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In The Bedroom
Dir: Todd Field. US. 2001. 135mins.Indie actor Todd Field makes an impressive feature directorial debut with In The Bedroom, a sharply-observed portrait of how one upper-middle-class family comes to terms with sudden tragedy. Set in New England, this meditative, multilayered drama is as much noteworthy for its accomplishments, providing a ...
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Women stays on top; Rocky opens well
Icon Film Distribution's What Women Want easily retained the number one spot in the UK over the weekend with a three-day gross of $3,635,896 (£2,512,404). The romantic comedy dropped just 26% from its opening weekend pulling in a site average of $8,890 from 409 sites. The film's closest challenger was ...
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Gladiator, Crouching Tiger lead Oscars race
Gladiator and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon led the field in the 2000 Academy Award nominations announced this morning in Los Angeles, which generated a few surprises and set some unusual records.Crouching Tiger became only the third foreign-language film in history to win a Best Picture nomination as well as a ...
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Ang Lee wins third best foreign-language Oscar nod
It was an extraordinary morning for Ang Lee, the Taiwanese director overlooked by the Academy for Sense And Sensibility in 1995 and The Ice Storm in 1997. Not only did he win picture and director nominations for his box office sensation Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but he won his third ...
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Babelsberg beefs up production division
Germany's Studio Babelsberg has expanded its in-house production division in a bid to attract more big-budget international productions to the legendary production facility. The studio's CEO Rainer Schaper announced during the Berlin Film Festival that production manager Udo Happel, who has most recently supervised Jean-Jacques Annaud's Berlin opener Enemy At ...
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Thoeren quits Ufa to focus on producing
Veteran producer Konstantin Thoeren is exiting his post as managing director of Ufa International Film & TV Produktion at the end of this week. Thoeren told ScreenDaily that he will now concentrate on producing through his own outfit Patrola Films Inc, based in Munich and Los Angeles, although he will ...
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Kieslowski Awards to be rolled out across Europe
Young European talent is to get a new chance to break into the movies thanks to an extension of the Kieslowski Awards.The prizes, which have operated in France for the last three years, are now being rolled out throughout the 15 European Union countries. The scheme, which gives writers and ...
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Constantin results exceed expectations
German producer-distributor Constantin Film has exceeded its sales forecasts according to provisional results, with group turnover increasing by 80% to Euros116m.Theatrical distribution accounted for the bulk of Constantin's 2000 sales - Euros53m - thanks to the successful releases of films such as American Pie, The Sixth Sense, Harte Jungs and ...
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Solomon steps in at stricken TEAM Entertainment
TV industry veteran Michael Jay Solomon has joined struggling production and sales group TEAM Communications as its new chairman and chief executive. He replaces Drew Levin who has resigned with immediate effect. The company, which is quoted on the NASDAQ and Neuer Markt stock exchanges, last month warned that profits ...
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Italian For Beginners
Screened at Berlin (Competition). Dir: Lone Scherfig. Denmark. 2000. 118mins.Judging by the applause and peels of laughter that greeted the press screenings this week for Lone Scherfig's Italian For Beginners at Berlin, a festival where such spontaneous outbursts are rare, it is clear that there is plenty of life yet ...
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El Deseo to shoot Coixet drama in the US
The Almodovar brothers' Madrid-based production outfit, El Deseo, has boarded English-language drama My Life Without Me, which is set to shoot in the US later this year with Isabel Coixet directing.The film, which tells the story of a young mother's confrontation with her own death, will mark writer-director Coixet's second ...
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German DVD sales up by 350%
German DVD sales leapt by 350% to nine million units in 2000, compared to 2.6 million the previous year, and accounted for 30% of the sell-through video market, according to figures from market research company gfk.Gladiator was the most successful of the 1,400 DVD titles released in 2000, shifting more ...
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To See A Boat wins Prix UIP Berlin
Anja Breien's short To See A Boat At Sail (A Se En Bat Med Seil) has been awarded the Prix UIP Berlin, an initiative of distributor UIP and the European Film Academy in co-operation with the Berlin International Film Festival.The Euros2,000 prize, awarded for the first time this year, ensures ...
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Hungarian 'plex saturation slows admissions
According to industry insiders, there are signs that the multiplex boom which revitalised the Hungarian exhibition industry over the past five years is grinding to a halt.There are now 12 multiplexes in the country, which has a population of 10 million, but the rapid growth that saw admissions in Budapest ...
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Japan awaits 350 screen release for Korean film
Tokyo-based distributor Cine Quanon, in co-operation with Korean film producer CJ Entertainment, plans to release the hit Korean thriller Joint Security Area on as many as 350 screens, a new high for an Asian film in Japan. Set to open nationwide on May 19, Joint Security Area is expected to ...
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France's La Verite 2 continues record-breaking run
French comedy La Verite 2 is on its way to becoming Warner Bros France's biggest ever hit after selling 2.83 million tickets in seven days (Feb 7-13), second only to historical record holder Taxi 2, which clocked up 3.48 million admissions in its first week.La Verite 2, the sequel to ...
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Hannibal chews up Italian box office
In a record-breaking opening of a US film at the Italian box office, Hannibal has grossed a chilling $3,678,089 (l7,705,597,000) in three days from 322 theatres, taking an average $11,423 per screen. Previous all-time highs were registered by The Blair Witch Project ($3,593,327) and Titanic ($3,094,541).Distributor FilmAuro's impressive takings were ...
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Gladiator to re-enter the arena in Italy
In an attempt to cash in on Gladiator's multiple Oscar nominations, distributor UIP has decided to re-release the sword-and-sandal epic in Italy two weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony takes place.A spokesperson for UIP said the distributor had officially taken the decision after the Oscar nominations were announced on Wednesday. ...
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France's Films de L'astre buys Honolulu Baby
France's Films de L'astre has acquired local distribution rights to Honolulu Baby, the latest feature from cult Italian actor-director Maurizio Nichetti. RAI Trade, which is handling worldwide rights, has also sold the film to Greece and all other French-speaking territories.Honolulu Baby is a Mr Bean-style comedy about an engineer who ...
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Ozon rounds up femmes for next project
Acclaimed French auteur Francois Ozon has unveiled a stellar cast for his next film Huit Femmes. Pitched as a femme whodunnit involving a murder committed on Christmas Eve, the film is set to star Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Virginie Ledoyen, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Danielle Darrieux, Vahina Goicante and Firmine ...