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AICN Downunder: Up For Grabs; HILDEGARD; Timeline; CUNNAMULLA; Facing The Music; MOULIN ROUGE

Published at:  Mar 06, 2002 9:44:43 AM CST

Father Geek here with Tamsin and this mid-workweek report from Australia, etc... Its a little lite this week, of course the big OZ stories are the return of LOTR: FOTR to the USA top 10 boxoffice charts where it belongs, and naturally the great reception AOTC got at SHOWEST out in Las Vegas from all the distribution types meeting there. See that story elsewhere on our front page.

Yeah, maybe Harry and I will get to see that footage out in Hollywood when we arrive there on the 18th to begin his LA leg of the Book Tour. I really hope so, that would give us plenty to talk about with all the press Harry will be meeting with out there. Well, enough of ol' Father Geek for now, here's the lovely Tamsin and her...

DOWNUNDER REPORT #23

AWARDS

. MOULIN ROUGE was announced as Picture of the Year by the Producers' Guild of America. Accepting the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award were Martin Brown, Fred Baron and Baz Luhrmann.

. And Jill Bilcock, MOULIN ROUGE EDITOR, was presented with the top honours at the American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards, winning for best edited feature film (comedy or musical).

FESTIVALS

. Two Australian feature documentaries, FACING THE MUSIC and CUNNAMULLA have been selected to screen in competition at the DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival, to be held in North Carolina from April 4 to 7. FACING THE MUSIC has also been voted Best Australian Documentary at the 2002 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, and has bee awarded the Silver conch at the Mumbai International film Festival for Documentary Short and Animation Films. CUNNAMULLA has been also invited to screen at the Tampere Film Festival in Finland.

NEWS

. Aussie actress, Frances O'Connor, who was recently seen in A.I., will next star with Paul walker in the time-travel adventure movie TIMELINE, to be directed by Richard Donner. O'Connor will portray an archaeology grad student who travels back in time with her colleagues to a 14th century France to rescue their professor. Prior to TIMELINE'S release, O'Connor can be seen in the new John Woo film, WINDTALKERS, starring Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater.

. Madonna is set to perform at the West End, in a comedy by Australia's leading playwright, David Williamson. Madonna will play an ambitious art dealer in UP FOR GRABS, a satire on the art world, which will open at Wyndham's Theatre on May 23. It is the first time in 13 years that she has appeared in a play.

. International rights to the Australian film HILDEGARD, have been acquired by the US production and distribution company Myriad Pictures. Starring Tom Long (THE CASTLE) and Tara Morice (STRICTLY BALLROOM), follows the story of a "beloved pet duck, Hildegarde, who is abducted by bird smugglers." HILDEGARD, directed by Di Drew will be released locally in April.

Email Downunder news, gossip and reviews to Me deep in the outback

Tamsin



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  • Mar 06, 2002 10:01:47 AM CST

    Francis O'Connor is a sweetheart-

    by prince kamal

    -I met her when she was performing in London and she's... well, as I say.

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  • Mar 06, 2002 11:21:10 AM CST

    Timeline Trailer

    by celtican

    So that's what it's about, some guys from Paramount filmed part of the trailer in my office in London. They spent a good part of a Friday night filming the Guildhall in Bank, London. Something about a burst water mains. Sounds cryptic but you'll see in the trailer

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  • Mar 06, 2002 12:36:17 PM CST

    I hope Timeline is good

    by puddleglum

    I read the book and hoped it would get turned into a full length feature. The casting so far has been pretty good, just as long as they don't try to cast some Mel Gibson/Bruce WIllis/Ben Affleck super-schmuck-starjust so the production has a "big name" attached.

    Very interesting about the "water main" shots that were done in London. I have to wonder if that "burst water main" stuff pertains to the part I think it does. -was that a vague, spoiler free enough musing?

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  • Mar 06, 2002 3:22:43 PM CST

    Maybe Frances O'Connor can break the Spielberg curse.

    by cash bailey

    I hope so. She deserves it.

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