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Greeks seek ways to bolster local prod'n.(motion picture industry)(Brief Article)
ATHENS According to recent research, Greece will have 25% more screens by 2002.
Over the past four years, multiplexes have been springing up in urban areas of the country while older screens have been undergoing substantial facelifts.
But this year things are different. "There's no `Titanic' this year," a cinema owner says, "and with no `Titanic,' we obviously cannot match last year's record figures of around 11 million admissions across Greece."
French blockbuster "Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar" was this year's greatest success, with around 500,000 admissions, while local hero "The Discreet Charm of the Male Sex" raked in some 200,000 admissions, …
