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Moviehouse takes on Nina's Tragedies, Overnight
London-basedsales company Moviehouse Entertainment has picked up international rights forSundance title Overnight and Israeli hit Nina's Tragedies. Both titles will receive market premiere screenings at theupcoming Cannes market.Overnightis documentaryfollowing the rags-to-riches-to-rags story of filmmaker Troy Duffy who,approached by Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein, is offered the once in alifetime opportunity to ...
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Vol 2 kicks off $18m rampage in 21 territories
Miramax's Kill Bill Vol 2 went on an estimated $18mrampage in 21 territories through Buena Vista International (BVI) at theweekend, opening top in several key markets.QuentinTarantino's revenge saga sequel opened top in the UK on a strong $5.1mfrom 500 screens, top in Italy on $1.9m from 250 and top in ...
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NEW ZEALAND 26 April
The NZ$555,222 gross for Starsky& Hutch on its opening weekend was the biggest at the New Zealand boxoffice since The Last Samurai opened over three months ago. TheBVI/Miramax comedy went out on 48 screens, considerably less than the screencount of each of the next four films in the chart.Starsky & ...
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DENMARK 26 April
The second volumeof Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill had what it took to oust the hitanimated Terkel In Trouble from the top of the Danish chart, with amuscular 746 admission screen average on its 28 prints.While Terkeltook second spot, the local action comedy The Good Cop dropped no lessthan 47% in ...
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Metzstein begins Guy X shoot in Iceland
Jason Biggs, NataschaMcElhone and Jeremy Northam are to star in Guy X for young Britishdirector Saul Metzstein, who made his mark with 2001's well-received LateNight Shopping.The black comedy is beingproduced by Film and Music Entertainment with Spice Factory, tax-basedfinancier Movision, National Lottery franchise The Film Consortium and itssister sales company ...
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Man On Fire blazes to the top of the box office for Fox
Revenge sagas continued todominate the box office as Twentieth Century Fox's Man On Fire opened top on an estimated $23m, narrowly edging outColumbia/Revolution's romantic comedy 13 Going On 30 in second place on $22m.If the figures hold and Man On Fire has indeed won what the media has lamelybeen talking ...
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Fremaux defends Cannes' Ma Mere snub
Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremauxformally denied allegations Friday which had been lodged by producer PaoloBranco regarding the absence of his film, Ma Mere, in the officialselection.Branco, who is no stranger to Cannes havingproduced competition films such as Raoul Ruiz's Le Temps Retrouve and CeJour-la and Manoel de Oliveira's Je Rentre ...
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Fremaux defends Ma Mere 'snub'
Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremauxformally denied allegations Friday which had been lodged by producer PaoloBranco regarding the absence of his film, Ma Mere, in the officialselection.Branco, who is no stranger to Cannes havingproduced competition films such as Raoul Ruiz's Le Temps Retrouve and CeJour-la and Manoel de Oliveira's Je Rentre ...
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Perry quits The Works for independent career
The Works' chief executive,Aline Perry, is to leave the company to pursue an independent career in theindustry, it was announced yesterday. The surprise move comes only a few daysafter the Cannes world premiere of Olivier Assayas's prize winning Clean, which headed up The Work's Cannes slate."My departure couldn'tbe more amicable ...
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FIFE 2004 Application Form
FILM INDUSTRY FOOTBALL EVENT 2004THE DEN, MILLWALL FOOTBALL CLUBSUNDAY 23rd MAY 2004ENTRY FORMPlease complete and return the form, by post or fax, to:Chris HiggsFIFE 2004NCH85 Highbury ParkLondon, N5 1UDFax: 020 7704 7063Please enter my team at £1,000. I understand that teams will be sold on a first come first served ...
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Find out about FIFE
Find out about FIFEThe Film Industry Football Event (FIFE) is an annual 5-a-side football tournament, open to people who work in the UK film industry.Now in its seventh year, FIFE has raised more than £200,000 towards the work of NCH, one of the UK's leading children's charities.Firmly established as one ...
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Who's already involved'
Who's already involved'The following Film Industry companies have already entered teams for the 2004 tournament' why not join them'UIPThin Man FilmsWorking TitleTiger Aspect ProductionsUniversal Video InternationalCreative PartnershipBuena Vista Home EntertainmentNFTSReprisal FilmsFirst Foot Films LimitedFreud CommunicationsMomentum PicturesEmpire DesignSamuelson ProductionsAon Entertainment Risk ServicesWarner Home Video (UK) LtdPicture Production CompanyGlasgow Film OfficeUK Film ...
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NCH, the children's charity
NCH, the children's charityNow in its seventh year, FIFE has raised more than £200,000 towards the work of NCH, one of the UK's leading children's charities.NCH supports the most vulnerable children, young people and their families so that they have the opportunity to reach their full potential.NCH improves the lives ...
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Annenberg Foundation dishes out $5m to Sundance
The SundanceInstitute received its largest ever grant of $5m from the Annenberg Foundationlast night (22) and will use the award to establish the Annenberg Film FellowsProgramme to help aspiring film-makers.The five-yearscheme will offer personal stipends, residencies and creative support for up tofive participants on the institute's Feature Film Programme, with ...
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Maradona biopic set to unveil star actor
The Spanish, Argentinean and Italian co-producers of a Euros 6m-plus feature film about the life of Argentinean football hero Diego Maradona have unveiled new details of the project days after the star was hospitalised in Buenos Aires for a heart problem and lung infection.The film starts with the heart problems ...
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London acts to tackle shooting 'nightmare'
At a swanky reception in the heart of London's financial district, Film London yesterday announced a range of measures designed to turn the new film and media agency into a body with the same scope and power as the New York Film Commission."It has been a nightmare trying to make ...
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Argentine directors commemorate Jewish massacre with short film project
Ten up-and-coming Argentine directors are joining to make acollaborative feature of short films commemorating the tenth anniversary of amassacre targeting the local Jewish community.Among others, talents expected to contribute are DanielBurman, whose Jewish community-centered Lost Embrace (El Abrazo Partido) won Silver Bears for best film and actor in Berlin;Carlos Sorin ...
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Hanks to receive BAFTA/LA Britannia Award
Tom Hanks will receive theStanley Kubrick Britannia Award in honour of his services to the industry at aBAFTA/LA ceremony in Los Angeles on Nov 4.Hanks became the first actorin 50 years to win back-to-back Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump in 1994 and 1995 respectively and his expansivecredits roster includes ...