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Alliance Atlantis CFO steps down
W. Judson Martin, the long-serving CFO of Alliance AtlantisCommunications, will be leaving the company for health reasons. He has agreed to stay onboard until a successor is in place,an appointment that is expected to take place in September. "Jud is a valued friend as well as a colleague and hewill ...
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Kingdom Of Heaven embarks upon global crusade
The Kingdom Of Heaven global crusade begins this weekend as FoxInternational rolls out the historical epic on more than 7,000 prints in 97territories.Ridley Scott's picture opens in South Korea on May 4 on 289 prints, followed byGermany, Mexico and Australia on May 5 on 851, 540 and 365 respectively.Kingdom Of ...
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Losique ups ante with NFB sponsorship
The Montreal World Film Festivalhas upped the ante in the local festival wars by adding another noted filmprofessional to its jury and seemingly securing the continued support of the NationalFilm Board of Canada.Cinematographer Jorgen Persson,who has shot films for Ingmar Bergman, Bo Widerberg and Bille August, will join2005 jury president ...
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Warner Bros deepens its Italian connection
Marking the studio's first collaboration with one ofItaly's top producers, Warner Bros Pictures Italy has teamed up with MaurizioTotti's 20-year-old Colorado Film on a local language black comedy that startsshooting in Milan next week.The Bodyguard's Cure (La Cura Del Gorilla) stars Italian comedian Claudio Bisio and Stefania Rocca in astory ...
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Walden lights up with The Dark Is Rising
For years Susan Cooper'sfantasy series The Dark Is Rising Sequencehas held young readers in its thrall, and now the property is bound for the bigfollowing an announcement by Walden Media that it has bought the rights.Marc Platt, whose credits include Legally Blonde and the Broadway musical Wicked, will produce the ...
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Lindsay to spearhead Kimmel International
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment(SKE) is launching its international sales house Kimmel International withformer Miramax executive Mark Lindsay (pictured) heading up the division.Lindsay, who most recentlyserved as senior vice president of sales and distribution for Miramax, willhandle sales on all future SKE titles, excluding the company's current slate offour titles.The executive, who ...
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
Dir/scr: George Lucas.US. 2005. 145mins.Movies don't come muchmore 'event' than the final instalment of Star Wars. But thankfully, StarWars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith has a good deal to offer besidesits cachet as the farewell to a pop culture phenomenon, a phenomenon that began28 years ago and has ...
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Pent up demand set to drive Cannes market
Buyers and sellers are looking forward to thisyear's Cannes market with cautious optimism. With LosAngeles' AFM trade fair moving from February to the autumn, the lastsignificant global market was the European Film Market at Berlin. That has lefta long stretch through the spring without an A-list industry gathering, andindependent sellers ...
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Gavin appointed chief of Odeon, UCI cinemas
Rupert Gavin, the formerhead of the BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide, has been appointed chiefexecutive of Odeon Cinemas and UCI Cinemas.The appointment is a majorstep in combining the two UK cinema chains after they were taken over byprivate equity firm Terra Firma. Together, the circuits are the largest cinemaoperator in ...
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BAFTA sets awards date for 2006
The British Academy of Filmand Television Arts has announced that next year's film awards will takeplace on Sunday Feb 19. The Aviator and Vera Drake shared the major honours at this year's Baftas. MartinScorsese's epic won best picture but it was British director Mike Leighwho took home his first directing ...
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Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102minsAlmostBrothers, whichfollows two childhood friends as they confront Brazil's social apartheid, maybe flawed but it is consistently compelling. Political activist-turned-directorLucia Morat has been perhaps overly ambitious in the task she sets herself, butwhen the film gels, it is gripping stuff.One of the best films to ...
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Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102minsAlmostBrothers, whichfollows two childhood friends as they confront Brazil's social apartheid, maybe flawed but it is consistently compelling. Political activist-turned-directorLucia Morat has been perhaps overly ambitious in the task she sets herself, butwhen the film gels, it is gripping stuff.One of the best films to ...
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CME cements grip on E. Europe with TV Nova deal
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) has completedits acquisition of TV Nova, the leading broadcaster in Central and EasternEurope.CME is a major film buyer in the region, acquiring broadcastrights to international films for its stations in Croatia, the Czech Republic,Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.The purchase of Nova, with 10 million ...
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Bim snaps up Cannes competitor for Italy
BimDistribuzione has acquired Italian distribution rights to Luc and Jean-PierreDardenne's Cannes competition film The Child (L'Enfant)Sold by Celluloid Dreams, The Child tells the story of 20-year-old Bruno and hispartner, 18-year-old Sonia, who are living off social security and thefts, whenSonia gives birth to their first child. The picture, produced by ...
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Last Train delayed after director injured on set
Filming on the Holocaust drama The Last Train (Der LetzteZug) has been stopped in Prague after onlyone day of shooting following an accident on set involving the director JosephVilsmaier (Comedian Harmonists, Stalingrad).According to press reportsat the weekend, Vilsmaier has had to be hospitalised "for at least aweek" after being injured ...
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Olmi embarks on One Hundred Nails shoot
Israeli-bornactor Raz Degan (Alexander) is to head the cast of Ermanno Olmi's new drama, CentoChiodi(literally, One Hundred Nails) which has started shooting in Bologna.The film tells the contemporary story ofa young Bologna university professor who becomes the subject of a toughinvestigation. He decides to leave everything and everyone behind and ...
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Kingdom of Heaven sweeps international box office
Sweeping into 97 territories day-and-date with its North Americanlaunch, Kingdom of Heaven produced an impressive $56mestimated gross this weekend, putting it firmly at the top of the internationalchart and slightly exceeding the expectations that distributor FoxInternational had for the historical epic with obvious global potential. The big budget Ridley ...
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Kingdom of Heaven sweeps international box office
Sweeping into 97 territories day-and-date with its North American launch, Kingdom of Heaven produced an impressive $56m estimated gross this weekend, putting it firmly at the top of the international chart and slightly exceeding the expectations that distributor Fox International had for the historical epic with obvious global potential. The ...
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Kingdom of Heaven sweeps international box office
Sweeping into 97 territories day-and-date with its NorthAmerican launch, Kingdom of Heaven produced an impressive $56m estimated grossthis weekend, putting it firmly at the top of the international chart andslightly exceeding the expectations that distributor Fox International had forthe historical epic with obvious global potential. The big budget Ridley Scott ...
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Kingdom tops box office in soft US market
Twentieth Century Fox's Kingdom of Heaven debuted at the topof the North American box office chart this weekend but its $20m estimatedgross fell short of some industry predictions and failed to give the summerseason a hoped for kick start. Warner Bros' House of Wax opened in second spot,but its estimated ...