All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 166
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Paradise secures sales in Latin America, Europe
Cuban-Spanish co-production A Paradise Under The Stars (pictured) has secured two major sales in the wake of its successful screenings in the World Cinema section of this year's Sundance Film Festival.The deals, concluded in Park City, were for all Scandinavia to Angel Scandinavia AS and for all Latin America to ...
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Paramount, SPC continue Sundance buying frenzy
Happy Accidents and Shadow Magic were the last two pictures to secure domestic distribution deals at this year's Sundance Film Festival, although offers are on the table for at least four more, making it one of the busiest, if most conservative, buyer frenzies in years.Paramount Classics is in the final ...
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Kusama, Lonergan films share Sundance jury prize
Girlfight - the story of a teenage girl boxer - and You Can Count On Me - about a brother and sister whose parents died when they were kids - tied for the Grand Jury Prize in the dramatic competition section of the Sundance Film Festival this year.Girlfight, directed by ...
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UK's Adler scoops Sundance/NHK award
UK film-maker Carine Adler, who won critical raves for her first film Under The Skin, was the European winner of this year's Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award - presented at the Sundance Film Festival Awards Night on Saturday.The prize, which includes $10,000 in cash and a licensing fee for Japanese broadcast ...
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Winter Films launches with $25m investment
A new New York-based production outfit - Winter Films - was launched at Sundance last week backed by a recently completed $25m equity investment. Formerly known as Ikahn Productions, the company is headed by Michael Kahn with a management team including British production veteran Steve Hodges and Erick Feitshans, who ...
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Showcase builds AFM slate with Falling, Eastside
Showcase Entertainment has acquired two new pictures for its AFM slate - The Sky Is Falling and Eastside.The LA-based company headed by David Jackson has bought international rights to The Sky Is Falling, a comic drama about a 28-year-old having a mid-life crisis, which stars Dedee Pfeiffer, Teri Garr, Howard ...
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Bernstein named ShoWest 2000 Producer of the Year
Armyan Bernstein, the producer-writer of The Hurricane and chairman of Beacon Communications, will receive the ShoWest 2000 Producer of the Year award at the US exhibition convention in Las Vegas on March 9.Bernstein has become one of the most prolific producers in Hollywood over the last decade, with a production ...
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Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her
Dir: Rodrigo Garcia. US. 2000. 110 mins.Prod cos: Franchise Pictures. US dist: United Artists. Int'l sales: Franchise Pictures. Exec prods: Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens. Prods: Jon Avnet, Lisa Lindstrom, Marsha Oglesby. Scr: Rodrigo Garcia. DoP: Emmanuel Lubezki. Mus: Edward Shearmur. Ed: Amy E Duddleston. Main cast: Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, ...
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Sony Pictures Classics promotes Leiner
Dylan Leiner has been promoted to senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures Classics (SPC), reporting to company co-presidents Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom.Leiner was instrumental in the New York-based company's acquisition last weekend of worldwide rights to rave movie Groove at the Sundance Film ...
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Sundance to get 10-screen cinema complex
Resort Theaters Of America (RTA) - the recently established cinema circuit which has to date bought, built or identified over 100 screens in US resorts - has teamed with The Sundance Film Festival to build the RTA Theater in Park City, Utah, home to the festival.The $7m, 10-screen site will ...
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Village launches own brand UK cinema chain
Village Roadshow Cinemas International has officially launched its own branded cinema chain in the UK with a market identity distinct from its existing joint venture with Warner Bros International Theatres (WBIT) - Warner Village Cinemas.The new Village sites will be designed and fitted out according to the Village corporate image ...
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USA Films takes Romeo Brass
USA Films has finally completed its US acquisition this week of Shane Meadows' critically acclaimed drama A Room For Romeo Brass, according to reports at the Sundance Film Festival. The deal was made between USA and the film's backer/producer Alliance Atlantis Communications.USA has been eyeing the film since its world ...
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Artisan, Intertainer join forces for digital film
Artisan Entertainment has signed an agreement with broadband content provider Intertainer to jointly develop, produce and distribute five feature-length films to be shot and edited completely in the digital format. Intertainer will show the films on its entertainment-on-demand service while Artisan will retain domestic rights. The features, which will have ...
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Swank to be star at ShoWest
Hilary Swank, the Golden Globe-winning actress who is leading the Oscar race for her portrayal of Brandon Teena, has been named "Female Star Of Tomorrow" at this year's ShoWest 2000.She will receive the award at the event's March 9 ceremony at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, joining ...
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International buyers step up at Sundance
It's not just domestic buyers who are putting up millions for premiere pictures at Sundance anymore. Yesterday Lions Gate Films made its first ever worldwide acquisition - American Spectrum title Two Family House - while Fiona Mitchell of United Artists Films (UAF) was reportedly set to buy international rights to ...
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Whalley takes reins at Portman Film
Tristan Whalley has been appointed managing director of Portman Film, the film division of Portman Entertainment, which is basking in yesterday's Sundance sale of North American rights to its $6m comedy Saving Grace to Fine Line Features for $4m.Whalley, former marketing chief at Majestic Films And Television and subsequently CEO ...
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Paramount bags more rights to Sunshine
Paramount Classics has acquired rights in Japan, Australia and New Zealand to Istvan Szabo's epic drama Sunshine, following its US acquisition of the movie after its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival last year. The film, which was produced by Alliance Atlantis Communications and Robert Lantos' Serendipity Point Films, ...
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Sony Classics gets in the Groove
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has paid $1.5m to buy worldwide rights to rave drama Groove, the directorial debut of editor Greg Harrison, which is playing in the American Spectrum section of this year's Sundance Film Festival.Set over the course of one night, Groove follows a disparate group of characters as ...
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MGM mulls restructure of United Artists Films
In reaction to the increasingly problematic international sales landscape, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is looking to strike long-term output arrangements in major territories for films from its United Artists specialty label. That means a major restructure at its London-based sales and acquisitions operation London-based United Artists Films (UAF), run by sales veterans ...
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Down To You, Next Friday top US box office
Miramax Films' teen romance Down To You topped the US box office chart over the weekend with an estimated $8.3m, a small margin over last weekend's top film Next Friday, which came in this weekend with an estimated $8.2m.However, Down To You took only half of Miramax's 1999 She's All ...