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South Korea damns Breillat's Hell
Flach Pyramide's sexually graphic exploration of misogyny, Anatomy Of Hell by Catherine Breillat, has been denied an import certification by the Korea Media Ratings Board, which cited the film's "perverted sexual content."Import company Duke Cinema was planning to release the film in a chain of newly-approved adult theatres, which are ...
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Cannes still facing potential disruptions
As the Cannes curtain raiser draws near, efforts are inprocess to dissuade disgruntled show-business workers - the Intermittents duspectacle - from wreaking havoc at the festival.Over the weekend protestors temporarily blocked truckscarrying film reels heading to the festival, while at the same time a group offilmmakers whose films will be ...
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Serbia launches film industry rescue scheme
In abid to stem the decline of the local film industry, the creation of the FilmCenter of Serbia was announced last week. "Serbian cinema is on its death bed,but this is not a funeral. This the celebration for the opening of its new ER",said Djordje Milicevic, founder and president of ...
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New talent invigorates Hong Kong production
Now that local films areincreasing their share of the Hong Kong box office, there are several signs ofrenewed vigour in the domestic production industry. Budgets are getting bigger,investors are becoming more adventurous and the range of films on offer isbecoming increasingly diverse.But the most encouragingdevelopment is the influx of new ...
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The Haunted Mansion passes $100m for BVI
Buena Vista's family hit TheHaunted Mansion passed $100m at the international box office this weekendthanks to a $2.3m weekend gross through Buena Vista InternationalOnce again the key driverwas Japan, where the picture remained number for its third weekend in a row and raised itscumulative score to $24.5m.Currently on a whisker ...
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Scooby-Doo 2 nears $100m at international box office
Scooby-Doo2 added anestimated $2.8m with 543,000 admissions from 3,411 screens in 52 territories atthe weekend, raising its international running total to $87.3m.Keyhighlights from Warner Bros Pictures International's campaign so far include animpressive $28.5m UK haul and $9.1m in Mexico.Theserial killer thriller Taking Lives grossed $2.4m with 424,000 admissionsfrom 1,534 screens ...
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NEW ZEALAND 11 May
As expected, Van Helsing had no trouble claiming thecrown as the most popular film at the New Zealand box office on the weekend,grossing NZ$658,698 from 65 screens for UIP.It pushed Kill Bill: Volume 2, which is in its secondweekend, off the top spot. Kill Bill also got a battering from ...
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NORWAY 11 May
StephenSommers' summer blockbuster had no problem scaring up the top of the Norwegianchart with its high 62 prints, but for an opening film its NOK29,929 screenaverage wasn't all that impressive. While the newcomer pushed most other titlesdown one place, Scooby Doo 2 actually moved up to fifth, while lastweek's new ...
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Perspectives 2004 kicks off in LA on Jun 4
Given A Chance... ALittle Girl's Journey is expected tobe among the highlights of the upcoming Perspectives2004 international festival and forum, which runs in Los Angeles from Jun 4-6.Kim Marriner's picturechronicles the development of Kassie Marriner, who was born a drug addict and diagnosed with cerebral palsy.Sponsored by the AmericanFilm Institute ...
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Trudeau, Altman ready Tanner 88 sequel for Sundance Channel
The Sundance Channel hasteamed up with satirist Garry Trudeau and director Robert Altman on a sequel totheir political mini-series Tanner 88.Production is due to beginnext month on the as yet unnamed three-parter, which stars original castmembers Cynthia Nixon, Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed and Matt Malloy and is scheduledto screen in ...
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Phil Gersh, agent of the Golden Age, is dead
Phil Gersh, thelegendary Hollywood agent who founded The Phil Gersh Agency, later becoming TheGersh Agency with sons Robert and David, has died aged 92.Gersh representeda broad roster of stars spanning the Golden Age including Humphrey Bogart,Richard Burton, David Niven, Harrison Ford and Robert Wise and worked with suchdirectors as Mark ...
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Macedonia's Mitevska wins Crossing Europe Award
Young Macedonian director Teona S. Mitevska's debut feature HowI Killed A Saint (Kako Ubi Svetec) won the Euros 10,000 Crossing EuropeAward 2004 at the first edition of the Crossing Europe film festival in theAustrian city of Linz (May 4-9).The International Jury, which included directors ZelimirZilnik, Sabine Derflinger and Cristi Puiu, ...
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Official figures up Van Helsing's international bow
Universal released officialfigures yesterday (10) confirming that Van Helsing's internationalopening weekend grossed $55.2m, a larger sum than executives originallyestimated.Combined with the $51.8mdomestic take - which was several million dollars less than originally thoughtalthough still number one by a country mile - this creates a worldwide openingweekend of $106.9m.The picture opened ...
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Molter earns vp international distribution stripes at Warner Bros
ThomasMolter has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president of distributionat Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).Molterwill report to WBPI senior vice president of sales and distribution Nancy Carsonand will work with thestudio's new anti-piracy team, monitor print movement and security and liaisewith the international operations group to ...
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Cinema Italian Style comes to Hollywood
Marco Tullio Giordana'ssprawling six-hour drama Best Of Youth will open an inaugural annualprogramme of contemporary Italian films in Los Angeles on Jun 4.Twelve pictures will screenunder the Cinema Italian Style banner at the Egyptian Theatre with the AmericanCinematheque in Hollywood, including Giovanni Veronesi's coming-of-age comedy CheNe Sara Di Noi' and ...
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Green Hat tops Tribeca
Chinese filmmaker LiuFen Dou won prizes for Best Narrative Feature for The Green Hat and BestNew Narrative Filmmaker as the 3rd Annual Tribeca Film Festivalwrapped on Sunday in a star-studded soiree. UK actor Ian Hart was the recipientof the prize for Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film for his ...
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Warners' Polar Express set for 3D release
Warner Bros says it will release RobertZemeckis' The Polar Express inconventional cinemas and Imax 3D format day-and-date on Nov. 19 in NorthAmerica and in some international territories. It's the first majorHollywood release in the 3D format.Warner Bros would not confirm whichterritories it is considering. The company is the exclusive distributor ...
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French box office storms ahead in first quarter
Admissions for the first four months of the year in Franceovertook those in the same period of 2003 by a thumping 16%.According to new data from the Centre Nationale de laCinematographie (CNC) admissions between January and April totalled 68 million,boosted by a heavyweight April, 43% better than the same month ...
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Summit steps into The Dark, offers The Alibi
Independent sales, financingand production powerhouse Summit Entertainment has added two new pictures toits Cannes lineup - The Dark, thelatest horror movie to emerge from Paul Anderson and Jeremy Bolt's ImpactPictures via its financing deal with Constantin Film and The Alibi, a contemporary thriller, which Summit isco-financing and co-producing with Jim ...
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Reding backs Europe wide Film Commission network
Spanish-backed moves to set up a European Film CommissionNetwork have gained ground with news that European Commissioner for Culture,Viviane Reding, is backing the initiative.Now supported by Film Commissions from the UK, Ireland,Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal,Belgium, and Spain, the proposed Network would exchange information, sharetraining opportunities and ...