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Mike Figgis experimental Time Code, the first digital video production to be fully financed and released by a Hollywood
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stanley cup n, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Stellan Skarsgard and Saffron Burrows. Its final budget weighed in at less than one twentieth of the typical studio budget.Figgis shot his film using hand-held digital video cameras in sequence and real time over the course of nine days. In fact, he shot the whole Los Angeles story as many as 18 separate times. The plot, which revolves around an affair, a murder and an ensuing Hollywood mystery, is said to have literally unfolded before the cameras as each actor created their own character trajectory on the fly. Four cameras ran simultaneously during production, each of them following different characters. Time Code began on a train from the North of England to London recalled Figgis. One of those moments where your mind goes on a wild journey of its own. A What if . Moment. What if you made a film using two cameras, a long, continuous take, make that four cameras and a 93 minute take, I remember feverishly writing in my notebook. After the film is shown on March 22 as part of the Yahoo festival at the Dire Srok Adaptation
Robin Hood was the top draw at the international box office again this weekend, though it was challe
stanley cup nged in some markets by debutant Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Shrek Forever After, meanwhile, made a huge international start in Russia.Losing strength after its powerful debut last weekend, Robin Hood grossed $30m from 7,157 dates in 58 territories the only new opening was in Vietnam , distributor Universal/UPI estimated. The second-weekend tally pushed the action adventures international total to $125m.In the UK, Robin grossed an estimated $2.1m from 538 dates for a 10-day total of $13.3m ,
stanley cup ceding top spot on the local chart to British opener Streetdance.In Germany, Robin took $1.4m from 667 dates for an 11-day total of $8.7m , coming in second to Prince of Persia.Robin stayed top in France, with $2.6m from 648 12-day total $10.7m , and Australia, with $3.1m from 496 dates total $9.7m .In Korea it was off only 12%, grossing $3.2m from 256 11-day total $7.8m .It retained top spot in Mexico with $1.9m from 496 10-day total $6.2m and held on at numb
stanley cup er two in Brazil with $1.6m from 268, off just 34%.Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time began its international rollout a week ahead of its US opening and grossed an estimated $18m from 4,125 screens, ranking number one in 18 out of 19 territories. Distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International WDSMPI said the opening was 5% ahead of National Treasures for the same group of markets but 13% behind Iron M
