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American Pie 2 makes it three in a rowNorth American youths continued to gobble American Pie 2, keeping the gross-out comedy at the top spot for its third weekend and easily vaulting it over the $100m mark. Its take of $12.9m gives it an estimated 17-day gross of $109.6m. The other sequel of the moment, Rush Hour 2, kept pace with a solid $11.4m to hold second place for the third weekend in a row. At $183.3m over 24 days, the Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker vehicle is on track for a $200m gross.Theirs was a minor fe
Apes lead the pack at UK box officeThe massive opening of 20th Century Fox's Planet Of The Apes, the third biggest for the distributor in the UK after Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace and Independence Day, and the continued success of Warner Bros' Cats & Dogs, UIP's Jurassic ParkIII and several other high profile releases continue to help the UK towards a bumper year at the box office.Tim Burton's Apes led the weekend UK top 15 to the massive combined revenue of $16.3m
Audiences rise in the West, decline in the EastThe Western European cinemagoing trend is riding a steadily upward curve, while Eastern European admissions continue to decline. In fact, the year-on-year decline in ticket sales between 1999 and 2000 that was experienced in Eastern European markets substantially outstrips the gains enjoyed in the western territories as a whole. While the 15 Western European countries enjoyed an amalgamated increase in admissions of 4.4%, the 12 eastern territories saw a decrease of 5.7%, with Poland s
Australia's Movieline to be online by DecemberMovieline is to add Internet movie ticket sales to its existing telephone ticketing and information lines in December, just in time for the peak Christmas and school holiday period. Up to 250,000 tickets are expected to be sold in the first year of what will be Australia's first nation-wide online ticketing service."We expect sales to grow significantly and our business model shows a positive return on the capital outlay in three to five years," said Movieline Internet manager Ben Scot
Babelsberg conference to focus on European filmsOne of the major talking points at this year's Babelsberg 2001 film and TV production conference, is how to produce and market European films for the international market (Local Stories for Global Markets, Aug 28). It is a problem that plagues most international film-makers and for which there is no simple solution. Break-outs of the past decade - such as The Full Monty, Four Weddings And A Funeral and even Strictly Ballroom - have been in the industry's lingua franca of English
Bellaiche joins I/S Danske FilmproducenterFestival veteran Lissy Bellaiche has been appointed head of sales for I/S Danske Filmproducenter, a company handling Nordic TV-rights for an extensive catalogue comprising many hundreds of Danish films from production outfits like Nordisk Film, Sandrew Metronome, Scanbox, Crone Film, Palladium and Dagmar Film. Bellaiche headed the Danish Film Institute's festival department for 20 years before she became festival coordinator for Zentropa-owned Trust Film Sales in February 2000. In addi
Bubble BoyDir Blair Hayes. US 2001. 84 minsWhile deliberately tasteless comedies are fairly common - think The Producers, Blazing Saddles or the recent spate of gross-out teen comedies - it is difficult to recall a film as unintentionally in bad taste as Bubble Boy. Ostensibly a coming-of-age story about a young man who is born without an immune system and must spend his entire life within the confines of a germ-free plastic room, the film manages to offend just ab
Christmas Carol to premiere at TorontoAnimated UK feature Christmas Carol: The Movie is to receive its world premiere at the forthcoming Toronto Film Festival, held Sept 6-15.The $12m Dickens adaptation is being sold internationally by the UK's Winchester Films, and is voiced by Nicolas Cage, Simon Callow, Michael Gambon, Rhys Ifans, Jane Horrocks, Juliet Stevenson and Kate Winslet, who makes her recording debut on the soundtrack..Directed by Jimmy Murakami, the film's backers include the Film Consortium, Sca
Chung reassigned at Media Asia GroupHong Kong film production and distribution company Media Asia Group has announced the reassignment of group managing director Thomas Chung, ending speculation that Chung would leave the company. At a board meeting last Friday, Chung was appointed as executive director, concentrating on producing The Touch, a $20 million joint venture between Media Asia and Michelle Yeoh's Mythical Films. Chung remains on Media Asia Group's (MAG) board, but stands down as managing director.
DelbaranDir: Abolfazl Jailili. Iran/Japan 2001. 96mins Socially poignant and often visually poetic, Delbaran, the new Iranian film from the gifted helmer Abolfazl Jailili, was one of Locarno Festival's few undisputed artistic highlights. Continuing the tradition of recent Iranian films about children, the story centres on a 14-year-old Afghan refugee, caught in the political chaos that describes life on the border town which gives the feature its title. Though not as powerful
Distribution revs Alliance Atlantis revenuesAlliance Atlantis Communications announced a record 91% increase in first quarter revenue at its Motion Picture Group. The big numbers -- $45.6m compared to $23.9m in the first quarter 2000 -- were driven by strong performances at the box office and in home video. In a statement, company CEO Michael McMillan credited features such as Bridget Jones's Diary, Blow, Spy Kids and Traffic - for delivering generating large audiences, as well as continued growth at Momentu
Dutch box office on the increaseCinema admissions in The Netherlands were up year-on-year for the first six months of 2001. Rising 5.7% from 10.6m in the first half of 2000 to 11.2m for the same period this year, ticket sales in the territory continue to show positive growth aided by strong performances from Bridget Jones's Diary ($4.7m to date), Pearl Harbor ($4.5m so far) and local hit Costa!, which grossed more than $3.9m (FL 9.3m) for distributor Amsterdam Film Distribution since opening on March 1.
Edinburgh 2001: a tale of too much TVThe lacklustre state of British cinema was widely bemoaned at this year's Edinburgh international Film Festival where undemanding mainstream crowd-pleasers like Lucky Break and Crush unfurled alongside a range of productions judged eminently worthy of television transmission but unlikely to justify theatrical exposure. Early disappointment with the muddled coming of age tale Gabriel And Me, written by Billy Elliot's Lee Hall, soon spread to include Andrew Ko
Edward Noeltner joins Miramax Int'l as senior vpEdward Noeltner has joined Miramax International as senior vice president of sales and distribution, reporting directly to Miramax Films chairman of worldwide distribution Rick Sands.Noeltner, a well-known face on the international festival and market circuit, comes to Miramax from AB Svensk Filmindustri where he was senior vice president, international distribution, for the past two years. He also opened Svensk's office in Paris, where he was previously based. He will now relocate to
Executive ProtectionNot even a record-breaking heatwave combined with fierce US blockbuster competition could prevent local Swedish action-thriller, Executive Protection (Livvakterna) from drawing appreciative crowds and topping the Swedish box office last weekend.Despite reviews questioning the plausibility of the plot, about Eastern European gangsters threatening a Swedish businessman in Estonia, Anders Nilsson's follow-up to his 1999 success Zero Tolerance, grossed $338,577 from 83
Film Festival of India moves datesThe government-sponsored International Film Festival of India now in its 32nd year is being held in Bangalore from Oct 10 - 20. The dates have been moved from early January to mid October to accommodate more International and Indian films. For the first time the festival will showcase Indian films and films made by non-resident Indians in a special section. It will also have a new market section with its own screening facilities.The festival announced that it will premiere Ba
Fireworks to release The Believer after ShowtimeHenry Bean's multiple award-winning The Believer will be released theatrically in the US in Jan 2002 by Fireworks Pictures through Independent Distribution Partnership (IDP) - despite and subsequent to its domestic premiere on Showtime in September.The controversial film, which stars Ryan Gosling as a former Yeshiva student turned neo-Nazi skinhead, won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival and the Golden St George at the Moscow Film Festival and will play
Flanders Film Festival reveals jury line-upBritish actress Kate Ashfield (The War Zone), US actor Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator) and composer Barrington Pheloung (Hilary & Jackie) are confirmed as jury members at this year's 28th Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent (8-18 October 2001). They are joined by Tunisian filmmaker Moufida Tlatli, French actress Marie Lafôret, Cannes' Directors Fortnight co-founder Pierre-Henri Deleau, Italian film critic and journalist Maria Pia Fusco, Belgian actor Dirk
Gabriel And MeDir: Usan Prayad. UK. 2001. 86 minsAdapted from Lee Hall's award-winning 1996 radio play I Luv You Jimmy Spud, Gabriel And Me is a maudlin coming of age drama tackling familiar Hall themes of bereavement, family unity and the transforming power of the imagination. Despite sensitive handling from director Usan Prayad and another accomplished performance from a teenage newcomer, it is unlikely to emulate the critical or commercial success enjoyed by Hall's previou
Garci announces The Story Of A KissPopular Spanish director and four-time Academy Award nominee Jose Luis Garci has announced his next feature, The Story Of A Kiss (Historia De Un Beso), set to shoot in northern Spain in October or November.The romantic drama will star Ana Fernandez (Alone), Alfredo Landa, Carlos Hipolito and youngster Manuel Lozano, star of last year's hit Butterfly.Garci co-wrote the script with his long-time collaborator Horacio Valcarcel. The director produces his own fil
Gas Attack takes Edinburgh by stormTopical, highly controversial Scottish production Gas Attack was named Best New British Feature at the Edinburgh International Film Festival closing ceremony on Sunday night. A first feature from former actor and theatre director Kenny Glenaan, it uses a documentary style to tell of a right-wing terrorist attack on the community of Turkish Kurd asylum seekers in Glasgow. It had faced competition from Crush, Lucky Break, The Lawless Heart and Asif Kapadia's much-admired
Germany pioneers new director opportunitiesAspiring film-makers have it good in Germany. "No other country on earth enables so many film-makers to shoot their first film," says Gebhard Henke, head of the film department at the powerful Cologne-based public broadcaster WDR.Indeed, there are so many film prizes and stipends for young screenwriters, directors and producers that the up-and-coming generation has numerous ways to get the ball rolling on their pet projects. For example, the annual First Steps Award for German film sch
Germany's PAG buys stake in Swiss C-FILMSThe German production grouping Producers' AG (PAG) has taken its first step on the path of its planned international expansion outside of Germany by taking a stake in the Swiss film and TV production house C-FILMS."C-FILMS is among the most successful production companies on the Swiss market and also has excellent references here such as the three-part docudrama Die Manns [in coproduction with Bavaria Film]", declared PAG's Chief Executive Officer Friedrich-Carl Wachs.Fou
Ghosts Of MarsDir: John Carpenter. US. 2001. 98 mins. A sci-fi/horror yarn with a touch of Western thrown in, Ghosts Of Mars has the kind of cheerful genre tackiness that we've come to expect lately from the John Carpenter 'brand.' What it doesn't have, in sufficient quantity at least, is the sort of wit and story-telling craft that sometimes elevate the veteran director's features above the genre norm. With only a mid-level cast to tout, matching even the modest returns of Carpente
Historical epic's marketing Thai-inFor a country relatively new to big-budget movie production, Thailand is surpassing even Hollywood in its marketing and cross-promotional efforts around the release of the historical epic Suriyothai. At lease eight major sponsors have contributed to a campaign that is estimated to cost more than $5.6m (BT250m)In addition to the series of tie-in books, T-shirts and poster merchandise, a host of major corporations are counting on the success of Thailand's most expensive and high-p
International box officeHaving long since disappeared from most territories The Mexican has made a late summer comeback with a wave of impressive international openings in several major European countries over the weekend (August 16-19). The romantic action comedy, which grossed $66.8m during its domestic run for DreamWorks SKG, opened in Germany and Switzerland on Thursday Aug 16 and Spain on Friday Aug 17. The film, boasting the marquee pairing of megastars Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts ,claimed top sp
Just 5% separates all US majors in first halfUS box office for the first six months of 2001 is up 7.6% against last year, with strong results from both winter and summer seasons. In addition, the top distributors are all more evenly matched than at any time in the last five years, with the difference between the market shares of the top and bottom ranked majors just five per cent.According to an analysis carried out by Screen Digest, the battle for distributor market share is more finely balanced than at any time since 1997, witn
Lantana lights up Melbourne Film FestivalMelbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) audiences stuck by their homegrown talent and gave the crown of most popular film to Ray Lawrence's Lantana, which closes the Toronto International Film Festival in a couple of weeks. The next biggest crowd pleasers were, in order, Zacharias Kunuk's Canadian film Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, Robert Connolly's Australian film The Bank, Christine Jeffs' New Zealand film and Cannes competitor Rain, and Liv Ullmann's
Madden takes spotlight at Chichester Film FestivalJohn Madden, director of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Shakespeare In Love, heads the guest-list at the 10th Chichester Film Festival.Amelie, Battle Royale and Baise Moi are amongst the international titles screening at the event, which runs from August 23 to September 9. Other previews and premieres include Brotherhood Of The Wolf, from France, Iran's The Circle and Eureka, from Japan.UK films getting a screening include New
Mexico's IMCINE gives Spanish KWA first-lookMadrid-based sales house KWA has signed a first-look deal on all forthcoming productions out of Mexican national film institute IMCINE. KWA will also handle worldwide rights on two recent IMCINE films, Streeters (De La Calle) and Violet Perfume (Perfume De Violetas), both of which made waves as top prize winners at this year's Guadalajara Film Festival. The deal gives KWA a key foothold in the booming Mexican market and forms part of founder and president Kevin Williams'
MovielineUK director Andrea Arnold's short film Dog has won the Jameson Short Film Award at the Brief Encounters short film festival, held Nov 14-18 in Bristol.Shot on High Definition, Dog is set on a South London estate, and tells the story of teenager who decides to leave her boyfriend after a brutal incident. The film is due for broadcast on both BBC2 and BBC Choice in 2002. Arnold has previously worked as a documentary filmmaker and has directed two drama shorts. The aw
New Country tops Nordic awards at HaugesundSwedish dramatic comedy The New Country bagged two major awards -- best film and best screenplay -- at the closing ceremony of the New Nordic Films, the prelude event to the Norwegian International Film Festival. The 29th edition rolls today until Sept. 1 in Haugesund.Swedish-Norwegian newcomer Geir Hansteen Joergensen originally directed The New Country as a four-hour TV-series for Swedish TV but producer Christer Nilson of Gota Film also had the director cut a feature v
New Zealand suffering from parallel importsThe 1998 removal of parallel importation restrictions and the failure of the DVD zoning system are being substantially blamed for a box office battering in New Zealand. If the decline matches that experienced in Singapore, the only other OECD country where the theatrical window has effectively disappeared with the removal of the laws, provincial cinema closures are likely. That's what NZ Motion Picture Exhibitors Association president Mark Christensen told over 700 delegates gathered a
Norway's PM criticised for Cool And CrazyNorwegian prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, has been accused by the local media of double standards in his election campaign. Speaking passionately about film, music and cultural values, the PM praised the success of the crowd-pleasing documentary Cool And Crazy. Yet, according to Tom Remlov, former head of Norsk Film, which produced the film with Jan-Erik Gammleng's Barentsfilm, his praise stands in stark contrast to the fact that it was his very own government that recently cl
Oz's PBL suffers from One.Tel collapsePublishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL), one of Australia's big three entertainment and media companies, has revealed its first annual loss in over 10 years for the year ending June 30. The result, which was entirely expected, was largely due to the collapse of telecommunications company One.Tel earlier this year. PBL lost $45.3m (A$84.6m) compared to last year's after-tax profit of $173.4m (A$324m). PBL executive chair James Packer, who drove the substantial investment in One.Tel, descr
Paradise plans Russian exhibition boomAbstracted from the weekly edition of Screen InternationalRussian distributor Paradise Productions is set to become the country's leading exhibitor when it opens its new $3.7m, five-screen multiplex in central Moscow this autumn. Taken together with a single-screen cinema opened in Vyborg last week and two more complexes opening soon in the Moscow suburbs and in the Urals, the new $3.7m entertainment complex will take to 13 the number of screens operated by Paradise. That may be
PBLPublishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL), one of Australia's big three entertainment and media companies, has revealed its first annual loss in over 10 years for the year ending June 30. The result, which was entirely expected, was largely due to the collapse of telecommunications company One.Tel earlier this year. PBL lost $45.3m (A$84.6m) compared to last year's after-tax profit of $173.4m (A$324m). PBL executive chair James Packer, who drove the substantial investment in One.Tel, descr
People's Choice - Euro film award nominationsForty eight European directors and actors from Jean-Jacques Annaud to Ray Winstone have been nominated for this year's People's Choice Awards which will be presented during the European Film Awards in Berlin on December 1. Cinemagoers throughout Europe will have the chance to vote in three categories "Best European Director", "Best European Actress" and "Best European Actor" either via voting slips printed in selected European film magazines or by accessing Arthur Andersen's specially
Ricci joins Granada's GatheringChristina Ricci has signed to star in The Gathering, a $17m UK supernatural thriller, scheduled to start shooting on Sept 3 for Granada Film and Samuelson Productions. Directed by Brian Gilbert, the film will also star Kerry Fox, and rising UK actors Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane and Simon Russell Beale. The screenplay is written by Anthony Horowitz. Marc Samuelson and Peter Samuelson produce, along with Granada's Pippa Cross. Executive producers are Steve Christian, Sim
Rush Hour 2 jams Asian box officeRush Hour 2, the sequel to 1998's hit action comedy, has opened to strong figures in Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong, which is the birth place of star Jackie Chan, rewarded the latest film from its biggest living international star with opening weekend figures of $714,559 on just 33 screens, a massive screen average of $21,653. The opening scored Rush Hour 2, which is distributed in the territory by Golden Scene, a 33% increase on the Hong Kong opening of its predecess
San SebThe San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 20-29) has unveiled the 21 titles set to compete for the Euros150,000 (pts25m) New Directors Award.Three of the films will compete in the Official Section, including: Lantana (Ray Lawrence, Australia), Magonia (Ineke Smits, Holland) and The Warrior (Asif Kapadia, United Kingdom).The remaining 18 films from first- or second-time directors will make up the New Directors section of the festival's Open Zone (Za
San Sebastian reveals competition line upThe San Sebastian International Film Festival has announced 16 of the films which will compete in the official section of this year's 49th edition, which runs from September 20 to 29. The line-up, which will likely receive at least a couple of last minute additions, has a distinct European flavour. It also features one title each from the US and Australia and two each from Asia and Latin America. The films competing for the festival's top Golden and Silver Shell awards include:
San Sebastian's 21 films in New Directors slotThe San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 20-29) has unveiled the 21 titles set to compete for the Euros150,000 (pts25m) New Directors Award.Three of the films will compete in the Official Section, including: Lantana (Ray Lawrence, Australia), Magonia (Ineke Smits, Holland) and The Warrior (Asif Kapadia, United Kingdom).The remaining 18 films from first- or second-time directors will make up the New Directors section of the festival's Open Zone (Za
Sarajevo anticipates exhibition growthThe number of cinema screens in Sarajevo could more than double by the end of next year if plans to create the city's first multiplex are realised.Bosnian exhibitor-distributor-producer Forum Film Company, which currently operates three cinemas - Apolo, Tesla and Imperial - in Sarajevo, is planning to convert the former 1,000-seater Kino Dubrovnik into a five-screen complex with restaurants, cafes and a video store by autumn 2002.An operator of eight cinemas in Sarajevo before t
Suriyothai becomes Thailand's biggest hopeSuriyothai, the most expensive Thai film ever to be produced, lived up to the furore surrounding its release with a three day opening gross (Aug 17-19) of $2.47m (Bt110m). According to distributor Saha-Mongkol, this shatters the previous opening record for a local film of $996,000 (Bt 43m) grossed by Nonzee Nimitbutr's hit Nang Nak.Gilbert Lim, executive vp of Saha-Mongkol said, "This is not the final figure since all the results for the 400 screens playing the film have
Swedish thriller sees off the competitionNot even a record-breaking heatwave combined with fierce US blockbuster competition could prevent local Swedish action-thriller, Executive Protection (Livvakterna) from drawing appreciative crowds and topping the Swedish box office last weekend.Despite reviews questioning the plausibility of the plot, about Eastern European gangsters threatening a Swedish businessman in Estonia, Anders Nilsson's follow-up to his 1999 success Zero Tolerance, grossed $338,577 from 83
Szabo, Chelsom, Cox and Saura premiere at TorontoNew films from Istvan Szabo, Peter Chelsom, Paul Cox and Carlos Saura will have their world premieres at the 26th Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 6-15. At the final press conference before the event, Festival Director Piers Handling announced the titles rounding out the programme including Closing Night selection Lantana, from Australian director Ray Lawrence, making its international premiere.Szabo's Taking Sides stars Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgard in a post-WW
Tanovic's No Man's Land takes top Sarajevo awardsLocal director Danis Tanovic triumphed at this year's Sarajevo Film Festival, winning both Best First Feature and Audience Award for his feature debt No Man's Land. The jury of UK actress Lena Headey, Croatian writer Miljenko Jergovic, and French fashion designer Agnes B declared that Tanovic's film showed "excellent acting, a shocking but humorous story and effective and precise directing" adding " Tanovic shows that it is possible to transform the horrifying subject of war int
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UK film policy: a dissenting voiceIn the year or so since the demise of British Screen and the founding of the UK's Film Council former chief executive Simon Perry has remained silent. Now on Screendaily.com, he delivers an open letter to the UK's secretary of state for culture, media & sport, Tessa Jowell. An Open Letter to the Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & SportDear Secretary of StateA kind of hush has descended on the British film community this year. The
UK film-makers urged to adopt lower budgetsOn the day that Danny Boyle's frenetic couplet of made-for-television DV films -- Strumpet and Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise -- had well-received industry screenings at Edinburgh, UK film-makers were urged to embrace lower budgets and "liberating" new styles of production. "A lot of what goes on in UK production is driven at times by the illusion that we are up there with the US," said Elemental Films' Owen Thomas at a panel discussion on new cinema and low budget
UK's Film Council says spending under budgetGovernment-backed UK support body the Film Council has said that it will come in under budget at its first annual review in October after accusations that it exceeded personnel cost by more than 60%.The Film Council, which oversees National Lottery support for film activities, declined to reveal details about how its spending breaks down or what its budget is but said that it would be under budget overall. A spokesperson said that the Council's head count of 73-plus was - "like for lik
Venezuela's Oscars go for Three NightsFernando Venturini's acclaimed thriller Three Nights (Tres Noches) swept the board at Venezuela's equivalent to the Oscars, the Premios de la Calidad 2001 awarded by state-backed local film institute, CNAC. Three Nights won eight out of its 13 nominations, including awards for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography (Hernan Toro), Editing (Miguel Angel Garcia) and Supporting Actor (Jean Carlos Lopez). Gustavo Balza's Caracas Amor A Muerte
Vif International launches German film fundPotsdam-based Vif International Films has launched its fourth tranche to raise Euro 50m from private individuals each investing a minimum of Euro 25,000 for the financing of internationally marketable feature film and television projects Among the projects set to benefit from this latest Vif fund are Broken Silence director Wolfgang Panzer's new feature Alexandra, the psychological thriller The Stare which already has France's Isabelle Huppert attached for the lead
Will Imax big screen fade to black'Imax Corp. is in serious trouble. Ten months after its stock lost 70% of its value and a week after announcing disastrous 2001 second-quarter results, the Toronto-based giant-screen purveyor has seen another precipitous price drop -- to an all-time low of $1.02 on the US Nasdaq on August 22. In August of 2000, it was trading in the $27 range.On Aug. 10, ratings agency Moodys severely downgraded the company's debt, saying that Imax was quickly eroding its cash base and increasing the li
Women directors to open Filmfest HamburgFilms by two up-and-coming female German directors, Vanessa Jopp and Nathalie Steinbart will open this year's Filmfest Hamburg (September 24-30). Engel & Joe, Jopp's first feature since graduating last year from Munich's Academy for Television & Film with the award-winning Vergiss Amerika (Forget America), will open the festival at a gala screening on September 24, after having its world premiere in competition at Montreal. Another new German talent will lau
X-masAnimated UK feature Christmas Carol: The Movie is to receive its world premiere at the forthcoming Toronto Film Festival, held Sept 6-15.The $12m Dickens adaptation is being sold internationally by the UK's Winchester Films, and is voiced by Nicolas Cage, Simon Callow, Michael Gambon, Rhys Ifans, Jane Horrocks, Juliet Stevenson and Kate Winslet, who makes her recording debut on the soundtrack..Directed by Jimmy Murakami, the film's backers include the Film Consortium, Sca


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Far Between
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Gay Mormon Forum
is a repository of information on inclusive firesides and other efforts which have occurred or will soon occur in the LDS community on the topic of homosexuality. (http://gaymormonforum.org)
The Lord My Pasture Will Prepare
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22RE timing issue
Working on a friends 85 Runner and we're having an issue with the timing. For the engine to run it's best the timing mark on the crank is over at the 9 o'clock position on the pulley. It should be up near the 12 o'clock position. It runs good the way it is but it feels like it lacks some power. A very very slight miss at idle but good through the rest of the RPM's. If we try to set the timing according to the FSM it hardly runs at all. The rotor button lines up with the no. 1 terminal on the cap the way it is now. We're thinking the dist is a tooth off. The PO replaced the timing set. Could the tensioner be shot or is the dist a tooth off? IDK if the tensioner or guides were replaced by the PO and we have no way of getting in contact with him.
[QUOTE=smewhtguy;13760187]I'd hit that like a freight train with no brakes![/QUOTE]
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pull the v/c and check your marks. if they're fine set the crank pulley at 5 degrees. pull the cap off and make sure it's aimed at #1. setting the crank at 5 degrees just always works easier on 22r's for putting the distributor in.
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The distributor is in correct and the timing chain cheks out good. We found out that the timing T connector wasn't working because of the idle being too high and the TPS wasn't sensing that the throttle was closed and allowing the ECU to go into service mode. The timing is now spot on but there is still a minor miss at idle. We also did find some leaks at the intake ducting which would be throwing off the readings from the MAF and those are fixed. We're out of time for today so a test drive will have to wait until tomorrow.
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I've seen something really similar many many times before ... I've done it, and I've seen others do it ... especially apprentices back in the 90's when we still had manual adjustable ignition timing on newer cars and trucks.
You put the timing belt / chain on, button everything up and then either the truck starts but doesn't stay running unless you feather the throttle, or it runs like total crap and you figure it's a timing issue and just crank the timing CCW waaay over the specs.
The guy figures that if the timing belt / chain is off a tooth, well there's a lot of teeth, how much of a difference can one tooth make on valve timing? Answer is --- a LOT.
Especially on engines that have dists that can be turned 360 degrees, I've watched techs feather the throttle on one hand and crank the distributor with the other hand +60 and -60 degrees to try and compensate for a improperly timed belt / chain. And even worse, for those dists that cannot rotate too much, I've watched techs pull out the dist and reposition it, and lazy techs actually unplug the plug wires from the dist cap and rotate THEM because tey're too lazy to pull out the dist itself and rotate the gear.
Most of these screwups are of course made by apprentices. In which case all apprentices must pay their dues, so you have to let them suffer a bit before letting them know how to fix it. LOL
The thing is that after you install the timing chain, make sure to crank the engine over several times and reline the timing marks on the cam and crank sprockets. In fact, what I like to do is to actually start the engine right after the timing chain / belt goes in and let it run for a bit. Then stop the engine and recheck the timing mark alignment.
Another thing, don't ever trust the distributor rotor location as an indication of TDC. I hope to hell this is not breaking news to anyone here.
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After the inital test drive it is alot better now. We have checked the timing chain a million times over and it's good. The timing and all ignition related components have all checked out good. There's still a slight stumble at idle but we're being told that could be due to the cat being removed and the Flowmaster exhaust. We're going to get some miles on it and see how everything does.
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we have did all normal tune up plugs,wires,cap,button,fuel filter,and fuel pump it went bad when we first got it.
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Double check all the vac lines, if any of them are switched around wrong it will cause running problems. Also make sure there are no loose vac lines. After doing a HG job on my 85 I had running and idle problems due to van lines being hooked up wrong, loose vac lines, and the dist was off 1 tooth. I also had to clean the IAC and adjust the TPS.
Pull the distributor, and rotate it in the direction you need to get it to run correctly, then slide it back in and try again.
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My toilet has a leak at the point where the feed pipe enters the toilet. Water drips from the pipe onto the floor but only when there is some weight on the toilet, ie somebody is sitting on it! I've attached a couple of pics and highlighted in red the two places where the water appears to be leaking from.
I'm thinking it could be relatively easy to fix; to drain the cistern and then do *something* to plug the leak. It's that 'something' that I'd like some advice on please. What would be the simplest way of repairing that joint? I'm not a plumber by any stretch, more like a reluctant DIY-er but feel this is likely to be inside my comfort zone.
Thanks for any advice
A picture of the entire feed line and shut off valve would help---
Typically changing the entire toilet water line is the simplest and cheapest way.
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Looks like the leak is coming from the fill valve washer.
Id just install a new fill valve .
Id also install a flexible supply line from the shut off valve to the connection on the fill valve.
Looking at your photo and the areas that are outlined in Red. It seems that you need a new fill valve. The rubber gasket at the bottom of the fill valve inside the toilet tank seems to be worn, or there might be a crack on your fillvalve, where you attach your supply line. I advise you to replace the fillvalve and if possible the supply line.
Look close at the photos guys, It looks like someone piped this up with hard steel piping with a union, It's all got to go.
Old post---September---he needs a new floor by now.
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Now we will try it with a QK reference point..meaning raise the pistol until the barrel is about 2 inches below the spot that you want to hit. Once there fire 3-5 shots as fast as you can pull the trigger.
QK is a "total target focus" skill. Seems you are not quite as familiar with QK as I had thought Matt. The barrel is not the reference point, the end of the barrel or front sight [ which is at the end of the barrel ] is the reference point in your peripheral vision with the direct [ total focus ] on the threat. The peripheral reference point is about two inches below the point you are looking at and want to hit while the gun is positioned from 2-4 inches below the line of sight.
It's a consciously applied peripheral skill using a very specific reference [ or as another is want to call it, visual index, which is the same thing ]. As such it is a more refined skill than other forms of threat focused skills such as FAS. The refinement being the utterly repeatable peripheral visual reference between the gun and where one wants to hit. So refined that in last years class in Knoxville, documented by one student in his after action review, and witnessed by 13 others, I was able to put 17 rds into a measured 1 inch group at 15 feet. It's as refined as using the sights without having to take the time to verify them. FAS, nor Quick Fire, nor any other threat focused skill I'm currently aware of can produce that grouping as QK can once trained and subsequently owned, without the use of sights.
The Fairbairn/Applegate/Sykes method of point shooting (FAS) did not use any part of the weapon or it's sights when using target focus
In the other thread you stated the QK narrative I wrote was close to FAS in Shooting to Live [ STL ]. From your above statement now, it seems contradictory to your earlier position.
As I provided the exact wording from STL, from the exact pages that were supposed to support your earlier position and confirmed by Roger, and it doesn't mention peripheral vision or peripheral references to the gun as the QK skills use and the narrative states, it appears they are not the same, not even close to the same as I wrote in the other thread to clarify for the members here.
Seperate skills being used for both, not similiar or the same. The results might be very close, but they are taught differently and the results will be different.
Proving what we have come to know over the years of discussion on this subject, which is that there are a few ways to skin the cat, but they are still different in their execution and descriptors.


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The Ballad of the Hermeneutic Circle - Pt I. - pg. 2
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Friday, November 16, 2007
The Ballad of the Hermeneutic Circle: Prologue
The Ballad of the Hermeneutic Circle, which may or may not truly be an "essay," will be posted one page at a time. Its three chapters run approximately fifteen pages. Click for a version sized for reading.
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As Agent Dana Scully explores the Eurisko building's ventilation system, as detailed in the X-Files episode "Ghost in the Machine", we witness a special instance of three personal pet peeves coinciding in a single moment.
1. Air Ducts
Have you, valued reader, ever been in an air duct? You have not. Don't get confused by hazy memories based on a pazillion movies and TV shows, but have you ever really seen such an air duct? You've probably never fired two guns at once, been attacked by a killer you presumed was dead, or dangled off a building, either, but at those exciting action/adventure cliches are fun in the moment, and based on recognizable real-world objects and events you have witnessed. But look around the room. Do you see an air duct? Do buildings, even offices, military installations, or abandoned factories converted into cocaine manufacturing plants have air ducts large enough to house a full-grown adult? While we all possess some small degree of latent claustrophobia, is it thrilling to watch people wriggle around in these imaginary silver tubes, which seem to have no correlative in reality?
I hate air duct scenes.
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Every fantasy, sf, or horror program will get around to the Killer Computer episode, if left to its own devices long enough. There's nothing inherently wrong with contemplative sf asking tough, original, informed questions about AI... but obviously most Killer Computer episodes fail the basic driving test. As Mr. S.L. Jackson once said, I hate this hacker crap, and worse, I hate hearing fake compu-gobbledygook. "Ghost in the Machine" brings up the important issue of "what if a computer was like a crazy panther and when threatened, started biting people?" The answer is: Scully would have to climb into an air duct.
The X-Files managed to squeeze a Kill-'Puter in by episode seven! At least Buffy the Vampire Slayer was refined enough to hold off till episode eight. "Ghost in the Machine" is fair-to-poor as the show finds its sea legs, and chock-a-block with rips from 2001 and Gremlins 2 (including... AIR DUCTS!), but sadly is only the first of The X-Files half-dozen Killer Computer episodes in nine seasons. Snore-baiting as the surfeit of demonic microprocessors may be, for sheer numbers it runs well behind such X-Files Mad Libs episode templates as Revengy Ghost (easily the winner), Supernatural M.O.'d Serial Killer (also uncountable), Idyllic Small Town Where Something Isn't Right and its frequent twin Occult Murder Club Confidential. This brings us to...
3. Mytharc Vs. Monster of the Week: How to Watch The X-Files
This one's X-F specific. The strong public preference for the scarier, less-convoluted MOTW X-Files is evident once more, as news/discussion/indifference spreads of the impending second feature film spin-off. Conventional wisdom is that either the Mytharc episodes — those detailing a baroque government conspiracy and its connection to various and sundry UFO-stuffs — were either boring to begin with, or eventually became coy with their secrets, jumbled in logic, or petered out due to poor planning. And therefore the stand-aloneish episodes are superior. And nearly every fan-favorite list will be populated by the same two dozen highlights of the scariest, funniest, and most innovative episodes.
But that's just the peeve that I've gotta pet. Conservatively, the Mytharc is a third of the series. Realistically, the continuing mystery of the Consortium, the nature of alien phenomena, and the quest for Samantha Mulder is what fueled the popular frenzy over the program for the first several years, and set it apart from the pack as more than a handsomely photographed Kolchack: The Night Stalker variation. It is the heart and soul of the series narrative. Undeniably botched and confusing as the yarn became as it tangled into unrecognizable knots, the mishandling of the Mytharc is symptomatic of the entire series. Character arcs became illogical, plot points were dropped or revised, storytelling was mud-clear as a matter of course not just over the Mytharc, but during dozens of individual episodes, including Monster of the Week installments. For every beloved "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" and "War of the Coprophages" there are two "Sanguinarium"s. Two "Ghost in the Machine". You say you don't like the Mytharc, and you're denying yourself the operatic heights of "The Red and the Black", and "The Sixth Extinction" and the most intimate character moments of "One Breath", "The Blessing Way", and "Gethsemane" - some of the best writing the series has to offer.
The Myth, see, it isn't just about keeping track of alien factions and wondering what the hell happened to the morphing bounty hunters. That story, as a story is irresponsibly handled. They broke it, if you buy it, try not to cut your fingers on the jagged edges. Instead, focus on the moment-to-moment, the only way The X-Files can hang together, and see the whole nine-season thing is Mytharc. In the end, Mytharc episodes are just as stand-alone as any other; the show is crafted to work scene to scene, act break to act break. It's about how thrilling, suspenseful, intriguing, funny, scary or sweet the moment can be, even if it's to be negated in the next scene. The MOTW episodes reinforce the Arc, because it's about the characters on what passes for a journey, beat to beat. So those romantic moments where Scully and Mulder sit on the rock together in the middle of a lake and talk about Moby-Dick in "Quagmire", a fine Low-Rent Loch Ness Monster of the Week: that's Mytharc in a sense. You don't fully comprehend the importance of the quiet moment with the characters without knowing where they've been, and in turn, it's what makes you care, if you're invested in their bigger Mytharc adventure. The Arc brought them there.
It sure wasn't the air ducts.
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Monday, November 05, 2007
Performance and Image/ Circle and Diagonal
Strange visual resonance found on the covers of two upcoming Criterion Collection releases.
What can it mean?
Will you close your eyes and refuse this disconcerting correlation? Or like the churchgoers faced with the mural of destruction in The Seventh Seal, will you look and think upon it until it becomes more frightening?
The bottom image appears when the two covers are laid upon one another. Otherwise polarized, the nodes where the photos connect allow both covers full 360-degree transformation. The motionless wet-wool blanket sky of the Bergman set (fast inside, slow outside), the sickened buzz-blur of the Two-Lane Blacktop landscape (slow inside, fast outside) are both fine snapshot summaries of the respective films. When linked, the images roil and fuzz out, with the friction of their opposite approaches to the same existential conundrum. The sea and pavement become rippling solid. A man perches atop a spinning wheel. The '55 Chevy points off to contemplate a stark horizon somewhere between America and Sweden.
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Mysterious Linoleum Tears
I am renting an apartment that has vinyl flooring in the kitchen. Over the last few weeks I've noticed a few small tears in the floor in one particular area. I am very careful about these things, but I figured I must be walking too hard or something. I don't move furniture over area.
A few days ago I noticed another tear, but this one is partially under the refrigerator. (see image) I cannot conceive of how I could do this. I have a suspicion that there may be some water damage involved. The area near the tears is a little uneven. After raining, water pools pretty badly outside the door the tears are near.
All considering is there anyway I can avoid getting destroyed by my landlord? The management company has not hesitated to do everything in their power to trick me out of my money. Paying rent early and being quiet apparently doesn't cut it anymore. I'm need a good argument when they accuse me of damaging the floor with my heavy walking.
Thanks in advance
Judging by the picture it looks like some really old flooring.
Is this floor on a slab?
Is there wood over the slab under that flooring? Any way to see if it's louon plywood under it? It would be a redish or dark brown color.
Any chance of a picture of this doorway your talking about?
Most often if waters getting in under the flooring it just comes loose, not tare like that.
Make sure to take some pictures of all the tares, do a rough sketch of the floor plan and note the locations in case this goes to court.
Thanks for the fast reply. The floor is on a slab. I'll get the other pictures ASAP.
Unless the slab is cracked there, and pushing up, the only way you could get that type of tear is something being drug across it.
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Of course, the season has to go this way -> a major dumpster midweek followed by rain by the weekend it seems. It would make an otherwise newly unemployed guy almost upset...'cept THIS time I'm not at work and hopefully will get to at least the Catskills for Wed/Thursday's dumping.
Anyone riding from NYC to Killington within the week? Right now my sights are set for Hunter but would be interested to know if anyone is hoofing to Killington from the NYC areas. Not really talking about ride sharin'...just pulsing the vibe.
Looking to possibly head out to Hunter on Sat or Sun this week with the gf. Not 100% sure though, going to keep my eye on weather.
Incidently, I normally try to hit Hunter up during the week to avoid the crowds. But, would Sunday be better than Saturday (crowd wise)? Or is it a shit-show regardless?
Skip hunter go straight to Windham and lap the G chair all day on Wing'n It and Why not all day. I only have weekends to shred otherwise I would be in route to Stratton right now or Windham for day trips. I had many a powder days at Windham mid week and absolutely loved it!!
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That video is pretty funny and actually does remind me to consider Windham, but I have an unused Hunter 3X and times are tight. Still the runs at Windham empty are worthwhile and I wonder how the roads up at Hunter will be. Guess that is the best of worries.
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Well that video sold it and yeah, I grew on Windham but found weekends a bit much. It is great when everything is open. Off to pack.:thumbsup:
Heading to Hunter on Sat or Sun to use up my triple pass. They also have their pond skim this weekend. I take that to mean Sunday will be the last day of the season. :thumbsdown:
I have one more on my Hunter triple pass too. But looking at their web cam, I have zero motivation to make the trip. If you go Sat, post a trip report. Might still go Sun.
I'm really not motivated to go either. But both me and my fiancee have a pass to use. More than likely we will go on Saturday. I'll update the thread when I get back.
Just saw Hunter's FB post saying they are closing after Sat and not opening for Sun.
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