All Features articles – Page 402
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FeaturesRemembering Susannah York
Film-maker Anthony Fabian on his collaborations, and friendship, with the late actress.
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FeaturesWeekly international box office Jan 21 – 23
Sony’s action-comedy The Green Hornet weaved into top spot over the Jan 21-23 weekend, taking $18.5m.
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FeaturesMorgan Spurlock
The Super Size Me creator talks to Jeremy Kay about his new film on product placement, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, which is screening in Sundance.
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FeaturesClay Jeter
Tennessee-born Clay Jeter talks to Jeremy Kay about his feature directorial debut Jess + Moss, which screens in Sundance’s New Frontier section this week.
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FeaturesAnd Then There Were 10...
Screen profiles the 10 films in the race for the Best Picture Oscar, talking to producers about each film’s journey from idea to Oscar contender. Read more from behind the scenes of the year’s best films: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech, 127 ...
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FeaturesThe Fighter
Director David O RussellProducers David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg, Ryan Kavanaugh, Paul Tamasy, Dorothy AufieroProduction companies Relativity Media, Mandeville FilmsUS distributor Paramount PicturesInternational distributors Relativity Media, The Weinstein CompanyUS release date December 10, 2010David O Russell’s crowd-pleaser The Fighter is a story of heart, in front of and behind ...
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FeaturesThe Social Network
Director David FincherProducers Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti, Cean ChaffinProduction companies Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions, Trigger Street ProductionsWorldwide distribution Sony PicturesUS release date October 1, 2010Scott Rudin, the Oscar-winning producer of No Country For Old Men, is once again in contention ...
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FeaturesThe King's Speech
Director Tom HooperProducers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth UnwinProduction companies See-Saw Films, Bedlam ProductionsUS distributor The Weinstein CompanyInternational sales FilmNation EntertainmentUS release date December 10, 2010Iain Canning and Emile Sherman set up See-Saw Films with offices in the UK and Australia in February 2008. The next month, a script came ...
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FeaturesInception
Director Christopher NolanProducers Emma Thomas, Christopher NolanProduction companies Warner Bros, Syncopy Films, Legendary PicturesWorldwide distributor Warner BrosUS release date July 16, 2010While his previous movie puzzles Memento and The Prestige had drawn audiences into a tricksy interplay between reality and illusion, Christopher Nolan had long been intent on exploring the ...
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FeaturesTrue Grit
Directors Ethan Coen, Joel CoenProducers Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel CoenProduction companies Scott Rudin Productions, Mike Zoss ProductionsWorldwide distribution Paramount Pictures InternationalUS release date December 22, 2010It was the writing and arcane dialogue of Charles Portis’ novel True Grit — rather than the memory of John Wayne in Henry Hathaway’s ...
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FeaturesBlack Swan
Director Darren AronofskyProducers Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold W Messer, Brian OliverProduction companies Protozoa Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cross Creek PicturesUS distributor Fox SearchlightInternational distribution Fox Int’lUS release date December 1, 2010Darren Aronofsky had always wanted to make a film set in the world of ballet. So when ...
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FeaturesThe Kids Are All Right
Director Lisa CholodenkoProducers Celine Rattray, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Gary Gilbert, Philippe Hellmann, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin LundbergProduction companies Gilbert Films, Antidote Films, Mandalay VisionUS distributor Focus FeaturesInternational sales Inferno EntertainmentUS release date July 9, 2010When Focus Features acquired North America and select international territories on The Kids Are All Right following ...
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FeaturesToy Story 3
Director Lee UnkrichProducer Darla K AndersonProduction company Pixar Animation StudiosUS distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesInternational distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures InternationalUS release date June 18, 2010Pixar revolutionised animated film-making in 1995 with Toy Story, the first feature-length CG-animation. Fifteen years later, the return of Buzz, Woody and the ...
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Features127 Hours
Director Danny BoyleProducers Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John SmithsonProduction companies Cloud Eight Films, Pathé Pictures, Everest Entertainment, Decibel Films, Darlow Smithson ProductionsUS distributor Fox Searchlight PicturesInternational sales Pathé InternationalUS release date November 5, 2010“Danny and I had been looking for something to do together after Slumdog Millionaire,” says UK producer ...
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FeaturesWinter's Bone
Director Debra GranikProducers Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-YorkinProduction company Anonymous ContentUS distributor Roadside AttractionsInt’l distributor Fortissimo FilmsUS release date June 11, 2010Debra Granik’s $2m thriller Winter’s Bone is one of the year’s cinematic gems, enthralling critics and making an indie star of its lead, Jennifer Lawrence. Since picking up the Grand ...
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FeaturesThe King’s Speech continues sensational run in UK
The King’s Speech took a tremendous third-weekend haul of $6.7m (£4.2m).
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FeaturesRonni Chasen: a life in film
Following the death of the veteran publicist, this year’s awards season is missing one of its most beloved figures.
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FeaturesA very fine vintage
The last year has yielded a remarkable selection of awards contenders (and a few that could sneak in as wild cards), the majority of which were made outside the studio system. Jeremy Kay reports
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FeaturesWeekly international box office, January 14-16
Disney’s animated-comedy Tangled was the top performer over a lacklustre weekend at the international box office.
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FeaturesThe Edinburgh Overhaul
Centre for the Moving Image CEO Gavin Miller said the festival has to redefine itself for the 21st century; some industry watchers bemoan loss of competition section.