All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 75
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Miramax's Weinstein wins humanitarian award from amfAR
Miramax co-chairman HarveyWeinstein will be recognized with the Arthur B Krim Award by amfAR, theAmerican Foundation for AIDS Research, at a special tribute event later thisyear.Weinstein becomes only thesecond recipient of the award following the late great MCA chairman LewWasserman. The award recognizes Weinstein's contributions to advancing AIDSresearch and his ...
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AFM: Renaissance sells Asmik Ace, Dendy, Bim and others on Curran drama
Renaissance Films has sealeda handful of deals on its acclaimed ensemble drama We Don't Live HereAnymore following the sale of thefilm for North America and the UK to Warner Independent Pictures at Sundance inJan.Asmik Ace has bought it forJapan, Dendy for Australia and New Zealand, Bim for Italy, Scanbox forScandinavia, ...
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Fox makes Passion play
20th Century Fox, which has a first-look production deal with Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey’s Icon Productions, has quietly become far more involved in The Passion Of The Christ than originally thought.Fox is understood to have sealed the lucrative domestic home entertainment rights tithe film as well as theatrical rights ...
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Paramount Classics tools up with Filmax's Machinist
Paramount Classics has acquired multiple territory rightsto Brad Anderson's The Machinist starringChristian Bale from Filmax International.The studio specialized arm bought the psychologicalthriller for North America, UK, South Africa, Latin America, Australia and NewZealand. Paramount Classics, which previously handled Anderson's HappyAccidents, is planning an end of yearrelease for the film which ...
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New Line sees upside from Anger
New Line Cinema has acquired North American distribution rights tothe ensemble comedy The Upside Of Anger, which was co-financed and sold by Media 8 Entertainment.Written and directed by Mike Binder, the film stars Joan Allen asa single mother of four teenage daughters who starts to have a relationshipwith her neighbour ...
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Heavens Above - It's Cash Wednesday!
Newmarket Films and Icon Entertainment announced their astonishingfinal numbers yesterday for the first day Wednesday gross of The Passion OfThe Christ - a divine$26,556,573.The figure, which is the third biggest Wednesday gross of all timeafter The Return Of The King ($34m) and Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace ...
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Fortissimo handles third Eye
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to The Eye- Infinity, the thirdinstalment in the wildly popular Asian horror series.The third film, just like the first two, will be directed bybrothers Danny and Oxide Pang and is set to start shooting this spring fordelivery in early 2005.The Eye 2is set ...
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Focus closes key sales on Synergy, Seed Of Chucky
Focus Features has closed a score of deals on two key titles inthe run-up to the American Film Market, which starts today in Santa Monica.Synergy,the new comedy from Paul and Chris Weitz, which stars Dennis Quaid, ScarlettJohansson, Topher Grace and Selma Blair, will open domestically in the thirdquarter through FocusC; ...
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Focus closes key sales on Synergy, Seed Of Chucky.
Focus Features has closed a score of deals on two key titles inthe run-up to the American Film Market, which starts today in Santa Monica.Synergy,the new comedy from Paul and Chris Weitz, which stars Dennis Quaid, ScarlettJohansson, Topher Grace and Selma Blair, will open domestically in the thirdquarter through FocusC; ...
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AFM: Focus clinches key sales on Synergy, Seed Of Chucky.
Focus Features has closed a score of deals on two key titles inthe run-up to the American Film Market, which starts today in Santa Monica.Synergy,the new comedy from Paul and Chris Weitz, which stars Dennis Quaid, ScarlettJohansson, Topher Grace and Selma Blair, will open domestically in the thirdquarter through Focus' ...
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New Films Int'l acquires Holedigger duo
New Films International, the recently launched worldwideproduction and sales arm of the eight year-old distribution outfit, has signeda two-picture deal with Holedigger Films to handle international sales on Marie& Bruce and OffThe Map.Both films were produced by Holedigger. Marie And Bruce, which premiered at the Sundance FilmFestival last month, stars ...
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AFM: Myriad strikes sales Deal with Front Street
Myriad Pictures has pacted with Front Street Films, the producer of Sundance hit We Don't Live Here Anymore, to handle international sales on The Deal, a Wall Street thriller which is set to star Christian Slater and Selma Blair.Slater will play a financial hot shot and Blair his eager new ...
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The Passion Of The Christ
Dir: Mel Gibson. US. 2004. 127 mins.It has become difficult to think about The Passion Of The Christ without being influenced by the storm of passion it has stirred up over the last six months, and some of the questions raised. Is it an act of hubris on the part ...
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Tykwer's Perfume noses its way to Summit
Patrick Wachsberger's salespowerhouse Summit Entertainment has lined up a slate of five high profile newpictures for buyers at AFM headed by Tom Tykwer's film adapatation of PatrickSuskind's bestselling 1985 German novel Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer.Summit is selling allinternational rights to the English-language movie which is being produced byBernd ...
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Depp is surprise SAG winner for Pirates
In a surprise turn attonight's Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Johnny Depp won the prizefor best film actor for his comic performance in Pirates Of The Caribbean:The Curse Of The Black Pearl,defeating frontrunners Bill Murray and Sean Penn.The upset adds an element ofintrigue to next Sunday's Academy Awards ...
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Renaissance takes the world on Cattaneo's third film
London-based financing andsales outfit Renaissance Films has acquired worldwide sales rights from theUK's Academy Features to Poppy And Dingan, the third film by British director Peter Cattaneo after The FullMonty and Lucky Break.Renaissance will bepre-selling the film at next week's AFM. Casting is now underway, withprincipal photography set to start ...
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We Don't Live Here Anymore
Dir: John Curran. US. 2004. 104 mins.A superlative drama about adultery boasting four courageous lead performances, We Don't Live Here Anymore may not be the ideal date movie but it will still be an attractive draw for smart adult audiences around the world.Adapted from two short stories by Andre Dubus, ...
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Miramax takes EFM favourite Les Choristes
Miramax Films has acquiredmultiple territory rights to Les Choristes, the hottest film at the European Film Market in Berlin this year.Miramax bought rights to the feelgood drama in North America, Latin America,Australia and New Zealand from Pathe International.Directed by ChristopheBarratier and written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, the film is ...
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Leconte Berlin favourite goes to Paramount Classics
Paramount Classics hasclosed a deal for multiple territory rights on Berlin Film Festival favourite ConfidencesTrop Intimes (aka IntimateStrangers). The studio specializedarm has bought rights in North America, Latin America, Australia/New Zealandand Japan from sales outfit StudioCanal.The film is directed byPatrice Leconte whose 1999 movie Girl On The Bridge and last ...
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Saw
Dir: James Wan. US. 2004. 100mins.Saw is a sub-Se7en B-movie serial killer chiller with more high concepts stuffed into its 100 minutes than it can handle. Riddled with plot holes and with a final twist which aficionados of the genre will spot a mile off, it nevertheless possesses a hankering ...