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Hitch hikes up US box office
Sony's romantic comedy Hitchopened on an estimated $45.3m at the weekend in what was the biggest everlaunch for a romantic comedy.Will Smith stars as a date doctor who claims he can find anybody's perfectmatch within three days. Eva Mendes and Kevin James also star in Andy Tennant'spicture, which drew strong ...
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Hitch opens top in US on $45.3m
Sony's romantic comedy Hitchopened on an estimated $45.3m at the weekend in what was the biggest everlaunch for a romantic comedy.Will Smith stars as a date doctor who claims he can find anybody's perfectmatch within three days. Eva Mendes and Kevin James also star in Andy Tennant'spicture, which drew strong ...
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Meet The Fockers soars past $100m for UIP
DreamWorks International'sMeet The Fockers grossed an estimated $20.8m on 3,166 screens in 39territories through UIP at the weekend as it became UIP's first 2005 release topass $100m.The comedy sequel currently stands at $111.5m following 10 fresh openings, thebiggest of which was a strong number one launch in Italy that produced ...
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Delbonnel takes top cinematography prize
Bruno Delbonnelwon top honours for his work in A Very Long Engagement in the 19thAnnual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding AchievementAwards in Los Angeles yesterday (13).It was the first ASC award for Delbonnel, who was nominated for Jean-PierreJeunet's Amelie in 2002.Delbonnel beat off stiff competition from Dion Beebe and ...
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Lions Gate picks up international rights to Isolation
Lions Gate Films International has picked up worldwide rights excludingthe UK, France and North America to UK-Irish horror movie Isolation which is beingdirected by first-timer Billy O'Brien. Produced by The Bureau in association with Blue Orange Films and ElementFilms, Isolation stars John Lynch, Ruth Negga and Sean Harris in thestory ...
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Emperor names Tse as international sales chief
Hong Kong production and distribution outfit Emperor MotionPictures (EMP) has appointed Ricky Tse to oversee its international salesactivities in the role of distribution general manager.Tse, who was formerly assistant general manager at MediaAsia Distribution, will take on responsibility for EMP's new distribution teamreporting directly to the company's chief executive Albert ...
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FRANCE 14 February
French comedy EspaceDetente took in a whopping 701,031 admissions in its first week. The filmis adapted from a 15-minute TV series called Camera Cafe whose formathas been sold the world over. The film pushed The Aviator down to thesecond spot in its second week for a cumulative total of $7,463,417 ...
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Rezo Int'l takes rights to Rohmer, Karel titles
Newly launched French saleshouse Rezo International has picked up international rights to new pictures byFrench veteran Eric Rohmer and The World According To Bush directorWilliam Karel.Rohmer aims to shoot TheRomance Of Astrea And Celadon at the end of 2005 and complete it in timefor Venice 2006. The film is adapted ...
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Lions Gate Int'l takes selected rights on Isolation
Lions Gate FilmsInternational has picked up worldwide rights excluding the UK, France and NorthAmerica to UK-Irish horror movie Isolation which is being directed byfirst-timer Billy O'Brien. Produced by The Bureau inassociation with Blue Orange Films and Element Films, Isolation stars JohnLynch, Ruth Negga and Sean Harris in the story of ...
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Location: Fiji
Fiji is launching a series of initiatives aimed at attracting film-makers including 100-150% tax deductions and a film studio.The government of the group of Pacific islands is expected to pass legislation in May allowing for tax deductions of 100-150% for capital investment in projects. At least 35% of the ...
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Kinowelt acquires Warner titles from Epsilon
German distributor Kinowelthas taken rights to a package of films headed by Warner Bros titles MillionDollar Baby and Mr & Mrs Smith. Clint Eastwood'sOscar-nominated Million Dollar Baby has been widely advertised as beinghandled by Warner's German branch with a release date of March 3. Kinowelt'sBertil Le Claire said the company ...
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Icon takes Perfect Creature for the UK
Icon Entertainment haspicked up UK rights to Perfect Creature, the New Zealand-UK producedvampire thriller. Starring Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Stuart Wilson andScott Wills it explores a retro-futuristic world where vampires and humansco-exist. The Icon deal was signed byArclight Films, which handles international sales jointly with New ZealandFilm. "We get the ...
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Funds dry up at Euro Media Programme
The Media Programme'sdistribution support system appears to be in a state of disarray. Speaking inBerlin on Sunday, Raymond A. J. Goverde confirmed that the budget for 2004 ranout in mid-November and that no distributors have received the money they werepromised since then.Goverde (Head of MonitoringTeam at Media) said that the ...
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Instant replay for German version of Finnish football film
In an unusual move,Hamburg's Wueste Filmproduktion will remake the Finnish football comedy FCVenus before the movie is even in theatres at home.Finnish production companyTalent House will start shooting the Joona Tena-directed Venus at theend of May, while the German remake, to be directed by Ute Wieland, will beginfilming at the ...
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Gold Circle looks to draw Garcia to Smoke
Gold Circle Films is infinal negotiations to hire Spanish first-time director Victor Garcia to directthe horror suspense feature Smoke.The film is based on a specscript by Ronnie Christensen and is being produced by The Grudgeproducers Roy Lee & Doug Davidson of Vertigo Entertainment and Lauren Lloydat Bedlam Media.The SleepingWith The ...
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European Shooting Stars hit Berlin
"Listen to directors anddon't dream of being a star'do your job, be yourself, and it will work out inthe end." That was Man To Man directorRegis Wargnier's advice to the 21 fresh-faced actors and actresses from aroundEurope chosen for the 8th Shooting Stars initiative last week.Around 40 European castingagents are ...
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Gavin Films strikes US deal for Mothers And Daughters
Bill Gavin's Gavin Films hassold North American rights to Mothers And Daughters to SalonEntertainment.The US distributor isplanning a theatrical release for the low-budget British comedy, written,directed and produced by actors Hannah Davis and David Conolly exploring thetangled love lives and family relationships of middle class Londoners."Salon is making a verysignificant ...
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European cinema admissions rocket in 2004
Cinema admissions for theenlarged European Union of 25 member states rocketed to record levels in 2004,topping the 1bn mark for the first time ever, according to provisional figurescompiled by the Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO).Initial estimates havelogged a year-on-year-increase of 5.87 percent, led by a stunning 11.6 percentadmissions hike in ...
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Fateless attracts the crowds at Hungarian Film Week
The 36th edition of the Hungarian Film Week (February 2-8)saw a major admissions increase this year according to the organisers.Admissions were nearly forty-eight thousand, a five thousandincrease on last year.Renowned cinematographer Lajos Koltai's directorial debut,Berlinale contender Fateless was theFilm Week's most popular title with over 3,000 admissions, while anotherBerlinale participant ...
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Karlovy Vary lines up Peckinpah, Maddin and Kawamoto tributes
The Karlovy VaryInternational Film Festival (July 1-9) has lined up tributes to Sam Peckinpah,Guy Maddin and Japanese animation director Kihachiro Kawamoto for its 2005edition.Kawamoto will celebrate his80th birthday at Karlovy Vary, the first international festival topresent a retrospective of his work. He is currently shooting a new feature, ShishaNo Sho, ...