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In Focus - Academy awards and the nominees are..
The nominations for the 79th Academy Awards see Dreamgirls leading the race. But the hit musical has been shut out of the best picture and director categories. It also received three nominations for best song, meaning that it can only win five Oscars at most.Best picture nominees were Alejandro Gonzalez ...
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In Focus - Quote, unquote: oscar REACTIONs
'For the box office, the timing is just perfect. Paramount in the States is going to give the movie a second life, the movie has now jumped up from 100 to 800 or more theatres. Around the world the timing is great...'Jon Kilik, producer of best picture nominee Babel'When the ...
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In Focus - The Oscar nominations in full
Best PictureBabelThe DepartedLetters From Iwo JimaLittle Miss SunshineThe QueenBest DirectorAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, BabelClint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima Paul Greengrass, United 93Stephen Frears, The QueenMartin Scorsese, The DepartedBest ActorLeonardo DiCaprio, Blood DiamondRyan Gosling, Half NelsonPeter O'Toole, VenusWill Smith, The Pursuit Of HappynessForest Whitaker, The Last King Of ScotlandBest ActressPenelope Cruz, ...
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In Focus - Reach out to audiences
We produce more movies to play to audiences than ever before. The way we reach this audience may be changing, but we still need to have consumers for our films or the equation doesn't work."Richard Fox, vice-president, international, at Warner Bros, was articulating the obvious but all too often forgotten ...
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UK's article 27 partners with idealive
Soho-based internet distribution outfit article27 has formed a development partnership with idealive, a US-based on-line company which provides information to potential investors.Article27, which has previously struck on-line distribution pacts with UK cultural body the British Film Institute and Italian broadcaster RAI, is to provide idealive with market intelligence and information ...
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Intrepid explorers
Intrepid Pictures makes "the kind of movies we grew up on and that we still go see," says co-founder Marc Evans. Examples include the company's thriller remake The Hitcher, which opened wide in the US last weekend, and Neil Marshall's sci-fi thriller Doomsday, currently shooting in the UK and South ...
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Until Doomsday: the Intrepid Pictures slate
Balls Of Fury: Action comedy set in the world of clandestine ping-pong tournaments. Directed by Robert Ben Garant, starring Dan Fogler, George Lopez, Maggie Q and Christopher Walken. Completed. US release April 27.Strangers: Horror thriller about a young couple terrorised by unknown assailants. Directed by Bryan Bertino, starring Liv Tyler ...
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Free agent
US president George W Bush may not seem to be furthering the cause of independent political cinema, but according to Philippe Diaz, the French producer and director who heads US production, post-production, distribution and international sales operation Cinema Libre Studio, his election in 2000 gave political film-making a shot in ...
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Love spreads
It has been a busy few months since LoveFilm merged with rival Video Island in April 2006. Simon Calver, CEO of the combined company who previously led Video Island (known for its consumer brand Screen Select), can point to an impressive set of statistics: the company is the number one ...
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Capturing the moment
As a London-based photographer, Sean Ellis worked with some of the biggest names in showbusiness, including Elton John, Kylie Minogue and Takeshi Kitano. But his future became clearer when he collaborated with David Lynch on a series of fashion photos. "I was a fashion photographer who was a frustrated film ...
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BackUp bonanza
French financing specialist BackUp Films is celebrating its fifth anniversary in style at Sundance, where its first English-language film, Zoe Cassavetes' Broken English, is playing in dramatic competition.A uniquely European outfit, BackUp structures projects and puts together financing packages for creative producers. While this approach to business is well known ...
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Cervantes Vs Shakespeare
Miguel & William, a period romantic comedy that pits literary giants Cervantes and Shakespeare against each other, represents many firsts for writer-director Ines Paris.After more than a decade writing and directing television sitcoms and two successful Spanish-language romantic comedies, co-directed with Daniela Fejerman, Miguel & William is Paris' first solo ...
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Fortissimo promotes Driessen and Mackey
Sales company Fortissimo Films has announced that Nelleke Driessen has been promoted to managing director, based at its head office in Amsterdam. She had been the co-managing director since 2004. Also, Nicole Mackey is promoted to executive vice-president international sales, and managing director of Fortissimo UK. She had been senior ...
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Thykier to leave Freud's
Kris Thykier will leave Freud Communications at the end of February to join Matthew Vaughn as a partner in production company Marv. Thykier, who joined Freud's in 1992 and served as vice-chairman, will continue to serve as a non-executive director.
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Stephens heads K5 sales
Bill Stephens will handle sales and marketing for new sales company K5 International, formed with K5 Film of Munich. Stephens will remain in the UK. In Munich, Oliver Simon will oversee production and Daniel Baur will head business affairs. Karin Binnberg will assist in sales and marketing.
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Spinal Tap adds UK date to global tour
Rob Reiner's legendary rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap is staging a UK come-back tour.The spoof story of spandex-clad heavy rock band Spinal Tap, infamous for such "classics" as Big Bottom, Bitch School and Stonehenge, will get a theatrical re-release in October through independent UK distributor Optimum Releasing.Optimum has struck ...
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Lebowitz to Liberation
Mark Lebowitz has joined sales and distribution company Liberation Entertainment as chief financial officer. He has held senior executive posts at the television groups of Sony and Paramount.
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Bateman heads Rushes Soho Shorts festival
Joe Bateman has joined Rushes Soho Shorts Festival as festival director, effective February 19.
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Dunn promotion at Tartan Video
Tartan Video label manager Sam Dunn has been promoted to deputy managing director.
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Screen Yorkshire staff expands by four
UK regional screen agency Screen Yorkshire has made four new appointments. Neil Preston has joined as finance director, Tony Parker as head of industry development, Andrew Craske as head of communications, and Joan Whale as project monitoring manager.