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Jarecki to host European Parliament screening today of controversial doc
Eugene Jareckiis to host a closed screening at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today(Apr 8) of his award wining BBC documentary The Trials Of Henry Kissinger.Jarecki producedand directed the picture, which asks whether the former US diplomat should facecrimes against humanity charges for his role in US covert operations in ...
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Universal's Ned Kelly holds at one in Australia
Universal Pictures/EndymionFilms' Ned Kelly held off openersBringing Down The House, Dreamcatcher and What A Girl Wants toremain number one in Australia for the second weekend in a row, adding $889,000from 252 theatres for a $2.9m running total after 11 days.The biopic, which starsHeath Ledger, Naomi Watts and Geoffrey Rush, fell ...
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Don Hahn gets honour at International Family Film Fest
Don Hahn, the renownedanimation producer whose credits include The Lion King and Beauty And The Beast, will receive the Friz Award at the 9th AnnualInternational Family Film Festival Awards in Valencia, California, on May 1.Since its inception in 1994,the award - named after Warner Bros animator and 1994 honouree Friz ...
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Chick flicks rule: Warner opens Girl, while Notice powers on
WarnerBros' romantic comedy Two Weeks Notice edged closer to the $100m mark as itadded $1.2m over the weekend on 1,124 screens in 41 markets for a $97.3mcumulative score.The picture drew300,400 international admissions. It is scheduled to open in Venezuela onWednesday (Apr 9) and Japan on May 24.Meanwhileanother 'chick flick', What ...
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Chouchou, Lenin continue to prosper in France, Germany
Warner Brosenjoyed another successful weekend as distributor of two local language hits inEurope.In Germany, thecomedy-drama Good Bye, Lenin! added $1.8m (Euros 1.7m) to became the second highest grossingGerman picture released in the last three years (behind Der Shuh Des Manitu), with an estimated $30.5m (Euros 28.4m)running total.After five weeksat the ...
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Sundance Doc Fund names 14 annual grant-winners
Documentariesexploring the trial of the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, maleprostitution in Tel Aviv and immigrant tensions in a Texan farming communityare among 14 grant recipients from the Sundance Documentary Fund (SDF).Originally established in 1996as the Soros Documentary Fund, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund was created in 2002 and offers ...
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Johnny English
Dir: Peter Howitt. UK. 2003. 89mins.More Carry On Spying than Austin Powers, Johnny English is a surprisingly tentative spy spoof that should still prove a licence to print money for production company Working Title. A family-friendly version of Mike Myers' racier, more inventive espionage antics, the combination of local comedy ...
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Anger Management
Dir: Peter Segal. US. 2003. There are some films in which the teaming of two stars is so enticing that critical appraisal of the film which goes on around them is almost moot. Anger Management - which brings Adam Sandler together with Jack Nicholson - is one such film. Critical ...
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Scream 3
Dir: Wes Craven. US. 2000. 116 mins.Prod co: Konrad Pictures, Craven/Maddalena Films. US dist: Dimension Films. Int'l sales: Miramax International. Prods: Cathy Konrad, Kevin Williamson, Marianne Maddalena. Exec prods: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Cary Granat, Andrew Rona. Scr: Ethen Kruger, based on characters created by Kevin Williamson. DoP: Peter Deming. ...
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JR Int'l Media brings Caiman's Dream to the US
Chicago-based talent management and distribution company JR International Media has acquired domestic distribution rights to Mexican dark comedy, Caiman's Dream (El Sueno Del Caiman). Jesse Rodriguez, President & CEO of JR International Media, negotiated the deal with the film's worldwide distributor, Carlos Sanchez Sosa of Latina Films, at the Guadalajara ...
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Fantasporto launches 16-title 'marathon'
Portugal's leading international film festival, Fantasporto, will launch a marathon showing of 16 hit festival titles in Lisbon next week.The initiative - dubbed 'Fantasporto Marathon' and supported by distributor-exhibitor LNK Filmes, the Cinema Quarteto four-screen cinema and various private sponsors - will mark the nationwide theatrical release of all but ...
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German arthouse sector outperforms multiplexes
Germany's arthouse sector reported a slight increase in admissions for 2002, according to an internal survey conducted by AG Kino, the trade association for specialist cinemas.The survey reported that admissions grew between 5%-8% in the cities, while admissions in smaller towns either remained stable or fell slightly. In comparison, German ...
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Venice to 'encourage' Italian producers with festival retrospective
The upcoming 60th Venice Film Festival (Aug 27-Sep 6) will screen a retrospective on the 20th century's greatest Italian producers - which artistic director Moritz de Hadeln hopes will be an 'encouragement' for today's Italian producers.Entitled "The Industry of Prototypes," the retrospective will focus on the golden era of Italian ...
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Devdas delights audiences at Denmark's NatFilm fest
Bollywood was yet again the big winner at Denmark's NatFilm Festival, which ended its first year as a two nation event on Sunday by handing out the audience award to Sajay Leela Bhansali's Devdas. With Lagaan winning last year, it is clear that Copenhagen has a taste for Indian ...
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Catherine Zeta-Jones ready for Getting And Spending
Catherine Zeta-Jones' Milkwood Films has teamed with UK National Lottery franchise Pathe Pictures and Starboard Entertainment to develop and produce a feature based on the stage play Getting And Spending.The romantic comedy, written for the stage by Michael J Chepiga, will be developed and produced as a starring vehicle for ...
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Nowhere In Africa scores somewhere in the UK
Buena Vista International's The Recruit held strong at the top of the UK chart for a second week, seeing off three new challengers over the weekend. However, in another slow weekend for films on wide release, two foreign-language limited releases showed that audiences are still willing to turn out despite ...
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Buenos Aires indie fest to feature up to 210 films
The fifth annual Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (April 16 to 26) will feature up to 210 films, up from 150 last year. At least 16 films - limited to first and second-time directors - are in the official competitive section. These include three titles from Argentina: Celina Murga's Ana ...
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Nordic films fight off Hollywood releases
Denmark's most prolific producer Regner Grasten returned to form with his latest film Anja After Viktor, which drew 81,700 admissions ($622,500) this weekend, dethroning local hit: Anders Thomas Jensen's The Green Butchers from the number one spot.The third instalment in a series, Anja After Viktor (following 1999's Love At First ...
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France's national cinema centre distributes financial aid
France's national cinema centre the CNC has issued a list of films which will benefit from financial aid in the areas of distribution and the advance on receipts scheme for 2003. Both types of aid are based on selection by committees within the CNC and are approved by CNC ...
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Toy Story 2 opens on digital high
The exclusive digital screening of Toy Story 2 at the Odeon Leicester Square, London raked in an impressive £150,000 ($240,000) in its opening three days. The highly-anticipated Walt Disney/Pixar animation, billed as one of the few sequels that is better than the original, is being projected using Texas Instruments' ...