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  #287 Arnon Milchan - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A former biochemistry student and soccer player, Milchan successfully transformed his family's fledgling fertilizer company into a $125 million chemicals business.
His New Regency Productions, jointly owned by Milchan, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and James Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting, is developing a television series for ABC based on its blockbuster film, Mr.
Milchan's daughter Alexandra is also a film producer; son Yariv is a senior executive at Regency; daughter Elinor is a New York photographer and artist.
www.forbes.com /lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Arnon-Milchan_6BJX.html   (156 words)

  
 Arnon Milchan
Milchan's father "laid the sprinklers that irrigated Israel." Later, he grabbed many of Israel's military contracts.
Milchan describes himself as "young, slim, good-looking, amiable and clever." He likes to wear tinted spectacles, double-ply cashmere and scuffed leathers and open-necked silk shirts exposing his hairy chest.
Milchan, he said, moved at the speed of light, with no office or secretary: "His office is his mind." He enjoyed courting danger and flew around the world with a briefcase containing $75 000 in different currencies.
www.lukeford.net /profiles/profiles/arnon_milchan.htm   (1953 words)

  
 1996 Deauville Film Festival Diaries
Milchan's mother and other members of his family, including, "my son, the tall handsome one -- who's available -- and my daughter, who's not available" joined some 700 guests for the festive event.
Milchan thanked Deauville, where "Brazil" and "Pretty Woman" had their European premieres, and thanked French Minister of Culture Douste-Blazy, "who was here but had to leave." Milchan then slyly added, "I'm sure he would have liked to pose for a picture with Jack Valenti.
Milchan expressed his gratitude to many long-time collaborators and thanked his foreign partners in Korea, Germany and especially France, marvelling "The whole system here, believe it or not, helped a guy who is not French."
www.filmscouts.com /scripts/diary.cfm?Festival=deauvi96&File=nessel02   (377 words)

  
 Lycos Celebrity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Milchan has collaborated with Oliver Stone on "JFK" (1991), "Heaven and Earth" (1993), and "Natural Born Killers" (1994) and Jon Amiel on "Sommersby" (1993) and "Copycat" (1995).
Moving from Israel to Paris, Milchan produced commercials for French TV and various plays for the Paris stage including a production of "Amadeus" starring Roman Polanski.
Milchan's hits include "The War of the Roses" (1989), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Under Siege" (1992), "Free Willy" (1993), "The Client" (1994) and "Heat" (1995).
entertainment.lycos.com /celebrities/celebrity_bio.asp?id=12845&...   (235 words)

  
 20 years later, Milchan turns up heat on 'Fire'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The moment had to be particularly satisfying for Arnon Milchan, head of Regency Enterprises and one of the film's producers, because it represented a payoff on a hunch he had more than 20 years ago.
Back when Milchan was producing Sergio Leone's 1984 epic "Once Upon a Time in America," as Milchan recalls it, he happened across a novel by A.J. Quinnell titled "Man on Fire." "There was just something about it," Milchan says of his first reaction.
Milchan was in Park City when he found himself once again discussing "Man on Fire" with Tony Scott.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/icopyright_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000500424   (656 words)

  
 What were the contents of the LEGEND press kit in America?
An Arnon Milchan presentation of a Ridley Scott Film, LEGEND stars-Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennett and Alice Playten.
Milchan, still in his thirties, retired early from a successful career in the Israeli chemical industry to become an international show business entrepreneur.
When Ridley Scott and producer Arnon Milchan originally discussed the film with me, I was fascinated with the character, and the entire project.
www.figmentfly.com /legend/background3.html   (4873 words)

  
 Arutz 7   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Arnon Milchan has pledged $100 million for a new Galilee university.
In other donation news, a $100 million donation by Arnon Milchan will help build a new university in the Galilee, in the city of Carmiel.
Milchan's donation of $100 million to promote the project is reportedly the largest donation by a private individual for a project in Israel.
www.israelnationalnews.com /print.php3?what=news&id=79257   (402 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Celebrity news / Movie mogul helping Israel open university   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
At a news conference in Jerusalem, Milchan said the Galilee's "nature embraces initiative and diversity." No date was given for opening the new university.
Milchan has produced more than 80 movies, including the 1997 film "L.A. Confidential," which starred Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger.
Arnon Milchan poses at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in this Wednesday, March 29, 2000 file photo, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Israel will open its first university in the Galilee, Vice Premier Shimon Peres announced Monday, after Israeli-American movie mogul Arnon Milchan contributed $100 million for the project.
www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2005/03/29/movie_mogul_helping_israel_open_university   (226 words)

  
 Israel-Hollywood nuclear connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Actress Ashley Judd presents producer Arnon Milchan with the Israel Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award at a March 2000 reception in Hollywood.
U.S. officials say Milchan has no exposure to any smuggling charge, as the statute of limitations on conduct dating from before 1982 has expired.
Milchan has denied that he had done anything illegal in interviews with NBC News in 1992 and 1993.
stacks.msnbc.com /news/606092.asp   (718 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Brazil (movie)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Sir Ian Holm CBE (born September 12, 1931) is a British actor.
Universal Studios logo Universal Studios is a famous Hollywood movie studio located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, which is in the San Fernando Valley.
The movie, a production of producer Arnon Milchan's company Embassy International Pictures (not to be confused with Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures), was released internationally outside of the U.S. by 20th Century Fox in Gilliam's original 142-minute version, while Universal handled U.S. distribution.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Brazil-(movie)   (3336 words)

  
 FilmStew.com • Schumacher Joins the Crowd
Based on the book The Minds of Billy Milligan, the story centers on the 21-year-old Milligan, who was arrested for rape before police and detectives discovered he had a room full of 24 distinct personalities living in his head.
Schumacher almost made the film twice while it was in development at New Regency; once with Brad Pitt attached to star and once with Billy Crudup in the lead.
Milchan then convinced her father Arnon, head of New Regency, to let her work on the project outside of the company.
www.filmstew.com /Content/Article.asp?ContentID=9910   (352 words)

  
 Footwear News: Can Hollywood raise Puma's U.S. growl?(film producer Arnon Milchan's investment in shoe company Puma)@ ...
Shoe company Puma, currently in control of less than 1% of the U.S. athletic footwear market, may be able to capitalize on newfound Hollywood connections to boost domestic sales.
Independent film producer Arnon Milchan's holding company, Monarch/Regency Enterprises, has invested $80 million into Puma, accounting for 12.5%, with an option for another 12.5%.
The investment may mean more high-profile athlete endorsements for Puma's line of athletic shoes, which garner annual worldwide sales of $800 million.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:18919203&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (224 words)

  
 Cinema Confidential Forums - Once Upon a Time in America and Kings of Comedy; almost   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
But there's a problem in the form of producer Arnon Milchan, who apparently owns the negatives and most of the paper on these films.
Milchan, I'm told, is refusing to sell the DVD rights to Criterion despite their having made a very handsome offer.
Milchan's distribution chief Roy Matalon says New Regency "currently [has] existing long-term deals in place with 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. that will [result in] these studios releasing these two titles on DVD shortly.
www.cinecon.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1520   (355 words)

  
 08/17/98 WOMEN'S TENNIS: VOLLEY OF THE DOLLS
In late March, Arnon Milchan, producer of such hits as Pretty Woman, L.A. Confidential, and now The Negotiator, was taking a meeting at his house in Malibu.
Milchan figures that by going Hollywood with the tour--and promoting the hottest-looking players--he can heighten the game's appeal and collect much more than he paid from TV outlets.
Milchan has wasted no time in bringing the hot lights to women's tennis.
www.businessweek.com /1998/33/b3591097.htm   (946 words)

  
 Luke Ford
Arnon Milchan was profiled in the 3/5/00 edition of the TV show 60 Minutes.
Milchan, born 12/6/44 in Palestine, grew up in Israel, from one of the oldest and most affluent Jewish families.
CBS reporter Steve Kroft: "[Arnon Milchan's] Regency Productions logo is instantly recognizable to anyone who regularly goes to the movies.
www.lukeford.net /archives/updates/020813.htm   (5901 words)

  
 IMRA - Monday, March 28, 2005 VPM Peres Announces First University in the Galilee Region
University in the Galilee Region; Businessman Arnon Milchan Donates 100
Milchan, Peres stated, "The establishment of the University in the Galilee
Arnon Milchan said, 'I am proud to contribute to such an important
www.imra.org.il /story.php3?id=24700   (309 words)

  
 An Incitement to Kill White Southerners
In "A Time to Kill" the usual Hollywood suspects (Milchan and Schumacher) are hell-bent on a hate campaign against Christianity and traditional Southern Christian culture.
The white Carolina youth was killed for the crime ofhaving a Confederate flag sticker on his truck.
Now enter John Grisham--supposed upholder of "old-fashioned values and morals"--with assistance from the Milchan and Schumacher duo--furnishing yet another flick which incites the murder of white southerners who adhere to their traditional culture, a culture which abominated precisely the kind of rape depicted in this film--be it fl or white.
www.revisionisthistory.org /essay1.html   (585 words)

  
 About the Filmmakers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Executive producer ARNON MILCHAN is the founder of Regency Enterprises and one of the pre-eminent independent film producers in the world.
Milchan entered the entertainment industry in the mid-1970s, when he co-financed "The Medusa Touch." He then started two commercial production companies in France and produced Roman Polanski's live staging of "Amadeus." Milchan later produced the landmark television miniseries "Masada" and joined with Sydney Pollack to form the production company Pariscal.
Milchan's upcoming projects include "Bogus," starring Whoopi Goldberg and Gerard Depardieu; "A Time to Kill," starring Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Gene Hackman and Samuel L. Jackson; and "The Honest Courtesan," directed by Marshall Herskovitz and starring Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell and Jacqueline Bisset.
www.movies.warnerbros.com /tincup/cmp/filmmakers.html   (1469 words)

  
 Latino Review
Their latest venture "Man on Fire" is the biggest surprise of the season and a thrilling piece of entertainment that will cast a long shadow over the entire summer movie season.
If the title sounds familiar the film is based on a novel from a series by A.J. Quinell subsequently made into a well crafted thriller that starred Scott Glenn but was met in the late 80's with poor reception.
Producer Arnon Milchan never gave up on the story and has assembled a great production team to remake a good film into an even better one.
www.latinoreview.com /films_2004/fox/manonfire/review-2.html   (1535 words)

  
 Arnon Milchan, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com
Parlayed that into a role procuring arms for Israel, which he coyly discussed in a 60 Minutes interview in 2000.
(Milchan denies he was an arms dealer but admits to acting as an intermediary between the country and defense contractors like Raytheon.) Later began bankrolling films for directors Sergio Leone and Martin Scorsese in the early 1980s, before going on to produce such movies as The War of the Roses, JFK and Fight Club.
For billionaires with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from February 13, 2006.
www.forbes.com /lists/2006/10/6BJX.html   (223 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Gates said one of the most revealing interviews that he did was with producer Arnon Milchan, founder/head of New Regency Productions who broke down how racism works in Hollywood.
 Milchan explained how "Panic Room," which made $100 million at the box office, would have made, at most, $50 million with Halle Berry in the Jodie Foster role.
 "$200 million, maybe $300 million," Milchan said, explaining that the audience is not interested in seeing two fl people, fl man and fl woman, make love.
www.eurweb.com /printable.cfm?id=12991   (841 words)

  
 Don't Say a Word - About the Filmmakers
Born in Israel, Milchan was educated at the London School of Economics and the University of Geneva.
This early achievement was a harbinger of Milchan's now legendary reputation in the international marketplace as a keen businessman.
Soon, Milchan began to underwrite projects in an area that had always held a special interest for him - film, television and theater.
www.compleatseanbean.com /dsawproduction3d.html   (309 words)

  
 Murder at 1600: Production Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kopelson and producer Arnon Milchan offered the script to director Dwight Little, whose previous action dramas include "Marked For Death," starring Steven Seagal, and "Rapid Fire," starring the late Brandon Lee.
Says producer Arnon Milchan, "All of the characters come with their own histories, which gradually become known to Regis.
"Murder at 1600" is written by Wayne Beach and David Hodgin; it is produced by Arnold Kopelson and Arnon Milchan; and it is directed by Dwight Little.
murderat1600.warnerbros.com /cmp/production.html   (2216 words)

  
 Arnon Milchan
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 Online DVD Rental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A hard-hitting look at the Hollywood fllist centered around a couple who are forced to re-examine their own values, friendships and careers, when the husband is called to testify before the house...
Daredevil, a street smart vigilante crime-fighter, falls in love with the beautiful martial-arts master Elektra, but when she and her family are targeted by a vicious assassin, Daredevil is faced with...
Producers: Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson, Mark Tarlov, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.
www.homescreen.com.au /search?q=Arnon+Milchan&e=Producers&n=12&p=3   (518 words)

  
 GOODBYE LOVER - Cast or Crew Bio...CinemaReview.com
ARNON MILCHAN is the founder of Regency Enterprises and one of the preeminent independent film producers in the world.
He was recently named Producer of the Year at the 1997 National Association of Theater Owners' ShoWest convention.
Milchan's upcoming projects include the wry thriller Goodbye Lover (1998), starring Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Ellen DeGeneres, Mary-Louise Parker and Don Johnson; City of Angels (1998), starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan and The Negotiator (1998), starring Kevin Spacey and Samuel L.
www.cinemareview.com /cast.asp?movieid=049916&castid=913   (187 words)

  
 Murder at 1600: The Filmmakers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Producers Guild of America.
Producer ARNON MILCHAN is the founder of Regency Enterprises and one of the pre-eminent independent film producers in the world.
Milchan was recently named Producer of the Year at the 1997 National Association of Theater Owners' ShoWest convention.
murderat1600.warnerbros.com /cmp/filmmakers.html   (1389 words)

  
 News Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Commented Peter Chernin: "This is a terrific deal for the studio and News Corp. Arnon's entrepreneurial vision and his understanding of the worldwide film and TV business, along with his recent venture into sports, is very well-suited to our strategic plans.
New Regency owner Arnon Milchan stated: "We were very impressed with Peter Chernin, Bill Mechanic and the Fox team from the start of the negotiating process.
Kerry Packer's PBL is New Regency largest shareholder apart from Arnon Milchan.
www.newscorp.com /news/news_037.html   (1058 words)

  
 Arnon Milchan : pinball machine photos - Pinside.com
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