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Kroll and Kwan-Rubinek head Warner International
Warner Bros Pictures has named two executives to replace Ed Frumkes as heads of its international distribution and marketing division. Sue Kroll has been named president, international marketing, and Veronika Kwan-Rubinek president, international distribution, reporting to Alan Horn, president & COO of the studio through Richard Fox, executive vice president, ...
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Tony Gilroy on Duplicity's important complications
Tony Gilroy has been working in Hollywood since 1986 when he sold his first script as a vehicle for Chuck Norris. Although that film was never made, he fast became one of the biggest names in screenwriting, clocking up credits such as Dolores Claiborne, Armageddon and the three Bourne movies.He ...
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SXSW's Janet Pierson talks about being part of 'a film's life'
Janet Pierson did not set out to become the head of a film festival, but aged 51 she finds herself with the unexpected task of running the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival.'It was a great surprise,' Pierson says of the chance to lead the Austin, Texas-based festival ...
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Jean-Marc Vallee rocks with The Young Victoria
In the second half of 2007 French-Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallee was allocated 51 days to shoot The Young Victoria. The penultimate day of shooting was set to coincide with England’s match against South Africa in the rugby union world cup final. The mainly British film crew wanted to wrap early ...
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RealFlow's special effects boom
Ignacio Vargas and Victor Gonzalez have every right to boast of their achievement in helping to transform the special-effects industry. Their fluid technology, which simulates and manipulates real movements in 3D using particle-based techniques, has been used in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Poseidon, National ...
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Rhys Ifans becomesMr Nicefordirector Bernard Rose
Howard Marks is counterculture Britain's answer to a Renaissance man: an Oxford-educated drug smuggler and libertarian with a strong rebellious streak. His autobiography, Mr Nice, chronicling his journey from a small village in Wales to Oxford University and his subsequent emergence as, in the words of one UK newspaper, 'the ...
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Critical Condition: How media downsizing impacts indie film
Mark Lipsky knows first hand how important critics can be for an independent film's success. Lipsky, now head of Gigantic Digital, was working for New Yorker Films in 1981 when Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert championed a little film called My Dinner With Andre on their syndicated TV show. When ...
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Critical Condition: United Kingdom
The UK market has long been blessed with a vibrant newspaper scene, a cacophony of voices that ranges from upmarket broadsheets such as left-leaning The Guardian and conservative The Daily Telegraph to a raucous tabloid press. Even with all the doom-and-gloom prognosticating about its slow, inevitable decline, the UK newspaper ...
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Reviews - Last Ride
Father and son take a road trip, with menace looming large.Australia. 2009. 96mins. Director Glendyn Ivin Production companies Talk Films, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide Film Festival Distributors Madman (Aus), ContentFilm International +44 20 7851 6500 Producers Nicholas Cole, Antonia Barnard Screenplay Mac Gudgeon, from the ...
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Reviews - Race to Witch Mountain
'Reimagining' of Disney's classic 1975 action favourite.US. 2009. 98mins. Director Andy Fickman Production companies Gunn Films, Walt Disney Pictures International distribution Walt Disney Studios Producer Andrew Gunn Screenplay Matt Lopez and Mark Bomback, from the book by Alexander Key Cinematography Greg Gardiner Main cast Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, ...
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Reviews - The Combination
Sizzling summer strife Down Under.Australia. 2008. 96mins. Director David Field Production company See Thru Films Distribution Australian Film Syndicate (Aus) Producer John Perrie Screenplay George Basha Cinematography Toby Oliver Main cast George Basha, Clare Bowen, Firass Dirani, Doris Younane, Ali Haidar, Michael Denkha, Tony Ryan.A high-energy, low-budget, independently financed tale ...
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Lions Gate posts profitable quarter for Jul-Sept
Lions Gate Entertainment has posted net income of $0.5m for the second quarter of 2001 ending Sept 30, 2000. Revenues were $66.5m, net earnings were $2.6m minus a non-cash operating loss of $2.1m in Mandalay Pictures and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) was $5.3m. The results mark ...
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Reviews - Happy Tears
Parker Posey squares up to reality.US. 2009. 96mins. Director/screenplay Mitchell Lichtenstein Production companies Pierpoline Films International sales Cinetic (1) 212 2047979 Producers Mitchell Lichtenstein, Joyce Pierpoline Cinematography Jamie Anderson Main cast Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Rip Torn, Ellen Barkin, Christian Camargo, Billy Magnussen.Teeth director Mitchell Lichtenstein tackles some conventional subject ...
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Reviews - It Might Get Loud
They've got axes to grind.US. 2009. 97mins. Director Davis Guggenheim Production company Thomas Tull Productions International sales The Little Film Company (1) 818 762 6999 Producers Thomas Tull, Lesley Chilcott, Davis Guggenheim, Peter Afterman Cinematography Erich Roland, Guillermo Navarro Editor Greg FintonWhen you get down to it, the electric guitar ...
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Reviews - Berlinale Special - Empire of Silver (Baiyin Diguo)
The banks were no better in 1899 China...Chi-Tai-HK. 2009. 115mins. Director Christina Yao Production companies Serenity Entertainment International, Crystal Clear Pictures, Polybona Films International sales HanWay Films (44) 20 7290 0750 Producers Chiao Hsiung-ping, Christina Yao Screenplay Christina Yao, Cheng Yi Cinematography Anthony Pun Yiu-ming Main cast Aaron Kwok, Zhang ...
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International - Watchmen wages war
Paramount Pictures International's Watchmen dominated the global box office over the March 6-8 weekend, taking $55.2m from 3,611 screens domestically and $26.6m from 5,149 screens internationally after opening day-and-date in 45 territories.Zack Snyder's comic-book adaptation opened top in several key territories including the UK, which led the pack with an ...
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How Senator builtThe Reader into a German hit
It might have a UK director and US producers, but The Reader has been largely perceived as a local film by Germany's cinema-goers, thanks to the source material of Bernhard Schlink's best-selling 1995 novel. It also has a large number of German actors in the cast and the film was ...
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John Rabe leads German Film Awards with seven nominations
John Rabe is the clear favourite for this year's German Film Awards after picking up seven nominations including best film, and best director for Florian Gallenberger. The film also picked up nominations for best lead actor for Ulrich Tukur, best supporting actor Steve Buscemi and best cinematography for Juergen Juerges. ...
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NewsSteven Spielberg claims BAFTA for video game
Steven Spielberg has claimed his third BAFTA, but on this occasion it was for his debut as a gamescreator with video game Boom Blox.
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The Last House On The Left
Dir: Dennis Iliadis. US. 2009. 110 mins. A commercially-streamlined remake of Wes Craven's nasty, low-budget 1972 horror, The Last House on the Left can't decide whether it wants to play it straight and grim, or dash headlong into over-the-top cathartic vigilantism. While director Dennis Iliadis has no trouble capturing depravity, ...