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After tilting in vain at so many financing windmills for the past year, Terry Gilliam has finally lined up a combination of European funding partners for his long-cherished The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.French majors Pathe and Le Studio Canal Plus are teaming up with French produ
stanley cup ction outfit Hachette Premiere and German film fund KC Medien to finance, produce and distribute Gilliam s $30m interpretation of Miguel De Cervantes satirical classic about a 17th Century wandering knight who battles both windmills and reality itself.The production money will be sourced from Lottery-backed Pathe Pictures in the UK, Pathe France, Le Studio Canal Plus and KC Medien. Pathe will distribute the film in the UK and France. Los Angeles-based Pathe International will share international sales duties with Le Studio Canal Plus, although the exact divi
stanley cup sion of territories has yet to be determined.Gilliam has been shopping his Don Quixote script around for some years. He came close to getting it off the ground last year with US producer Chuck Roven of Atlas Entertainment and British producer Sarah Radclyffe of London s Sarah Radclyffe Prod
stanley cup uctions but, even with a cast that at the time was reported to have Johnny Depp, Madeleine Stowe and Penelope Cruz attached, he could not raise the finance for a vision originally budgeted at around $48m.Hope for the picture was rekindled, however, when Gilliam met with Jean-Louis Rubin, head of LA-based Pathe International, who joined Pathe last summer und Zlpe The Grudge opens strongly in Brazil, Norway, Italy
London costume house Angels has made and supplied outfitsto hundreds of films, from Lawrence Of Arabia to Maggie Smiths muddy boots in The Lady In The Van. As Bafta is poised to honourthe company, Sarah Cooper meets the family of Angels.
stanley cup From Shakespeare In Love to Star Wars, The Great Gatsby to The Grand Budapest Hotel, London-based costume house Angels has supplied millions of costumes to scores of Bafta and Oscar-winning films. But for the first time, the 175-year-old family business will itself take centre stage this awards season as the recipient of the 2016 Bafta for outstanding British contribution to cinema. We have always been the bridesmaid and never the bride, so its very exciting to have our contribution recognised, says Angels chairman Tim Angel of the award, which he will accept on February 14 at Londons Royal Opera House. He will be accompanied by his three children, all of whom also work for Angels 鈥?Jeremy creative director , Daniel head of costume and Emma head of fancy dress . Ive been given the baton and Im running with it, but there have been seven Angels at the helm of this company and 15 Angels involved in the business, no
stanley kubek t to mention all the people who have worked for the company over the years. This Bafta is for all of them. We go back hundredsof years, weve got amazing stock, we remain competitive and we are
stanley cup very good at whatwe do, Tim Angel, chairmanSince starting life in 1840 as a second-hand clothing stall in Covent Garden, the company has
