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Local films boost Euro box office bumper year
Screen Daily's analysis of international box office results for the first half of 2001 reveals that all major European territories are enjoying an unexpectedly robust year so far. Even more encouraging is the revelation that, in almost all markets surveyed, it has been local films that have fuelled the upward ...
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Made
Dir: Jon Favreau. US.2001. 93 min.The same offbeatsensibility that informed Swingers, Miramax's 1996 hit, is also in evidence in Made, the new crime comedy directed, written, andstarring Jon Favreau - except that, unlike the former picture, which dealt withreal issues, the new one is a basically plotless, character-driven film.Reuniting for ...
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Scotia injunction request against Miramax rejected
A California State Court has rejected a request by German independent distributor Scotia Film for an injunction to stop the AFMA arbitration proceedings Miramax Films filed against Scotia in April. The ruling was made last Thursday.Scotia, run by Sam Waynberg, sued Miramax in June claiming that it breached its ...
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The Mummy Returns crosses $200m internationally
A day before its domestic gross passed $200m, Universal Pictures' The Mummy Returns sailed past $200m at the international box office bringing its worldwide total to a spectacular $400m.The film topped the $200m international mark on Friday, becoming the first of the year to do so. It has been on ...
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New Line launch Rush Hour 2 Hong Kong promotion
New Line Cinema has struck a promotional deal with United Airlines and the Hong Kong Tourism Board for its August 3 release Rush Hour 2.During July and August, travellers on domestic United Airlines flights will see an in-flight film focused on travel to Hong Kong, where much of Rush Hour ...
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Global box office to grow 36% over next decade
Research conducted by the Informa Media Group reveals that global box office revenues are expected to climb by 36% - or $6bn - between 2001 and 2010 to $24bn. Over the same period, the global screen count is predicted to remain virtually static - at 149,000, as several territories shed ...
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global box
Research conducted by the Informa Media Group reveals that global box office revenues are expected to climb by 36% - or $6bn - between 2001 and 2010 to $24bn. Over the same period, the global screen count is predicted to remain virtually static - at 149,000, as several territories shed ...
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Global box office to grow 36% over next decade
Research conducted by the Informa Media Group reveals that global box office revenues are expected to climb by 36% - or $6bn - between 2001 and 2010 to $24bn. Over the same period, the global screen count is predicted to remain virtually static - at 149,000, as several territories shed ...
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Warner grabs French comedy from Gaumont
Warner Bros' French division is to produce Ma Femme S'appelle Maurice, the next film by French comedy specialist Jean-Marie Poire (The Visitors). The $13m (Ffr100m) title, which is also to be backed by Germany's Babelsberg Studios, Canal Plus and French public broadcaster France Television, starts shooting on July 23 in ...
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Karlovy Vary fest fetes Amelie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie grabbed the $20,000 grand prize at the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which closed on Saturday 14 July. Jeunet's comedy about the adventures of a Parisian girl stood out from a slate of films dominated by darker themes this year, including drug addiction and Alzheimer's.Special jury ...
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AMC bids high for General Cinemas
US theatre circuit AMC has raised the stakes in the consolidation of North American exhibition, offering $62.5m for bankruptcy-bound rival General Cinemas. The offer surpasses by $20m the cash portion of the latest offer submitted by Onex Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management, the investment firms behind the $247m buyout offer ...
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Argentina lacks support for local films
Argentine newspaper La Nacion has highlighted the relative dearth of admissions for local films despite the increasing number of releases, international festival awards and a general upsurge in film production. According to the paper's analysis of the last six months, while there were 10 more releases in the first half ...
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Arista adds script workshop to Oscar Moore Prize
Arista, the training initiative of the EU's Media II programme has joined forces with The Oscar Moore Foundation, the charity launched and run by Screen International in memory of its former editor-in-chief, to add an exclusive seven-day story editor workshop to the annual scriptwriting prize of £10,000.The annual Oscar Moore ...
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Moviesystem gets Pathe, Besson library for VoD
Moviesystem, a new company which spans conventional video distribution and video-on-demand (VoD), has picked up VoD rights to Pathe and the Luc Besson-headed Europa Corp. The five year deals give Moviesystem worldwide rights to the 600-title back catalogue and the current output of Europa. A wholesaler which has developed a ...
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Q&A with Columbia Pictures' Barbara Robinson
Barbara Robinson, managing director of Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia says that a studio can act like a local player.How does Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia (CPFPA) operate'Our mandate is to acquire, develop and produce local-language films primarily for the Asian market but hopefully with potential to move beyond Asia ...
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Hi Tereska
Dir: Robert Glinski Poland 2001. 86mins.After making an impressive acting debut as a young criminal in the leading role of Robert Glinski's Hi, Teresa, 15-year- old Aleksandra Gieter had to return to the reform school that she had been plucked from to play the part. Ironically she escaped a ...
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Shaun Redick leaves WMA to join Kamins at ICM
Shaun Redick, formerly director of the independent film division at The William Morris Agency (WMA), aka WMA Independent, has joined LA talent agency International Creative Management (ICM) as an agent in its international division.Redick has been at WMA Independent for four years working with Cassian Elwes and Rena Ronson; among ...
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SHREK retakes top spot at UK box office
Despite five openers making an entry in the UK top 15 chart at the weekend the battle for the top position was between two holdovers. Last week's leader Lara Croft: Tomb Raider dropped off 41% from its opening weekend to take $3.2m (£2.3m) from 446 sites in its second. This ...
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Korea seeks to thwart Hollywood invasion
"Hollywood domination is dangerous for world cinema" declared leading Korean actor, Moon Seong-keun today as he led a call for the establishment of a new international organisation to protect cultural diversity and promote film from outside the Hollywood system. "We have yet to determine which is the best means to ...
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Chile warms to film censorship reversal
The Chilean government has voted almost unanimously to scrap film censorship in the country, with 125 votes in favour and eight abstentions. However, the senate has asked to delay the vote's implementation until the approval of a bill presented by the newly appointed members of the ratings/censorship board, the Consejo ...