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Depp, Winslet to narrate IMAX Deep Sea 3D
Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet will jointly narrate and DannyElfman will score the IMAX and Warner Bros. giant-screen documentary DeepSea 3D.Set for release in IMAX cinemas on Mar 3, 2006, the film marks the secondoriginal giant-screen documentary for Warner Bros following the successfulrelease of NASCAR 3D, whichgrossed nearly $23m worldwide ...
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China box office, production levels up in 2005
China's box office grew by 30% to $248m (RMB2bn) in 2005, according tofigures announced on Wednesday by the Film Bureau of the State Administrationof Radio, Film and Television (SARFT). The growth is lower thanlast year when box office receipts increased by 50% to $186m (RMB1.5bn). Localfilms accounted for 55% of ...
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Pride & Prejudice Leads London Critics nominations
The London Critics Circlehas announced nominees for its annual film awards, with Pride & Prejudice leading the way with eight nominations. The Constant Gardener was close behindwith seven nominations. UIP was the UK distributor with the most nominations at 20 ahead ofPathe's 14.The winners will beannounced on Feb 9 at ...
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Report confirms difficult times for Irish film industry
The Audiovisual Federation of Ireland's employer's lobbyIBEC has released its annual report for 2005, reviewing production andemployment statistics across the film and TV sectors in 2004 and givingestimates for 2005.Produced just as the new measures were being adopted in Britainthe foreword to the report by producer James Flynn of Octagon ...
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British Film Institute to refurbish its South Bank venue
The British Film Institute (bfi)announced on Tuesday that a significantly refurbished and improved venue on theSouth Bank will open in Autumn 2006, intime for the Times bfi50th London Film Festival.. Work starts at the beginning of January 2006 to revitalisethe existing National Film Theatre (NFT) building and to transform the ...
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Czech producers enter winter of content
There's acertain cockiness in the Czech film industry at the moment. Maybe it's theholiday spirit or the professional-strength optimism that is required in thebusiness - but Prague is definitely feeling its oats.Don't call it a comeback, insiders caution. The dip in foreign orders during 2004 was,local producers say, a coincidence ...
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Screendaily wishes you a Happy Holidays
We will be running a reduced service during the festive season until the New Year
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Angel-A
Dir/scr: Luc Besson. Fr. 2005. 90mins.Absent from behind the camera since his 1999 medievalepic, The Messenger: The Story of Joan ofArc, Luc Besson makes a modest directorialcomeback with Angel-A.The French film industry'sbest-kept secret of 2005, the offbeat romance was shot on the sly in Paris last summer(while media attention was ...
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A Belly Full (Le Conte Du Ventre Plein)
Dir: Melvin van Peebles. France. 2000. 102 mins.Prod co: Euripide Productions. Int'l Sales: Films Distribution (00 33 1 53 10 33 99). Exec prods: Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Frederic Sichler, Van Peebles. Prod: Jean-Pierre Saire. Scr: Van Peebles, based on his own novel. DoP: Philippe Pavans de Ceccaty. Prod des: ...
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The Promise (Mo Gik)
Dir/scr: Chen Kaige. China. 2005. 102 mins.Chen Kaige's first attemptat the Chinese adventure epic which has become a global box-office staple sinceAng Lee's CrouchingTiger, Hidden Dragon and Zhang Yimou's Hero and House Of FlyingDaggers is a commercial, entertaining addition to the genre.Already hyped as one of themost expensive films ever ...
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Kong, Narnia vie for international control
King Kong is in pole position heading into the holiday weekendas impressive weekday business boosted last weekend's mighty $82.8m globallaunch to $113.5m.Universal's three-hour epic has no major releases scheduled through UIP thisweekend, however the picture's strong word of mouth should ensure solid holdsand be enough to fend off the considerable ...
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Palm picks up Who Gets To Call It Art'
Palm Pictures haspicked up North American and Caribbean rights to Peter Rosen's Who Gets ToCall It Art' and plans an early 2006release through its fledgling Arthouse Films DVD label.Head of acquisitions and production David Koh negotiated the deal for Palm andArthouse Films with David G Lubell of Propp Lubell & ...
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Alliance Atlantis, New Line renew output deal
Alliance Atlantis' Motion PictureDistribution and New Line Cinema have agreed to renew their distributionagreement through Dec 31, 2008.The deal commenced in 1989 and covers all media in Canada.The parties did not disclose financial terms at time of going to press.
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Korea's MK Pictures signs second China deal
Korea's MK Pictures has signed a deal to provide China's largest internet protocol TV (IPTV) serviceprovider, Zhejiang Huaying Media, with video-on-demand and pay-per-view content.Under the terms of the deal,MK Pictures will act as the company's exclusive agent for Korean films and willstart providing content from its in-house library following censorship ...
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Asia Focus: China and the international market
Due to its location and perhaps also timing, the recent CineAsia conference in Beijing (Dec 13-15) turned out to be an opportune platform for the US studios to air some of their long-held opinions and grievances about the China film market. Likewise, China's major film organisations didn't hold back on ...
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Kong gets bigger Christmas stocking at North American box office
It was a closely fought battle but King Kong bested TheChronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe over theChristmas weekend to retain its North America crown.Despite new comedy openers headlining Jim Carrey, SteveMartin and Jennifer Aniston and the wide release of Sony's Memoirs Of AGeisha the fight ...
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Narnia claims international crown over holiday season
Buena Vista International (BVI) was celebrating two foldthis weekend as Santa brought a sleigh full of international number ones for TheChronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.Doubling its international territory count from 13 to 26 overthe Christmas weekend the family fantasy film brought a blow to King ...
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Greek Sirens attract more admissions than Kong
A stellar performance from local comedy Sirens in the Aegean has left Greece as the only European territory other than Italy in which King Kong failed to storm the box office.To the astonishment of many, the comedy managed 200,000 admissions in its second week, leaving King Kong a distant second ...
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Weinstein Co returns The Promise to producers
The WeinsteinCompany has returned distribution rights to Chen Kaige'sThe Promise (akaMaster Of The Crimson Armor) to thefilm's producers Moonstone Entertainment and China Film Group.TWC had boughtrights in North America, UK, Australia and South Africa to the film at Cannesthis year but those territories are now available again and Moonstone's Etchie ...
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Some Voices
Dir: Simon Cellan Jones . UK. 2000. 101 mins.Prod Co: Dragon Pictures. Int'l sales: FilmFour. Prod: Damian Jones, Graham Broadbent. Co-prod: Fiona Morham. Scr: Joe Penhall. DoP: David Odd. Prod des: Zoe Macleod. Ed: Elen Pierce Lewis. Mus: Adrian Johnston. Main cast: Daniel Craig, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, Julie Graham.A ...