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Turpin's Crabe to open Toronto's Canada programme
Andre Turpin's Un Crabe Dans La Tete has been selected as the Opening Night film for the Toronto International Film Festival's Perspective Canada programme. Written and directed by the Quebecois filmmaker, the comedy features David La Haye, Isabelle Blais, Emmanuel Bilodeau and Chantal Giroux and is produced by Luc Dery ...
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Dinosaurs tear into UK, as Bollywood hit sings on
Still in the UK top fifteen after five weeks on release, Bollywood crossover Lagaan passed the £500,000 ($710,000) mark at the box office over the weekend, making it the sixth highest-grossing Bollywood production in the UK. 1998's Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, distributed by Yash Raj Films, remains the best performing ...
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Winona Ryder takes lead role in UK rom com
Hollywood star Winona Ryder has taken the lead role in British romantic comedy Lily And The Secret Planting which goes into production in London next month. The film is the long-awaited second feature of Hettie Macdonald, who made her debut with Beautiful Thing in 1996.Lily is a $5m co-production between ...
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Billy Liar gets remake treatment from Landscape
Landscape Entertainment, the production company founded by former DreamWorks executive Bob Cooper and backed by Canadian conglomerate Bell Globe Media, is to remake the 1963 classic Billy Liar - the British kitchen sink drama which sealed the careers of director John Schlesinger and stars Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie.Paul A ...
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France re-instates 18 certificate
A year after the furore about censorship and freedom of expression provoked by Baise-Moi, French culture minister Catherine Tasca has reinstated the 18 certificate in France. The controversial rape film is now also looking set for a UK release.According to the new French regulations a film will obtain the new ...
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Toho profits from digital version of Spirited Away
Japanese exhibition giant, Toho, held its first digital screening of Hayao Miyazaki's blockbuster, Spirited Away on July 20 at the Umeda Sukara-za Cinema in Osaka. The company used an IMAX DIGIMAX projector for the event, which delivered a three-day opening gross of $228,629 (Y28m), the highest take of all 336 ...
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Local pick-up leads UIP Denmark in new direction
The Danish branch of UIP has revealed that it is embarking on a search for local films to distribute.Following the Norwegian branch of UIP's surprise success with the release of Elling, which attracted a phenomenal 700,000 admissions, UIP Denmark has picked up the local feature-length documentary, Family.'We believe that this ...
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Australian exhibitors appoint industry negotiator
The Cinema Owners Association of Australia (COAA) has appointed exhibitor Andrew Halkett as a negotiator, a role that positions him between members and film distributors when disagreements occur over film policy or terms.The appointment is one of a number of outcomes and changes that have flowed from meetings this month ...
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105 German graduate films up for First Steps award
Berlinale 2001 competition entry My Sweet Home by Filippos Tsitos, Hans Weingartner's Max Ophuels Prize-winner White Noise (Das Weisse Rauschen) Benjamin Quabeck's HypoVereinsbank Prize-winner No Regrets (Nichts Bereuen), and Marco Kreuzpaintner's medium-length film Der Atemkuenstler are among 105 titles submitted for this year's First Steps Award open to recently completed ...
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Beyond adds Ron Saunders to production stable
Beyond International has added Ron Saunders to its stable of joint venture production companies.Pacific & Beyond will focus on emerging international opportunities in quality children's television, features and documentary. Saunders is best known for his children's programming and animation. He has been both an independent producer and held senior positions ...
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BSkyB reports losses but predicts profits
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB recorded spiralling losses on July 25, but indicated that it had now born the brunt of costs of moving to digital.Pre-tax losses before were nearly double those of the previous year at $733.6m (£514m) after goodwill, interest, share of joint ventures' losses and exceptional items. But ...
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Indo-US joint venture plans animation series
Film Club USA and AAFD (Anglo American Film Distributors) have joined with Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd to produce and market a 200 part animation series based on the popular Indian folk stories, The Jataka Tales. The Indo US joint venture will bring together Padmalaya's state-of-the-art animation studio in Hyderabad, and the ...
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Roadshow plots to become Bollywood powerhouse
Working with its Delhi-based exhibition partner, Australia's Village Roadshow is set not only tobecome India's first nationwide multiplex chain but is now looking to expand into local film production and distribution as well. The venture says it is already discussing deals with both Miramax Films and Intermedia to supply films ...
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Spirited Away
Dir: HayaoMiyazaki. Japan. 2001. 125 mins. Though aimed,says director Hayao Miyazaki, "at ten-year-old girls," his new film Spirited Away (Sen toChihiro no Kamikakushi)is a masterwork, the latest and best in a long line from Japan's premieranimator. Expected to earn Y20bn ($162m) and break the Japanese box officerecord for a domestic ...
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David Miercort heads business affairs at Myriad
LA-based entertainment lawyer David Miercort has been named senior vice president of business affairs for Myriad Pictures. He will head the business affairs department in Myriad's LA office and will be responsible for all in-house business, operational and legal matters covering all aspects of theatrical films.He will report directly to ...
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Palm Springs Short Fest adds $15,000 prize
The 2001 Palm Springs International Festival Of Short Films, which takes place Aug 7-13, has created a $15,000 prize for future filmmakers. All filmmakers whose films are entered in competition are eligible for the prize, dubbed the Palm Springs International Future Filmmaker Award.The festival has also announced that it will ...
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Bishop adds VOD, PPV roles at MGM Home Ent
David Bishop, the president and chief operating officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Home Entertainment Group, has been given added responsibility for the company's video-on-demand and pay-per-view initiatives as well as other emerging technologies.Bishop currently oversees all aspects of MGM Home Entertainment Group's worldwide video and DVD operations, its consumer products and ...
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Rachel Wood gets development job at Catch 23 UK
Rachel Wood, formerly head of development at Nik Powell's Scala Productions, has joined Catch 23 (C23) Entertainment's newly launched UK film production and finance venture to head its development activities.She will spearhead C23's efforts to develop projects featuring British acting, writing and directing talent and liaise with International Creative Management ...
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Planet Of The Apes
Dir: Tim Burton. US.2001. 120 min.Tim Burton's singularcinematic vision is very much missing from Planet Of The Apes, his eagerly-awaited remake of the 1968 cultclassic. Part sci-fi, part action-adventure, part ape/human romantic melodrama,but not particularly satisfying on any of these levels, it's a truly mediocrepicture that suffers in several departments: ...
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Spain's Cinebox joins Brazilian multiplex wave
After decades of steadily declining audiences, Brazil is suddenly witnessing something of a cinema renaissance, with new players entering the market and existing exhibitors expanding their circuits.The new money is being invested by major Spanish exhibitor Cinebox, which has revealed plans to open more than 100 screens in the territory ...