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Eight documentaries so far make Oscar shortlist
At least eight film-makers were notified yesterday that theirdocumentary features had been shortlisted for the 2004 Best Documentary FeatureOscar. Although there is no fixed number of films which make the semi-finalshortlist, last year's tally of 12 is thought to be standard.ScreenDaily.com established the identity of eight films which have been ...
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Kinky Boot Factory kicks off in Northampton
Harbour Pictures/BVIproduction The Kinky Boot Factory is to start shooting at the end ofNovember with Joel Edgerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor to star as the two male leads,Charlie Price and Lola.Julian Jarrold (Cracker;Crime & Punishment; White Teeth) is directing, with producers NickBarton and Suzanne Mackie working again with the production arm ...
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Bridget Jones catapults to top of international box office
Havingalready enjoyed a week on the chart through previews alone Bridget Jonessequel The Edge Of Reason topped the international chart in its officialopening week with ease.Arecord opening for the UK's Working Title in its home territory ($13.2m excludingpreviews) was complimented by number one launches in all of the romanticcomedy's other ...
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INTERNATIONAL 17 November
Having already enjoyed a week on the chart through previewsalone Bridget Jones sequel The Edge OfReason topped the international chart in its official opening week withease. A record opening for the UK's Working Title in its home territory ($13.2mexcluding previews) was complimented by number one launches in all of theromantic ...
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DV8 gets ten-picture slate backing
Ster Kinekor, the SouthAfrican distribution and exhibition conglomerate, is to expand its commitmentto the DV8 digital film-making combine headed by Jeremy Nathan and Joel Phirie.Ster-Kinekor, which hadpreviously made distribution commitments to DV8 on a picture-by-picture basis,has now committed to bankroll the operation's next ten features and to bebecome an equity ...
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Academy names 12 documentaries on Oscar shortlist
The Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences has formally unveiled its 12-strong documentary shortlist for next year's Oscars.The titles are: Born IntoBrothels, Home Of The Brave, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral On A MovingTrain, In The Realms Of The Unreal, Riding Giants, The Ritchie Boys, The StoryOf The Weeping ...
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Participant to produce global Sesame Street doc
Former eBay president JeffSkoll's Participant Productions is producing documentary The World AccordingTo Sesame Street in association withInternational Street Productions.The picture will chart thehistory of the children's programme and explore its cultural, political andsocial impact around the globe, and will be directed and produced by LindaGoldstein Knowlton and Linda Hawkins.In particular ...
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France's Laroque has US ambitions with three English-language titles
French actress Michele Laroque's production company OrianeProductions has optioned two books to be adapted as English-language featuresstarring Laroque - Don't You Want Me by India Knight and Caroline Bongrand's French bestseller Pitch.Oriane Productions has also acquired English-language remakerights to The Upstairs Neighbour, based on the hit TF1 French TV film ...
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Goodbye Casanova opens LA Italian Film Awards Week
The second annual Los Angeles Italian Film Awards Week will open on April 25 with the world premiere of Mauro Borrelli's Italian/American comedy Goodbye Casanova starring Giancarlo Scandiuzzi, Yasmine Bleeth and Flea, the lead bassist from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.The event which runs April 25-29 is designed to introduce ...
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ITALY 18 November
Eagle Pictures' Exorcist:The Beginning opened at the top of the Italian box office lastweekend, grossing $3,632,361. Thehorror flick, which was entirely filmed at Rome's Cinecitta Studios, wasreleased on 402 screens and registered a massive $9,035 per screen.01 Distribution's ShallWe Dance' slipped into second place, although the Jennifer Lopez picturehas already ...
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The Hidden Blade
Dir/Scr Yoji Yamada.Jap. 2004. 131 mins. Best known in Japan for his 48 Tora-san films about a wandering peddler who is forever falling inlove, Yamada has scripted or directed several other successful series for theShochiku studio -- and single-handedly saved it from the financial brink. Two years ago Yamada released ...
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SPAIN Production Listings - November 18
SPANISHLISTINGSPREPRODUCTIONAlatriste(Telecinco,Origen) The tales of a 17th century adventurer and his sidekick. Budget: $22m.Dir/scr: Agustin Diaz Yanes, based on the novel by Arturo Perez Reverte.Shooting from March. Spanish.Contact: Telecinco (34) 91 396 6902Algo Habran Hecho(Ibarretxe & Co, Dale Candela [Arg], OM Films [Fr]) Based on the true storyof a nun who ...
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Real-life stories all the rage in Spain
While Hollywood has foundinspiration in recent years culling its own archives for remake possibilities,Spanish cinema has been doing another kind of navel-gazing: bringing real-lifestories to the silver screen. There are currently a slew of reality-based filmsin the works in Spain and all the major production houses have at least onesuch ...
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FINLAND 18 November
Like thepopular preview screenings of TheIncredibles indicated on the chart last week, the Finns were ready towelcome the superfamily to the top of the box-office, where it grossed a strongEuro 216,922 over the weekend.It had aEuro 3,740 screen average from its 58 prints, and did not leave much room forthe ...
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Murder casts cloud over Shouf Shouf sequel
Dutch producer/director Albert terHeerdt says he is 'seriously considering' postponing making the sequel to hishit multicultural comedy Shouf ShoufHabibi! following the murder of director Theo van Gogh earlier this month.Shouf Shouf, about a Moroccan family who struggle to settle in theconcrete sprawl of urban Holland, wasselected for the Panorama section ...
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Buyers snap up Element X's Moguls
UK sales companyElement X has unveiled a string of sales concluded at this month's AFM.Michael Traeger'sThe Moguls sold to Universal for the UK and Australia, Nordisk forScandinavia, Lumiere/EBA Films for Brazil, New Films for Eastern Europe andCathay for Singapore.The film starsJeff Bridges and is about the citizens of a small ...
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Blow for Berlinale as title sponsor pulls out
The Berlin-based station has been a main sponsor for the last seven years and shared the official partner status in 2004 with L’Oreal and Volkswagen, who have retained their deals.According to German press reports, SAT.1indicated that the decision to step down as a sponsor was prompted by a desire to ...
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Williams named DeMille winner at next year's Globes
Robin Williams will receivedthe Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 2005 Cecil B DeMille Award for his"outstanding contribution to the entertainment field" at the 62nd GoldenGlobes in Los Angeles on Jan 16.Williams has won five GoldenGlobes - including three as best actor for Good Will Hunting, The FisherKing and Mrs Doubtfire - ...
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Bridget, Bad Santa, Polar kick off Christmas season
UIP executivesare enjoying a purple patch at the international box office and will look toUniversal's Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason to continue its dominance when it opensin Spain and Sweden on Nov 19.A strongperformance is on the cards given that Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason was the number ...
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Harvey Entertainment completes acquisition of PM
The Harvey Entertainment Group has completed its acquisition of George Shamieh's PM Entertainment Group following the securing of a $25m, five year revolving credit facility from Chase Manhattan Bank.$15m of the funds have already been committed, enabling Harvey to complete the acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of PM, ...