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Paredes joins Savages
Spanish actress Marisa Paredes has joined the castof first-time writer-director Carlos Molinero's feature film, Savages(Salvajes).The film will reunite Paredes - who is currentlythe president of Spain's Cinema Academy - with Imanol Arias, her co-star inPedro Almodovar's 1995 hit The Flower Of My Secret (El Flor De Mi Secreto).Paredes also starred ...
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Ticket sales down; The Mexican still number one
It was a disappointing weekend at the North American box office, falling some 17% from the same weekend last year. This first drop of the year comes just days after a keynote speech by MPAA president Jack Valenti at ShoWest in which he made much of the dramatic rise in ...
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Vivendi Universal posts 60% rise in profit
Vivendi Universal - which has seen its net income jump 60%, to Euros 2.3bn, and revenues rise 37% to Euros 41.8bn in 2000 - will meet its aggressive growth and synergy targets in 2001 and 2002 according to chairman Jean-Marie Messier.At a conference call on March 9, Messier said: "We ...
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Crouching Tiger makes history in Hong Kong
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon secured a place in Hong Kong film history, earning more nominations than any other film in the 20 year history of the Hong Kong Film Awards. The Ang Lee film was received a record-breaking 16 nominations in 15 categories, including best film, best director, best screenplay ...
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New body to lobby for deal for Polish filmmakers
Polish film and television producers have established a new consultative body which will lobby the government for better legal and commercial conditions for the Polish audio-visual industry. The newly formed Association of Producers made up of producers working in both film and television will act as Chamber of Commerce for ...
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Mar del Plata
MAR DEL PLATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALMarch 8 - 17Argentina's Mar del Plata International Film Festival has bounced back after mismanagement and a local film industry boycott forced a hiatus last year. A new executive team led by film critic and historian Claudio Espana has promised to provide a more organised ...
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New UK sales and distribution outfit launched
Micro-budget film-maker Ray Brady, best known for controversial 1994 horror flick Boy Meets Girl, has launched his own UK distribution and international sales operation under the banner Boudicca.The venture is already lining up two Brady titles for UK release - 1999 thriller Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the recently completed ...
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Blockbuster, Enron divorce creates VoD rivals
Blockbuster Video and Enron are to set up rival video-on-demand (VoD) services, having ended their year-old partnership.The original deal (Screendaily, July 20) had envisaged a match between Blockbuster's marketing power and the distribution capacity provided energy giant Enron's broadband fibre-optic network. This already spans North America and is being expanded ...
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Mullet
Writer-director David Caesar's third feature, his first since the admired Idiot Box (1996), is a small-budget, small-scale character study surprisingly showing in widescreen 35mm and six-track Dolby. Though rich in Australian idiom and seldom exploited southern New South Wales coastal scenery, Mullet's theatrical ambitions seem overstretched. Its true home is ...
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French film production dips; investment soars
Although the number of French films produced last year decreased by a slight 3.3% from 1999's level, total investment in French films rose by 16% to $636m (Ffr 4.5bn) with a record seven titles (six of them period pieces) breaking the $14m (Ffr100m) budget mark - compared with just two ...
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EM.TV to sell Henson one year after acquisition
Troubled German media concern EM.TV & Merchandising has confirmed that it is planning to sell the Jim Henson Group as part of a corporate restructure following its deal with the KirchGroup last month (ScreenDaily, Feb 2000).EM.TV spokeswoman Marion Moormann declared to the dpa/AFX news service, however, that the sale was ...
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The Mexican
Dir: Gore Verbinski. US. 2001. 125mins.The first pairing of Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt, Hollywood's beloved stars, proves to be a mixed blessing in Gore Verbinski's The Mexican, a mishmash of a movie in which different genres and different styles compete aggressively and strenuously for the viewers' attention. Although the ...
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Internationalmedia acquires Largo library
Internationalmedia has acquired the 25-title Largo Entertainment film library which includes such films as, Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, Spike Lee's historical drama Malcolm X, the Jean-Claude Van Damme actioner Timecop, and Ridley Scott's White Squall and G.I. Jane.Commenting on the acquisition, Neuer Markt-listed Internationalmedia ...
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UNITED KINGDOM
A dearth pf strong openers in the UK left the top six virtually unchanged over the weekend leaving Hannibal unchallenged at the top of the chart. Despite falling 40% on the previous weekend, the thriller's $1,774,915 (£1,208,717) was easily enough to hold the top spot for a fourth week. The ...
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Civilian Content acquires majority of The Sales Co
Civilian Content, parent company of National Lottery franchise The Film Consortium, has secured an international sales operation by agreeing to acquire the majority of The Sales Co. (Screen Daily Sept 25, 2000)Civilian, which already owns 25% of the sales Co through the Consortium, has taken two further 25% holdings owned ...
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Cartel to make biopic of Spaniard on death row
Spanish production outfit Cartel has announced plans to produce a film about Joaquin Jose Martinez, the Spaniard currently on death row in the United States accused of double murder.Writers Mercedes Segovia and Julia Montejo are now putting the final touches on the script. Cartel, headed by Eduardo Campoy, secured exclusive ...
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UK film production affected by animal virus
With much of the UK's countryside under virtual lockdown to curb the burgeoning foot-and-mouth epidemic, producers are beginning to feel the disruption as rural locations become inaccessible, and the scramble begins to find suitable replacements."Most scripts will have a bit of greenery in them," says Gavin Northover, location manager on ...
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Only Mine for Buena Vista Spain
Buena Vista International Spain (BVIS) has picked up Spanish theatrical rights on Sergi Lopez-starrer Only Mine (Solo Mia) from Madrid-based production house Star Line Productions.Digital satellite platform Via Digital has pay TV and Television Espanola free-to-air rights to the film, director Javier Balaguer's feature debut.Only Mine stars Lopez and up-and-coming ...
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UK's year-end cinema admissions below par
Admissions in the last quarter of 2000 slid 13% to 32.2 million, compared with 37.1m in the last three months of 1999, according to data from government agency National Statistics. If the data is seasonally adjusted the fall was 14%, from 37.7 million to 32.4 million.The figures reveal a total ...
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Traffic
After taking best movie cast and best actor awards at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards last weekend, multi-Oscar nominee Traffic is proving that it has box office clout as well. The film, which has taken more than $115m worldwide so far, added several strong openings over the weekend.Topping the ...