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Revolver runs with Saint Ralph in UK
Revolver Entertainment has picked up the UK and Eire rightsto Toronto festival hit Saint Ralph.Directed by Michael McGowan, the film is abittersweet comedy about a Catholic schoolboy who attempts to save his mother'slife with a miracle by winning the Boston marathon. It was billed as 'theCanadian Billy Elliot' by Screen ...
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36 Quai Des Orfevres
Dir: Olivier Marchal.France. 2004. 110mins.A muscular police actionthriller, 36 Quai Des Orfevres is a welcome throwback to the stylish1980s French cops and robbers pictures of Blier, Corneau and Beineix. That itis by relative newcomer director (and former cop) Olivier Marchal (who directed2002's Gangsters) and the recently somnolent Gaumont are also ...
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Beautiful City triumphs at India Film Festival
Iranian film-maker Asghar Farhadi's The Beautiful Citywalked away with the top prize, the Golden Peacock, in the Asian competitivesection of International Film Festival of India which concluded in Goa onDecember 9.The film is the story of a sixteen year old murderer who hasreceivedthe death penalty but is being held in ...
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Alexander doesn't fit Hollywood formula, says Stone
Despite Alexander's failure to conquer the US,writer-director Oliver Stone was in bullish mood at the Marrakech Festival,where his three hour sword and sandal epic was presented earlier this week.Stone told the press that the film would nothave been possible to finance or shoot in the US. 'The script was just ...
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UK piracy market worth £1bn within three years
The value of the blackmarket in pirate DVDs in the UK is expected to be worth more than £1 billionwithin three years, according to a new report on film piracy launched today.
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TLA promotes Borock to director of legal and business affairs
Jacqueline Borock has been promoted to director of legal and businessaffairs at Philadelphia-based US distributor TLA Releasing.Borock has worked with the division since its inception in 2001and in her new role will handle all contracts for film, television and videoacquisitions, intellectual property matters pertaining to film distribution,and other legal matters ...
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Salles to receive International Filmmaking Award at Palm Springs
Walter Salles will receive the International Filmmaker Award atthe 16th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) in honour of TheMotorcycle Diaries andhis contributions to Latin American filmmaking in the fields of directing,producing and mentoring.Salles will collect theaward under the auspices of the festival's Cine Latino showcase and gala. ThePSIFF ...
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Harold Lloyd comedy to get Sony update by Gordon & Dana
Producer Mark Gordon is teaming up with Columbia Pictures on SafetyLast, a contemporaryromance loosely based on Harold Lloyd's 1923 silent classic.Keith Bunin wrote the screenplay and the picture is being producedby Gordon and Jennifer P Dana. Lloyd's granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd will serveas executive producer.Lawrence Inglee will oversee the project for ...
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Incredibles set to soar for BVI in Germany
Pixar's The Incredibles should still be the one to beat this weekend as Buena VistaInternational (BVI) releases the animated hit in Germany on Dec 9 and SouthAfrica a day later.The picture has already amassed $110m from its short run and isexpected to prosper in both markets and a host of ...
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Magnolia Pictures acquires rights to The Pusher Trilogy
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North Americanrights to Nicolas Winding Refn's Danish underworld The Pusher Trilogy.The trio comprises Pusher, With Blood On My Hands, and The Angel Of Death. The first filmwrapped in 1999 and the trilogy first played together as a complete work at Toronto lastyear.The story interweaves gangster tales ...
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Suitors circle filmgroup following cancelled IPO
Filmgroup, the parent of UK theatrical distributor Redbus Film Distribution, is expected to spark interest from several companies in the cable and telecommunications sector following the cancellation of the video-on-demand company's flotation this week.Acquisitive UK cable company NTL is seen as a potential suitor for filmgroup but other companies may ...
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Linda Abrams promoted at Warner Bros Domestic Cable Distribution
Linda Abrams has been promoted to senior vicepresident of Marketing and Maury Leitner to vicepresident of marketing at Warner Bros Domestic Cable Distribution (WBDCD).Abrams will continue to report directly to divisionpresident Eric Frankel and work closely with Warner Bros Television Group'sexecutive vice president of worldwide marketing Lisa Gregorian. Leitner will ...
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Production started on Kamala Films' debut feature Anamorph
Production has begun on new York-based KamalaFilms' debut feature and psychological thriller Anamorph, starring Willem Dafoe and Scott Speedman and directed byH S Miller.Anamorph,which takes its name from a Renaissance painting trick involving perspective,centres on a damaged detective who investigates a series of killings that maybe the work of an ...
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Dark Lot Entertainment starts work on new horror feature
Stephen Susco, who adapted the English languagescreenplay of J-horror hit The Grudge,is getting into business with Odd Lot Entertainment's fledgling genre bannerDark Lot Entertainment.Odd Lot is producing Zero Dark Thirty, Susco's tale of a returning war veteran whosetranquil hometown is transformed by a series of bizarre events.Media 8 will commence ...
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Bronzes takes gold at French box-office
France has seen its all-time openingadmissions record fall to comedy Les Bronzes 3: AmisPour La Vie. The filmbecame the first title ever to take more than 3 million admissions in its firstweekend. The record was secured with 3,234,559 million tickets sold in itsfirst five days after releasing last Wednesday (February ...
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Glastonbury
Dir. Julien Temple. UK. 2005. 135 min.A tribute to the legendary UK pop musicfestival, Glastonbury achieves a state ofgrace rare in performance documentaries; you begin to feel you're in attendanceat this three-day marathon of music, mood-altering substances and mayhem. At135 minutes, it's a concert film that will test the endurance ...
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Thai production companies leave FNFAT to support Bangkok Film Festival
Threeleading Thai production companies, GMM Tai Hub, Five Star and RS Film, lastFriday quit the Federation of the National Film Association of Thailand (FNFAT)in support of the upcoming Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) whichstarts on 17 February.RightBeyond has also submitted its resignation on Monday while CM Film is understoodto be ...
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Lexington launches fund to develop UK projects
Lexington Film Management, a newcompany set up by the founders of London-based production company Golconda Films, is launching a UK film fund,The Lexington Film Fund LLP, to invest in development of British qualifyingfeature films. The fund seeks to raise $1.75m-$ 5.24m (£1m-£3m).Organizers said the fund will"target latter stage development projects," ...
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TF1 International heads for EFM at Berlin
TF1International is heading into the Berlin market with a slate of new films thatincludes the latest from Ma Vie En Rose director Alain Berliner, GoneFor A Dance and Philippe Calderon's wildlifeaction work The Besieged Fortress.In Dance,Vincent Elbaz stars as a family man who, unbeknownstto him, follows in his father and ...
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Muerer, Grosch to keynote European Film Finance Summit
Jens Meurer, partner in Germany's Egoli Tossell Film, and Andy Grosch, CEO ofFilm &Entertainment VIP Medienfonds Geschaftsfuhrun willkeynote Screen International's annual European Film Finance Summit, to be heldWednesday (February 8) at the Ritz Carlton in Berlin.Jonathan Olsberg of Olsberg SPI will chairthe event. Other speakersinclude Wild Bunch CEO Vincent Grimond, ...