Month: February 2006

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The Great Match

A surprisingly enjoyable ethno-romp, The Great Match is both a celebration of the global reach of football mania and a sly send-up of worthy anthropological epics like Himalaya. The three interleaved stories – about tribal soccer fans in remote parts of the globe who are desperate to see the 2002 World Cup final – will…

Universum Focuses on ‘Earth’

Universum Film has picked up German rights to the BBC’s $15 million natural history feature “Earth.” The sale was struck by the BBC’s production and distribution partner Greenlight Media. Pic has already been pre-sold to Gaga in Japan, Gaumont in France, Wanda in Spain and Frenetic in Switzerland. Universum, part of the RTL Group, will…

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