All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 146
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The Claim
Dir: Michael Winterbottom. US. 2000. 120mins.Prod cos: United Artists Films in association with Pathe Pictures, The Arts Council Of England, StudioCanal, BBC and Alliance Atlantis. US dist: United Artists. Int'l sales: Pathe International, tel: (33) 1 40 76 91 65. Exec prods: Martin Katz, Alexis Lloyd, Andrea Calderwood. Prod: Andrew ...
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Artisan renews Canada deal with Alliance Atlantis
Artisan Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis Communications have renewed their 1998 output deal giving Alliance Atlantis the Canadian theatrical, home entertainment and TV rights to upcoming Artisan films for an additional three years.The agreement also gives Alliance Atlantis Canadian rights for another five years to Artisan's 6,700-title film and TV library. ...
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Walton signed to script The Pornographer's Poem
Canadian screenwriter Karen Walton has been signed by Alliance Atlantis to adapt Michael Turner's novel The Pornographer's Poem for the screen. Walton wrote the acclaimed horror film Ginger Snaps which premiered at this year's Toronto International Film Festival and received an honourable mention "for its wicked, insightful and intelligent script."A ...
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Fox ups Yankowitz to top int'l marketing position
Mitch Yankowitz has been promoted to the position of executive vice president of marketing at 20th Century Fox International, filling the position held until recently by Scott Neeson, who was promoted to president of international theatrical in October.Yankowitz will develop and supervise the strategic marketing plans of all Fox releases ...
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Traffic
Dir: Steven Soderbergh. US. 2000. 147 mins. Prod cos: Bedford Falls. US dist: USA Films. Int'l sales: Initial Entertainment Group (+ 1 310 315 1722). Exec prods: Richard Solomon, Mike Newell & Cameron Jones, Graham King & Andreas Klein. Prods: Edward Zwick, Marshall Hersovitz, Laura Bickford. Scr: Stephen Gaghan, based ...
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CTFDI glides past the $1 billion mark for 2000
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) has passed $1 billion in international box office grosses, the company announced on Wednesday, marking the second time in its history after 1997 when Men In Black, My Best Friend's Wedding and Jerry Maguire pushed the studio past the billion mark.The announcement came Wednesday, ...
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Alliance Atlantis, H20 to produce Kwietniowski pic
Alliance Atlantis Communications is backing Richard Kwietniowski's second film Owning Maloney which is being produced by Alliance Atlantis-based H20 Motion Pictures. H20's Andras Hamori and Seaton McLean, president of Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Production, will produce the film which is set to start shooting in mid-March on location in Toronto ...
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Dailey, Epstein promoted in marketing at Artisan
Brian Dailey been promoted to vice president of media and research at Artisan Entertainment from his position as director of theatrical administration. He will report to Amorette Jones, executive vice president, worldwide marketing, Artisan Pictures. In this new capacity, he will oversee the newspaper and broadcast media buys for Artisan's ...
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What Lies Beneath crosses $100m internationally
What Lies Beneath, the DreamWorks/20th Century Fox co-production starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, has crossed the $100m barrier internationally, making it the 18th film to do so this year. Fox has international rights to the film which is directed by Robert Zemeckis; DreamWorks has taken $155m on it domestically.Last ...
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New York critics get high on Soderbergh's Traffic
Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, the $50m theatrical re-working of the Channel 4 mini-series on the international drug trade, was named best picture on Wednesday by the New York Film Critics Circle after nearly five hours of deliberation at Manhattan's Sardi's Restaurant.Soderbergh himself was named the year's best director for both Traffic ...
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Palm Springs to honour Nicolas Cage, Ridley Scott
Nicolas Cage, Ridley Scott and Randy Newman are among the honorees at next year's Nortel Networks Palm Springs International Film Festival. Cage will be presented with the Charles A Crain Desert Palm Award, Scott with the Director's Achievement Award and Newman with the Frederick Loewe Award at an awards gala ...
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Shmuger, Finkelstein promoted at Universal
Universal Pictures has promoted two senior executives - Marc Shmuger and Rick Finkelstein. Shmuger, formerly president of marketing, has been named vice chairman and Finkelstein, formerly president, has been given the additional title of chief operating officer (COO). They will both report to Stacey Snider, chairman of the studio.The promotions, ...
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Cast Away
Dir: Robert Zemeckis. US. 2000. 143 mins. Prod cos: ImageMovers, Playtone. US dist: 20th Century Fox. Int'l dist: DreamWorks SKG. Exec prod: Joan Bradshaw. Prods: Steve Starkey, Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke. Scr: William Broyles Jr. DoP: Don Burgess. Prod des: Rick Carter. Ed: Arthur Schmidt. Mus: Alan Silvestri. ...
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Julianne Moore named Sundance honoree
Julianne Moore will receive the 10th Anniversary Piper-Heidsick Tribute to Independent Vision at the Sundance Film Festival next month in Park City, Utah. The tribute was created "to honour a film artist who has made a significant and unique contribution to independent film." The award will be presented on Saturday ...
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Pacifica buys Potsdamer Platz for Tony Scott
Pacifica, the IMF-backed, Hollywood-based subsidiary of Intermedia, has bought screen rights to writer/director Buddy Giovinazzo's manuscript Potsdamer Platz for Tony and Ridley Scott's production outfit Scott Free.Tony Scott will direct and co-produce with Catalaine Knell who brought the project to Scott Free. The story follows the exploits of two foot-soldiers ...
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The Grinch fends off newcomers in fourth weekend
The Grinch was number one at the North American box office for the fourth consecutive weekend, bringing Universal Pictures' family smash to a grand total of $195.5m. With its $18.5m take, the Jim Carrey-starrer outclassed three new entries - Columbia's Vertical Limit which came in second with $16m, Warner Bros' ...
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Worldwide marketing chief Bob Levin quits Sony
Robert Levin, the president of worldwide marketing for Sony Pictures Entertainment, has resigned his post and will leave the company immediately. He joined the studio in 1996 and was responsible for all worldwide marketing activities for the company's theatrical releases and its consumer products organisation."I am quite proud of what ...
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Julian Senior to leave Warner Bros after 30 years
Julian Senior, the well-known head of European Regional Advertising and Publicity at Warner Bros Pictures, is to leave the company at the end of the year after 30 years at the company."We will certainly miss him and his contribution to our company and our films," said Richard Fox, executive vice ...
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Quills named best film by National Board of Review
Philip Kaufman's Quills was named Best Film of 2000 by the National Board Of Review Of Motion Pictures, kicking off an unpredictable awards season with its first surprise. The Marquis de Sade drama written by Doug Wright from his own play received mixed reviews from critics but has been performing ...
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AFMA promotes Gagnon, expands collections unit
Janet M Gagnon has been promoted to the position of vice president, collections & European policy for AFMA Collections, a division of the American Film Marketing Association that has now been expanded to non-AFMA members.AFMA Collections was launched in 1994 and provides members with a service to collect and administer ...