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It's all gone UK, US for Pete Tong
Rapidly building areputation for its innovative approach to commercially-oriented low-budget filmmaking,the UK's Vertigo Films has secured suitably unusual UK and US distributiondeals for its Toronto title It's All Gone Pete Tong.Vertigo has partnered withdistributor Redbus in the UK for a hefty 300-screen release next April. The twocompanies will collaborate on ...
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US' Millennium strikes deal with producer Haft
Avi LernerC;s MillenniumFilms has signed a five-picture production deal with veteran producer StevenHaft, whose credits include Dead PoetsC; Society, Tigerland and Emma.The non-exclusive agreementprovides his Haft Entertainment with funds to attach talent and producepictures with foreign distribution through MillenniumC;s Nu Image. Titles areexpected to be in the $15m-$45m range."We are ...
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US' Millennium strikes deal with producer Haft
Avi Lerner's MillenniumFilms has signed a five-picture production deal with veteran producer StevenHaft, whose credits include Dead Poets' Society, Tigerland and Emma.The non-exclusive agreementprovides his Haft Entertainment with funds to attach talent and producepictures with foreign distribution through Millennium's Nu Image. Titles areexpected to be in the $15m-$45m range."We are ...
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2046 leads Golden Horse nominations
Wong Kar-wai's 2046 came outas the favourite after nominations yesterday for Taiwan's 41stGolden Horse film awards.The romantic fantasy was nominated in eightcategories including best film, best actor (Tony Leung Kar-fai), best actress (ZhangZiyi), best cinematography, best art direction, best costume, bestmusicand best sound.But surprisingly,there was no nomination for Wong himself.Three ...
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Moonstone wraps Chen Kaige's Promise
EtchieStroh's Moonstone Entertainment has completed principal photography on ThePromise (Wu-Ji), a top-levelpan-Asian production in the hands of legendary Chinese director Chen Kaige.Filmingof the epic fantasy romance took six months on location in Beijing, InnerMongolia, Yunnan, Hengdian and Shangri-La with a glittering technical crew andan impressive cast.Inaddition to Farewell My Concubinedirector ...
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Sogepaq sells on de la Iglesia's Crime
Spain's Sogepaq hasannounced the first sales on cult director Alex de la Iglesia's new blackcomedy Ferpect Crime.The film, which willscreen twice for buyers at this weekC;s American Film Market, has sold broadlyin Europe and Latin America.Distributors in Europeinclude La Fabrique de Films in France, Eco Filmes in Portugal, Audiovisual inGreece, ...
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Darwin evolving at Icon
Icon EntertainmentInternational is understood to be taking sales duties on The Darwin Awards, a romantic comedy starring Winona Ryder and JosephFiennes.Written and to bedirected by Finn Taylor, the film tells the story of a detective (Fiennes) andan insurance claims investigator (Ryder) looking into a potential winner of theDarwin Award, an ...
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Fortissimo strikes first major sale on Seven Swords
Fortissimo Film Salesclocked up its first sale on new Tsui Hark film Seven Swords that it picked up on the eve of the American FilmMarket.Although many Italiancompanies are boycotting this autumn's AFM, whose move did so much to dent lastmonth's Mifed, Italian buyer Medusa was first to step up for ...
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IFTA chief optimistic over US tax break
The US tax break just signedinto law by returning President George W Bush could prove to be a windfall forindependent producers worth up to 16% of their movie budgets, claim the organisersof the American Film Market.The production incentive,which was written into the Jumpstart Our Business Strength Act(JOBS), allows films of ...
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Leon named consumer marketing czar for Columbia
George Leon has been promoted to executive vice presidentof worldwide consumer marketing for Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group in amove that consolidates theatrical licensing, merchandising, product placement,consumer products and worldwide promotions under one division.In his new capacity Leon will take on the additionalresponsibility of supervising licensing, merchandising, and consumer products,a ...
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Cuaron returns to Mexico with Good Machine
Good Machine International (GMI) has acquired international sales rights outside North America, Spain and Latin America to Alfonso Cuaron's latest film Y Tu Mama Tambien which is currently shooting in Mexico.The film marks Cuaron's return to Spanish-language films in Mexico after two Hollywood films - Great Expectations (1998) for 20th ...
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Plague to start with Barker, Armada
CliveBarker's Midnight Picture Show label (MPS) and Armada Pictures are teaming upto produce the horror picture Plague, which is set to begin shooting inFebruary 2005.Barker,Jorge Saralegui and Tim O'Hair will produce and Armada's Chris Sievernich andMatt Milich will serve as executive producers with MPS's Joe Daley and AnthonyDiblasi and D ...
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As It Is In Heaven (Sa Som I Himmelen)
Dir/scr: Kay Pollak.Sweden-Denmark. 2004. 130minsSweden's entry in theforthcoming Academy Awards, As It Is In Heaven is an accomplishedcrowd-pleaser, and surely a front runner for this year's Film Most Likely To BeRemade By Hollywood.A tragi-comic musical romancethat shamelessly but efficiently tugs the heartstrings, the determinedlymiddle-brow offering represents a comeback for veteran ...
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Frozen
Dir: Juliet McKoen.UK-Den. 2004. 90minsWintry and melancholic, writer-director Juliet McKoen'sdebut feature is a mood piece, exploring loss and obsession. Despite somestarkly beautiful imagery, it's a strangely cumbersome affair which soon beginsto sink under the weight of its own symbolism.McKoen has an eye for apoetic shot but is dragged down by ...
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Oscar Moore winner teams with Secretary director
Oscar Moore prize winnerLindsay Shapero is adapting Tibor Fischer's award-winning novel Under TheFrog for American director/producer Steve Shainberg (Secretary).The film, which is currentlyin development, will be produced by Shainberg and directed by US-basedHungarian director Dezso Magyar.Under the Frog is a black comedy set against the backdrop of theHungarian uprising of ...
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German exhibitors angered by window wavering
The German exhibitors association HDF has calledon distributors to honour the six-month window for theatrical releases afterseveral cases of films appearing on DVD/video before six months had elapsed.HDF managing director Andreas Kramer said that'the six month exploitation window for feature films must remain a basicconstant factor. A general reduction will ...
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London Film Festival wraps on a high
Asthe London Film Festival closed last night with a screening of David O.Russell's I Heart Huckabees, the festival organisers were claiming thatthis has been the best attended LFF yet.There were around 150 sell-outs and ticket sales, at over 102,000, were up 3% on last year's figures. LFF artistic director Sandra ...
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Lightning strikes on documentary hit
Los Angeles-based sales and distribution house LightningEntertainment has acquired international rights to What The Bleep Do WeKnow'Bleep centres on a woman's Alice in Wonderland-like journeythrough the molecular portals of life and is a Captured Light presentation of aLord of the Winds Films Production.Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman and Robert ...
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Zinc, GRB expand alliance
Zinc Entertainment, adivision of Silver Pictures, and GRB Entertainment have expanded their existingalliance by agreeing to co-produce and distribute five television movies overthe next two years.The first two projects, TheForerunner and Body Armor, will be available this year's AFM, where GRB istaking a suite for the first time.All TV movies ...
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Echo Bridge enters US distribution
Los Angeles-based independent Echo Bridge Entertainment isentering the domestic distribution market with two titles, the family drama WhenZachary Beaver Came To Town and the Tobe Hooper horror feature Mortuary.Echo Bridge plans to release four to six wide andspeciality titles a year, with managing partners Michael Alexander, DougHamilton, Michael Rosenblatt and ...