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AFI names top ten pictures of the year
The AmericanFilm Institute (AFI) announced its top pictures of the year yesterday (12) inwhat the group called the only form of national recognition that honours a project'sentire cast and crew.The 10 picturesin alphabetical order are: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine Of TheSpotless Mind, Friday Night Lights, The Incredibles, Kinsey, Maria ...
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Scott Neeson to leave Sony after a year
Scott Neeson will leave Sony Pictures Releasing International assenior executive vice president of marketing to pursue other opportunitiesincluding his commitment to a Cambodian charity, company chiefs said yesterday(12).The personable and well-liked Neeson worked on overseas marketingstrategies for the launch of such Sony/Revolution hits as Spider-Man 2, 50First Dates, Hellboy, Bad ...
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Sideways dominates Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards
Sideways stamped its name over the early awardsseason race when it was named Best Picture of the Year by the Los Angeles FilmCritics Association (LAFCA) on Saturday, with Million Dollar Baby coming in as runner-up.Sideways tookfive honours in total, including best director for Alexander Payne, bestscreenplay for Payne and Jim ...
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Gay comedy scoops Indonesia's Citra awards
Arisan, controversial for featuring Indonesia's firston-screen gay kiss, swept several major Citra awards including best picture atthe Indonesian Film Festival. This year, the Indonesian equivalent to theOscars was held for the first time since 1992.Arisan's Tora Sudiro was named best actor for his role as agay man coming out of ...
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Marrakech names Sideways as best film
The fourth annual MarrakechFilm Festival drew to a close on Sunday with Alexander Payne's Sidewayswinning the top prize.The jury prize went to China'sMenying Tong Nian by Xiao Jiang and Senegal's Moolaade by OusmaneSembene in a tie.The jurywas presided over by British director Alan Parker and included RosannaArquette, Guillaume Canet and ...
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Jackpot for Ocean's Twelve, so-so opening for Blade sequel
Warner Bros' Ocean'sTwelve swaggered to thetop of the charts at the weekend with an estimated $40.9m opening that pulledoff the fourth biggest December debut of all time.The$110m crime caper follows on from the 2001 picture Ocean's Eleven by Steven Soderbergh and reunites George Clooney,Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts, ...
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Closer opens third in Italy for SPRI in first international bow
In its firstinternational release, the Sony drama Closer opened well in Italy through SonyPictures Releasing International (SPRI) on $1.3m for an unconfirmed thirdplace. The picture is expected to build going into the holidays.Revolution/Sony'scomedy Christmas With The Kranks raised its international running total through SPRI by anestimated $3.3m on 1,817 screens ...
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Ocean's Twelve hits the jackpot for Warner Bros
Warner Bros' Ocean'sTwelve swaggered to thetop of the charts at the weekend with an estimated $40.9m opening that pulledoff the fourth biggest December debut of all time.The$110m crime caper follows on from the 2001 picture Ocean's Eleven by Steven Soderbergh and reunites George Clooney,Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts, ...
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Japan's Fukuda to make US film-making debut
Veteran Japanese commercialsdirector and cinematographer Ted Fukuda will make his American featurefilmmaking debut with Dog Lovers' Symphony, based on his own original screenplay.The $2.5m contemporary lovestory explores altruism, redemption and the relationship between wealth andhappiness and centres on a troubled young man who finds self-worth in trainingcanines into service dogs.The ...
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Sideways dominates Golden Globes nominations
Sideways maintained its early awards season momentum as it received seven nominations for the 62ndannual Golden Globe nominations today (13), including best motion picture musical or comedy, best director for Alexander Payne, best actor for a comedyor musical for Paul Giamatti and a pair of supporting actor nods for ThomasHaden ...
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Sideways dominates Golden Globe nominations
Sideways maintained its early awards season momentum as it received seven nominations for the 62ndannual Golden Globe nominations today (13), including best motion picture musical or comedy, best director for Alexander Payne, best actor for a comedyor musical for Paul Giamatti and a pair of supporting actor nods for ThomasHaden ...
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Marrakech mulls film market launch
The Marrakech International Film Festival is likely to setup its own market, artistic-director Bruno Barde has told ScreenDaily.com."We will organise a small market for theArabic countries," Barde said, but declined to give further details ofwhat form such a market might take.Put together in frantic haste in a littleunder three months, ...
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Ocean's Twelve makes a killing in five international openings
Ocean's Twelve grossed an estimated $4.5m in its firstinternational outing in five territories on 563 screens through Warner BrosPictures International at the weekendThe highlightwas Australia, where the crime caper opened top on an excellent $3.5m and 46%market share.It grossed$388,000 on 79 in Thailand, $220,700 on 24 in India, and $132,000 ...
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Golden Globes: full list of nominations
Best Motion Picture -DramaThe AviatorCloserFinding NeverlandHotel RwandaKinseyMillion Dollar BabyBest Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - DramaScarlett Johansson A Love Song For Bobby LongNicole Kidman BirthImelda Staunton Vera DrakeHilary Swank Million Dollar BabyUma Thurman Kill Bill Vol 2Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - DramaJavier ...
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Magiday leaves Focus to pursue production opportunities
Lee Magiday isleaving her post as European vice president, acquisitions and production, forFocus Features to pursue opportunities in production.The well-likedexecutive, who is based in London, has been with Universal companies for thepast decade, starting out working with Graeme Mason as an acquisitionsexecutive at PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, then seguing into a ...
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German, Spanish pictures dominate European Film Awards
Spanish and German pictureswere the big winners at this weekend's European Film Awards in Barcelona,although Spain's national hero Pedro Almodovar walked away empty handed.Hong Kong's Wong Kar-wai wason hand to receive the award for best non-European film with hissci-fi-retro-romance 2046 and in the process become the first two-timewinner of the ...
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GREECE: Production Listings - 9 December
GREECE December 8PRE-PRODUCTIONEDUARD(CL Productions), Co-prod: JostHering Filme (Germany), Budget: Euros 1.7m Int'l Sales: The Greek Film Centre ,Distrib: Odeon S.A. Drama. An Albanian illegal immigrant gets involved in akilling in Greece. Fleeing the country returns to Albania where he is facedwith the stormy social and political situation of his birth ...
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TLA promotes Borock to director of legal and business affairs
Jacqueline Borock has been promoted to director of legal and businessaffairs at Philadelphia-based US distributor TLA Releasing.Borock has worked with the division since its inception in 2001and in her new role will handle all contracts for film, television and videoacquisitions, intellectual property matters pertaining to film distribution,and other legal matters ...
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Alexander doesn't fit Hollywood formula, says Stone
Despite Alexander's failure to conquer the US,writer-director Oliver Stone was in bullish mood at the Marrakech Festival,where his three hour sword and sandal epic was presented earlier this week.Stone told the press that the film would nothave been possible to finance or shoot in the US. 'The script was just ...
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Salles to receive International Filmmaking Award at Palm Springs
Walter Salles will receive the International Filmmaker Award atthe 16th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) in honour of TheMotorcycle Diaries andhis contributions to Latin American filmmaking in the fields of directing,producing and mentoring.Salles will collect theaward under the auspices of the festival's Cine Latino showcase and gala. ThePSIFF ...