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Woody Allen prepares 2007 Barcelona shoot
Woody Allen is to shoot a film in the Barcelona in 2007 with local producer MediaPro.MediaPro general manager Jaume Roures said that his company had signed a deal with Allen to back an as-yet unscripted film by the director set in Barcelona."We signed a contract in which Woody Allen ...
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Best Original Screenplay form guide
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FRONTRUNNERS1 Woody Allen, MatchPointMaybe Allen needed a change of location to get his mojoback, since his London-set thriller about the randomness of luck is one of hisbest-reviewed in a decade. It features an amoral plot worthy of PatriciaHighsmith and one of the most delicious endings in his 35-film ...
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Best Adapted Screenplay form guide
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY FRONTRUNNERS 1 Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback MountainSource: short story by E Annie ProulxMcMurtry and Ossana, who together optioned the rights afterthe short story first appeared in The New Yorker in October 1997, faithfully adapted Proulx's impeccably precise shortstory into a feature screenplay, giving voices to ...
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Best Supporting Actress form guide
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1. Amy Adams, JunebugAdams - who has been seen in small but memorable roles in CatchMe If You Can, among other films - won aspecial acting prize at Sundance this year. She could go all the way to anOscar nomination for her delicious performance as the pregnant, ...
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EC to investigate Pearson, CLT-Ufa merger
The European Commission (EC)'s competition regulators have decided to probe the proposed merger of Pearson Television and CLT-Ufa. The EC has used its merger regulation powers to open a preliminary, one-month review of the $19bn deal that was announced in April (Screendaily, Apr 07) . The companies were notified on ...
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Best Cinematography, Editing, Visual Effects form guide
CINEMATOGRAPHY Dion Beebe, MemoirsOf A GeishaDion Beebe, who earned an Oscar nomination in 2003 forRob Marshall's Chicago, was determinedto capture the reality of 1930s Japan in Marshall's follow-up MemoirsOf A Geisha. Beebe, Marshall and their team travelled to Japan on arecce, but eventually decided to replicate a geisha district ...
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Production Awards form guide
The frontrunners in this year's awards race inproduction, costume design, and make-up are impressing Academies both sides ofthe Atlantic. The sumptuous world of the Geisha in 1930s Japan, theJamestown settlement of 1607, Jerusalem in the 12th Century or London duringthe Blitz. The range of design spectacle and period opulence on ...
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Production form guide
PRODUCTION DESIGN/ ART DIRECTIONWynn Thomas, Cinderella ManRecreating a landmark boxing venue so closely associated with New York City - a municipality that has historically swept away its architectural history - was the challenge for Cinderella Man's production designer Wynn Thomas. So he did what so many film-makers do. He ...
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Best Make-Up, Costume Design form guide
MAKE-UPKate Briscoe and Noriko Watanabe, Memoirs Of A GeishaThere was a lot riding on Kate Briscoe during the shoot of MemoirsOf A Geisha, Rob Marshall's epic adaptation of Arthur Golden's bestseller. The make-up department head was responsible for executing thevision of make-up designer Noriko Watanabe and preserving the integrity of ...
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Star Wars and Harry Potter are 2005 box-office champs
Darth Vader and Harry Potter were the true dark lord andwizard master for 2005's box office.Worldwide George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode III - RevengeOf The Sith was the year's champion with a stunning $848.5m. However,internationally (excluding North America) it was Harry Potter And The GobletOf Fire which finished the year ...
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Cattaneo film will open Berlinale Kinderfilmfest
The Berlinale's Kinderfilmfest will be opened with the international premiere of Peter Cattaneo's new film Opal Dream about a girl whose lively imaginary friends become a real threat to her family in the Australian outback.Other titles confirmed so far for Berlin's children's film sidebar include the world premiere of local ...
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...and dethrones King Kong in North America
The epics were at it again this weekend but this time TheChronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe won out over KingKong.After a closely contested Christmas weekend saw Konghold the lead the four-day New Year weekend saw the great ape pass the crownback to Aslan and friends. ...
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Narnia chronicles New Year international box-office glory
The lion was still roaring as the new year got underway withBuena Vista International's (BVI) The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, TheWitch And The Wardrobe holding onto the international lead. With athree-day weekend of $41.5m and a four-day (including Monday which was aholiday in many territories) of $53.5m.This brings Narnia's ...
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Berlinale Co-Production Market entries leap 25%
Thenumber of entries for this year's Berlinale Co-Production Market (BCM) is up 25%on 2005.Morethan 300 projects from 58 countries have been submitted for the third editionof the market, which runs from February 12-14.BCMproject manager Sonja Heinen said there had been a noticeablerise in entries from Asia and India.She saidshe was ...
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Kong still strong at the international box office
It may have seen The Chronicles Of Narniastealing its thunder but UIP's King Kong was stillroaring loud internationally over the New Year weekend. With an estimated three-daygross (December 30-January 1) of $29m off 6,713 locations in 49 territories thegreat ape saw only a 19% week-on-week drop off. Its cumulative grossinternationally ...
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Oz exhibition giants partner for joint Sydney site
Australia's three largest exhibitors - Village Roadshow, Hoyts and Greater Union - are planning to replace their separate cinemas on George Street, Sydney with a site that will feature single management of both the ticket booth and the concessions area. The development will have over 15 screens and be the ...
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Japanese film to open Rotterdam
Nagasaki Shunichi's Heart, Beating In The Dark will open the35th Rotterdam International Film Festival (January 25-February 5).Festival director Sandra den Hamer called the film "an extraordinary, multilayeredstatement on cinema itself."Heart, BeatingIn The Dark is part remake and part sequel to Nagasaki's own film of the sametitle from 1982. The principal ...
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Sheffield Doc Fest To Launch UK Tour in February
The Sheffield InternationalDocumentary Festival will launch its UK tour at the National Film Theatrein London from February 2-5. The tour, in its seventh year,includes highlights from the Sheffield festival held in October. After a four-day run at the NFT,the three-month tour will continue in cities including Belfast, Bristol, Chichester,Edinburgh, Glasgow, ...
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Hong Kong's 2005 box office hits new record lows
Hong Kong cinema grossed a depressing $36.6m (HK$284m)from a record low of 55 local productions in 2005, continuing the decline of recent years.According to figurescompiled by the territory's Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA), only two local films cracked the top 10: car racing drama Initial D zoomed to top the ...
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BAFTA Munich screeners hit delays
The first round of voting forthis year's BAFTAs closes on Wednesday, which will bebefore voters have a chance to watch screeners of one awardsfavourite, Steven Spielberg's Munich. The decision to send Munich screeners was made before Christmas, and the film's UK distributor, UIP, sent an email to BAFTA voters onDecember ...