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Pinewood says 007 stage will need rebuilding after fire
Pinewood Sheppertonsaid there were no casualties involved at the "serious fire" that broke out atthe 007 stage this weekend. Damage was so extensive that the studio expects tohave to demolish and rebuild the famed stage. The roof of the 45,000-square-footstage caved in from fire damage. Pinewood said that there was"no ...
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Dir: Adam McKay. US. 2006. 108mins.Even though TalladegaNights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby intermittentlyspins its wheels, crowd-pleaser runs well enough to reach the finish line.Playing to his strengths, star/co-writer/executive producer Will Ferrell reapsmany good comic moments early on in Adam Mckay'sfeature to compensate for a sluggish second half.Set in the ...
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Rowntree Trust launches new documentary fund
The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust has announced a new fund to supportdocumentaries that highlight contemporary social or political issues in the UK. The fund was launched at the inaugural Britdoc festival (July 26-28). Up to $65,364 (£35,000) isbeing offered by the Reform Trust for films focusing on British issues ofsocial ...
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Levy tapped as chairman for Film Business Academy
AlainLevy, Chairman and CEO of EMI Music, has been appointed chairman of the Film Business Academy's advisory board at Cass Business School in London.Levypreviously served as president and CEO of PolyGram during its expansion withPolyGram Filmed Entertainment. TheFilm Business Academy at Cass, supported by Skillset and the UK Film Council, ...
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La Sagrada Familia takes top prize at Era New Horizons
La SagradaFamilia, the first feature film from Chileanwriter/director Sebastian Campos, has won the Grand Prix at the sixth Era NewHorizons Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.Otherhigh-scoring competition entries included Shinya Tsukamoto's Vital, Paz Encina'sHamaca Paraguaya,Alexander Sokurov's The Sun, the Quay Brothers' ThePiano Tuners Of Earthquakes and Alexey Guerman Jr's Garpastum.Twoentries - ...
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The Host breaks Korean box-office records
Bong Joon-ho's Cannes hit The Host is breaking box-office recordsin Korea, taking theopening week record with more than 2.6m admissions, and the highestsingle-day admissions with 790,000 on Saturday, July 29.The previous record for opening week was held by Typhoon with 1.8m admissionslast year, opening on 540 screens; the highest single-day ...
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Protests expected at Flying Scotsman premiere
Protesters are threateningto picket the world premiere screening of TheFlying Scotsman, which is scheduled to open the 60th EdinburghInternational Film Festival on August 14.The production companyformed to make The Flying Scotsman,Mel Films Limited, is now in administration. Around 60crew members and extras have yet to be paid for their work ...
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Cinema industry puts date-stamp on digital dawn
Digital cinema pioneer QUALCOMM became the first company to commit to a date for the commercial launch of its new technology at the Cinema Expo convention in Amsterdam this week.QUALCOMM said it expects to launch and roll out its first generation digital cinema delivery system within the next 12 months. ...
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World Trade Center
Dir: Oliver Stone. US. 2006.125mins.In Hollywood's first really major movie aboutthe events of September 11, 2001, Oliver Stone mostly steers clear of politics,religion and other potentially controversial issues. Instead, the usuallyprovocative film-maker focuses on the true and more personal story of two copstrapped in the rubble of the Twin Towers ...
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X Filme launches unit for international co-productions
Berlinproduction powerhouse X Filme creative pool, whoserecent international production credits include Maria Schrader's Love Life and BilleAugust's Goodbye Bafana,has launched a subsidiary company X FilmeInternational to concentrate on the production of one to two internationalco-productions per year for the global market. The newWolfsburg-based outfit, which will be managed by X-Filme'sHead ...
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ICA takes UK rights to Eric Steel's The Bridge
DistributorICA Films has taken UK theatrical and DVD rights to The Bridge,while Channel 4 has obtained the UK TV rights. FortissimoFilms is handling sales for the Eric Steel's documentary, which will screen atthe London Film Festival.Thefilm is about the people who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in 2004, while ...
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Eastwood's Iwo Jima film to open Tokyo festival
The 19th annual Tokyo International FilmFestival has announced that its opening film on Oct 21 will be Clint Eastwood'sFlags Of OurFathers.The film is the first of two that focus on the WWIIbattle for the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Flagsdepicts events from the American side, while the forthcoming Red Sun, ...
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Dragon Tiger Gate earns $3m in Asian opening
Hong Kong summer blockbuster DragonTiger Gate has earned more than $3m from six territories across Asia in its firstthree days of release.After its July 28opening, the action film scored the biggest three-day opening for a Chinesefilm in Hong Kong this year, raking in $700,000 (HK$5.4m) on 52 screens.Released by Beijing ...
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Sao Paulo to host new film market Aug 23-25
Anewly created film market in Sao Paulo has been set up to boost thebusiness of Brazilian audiovisual industry. The numbers are still very modestwhen compared to the largest American and European film markets but the first InternationalFair of the Cinema and Audiovisual Industry (FIICAV) expects its 150 exhibitorsto attract 15,000 ...
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Fortissimo takes on sales for Hula Girls
FortissimoFilms has acquired the worldwide rights, excluding Japan and Korea, to Hula Girls, the latest film from director Lee Sang-il.Thefilm, based on real events, is set in northern Japan in 1965, and tells thestory of a poor village's efforts to build the country's first Hawaiian Village tourist attraction. Hula Girls ...
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UIP takes on UK release for Clerks II
United InternationalPictures (UIP) will distribute Kevin Smith's Clerks II in the UK. The deal was official confirmed as UIP set thebelated sequel to Smith's 1994 cult hit for a Sept 22 release in the territory.Clerks IIsaw its world premiere out of competition as Cannes in May and will receive its ...
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Deauville to open with Burger's The Illusionist
Neil Burger's The Illusionist, starring EdwardNorton, will open the 32nd Deauville Festival ofAmerican Film, which is slated to run Sept 1-10 in the Normandytown. The official line-up was announced on July 31 andincludes Jason Reitman's Thank You For Smokingstarring Aaron Eckhart, David Slade's Hard Candywhich is set to be released ...
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Schloendorff plans Kazakhstan shoot for Ulzhan
Germandirector Volker Schloendorff will be reunited withactor David Bennent, the child star of his 1979Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) as Oskar Matzerath, for his next feature Ulzhan which begins shooting in Kazakhstan from September.TheFrench-Kazakh co-production between Regis Ghezelbash'sFly Times Pictures and the Kazakh Film Studio is based on ...
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Hot Docs and DOC create new documentary fellowship
TheHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the DocumentaryOrganisation of Canada (DOC) have created a new ofthe documentary fellowship programme.During2006-2007, the Quebecor DocumentaryFellowship willwork with 15 mid-level filmmakers from under-represented ethno-cultural communities.Five applicants will receive full fellowships, be mentored by senior producersfrom DOC, and will take part in a year-round ...
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Harrison named corp comms chief at Paradigm
Bill Harrison hasjoined Paradigm Talent and Literary Agency as head of corporate communications.Harrison will oversee Paradigm's media relations activities as well as thecompany's branding, advertising, special events and philanthropic efforts. Hewill be based in the Beverly Hills headquarters.He most recently served in a senior role at PMK/HBH, where his accountsincluded ...