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  • Miramax Films cut workforce

    Miramax Films cut workforce

    MUMBAI: One of the prominent film companies in Hollywood, Miramax Films has laid-off 65 of its 485 employees. The middle management and lower-levels staffers in the publicity, marketing and production areas were shown the door.

    Miramax has been having a strained relationship with its parent company Walt Disney Company. While Disney has downright given Miramax the loser’s tag, founders and co-chairmen of Miramax — Harvey and Bob Weinstein — have asked Disney to quote a sum so that they can buy back the studio.

    According to media reports, company COO Rick Sands, who still has more than a year left on his contract, is expected to leave Miramax in the coming months.

    As Hollywood’s awards season about to unfold, Miramax is working on ten projects including Lasse Hallstrom’s An Unfinished Life, with Jennifer Lopez, Robert Redford, Josh Lucas, and Morgan Freeman, The Aviator starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role, with Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Kate Beckinsale, and Cate Blanchett, Shona Auerbach’s Dear Frankie starring Emily Mortimer and Marc Forster’s Finding Neverland starring Johnny Depp, add reports.

  • Hallmark US gets cult television series M*A*S*H

    Hallmark US gets cult television series M*A*S*H

    Hallmark Channel US has announced that one of television’s most recognisable shows “M*A*S*H” – will helicopter on to the channel in September 2003. The series will be cable exclusive to Hallmark Channel.

    All 255 episodes of the sitcom were acquired under the deal with Twentieth Television. Each of the 255 episodes has been digitally remastered, an official release informs. The deal also includes the two-and-a-half hour M*A*S*H finale, which is still the most watched telecast in television history.

    Executive V-P, programming, David Kenin said: ” This is a series that will continue to drive the growth of Hallmark Channel and can be utilised in multiple dayparts. During its 11-year run, ‘M*A*S*H’ aired in six different time periods on five different nights, and left the network ranked as the No. 1 sitcom on television. “

    For nine of its 11 seasons on broadcast television M*A*S*H was a top five sitcom. It has been nominated for or won 23 Emmy Awards, 16 Golden Globe Awards, four Humanitas Prizes and six People’s Choice Awards the release states.

    M*A*S*H influenced by the Robert Altman film was produced and distributed by Fox from its premiere on 17 September 1972 to its finale on 28 February 1983 the release states. Cast Members include Alan Alda, McLean Stevenson, Wayne Rogers Harry Morgan. Guest appearances during the 11-year run of “M*A*S*H include Richard Gere, Brian Dennehy and the Oscar winning director of ‘A Beautiful Mind’ Ron Howard.