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Executives attending: 
George Shamieh - CEO and Chevonne O’Shaughnessy - President
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"EMPRESS CHUNG" – See, Listen and feel the beauty of the East.  Empress Chung is A Shining story of the filial girl who gets her blind father to see.

World Premier Screening:
Thursday November 6th at 1:00 p.m. at Nu Wilshire Screen # 1
Saturday November 8th at 1:00 p.m. at Nu Wilshire Screen # 2

Synopsis:   A Wonderful story of a young girl with deep love and a true devotion to her blind father. The animated feature film is packed with excitement, perils and miracles.  You will see and feel from this feature animation the wondrous lands, people and also the true Far East culture, value and moral. It will deeply touch and capture every inch of your heart and soul. Shim Chung, a sweet little girl who seemed to have an unfortunate fate, but with her strong faith and determination not only recovers her father’s eyesight, but she also becomes the Empress of the Empire.

"CRITICAL ASSIGNEMENT" – Action – Critically Acclaimed “One of the first big budget action movies to be filmed entirely in Africa with breathtaking cinematography” BBC World Service News

A SIMPLE ASSIGNMENT THAT BECAME A MISSION
World Premier Screening: 
Saturday November 8th at 9:00 a.m. at Laemmle Monica Screen #4

Cast:  Michael Power, Moshidi Motshegwa, Terence Reis, Thami Ngubeni
Writer:  Tunde Babalola
Director:  Jason Xenopoulos
Producer:  Bob Mahoney

Synopsis:  Winning the Press Awards held in Chicago for rescuing GSN correspondent Ed Johnson (Terence Reis) while reporting from the battlefront of worn torn Eastern Europe, international journalist Michael Power is brought to Africa to cover the “Water For All” story and the issues surrounding the critical lack of clean water in that country. It’s a story that some will not want him to write.
So begins a tale of critical decisions – arms or water. A story of love and loyalty, greed and deception, courage and cowardice. Critical Assignment is about one man’s mission to uncover the truth. A triumph of inner strength over major moral, social and political obstacles. The action plays out against a background of breathtaking African scenery and hypnotic African music including that of Grammy award nominee Angélique Kidjo.

"THE CLOWN”– Action – Huge and incredible action stunts [Action] from the producers of the German TV series "Der Clown."

Screening: November 5th at 7:00 p.m. Le Merigot Screen # 1
(Still in Post Production)

Cast:  Sven Martinek (Star of “Der Clown” in the role of Max, 60 episodes 
Eva Habermann – (Lexx the dark Zone), Xenia Seeberg, Gotz Otto (James Bond Movies)
Director:  Sebastian Vigg
Writer:  Timo Berndt
Producer:  Hermann Joha 

Synopsis: 
When mobster Zorbeck kills his long time girl friend Claudia, The Clown (Max Hecker) gets Zorbeck arrested and then retires from crime fighting.  Max works as a simple guard for a security company until he hears that Zorbeck has escaped from prison.  He must come back again to seek justice.  But Zorbeck and his team of criminals are not so easily outdone, and the Clown (Max) faces the most dangerous task of his life.  The film is based on the character of a German TV series, called "Der Clown," which was sold to more than 40 countries worldwide.

“CHALLENGE” – Action – FROM THE PRODUCER OF “THE CLOWN” The Best World Know Martial Artists fight it out in a lawless world. 

Screening:  November 5th at 5:00 p.m. at Le Merigot Screen # 1
& November 6th at 3:00 p.m. at Le Merigot Screen # 3

Cast:  Mathis Landwehr, Christian Monz, Vokram Zschesche, Zora Holt
Director:  Johannes Jaeger
Writer:  Johannes Jaeger
Producer:  Hermann Joha

Synopsis: The World has become a lawless place.  Anarchy rules the streets, and warlords take power by brute force.  The streets are ruled by warlords.  One warlord is Bosco, a ruthless killer who is obsessed with perfecting his power through martial arts.  Together with Cleo, Bosco’s lascivious partner, he kills Master Thach, keeper of a sacred book of marital arts.   Master Thach’s last pupil is Jonas, an orphan who Master Thach raised and taught all he knew.  Jonas survived Cleo and Bosco’s attach with help of a friend, and now returns to the city to reclaim the lost book. 

"DEATH TRAIN" – Action – It will take a miracle to save the people on the pilgrim train to Lourdes when the criminal mastermind Jurek and his evil cohorts take over the train and release a deadly virus. 

Cast:  Bettina Lamprecht, Mathis Landwehr, Arnold Vosloo
Writer:  Dieter Tranowski
Director:  Biethard Kuester
Producer:  Hermann Joha

Synopsis:  Lasko is a former soldier who joined the priesthood and renounced violence because he witnessed the death of a little boy in Kosovo after he wandered into the line of fire of Lasko's unit and was fatally shot. Now, Lasko finds himself caught in another kind of war—with a criminal mastermind, Jurek, and his group of thieves who have stolen a deadly virus in order to sell it to a terrorist group for sixty million euro. After a daring and ruthless heist from a government facility, the thieves disguise themselves as clergy and then hide out on the train bound for Lourdes that Lasko is on.  Also on the train are Sandra and Sven, her desperately ill son, who is going to Lourdes in hope of a miracle cure for his deadly blood disease. Lasko befriends them when they are separated from the boy's father by the abrupt departure of the train, and they join Lasko and his two priest friends, Gladius and Matthias, in their compartment. The situation turns desperate when Jurek and his gang kill Lasko's two friends and then threaten to release the virus if the authorities attempt to arrest them. Now Lasko must avenge his friends' deaths and don the robe of the Pugnus Dei, a secret paramilitary organization organized by the Vatican, despite his vow never to resort to using force to achieve his ends. A raging battle in, under, and on top of the train ensues as Lasko must take out the criminals and administer the vaccine before they release the deadly virus. In a last ditch effort, the authorities divert the train toward a fuel depot in an attempt to keep the virus from infecting the city of Lourdes. All eyes are on the speeding train where the lives of the hundreds of passengers hang in the balance as it races toward a fiery end. 

Will Lasko overcome the enormous odds as he battles the criminals and their fatal virus? The authorities wait with baited breath, the passengers are in a panic, and audiences hang on for dear life as the action-packed story moves to its ultimate resolution.

"THE MESMERIST" – Thriller/Comedy –  The Spookiest Dark Comedy Ever! From the producer of “CAPE FEAR” & “CASINO” and from the world of Edgar Allan Poe.

Cast:  Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Capshaw, Jason Carter, Howard Hesseman, Jo Champa, Galina Jovovich
Director:  Tom Harding
Producer: Terry Dougas & Peter Raskin

Synopsis:  “The Mesmerist” is a twisted, dark comedy based on the Edgar Allen Poe story “The Facts in The Case of Mr. Valdemar”. Benjamin (Neil Patrick Harris) and Daisy (Jessica Capshaw) return to her childhood home for the weekend, essentially to witness the death of her estranged father Valdemar (Howard Hesseman).  A controlling and hateful man, Valdemar, is a bane to everyone around him, but a perfect subject to Dr. Pretory (Jason Carter) to experiment with mesmerism.  Aided by Dr. Hoffler’s (George Wyner) prediction of the approximate time of death, Pretory believes he can put Valdemar’s mind in a hypnotic trance when the end nears and make it continue to function up until the moment of passing.  He hopes to obtain an objective, firsthand description of death and the afterlife, believing Valdemar is hardened enough to avoid coloring his description as other people would. With the help of Benjamin, Daisy and Valdemar’s oversexed maid Consuela (Jo Champa), the doctors succeed in Mesmerizing Valdemar and get a step-to-step account of death.  But before the quick questions are answered, Valdemar demands to speak with Benjamin to make a few final threats.  His mind spoke, Valdemar promptly dies, leaving the stunned group to relax for the night and absorb what has happened.  But Valdemar isn’t finished.  He continues to haunt them, until a final conflict with Benjamin settles all matters.

"BAD GIRLS FROM VALLEY HIGH” – Comedy – Based on the best selling book “A Fate Totally Worse Than Death” written by the well-known author of Children’s and Young Teen books, Paul Fleischman.

Sid Sheinberg’s The Bubble Factory has entered into an agreement with George Shamieh’s American Cinema International to license the international rights to the film “Bad Girls from Valley High”.  The film is based on the best selling book “A Fate Totally Worse Than Death” written by the well-known author of Children’s and Young Teen books, Paul Fleischman.    The film, which is being distributed in North America by Universal, was made for 8 million dollars.  Starring:

Julie Benz – Darla on the WB’s popular “Angel”,“Taken” for SCI-FI Channel.
Monica Keena –  “Freddy VS Jason”, “Undeclared”, “First Daughter.”
Nicole Bilderback – “Bring it on”, “Clueless” and “Can’t Hardly Wait”.
Jonathan Brandis –  “Seaquest”, “Harts War”, “Outside Providence”, “Ride with the Devil.”
And Christopher Lloyd –  “The Back to the Future”,“Taxi”, “The Adams Family”  “Who Framed Roger Rabbit“, “Star Trek III”, and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” 

“Bad Girls from Valley High” – A story of three beautiful teenage girls, Danielle, Tiffany, and Brook, who do what it takes to get what they want.  Danielle, the leader of the group, sets her sights on the Captain of the football team, Drew, and contrives to eliminate the only thing that stands in her way—his girlfriend.  Just when Danielle is about to make her move on Drew, a beautiful new student from Transylvania, Romania arrives at their school.  When the three girls mysteriously start aging rapidly, they conclude that the new girl is the ghost of Drew’s dead girlfriend who has returned to get revenge by putting a curse on them.   The only way to get their youth back is to stop the curse.  Will Danielle, Tiffany and Brook kill the ghost in time to get their youth back before Danielle’s 18^th birthday?

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