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Buffalo Soldiers finally gets UK release
Pathe Distribution has scheduled a UK release date of July 18 for Buffalo Soldiers, the long-delayed GIs and drugs feature which Miramax Films held back in North America after September 11.The UK distributor said it is going out on a hefty 250 prints on the film, which it acquired when ...
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Besson brings short film to the masses
Having jump started the careers of several of France's most important young filmmakers , Luc Besson is at it again. Via his mini-studio Europa Corp., Besson has packaged 10 short films together into one feature length movie which will open in France on June 18. Called Zero Un, ...
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Banff winner tipped for US theatrical run
A feature-length version of documentary Chavez - Inside the Coup, the critically acclaimed winner of the top award at this week's Banff television festival, is under negotiation for a US theatrical release says its producer, David Power of Ireland's Power Pictures. Speaking to Screen Daily, David Power said that theatrical ...
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Korean film-makers rage against quota threat
The South Korean film community has reacted strongly to statements from Korea's Ministry of Finance & Economy calling for the reduction or abolition of the nation's Screen Quota system. In a hastily-arranged press conference on June 12, a coalition of directors, actors, and producers issued a sharp rebuttal to ...
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Scott takes Tristan And Isolde to Prague in August
Ridley Scott's Tristan And Isolde is set to go into production in the Czech Republic at the end of August.The film is a co-production between Quality International and ApolloMedia/ApolloProMedia, UK-based MFF and Filmgroup 111 Prague. Moshe Diamant is set to produce and Ridley Scott oversee as Executive Producer. Kolin Luxembourg ...
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UK tax funds bankroll Bauer Martinez slate
UK tax financier Tower Film Productions has partnered with fellow funding operation UKFS to bankroll a slate of films involving Dennis Hopper, Andy Garcia, Ringo Lam, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Gina Gershon and Dominique Swain.Most of the titles are being produced through Philippe Martinez's US-based Bauer Martinez. Tower chief executive Stephen ...
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Zentropa to handle world on controversial Plum
Denmark's Zentropa is sealing its reputation for handling controversial fare by acquiring world rights, excluding North America, to Don's Plum, a four-year-old film that has never been released due to a legal battle between one of it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and independent producer David Stutman.DiCaprio's agent attempted to block release ...
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The Hulk
Dir: Ang Lee. US. 2003. 137 mins.Ever since he signed on to direct a film of Marvel Comics' The Hulk, it was a puzzle for many to imagine how a film-maker as artistically autonomous as Ang Lee could possibly enhance the rigid formula of summer comic-book blockbuster. But enhance it ...
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Producer tells Toronto 'to get a lid' on SARS
Toronto's production industry is reaching a crisis point as the beleaguered city contemplates an ongoing battle against SARS. Producer Don Carmody, who is scheduled to begin production of Resident Evil: Apocalypse on Aug. 11, told Screen International that if the city can't "get a lid on" its SARS situation, "they ...
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Serbian debut wins Karlovy Vary selection
The debut feature film by the young Serbian director Milos Petricic Almost Totally Ordinary Story has been selected for 'East of the West' section of the 38th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary. The urban romantic comedy, written by Dusan Ristic and produced by Premax Group, features a young cast of ...
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Transylvania fest debates Romanian funding
While the shoot of Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain shows that Romania is becoming an increasingly favoured location for Western crews, local productions are still struggling to raise money to get off the groundState financing is almost the sole form of production money available to producers, a subject which proved the ...
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Belgrade launches short film fund
The Belgrade City government has formed a Commission for awarding funds for documentary and short films, presided over by the renowned Serbian director Goran Markovic. Directors of documentary, short, animated and experimental films should apply by July 31 and the Commission will announce the its awards by October 1. The ...
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Niki&Flo
Dir: Lucian Pintilie. France-Romania. 2003. 98minsVeteran Romanian director Lucian Pintilie has crafted a fitfully amusing, occasionally absorbing fable of slow disintegration around a fragile story of a father who feels increasingly lonely and alienated as his children leave home, one for the afterlife and the other for the US. Mixing ...
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Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Dir: Troy Miller. US. 2003. 82mins.A dead-on impression of Jim Carrey in one of his most popular early performances may not be a bad asset for a belated follow-up to a gross-out comedy classic. But without the real Carrey - or original writer-directors the Farrelly brothers - in attendance, New ...
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Reiner sets out for space on self-discovery mission
Veteran director Rob Reiner, whose romantic comedy Alex & Emma kicked off the fourth Maui Film Festival this week, has hinted that his next film may be a parable of self-discovery set in space.The embryonic project, which is tentatively titled Imagine, would centre on an astronaut who undergoes a life-changing ...
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EasyCinema runs into UK exhibition difficulties
easyCinema, the UK no-frills exhibitor which sells tickets for as low as £0.20, has secured a range of previously-released titles from Warner Bros, including the first two installments of the Harry Potter franchise. But none of the titles are first-run, and all are available on DVD and video in the ...
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Cult French comedy heads for big screen
Camera Cafe, a comedy program that airs before the nightly news on French channel M6 will make a leap to the big screen in 2004. Created by and starring Bruno Solo and Yvan Bolloc'h, the show - which has been sold widely around the world - is a comedic look ...
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Rudge to head Universal Video, continental Europe
Universal Pictures International Video (UPIV) has appointed Phil Rudge to the post of vice president of Continental Europe.Rudge, formerly managing director of Universal Pictures Video UK (Rental Division), will report to UPIV president Peter Smith. Based in London, he will manage all local sales and marketing operations across Spain, France, ...
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Japan acts to protect copyright of Golden Age directors
Japan has passed a revised Copyright Law extending copyright protection for movies and animated films from the current fifty years to seventy following the date of release. The new law goes into effect in January.The Japanese film industry has campaigned long and hard for this revision. The copyrights on films ...
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Edinburgh unveils first festival titles
British premieres of Cannes competition entry Swimming Pool, Jim Sheridan drama In America and Lucas Belvaux's La Trilogie are among the first titles confirmed for the 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival which runs August 13-24. Adding to its previously announced retrospective devoted to French master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot, the ...