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The Golden Globe nominations in full
The full list of nominations for the 2002 Golden Globe AwardsBEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMAA Beautiful MindImagine Entertainment; Universal Pictures/DreamWorks In The BedroomGood Machine Productions; Miramax FilmsThe Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The RingWingnut Films; New Line CinemaThe Man Who Wasn't ThereWorking Title; USA FilmsMulholland DriveLes Films Alain ...
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Enigma
Screened at Sundance (Premieres). Dir: Michael Apted. UK. 2001. 117mins.Revisiting a little-known yet extremely important and heroic chapter of World War II, Michael Apted's Enigma is a compelling, sumptuously-made romantic thriller that is effective in both its political and more personal dimensions. Steeped in the tense atmosphere of wartime Britain, ...
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Total, Titan to re-make Sex, Shame & Tears
Brazil's Total Entertainment and Mexico's Titan Prods, which signed a co-production pact in September, are poised to make a Brazilian version of the highest grossing Mexican film of all time, Sex, Shame And Tears (Sexo, Pudor Y Lagrimas) . The battle-of-the-sexes comedy grossed $12.4m in Mexico. Fox Film Brazil will ...
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Ricci to direct and star in Monsoon's Speed Queen
Monsoon Entertainment, the new Los Angeles-based film production company founded by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Little Princess) and partner Jorge Vergara, has unveiled its maiden project, The Speed Queen with Christina Ricci attached to star and direct. Ricci's directorial debut is a dark comedy ...
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Italian set designer Donati dies aged 75
Danilo Donati, Oscar-winner for his costumes for Fellini's Casanova and Zeffirelli's Romeo And Juliet and set designer on Roberto Benigni's current production Pinocchio, died in Rome of heart failure on Sunday Dec 2.Donati, aged 75, had also designed sets for Benigni's Oscar-winning Life Is Beautiful and had won Italian film ...
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75th Eurimages supports nine new features
At its 75th meeting held on 26-28 November 2001 in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe Eurimages fund agreed to support nine feature films for a total amount of Euros 2.7m.The feature films are :Scheme 1 - Assistance awarded mainly on the basis of the project's circulation potentialKedma, Vers l'Orient - ...
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World mourns death of Beatle George Harrison
Tributes from around the world have been pouring in for former Beatle and film producer, George Harrison who died, aged 58, following a long illness.Buckingham Palace issued a statement saying that the Queen was "very sad" to hear the news, while British Prime Minister Tony Blair said "I think people ...
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ABC acquires two Potters for reported $130m
US TV network ABC has acquired the television rights to Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone in the US) and its sequel, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets for a reported total of $130m, making it one of the most expensive such deals in TV history.The deal ...
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Cuckoo wins 2001 Oscar Moore script prize
This year's Annual Oscar Moore Screenwriting Prize of £10,000 has been won by Marcus Lloyd for his dark, urban thriller Cuckoo.Launched in 1997, The Oscar Moore Foundation is supported by the British film industry and administered by film trade bible Screen International. Set up in memory of Screen's late ...
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Colombia considers new film tax proposals
The Colombian government is considering a proposal that would see the current revenues raised from a tax on cinema tickets redirected into a film fund which would feed loan advances, minimum guarantees and co-production money to finance local productions in Colombia.Seventy percent of the new fund would be allotted to ...
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Sundance 2002: the full line-up in detail
Sundance 2002: the full competition, premieres and World cinema line-ups.DRAMATIC COMPETITIONBARK Dir: KasiaAdamikA comedyabout misfits in which a veterinarian becomes involved with a client, whosewife has begun acting like a dog. Lisa Kudrow plays the vet while Lee Tergensenis the frazzled husband, whose marriage is going to the dogs. Hank ...
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Guglielmi leaves Istituto Luce for joint venture
Angelo Guglielmi, a veteran of the Italian distribution scene, is to step down from Istituto Luce, where he has been president for the last five years.In the short term he will be replaced by Antonio More, a fellow board member at the state-backed production and distribution operation. But recently appointed ...
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Harry Potter takes Brazil's all-time opening crown
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone has claimed the all-time opening record in Brazil with 796,587 admissions on its first weekend (Nov 23-25). It pushes Planet Of The Apes off its best opening perch of 2001 as well as beating the all time record set by Rambo 3. The ...
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Grammy plans trans-sexual kick-boxer biopic
GMM Grammy, Thailand's largest entertainment conglomerate, is to bankroll a biopic of Parinya Charoenphol, a trans-sexual whose career started with kick-boxing and ended with night club singing. Singapore-based stage director Ekachai Uekrongham will make his feature film debut as director. Casting is now underway with a view to film early ...
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Columbia TriStar, BVI scrap Colombian venture
Columbia TriStar and Buena Vista International are to dissolve their joint venture in Colombia from Jan 1st, 2002. Columbia TriStar is thought most likely to create an alliance with UIP and BVI will sub-distribute its product through the new joint venture. The move follows the split between the ...
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Iranian films dominate Hyderbad awards
Iranian films dominated awards at the 12th International Film Festival in Hyderbad, India. Children Of Petroleum directed by Ebrahim Forouzesh won the Golden Elephant for the best feature film in the international competition. The Silver Elephant for the best director went to Rassul Sadr Ameli for Iranian film Girl In ...
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Winchester Films engages 'comedy Czar'
UK theatrical distributor Winchester Films has engaged local comedian and author David Baddiel to source and develop a strand of British comedy projects.Baddiel, an established stand-up comedian and novelist is best known as co-creator of the 1990s cult show Fantasy Football with Frank Skinner."David's role is to be like a ...
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Irish Film Board celebrates record year at home
A record nine films, including When Brendan Met Trudy, H3, Disco Pigs and About Adam, which received funding from the Irish Film Board, were released in Irish cinemas during 2001, taking more than $3.1m (£2.2m) at the Irish box office to date. Rod Stoneman, chief executive of The Irish Film ...
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Mira Nair named Berlinale 2002 jury president
Indian director Mira Nair has been named as president of the International Jury of the 52nd Berlinale 2002. Nair's feature debut, Salaam Bombay, won the Camera d'Or in Cannes, as well as 25 other international awards. It was also nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. Nair's ...
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Clark's Bully wins Stockholm's Bronze Horse
The Bronze Horse for the best film at the 12th Stockholm International Film Festival 2001 went to Larry Clark's controversial Bully, while the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award went to Jean-Luc Godard for "his indefatigable excursions into new cinematographical landscapes, for his youthful lust for rebellion which has only grown ...