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UK film magazine moves into TV documentaries
EMPIRE - the UK's biggest film magazine - and independentproduction company Monkey have been commissioned by Five to co-produce adocumentary on Steven Spielberg, to coincide with the 3rd September release of The Terminal.The hour-long programme features a rare, in-depth interviewwith Spielberg at his Amblin studio, highlighted with clips from his ...
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Celebrated cinematographer joins Verhoeven's Book
Celebrated cinematographer Theo van de Sande has been set asdirector of photography on the forthcoming BlackBook, the new period drama by Dutch master Paul Verhoeven.Van de Sande is a Dutch national who has worked extensivelyon both sides of the Atlantic. His Hollywood credits include Wayne's World, Blade, Big Daddy and ...
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Danish veteran returns to Judge
Danish film veteranGert Fredholm, who returned to feature filmmaking after a 20 year hiatus with One Hand Clapping in 2001, is to shoothis new film Dommeren (literally TheJudge).Like Fredholm'scomeback movie it is written and produced by Mikael Olsen and will star PeterGantzler and Jens Okking. It follows a dynamic and ...
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Japanese studio, broadcaster team for film acquisition
In the first deal of its kind in Japan, Fuji TelevisionNetwork and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ) are joining forces toacquire Japanese rights for Kung FuHustle, the latest action comedy by Hong Kong actor-director Stephen Chow.The partners will buy theatrical, broadcast and home entertainment rights tothe film - the first-ever ...
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Pony Canyon takes rights to Spanish Sea
Japan's Pony Canyon has picked up rights to AlejandroAmenabar's much-anticipated The Othersfollow-up, The Sea Within (Mar Adentro).Starring Javier Bardem in the true story-based tale of aparalyzed man who fought for decades for the right to die, The Sea Within (formerly OutTo Sea) competes at next week's Venice Film Festival.Venice is ...
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Film Consortium leads backers on Manchevski's Dust
Macedonian director Milcho Manchevski goes back behind the camera today, finally going into production in New York on Dust, his long-cherished "epic western" which was originally set up in 1995 as a co-production between Robert Redford's South Fork Pictures and Miramax Films.The movie is now being backed by a host ...
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THINKFilm draws new equity investment
Toronto-basedreleasing company THINKFilm has attracted new equity investment from twoCanadian investment firms, Covington Capital Corporation and Dynamic VentureOpportunities Fund.This is thefirst new infusion of equity capital in the privately-held company since RobertLantos of Serendipity Point Films joined as a partner and chairman in January2003.In a statement,THINKFilm president and chief executive ...
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Philadelphia Film Society sets festival dates
ThePhiladelphia Film Society has set the 14th Philadelphia Film Festival (PFF) for April 7-20 and the 11th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian FilmFestival (PIGLFF) for Jul 7-18 2005.The2004 Philadelphia Film Festival featured 295 screenings of 133 features and 114short films from 43 countries. Mary-Louise Parker received the ArtisticAchievement Award and ...
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HatcH festival to launch with Dahl's The Great Raid
Theinaugural HatcH Audiovisual Arts Festival in Bozeman, Montana, will featureadvance previews of John Dahl's The Great Raid and RickSchroder's directorial debut Black Cloud when it runs from Sept9-12.Miramaxis scheduled to release The Great Raid, a second world war POW drama starringBenjamin Bratt and James Franco, on Dec 2. Black Cloud ...
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New York Film Critics Circle sets awards date
TheNew York Films Critics Circle (NYFCC), which celebrates its 70th anniversarythis year, will unveil its winners on Dec 13 at the Muse Hotel in New York. Theawards dinner takes place on Jan 9.'Thoughit has not been an especially good year for film so far - with someobvious exceptions like Eternal ...
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Spider-Man 2 passes $360m for CTFDI
Spider-Man 2 passed $360m at the international box officefollowing a $5.8m weekend haul on 3,620 screens through Columbia TriStar FilmDistributors International (CTFDI).The action sequel has openedtop in all its 69 markets to date and has amassed a $361.7m internationalrunning total.Elsewhere the live actioncomic book adaptation Hellboy added$2.8m on 1,061 for ...
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Garfield, I, Robot do the business for Fox Int'l
Fox International'slive action comedy Garfieldcontinued to perform well at the box office at the weekend, adding $10.7m on3,151 screens for a $49.7m international running total.Key drivers were a$2.5mnumber three debut in Germany on 604 screens, a strong $622,000 first placeopening in Austria on 75, and a $186,000 table-topping launch in ...
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King Arthur is top international weekend release
King Arthurwas the number oneinternational picture at the weekend, grossing $12.6m through Buena VistaInternational (BVI) to raise its cumulative total to $92.4m.Thehighlight was a first place $3.7m debut in Germany on 752 screens.Elsewhere BVI's MNight Shyamalan mystery The Village added $11.7m for an early $14.4minternational running total, driven by number ...
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Catwoman raises int'l total to $15.5m for Warner Bros
Catwoman grossed an estimated $3.6m on more than2,300 screens at the weekend, raising the international cumulative total forWarner Bros to $15.5m.Key markets wereGermany, where the picture opened on $1.1m including previews on 510 prints,and Holland, where it opened third on $249,700 on 50.Harry PotterAnd The Prisoner of Azkaban added $3m ...
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Inside I'm Dancing
DirDamien O'Donnell. Ireland-UK. 2004.104minsThebrief, liberating alliance between two disabled men is the basis ofheart-warming drama in Inside I'm Dancing. Cynics might argue thatdisability is a convenient short cut to emotional engagement and awardsattention but Damien O'Donnell's third feature largely skirts easysentimentality to create a film that could melt the hardest ...
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Full Toronto line-up 2004
Features are marked with an (F) after the film title.GALA PRESENTATIONSWorld PremiereARSÈNE LUPIN (F)Jean-Paul Salome, France / United Kingdom / Spain / Italy, 2004World PremiereBEING JULIA (F)István Szabo, Canada / United Kingdom / Hungary, 2004World PremiereBEYOND THE SEA (F)Kevin Spacey, United Kingdom / Germany, 2004North American PremiereCLEAN (F)Olivier Assayas, France ...
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Toronto announces complete line-up
Films from KevinSpacey, Mike Barker, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Jean Paul Salome and CarloMazzacurati will make their world premiere at the 29th TorontoInternational Film Festival. TIFF took the wraps off its complete line-up at apublic press conference today. Of the 253 feature-length films announced, 100are world premieres, 26 are international premieres and ...
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San Sebastian unveils 2nd Latin Horizons competition
New films from talents across Latin America will beshowcased in the San Sebastian International Film Festival's (Sept 17-25)second annual Latin Horizons competition.The section carries a jury-awarded prize worth Euros 18,000.Films entirely or partially produced in Latin America, directed by filmmakersof Latin origin or inspired by Latin culture are eligible. The ...
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Euro DocuZone to go live in November
The dream of a pan-European distribution network fordocumentary films is set to become a reality this November as the NetherlandsFilm Fund DocuZone initiative expands to cover two hundred cinemas in nineEuropean countries.Backed by the European Union's Media Plus programme, localfunders and private partnerships, the European Docuzone (EDZ) will use thelatest ...
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Malaysian exhibitor launches digital cinemas
Malaysia's Golden ScreenCinemas (GSC) is launching the territory's first digital cinemas in conjunctionwith the release of Visits: Hungry GhostAnthology, the country's first local Chinese ghost feature in which GSC isa co-investor.GSC, a distributor and thelargest exhibitor in Malaysia, has installed two RM200,000 high-end LCD/DLPprojectors, one in GSC Mid Valley in ...