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iW NEWS | Magnolia Knows "Joe"
Robert Celestino's "Yonkers Joe"'s North American rights have been acquired by Magnolia Pictures. The film, a family drama starring Chazz Palminteri, Christine Lahti and Tom Guiry, premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. The film will be released on Ultra VOD platforms on December 5th, 2008, a...
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iW NEWS | "Lymelife" Goes To Screen Media
The U.S. distribution rights for Derick Martini's "Lymelife" have been acquired by Screen Media Films. "Lymelife," which premiered at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, depicts two families in 1970s Long Island and stars Rory Culkin, Alec Baldwin, Cynthia Nixon, Timothy Hutton and Kieran Culkin. It won the International Critics Prize for the Discovery section in Toronto. "This is the kind of film we are most interested in releasing," said Robert Baruc, President of Screen Media Films, in a statement. "'Lymelife' is a beautifully shot film, with extraordinary performances and a powerful story that is moving, as well as intrigui...
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iW BOT | Latest From Ritchie and Leigh See "Lucky" Numbers
Two rhythmically titled films from two very different British directors saw promising debuts this weekend. Guy Ritchie's "RockNRolla," from Warner Brothers, grossed $144,701 from 7 screens, while Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky" took in $73,867 from 4 screens for Miramax. And while Jonathan Demme's "R...
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iW NEWS | Regent Gets "Sparrows"
Regent Releasing has announced its deal for U.S. rights to Majid Majidi's "The Song of Sparrows," the Iranian submission for the best foreign language Oscar. The film is set for a theatrical release next spring. Regent's Mark Reinhart brokered the deal with Fortissimo's Winnie Lau. Set in today's Tehran among the underprivileged, the film is described as exploring, "how a world of material goods and technology can corrupt man - making him lose spiritual purity and all-important connections to family, friends and nature." Anthony Kaufman recently took a closer look at this year's foreign language film Oscar race for indieWIRE. [Eugene Hernand...
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iW NEWS | Weekend Estimates: "RockNRolla," "Happy" Open Big
According to estimates from Rentrak this afternoon, Guy Ritchie's "RockNRolla" led indieWIRE Box Office Tracking (iW BOT) - which ranks the per theater average of all reporting specialty films. The Warner Brothers release averaged $20,143, grossing $141,000 from just 7 locations. Its total since opening Wednesday is $199,885. Just behind was the release of Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky." On 4 screens, the Miramax release grossed $80,000 for a $20,000 average. Last weekend's opener, Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married," continued to do stellar business. On an expanded 27 screens, the Sony Pictures Classics' film grossed $464,336, av...
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iW NEWS | "Sex" For Celluloid
The world rights to Bahman Motamedian's "Sex My Life" (Khastegi) have been acquired by Celluloid Dreams. The film, which premiered in Venice, uses a mix of documentary and fiction to depict seven transsexuals living in modern-day Tehran. "The film is fascinating not only because of its rare and extremely human subject matter, but also thanks to the way Motamedian uses dramatization within the framework of a documentary to create a real transgenre film," said Alessandro Raja of Celluloid Dreams in a statement. "This allows us to get very close to the characters and understand the tragedy and gravity of their situation. They are not just subje...
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iW NEWS | Voltage Acquires "Moon"
Eduardo Sanchez's "Seventh Moon," which recently premiered at Fantastic Fest (as discussed here), has been acquired by Voltage Pictures. The thriller, starring Amy Smart and Tim Chiou, was produced by Haxan Films. It follows an American couple honeymooning in China who are subjected to a Chinese my...
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NYFF '08 | IFC Takes "Let It Rain"; 3rd French Title in NY Film Fest
Agnes Jaoui's "Let It Rain" has been acquired by IFC Films, the company announced today, ahead of the French film's North American premiere this week at the New York Film Festival. The company is planning a day-and-date release via its IFC In Theaters platform next year.
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iW NEWS | "Yeast" Set for DailyMotion
Dailymotion.com will host the free premiere of Mary Bronstein's "Yeast" this weekend. The online outlet announced the news at a party celebrating the movie last night in Manhattan. The film, which debuted at SXSW, follows a maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman who tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships. In an indieWIRE interview earlier this year, Bronstein said that the film was inspired by, "all the thinking I'd been doing about friendship, female friendships in particular." She continued, "I am the type of person who has never had a large group of close friends, usually I'll have one or two very ...
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iW BOT UPDATE | "Rachel" Leads
Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married" is atop the weekly iW BOT box office chart, which was published this afternoon. The film earned $293,369 from nine runs. Mitropoulos Films's "Ballast" and Paramount Vantage's "The Duchess" rounded out the top 3. More in this week's box office column, which ...
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