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Viva la republic
Content Republic sounds like a new nation state, but in fact it is a new state of mind about digital distribution.Teun Hilte, who co-founded the company with Michel Peters, explains the concept: "We're licensing films to internet platforms," he says. "For companies like iTunes which have the ambition to work ...
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Deauville Festival of american film - America's french connection
As the summer winds down and the French film industry makes its way back from holiday, the Deauville Festival of American Film has established a strong niche in the industry calendar.A bevy of US studio films as well as independent fare will be screened in the seaside town, which acts ...
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Festival talk - 'Eclectic cinema that pushes the limits'
What are your favourite film festivals'I go to Berlin, Cannes, Pusan and those that I organise. (Deauville's festival programmer) Jerome Lasserre goes to Sundance. I prefer Cannes.What's the blueprint for a good festival'A welcoming town where everything can be done on foot, a policy of assuming cultural choices, a demanding ...
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Flashback to 2007
Live!Dir: Bill GuttentagDist: Pretty Pictures130,207 admissionsWaitressDir: Adrienne ShellyDist: 20th Century Fox41,449 admissionsTeethDir: Mitchell LichtensteinDist: TFM40,237 admissionsBroken EnglishDir: Zoe CassavetesDist: Eurozoom31,061 admissionsGrace Is GoneDir: James C StrouseDist: TFM20,446 admissionsNever ForeverDir: Gina KimDist: Surreal Distribution15,984 admissionsThe Dead GirlDir: Karen MoncrieffDist: ARP15,320 admissionsFor Your ConsiderationDir: Christopher GuestDist: CTV International761 admissionsNo French distribution: Factory ...
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Interview: British Film Institute chairman Greg Dyke
When Greg Dyke was appointed chairman of the British Film Institute (BFI) earlier this year, he was asked why he wanted the job. Why would the former director-general of the BBC and one of the most powerful figures of the UK media industry want to throw in his lot with ...
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International - Batman battles on
Warner Bros' The Dark Knight's worldwide gross is still ticking off the key box-office milestones, crossing $400m in international markets and $500m domestically.The $1bn worldwide gross is tantalisingly close and the film held on to the top spot of Screen's international chart.The highest new entry in this week's chart is ...
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Alan Parker set to direct for Intermedia
Alan Parker appears to be close to a deal to direct the drama The Life Of David Gale for Intermedia Films.Written by Charles Randolph, the project tells the story of a professor who advocated banning capitol punishment who is falsely accused of murdering a fellow activist and is put on ...
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In Focus: Thedomestic summer box office
Domestic revenues for the four-month summer season from early May to Labor Day in September reached $4.2bn. That's a box- office decline of 1% from 2007 with admissions down by about 7%. At first glance, then, the overall picture appears disappointing.Considerable money has been spent on pumping up old franchises ...
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UPI opens Mamma Mia! in South Korea as gross nears $275m
A trio of high profile Universal films are shaping up for another strong weekend as Mamma Mia! opens in six territories through UPI including South Korea on September 4.The musical adaptation has amassed $263.5m so far and should surge towards the $275m mark over the next week.The action adventure Wanted ...
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Roadshow scoops most awards at Australia's Movie Convention
Roadshow, the only Australian-owned distributor with a direct supply line from the US studios, was the big winner last night (Thurs), the final evening of the Australian International Movie Convention (AIMC), which has been running on Queensland 's Gold Coast for the past five days. Roadshow won the most awards ...
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The Mummy 3 has strong opening in mainland China
The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor had a strong opening in mainland China, where it was filmed as a co-production between Universal Pictures and Shanghai Film Group, despite a delayed release date. On the first day of release (September 3), the film grossed more than $2.05m (RMB14m), similar to ...
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Almost Perfect grosses $7m despite Olympics opening
Despite opening during the Beijing Olympics, Chinese comedy Almost Perfect has grossed $6.72m (RMB46m), making itthe best-selling local comedy of recent years. The film's distributor Polybona and production company Happy Star Culture and Media Corp yesterday celebrated its unexpected box office success.Previously, the biggest local comedies of the past two ...
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The Women
Dir: Diane English. US. 2008. 114 mins.Diane English, the creator of hit 80s TV sitcom Murphy Brown, set herself a tall order for her theatrical directing debut - remaking George Cukor's classic 1939 ensemble starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell. So long in the making that it feels ...
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Thom Fitzgerald to direct Sense Of Things for Samson, Eagle Vision
Thom Fitzgerald is set to direct an adaptation of novelist Alison Dye's The Sense of Things next summer. The film will be produced by Ireland's Samson Films, producers of the Oscar-winning Once, and Eagle Vision of Canada, producers of the Oscar-winning Capote. Fitzgerald's other titles include The Hanging Garden, Beefcake, ...
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Shoreline picks up worldwide rights to Routh-starrer Stuntmen
Morris Ruskin's Shoreline Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights to Eric Amadio's comedy Stuntmen starring Brandon Routh, Dominique Swain and Joel Moore as Toronto gets underway.The story centres on an old rivalry that is awakened between two of Hollywood's biggest stuntmen when an ambitious documentary film-maker follows them in the ...
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Essential takes international to Zucker's Big Fat Important Movie
Jere Hausfater's Essential Entertainment has picked up international rights to David Zucker's political satire Big Fat Important Movie, known as An American Carol in North America.Essential will introduce the film to buyers here and screens the film on September 6 and 7 at Deluxe Postproduction. Vivendi Entertainment holds domestic rights ...
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Hungary names Iska's Journey as Oscar submission
Hungary will submit Iska's Journey for consideration for the Foreign Language Oscar.Csaba Bollok's feature, his second, is a tale of modern slavery, following a teenage girl's harrowing journey from an abusive home in a Romanian mining village. The film saw its international premiere in Berlin in 2007. It has screened ...
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Libra balances Esposito with Glasser
Anthony Esposito, president of Leading Pictures Inc, and independent producer Richard Glasser have formed a production/distribution outfit called Libra Entertainment which has a first-look production deal with David Glasser's Cutting Edge Entertainment. Richard Glasser is also director of acquisitions at Cutting Edge.Libra will concentrate on projects with Canadian content that ...
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Anna Marsh joins StudioCanal as VP of international sales
StudioCanal has employed Anna Marsh as vice president of international sales in charge of English-speaking territories, Scandinavia and Latin America. Toronto will be her first outing with StudioCanal.Marsh, formerly of TF1 International, will be based in both Paris and London and report to StudioCanal international sales executive vice president Harold ...
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Memento adds sales on Goodbye Solo to Benelux, Switzerland
Memento Films International has generated strong buzz on Venice Horizons title Goodbye Solo with sales to Imagine in Benelux and Xenix in Switzerland. Following its premiere in Venice, the film is also being pursued with offers from France, Portugal, Greece and Italy among others.Ramin Bahrani's third feature will hit Toronto ...