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Awards Countdown - Make-up - Age of beauty
Many years ago, a talented make-up artist called Greg Cannom was talking to various producers about working on The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Watchmen. Film technology had not reached a sufficiently advanced stage at that time, however, and both projects were put on hold.Fast forward 20 years and ...
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Awards Countdown - Critics - The Critics have spoken
North America's national and regional critics' bodies have voted and the results are far from decisive. Whereas last year No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood emerged the best film victors, this year sees a spread of critical favourites including Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Wall-E and Frost/Nixon, although ...
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Awards Countdown - Best documentary - Reality check
AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOORSteve James and Peter Gilbert, the award-winning makers of Hoop Dreams, produced and directed this look at the death penalty through the eyes of long-time Texas death-house chaplain Pastor Carroll Pickett. The audio tapes Pickett recorded on execution days show “the toll it takes on a ...
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United States - The returns from Batman and Friends
Domestic box office picked up just enough steam in the latter half of December to finish the calendar year with a tally of $9.685bn - just $2m up on 2007*.The more worrying news is that admissions continued to decline with early estimates showing a drop between 7% and 8% on ...
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New dawn for Sundance Indies
This year’s Sundance Film Festival is a crucial bellwether for the independent film business. Even as end-of-year hits such as Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler, The Reader and Milk pack theatres across North America, the domestic acquisitions business has been sluggish to say the least.Very rarely, these days, do distributors thrash ...
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NewsIn Focus: Sundance opener Mary And Max
Sundance opener Mary And Max’s director Adam Elliot : debut feature, yet he is far from a novice
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United States - Guerrilla tactics
In unwitting homage to the convoluted path trod by the legendary Latin revolutionary Che Guevara, screenwriter Peter Buchman took the circuitous route to working with Steven Soderbergh on the director's films Che: Part One and Part Two that IFC is releasing in North America this week.Through a series of stops ...
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United Kingdom - Screen idol
“A gripping thriller, as well as a film you can watch on so many different levels - from human to political to educational,” says UK film-maker Havana Marking of her debut feature documentary Afghan Star, screening in the world documentary section at Sundance. It is not a typical description of ...
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King of the Jungle
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa held on to the number-one spot in Screen’s first international chart of 2009, with weekend takings of just under $32m, bringing its cumulative gross to $339.9m.
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Quantum Of Solace is the number one 007 film in North America
MGM/Columbia Pictures' Quantum Of Solace has become the highest grossing James Bond film released in North America after reaching $167.1m.The 22nd entry in the 007 canon passed the previous high water mark of $167m set by its 2006 predecessor Casino Royale and has grossed a further $382.9m overseas, bringing the ...
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Netflix, Film Independent launch talent search for new director
Netflix and FIND (Film Independent) have launched a talent search called Netflix FIND Your Voice Film Competition to find an up-and-coming feature director.Josh Brolin will serve as honourary chair and panel judge and the winning feature length film will be distributed online by Netflix.The winner will own all rights to ...
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Boyle, Nolan, Fincher, Howard and Van Sant named DGA five best
The five Directors Guild Of America 2008 outstanding directorial achievement in feature film nominees are Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire, David Fincher for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon, Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight and Gus Van Sant for Milk.The Directors Guild Of America award ...
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Babala, Rovenger and Schultz switch LA law firms
John L Babala, Gregory L Rovenger, and Edward T Schultz have joined Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon's business transactions department as partners in its Los Angeles office.All three were formerly partners with Dreier Stein Kahan Browne Woods George and have strong corporate and transactional practices including extensive experience in the ...
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Neeson, Moore, Seyfried sign on for Atom Egoyan's Chloe
Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried are set to star in Atom Egoyan's next picture, Chloe, gearing up for a February shoot in Toronto. With a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait Of Diane Arbus), the film will be produced through Ivan Reitman and Tom ...
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Maple Pictures hires Susan Smythe-Bishop
Veteran publicity and marketing executive Susan Smythe-Bishop has joined Toronto-based Maple Pictures as vice-president, publicity and promotions. She will share the title alongside current vice-president Angie Burns. Widely-respected for her publicity acumen, Smythe-Bishop is returning from a self-imposed sabbatical after nearly 16 years at Alliance in its various guises and ...
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Spotlight Pictures launches documentary sales label SpotDocs
Hollywood-based sales company Spotlight Pictures has launched the sales and marketing specialty documentary label SpotDocs.The first title to emerge is Dan Stone's At The Edge Of The World profiling Canadian activist Captain Paul Watson and his crew as they target illegal whale poachers.The film premiered at Toronto last autumn and ...
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Hunger, Kisses, 32A, The Escapist lead Irish Awards nominees
The shortlist for the 6th Irish Film and Television Awards [IFTA] includes best feature film nominations for Marian Quinn's coming of age drama 32A; the prison-break thriller The Escapist; Lance Daly's festival favourite Kisses; the IRA hunger strike drama Hunger; and Ian Fitzgibbon's dark comedy A Film With Me In ...
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Projects by Alvart, Stölzl, Schwochow planned by new Berlin outfit
Berlin-based production outfit Bittersuess Pictures has revealed new feature projects by Christian Alvart, Philipp Stölzl and Christian Schwochow. Oscar-winning producer-director Pepe Danquart established Bittersuess Pictures in 2008 and since then has been developing projects for its first slate. That slate will now include Christian Alvart's next feature Liebe, his first ...
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UK chain Cineworld's revenues up 4.4% year on year
UK cinema chain Cineworld revenues are boosted by blockbusters such as Mamma Mia! The Movie and The Dark Knight. Boosted by the success of blockbusters such as Mamma Mia! The Movie and The Dark Knight, UK cinema chain Cineworld has reported a revenue increase of 4.4 % year on year ...
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France admissions up 6.7% year on year
The French box office saw an increase of 6.7% over 2007 with 188.8 million admissions, with French films taking the number one and two spots. The French box office saw a year on year increase of 6.7% over 2007 with 188.8 million admissions, France's National Cinema Federation (FNCF) has announced. ...