Director Peter Andrikidis probably never dreamt his name would appear in the same sentence as Steven Spielberg, but that was before he knew their films would open in Australian cinemas on the same day.
It was a mismatch in budgets, scale of release and advertising campaigns but Andrikidis. Alex + Eve and Spielberg.s Bridge of Spies both had respectable debuts in another lousy weekend for ticket sales.
Spielberg.s highly entertaining Cold War mystery/drama starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, John Scott Shepherd and Amy Ryan drummed up $1.8 million on 300 screens including previews.
Pro-rata, that is a bit better than the $US15.3 million debut in the Us, where the Fox/DreamWorks release dropped by a modest 26 per cent in its second weekend, scoring $32.5 million so far - probably a pointer to its holding power here.
Andrikidis. romantic comedy based on Alex Lykos. play, which stars Richard Brancatisano and Andrea Demetriades,...
It was a mismatch in budgets, scale of release and advertising campaigns but Andrikidis. Alex + Eve and Spielberg.s Bridge of Spies both had respectable debuts in another lousy weekend for ticket sales.
Spielberg.s highly entertaining Cold War mystery/drama starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, John Scott Shepherd and Amy Ryan drummed up $1.8 million on 300 screens including previews.
Pro-rata, that is a bit better than the $US15.3 million debut in the Us, where the Fox/DreamWorks release dropped by a modest 26 per cent in its second weekend, scoring $32.5 million so far - probably a pointer to its holding power here.
Andrikidis. romantic comedy based on Alex Lykos. play, which stars Richard Brancatisano and Andrea Demetriades,...
- 10/25/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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Director Peter Andrikidis was bowled over by the audience reactions to his romantic comedy Alex & Eve when it screened at the Greek Film Festival at Palace.s Norton Street Leichhardt cinemas on Sunday.
It was the first time he.d seen the film with a paid audience and he marvelled at their rollercoaster of emotions, from laughter to tears to laughter.
After several decades in the business Andrikidis knows not to get carried away - festival patrons don.t always reflect mainstream tastes - but the omens are favourable in the lead up to the opening this Thursday. After all, Oddball shows broad. Aussie comedies can resonate effectively.. .
.I am optimistic but you never know,. says the director, acknowledging that some of what he regarded as his best TV works did not succeed while programs he was less happy with did so.
Exhibitors are supporting...
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Director Peter Andrikidis was bowled over by the audience reactions to his romantic comedy Alex & Eve when it screened at the Greek Film Festival at Palace.s Norton Street Leichhardt cinemas on Sunday.
It was the first time he.d seen the film with a paid audience and he marvelled at their rollercoaster of emotions, from laughter to tears to laughter.
After several decades in the business Andrikidis knows not to get carried away - festival patrons don.t always reflect mainstream tastes - but the omens are favourable in the lead up to the opening this Thursday. After all, Oddball shows broad. Aussie comedies can resonate effectively.. .
.I am optimistic but you never know,. says the director, acknowledging that some of what he regarded as his best TV works did not succeed while programs he was less happy with did so.
Exhibitors are supporting...
- 10/20/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The chorus of voices calling for an end to the traditional, rigid release windows in Australia keeps getting louder.
Distribution consultant Thomas Mai today described the 120-day gap between theatrical and home entertainment as .obnoxious,. observing, it .doesn.t work anymore..
Mai was speaking at a panel entitled The Director as Distributor at the Australian Directors Guild conference, where the virtues of self-distribution were extolled. The panel was moderated by researcher/writer Laura Carroll Harris, whose essay Not at a Cinema Near You: Australia.s film distribution problem, has just been published by Currency Press.
Launching the essay on Thursday night, entertainment lawyer Ian Robertson backed Harris. argument that Australians must find new ways of reaching audiences. .The current system of distributing Australian-financed feature films is substantially broken, and I know that savvy and experienced Australian film makers are aware of this and are preparing for the new world ahead,...
Distribution consultant Thomas Mai today described the 120-day gap between theatrical and home entertainment as .obnoxious,. observing, it .doesn.t work anymore..
Mai was speaking at a panel entitled The Director as Distributor at the Australian Directors Guild conference, where the virtues of self-distribution were extolled. The panel was moderated by researcher/writer Laura Carroll Harris, whose essay Not at a Cinema Near You: Australia.s film distribution problem, has just been published by Currency Press.
Launching the essay on Thursday night, entertainment lawyer Ian Robertson backed Harris. argument that Australians must find new ways of reaching audiences. .The current system of distributing Australian-financed feature films is substantially broken, and I know that savvy and experienced Australian film makers are aware of this and are preparing for the new world ahead,...
- 11/8/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The chorus of voices calling for an end to the traditional, rigid release windows in Australia keeps getting louder.
Distribution consultant Thomas Mai today described the 120-day gap between theatrical and home entertainment as .obnoxious,. observing, it .doesn.t work anymore..
Mai was speaking at a panel entitled The Director as Distributor at the Australian Directors Guild conference, where the virtues of self-distribution were extolled. The panel was moderated by researcher/writer Laura Carroll Harris, whose essay Not at a Cinema Near You: Australia.s film distribution problem, has just been published by Currency Press.
Launching the essay on Thursday night, entertainment lawyer Ian Robertson backed Harris. argument that Australians must find new ways of reaching audiences. .The current system of distributing Australian-financed feature films is substantially broken, and I know that savvy and experienced Australian film makers are aware of this and are preparing for the new world ahead,...
Distribution consultant Thomas Mai today described the 120-day gap between theatrical and home entertainment as .obnoxious,. observing, it .doesn.t work anymore..
Mai was speaking at a panel entitled The Director as Distributor at the Australian Directors Guild conference, where the virtues of self-distribution were extolled. The panel was moderated by researcher/writer Laura Carroll Harris, whose essay Not at a Cinema Near You: Australia.s film distribution problem, has just been published by Currency Press.
Launching the essay on Thursday night, entertainment lawyer Ian Robertson backed Harris. argument that Australians must find new ways of reaching audiences. .The current system of distributing Australian-financed feature films is substantially broken, and I know that savvy and experienced Australian film makers are aware of this and are preparing for the new world ahead,...
- 11/8/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Umbrella Entertainment has appointed Kim Lewis as theatrical distribution manager.
Lewis' career spans theatrical distribution, international marketing and film sales; film development and production assessment, and time at the Australian Film Commission (now Screen Australia).
In 2011, he managed the theatrical release of documentary Mrs Carey's Concert for Music Films. It grossed $1.3 million in Australia and New Zealand. He also previously managed the theatrical release of The Boys and The Bank for Footprint Films.
Umbrella's upcoming slate includes Woody Allen's You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger and the remake of the Australian classic Patrick.
Lewis' career spans theatrical distribution, international marketing and film sales; film development and production assessment, and time at the Australian Film Commission (now Screen Australia).
In 2011, he managed the theatrical release of documentary Mrs Carey's Concert for Music Films. It grossed $1.3 million in Australia and New Zealand. He also previously managed the theatrical release of The Boys and The Bank for Footprint Films.
Umbrella's upcoming slate includes Woody Allen's You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger and the remake of the Australian classic Patrick.
- 10/16/2012
- by Staff Reporter
- IF.com.au
After serving 18 months in an Australian jail for manslaughter in the 2003 death of wife Tina on their honeymoon, Gabe Watson was acquitted of murder Thursday in an American court. Prosecutors in Birmingham, Ala., had alleged that Watson, 34, turned off his 26-year-old wife's oxygen supply during a dive off Townsville, Australia, to collect insurance money. But when the prosecution rested after two weeks of trial, the judge granted the defense's motion for an acquittal on the grounds the prosecution failed to prove its murder case. "The evidence is sorely lacking that it was an intentional act," Judge Tommy Nail said, according to The Birmingham News.
- 2/23/2012
- by Dahvi Shira
- PEOPLE.com
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