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Montreal to present host of film premieres
The Montreal World FilmFestival will present the world premieres of German filmmaker Andreas Struck's Sugar Orange, Australian director ChrisKennedy's comedy A Man's Gotta Do,and Canadian documentarian Debbie Melnyk's CitizenBlack, a film about newspaper baron Lord Black. The feature-lengthdocumentary features interviews with Donald Trump, Henry Kissinger, RichardPerle and Black's wife, journalist ...
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Filming suspended on Vincent Ward's River Queen
In the face of rumours of trouble on the set, it has beenannounced that director Vincent Ward's RiverQueen has been delayed due to the illness of UK actress Samantha Morton,but that she remains committed to the project and the delays are covered byinsurance."She has been treated in hospital for severe ...
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Matsutani launches UK-based production outfit
German writer-director Rainer Matsutani has set up a newUK-based production house Red Sun Films.Speaking exclusively to Screendaily.com,Matsutani explained that the company's name was inspired by Terence Young's1971 East-meets-West western starring Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, UrsulaAndress and Toshiro Mifune.Matsutani's partners at the London-based outfit are UKproducer Tim Cranage (who worked at ...
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GREECE Production Listings - August 3 2004
GREECE - August 4PRE-PRODUCTIONHERO IN ROME (ENAS IROASSTIN ROMI)(Greek Film Centre, Sound and Image Ltd) Co-prod: Bepe Toscies Film Production(Italy). Budget: Euros 850,000. Backer: ET1 Greek public TV. Int'l sales: theGreek Film Centre. Social comedy. A mid-aged Greek man, who has never traveledbefore and speaks no foreign language, wins a ...
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GERMANY 3 August
Although its takings slipped by 45% the scifi spoof (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 heldonto the top spot with over 1.1m admissions to reach a total gross of $31.9m(Euros 26.5m).After (T)Raumschiff'srecord-breaking opening, another record was broken this week, but this timewith the entry of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit9/11 at the No. ...
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FINLAND 3 August
Addingone print in its second week, the new hit from producer Markus Selin anddirector Aleksi Makela, private eye thriller Vares, actually grossed 35%more this weekend taking Euros 204,298 compared to last week's Euros 151,496,and improved its screen average from Euros 3,787 to Euros 4,983.In itsopening week last week is muscled ...
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UK/IRELAND 3 August
Local legend KingArthur was crowned UK box office champion over the weekend.A largely British cast, led by Clive Owen and KeiraKnightley, star in Antoine Fuqua's drama which dethroned Spider-Man 2. The film grossed $3.5m (£1.9m) including previews,which accounted for $603,466 (£331,864) of the gross.Marketing featured Knightley most prominently given herrising-star ...
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UK opening helps redeem King Arthur
King Arthur raised its international running total by $11.3m to $31.9mthrough Buena Vista International (BVI) at the weekend, powered by a strongnumber one opening in the UK.Boasting three British leads in Clive Owen, KeiraKnightley and Ioan Gruffudd, the Arthurian legend grossed $3.5m from 400screens in the UK.It recorded several other ...
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Deschanel named HFF's cinematographer of the year
Caleb Deschanel, the director of photography behind Mel Gibson'sbox office smash The Passion Of The Christ, will receive the Hollywood Cinematographer of the YearAward at the upcoming Hollywood Film Festival (Oct 12-18).Deschanel earned back-to-back Academy Award nominations in1984 and 1985 for The Right Stuff and TheNatural, and received further nominationsfor ...
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Deauville reveals 30th anniversary details
Although its full official line up will not be announced until August 19, the Deauville Festival of American Film has provided some hints about the upcoming 30th anniversary event.The Prix Michel d'Ornano, which was created as an aid to writers and which rewards a debut feature length film, will go ...
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Chadha looks to cast $90m Jeannie
Anglo-Asian director Gurinder Chadha is shortly to start casting on Jeannie, her first big-budget studio film. An Arabian Nights-style fantasy adventure which is also a prequel to the long-running TV series, I Dream Of Jeannie, the film is set in Persia in 200 BC and in the contemporary US.The central ...
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Locarno announces first Excellence Award
Russian actor Oleg Menchikov (pictured) is to be the first recipient of the Locarno Excellence Award, created by the festival to celebrate the work of an actor or actress.Born in 1960, Menchikov has worked in television and film on such productions as Burnt By The Sun, The Barber of Siberia, ...
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Film New Zealand elects new chairman
David Madigan, former technicians guild president, is the new chair of Film New Zealand, which is responsible for marketing the country's filmmaking talents to the world.Elected deputy chair was Sue Thompson, ceo of Peter Jackson's Film Unit and Park Road Post and chair for four years up to when the ...
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Johnny To undertakes first production as financier
Milkyway Image, prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Johnny To's production entity, is to make its first investment in a film, despite the company having produced about 30 films since the mid-1990s.Election (working title) tracks a democratic election held within the world of triads, a subject To confidently expects to have strong ...
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Azkaban enjoys biggest '04 opening in Portugal
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban added an estimated $8.7m for Warner Broson more than 3,900 screens at the weekend to raise its international cumulativetotal to $477.2m.Key drivers included the biggest debut of the year so farin Portugal, where $932,300 on 115 screens surpassed Shrek 2 by 20% and ...
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AUSTRALIA 2 August
Fahrenheit 9/11from Hopscotch outperformed UIP's TheChronicles Of Riddickon the weekend despite beingon 110 less screens. Theywere in thesecond and thirdspots in thechart respectively. Bothfilms were intheir first weekof official release,although 9/11 was buoyedby two weeks of previews-- and continuing debate onjust how closelyAustralia should alignitself with theUS.Fahrenheit 9/11took A$1,643,953 from116 ...
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NEW ZEALAND 2 August
The Chronicles OfRiddick opened in cinemas on the weekend and pushed I, Robot off the top spot, but there wasn't much between them. Riddick took NZ$385,766 from 47 screensfor UIP, while I, Robot tookNZ$354,212 from 60 screens in its second week on release.In third was Fahrenheit9/11 on its first official ...
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I, Robot takes $21m; Day After Tomorrow crosses $350m
Fox International's I, Robot stamped its authority over the overseas box office at theweekend, grossing $20.8m from 3,489 screens in 18 markets to become the topinternational picture of the weekend.The sci-fi thriller's distinction of opening number one inall its markets so far suffered setbacks in Argentina and the German-speakingpart of ...
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Scottish producer Meek named head of drama at Australia's ABC
Scottish producer Scott Meek is relocating to Australia totake up the role of head of drama at public broadcaster the ABC.Meek was involved in such features as Velvet Goldmine, Sid And Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears when chief executive at Zenith Productions. Hehas served on the British Film Institute ...
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Cleary promoted to general counsel at IFTA
Susan Cleary has been promoted from vice president of legalaffairs to vice president and general counsel at the Independent Film &Television Alliance (formerly AFMA).Cleary will continue to oversee legal matters andarbitration activities for IFTA, and will now supervise IFTA Collections(formerly AFMA Collections), which manages worldwide claims for and collectionof audio-visual ...