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Walk The Line to open AFI FEST in Nov
AFI FEST 2005will open on Nov 3 with James Mangold's Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line, one of the early awards seasoncontenders that stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.The line-up, announced earlier today, includes 16 worldpremieres and 17 North American premieres.Among the worldpremieres are Penelope Spheeris' comedy The Kid And ...
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Gyllenhaal, McAdams, Haggis to get Hollywood Film Awards honours
JakeGyllenhaal will receive the Hollywood Breakthrough Actor of the Year Award,Rachel McAdams will collect the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress of the YearAward, and Paul Haggis will be honoured with the Hollywood BreakthroughDirector of the Year Award at the upcoming Hollywood Awards Gala on Oct 24. Gyllenhaalcurrently stars in John Madden's Proof ...
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Beyond takes on sales for road movie Carmo
Beyond Films has picked up international salesduties on new Latin America-set feature film Carmo from start-up BR-3Films & Music UK. The romantic-adventure road movie described asBonnie & Clyde meets Y Tu Mama Tambien marks short film andTV writer-director Murilo Pasta's feature debut. Mariana Loureiro (BehindThe Sun) and Jorge Ramon (Brainstorm) ...
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Mundra unveils Sonia Gandhi biopic
An English-language biopicof Italian-born Indian Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi has been unveiled byLos Angeles-based film director Jag Mundra. The film, Sonia, willprofile her as a reluctant leader who entered politics only to fulfil thedreams of her assassinated husband. It's based on the book Sonia - ABiography, written by Indian ...
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Germany names Sophie Scholl as Oscar choice
Marc Rothemund's Silver Bear winner Sophie Scholl - TheFinal Days has been selected as Germany's entry to enter the race for theForeign Language Film Oscar.Announcing its decision, the jury responsible for selectingthe country's Oscar candidate described Sophie Scholl as "a film ofgreat emotional concentration, carried by outstanding acting achievements. Itssignificance ...
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Montreal FilmFest has Pride for closing night
The Closing Night film atthe Festival International de Film de Montreal has been changed but the newfilm still stars Keira Knightley. The fledgling event suffered a major PRset-back this weekend when New Line pulled Tony Scott`s Domino, starring Knightley as the wild child of film actorLaurence Harvey, out of the ...
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Hollywood shoots trek to Czech Republic
This autumn two major Hollywood productions, Omen 666 and Young Hannibal: Behind the Mask, will shoot in the Czech Republic,providing a welcome injection of cash after a slow summer and a dip in foreignorders in 2004. Insiders dismiss rumours that Warner Bros. is eyeing theCzech Republic for Harry Potter and ...
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Paradise reigns in Dutch market
Multicultural comedy Schnitzel Paradise, a contemporary Romeo andJuliet style story, is riding high at the Dutch box office.The local picture has been at the top of the box office for the past twoweeks, beating international titles such as WeddingCrashers and Cinderella Man.In ten days, Schnitzel Paradise has grossed Euros 800,000 ...
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Cramer joins Universal as production evp
Peter Cramer (pictured)has left New Regency Productions and joined Universal Pictures as executivevice president of production.Based at thestudio lot in Burbank, Cramer begins work today (Monday) and reports topresident of production Donna Langley and incoming president of production JonGordon."Peter isan incredibly talented executive who has great taste and sharp instincts,"Langley ...
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Ninja title Shinobi set for US remake
In a greeting to the audience on September 17, theopening day of his new film Shinobi, director Ten Shimoyama announcedthat a Hollywood company has offered to remake his ninja actioner - even beforeits release in Japan. Distributor and international sales company Shochiku hadscreened a 10-minute show reel of the film, ...
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Hanks joins Kimmel as senior vp of business & legal affairs
Nicholas Hanks has joinedSidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) in the new role of senior vice president ofbusiness and legal affairs.The former entertainmentlawyer will be based in Los Angeles and reports to Jim Tauber, who was namedSKE president in July.Hanks arrives from DavisWright Tremaine, where he served as an associate in the ...
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April Snow blankets Japanese box office
Heo Jin-ho's romantic drama April Snowearned$2,8m on its opening weekend in Japan on 413 screens -- a new record for aKorean film in the Japanese market. Distributor UIP predicts a total take between $22.5m(Y2.5bn) and $27.0m, which would makeApril Snow the highest grossing Korean film ever released in Japan. April ...
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Tokyo festival unveils Asian focused line-up
With a sharper focus on Asian and Japanese films, theTokyo International Film Festival (Oct 10-30) has announced its line-up for its18th edition.The opening film will be Riding Alone for Thousands ofMiles, Zhang Yimou's new film about an elderly man embarking a researchtrip in China for his dying son. Star Ken ...
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White Masai takes top spot at German box office
The White Masai,directed by Hermine Huntgeburth, has become the second local film this yearafter Til Schweiger's Barefoot to take the number one spot at the Germanbox-office.The love storybetween cultures between a Swiss businesswoman and a black Masai warrior hadbeen primarily targeted by distributor Constantin at female audiences, althoughthe Euros 7m ...
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Graham, Calderwood take key Pact roles
Wall To Wall chief executiveAlex Graham is to become the next chair of UK producers body Pact, while SlateFilms managing director Andrea Calderwood has been named vice chair, film.Both stood unopposed for thekey positions, which will come into effect from January 2006. MalcolmBrinkworth, managing director, Touch Productions, was also named ...
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Canada gives Oscar nod to C.R.A.Z.Y.
Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y. has been selected as Canada's submission for the foreignlanguage film Oscar category.A smash hit in the provinceof Quebec, where it has earned C$5.4m to date, the French-language title wonthe best Canadian feature prize at the recently wrapped Toronto InternationalFilm Festival.Marc-Andre Grodin stars asZac, the sexually confused and ...
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El Dorado picks up sales rights to Garci catalogue
Mocha Aguilar'sstart-up Spanish sales house El Dorado Internacional has picked up rights on acatalogue of films from Academy Award winning director-producer Jose LuisGarci. The catalogue includes all ofGarci's films, including new feature Ninette, one of three currentfinalists pre-selected for Spain's nomination to this year's foreign-languageOscar.Also included isthe director's 1982 Oscar ...
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Twelve and selling: Cuesta drama logs first deals
Hot Toronto title Twelve And Holding, directed byMichael Cuesta, has sold to several major territories, including the UK, Franceand Australia.Handled internationally by Fortissimo Films, the drama is aboutthree 12-year-olds on the cusp of becoming teenagers who cope in different wayswith the death of a companion.With a notable performance by young ...
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Economists weigh up impact of UK film industry
The UK film industry is asubstantial contributor to the UK economy, directly contributing £960m to GDPand employing 31,000 people, according to a new report published today byOxford Economic Forecasting.Published at a sensitivetime for the film sector - the Treasury's consultation period on its tax creditproposals ends on October 21 - ...
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Heirloom scares up strong opening weekend
Horror picture TheHeirloom has racked up the biggest opening for a local film in Taiwan this year, grossing $105,500 (NT$3.49m) over thethree-day weekend (Sept 16-18) in Taipei.Directed by newcomer LesteChen, the film was released by Buena Vista on 12 screens in Taipei and 50 nationwide. It came second in the ...