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Holly Hunter to receive Sundance Independent Vision Award
Holly Hunter will receivewith the Sundance Institute Tribute to Independent Vision Award at the 2003Sundance Film Festival, which runs from Jan 16-26, 2003. The honour will bepresented in a tribute show at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City on Jan 21 thatfeatures retrospective clips, an onstage interview and party. Hunter, ...
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ASC honour Norman Jewison with board of governors award
Norman Jewison is to receivethe American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Board of Governors Award, whichis presented annually to an individual who has made a significant and enduringimpression on the art of filmmaking. The Board of Governors Award is the onlyrecognition that the ASC bestows on individuals who are not cinematographersand ...
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Lovely & Amazing, Far From Heaven top Spirit Award nominations
Lions Gate's comedy Lovely& Amazing led the field with six2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards nominations today (Dec 11) while FocusFeatures' 1950s drama Far From Heaven weighed in with five including best female lead andsupporting male nods for Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid. Both picturesgarnered best director nominations for Nicole Holofcener ...
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Academy gives formal rejection to Bloody Sunday
PaulGreengrass' acclaimed historical drama Bloody Sunday was officially rejected today (Dec 11)by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences after it fell foul ofeligibility criteria stemming from a UK television broadcast earlier this year.The multi-award winner is a vivid recreation of the infamous events of Jan 301972, when British ...
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Academy unveils animated Oscar contenders
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given the greenlight for 17 films to compete in the best animated feature film Oscar category in the 2002 Academy Awards competition.The 17 films are: Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy NightsAlibaba & the Forty ThievesEdenEl bosque animado (The Living Forest)Hey Arnold! The ...
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French investigators raid Vivendi offices
French legal investigators have raided Vivendi Universal's headquarters as part of a probe into records during the era of former chairman Jean-Marie Messier."We can confirm there is a search going on and the company is co-operating completely with the law," a Vivendi spokesperson told Reuters.Reuters also reported that police had ...
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Analyze That
Dir. Harold Ramis. US. 2002. 95mins.Analyze That reunites the cast and creative talent of the hit 1999 comedy and, as with most sequels, the result is a half-measure. But while critics are apt to consider the glass half-empty, audiences are sure to find it half-full, although its $11m opening on ...
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Mondays In The Sun shines in Goya nominations
Fresh from his sweep of the European Film Awards last weekend, Pedro Almodovar now faces stiff competition at home for Spain's Oscar-equivalent Goya Awards, the nominations to which were revealed today in Madrid prior to their February 1 ceremony.Almodovar's internationally acclaimed Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella) earned seven nominations, ...
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Baltic producers target Euro co-productions
Film producers in the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are reaching out to their neighbours in western Europe, ahead of formally joining the European Union in 2004. Latvia, along with Poland, became the first country in eastern Europe to join the Media Plus programme in July, as ...
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Sharmill, Champion continue French-language vein
Australia's Sharmill Films and Champion Pictures have bought Australian rights to writer-director Radu Mihaileanu's World War II story Train Of Life from Menemsha Entertainment. The film was included in the programme of last year's French Film Festival and is set to get a mid-year release. Sharmill has a long history ...
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Warner sues second Israeli cable outfit over content deals
AOL Time Warner has launched a second multi-million legal action against an Israeli cable outfit, one week after announcing that it was suing Israeli cable operator Tevel for $17m for allegedly breaking the terms of their output deal.AOL Time Warner is now suing cable operator Golden Channels in a ...
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Catch Me If You Can
Dir: Steven Spielberg. US. 2002. 140mins (TBC) Steven Spielberg's customary polish graces the Christmas Day domestic release of Catch Me If You Can, another accomplished, somewhat soulless offering from the world's most famous director which is set to steal a large chunk of box office change from the world's multiplex ...
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El Alamein: The Line Of Fire
Dir: Enzo Monteleone. Italy. 2002. 123mins.At last, Italy too has its Saving Private Ryan (minus some of Spielberg's special effects) or it's The Thin Red Line (minus some of Malick's cosmic vision) . El Alamein: The Line Of Fire is the first Italian film to respect the new American war-movie ...
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KirchMedia strikes film deals with Paramount, German distributors
Bankrupt KirchMedia has reinforced its future position in the German market by acquiring a $500m film package from Paramount Pictures, giving it the rights to around 100 feature films and series through to 2011. It has also unveiled a raft of long-term film deals with key German distributors.The Paramount deal ...
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Boy band impresario sets up US family film company
N SYNC and Backstreet Boysimpresario Louis J Pearlman has teamed up with Steve Austin's TagEntertainment to form Tag Studios, a theatrical film and television productioncompany that will focus on family oriented output with a strong musicalinfluence. Pearlman and Austin each have an equal equity share in theenterprise and plan an ...
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Arthur Hiller goes to Greece for comedy festival
Arthur Hiller, theOscar-nominated director of Love Story and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences, will be the guest of honour at the American Comedy Festival inAthens, Greece, this weekend. The week-long festival runs from Dec 13-19 andhas been organised by the US Embassy in association with ...
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EFP unveils Shooting Stars line-up
Pan-European promotion agency, European Film Promotion (EFP), has revealed this year's line-up of 18 European "Shooting Stars" who will be introduced to the public and international film industry at the Berlin Film Festival on Feb 12/13. (see list below)French actress Jeanne Moreau, who is the subject of a tribute at ...
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AFM launches indie producer screenings in 2003
Twenty films from differentproducers will screen on the last day of the 2003 AFM in an inaugural programmedesigned to showcase independent features to distributors and sales agents. TheAFM Producer Screenings are scheduled to take place on Feb 26, the last day ofthe 23rd American Film Market in Santa Monica. The ...
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Beacon's back: Bernstein signs five-year deal at Disney
Beacon Communicationsfounder and producer Armyan Bernstein has signed a five-year overall deal withWalt Disney Studios. Along with partner Charlie Lyons and private investors,Bernstein has capitalised the new venture, Beacon Pictures, and plans to createand distribute titles under the Beacon label. Lyons, the founder and formerchairman of sport and leisure outfit ...