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Recorded to Franchise: Hands off Scheherezade
London's Recorded Picture Co (RPC) and its sales arm Hanway Films have become engaged in a bizarre tussle with LA-based Franchise Pictures over hot MIFED title Scheherezade directed by Michael Apted - which both companies appear to be selling.But according to Jeremy Thomas, the film's producer, and head of Recorded/Hanway, ...
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Recorded to Franchise: Hands off Scheherezade
London's Recorded Picture Co (RPC) and its sales arm Hanway Films have become engaged in a bizarre tussle with LA-based Franchise Pictures over hot MIFED title Scheherezade directed by Michael Apted - which both companies appear to be selling.But according to Jeremy Thomas, the film's producer, and head of Recorded/Hanway, ...
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Gaga picks up Spanish Whore
Gaga Communications has just snapped up all Japanese distribution rights to hot Spanish picture The Whore (Yo Puta).The Euros 5m English-language picture is the second film to be directed by Luna, and stars Darryl Hannah and Denise Richards as two working prostitutes.The movie is based on a best-selling book by ...
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Trademark trio gets into Syndicate
Andrew Stevens' Trademark Entertainment has struck up a representation relationship with David Glasser and Lisa Wilson's new sales outfit Syndicate Films kicking off with three titles at MIFED - horror picture Samantha's Child starring Heather Graham, serial killer chiller Method starring Elizabeth Hurley and thriller Pursued with Christian Slater and ...
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Italian government speaks up for MIFED
Italian cultural minister Giuliano Urbani has said that Italy is prepared to take action at government level to support Mifed against the onslaught of AFM."AFM has made an unfair attack on MIFED by blatantly moving its dates into MIFED's slot next year," Urbani said at a press conference at the ...
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Tulchin runs with Haunted Hills sales
Tulchin Entertainment has completed a raft of licensing deals for the comedy-horror Elvira's Haunted Hills starring Elvira and Richard O'Brien, who starred in The Rocky Horror Show.Classic 99 Pty has picked up television and video rights for Australia and New Zealand, Videosonic has acquired television and video rights for Greece, ...
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Menemsha's Moon set for Israel release
Menemsha Entertainment has closed a pre-sale of Juan Jose Campanella's Avellanada's Moon to Israel's United King just days before completion of principal photography. United King, has previously bought two other Argentinian films - Campanella's Son Of The Bride and Marcelo Pineyro's Kamchatka - from Menemsha. Beatrix Wesle of Menemsha closed ...
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Optimum stocks up with market titles
Independent UK distributor Optimum Releasing has acquired UK rights to anticipated documentaries from Michael Moore and Jonathan Demme, as well as Bob Smeaton's Festival Express and French horror Switchblade Romance. The company has also picked up UK rights to CJ Entertainment's detective thriller Memories Of Murder Currently in production, Fahrenheit ...
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MDC sells Spare Parts
Berlin-based film and TV seller MDC International made a quick start to its Mifed campaign selling Slovenian picture Spare Parts, directed by Damjan Kozole, to Cinemart for the Czech Republic, Future Film for Scandinavia, Lumiere for Belgium and Neue Visionen for Germany. MDC sold Polish TV rights on Latvian director ...
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NonStop takes on trio of titles
Sweden's NonStop Sales has added a trio of high profile local titles to its Mifed slate.From leading producer Sonet Film it has added Miffo, a romantic comedy about a priest who should not be feeling the way he does, directed by Daniel Lind Lagerlof. The film makes its market premiere ...
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Fortissimo learns to speak more English
Fortissimo Film Sales haspicked up world rights to More Than Scarlet, an Australian drama from the stable of Jan Chapman,producer of Lantana and ThePiano. The company is also poised topick up two other Aussie pictures in moves that underline its growing influencein the English-languagesector. The Hong Kong andNetherlands-based company has ...
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Government 'death sentence' for Mexican cinema
Mexico's film industry is in an uproar over the federal government's plans to sell or shut down the country's key film institutions. The surprise proposal comes as part of a $150bn austerity package that includes getting rid of state-owned production house Imcine, the decades-old Churubusco Azteca film studio and national ...
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GERMANY
As to be expected, the final part of the Matrix trilogy, The Matrix Revolutions (Warner) wrestled the top spot away from Soenke Wortmann's The Miracle Of Bern which had reigned on high for the last three weeks. The latest Matrix instalment's 1.1m admissions (including 230,000 from the additional Wednesday screenings) ...
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Nuan scoops Tokyo Grand Prix
Huo Jianqui's romantic drama Nuan was awarded the Grand Prix at the 16th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival. Jury President Gong Li announced the winner, follow-up to Huo's acclaimed Postmen In The Mountains, at the closing ceremony in Tokyo on November 9, together with fellow jurors Irwin Kershner, ...
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NETHERLANDS
With the onslaught of Warner Bros The Matrix Revolutions helping Dutch box office to a 52% rise week-on-week it was local drama Cloaca that held up best.Dropping just 7% in its third week and boasting the second highest screen average of the week, after Revolutions, with $4,175 Cloaca gained one ...
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Animated Odyssey begins Happily
Shrek producer John Williams and sales company Odyssey Entertainment have teamed on Happily N'Ever After, their second animation production following $40m hot seller Valiant.Odyssey has also boarded Renaissance, a sci-fi animation thriller being associate produced by Jake Eberts and involving such talent as dance outfit Daft Punk which Disney will ...
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Arclight chief relocates to London
Australia's top sales agent Gary Hamilton is to leave Sydney and relocate to London where he will set up a UK arm of his successful sales and production outfit Arclight Films. Hamilton said that he will be installed in London before Christmas this year.Arclight will retain its Sydney office for ...
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Arclight chief relocates to London
Australia's top sales agent Gary Hamilton is to leave Sydney and relocate to London where he will set up a UK arm of his successful sales and production outfit Arclight Films. Hamilton said that he will be installed in London before Christmas this year.Arclight will retain its Sydney office for ...
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Arclight chief relocates to London
Australia's top sales agent Gary Hamilton is to leave Sydney and relocate to London where he will set up a UK arm of his successful sales and production outfit Arclight Films. Hamilton said that he will be installed in London before Christmas this year.Arclight will retain its Sydney office for ...
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Arclight chief relocates to London
Australia's top sales agent Gary Hamilton is to leave Sydney and relocate to London where he will set up a UK arm of his successful sales and production outfit Arclight Films. Hamilton said that he will be installed in London before Christmas this year.Arclight will retain its Sydney office for ...