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PROJECT CHATEAUBRIAND - Preproduction: WHAT'S ON? - Português?
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FIBRA CINE VIDEO is offering a FREE copy of the screenplay Book to those who send us any audiovisual material or documentation about Francisco de ASSIS CHATEAUBRIAND Bandeira de Mello (photos, old documentary or news movies, soundtapes, newspapers, magazines, etc.) in order to enrich the Research for ART DESIGN and ACTOR'S DIRECTING. If you do prefer, we may refund your expenses and still give your FREE book.
Depending upon the authenticity of your material, we will insert credits on the film/mini-series acknowledging your participation. In any case, send us a message, and be part of this Cultural Project.

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    "CHATEAUBRIAND" NEWS !
    dates: headlines: illustrations:
    12/08/2000
    Dec
    The short version 35mm movie "CHATEAUBRIAND-CABEÇA DE PARAÍBA" is exhibited by TV SENADO all over Brazil twice a day, on December 7,8 and 9 TV SENADO
    02/11/99
    Feb
    A full-page article on Project CHATEAUBRIAND appears in O ESTADO DE MINAS, the strongest newspaper of DIÁRIOS ASSOCIADOS in Minas Gerais
    01/23/99
    Jan
    MINC and CVM postpones the deadline for raising funds for Project CHATEAUBRIAND to December 31nd 1999. Total value to be raised through Audiovisual Law is now US$ 800,000.
    08/22/98
    Aug
    MINC postpones the deadline for raising funds for Project CHATEAUBRIAND to December 31nd 1998, with automatic postponing in CVM to December 31 1999. Total value to be raised through Audiovisual Law is now R$1.600.000.
    02/08/98
    Feb
    CORREIO BRAZILIENSE newspaper, a company of the group DIÁRIOS ASSOCIADOS left by Assis Chateaubriand publishes large article on our Project CHATEAUBRIAND
    02/01/98
    Feb
    CHATEAUBRIAND Project counts on the visitors who ARE PREPARED to invest in the feature production. Investor will have a limited partnership on the boxoffice revenue and strong advertising in the starting frames of the movie, besides advertising in the hypervisited site CINEMABRASIL. With just as little as US$160,000 investor will win a merchandizing scene inside the story. Our telephone number is (5521)290-4593 or (5521) 2290-4593.
    01/27/98
    Jan
    Site CinemaBrasil reaches the record of 10,000 site-visits per day, which corresponds to 300,000 visits to the site a month, or about 1 MILLION page-views a month, since visitors always go to other pages and our counter just consider the entry to the site. Counting guaranteed by DIGITS.COM/EUA.
    04/01/98
    Apr
    Site CinemaBrasil is elected among the top 10 sites of Brasil in entertainment, by MANTEL MEDIA, content IW Best.
    12/16/97
    Dec
    A group of filmmakers gathering Manhães Marins, Marisa Leão, Tizuka Yamazaki, Nélson Pereira dos Santos, Tereza Trautman and the Movie reporter Pedro Butcher from JORNAL DO BRASIL, presents the proposal DIRECT FUND RAISING, for citizens choose films in their Income Tax forms, to the Minister of Culture Francisco Weffort.
    12/12/97
    Dec
    Project CHATEAUBRIAND is officially presented, videos e transparencies, at the STOCK EXCHANTE BUILDING/Rio de Janeiro to businessmen and producers, in the First Meeting between movie makers and the potential investors of the Audiovisual Market, organized by the union SNIC and leaded by actress Betty Faria.
    10/10/97
    Oct
    Marcos Manhães Marins is selected among thousands as being among the 30 professional screenwriters in Brasil who deserved to attended to the workshop with the Script-Doctor of THE MISSION and TAXI DRIVER, Mr. Syd Field, promoted by MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION-MPA.
    09/09/97
    Sep
    FONDS SUD CINÉMA comittee praises the screenplay from CHATEAUBRIAND - Cabeça de Paraíba, through official letter.
    08/22/97
    Aug
    CVM postpones the deadline for raising funds for Project CHATEAUBRIAND to August 22nd 1998, with automatic postponing to August 22nd 1999. Total value to be raise through Audiovisual Law is now R$1.600.000.
    07/05/97
    Jul
    Site opens TV-NET CinemaBrasil, a bit more than 4 months after STREAM VIDEO technology have been presented to the world. Once more, pioneer.
    04/05/97
    Apr
    Site launches the I CONTEST FOR DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN INTERNET. Sponsored by ADOBE SYSTEMS, who gave 3 kits of software AFTER EFFECTS, and covered by magazine INTERNET WORLD.
    01/09/97
    Jan
    The mailing list CINEMABRASIL gathers 500 subscribers, all people linked to Cinema Brasileiro either professionally or passionately, from university students to the most reknown filmmakers, suchs as Roberto Farias, Norma Bengell, Luiz Alberto Sanz, Nélson Pereira dos Santos, Marisa Leão, Alain Fresnot, among many others. Subscribe right now. It is free!
    11/09/96
    Nov
    Bank called "BANCO DESTAK" offers Projeto Chateaubriand partnership for raising funds
    11/011/96
    Nov
    Rio de Janeiro's Official Film Distributor, RIOFILME, gives support to Project Cinema Brazil, opening its archives of photos and information to the FIRST BRAZILIAN MOVIES DATABASE on the Internet
    10/08/96
    Out
    TIPS' page of site CinemaBrazil is subject for Brazilian newspaper "JORNAL DO BRASIL, caderno de informática"
    09/12/96
    Set
    Marcos Manhães Marins, a founder of the Association of Net Users - Internet/Brazil (ANUI.br - Associação Nacional dos Usuários da Internet no Brasil), is interviewed about this idea, which is being hosted and sheltered by site CinemaBrazil, in a whole page of Brazilian newspaper "JORNAL DO BRASIL, caderno de informática"
    09/16/96
    Set
    Projecto Cinema Brazil deserves a two-page article inside Magazine INTERNET WORLD - Brazilian September Edition/Mantel Media (pages 100-101)
    09/12/96
    Sep
    CVM gives new authorization till April 30th/97. Time has come to invest in this Brazilian Cinema movie project. Feel honoured with your Audiovisual Certificates, which guarantees you participation on Tickets revenue !

    08/15/96
    Aug
    Brazilian Movie Industry's Labourers' Union (STIC) gives support to site CinemaBrazil/Projeto Chateaubriand
    07/31/96Z
    Jul
    BANCO DO BRASIL/BB DTVM starts financial operation to grant our project "CHATEAUBRIAND" funds and let it come true to Brazilian Culture.
    05/05/96
    May
    Project CHATEAUBRIAND raised US$ 40,000 (FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) during APRIL/96 by selling shares (audiovisual certificates) in Rio's Stock Exchange. Thanks to investors for this attitude of faith on Brazilian Cinema! It's missing now just US$900,000 to start shooting.

    04/09/96
    Abr
    A two-page Article about site CINEMABRAZIL is published in Los Angeles, on Magazine NEWS FROM BRAZIL, international APRIL edition, with the headline: "Brazilian Movies - Alive and Well In the Internet".
    04/04/96
    Abr
    Official Government Bulletin (Diário Oficial da União) publishes approval of Project CINEMA DO BRASIL NA INTERNET as a Cultural Project to receive credentials and some financial incentive from Ministry for Culture/PRONAC/MinC. Minister Francisco Weffort signs the document.
    03/18/96
    Mar
    List of Individuals sponsoring Project CHATEAUBRIAND increases every day. Be a coproducer too !
    03/10/96
    Mar
    Site CINEMABRAZIL surpasses the record of 100 other Webpages which provide LINKS to it all over the world (already subttracting its own 30 pages)!
    03/05/96
    Mar
    Magazine ".net" (DotNet) PUBLISHED on its February Brazilian Edition - still available, an article about ecletism of site CINEMABRAZIL
    03/03/96
    Mar
    Project CHATEAUBRIAND by Fibra Cine Video pops on air a worldwide campaign through which WEB users who are sympathetic to Brazilian Culture may become co-producers of the moving picture/miniseries with very small deposits and receive a Certificate for their participation.
    03/01/96
    Mar
    Site CINEMABRAZIL launches The First Cyber-CATALOG of BRAZILIAN Movies already presenting 400 titles, many of them with photos, supported by server IBASE/ALTERNEX/ALTERCOM which is providing us with the Search by Word Tool. This Catalog has also the support of Brazilian Movie Industry laborers Union-Sindicato dos Trabalhadores na Indústria Cinematográfica-STIC (president:Leilany Fernandes), of UFF (prof.Joao Leocádio) and Ministry for Culture (Prof.Angélica Mesquita)
    02/04/96
    Feb
    The American Magazine NEWS FROM BRAZIL publishes in Los Angeles, California, the article "THE STATE'S HEAVY HAND" on "Chateaubriand - Cabeça de Paraíba" Project by Marcos Manhães Marins.
    02/01/96 Cultural Project CINEMA BRASIL NA INTERNET was submited to Secretaria de Apoio à Cultura/SAC/Ministry for Culture under number 96-RJ-0130-771, which will allow site CINEMABRAZIL to raise sponsorships also to maintain this relevant public service for those who are sympathetic to Brazilian Cinema all over the world.
    01/11/96
    Jan
    SKY LIGHT film producing company of TIETA movie, starred by Sônia Braga, decides to invest in site CINEMA BRAZIL. This partnership will bring sponsors to this site and it will make it easier and safer to SKY to launch its own site http://www.visualnet.com.br/sky relying on catalogs of filming resources which we will build and keep for it according to a contract.
    12/25/95 O site CINEMA BRAZIL celebrates with welcome visitors the mark of 14.000 (fourteen thousands) acesses from all over the world. While announcing its Portuguese version thouroughly revised, the site launches the seed of a NEW CATALOG of Brazilian Films ready to be distributed abroad, which will be developed by teachers of Dept. of Cinema in Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).
    till 12/17/95 Project CHATEAUBRIAND is intensively promoted by VERA CRUZ DTVM in its stand in RIO CULT 95, where a cocktail gathered personalities such as Hugo Carvana, Rosamaria Murtinho, Neville de Almeida, Pedro Rovai, Prof. Carlos Alberto Serpa among many others. Marcos Manhães Marins gave interview to TV ESTÁCIO, a UHF TV station which were covering the event.
    12/15/95 Magazine INTERNET World/December 95 publishes article about Project Chateaubriand on page 22.
    Actor OTHON BASTOS confirmed by phone his firm will to perform Chateaubriand in the second phase. During RIO CULT 95 he was in São Paulo essaying his new play MARACUTAIA with José Wilker.
    11/27/95 Film maker and producer Pedro Carlos Rovai sends us photo and synopsis of his movie to be published in our CATALOG OF BRAZILIAN FILMS. He is preproducing "AS TRANÇAS DE MARIA". He wrote us: "Applauses to your beautiful initiative."
    11/26/95 Film maker Marcos Manhães Marins finishes today the Spanish version of a video he directed to Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: "COPPE - Una Inversión Social" is being exhibited this week in Bolivia/Mercosul.
    11/23/95 Actor Fábio Junqueira ("História de Amor"/ TV GLOBO) mail us to join Project CHATEAUBRIAND
    Set Decorator Peter G. mail us to join Project CHATEAUBRIAND
    Following advice of his financial agent, Fernando David (VERA CRUZ DTVM), Director Marcos Manhães Marins, attends meeting with LUIZ CARLOS BARRETO, who had given comments to the Press that he was interested in PRODUCING the film CHATEAUBRIAND from the registered Screenplay written by Marcos Manhães Marins.
    11/07/95 FOLHA DE SÃO PAULO newspaper publishes article on our homepage CinemaBrazil (NETVOX section)
    11/06/95 ANDIMA publishes inside its newspaper the photos of "Chateaubriand" Project and a press release forwarded to all banks here.
    11/01/95 Actor Paulo Betti (film LAMARCA, photo)sends us an e-mail: he is reading the screenplay and he is regarding our invitation seriously.
    BANCO DO BRASIL selects our project "CHATEAUBRIAND" to grant funds to it and let it come true to Brazilian Culture.


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