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Who Killed Bambi' (Qui A Tue Bambi')
Dir: Gilles Marchand. France. 2003. 126minsStrip away the veneer of sophisticated film technique and the delusions of artistic merit and Who Killed Bambi' is just another crude scary movie. Best known as the co-writer of the Hitchcockian delight Harry, A Friend Who Is Happy To Help, Gilles Marchand displays an ...
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Elephant wins Palme d'Or in Cannes upset
No prizes for the bookies' favourite Dogville was only the biggest of many surprises at a Cannes closing ceremony attended more by leathery old Cannois, than superstars, or the giants of auteur cinema.In a competition regarded by critics as the worst in many years, and a year swayed by ...
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Beau Travail
Dir: Claire Denis. France. 1998. 90 mins.Prod cos: Pathe Television, La Sept-Arte, SM Films. Int'l sales: Mercure Distribution. Prod: Jerome Minet. Scr: Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau. DoP: Agnes Godard. Ed: Nelly Quettier. Mus: Eran Tzur. Main cast: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin, Marta Tafesse Kassa. A strangely impressionistic portrait ...
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Fortissimo claims record breaking Cannes sales
Fortissimo Film Sales had a record breaking Cannes festival in a year considered generally morose for the market and disastrous for the competition."We have had our best Cannes in years, possibly our best ever, and there are many more sales to complete in the next few days," said co-chief Wouter ...
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Korean energy conglomerate enters film funding
South Korea's Daesung Group, a major energy conglomerate, has unveiled plans to enter the Korean film industry as an investor. The group's initial venture will come in the form of a strategic partnership with production companies EGG Films and Keyweck Shidae. After an initial investment of $250,000 (WON ...
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Miramax swoops for Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions
MiramaxFilms has acquired US rights to Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions (LesInvasions Barbares), which won best actress and best screenplay awards atCannes yesterday (May 25).TheFrench-language film is a sequel to Arcand's 1986 Decline Of The AmericanEmpire and centres on a man who spends the last days of his life making ...
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UA captures Osama
United Artists has acquiredthe North American rights to Siddiq Barmak's acclaimed Directors' Fortnightentry Osama, the first film to beshot entirely in Afghanistan since the rise and fall of the Taliban. The film was rapturouslyreceived in Cannes last week, where Screen International described it as "astriking, very accessible portrait of life ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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Bruce Almighty topples The Matrix Reloaded with $86.4m opening
Universal'scomedy Bruce Almighty toppled The Matrix Reloaded from top spotover the four-day weekend as it opened on an estimated $86.4m.Itis the second biggest Memorial Day bow of all time behind The Lost World:Jurassic Park, which took $90.2m in 1997.JimCarrey stars as a jaded reporter who is granted God's powers for ...
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The Matrix Reloaded passes international $100m mark in record time
The Matrix Reloaded became the first film to pass $100m in its second international weekend as it grossed a sensational $113.2m.After opening in 13 countries last weekend, the sci-fi sequel unloaded in a further 49 and raised its cumulative international total to $154m.The closest any film has previously come to ...
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Bombo acquires Panorama title Shadow Boxers
Bombo Sports & Entertainment has picked up world sales rights to feature-length documentary Shadow Boxers, which is screening in the Panorama section of the Berlin film festival.The picture takes an insider's approach to the murky world of women's boxing, following world champion Lucia Rijker. It was voted best first feature ...
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Matrix Reloaded passes international $100m mark in record time
The Matrix Reloaded became the first film to pass $100m in its second international weekend as it grossed a sensational $113.2m.After opening in 13 countries last weekend, the sci-fi sequel unloaded in a further 49 and raised its cumulative international total to $154m.The closest any film has previously come to ...
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Matrix Reloaded passes $100m abroad in record time
The Matrix Reloaded scored a sensational $113.2m as it expanded into a further 49 countries over the weekend, becoming the first film in history to gross more than $100m in a single weekend at the international box office.The closest any film haspreviously come was New Line's The LordOf The Rings: ...
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Mystic River
Dir: Clint Eastwood. US. 2003. 137 minsAnyone seeking lessons in the graceful art of the selfless auteur need look no further than Clint Eastwood. The producer, director and composer on Mystic River, Eastwood serves the story rather than indulges his ego and creates the framework for a fine ensemble cast ...
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Kitchen Stories (Salmer Fra Kjokkenet)
Dir: Bent Hamer. Norway, 2003. 95minsA charmingly glum, low-key audience-pleaser, Norwegian comedy Kitchen Stories was always likely to be one of the sweeter features on offer at Cannes. Although its drily reserved Nordic humour never approaches the harder edges of, say, Aki Kaurismaki's comedies, it should appeal to anyone with ...
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Elephant wins Palme d'Or in Cannes upset
No prizes for the bookies' favourite Dogville was only the biggest of many surprises at a Cannes closing ceremony attended more by leathery old Cannois, than superstars, or the giants of auteur cinema.In a competition regarded by critics as the worst in many years, and a year swayed by ...
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Since Otar Left (Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti)
Dir: Julie Bertuccelli. France-Belgium. 2003. 102minsThe modest but solid debut of French film-maker Julie Bertuccelli, Since Otar Left should be considered closely by festivals looking for a film that connects with audiences while admirably resisting every temptation offered by its touching story to plunge into bathos by over-plucking the heartstrings. ...