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Valenti on the screener ban: 'I would have done it differently'
MPAA chairman and CEO JackValenti expressed regret at how he handled the awards screener ban at his pressbriefing yesterday morning for the opening of ShoWest in Las Vegas.When asked why he had leftthe imposition of the ban till so late in the year last year, he said that withthe wisdom ...
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Death In Gaza
Dirs: James Miller/ Misha Manson-Smith. UK/US. 2004. 80minsJames Miller was considered one of his generation's most observant witnesses to war. An Emmy-winning journalist who had reported from Bosnia, Lebanon and Iraq, he was shot dead by an Israeli soldier in May 2003. Miller was just 34 and had been working ...
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SWEDEN
Little changed at the top of the Swedish chart except for local coming of age drama The Ketchup Effect moving down fifth. However, the best performer was 21 Grams which on its just nine screens had an impressive $7,331 average, more than twice any other film.Less impressive was the other ...
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It Takes All Kinds (Le Gout Des Autres)
Dir: Agnes Jaoui. France. 112 mins.Prod cos: Telema, Les Films A4, France 2 Cinema. Int'l sales: Pathe International (+1 310 247 4747). Prod: Charles Gassot. Scr: Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. DoP: Laurent Dailland. Prod des: Francois Emmanueli. Ed: Herve de Luze. Main cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui, Gerard Lanvin, Alain ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Despite its continuous decline (56% this weekend), Robbery Of The Third Reich is still taking up most of the Serbian-Montenegrin box office. After this weekend's 9,907 admissions, the local blockbuster has now grossed a total of $754,596 for Mirius.The following three positions belong to Tuck's Something's Gotta Give, Runaway Jury ...
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HUNGARY
Five new releases hit the Hungarian cinemas last weekend including multi award-winning The Return and Vadim Perelman's House Of Sand And Fog but once again it was only the action flicks and comedies that made it into the box office top ten.Torque starring Ice Cube and Martin Henderson landed the ...
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German DVD outfit wins backing to increase acquisitions
Leading German DVD company e-m-s new media has been granted a Euros 5m extension of its credit line by principal banker Dortmunder Volksbank. The money will help finance the acquisition of new film rights to add to its 400-title library.In addition, the previously short-term overdraft facility of Euro 3.5m has ...
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Oz's FFC bankrolls December Boys, Wolf Creek
The Film Finance Corporation (FFC) has agreed to invest in two new Australian films, the 1960s drama December Boys to be directed by LA-based Rod Hardy, and the low-budget digital horror film Wolf Creek, by first-time writer/director Greg McLean.December Boys has been adapted from Michael Noonan's novel by Marc Rosenberg ...
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Happy Day for Danish gospel comedy
MFA has acquired the German and Austrian rights to Hella Joof's as yet unfinished Danish gospel comedy drama Oh Happy Day from Nordisk Film International Sales. Earlier this year Ascot Elite picked up Swiss rights to the film.The buy was made based on a 10-minute promo, as the film won't ...
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Singapore admissions to rise as censorship laws relax
Cinema attendance is expected to rise significantly in Singapore thanks to the launch next week of a new ratings system.In a move to further ease the country's strict censorship laws, Singapore's Board of Film Censors is due to creates a new category of M18 for viewers aged 18 and above.Currently ...
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Venture capital firm sells entire stake in exhibitor Kinepolis
Belgian venture capital firm GIMV has sold its entire 10% stake in exhibition company Kinepolis Group, realising capital gains of Euros 5.5m, according to the company.GIMV sold its 686,860 shares for an estimated Euros 13m after Kinepolis posted results showing a consolidated net profit of Euros 2.7m for 2003 - ...
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Chomet secures Dimension backing for Scottish animation
Belleville Rendez-Vous director Sylvain Chomet has confirmed plans to set up his own animation company, Studio Django, in Edinburgh, Scotland.The first two productions announced by Studio Django are 2D project Barbacoa and an unnamed 3D project in collaboration with Miramax division Dimension Films. Dimension chairman Bob Weinstein flew the Chomets ...
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Spider-Man 3 to hit theatres on May 4, 2007
Spider-Man 3 is a go. Sony Pictures vice chairman Jeff Blakeshowed a new trailer to Spider-Man 2 last night and announced that Spider-Man 3 would open in US theatres on May 4, 2007 with TobeyMaguire and Kirsten Dunst in the roles of Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson and SamRaimi once ...
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Focus brands new genre label Rogue Pictures
Focus Features has unveileda new film label Rogue Pictures which will produce and distribute suspense,action, thriller and urban films to be released on a wider scale in thedomestic market than the traditional Focus specialized fare.The announcement was made byFocus co-presidents David Linde and James Schamus at Showest yesterday andincluded three ...
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Jacob's Presidential Role
The following Q&A appeared in Screen International, the weekly, on March 10, on the occasion of Gilles Jacob's elevation to president of the Cannes Film Festival.While his name does not often appear on the lists of Hollywood power brokers, the super-rich or the stars to watch, Gilles Jacob is arguably ...
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Cheaper goes up against Starsky in Germany
Germany is shaping up to be the comedy battleground this upcomingweekend as Fox International's Cheaper By The Dozen goes up against Buena Vista International's(BVI) Starsky & Hutch.Cheaper By The Dozen opens on a wide 605 prints and executives will be looking tobuild on the comedy's $40m international running total.Starsky & ...
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Organisation relaunches as Australians In Film
The non-profit Australians In Film (formerly The Los AngelesAustralian Film and Television Association) has relaunched boasting celebrityambassadors including Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe, a new board of advisorsand a slate of events.The new-look organisation kicked off 2004 by co-presenting theJurlique Australian Film Festival in January and hosting a sold-out screeningof ...
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Antonellis gets top anti-piracy job at Warner Bros
Darcy Antonellis has been named senior vice president of worldwideanti-piracy operations at Warner Bros Entertainment, a new post that puts theveteran entertainment technician in charge of protecting the company'sintellectual property.Reporting to executive vice president of corporate businessdevelopment and strategy Kevin Tsujihara, Antonellis will lead the studio'sIntellectual Property Council and coordinate ...
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ContentFilm follows up Never Die Alone with Daddy Cool
ContentFilm has greenlit the screen adaptation of cult 1970swriter Donald Goines' hitman drama Daddy Cool.The New York-based company announced it would finance and producethe project just days before Friday's release (26) through Fox Searchlight ofits other Goines adaptation, Never Die Alone.Never Die Alone director Ernest Dickerson is expected to direct ...
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Magnolia acquires US rights to Al-Jazeera doc Control Room
Magnolia Pictures has acquired domestic rights to Jehane Noujaim'sControl Room, abehind-the-scenes look at the Al-Jazeera network's coverage of the recent Iraqwar and the criticisms it faced for its coverage.Magnolia will open the documentary in New York in mid-May followedby a nationwide release. Control Room premiered at Sundance earlier this year.The ...