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Parallax, Road Movies' Princesa cranks up in Milan
Production has started in Milan on Henrique Goldman's Princesa, a three-way co-production between the UK's Parallax Pictures, Germany's Road Movies Filmproduktion and Italian distributor BIM.The film, which is Road Movies' fifth collaboration with London-based Parallax after films such as Ken Loach's Land And Freedom and Carla's Song, centres on the ...
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Johnny English continues international rampage, crosses $50m
Universal's JohnnyEnglish remained the runaway numberone international hit for the second weekend in a row, according to studioestimates released today (Apr 21).The comedy, which stars theBritish comedian Rowan Atkinson as a highly maladroit spy, added a stunning$18.5m from 3,480 theatres in 38 markets for a $50m international running totalafter two ...
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Pathe UK loses head of development
Matt Gannon has decided to leave his position as head of development at Pathe's UK operation, managing director Francois Ivernel confirmed on Thursday.Although Gannon has developed some of the company's highest-profile productions - including The Magic Roundabout and Pride And Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical - Pathe is scaling back its ...
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Holes
Dir: Andrew Davis. US. 2003. 118 mins. The second delivered film from Cary Granat's Anschutz-backed production outfit Walden Media (this time co-produced with Phoenix Pictures), Holes is that rare thing - a family film which treats its target young audience with respect and intelligence. Walden was formed in 2001 to ...
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Denys Arcand's Barbarians to invade Cannes'
Although the official line up is not announced until tomorrow, Montreal daily La Presse today reported that Denys Arcand's Les Invasions Barbares will be in official competition at Cannes this year.While the Cannes press office is keeping quiet until tomorrow, if the news is correct it would mark the first ...
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San Sebastian adds new competition strand
Spain's leading film festival, the San Sebastian International Film Festival, has added a new competitive section devoted to Latin American cinema, further strengthening its position as a key showcase for Spanish and Latin American product and talent.Dubbed Horizontes Latinos, the new section will run alongside the festival's existing Official and ...
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Czech comedy laughs all the way to the bank
Pupendo, the new comedy from Czech director Jan Hrebejk is on course to challenge the country's local box-office crown.Czech distributor Falcon and production house Total HelpArt T.H.A. are celebrating the success of Pupendo, the latest effort from Jan Hrebejk (Cosy Dens, Divided We Fall), which appears ready to top Jan ...
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Hukkle wins top prize at muted Hong Kong film fest
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) continued with its inaugural prize-giving ceremony last week, although SARS kept away overseas jurors and award winners.Local replacements were found for absent jury members and HKIFF director Peter Tsi accepted awards on behalf of overseas directors.The festival featured three new international competition sections ...
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Bruno Ganz cast as Hitler in Eichinger drama
Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, known internationally for his roles in such films as Wim Wenders' Wings Of Desire and The American Friend, will play the part of Hitler in Oliver Hirschbiegel's Euros 13.5m feature Der Untergang - Hitler Und Das Ende Des Dritten Reiches which will begin shooting in St ...
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Paris to get new film festival this summer
In conjunction with the municipal government, the city of Paris will inaugurate a new film festival this summer entitled Paris Cinema. The event will run from July 2 - 15 in cinemas throughout the French capital.Director Costa Gavras will serve as President of the organisational board while former Cannes Director's ...
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Verhoeven eyes biopic of Dutch artist
Paul Verhoeven is planning to shoot his first Dutch movie since1984's The Fourth Man.The filmmaker, who has lived for nearly 20 years in Los Angeles, has expressed interest in a biopic on the Dutch artist Jan Montyn.The movie will be based on the novel Montyn, written in 1982 by ...
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Muratova to receive Wajda Freedom Prize in Berlin
Russian director Kira Muratova, whose credits include the 1990 Berlin Special Jury prize winner The Asthenic Syndrome, will receive the first Andrzej Wajda/Philip Morris Freedom Prize at the Berlin Film Festival on February 13.Wajda, whose film Pan Tadeusz will receive a special screening at Berlin, will present the prize to ...
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Russian Ark to get digital screenings in the UK
Arthouse success Russian Ark is to receive a three-month digital outing in the UK.Bristol based independent exhibitor Watershed Media Centre will keep the Artificial Eye title for three months on digibeta tape following its strong two-week run on 35mm. The single-shot Russian film will screen every weekend next month, projected ...
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Spain's Grupo PI adds two to its international slate
Spanish sales house Grupo PI has added two new titles to its international slate, box office hit Moscow Gold and Danube Hotel, which premieres in competition at next week's Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April 25-May 3).Both titles will make their market debut at the Spanish Film Screenings (May 1-3), ...
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Hong Kong warms to English, but gives Monk cool reception
Johnny English lured SARS-wary Hong Kong audiences back into cinemas over the Easter holiday, grossing $579,000 from 31 sites over the four-day weekend. However, Golden Harvest was disappointed with the performance of its other Easter release -Bulletproof Monk - which grossed $229,500. According to Golden Harvest distribution chief, Teerachai Triwongwaranat, ...
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New releases give UK box office a welcome boost
Working Title/UIP hit Johnny English held strong, dropping off just 26% in its second weekend, to retain the top spot against powerful competition from 20th Century Fox's Phone Booth and UIP's own How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days.The combined power of the holiday weekend releases (three made the ...
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Kolodner & Melamede launch Salty Features
Former Madstone Films production executives Eva Kolodnerand Yael Melamede have teamed up to launch New York-based production companySalty Features, which has already boarded four projects aiming to showcase"unique vision, strong storytelling and thought-provoking subject matter."The four titlesin development include Bam Bam And Celeste, the first fictional film vehicle for comedian ...
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Hong Kong launches production guarantee fund
In a bid to boost the flagging local film industry, the Hong Kong Government officially launched the Film Guarantee Fund yesterday. The new fund was created to help local companies secure bank loans for film production as well as to establish a solid film-financing infrastructure to facilitate the long-term development ...
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Cannes 2003 - competition line-up
Chief selector Thierry Fremaux's selection is a robust and wide-ranging mixture of familiar art-house names and Cannes favourites (Blier, Sokurov, Techine, Eastwood, Van Sant and Von Trier) mixed with a few newcomers such as Japan's Naomi Kawase and Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan in competition. The Un Certain Regard sidebar as ...
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Zwart quits MGM's Cody Banks sequel
Norwegian director Harald Zwart says he has left MGM's sequel to Agent Cody Banks, according to local paper Dagbladet.MGM had planned to begin production on Agent Cody Banks 2 in London in June, with teen heartthrob Frankie Muniz repeating his teen 007 role in the second instalment of the spy ...