All articles by Nancy Tartaglione – Page 24
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FRANCE 9 July
Shrek 2 remainedon top this week taking in an additional 1.5 million admissions. Dawn Of The Dead opened in the fourthspot for 194,031 admissions. LesChoristes sees its lowest rank in its 16 week run now down to number 8.Other new films include the Drew Barrymore vehicle 50 First Dates at ...
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France told to overhaul film advertising law
The European Commission hasformally demanded that France revisit its laws regarding advertising for filmsand books.France is one of the rare countriesto have legislation outlawing television adverts for films and books. TheCommission noted that the laws "violate the freedom of those who offer theseservices." Should France not respond favorably to the ...
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Fahrenheit 9/11 heats up France
Frenchsales house Wild Bunch has announced that Fahrenheit 9/11 landed in 5th place for opening day scores so farthis year when the film debuted on Wednesday in France.MarsDistribution, which is handling the release, sent the film out on 28 prints inParis and noted that the first screening at 2:00pm welcomed ...
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FRANCE 2 July
Shrek 2 blew thedoors off French theatres this week with a stunning 2.2 million tickets sold inits first 7 days.The film broke records for first day for an animated film inFrance, shoving aside former title holder FindingNemo. The Harry Potter threequel held fast in second position to increaseits cumulative take ...
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Impressive turnout for France's Fete du Cinema
France's Fete du Cinema tallied an impressive 4.3million admissions during its three day run which ended on Tuesday (June 29).The score is on a level with the previous record reached in 1999.The admissions suprassed last year's event by 43%.The 5,300 cinemas across France participated in the cut-rateticket scheme which allowed ...
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France's TPS pre-buys Esposito's Beaute
In keeping with its aggressive push towards pre-buys,satellite platform - and Canal Plus rival - TPS has pre-bought first windowrights to the next film from Le Coeur Des Hommes director Marc Esposito.Toute La Beaute Du Mondewill be in theatres in September 2004 and is produced by Pierre Javaux who wasalso ...
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Roaring start for France's Fete du Cinema
France's 20thannual Fete du Cinema promotion got off to a roaring start on Sunday with arecord score of 1.5 million admissions - up 60% over last year's first daytake.In Paris, 315,000 tickets were soldrepresenting the best opening day in the past decade. Despite beautiful weatheracross the entire country, moviegoers came ...
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FRANCE 28 June
The boywizard continues his reign at the top of the French box office taking nearly anadditional 1 million admissions in its third week.WarnerBros. French comedy Double Zero tookin a healthy 657,945 in its first outing. The 007 spoof had a strong per screenaverage at $7,465 per screen. Karin Viard and ...
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Critics' Week names new artistic director
The Critics' Week sidebar has announced the appointment of a new artistic director.Jean-Christophe Berion will replace outgoing chief Claire Clouzot following his election by the French Cinema Critics' Union this week.Clouzot, a film director with two credits under her belt, held the post of artistic director for the past three ...
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Millimages boss named as head of Bac Majestic
Roch Lerner, CEO of animation studio Millimages, has beennamed chairman and managing director of French distributor Bac Majestic. Millimagesrecently took a majority stake in the embattled distributor founded by JeanLabadie.Millimages now owns a 51% stake in the company while Labadiehas decreased his interests to 25%. Labadie in turn now takes ...
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Former Vivendi chief Messier taken into custody
Former Vivendi Universalchief Jean-Marie Messier has been taken into custody by French police today(June 21) as part of a probe into stock manipulation.French magistrates are investigatinga massive share buyback in which Vivendi allegedly spent over Euros 1bn to propup its own share price in the weeks following the attacks of ...
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FRANCE 21 June
In its second week out,Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban remains in the top spot withnearly $28m in takings so far. The Coen brothers Cannes competitor The Ladykillers opened strongly with a$6,105 per screen average despite generally poor reviews.Supposed blockbusters TheDay After Tomorrow and Troy arestill at the top ...
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Moll plunges into Lemming shoot
In his first foray back behind the camera since 2000'scritical and box office success Harry He's Here To Help, Dominik Mollwill begin shooting Lemming this summer.Producer Diaphana Films confirmed that Moll will startprincipal photography in Paris and Toulouse on the Euros 5.3 millionpsychological thriller in early July.Lemming stars Harryveteran Laurent ...
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Warner Bros swoops on RRRrrrr!!! remake rights
Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra director Alain Chabat has sold remake rights to hislatest film RRRrrrr!!! to WarnerBros. in the US. The film, released in January 2004, wracked up 1.7 million inadmissions.Although the film was co-produced and sold internationallyby StudioCanal, Chabat's production company Chez Wam handled the saledirectly according to ...
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FRANCE 10 June
As with pretty much everywhere else it was released thisweek, the third go round for Harry Potterand his band of wizards landed at the top of the box office with a staggering2.5 million admissions.The Day After Tomorrowdropped to the second spot falling off a precipitous 55%, Troy followed suit by ...
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Fahrenheit to be first doc released theatrically in Middle East
United Arab Emirates based Front Row Entertainment is planning to releaseMichael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 inthe Middle East beginning on July 14 according to managing director GianlucaChacra.The film will first be sent out on 18 screens in the UnitedArab Emirates and will be released in Syria (2 screens), Jordan (3 screens),Lebanon ...
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Fahrenheit 9/11 to open Paris Cinema festival
The organisers of Paris Cinema unveiled plans Friday for thefestival's second run from June 30 to July 13 in the capital. Thefestival is supported by the city of Paris and organized by formerDirectors' Fortnight artistic director Marie-Pierre Macia and filmmakerCosta-Gavras.At a press conference at City Hall Friday afternoon,filmmaker Oliver Stone, ...
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Magnolia takes Ong Bak for US
Thai action film Ong Bak has been acquired for the US byMagnolia Pictures.The film was a smash success in its native country beforebeing released by EuropaCorp in France in April. In its first week of release,Ong Bak averaged $10,000 per screen and has now amassed $6.4 million inreceipts.The film is ...
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Int'l doc market celebrates 15th anniversary
The international documentary market Sunny Side of the Docwill celebrate its fifteenth anniversary when it runs from June 19-22. Set inMarseille, the market will welcome 1,800 professionals from the world over andhas added a day in order to meet growing industry demand and interest.In 2003, 284 buyers and commissioning editors ...
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FRANCE 1 June
Brad Pitt and Co. continue to lead the box-office chargewith Troy still at number one in its second week. The film only droppedoff by 12% and has so far brought in over $10m. Kill Bill Vol. 2 is also holding strong at number 2 with a $4.5mtake in just two ...