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Gosling named male star of tomorrow at ShoWest
Ryan Gosling has been namedShoWest 2004 male star of tomorrow and will collect his award once the industryconvention kicks off in Las Vegas on Mar 22."In his short career to date,Ryan Gosling has delivered one tremendous performance after another and is wellon the way to establishing himself as an acting ...
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New Films International makes first international acquisitions led by Grand Theft
Hot on the heelsof launching its film production and sales division at Sundance, New FilmsInternational has acquired worldwide rights excluding North America to GrandTheft Parsons, Easy 6and Undermind.David Caffrey's GrandTheft Parsons screenedat Sundance and stars Christina Applegate and Johnny Knoxville in a true-lifeaccount of the theft of country-rock singer Gram ...
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Oscar nominee Watanabe is the latest addition to Batman cast
Ken Watanabe hasjoined the cast of Christopher Nolan's Batman project, which is due to begin shootingin London in March and will be released by Warner Bros in 2005.Watanabe, who garnered a best supporting actor Oscarnomination for his role in The Last Samurai,will play the villainous Ra's Al Ghul opposite Christian ...
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AUSTRALIA
Roadshow's ambitious release of Australian dance party film One Perfect Day - 152 screens is a big number for a local film - earned it the seventh spot in the box office chart with a gross of A$437,248 from 152 screens.Another opener, Mona Lisa Smile from Columbia TriStar, leapt into ...
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Tartan checks into the US
Tartan Films, Hamish McAlpine's UK distribution and production company, is launching a DVD-driven US arm called Tartan USA.McAlpine and Alan Partington, CEO of the group's home entertainment division, are already in Los Angeles setting up the US video operation and meeting video sales and distribution companies.The company will echo ...
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DENMARK
Though dropping some 54% Brother Bear stayed on top of the Danish box-office chart, while the veterans in Something's Gotta Give managed to squeeze in front of The Last Samurai to the second spot with this weekend's best screen average, almost twice that of the animated hit.However, this week's two ...
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GERMANY
Despite an 18% drop in box office over the previous weekend, Warner's Something's Gotta Give held on to the top spot against two new entries and also posted the Top 15's highest screen average with $5,364 from its 622 screens.Cold Mountain, which was the opening film at this year's Berlinale, ...
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ITALY
Popular Italian actor-director Carlo Verdone's latest film, Love Is Eternal For As Long As It Lasts (L'Amore E Eterno Finch Dura) opened at number two at the Italian box office, grossing a strong $2,529,564. Released by Medusa Film on a wide 335 screens, the picture registered an impressive screen average ...
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UK/IRELAND
The second (and final) weekend of the February school half-term holiday inevitably proved a boost for children's and family fare. The Haunted Mansion slipped just 7% from its opening weekend, while excluding previews. Cheaper By The Dozen (23%), Looney Tunes: Back In Action (57%) and Tooth (81%) all saw rises ...
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Samurai soars with new grand total of $310m for Warner
Warner Bros' The Last Samurai added an estimated $8.4m with 1.4madmissions from 3,361 screens in 57 territories at the weekend for a $310.6minternational running total.This makes the Japan-set epic the third biggest R-rated picture ofall time, the second biggest Tom Cruise title ever behind Mission Impossible2 and fourth in theWarner ...
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FCC commissioner Copps booked in for AFMA breakfast
FederalCommunications Commissioner Michael J Copps will attend an AFMA membersbreakfast to discuss US media consolidation at the Le Merigot Hotel in SantaMonica on Feb 26.Copps is one ofthe FCC's most outspoken opponents of consolidation and launched an impassionedstand during the FCC's 2001-2003 policy review hearings that resulted in looserlaws governing ...
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Oz popstar signs for lead role in Hating Alison Ashley
Australian pop princess and former Neighbours star Delta Goodrem has made a move into movies by accepting the title role of Hating Alison Ashley, which goes into production in the first half of this year in Melbourne."I have been offered quite a few roles over the past two years and ...
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Medem's Basque Ball sparks UK festival funding row
The Spanish government's Instituto Cervanteshas pulled its contribution of funding to the Viva Spanish Film Festival ofManchester (March 18-28), ostensibly over the inclusion of Julio Medem'scontroversial documentary The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone in this year's line-up.The documentary, a flash of 70 interviewsaddressing the emotionally-charged issues of nationalist identity and ...
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Polly opens top in Brazil for Universal
Universal's Along Came Polly opened top in Brazil through UIP at the weekend on anestimated $300,000 from 144 sites. The romantic comedy has grossed $8.2m fromAustralia, Brazil, Portugal, Singapore and Thailand and has a further 45countries to open.Focus Features' drama LostIn Translation held fast in Spain in itssecond week for ...
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Irreversible clears Singapore censors uncut
Signalling that Singapore may be easing its strict film censorship stance, Gaspar Noe's controversial drama Irreversible has been cleared for an uncensored release in Singapore cinemas.The country's Film Appeals Committee overruled the Board of Film Censors' earlier decision to screen the film with some cuts.Committee chairman Pang Cheng Lian was ...
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New indie collectives preach cost efficiencies
Is small beautiful' Certainly not was the verdict of the panellists on "Collective Power: Buying and Selling Alliances," speaking this month at Screen International's Modernising European Cinema Summit at the Berlin Film Festival - all of whom are involved in the new wave of indie-combos set up across Europe in ...
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Fortissimo orders up Super Size Me
Fortissimo Filmshas acquired all international rights to Morgan Spurlock's hit Sundancedocumentary Super Size Me and will represent the picture at next week's AFM."We are thrilledto be working with this creative and talented new director to bring SuperSize Me to the world,"Fortissimo co-chairman Michael J Werner said in a statement."Morgan Spurlockhas ...
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Quinn leaves Goldwyn for Magnolia
Tom Quinn isleaving his post as vice president of acquisitions at Samuel Goldwyn Films tohead up a more aggressive acquisitions effort at Magnolia Pictures.Effectiveimmediately, Quinn will represent the company at the AFM and will beresponsible for the day-to-day responsibilities of acquisitions, workingalongside Jeff Reichert (marketing and publicity) and John McCarron(distribution). ...
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MPAA hails court order blocking DVD copying software from 321
Motion Picture Associationof America (MPAA) chief Jack Valenti has hailed a court order blocking UScompany 321 Studios from making, distributing or selling its DVD-copyingsoftware.The Burbank-based MPAA, aninfluential congressional lobbyist that represents the global interests of theUS majors and other affiliates, sought legal action in keeping with itspro-copyright philosophy.Judge Susan Illston ...