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UK production spend hits record level
Film production spend hit record levels in the UK last year, rising 113% on 2002 totals, according to new figures published by the UK Film Council.Production spend on films starting principal photography during 2003 stood at £1.17bn by year end - more than double the £550.45m spent in 2002.The Film ...
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UGC offloads main Belfast multiplex
UGC Cinemas UK has sold its ten-screen Belfast site for a reported £5.5m to Michael McAdam's Movie House Cinemas. Movie House already operate three sites in Northern Ireland - in Belfast (Yorkgate), Glengormley and Maghera.The cinema will be rebranded Movie House, Dublin Road and an improvement scheme is being implemented. ...
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Brownlow to receive special honour from ASC
Film historian and conservationist Kevin Brownlow will receive aspecial award in honour of his work at the 18th Annual American Society ofCinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards on Feb 8 in Los Angeles.Brownlow is being honoured in recognition of his "unique andsuccessful efforts to preserve irreplaceable silent movies and document thehistory ...
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Nichols & Brokaw win Visionary Award from PGA for Angels
Mike Nichols and Cary Brokaw will receive the 2004 Visionary Awardfor the acclaimed HBO mini-series Angels In America at the 15th annual Producers Guild OfAmerica (PGA) Awards on Jan 17 in Los Angeles.The Visionary Award honors producers of either television or filmwhose work demonstrates a "unique or uplifting quality". Last ...
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World premiere of If Only to open Sarasota Film Festival
Nine world premieres and eight US premieres are among a line-up of80 films at the sixth annual Sarasota Film Festival, which runs in Florida fromJan 23-Feb 1 and opens with the world premiere of Gil Junger's romantic comedy IfOnly, starring JenniferLove Hewitt and Paul Nicholls.Programmes include IndependentSpirit, Industry Spotlight, Women's ...
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Big Fish snatches disputed top spot from Return Of The King
Columbia's Big Fishclaimed top spot on an estimated $14.5m following wide expansion at theweekend, although the amount raised eyebrows among executives at rival studioswho have disputed the gross.Final figures will berevealed on Monday (12) and it remains to be seen whether New Line's ReturnOf The King was indeed shunted into ...
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Strong Euro launch brings Samurai close to $100m
The Last Samurai is expected to pass $100m at the international boxoffice on Monday (12) after an estimated $30.6m weekend haul raised the AmericaCivil War era drama's running total to $98.6m.In its sixth weekend inJapan the film continued its exceptional run, adding $4.9m (Yen 529.9) for a$73.4m (Yen 8bn) running ...
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Finding Nemo closes in on $500m international
Finding Nemo is approaching $500m following a $16m-plus weekendhaul that raised its international running total to $480m, according toestimates from Buena Vista International (BVI).The animated hit is now theninth biggest worldwide grossing film of all time on $820m and may well reachthe number eight spot when figures are confirmed this ...
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Gothika opens strongly in France
The psychological thriller Gothikabegan its international run in France at the weekend, where it opened on astrong $2.5m and was a close contender for top spot against Return Of The King.Executive at ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) said the film scored roughlythe same as Panic Room and I Know What ...
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Tsutaya changes meaning of video on demand
Japan's Culture Convenience Club, which operates the Tsutaya video rental chain, has launched a service that allows customers to order videos and other software in advance, using mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo's i-mode Internet access technology. The service enables customers to order videos from Tsutaya's web-site through i-mode mobile phones ...
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Lane, Theron to receive special awards at Santa Barbara
Golden Globe nominees DianeLane and Charlize Theron will collect special honours at the 19thSanta Barbara International Film Festival, which runs from Jan 30-Feb 8.Lane will be in town for thecareer tribute Salute to Dane Lane and is nominated for a lead actress in amusical or comedy Golden Globe for Under ...
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Femme named as Warner's second French feature
2003 Productions has announced its second project, the upcoming L'Ex Femme De Ma Vie, to be directed by Josiane Balasko.2003, founded by Warner Bros. France president Francis Boespflug will co-produce the Euros 8.2m film with Ice3 - the production venture jointly run by Louis Becker and actor Thierry Lhermitte - ...
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ITALY Production Listings - January 12 2004
Italy - January 12 2004PRE-PRODUCTIONADIUS, LA FESTA E' FINITA(Verdecchi Film) Backing: Fondo di Garanzia) Word gets out in high-flying Roman society that a well-known Italian singer-songwriter is to make his comeback - despite the fact that his death was officially announced in 1980. Prod: Alessandro Verdecchi. Dir: Ezio Alovisi. Scr: ...
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New films from high-profile Italian directors
For full Italian production listings click HEREMarking the first concrete steps in Vittorio Cecchi Gori's long-awaited comeback, the troubled film mogul currently has two films lined up for 2004.Currently in post-production is a new project by popular Roman actor-director Carlo Verdone entitled Love Is Eternal - For As Long ...
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HONG KONG
Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King continued its domination of the Hong Kong box office in its third week, grossing $734,789 from 47 screens for a cumulative total of $4.06m. Distributed by Deltamac, the film has overtaken local blockbuster Infernal Affairs III, now in its fourth week, as ...
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NEW ZEALAND
It was a steady January holiday weekend, with total box office takings up 17%. Still number one, The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King pressed on towards the NZ$9m mark, though its NZ$7,007 screen average (from 113 screens) was beaten for the first time by teen ...
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ITALY
Leonardo Pieraccioni's Italian comedy, Il Paradiso All'Improvviso confirmed its position as the festive season's top blockbuster last weekend, as it grossed a further $2,578,778 bringing its total earnings to a massive $28,934,933.The Medusa comedy, about a bachelor searching for his soul-mate, recorded an impressive screen average of $6,399 on its ...
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My Architect
Dir: Nathaniel Kahn. US. 2003. 116mins.One of the 12 films shortlisted for the best documentary feature Academy Award and a healthy box office performer to the tune of $0.4m in its first two months of domestic release through New Yorker Films, My Architect is yet another theatrically marketable documentary to ...
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Multiplex building continues apace across Europe
More than 1,000 multiplex screens a year are still being added to the European total, according to a report by industry analysts Screen Digest.25,306 multiplex screens were in operation across the EU in 2002 - up 4.6% year on year.The report predicts that within two to three years half of ...
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Loews, Israeli Theatres expand into Poland
Poland has become the latest hot spot for multiplex development with two international cinema chains - the US' Loews Cineplex International and Israel's IT International Theatres - unveiling plans to expand into the territory.IT, known in its home territory as Israeli Theatres, is using the proceeds from its recent IPO ...