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And the Bafta for most improved nation goes to Scotland
IT’S easy to forget just how far Scottish film has come. In the course of a single generation, film-making in Scotland has grown from the endeavours of a few hardy pioneers to a profession that consistently produces world class work. Inevitably, there are...
‘Facing Window’ picked as SIFF’s best film
"Facing Window," an Italian-British-Turkish-Portuguese co-production directed by "Emerging Master" honoree Ferzan Ozpetek, was named best picture yesterday in the closing-day award ceremonies of the 30th Seattle International Film Festival. Runners-up for the top...
KIFF’S 10 MUST-SEE FILMS
Butler's top 10 Kansas International Film Festival picks: “Bazaar Bizarre”: A fanciful/disturbing riff on KC's own serial killer, Bob Berdella. (See story at right) “Dear Frankie”: Scottish hankie-grabber about a deaf boy yearning for a father. Sounds icky. Isn't....
Art-house scene passing L.A.
When Milestone Films recently brought The Clay Bird, a Bangladeshi film about growing up Muslim in a country about to ignite in revolution, to the U.S. art-house circuit, the film made its simultaneous debut in New York City and San Francisco, but not Los Angeles....
Jersey Girl DVD Extras
...Disc Extras Static menu with music Scene Access with 18 cues and remote access Subtitles/Captions in English, Spanish with remote access 5 Other Trailer(s) featuring Raising Helen, Finding Neverland, Shall We Dance?, Dear Frankie, The Alamo.10 Deleted Scenes ......
Interview – Cannes – Gerard Butler
His last two big movies have been Tomb Raider 2 and Timeline, but don’t hold that against him. Gerard Butler was the best thing in both those movies, and the tall, dark and handsome Scottish actor is on the verge of big things. Refreshingly down-to-earth, the 34...
Miramax grabs rights to Pathe’s ‘Dear Frankie’
Miramax Films has inked a deal to acquire Shona Auerbach's directorial debut, "Dear Frankie," in a multiterritory pact that includes North and South American rights. The Emily Mortimer starrer was one of the hotter titles screening at the recent MIFED confab through...
Miramax picks up rights to Scottish Drama!
LONDON- - Miramax Films has aquired Shona Auerbach's Scottish drama "Dear Frankie" for distribution in North and South America, Spain, Italy and Australia. The Pic, starring Emily Mortimer and Gerard Butler, is the story of a single mother who writes letter's to her...
Dance card fills up with star vehicles
A diverse assortment of American and international pictures fills out the star-laden Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival, while some new works from seldom-represented nations dot the extensive World Cinema and World Documentary categories. The Jan. 15...
2004;THE ONES TO WATCH
Scotland's future depends on one thing: its people. As we enter 2004, we profile the personalities who will be making headlines this year - and during the years to come - in the cultural and political life of the nation. Here, in words and pictures, are some of those...
Greenock reel outsider to be shown at Cannes
A LOW-budget Scottish film shot in Greenock is to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival next month, making a dramatic late entry to one of the world's most prestigious events. The appearance of Dear Frankie, starring Emily Mortimer and Gerard Butler, alongside the...
Tribeca festgoers cross the party line
NEW YORK --- Tribeca bashes finished off with full downtown flair this past weekend, with slick back-to-back soirees at some of the neighborhood's grooviest destinations. Friday night featured a 20th anni bash for U.K.-based indie Working Title ("has it really been 20...
SCOTS’ CANNES-DO ATTITUDE
ALTHOUGH it is not necessarily a strong year for British film at Cannes, there will be a Scottish presence in the south of France this week, determinedly keeping the country's film industry foremost in the minds of distributors and directors. One Scottish filmmaker...
US studio snaps up British tearjerker
A GENTLE low-budget British film could be one of the surprise hits of the year after being seized by Miramax, the American movie giant, for initial screening in the United States rather than Britain. It is extremely rare for a British film to be shown in America...
Dear Frankie goes to Hollywood ;Acclaim for simple family drama shot in Greenock
HOLLYWOOD has embraced a low-budget Scottish film about a deaf boy from Greenock - in contrast to British reviewers who dismissed it as sentimental. Film reviewers from Hollywood, where Dear Frankie has already won a major distribution deal, loved the simple tale. In...
A Cannes debut that’s straight from a Hollywood script
TO have your debut feature film in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes is achievement enough. To attract rave reviews from influential US critics, and a standing ovation from your first paying audience, is verging on the unheard of. Little wonder that the director...
Hollywood comes to Glasgow as Gerard brings film home
Gerard Butler, tipped by some to be the new James Bond, is to star in Natural History, which starts filming in the city later this month. The 34-year-old actor will star with Emily Mortimer and fellow Glasgow actor Sharon Small in the family drama. It also marks a...
Lake Placid Boosts Number of Films for Fifth-Annual June Event
Kyle MacLachlan in Ian Iqbal Rashid's "Touch of Pink," which will play on opening night at the Lake Placid Film Festival. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. The fifth-annual Lake Placid Film Festival has announced this year's lineup, with a conscious effort to...
Notting Hill star filming in to
Emily Mortimer on location filming Natural History WELL-KNOWN actress Emily Mortimer is shooting a film in Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow over the next seven weeks. In the movie, called Natural History, she plays a single mother who bizarrely hires a father for...
The unknown Scots who stole the Cannes Festival
AS RAGS-to-riches tales go, this is one of the more remarkable of British cinematic success stories. It is, after all, the film from nowhere, made by unknowns for a pittance, that yesterday stunned the Cannes critics and stole the heart of canny Miramax supremo Harvey...