon and is set to startshooting in ...
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Sundance's Groth heads programming at CineVegas
Trevor Groth, the well-knownprogrammer for the Sundance Film Festival, has been hired as director ofprogramming for the annual CineVegas International Film Festival which thisyear holds its fourth annual event in Las Vegas from June 8-15. Groth will tacklehis CineVegas role in addition to his work at Sundance."Trevor'sjoining the CineVegas team ...
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Crowe, Berry, Howard win SAG, DGA honours
Universal Pictures' ABeautiful Mind emerged as the bigwinner at the weekend's final awards shows before the Academy Awards onMarch 24. Russell Crowe looks like a shoo-in for the best actor Oscar having added theScreen Actors Guild (SAG) award for best actor to the British Academy Award andGolden Globe, while director ...
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The Time Machine lands at number one
Box office was up about 35%from the same weekend last year in North America as DreamWorks' lavishadaptation of HG Wells' The Time Machine opened well at number one with an estimated $22.5mat 2,944 sites. Directed by Wells' grandson Simon Wells (Balto), the film stars Guy Pearce as Alexander Hartdegen,the young ...
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Lakeshore co-chairman Tom Tannabaum dies
Ted Tannabaum, theco-chairman of Lakeshore Entertainment Group, died last Thursday at his home inChicago, leaving Lakeshore in the hands of his co-chairman, partner and friendTom Rosenberg.Tannebaum had a backgroundin finance and built Chicago HMO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HMO America,from $7m in revenues in 1984 to $1bn in 1994. He ...
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ChickFlicks & Bacon & Eggs option Dud Avocado
ChickFlicks, the production company formed last year byformer New Line Cinema production president Sara Risher, has optioned the filmrights to Elaine Dundy's cult 1958 bestseller The Dud Avocado. Risher will produce the film alongside her Englishpartner Leslie Tobin Bacon of Bacon & Eggs Productions.The story of an Americangirl's rite of ...
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Simon Kenny leaves Disney for WBITD
Simon D Kenny has been named senior vice president, Europe, for Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD), assuming the responsibilities of Joshua A Berger who was recently promoted to the newly created position of executive vice president and managing director, Warner Bros UK.Based in London, Kenny will oversee WBITD's European ...
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Two movies share Sundance/Maryland prize
The Sundance Institute and the Producers Club Of Maryland have named two films as the recipient of the 2002 Producers Club Of Maryland Fellowship: Jacob & Josh Kornbluth's The Best Thief In The World and Tatia Rosenthal & Etgar Kerets' $9.99.The annual fellowship helps fund a film-maker's post-Sundance Lab and ...