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A new Blair Witch': Open Water hits Europe this week
Is Open Water another Blair Witch Project'After an impressive openingweekend gross of $1m on just 47 domestic screens this weekend, Lions Gate Filmsis banking on word-of-mouth for the micro-budgeted sea-bound chiller to capture the nation'simagination and bring in some big grosses.And Lions Gate FilmsInternational isn't far behind, hoping to capitalize ...
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Swiss locations receive promotion boost
Switzerland's profile as alocation for international film productions is set to receive a major boostafter the decision by Film Location Switzerland (FLS) to become a member of thepromotion agency Swiss Films.Commenting on the move, SwissFilms' managing director Micha Schiwow explained in Locarno at the weekend thatthis would "complement the activity ...
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Vitagraph takes on US distribution of Content's Rick
US micro-distributorVitagraph Films will release veteran editor Curtiss Clayton's directorial debutRick, starring Bill Pullman andAgnes Bruckner, in New York on Oct 1 and Los Angeles on Oct 8.Based on the operaRigoletto, the satirical story centres on a middle-aged corporate careerist wholoses sight of his humanity.Aaron Stanford, Sandra Oh,Dylan Baker, Paz ...
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Denmark's Fly prepares for Manslaughter
Danish filmmaker Per Fly, who swept the national filmawards with his first two films The Benchand The Inheritance, is getting readyto shoot Manslaughter, the thirdinstallment in his trilogy about the social classes in Denmark.The DKK19.3m drama will star Danish veteran JesperChristensen (The Interpreter)opposite Swede Pernilla August (TheConstant Gardener) and newcomer ...
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Republicans urged to see gay marriage doc by distributor
US distributorRoadside Attractions is urging delegates at the upcoming Republican NationalConvention in New York to attend a screening of Jim de Seve's gay marriagedocumentary Tying The Knot.The timely release - gay marriage is a major campaignissue in the Presidential Election and has sparked a flurry of legislation atfederal and state ...
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HUNGARY 10 August
Even though Shrek 2. is still the top of the listfor the sixth week running, SPI's Twistedhas proved a real favorite with Hungarian audiences opening in second placewith over 10,000 admissions on 15 prints.The Prince And Me was a disappointment after failing to reach 6,000admissions on sixteen prints and is ...
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GERMANY 10 August
Constantin Film's release of the camp sci-fi spoof (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 waspushed off the top spot by the Will Smith futuristic thriller I, Robot with just 4,000 more ticketsbeing sold (698,696 compared to 694,567): the Fox release grossed $ 5.2m on itsopening weekend compared to (T)Raumschiff's$5m which was ...
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UK/IRELAND 10 August
A well placed pieceof counter-programming proved effective for Columbia TriStar in the UK thisweek as the company launched 13 Going On30 against Fox's I, Robot.While it wasinevitable that the Will Smith sci-fi vehicle would triumph, the Jennifer Garnercomedy held its own to take second place. Aimed largely at the female ...
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Toronto announces more high wattage world premieres
Jiminy Glick In Lalawood, Vadim Jean's big screen treatment of Martin Short'soutrageous alter ego talk show host, will close the 29th Toronto InternationalFilm Festival (TIFF) on Sept 18.The world premiere, some ofwhich was shot at TIFF two years ago, is one of several announced by festivalorganisers today (August 10) in ...
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UK government reveals anti-piracy strategy
The rising trade in pirateDVDs and other fake goods is to be tackled by an initiative launched by the UKgovernment today which brings together brand owners, the police, TradingStandards and customs in a new unified approach.Industry Minister Jacqui Smithunveiled the "intellectual property crime strategy" - developed by the PatentOffice - ...
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Brown, Lake named producers of the year
Chris Brown was named independent producer of the year,while Trish Lake was named feature film producer of the year at the annualconference of the Screen Producers Association of Australia.Lake was producer on Gettin'Square alongside Martin Fabinyi and Tim White, and only moved recently intofilm from book publishing, although her early ...
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UK supermarket giant re-negotiates entertainment supply deal
Woolworths yesterday signeda new three-year contract to supply UK supermarket giant Tesco with CDs, DVDsand computer games in a deal that could be worth up to £40m in gross profitover the period to Woolworths.Previous concerns thatTesco, whose former deal with Woolworths' wholesale subsidiary Entertainment UKexpired in February, was seeking a ...
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Schwarzenegger doc selling well at Locarno
Sales company MGI International has concluded a raft ofdeals on Alex Cooke's documentary HowArnold Won The West which was screened in Locarno's Filmmakers of thePresent Video sidebar.MGI's Claude Nouchi reported that the film about ArnoldSchwarzenegger's election campaign to become Governor of California had been'very well received by the public and ...
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Ireland gets free test-screening programme
The Irish Film Board (IFB) has launched a freetest-screening programme in Ireland for the feature films it has co-financed.Normally testing is organised by individual producers ordistributors on an ad hoc basis. The films being tested will be shown duringthe latest possible phase of post-production, currently at 100-seater screensat the UGC ...
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I, Robot seizes the world with $30.9m weekend
Fox International's sci-fithriller I, Robot extended itsbox office dominance at the weekend with an estimated $30.9m haul from 6,034screens in 29 territories for a $70.8m international running total.The picture scored a stringof number one openings, led by $8.4m on 710 screens in the UK and $5.1m on 910in Germany.Other key ...
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Revolver aims at international market
Revolver, the two-year-old Italian arthouse production anddistribution outfit, is ramping up its international activities. The companyhas boarded Chilean director Raoul Ruiz's upcoming film, Le Livre A Rendre as a co-producer and has also acquired Italianrights to Shinya Tsukamoto's Venice title, Vital.Le Livre A Rendreis a Euros 3m picture which focuses ...
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Talent Campus heads to Far East, Latin America
Following the successful staging of Talent Campuses in Kievand New Dehli, the Berlinale Talent Campus plans to further export its conceptto the film festivals in Pusan and Buenos Aires in 2005.This announcement comes after the first Talent Campus India washeld during last month's Osian's Cinefan Film Festival - from July ...
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IMAX ties up six-screen deal with National Amusements
IMAX Corporation has signeda deal to install six IMAX theatre systems in US sites owned by internationalexhibitor National Amusements Inc, with the possibility of a further 12 systemsover the next several years, predominantly in the UK.Four theatre systems arescheduled to be installed by the end of the year in National ...
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Yet another political doc gets US theatrical exposure
THINKFilm hasacquired US domestic rights to George Butler and White Mountain's Toronto worldpremiere documentary Going Upriver: The Long War Of John Kerry and plans to open it on limited releasebefore the Presidential Election on Oct 1.The latest addition to the left-leaning politicaldocumentary canon focuses on key influences in Kerry's life, ...
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Logan, Newman, Rosen named in Hollywood Film Awards honour list
Composer Thomas Newman andscreenwriter John Logan will both be honoured at the upcoming Hollywood FilmAwards ceremony on Oct 18 at the Beverly Hilton.Hollywood Composer of theYear Award recipient Newman has earned six Oscar nominations in his career todate for the recent phenomenon Finding Nemo, American Beauty and Road To Perdition, ...