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Vivendi Universal sells Nordic pay-TV unit
Vivendi Universal has struck a deal to sell Canal Plus Television AB, its pay-TV unit in the Nordic region, to a consortium of equity firms for about 70 million euros. Vivendi said the transaction would cut debt at its Canal Plus Group unit by a net amount of Euros 54m. ...
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SWEDEN
Pirates Of The Caribbean refused to give leave from the top spot in Sweden leaving new Hollywood releases Piglet's Big Movie and American Pie: The Wedding to take up positions behind it.This resulted in local hit Miffo slipping to fourth place but it still fared better than the new local ...
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Jeunet's Long Engagement gets French approval
France's National Cinema Centre (CNC) has given provisional approval for A Very Long Engagement - the Warner Bros France backed film by Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet - to qualify for access to French state funding. However, the approval does come with some caveats. The $50 million film is set to ...
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Calendar Girls date with Odeon pays off
Buena Vista International's Calendar Girls has put in a highly impressive performance since it opened last Wednesday (Sep 3) for an exclusive run at London's Odeon Leicester Square.The cinema, which boasts the biggest auditorium in the country able to seat nearly 2,000 people, saw receipts of $92,772 (£58,539) over the ...
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Korean pair crank up Cannes targeted films
Two of Korea's leading directors - Im Kwon-taek and Hong Sang-soo - start production this week on new features aimed squarely at next year's Cannes festival.Veteran director Im Kwon-taek's 99th film Haryu-Insaeng, the story of a young man who gets caught up in gang life in 1960s Korea, began shooting ...
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Venice Critics' Week winner scores first foreign sale
Dutch distributor Cinemien has snapped up Benelux distribution rights to Salvatore Mereu's Ballo A Tre Passi, following International Week of Film Critics win at Venice.International sales are being handled by Lucky Red, Andrea Occhipinti's Rome outfit which also produced the Sardinian director's debut feature with Gianluca Arcopinto's Pablo Distribuzione. Lucky ...
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Fox supplies easyCinema with first ever first-run film
UK no-frills exhibitor easyCinema has struck a deal with 20th Century Fox to screen its first ever first-run film, Down With Love, starring Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger. Until now the company has been frustrated by its inability to secure first run titles from distributors in the UK. EasyCinema is ...
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Final Destination 2 up to $3.1m in Italy for Eagle
New Line's Final Destination 2 raised its Italian running total to $3.1min its fourth weekend after a $252,827 four-day haul.Released through EaglePictures, the film dropped off 50% following a 44% screen count reduction. Ithas already taken 96% of the final gross of the 2000 original.Freddy Vs Jason added $44,492 from ...
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Hitler's film-maker Riefenstahl dies at 101
Leni Riefenstahl, the German filmmaker who became a favourite of Adolf Hitler, has died at the age of 101, the mayor of the town where she lived said on Tuesday. Rainer Schnitzler told Agence France Presse that the legendary director and photographer had died late Monday at her home in ...
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SPAIN Production Listings - Sept 9 2003
SPAIN - September 9PRE PRODUCTIONFerpect Crime (Crimen Ferpecto)(Panico Films, Sogecine) Comedy. The tale of a not so perfect crime committed in a well known department store. Dir: Alex de la Iglesia. Scr: Alex de la Iglesia, Jorge Guerricaechevarria. Main cast: Guillermo Toledo. Shooting from November 4 in Spain. Spanish.Contact: Sogecine ...
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Pirates makes away with $38.5m in stunning weekend for BVI
Pirates Of The Caribbean was the runaway international champion at the weekend as itgrossed $38.5m to raise its running total to $189.9 for Buena VistaInternational (BVI).The film opened number one in Germany on a staggering $11.2m from958 screens, scoring the distributor's and producer Jerry Bruckheimer's biggestever bow there.In Italy it ...
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American Pie: The Wedding has $7m weekend for Universal
Universal's American Pie: The Wedding was the number two international film atthe weekend, grossing $7m from 2,069 sites in eight countries for a $56.6mrunning total.The comedy sequel opened number one in Mexico on a mighty $1.1mfrom 271 and 31% market share.It was 22% behind the opening of 2001's American Pie ...
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BELGIUM
Stephen Frears' critically acclaimed Dirty Pretty Things performed particularly well in the Belgian capital of Brussels over its five-day launch. The drama, which stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou and Sergi Lopez, placed sixth in the capital city with a $15,914 (Euro 14,434).In the country as a whole Dirty Pretty Things ...
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Carmichael, Gardini, Minghella made creative executives at Miramax
Miramax Films has appointed Kelly Carmichael, Carla Gardini andHannah Minghella as creative executives while David Greenbaum and Eric Robinsonhave been promoted to directors of production and development.Carmichael will continue to be based in New York and will focusher efforts on casting, while Gardini will work from Miramax's Los Angelesoffices and ...
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Sky Movies renews output deal with UK's Entertainment
UK indie Entertainment Film Distiributors has renewed its pay-TV output deal with satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB).All of Entertainment's UK releases, including New Line films, will air on Sky. The contract secures the UK TV premieres for such blockbusters as Austin Powers 3, Lord of the Rings 2 & ...
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DENMARK
After a couple of uneventful weeks at the Danish box-office, Jannik Johansen's Stealing Rembrandt lived up to its high expectations and brought life back to the box-office.A solid if not quite spectacular 28,821 admissions on 67 prints, easily secured it the top spot in front of Dreamworks' Sinbad: Legend Of ...
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Girl With A Pearl Earring
Dir: Peter Webber. UK/Luxembourg. 2003. 95 mins Crafted with all the delicate judgement and fine brushstrokes of an Old Master, Girl With A Pearl Earring is an exquisitely understated period drama rich in atmosphere and emotion. A faithful adaptation of the Tracey Chevalier best-seller, this marks an auspicious feature debut ...
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Screen West Midlands to host EAVE event
Regional UK media support agency Screen West Midlands is to host the European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs' (EAVE) International Producer Graduation event in Birmingham from September 18-24.The event gathers producers from across Europe to pitch their ideas to international film and TV executives and is the third and final session of EAVE's ...
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LXG is number one in Spain, Hong Kong for Fox
Fox International's The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) raised its international running totalto $14.6m at the weekend, thanks to number one bows in Spain and Hong Kong.In Spain the fantasy-adventure grossed $3.9m from 374 screens,while Hong Kong yielded $368,000 from 32.Overall LXG took $4.5m from 542 screens in nine markets ...
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Liegen Lergen opens at three for Warner in Germany
Warner Bros Pictures International opened Hendrik Handloegten'slocal language production Liegen Lernen at number three in Germany at the weekend, grossing anestimated $555,674 (Euros 507,544) and 88,000 admissions from 137 prints.The film is an X-Verleih presentation of an X-Film Creative PoolProduction - the same team that produced this year's smash hit ...