All Screen articles in 26 August 2005 – Page 3
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Love + Hate
Dir/scr: Dominic SavageUK. 2005. 86mins.A timely call forracial tolerance set in an unnamed town in northern England with a large Muslimcommunity, Love+Hate will be energised, for UK distributors, by thecurrent debate on the resurgence of Islamic identity among apparentlywell-integrated second- and third-generation immigrants.Ona simpler level, though, this is a classic ...
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California report tallies revenues, jobs lost to runaway production
Runaway productions are costing the state of California $10.6m inlost tax revenues and the equivalent of 928 full-time annual jobs for a $70mproject shooting for 75 days, according to a study released by the CaliforniaFilm Commission.The report conducted by the Los Angeles Economic DevelopmentCorporation (LAEDC) analysed a number of theatrical ...
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National Lampoon begins latest comedy Cattle Call
National Lampoonand Los Angeles-based production company ProActive Media Group have begunproduction in Los Angeles on Martin Guigui's comedy National Lampoon'sCattle Call.The story follows a group oftestosterone-fuelled friends who set up a fake casting office to meet girls andare forced into making a film after they receive a torrent of interest.Thomas ...
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Antarmahal: Views From The Inner Chamber (Antarmahal)
Dir: RituparnoGhosh. India. 2005. 118mins.Returning to thelate 19th century, Rituparno Ghosh spins another sumptuous, yet intimate familystory with Antarmahal: Views From The Inner Chamber, playing once morein the same register he successfully used two years ago for fellow Locarnocompetitor Chokher Bali.Less enticing andnot as rich as his previous effort - ...
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Albert Pyun to be feted at Estepona festival in Spain
Albert Pyun, the director behind such cult hits as TheSword And The Sorcerer, Nemesis and Cyborg, will receive the Golden Unicorn Award at theupcoming sixth Estepona Film Festival in Andalusia, Spain.Mayor ofEstepona Antonio Barrientos will preside over the tribute, which will also beattended by festival director Julio Peces.The festival,which runs ...
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Workingman's Death starts life with PTD
Luxembourg-based Paul Thiltges Distributions (PTD) will handle international sales on Austrian filmmaker Michael Glawogger's documentary Workingman's Death.The film will have its world premiere in the Orizzonti sidebar at Venice next month.Produced by Lotus Film with Germany's Quinte Film, Workingman's Death focuses on the act of performing heavy manual labour and ...
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Workingman's Death starts life with PTD
Luxembourg-basedPaul Thiltges Distributions (PTD) will handle international sales on Austrian filmmakerMichael Glawogger's documentary Workingman's Death.Thefilm will have its world premiere in the Orizzonti sidebar at Venice nextmonth.Produced by Lotus Film with Germany's Quinte Film, Workingman'sDeath focuses on the act of performing heavy manual labour and on thoseworkers who toil at ...
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Fortissimo takes global rights to Singapore horror
FortissimoFilms has acquired worldwide rights to MediaCorp Raintree Pictures' The Maid, Singapore's first local horrorfilm.It will belaunched internationally at the American Film Market in November.On hometurf, the picture opened at number one over the weekend, raking in $0.7m(S$1.16m) including previews. On itsopening day, it grossed $71,600 (S$119,419) on 32 prints, ...
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Warhol set for major Vienna retrospective
Andy Warhol is to be givenone of the most comprehensive presentations of his cinematic ouevre to date atthis year's Vienna International Film Festival, the Viennale (October 14-26).Curated by theUS filmmaker and author Jonas Mekas in cooperation with the Filmmuseum, theretrospective will show more than 30 of Warhol's central works as ...
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Urie named as Metrodome managing director
Peter Urie has beenappointed Managing Director of UK distributor Metrodome, following theresignation of current head Andrew Keyte, who is leaving for an as yetundisclosed job in the television industry.Urie worked for the BBC invarious roles for 12 years before founding TSS Ltd. and Media Merchants Ltd,along with 2 other partners. ...
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Molina, Daniels sign up to voice Filmax's CG Donkey
Alfred Molinaand Jeff Daniels have signed on to voice the two lead characters in DonkeyXote, the first 3Danimated feature from Spain's Filmax.Production isalready underway at Filmax's Bren Studios in Galicia, Spain, on the $25mEnglish language adaptation of Miguel De Cervantes' classic 17th century taleabout a self-styled knight errant who roams ...
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Besson directed secret b/w feature over the summer
Although details aresketchy, it would appear that French filmmaker Luc Besson has directed a filmin total secrecy this summer in Paris. Citing the upcoming issue of France'sPremiere magazine, Agence France Presse reports that Besson shot Angel A for seven weeks over the summer and will release thefilm in December.Local star ...
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Banderas leads Andalucian film push
The AndalusiaFilm Commission has announced new incentives to attract more internationalshoots to the region with the support ofnative son Antonio Banderas, whois planning to shoot his next film as a director in Malaga this autumn.Together withthe Andalusian Tourist Board, the Film Commission (AFC) has unveiled a newthree-year plan to jointly ...
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Tsotsi
Dir: Gavin Hood. UK-S Af.2005. 94mins.Touched by the kind ofdynamism that also marked City Of God, Tsotsi brings a fresh energy tofamiliar themes of crime and redemption. Based on a novel by Athol Fugard, itoffers an unflinching portrait of post-apartheid South Africa; the lawlessshanty towns and lives bereft of hope. ...
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Citizen Dog (Ma Nakorn)
Dir/scr: WisitSarasatieng. Thai-Fr. 2004. 100mins.Co-produced by LucBesson's EuropaCorp, Wisit Sasanatieng's follow-up to Tears Of The BlackTiger is a film of undeniable charm: a romantic fantasy already touted bysome as a Thai equivalent to Amelie. Shot in the same iridescent coloursas Black Tiger, full of surrealistic humour and musical interludes, itis ...
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The Island continues buoyant international run
Warner BrosPictures International's The Island maintained its status as the dominant overseas picture as itadded an estimated $12.4m over the weekend on more than 4,800 screens in 44markets for an $84.8m international running total.Leading thecharge was France, where the sci-fi adventure opened top on $3.4m from 640prints and drew approximately ...
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The Brothers Grimm
Dir: Terry Gilliam. UK-CzRep. 2005. 118mins.Terry Gilliam is afilm-maker for whom the joy of cinema is more in the journey than the finaldestination. This is usually okay because of the sheer phantasmagoria of hiscreations, and the kernel of universality at the core of his colourfulidiosyncrasies. But The Brothers Grimm, the ...
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Universal's Virgin is dominant at US box office
Comedies continued to drawin the crowds over the weekend as Universal's R-rated The 40-Year-Old Virgin opened at number one on an estimated $20.6m.Launching in second placewas DreamWorks' thriller Red Eyeon $16.5m, while the British CG-animated family adventure Valiant opened through Disney in seventh place on adisappointing $6.1m. Fox's action romp ...
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Kinky Boots
Dir: Julian Jarrold. UK.2005. 106mins.Ealing-style comedy meetsAlmodovar-style extravagance in Kinky Boots, a likable triumph of theunderdog comedy celebrating tolerance, drag queens and fabulous footwear. Thefilm has a good number of marketable elements from the intriguing premise tothe slinky soundtrack and the star performance of Chiwetel Ejiofor but it lacksthose special ...
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40 Year-Old Virgin comes top at box office
Comedies continued to drawin the crowds over the weekend as Universal's R-rated The 40-Year-Old Virgin opened at number one on an estimated $20.6m.Launching in second placewas DreamWorks' thriller Red Eyeon $16.5m, while the British CG-animated family adventure Valiant opened through Disney in seventh place on adisappointing $6.1m. Fox's action romp ...
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