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SOUTH KOREA Production Listings - February 17 2004
SOUTH KOREA - February 17PRE-PRODUCTIONCHEONG-YEON(Cineline II) Backer/dist: Korea Pictures. Drama about Korea's first female aviator, who lived in the 1920s. Prod: Seok Myung-hong. Dir: Yoon Jong-chan. Scr: Lee In-hwa, Yoon Jong-chan. Main cast: Jang Jin-young, Kim Ju-hyuk, Yu Min. Shooting in China, Korea, and US from late February.Contact: Korea Pictures, ...
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Korea looks to crowded spring release schedule
For full listings click HERESouth Korea has seen a large number of films wrap shooting last month, foreshadowing a crowded release schedule in late spring.The list includes a number of Cannes hopefuls, such as arthouse favourite Hong Sang-soo's fifth feature Woman Is The Future Of Man. Having two ...
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GERMANY
The smile was wiped off Mona Lisa's face last weekend when Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton arrived in town with Something's Gotta Give to take pole position away from the Columbia TriStar release. The romantic comedy which had been shown in the Berlinale's official section with Nicholson and Keaton in ...
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Shadow acquires US rights for Lost Boys Of Sudan doc
US independent distributorShadow Distribution has acquired Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk's acclaimeddocumentary Lost Boys Of Sudan,which was shortlisted for the Academy Award and has been nominated for anIFP/Independent Spirit Award.The story follows twoSudanese orphaned refugees who overcome lion attacks and militia gunfire toreach America, where they are confronted with suburbia ...
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De Luca to step down at DreamWorks after two-and-half years
DreamWorks head ofproduction Michael De Luca is set to vacate his post in June and will bereplaced by the studio's longtime production executive Adam Goodman."Michael has been anextremely positive force at DreamWorks," company co-head Walter F Parkes saidin a statement."He is an extraordinarycreative executive and a wonderful collaborator and we ...
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Rohmer projects becoming 'unfinanceable'
Europe's public sector film financiers got yet another skewering yesterday at the Triple Agent press conference, which was attended by actress Katerina Didaskalou .Long-time Eric Rohmer producer Francoise Etchegaray explained that the veteran French director's films are no longer finance-able in his native country.The Euros 5m indoor thriller had been ...
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Rohmer, Loach lead plaudits as Berlin divides critics
With one official screening day to go, the critical consensus on this year's Berlinale competition might be summed up as "good but not outstanding".Opinions on the line-up ranged from Italian critic Fabio Ferzetti's "disappointing", through German critic Margaret Koehler's comment that this year's selection included "a lot of films that ...
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Borries' Thoughts excite buyers
Achim von Borries' Love In Thoughts (Was Nuetzt Die Liebe In Gedanken) has been sold by Beta Cinema to Japan's New Select Co. and Brazil's Next EntertainmentThe film, which had its European premiere in the Berlinale's Panorama section as a Panorama Special, has also been picked up by Israel's Gil ...
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EFM chief examines market capacity
Beki Probst, European Film Market (EFM) chief, has had more meetings during this year's edition of the market than in any other previous EFM.She now seems more convinced of the case for expansion, but remains concerned to pick the right way forward."Either we stay [in the existing building] or we ...
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Ornstein Carter named executive director of Global Film Initiative
Holly Ornstein Carter hasbeen named executive director of the Global Film Initiative (GFI), the NewYork-based non-profit organisation set up to promote cross-culturalunderstanding through cinema."Following the tremendoussuccess of our first-year, 14-city, major cultural institutional tour, it is apivotal time in our history as we look to expand and increase the impact ...
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GreeneStreet to tackle New York Cosmos documentary
New York-based financing andproduction house GreeneStreet Films is teaming up with Passion Pictures andCactus Three on its first documentary Once In A Lifetime, which charts the rise and fall of the New YorkCosmos soccer team.Principal photographyrecently began in New York and filming will continue in Florida, London andother international locations.John ...
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Learning to love the critics
Is there a crisis in European film criticism' That was one key question being asked during Friday's European Film Academy event, "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Critics."Panellist Ken Loach (in Berlin with competition entry Ae Fond Kiss) blamed the decline in critical standards on "market forces ...
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Translation takes $1m in Spain, Actually is top in Taiwan for Universal
Universal's Love Actually opened top in Taiwan on a strong $235,000 from 60 prints,which includes $62,000 from previews.The romantic comedy had a strong holdover in its second weekend inJapan, adding $1.6m from 234 sites for $5.7m.Overall the picture has grossed $161m at the international boxoffice.Focus Features' Lost In Translation scored ...
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Something's hot for Warner with $16.1m weekend
The romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give grossed an estimated $16.1m throughWarner Bros Pictures International at the weekend, raising its early cumulativetotal to an impressive $38.6m.It opened top on Germany on$3.7m from 536 screens and top in Spain on $1.8m from 232.The UK dropped 4% on $2.1m for $5.6m in its ...
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Mona Lisa Smile adds $3.3m for Columbia TriStar
Mona Lisa Smile grossed an estimated $3.3 from 1,920 screens for Columbia TriStarFilm Distributors International (CTFDI) at the weekend, raising its CTFDI totalto $39.9m and $48.6m industry-wide.The drama fell to second place in Germany, slipping 37% on $1.2mfor a $10.7m total there.The drama Big Fish opened second in New Zealand ...
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Sandler's back at number one for Valentine's Day
Columbia's romantic comedy Fifty First Dates was the emphatic box office winner atthe weekend as it opened top on a superb estimated $41m - another smash hitopening for its star Adam Sandler.Estimatesput it at the second biggest February bow ever behind Hannibal in 2001 ($58m) and a pinch above Daredevil, ...
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NEW ZEALAND
There was considerable jostling for the top spot over the weekend and at the final count there was just NZ$560 separating the two top films, both of which were officially on release for the first time.Under The Tuscan Sun was victorious with a gross of NZ$248,940 from 44 screens for ...
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Jackson, Weir are Bafta's King and Master
Sunday night's BAFTA Awards threw up almost as many surprises as Saturday's Berlinale Golden Bears.While The Return Of The King was always a hot favourite for best film; that Master And Commander could equal its awards tally was less predictable. And while Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson were tipped for ...
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Berlinale's Bears full of surprises
In a surprise win, Turkish/German director Fatih Akin's Head On received the Golden Bear at Saturday night's Berlinale awards ceremony - the first German film to win in Berlin since 1986.Other surprises included the shared best actress award, which along with favourite Charlize Theron for Monster honoured newcomer Catalina Sandino ...