Snow flurries hit
late in the afternoon as the first full day of Sundance took off with a shot.
The big premieres got their hoped for attendance records as scores of industry
jammed the screenings of The Business of Strangers and Trembling Before
G-D (where rumor has it three deals hit the table by the time the lights went
up at the end of the screening), but the smaller profile, foreign films resonated
as well with audiences who had arrived at the festival unsure what to expect.
...
The cream may rise
to the top in most cases, but it was sour milk on the screens at Sundance this
morning. With but one or two exceptions, the day's early screenings were loudly
and roundly bemoaned as the worst of the fest starting with The Sleepy Time
Gal and quickly moving to Caveman's Valentine, Some Body,
Margarita Happy Hour and a split decision on Business of Strangers
which had some walk out among the crowd.
The stand-outs were stellar, included Henry Bean...
Slamdance Film
Festival
January 20 - 27, 2001 (Park City, Utah)
"We're hoping to
go home without our day jobs," said filmmaker Jim Marley III as he and his co-creator
Ari Margolis set out from Park City for their first trip into hills above town,
to the Silvermine, Slamdance's new headquarters. Their feature Black Days
will have its world premiere there on Sunday, January 21. Jim and Ari are one
of twelve filmmaking teams with features in competition at Slamdance during...
First the Jodie Foster-produced picture, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys,
was the centerpiece of the Premieres section. The mail-catalogs were printed;
the hype began. Then the film was pulled because it was not ready. In its place
went Invisible Circus, which is today listed in the official catalog
as the centerpiece premiere. Now the Sundance Film Festival announced that Dangerous Lives is back in its original time slot. The film is directed by
Peter Care and stars Jo...
Just as Sundance regained its centerpiece premiere, the Slamdance festival lost
its opening film, Brooklyn Babylon. Marc Levin's picture was pulled from
the festival by its producers, Artisan Entertainment and Off-Line, two days
before it was set to open the festival. It is still unclear why the producers
would want to restrict the screening of the film, and Levin is reportedly in talks to convince the producers to allow the film to screen. ...
Contrary to what
was reported yesterday, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys will not screen
at the Sundance Film Festival. The film, which stars Jodie Foster, was originally
selected as the festival's Premiere Centerpiece. However, it was pulled weeks
before the festival because the production team felt the film was not ready
to screen. It was replaced by Invisible Circus, which is now and will
be the Centerpiece Premiere.
...
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In an interview with Fox News Online,
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon producer James Schamus revealed that
neither Ang Lee nor himself had been paid in two years, and that Lee is having
to shoot a TV commercial to stay financially afloat. While the film looks set
to become the most successful foreign language title of all time in almost every
global territory neither director or producer have been able to capitalise on
the film's success. Furthermore, because of the antici...
After completing his current project - Beyond Borders with Ralph Fiennes,
Oliver Stone will direct one last film before retiring. The director told Premiere
magazine of his intentions, saying the project will be relatively light. "You don't have to make movies all your life" the director told
the magazine, adding, "Life wears you down, and then the films are stripping
away at something inside yourself. Each film takes something from you; you're
giving up part of your soul eve...
On January 22, Miramax Films will make
its 1999 feature production Guinevere
available for download over the Internet. For $3.49 and a 30-minute wait while
the 500-megabyte file downloads, surfers will receive to a 24-hour viewing license.
Last April, Miramax Films, a division of The Walt Disney Co., signed a deal
with SightSound.com to offer 12 features on the Web. In light of the current
threat of entertainment-swapping companies like Napster, the arrangement is
an ...
After clearly declaring his intention to NOT participate in the upcoming Planet
of the Apes remake, Charleton Heston has changed his mind. The hero of the
mythical 1968 film has signed on to take a small role in the Tim Burton-helmed
feature, already shooting in California, Arizona and Hawaii. Also new to the
set is Burton's girlfriend Lisa Marie. They join a cast that already includes
Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tim Roth, Paul Giamatti, Cary-Hiroyuki
Tag...
4-minute promo for Beyond the Ocean ....
Three short clips from The Photographer....
Theatrical trailer of Dancing Soul ...
You’re chatting up my wife? You must be chatting my wife up ‘cause I don’t
see any other girl around in these woods? Well…….On Guard! ...
The Filmfestivals.com broadband site was launched as announced on January 18, timed to coincide with the first day of the Sundance Film Festival, with information about the 6 films to be screened in broadband and a menu of interactive options.
Every day, starting Jan 19, a new and different film will premiere on the service at 8:00 PM Sundance Time (CMT – Central Mountain Time) The first film, on Jan 19, is Tony Pemberton Beyond the Ocean (Sundance Film Festival 2000), followed by And...
Europe Online will offer select movies from Filmfestivals.com’s catalogue to its preferred broadband subscribers (50,000 across Europe) for the inaugural launch of its broadband streaming service. Each movie will be available on a free promotional basis to the first 50 viewers per night who register.
The service is generating an enormous amount of interest on the part of their subscribers. The premiere movie is already “sold out” and movies for the rest of the week are boo...
The peaceful philosophising of Jean and Ruth is disturbed by the arrival of
Paul - who wants to post a letter, causing all three to question the nature
of reality, the meaning of existence and the political leanings of the English
postal service
...
A crowded Park
City kicked off the Opening Night of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival tonight,
and although the film - My First Mister by Christine Lahti -
was un-spooling forty miles away in Salt Lake City, the
hyped crowds were starting the party early in this mountain town.
Restaurants were jammed, and the nightclubs thundered as filmmakers, dealmakers
and revelers started the Main Street prowl. The street side bulletin boards
only have one layer of film posters up...
Filmfestivals.com broadband portal is creating a new way to experience movies online. Feature Films will be streamed in broadband along with a wide range of tools and content intended to enhance the interactive screening experience. Beginning January 18, during the Sundance Film Festival, a different feature film will be premiered every day.
In addition, Filmfestivals.com will offer Broadband Streaming of short films, including interviews with their directors, and a selection of specials.
...
Paria, one of our Broadband Premiere Feature Films, signs deal to be represented by prominent international sales company, Celluloid Dreams. Paris-based, Celluloid Dreams, is known for distributing quality independent and festival award winning films, such as Jahar Panahi’s THE CIRCLE (winner Golden Lion / Venice 2000) and for working with such celebrated directors as Takeshi Kitano, Amos Kollek, Francois Ozon and others. ...
Filmfestivals.com is in negotiation to stream six minutes of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS with a brand new operatic score by, Kevin Saunders Hayes. This revitalized version of Fritz Lang’s monumental classic premiered with a live orchestra at the Avignon Opera House in conjunction with the Avignon Film Festival....
Press Release: Luxembourg, 15 January 20001.
Europe Online and FilmFestivals.com premiere
full-length movies online
Europe Online announced today its agreement with FilmFestivals.com to exclusively premiere a selection of full-length feature films on the Europe Online subscription Internet service.
Europe Online subscribers will have an opportunity to view films from FilmFestivals.com that have never before been released online to the public. A selection of four films will make their...
Les Bernstien, director of Night Train , one of our Broadband Premiere Feature Films, was recently notified by Filmmaker Magazine that his film will be reviewed in their Winter 2001 issue as part of Filmmaker’s overview of the prestigious Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
This is the second issue of Filmmaker Magazine to feature an article about Night Train. The first article, which appeared in the Summer of 2000 explored the film’s obvious allusions to early German expressionist cine...
Chat online with the director of:BEYOND THE OCEAN -- LIVE!!!
This coming Thursday, February 8 (10am LA, 1pm NY, 7pm Paris). Prior to the chat, feel free to log any questions you have on to the Beyond The Ocean forum section.
The Chat Room is a virtual meeting place where the director, cast and/or crew will periodically participate in live roundtable discussions.
Fans of the film can also communicate here in a lively, spirited spontaneous debate.
Just enter your name, choose a pa...
