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Shaun Woodward named new film minister in UK
The UK has a new film minister as Shaun Woodward has beennamed the new Creative Industries and Tourism Minister, replacing James Purnell. After his Labour partydidn't fare well in last week's local elections, Prime Minister Tony Blair madesignificant shifts among government leaders. As part of the changes, Purnell was moved ...
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Relative Values
Dir: Eric Styles. UK. 2000. 89 mins.Prod Co: Overseas Filmroup/Midsummer Films. UK dist: Momentum Pictures. Int'l sales: Overseas Filmgroup. Prod: Chris Milburn. Assoc prods/scr: Paul Rattigan and Michael Walker from the play by Noel Coward. DoP: Jimmy Dibling. Prod des: Humphrey Jaeger. Eds: Caroline Limmer, Ian Seymour. Mus: John Derney. ...
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Lithuanian Film Studios moves into financing
Lithuanian Film Studios has announced a long-termcommitment to co-finance select projects that are produced at its studio. To launch the new strategy, the studio has partneredwith Los Angeles-based Little Film Company to finance, produce and distribute theaction thriller War of the Dead. Finnish director Marko Makilaaksowill start shooting the film ...
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New Films Int'l taps Kessler as business affairs chief
Craig A Kessler has joined Beverly Hills-based New FilmsInternational as vice president of business and legal affairs.Reporting to New Films executive vice president Ron Gell, Kesslerwill be responsible for negotiating production and co-productions for NFI'sexpanding slate.Kessler previously served at Doug Liman's production companyHypnotic, and prior to that he served in ...
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Focus acquires Kimmel biopic for US release
Focus Features has picked up domestic rights to Sidney KimmelEntertainment (SKE) and Mark Gordon Company's biopic Talk To Me, starring Don Cheadle and ChiwetelEjiofor.Kimmel International will commence sales at Cannes later thismonth on the true story of Ralph Waldo 'Petey' Green, an outspoken ex-con whobecame an iconic radio personality and ...
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Weinstein Co brings Knight Rider to big screen
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is bringing the 1980s hit television seriesKnight Rider to thebig screen after acquiring rights from show creator Glen A Larson.Larson will write the screenplay and serve as executive producer throughGlen A Larson Productions.Knight Rider is a revenge story about a police investigator who survives ashooting and ...
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Polly Cohen installed as new Warner Independent chief
Warner Bros executive vice president of production Polly Cohen (pictured) hasbeen named as the new president of Warner Independent Pictures (WiP) followingMark Gill's abrupt departure last week.The widely expected move puts in place a key lieutenant of WarnerBros production chief Jeff Robinov, to whom Cohen will report when sheofficially starts ...
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Darclight's Stanley's Girlfriend to play in Cannes shorts programme
Stanley's Girlfriend, a segment from Darclight Films' Trapped Ashes horror anthology, has been selected to play in official selection at Cannes in the short film programe.Directed by Monte Hellman, Stanley's Girlfriend is one of five stories in Trapped Ashes alongside offerings from Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Sean Cunningham and JohnGaeta.Darclight ...
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Darclight's Stanley's Girlfriend to play in Cannes shorts programme
Stanley's Girlfriend, a segment from DarclightFilms' Trapped Ashes horror anthology, has been selected to play inofficial selection at Cannes in the short film programe.Directed by Monte Hellman, Stanley's Girlfriend isone of five stories in Trapped Ashes alongside offerings from Joe Dante, Ken Russell,Sean Cunningham and JohnGaeta.Darclight Films will be in ...
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Darclight's Stanley's Girlfriend to play in Cannes shorts programme
Stanley's Girlfriend, a segment from DarclightFilms' Trapped Ashes horror anthology, has been selected to play inofficial selection at Cannes in the short film programe.Directed by Monte Hellman, Stanley's Girlfriend isone of five stories in Trapped Ashes alongside offerings from Joe Dante, Ken Russell,Sean Cunningham and JohnGaeta.Darclight Films will be in ...
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Ptak leaves CAA, sets up Arsenal with VIP's Elway
John Ptak is leaving CAA after 15 years and teaming up with film industry executive Philip Elway to form the strategic consultancyArsenal.Arsenal will adviseproducers, equity funds and distributors on business growth and financing and distribution arrangements onprojects.The initial client rosterincludes Exception-Wild Bunch, Endgame Entertainment, Spitfire Pictures,Kadokawa Pictures USA, and Davis ...
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Ptak leaves CAA, sets up Arsenal with VIP's Elway
John Ptak is leaving CAA after 15 years and teaming up with film industry executive Philip Elway to form the strategic consultancyArsenal.Arsenal will adviseproducers, equity funds and distributors on business growth and financing and distribution arrangements onprojects.The initial client rosterincludes Exception-Wild Bunch, Endgame Entertainment, Spitfire Pictures,Kadokawa Pictures USA, and Davis ...
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Time Warner strikes alliance with CETV
Time Warner has broken into the potentially lucrative Chinese-language programming market through a ground-breaking strategic alliance with Hong Kong-based broadcaster China Entertainment Television (CETV).Time Warner-owned Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Asia Pacific will provide the channel with selected programming and also work closely with CETV founder Robert Chua to produce original ...
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Ptak leaves CAA, sets up Arsenal with VIP's Elway
John Ptak is leaving CAA after 15 years and teaming up with film industry executive Philip Elway to form the strategic consultancyArsenal.Arsenal will adviseproducers, equity funds and distributors on business growth and financing and distribution arrangements onprojects.The initial client rosterincludes Exception-Wild Bunch, Endgame Entertainment, Spitfire Pictures,Kadokawa Pictures USA, and Davis ...
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Ptak leaves CAA, sets up Arsenal with VIP's Elway
John Ptak is leaving CAA after 15 years and teaming up with film industry executive Philip Elway to form the strategic consultancyArsenal.Arsenal will advise producers, equity funds and distributors on business growth and financing and distribution arrangements onprojects.The initial client roster includes Exception-Wild Bunch, Endgame Entertainment, Spitfire Pictures, Kadokawa Pictures ...
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Reverse Shot picks up Sundance doc Lion In The House
Online film journal Reverse Shothas announced its first foray into theatrical distribution withthe acquisition of Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's documentary A LionIn The House.Reverse Shothas scheduled engagements in 10 markets including New York, Boston, San Francisco andSeattle, and plans to add up to 20 more before and after the ...
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Movie Eye's Longest Night shooting in Shanghai
Japan's Movie Eye Entertainment has teamed up with Beijing-based MegadiaEntertainment to co-produce a $5m romantic drama with the working title The Longest Night In Shanghai.Directed by Zhang Yibai, whofirst came to attention with acclaimed drama Spring Subway, the film stars leading Chinese actress Vicki Zhaoand Japanese star Masahiro Motoki. Currently ...
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Anche Libero Va Bene
Dir: Kim Rossi Stuart. It. 2006.104mins.Though it breaks no new ground, Anche Libero VaBene, Italian actor Kim Rossi Stuart'sdirectorial debut, restates the child's eye-view of family strife with suchemotional truth that it feels fresh.The film spends little timetrying to look pretty, and its kitchen-sink aesthetics, together with its deliberately untouristy ...
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Fifty Pills
Dir: Theo Avgerinos. US, 2006.90mins.Fifty Pills is a low-budgetindependent cousin of broad college comedies from the studio world like Road Trip or Van Wilder. Instead of a lush California campus, the indie version has grimy street-bound New York. Instead ofcheating in exams or losing one's virginity, the challenge is to ...
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Boy Culture
Dir: Q Allan Brocka. US. 2006. 88mins.A slick slice of gay American life which begins incynical posturing and ends in sweet romance, Boy Culture is already one of the gay festival season's talkingpoints. Filled with the hot guys and wise-ass dialogue that are customary intoday's knowing same-sex celluloid, it has ...