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Washington DC critics name Return Of The King best film
The Lord OfThe Rings: The Return Of The King has been named best film and Peter Jackson best director by theWashington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).The 23-membergroup named Bill Murray best actor for Lost In Translation and Naomi Watts best actress for 21Grams, while supportinghonours went to Benicio Del ...
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Return Of The King reigns supreme on $73.6m three-day opening
New Line's J R R Tolkientrilogy finale The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King obliteratedthe opposition at the weekend, opening top on an estimated $73.6m from itsfirst three days on 7,205 screens and a staggering $125.1m from its first five.The third and final episodein Peter Jackson's acclaimed ...
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TVE renews output deal with Warner Television
Spain's Television Espanola (TVE) renewed its agreement this week with Warner Bros International Television (WBIT), in a move that gives the public broadcaster rights to WBIT feature film and television product through 2004. TVE and WBIT have maintained an ongoing output agreement since 1990.Included in the deal are feature film ...
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Nemo reaches $365m international total, sets sights on $500m target
Buena Vista International's(BVI) Finding Nemo added $25m at the weekend for an internationalrunning total of $365m.The latest figures combinewith the film's US tally for a worldwide total of more than $700m. Studioexecutives are now tentatively setting their sights on a possible internationalfinal tally of more than $500m.The animated hit is ...
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Rings round opposition: Return Of The King scores $121m int'l bow
New Line International's TheLord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King ruled them all in 28 territoriesat the weekend, opening on a sensational $121m international box office in itsfirst five days and smashing numerous records.The international gross combinedwith the $125.1m US tally for what the studio is claiming to ...
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Love Actually Universal's sixth $100m international title of 2003
Love Actually became Universal's sixth title of the year to pass$100m at the international box office at the weekend, marking the first timethis has happened at the studio and only the second time in industry historyafter Buena Vista International in 1997.The romantic comedy added$5.9m from 2,650 sites in 31 UIP ...
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Paycheck
Dir: John Woo. US. 2003. 119 mins.Representing a comeback opportunity for both director John Woo and star Ben Affleck, Paycheck is a sci-fi action thriller that offers glimpses of Woo at his elegant best before it disintegrates into hackneyed genre silliness. Paramount's Christmas Day US release will be watched closely ...
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MONSTER
Dir: Patty Jenkins. US. 2003. 110 mins.Two documentaries by Nick Broomfield may have told the Aileen Wuornos story vis a vis the American justice system and media, but Patty Jenkins tells the human story of the woman in her dramatization Monster, a low-budget character study which was released domestically at ...
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Monster
Dir: Patty Jenkins. US. 2003. 110 mins.Two documentaries by Nick Broomfield may have told the Aileen Wuornos story vis a vis the American justice system and media, but Patty Jenkins tells the human story of the woman in her dramatization Monster, a low-budget character study which was released domestically at ...
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Mexican box office slumps in 2003
Mexico's national film institute Imcine and Chamber of Commerce Canacine are nit picking over details but the final assessment of the country's film industry in 2003 remains dire. Canacine has concluded that Mexican cinema captured a 4.5% share of the overall market but Imcine has given a rosier figure of ...
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Berlinale launches new niche competitions
Two new competitions - the Volkswagen Score Competition and the "Dialogue en Perspective" Prize - are being launched at the forthcoming Berlinale (5-15 February, 2004).In the Volkswagen Score Competition, a jury will select the most outstanding contribution to the Berlinale Talent Campus' "The Sound and Music" section and the prize-winner ...
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BVI Ireland celebrates record breaking year
Buena Vista Ireland has set a number of Irish distribution records in 2003 to become the number one Irish distributor for the first time in its ten years in business.The top slot has been achieved with a combination of strongly performing titles from the Disney and Miramax stables together with ...
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Celestial Movies secures Hong Kong pay-TV slot
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has secured carriage for its 24-hour Chinese movie channel, Celestial Movies, on Hong Kong's newest pay-TV service, exTV, which launches on Feb 18 next year.The channel, which features content from the Shaw Brothers library, Golden Harvest and several other Asian film studios, has already been launched ...
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Producer takes legal action against Southern Star
Australian producer Hal McElroy's family-owned company Eden Productions has commenced legal proceedings against Southern Star Entertainment and the Southern Star Group, claiming it is owed more than $6.4m (A$10.5m). But McElroy's former employer has moved quickly to say it is Eden which owes money to Southern Star.The issue has been ...
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Italian gov't prepares to unveil Venice board overhaul
Italian culture minister Giuliano Urbani has announced that he will name the Venice Biennale's new board of directors and president before January 6th - although it now looks increasingly unlikely that either Biennale president Franco Bernabe' or artistic director Moritz de Hadeln will be reappointed to helm the next Venice ...
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King rewrites European record books
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King went on a five-day internationalrecord-breaking rampage that amassed $125.9m from 7,403 screens in 28territories, according to the latest updated figures from New Line.Peter Jackson's Tolkien trilogy finale scored the biggest openingday and weekend of all time in the UK, Germany ...
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Equinoxe makes Passion play
Montreal-based Equinoxe Films has picked up Canadian rightsin all media to Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ. Produced by Gibson's Icon Productions, the film is scheduledfor a release coincidental with Newmarket Films' wide US release on Feb. 25,2004 - Ash Wednesday according to the Christian calendar. The film, which ...
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Saccani rejoins Universal as vice president of production.
Former Universal Pictures' director of development Damien Saccani isrejoining the studio as vice president of production."Damien showed a good deal of promise when he was hereyears ago, and since then he has become a first-rate executive with keenintelligence and taste, a terrific knowledge of the business and fantasticrelationships with talent," ...
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Fox scores with Return Of The King in Taiwain
Capitalising on a shrewd territorial pick-up, Fox International released The Lord Of TheRings: The Return Of The King in Taiwan on 218 screens at the weekend for a record $3.6mindustry opening there.Elsewhere for Fox International, Master And Commander grossed $3.6m from 2,294 screens in 37 territoriesto raise its international running ...
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Last Samurai holds up strongly in Japan
Warner Bros The Last Samurai raised its running total in Japan to an estimated $29.1m(Yen 3.2bn) following an impressive $4.6m (Yen 506m) third weekend haul that sawa drop of less than 1%.According to the distributor, the weekend result is 103% of theamount taken by both The Fellowship Of The Ring ...