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Tais-Toi to get US premiere at City Of Lights festival
The US premiereof Francis Veber's prison mismatch comedy Tais-Toi! (Ruby & Quentin) starring Gerard Depardieu and Jean Renowill kick off the eighth annual City of Lights, City of Angels Film Festival inLos Angeles in Mar 29, which also features the world premiere of NicolasBoukhrief's noir tale Le Convoyeur (Cash Truck) ...
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UIP confirms plans for Russian distribution office
United International Pictures has confirmed plans to open a branch office in Moscow to distribute films directly to cinemas in Russia.East West Creative Associates, UIP's partner for over 13 years, will cease trading as a distributor from that date but will continue to be involved in film production.UIP chairman and ...
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Fog screening set for International Criminal Court in The Hague
Director Errol Morris andformer US defence secretary Robert McNamara will attend a special screening ofthe Oscar-winning documentary The Fog Of War at the International Criminal Court in theNetherlands on Mar 24.The unprecedented event willbe attended by the 18 elected members of the court, members of theInternational Criminal Tribunal on Yugoslavia ...
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New force emerges in Japanese market
Kadokawa Group is reportedly finalising negotiations to purchase a 40% stake in Nippon Herald and to acquire Herald's local distribution network.The news was reported in Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun.Despite distributing the three Lord Of The Rings films together with Shochiku, Herald is forecasting a loss of $9.5m (Y1.06bn) for the ...
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ROMANIA
Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain shot in the spectacular Carpathian mountains in Romania was received extremely well in the land of its birth.Released on a not so strong six copies by Glob Com, the film made over 12,000 admissions in its opening weekend. Scary Movie 3 released by InterComFilm on seven ...
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French cinema admissions show early strength
With 34.82 million tickets sold since the beginning of the year, the French box-office is up 4.8% on 2003 according to figures released by the CNC this week.February saw a rise of 3.2% over 2003 for 19.5 million admissions. However, French films' market share is down to 39.3% compared with ...
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Nine German films get free TV ads
Golden Bear winner Head-On is one of nine German films awarded a total Euros 1.8m worth of advertising airtime on public and private channels.The new funding category, which was introduced as part of the agreement with the TV stations on their financial contribution to the German Federal Film Board (FFA), ...
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Zenpix closes AFM deals on Reeseville, Anne B Real
Susan Jackson's Zenpix,celebrating its first year as an international distribution and sales companybacked by Promark Entertainment, has closed multi-territory deals on ChristianOtjen's thriller Reeseville andLisa France's rap drama Anne B Real.The Santa Monica-basedcompany said it sold Reesevilleto Home Entertainment for the UK, TransTV for Indonesia, New World Pictures forThailand, Audio ...
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Malick's Che decision deals morale-denting blow to indie sector
Terence Malick's surprise decision to pull out of Che, a $40m picture about the life of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara that he had co-written, has dented the pride and perhaps the finances of sales house Wild Bunch - but the blow is unlikely to be fatal either to the French ...
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Cinema Service opens shop in Japan
South Korean major Cinema Service has announced plans to establish a branch office in Tokyo to directly distribute its films into Japan.To be named Cinema Service Japan, the company will be established by June and will initially co-distribute with other local film companies. Within five years the office intends ...
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New distributor launches in South Korea
Lotte Cinema, which operates one of South Korea's three major multiplex chains, has announced its long-speculated move into film distribution.The company, headed by CEO Kim Kwang-seop, is scheduled to release its first film Naduya Ganda in May. Another 3-4 titles are expected to be announced by the end of June.Lotte, ...
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Revenues fall but 2003 still a 'pivotal' year for IMAX
IMAX Corporation's joint chiefs Richard Gelfond andBradley Wechsler announced a fourth quarter loss of one cent per shareyesterday but rallied behind what they described as a 'pivotal' 2003 that positioned the company for continued growth.The companyposted a profit of two cents per share a year earlier and said lastquarter's unexpected ...
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Mortensen eyes big budget Alastride adaptation
Lord Of The Rings star Viggo Mortensen is in negotiations to take the lead in big budget Spanish production The Adventures Of Captain Alatriste for Spain's Telecinco and Origen PC.Mortensen, who speaks fluent Spanish, confirmed to Spanish press during a promotional trip to Madrid on Hidalgo that he was studying ...
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Judy Blume movie adaptations land at Disney
Bestselling children's author Judy Bloom, film-maker LawrenceBlume and producer Jane Startz have signed a multi-picture deal with WaltDisney Studios.The Blumes' Tashmoo Productions and Jane Startz Productions willadapt several books beginning with Deenie, which centres on a young woman'sstruggles to defy her parents' expectations and follow her dreams.Buena Vista Motion Picture ...
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Coffee, Laws bookend San Francisco Fest
The 47th SanFrancisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) will open on Apr 15 with JimJarmusch's series of comic vignettes Coffee And Cigarettes and closes on Apr 29 with Peter Howitt'sromantic comedy Laws Of Attraction.Coffee AndCigarettes features suchluminaries as Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Iggy Pop and the British comedianSteve Coogan discussing an ...
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De-lovely wraps up Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival has confirmed that De-lovely, a musical biography of American composer Cole Porter directed by Irwin Winkler, will close the festival on May 22.The MGM film will screen in official selection, out-of-competition.De-lovely stars Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, and Jonathan Pryce as well as music stars Alanis Morissette, ...
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Caplan named president of Icon Film Distribution
Elizabeth Draper is leavingIcon Film Distribution (IFD) after five years as head of distribution andgeneral manager at the UK operation and Sally Caplan, who most recently servedas Momentum's senior vice president of acquisitions and business affairs, hasjoined as president."I've had a fantastic timeat Momentum and am sorry to leave, but ...
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HUNGARY
As was expected following its Oscar-success, The Return Of The King fared strongly at the Hungarian box office last weekend, performing a mere 1% weaker than the week before taking nearly 10,000 admissions in the ninth week of its release.The French comedy Mauvais Espirit and the latest John Grisham adaptation ...
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JAPAN
Fresh from its Oscar triumph, Return Of The King easily beat off the challenge to its pole position by new release Master And Commander.LOTR led the nine-cities charts with a $54,508 screen average, compared with $39,613 for Master And Commander. The week's other Top Fifteen opener, Gothika, earned $300,105 on ...