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Universal takes additional $4.6m with Wedding
Universal's AmericanPie: The Wedding stayed on course topass $100m at the international box office after an estimated $4.6m weekendhaul from 1,500 venues in 29 territories raised its total to $91.5m.With 19 more markets to openthrough UIP, including France next weekend, passing the milestone is merely aquestion of time.American Pie: The ...
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Bad Boys lord over international box office
A string of number oneopenings including a mighty $5.9m estimated bow in Germany secured Bad Boys2 as the number internationalperformer of the weekend, according to Columbia TriStar Film DistributorsInternational (CTFDI).The action sequel grossed$15.3m from 3,625 screens in 59 territories to raise its running total to$63.3m. The film looks good to ...
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Milestone takes domestic on Poland's The Big Animal
US independent distributorMilestone Films has acquired all North American rights to Polish film TheBig Animal (Duze Zwierze) directed by Jerzy Stuhr. The film was based on ascreenplay by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski and shot in black-and-white byPoland's Pawel Edelman (The Pianist).Stuhr, aprotégé of Kieslowski, also stars in the film as ...
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Wellspring to sell Name Of Allah doc
US distributor Wellspringhas signed on as worldwide sales agent for the non-English-speaking world for Inthe Name Of Allah, a documentaryabout Islam and homosexuality by first-time film-maker Parvez Sharma.The film, which is currentlyin production with shooting scheduled to finish at the end of the year anddelivery set for Sept 2004, is ...
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HBO Films, Maya Pictures team for Latino-themed projects
HBO Films has agreed to acquire the first six Latino-themed projects developed by MayaPictures, the new film and television production company launched by producerMoctesuma Esparza and Robert Katz. Maya is currently in the process of identifying emerging Latino filmmakersfor these projects which will touch on the contemporary US Latino experience. ...
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Crimson Gold, Distant take top prizes at Chicago
Jafar Panahi's CrimsonGold from Iran won the Gold Hugo atthe Chicago International Film Festival on Saturday, while Nuri Bilge Ceylan'sTurkish film Distant took theSilver Hugo and Special Jury Prize.CrimsonGold was cited for "its compellingportrait of a man inexorably destroyed by social pressures" while Distant was cited for "its intense and ...
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Ewan McGregor gets on his bike with best friend Charley Boorman
Elixir Films and Image Wizard TV are to produce a travelogueseries featuring Ewan McGregor and his best friend, actor Charley Boorman,crossing the globe on motorcycles.Filming on Long Way 'Round is due to begin in January 2004 and the programme will beavailable for the autumn 2004 television season.The intrepid pair plan ...
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NEW ZEALAND
Older women definitely got their own back against the starlets in New Zealand when Calendar Girls opened in top position in its first official weekend in the charts. The film took NZ$332,452 from 38 screens for BVI, which was double the gross of the other major opener, 20th Century Fox's ...
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Premiere completes studio line-up with Sony deal
Germany's digital pay TV service Premiere can now boast output deals with every one of the major Hollywood studios, having agreed a multi-year licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) on Monday (Oct 13).Premiere already has deals in place with Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Buena ...
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October turns to seasoned players for debut slate
Billy Elliot producer Jon Finn is to executive produce Johnny Mullagh, the true nineteenth century story of a group of young Aborigines transported overseas to play England's cricket elite.The project, written by Mark Brickman, is part of the debut feature slate of October Films, the documentary production outfit known for ...
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Celluloid takes on sales for European trio
Paris based sales house Celluloid Dreams has picked up three new films, including Belgian Oscar entry Sea Of Silence. Silence is directed by Stijn Coninx and will have its market premiere at November's Mifed film market in Milan.The Warner Bros. release goes out on October 30 in Benelux and tells ...
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...as Kill Bill smashes house record in London...
Kill Bill, Volume 1 launched on a single print platform at UCI's Empire Leicester Square at the weekend for a staggering $218,402 (£131,041) three-day weekend.The three-day result was the largest ever recorded for any film on the main screen at the flagship UK cinema, and confirms director Quentin Tarantino's popularity ...
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Valenti bangs anti-piracy drum in Ireland
Jack Valenti, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), spoke to over 150 Irish business leaders on Monday (Oct 13) at an Institute of Directors (IOD) lunch in Dublin. In Ireland as a guest of Screen Producers Ireland (SPI), Valenti emphasised the need for legislation, education, ...
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Coppola's Translation to open Vienna
A gala screening of Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation with the director in attendance will open this year's Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) on October 17. The main programme of 100 new feature films and documentaries will be rounded off on October 29 by Julie Bertucelli's Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti ...
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BVI enjoys bumper UK weekend...
BVI enjoyed a stellar weekend in the UK this week with seven films in the top 15, Kill Bill, Volume 1 setting records at the UCI Empire Leicester Square (see separate story) and animated hit Finding Nemo crushing all competition to lead the box office with a $12.3m (£7.4m) opening.Nemo ...
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Ahrne takes key post at Swedish Film Institute
Marianne Ahrne has been appointed as the new film commissioner at the Swedish Film Institute, in charge of supporting feature films for the state's film funding body. The 63 year-old veteran of the Swedish film industry has worked as both director, writer and editor since the 1970s after graduating from ...
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Pita steps down from Media Business School
Juan Pita has announced he will step down from his position as director of the pan-European training initiative Media Business School (MBS) at the end of the month.Pita leaves to set up his own production company, the Madrid-based Decontrabando. Although his official end date is October 31, he will continue ...
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Goldenthal wins World Soundtrack Awards for Frida
Elliot Goldenthal has won the Soundtrack Composer of the Year for the score of Frida at the World Soundtrack Awards, presented by the International Film Festival Flanders-Ghent.Frida also won the Best Original Soundtrack of the YearGuest of honour Maurice Jarre received a World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award. The song The ...