CANNES 2005
Dear Friends,
We hope we will be seeing you on the Riviera this year.
Please email Linda Kearns: linda@arclightfilms.com if you have not already booked a meeting with us.
We look forward to seeing you there,
With best wishes from Arclight Films
ANNOUNCING
When rookie American Interpol agent SHANE pulls over AIDEN for a routine traffic violation in Rome, he triggers an unrelenting car chase that catapults the city into chaos.
With the entire Roman police force following in the wake of his carnage, Shane learns he¹s unwittingly uncovered an inside plot to rob the police department that goes all the way to the top.
Shane¹s offered a chance of a lifetime, to take the money and run. But already disgraced by a gambling addiction which has cost him his wife, his gold badge and his respect, Shane chooses to take down the conspiracy instead. The only way is to catch Aiden, and though the pile-ups pile up, there¹s no way he¹s taking his foot off the pedal...
A pedal to the metal, knuckle whitening action extravaganza in the tradition of SPEED and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS.
Director: Renny Harlin (DIE HARD 2, CLIFFHANGER, LONG KISS GOODNIGHT)
ED REICH is a legendary hit-man for hire, dubbed Wild Bill by his peers. Although he's at the top of his game, ED isn't happy. On a chance encounter with hit-men half brothers, IRVING and EMERSON, ED has an epiphany. The apparent death of his neighbour and friend, misfit druggie JJ PEARL, gives ED the opportunity to take on JJ¹s identity and give up his life of crime.
ED (as JJ) is welcomed with open-arms; the family haven't seen him for 25 years. ED thinks he can finally start over, but living the simple life isn't as easy as he thought when the real JJ PEARL impersonates ED and inadvertently leads ED¹S disgruntled former boss straight to their door...
From producers Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack.
Director: Paul Weiland (CITY SLICKERS ll, BLACK ADDER, MR. BEAN)
A woman whose emotional life is reduced to a self destructive spiral of one night stands comes to terms with how her family¹s broken relationships have left her afraid of intimacy.
An intimate, redemptive, heart wrenching journey of healing in the tradition of TENDER MERCIES.
Cast: Ashley Judd, Diane Ladd (CHINATOWN), Laura Prepon (THAT 70¹s SHOW, SLACKERS)
Director: Joey Lauren Adams (CHASING AMY, MALL RATS)
While fearlessly defending Constantinople from overwhelmingly superior Turkish forces, a legendary knight fights an even more daunting campaign within his own camp; conquering the virginity of a virtuous Byzantine princess.
An erotic, ribald vaudeville adapted from a classic novel regarded as the inspiration for Miguel Cervante¹s Don Quixote.
Website: www.tirant-lo-blanc.com <http://www.tirant-lo-blanc.com>
Cast: Caspar Zafer (THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES), Esther Nubiola (NICO AND DANI), Victoria Abril (TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!), Leonor Watling (TALK TO HER, MY LIFE WITHOUT ME), Jane Asher (ALFIE, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED), Giancarlo Giannini (HANNIBAL, MAN ON FIRE), Ingrid Rubio (THE LIGHTHOUSE, TAXI) Director: Vicente Aranda
Two celebrity socialite sisters find themselves penniless when a scheming executive tries to take control of their deceased father¹s cosmetics empire.
Produced by Maverick and executive producer by Madonna.
Cast: Hilary Duff (A CINDERELLA STORY), Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas (WITNESS, MARS ATTACKS) Director: Martha Coolidge
A beautiful rebellious girl hooks up with an escort agency where her stepfather is a client! Desperate to be free from her drunken, unloving mother, the beautiful, scheming young MINI seduces her stepfather and convinces him to join her in a sadistic scheme to have her mother declared insane...
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Nikki Reed (THIRTEEN, AMERICAN GUN), Luke Wilson (THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, LEGALLY BLONDE), Carrie-Anne Moss (THE MATRIX), Jeff Goldblum (JURASSIC PARK, INDEPENDENCE DAY) Director: Nick Guthe
While researching his sensational book, IN COLD BLOOD, about the family that was viciously murdered in a small town, legendary writer Truman Capote develops a bizarrely close relationship with convicted murderers, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sigourney Weaver, Isabella Rossellini, Jeff Daniels, Peter Bogdanovich, and introducing the Royal Shakespeare Company¹s Toby Jones (HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, EVER AFTER) as Truman Capote Director: Douglas McGrath (EMMA, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY)
US Distribution: Warner Independent
Set in Venice, two young brothers on the run fall under the care and protection of a mysterious ³Thief Lord." Stealing the missing component of a magical carousel capable of restoring youth, they discover a thrilling and unforgettable world of wonder and enchantment.
Based on the international best selling novel by Cornelia Funke. (Her other novel INKHEART will be a major event movie trilogy from New Line Cinema).
Cast: Caroline Goodall (SCHINDLER¹S LIST), Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Carter Director: Richard Claus
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2005
Good heavens! The reefer is driving the good citizens of one small town totally out of their minds. Thank goodness a federal agent shows up at the local high school to show naïve parents the horrific, horrendous fate that awaits youngsters who fall victim to the unspeakable scourge of (gasp) marijuana.
²With sparkling musical numbers starring the likes of Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, and Neve Campbell, Andy Fickman's film adaptation of his award-winning stage production is a delirious musical extravaganza that will leave you feeling high as a kite² Sundance Film Guide
Cast: Neve Campbell (SCREAM), Alan Cumming (SPYKIDS, EMMA), Ana Gasteyer (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE) Director: Alan Fickman
IN COMPETITION AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2005
Ashley and Taylor are manipulative career grifters always on the make for lonely housewives. But their easy lifestyle hits a roadblock when Taylor romances April, the daughter of one of the wives...
Cast: David Arquette (SCREAM), Thora Birch (AMERCIAN BEAUTY, GHOST WORLD), Balthazar Getty (LOST HIGHWAY, LORD OF THE FLIES), Julianna Margulies (ER, GHOST SHIP), Joely Fisher (INSPECTOR GADGET, THE MASK) Director: Jay Alaimo
Erica Yurken¹s life sucks. Her family is an embarrassment, her acting genius is unrecognised and because of her very name, she is nicknamed ³Yuk². From the moment perfect Alison Ashley arrives at school, Yuk knows there¹s going to be trouble...
Hating Alison Ashley is a coming of age story about teenagers dealing with their self-inflicted angst, their embarrassing parents, their friends and those they would call their enemies.
Official website: www.hatingalisonashley.com.au <http://www.hatingalisonashley.com.au> Fans¹ website: www.hatingalisonashleythemovie.com.au <http://www.hatingalisonashleythemovie.com.au>
Cast: Delta Goodrem, Saskia Burmeister Director: Geoff Bennett
An original fusion of gothic western and classic horror THE WRETCHED is A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS meets DAWN OF THE DEAD.
A talented young bounty hunter named TWENTY-ONE encounters a new, other-worldly breed of hunter, RELLIK. RELLIK is a bounty hunter of zombies. He introduces his apprentice, Twenty-One, to a world where Zombie outlaws roam the earth, avoiding capture and incarceration in the prisoner catacombs for the Undead, located beneath an ancient monastery.
THE WRETCHED begins as a classic tale of Master and Apprentice, with slices of black humour reminiscent of ³J² and ³K² in MEN IN BLACK. The humour turns into horror, however, as a wagon train of misguided travelers stumble upon the Monastery and unwittingly release the Undead locked within. When Rellik and Twenty-One return from the boy¹s first demonic bounty-hunt, they find themselves facing a jail-break like no other
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat Director: Andrew Goth (EVERYBODY LOVES SUNSHINE, COLD & DARK)
A team of young Interpol agents travels to Hong Kong to give testimony at the trial of a local gangster. When a ruthless mercenary unit snatches the gang boss, the team enlists a veteran Chinese cop to help them set things right. The mean streets of Hong Kong form the backdrop for a duel between two formidable foes.
Fists and feet of fury fly in this fast-paced thriller with the kind of high impacy action that only Hong Kong cinema can deliver.
Cast: Sammo Hung (ENTER THE DRAGON), Michael Biehn (THE TERMINATOR), Maggie Q (GEN-Y COPS, NAKED WEAPON) Director: Daniel Lee
On a drunken night in a cemetery three college friends unleash demonic spirits hell bent on dragging their unwitting emancipators to their graves!
Cast: Clare Kramer (BRING IT ON, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION, THE SKULLS lll), Dominic Purcell (EQUILIBRIUM, BLADE: TRINITY, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ll),Kira Hastings (VAN HELSING, THE AVIATOR), Marcus Thomas (DROWNING MONA), Tchéky Karyo (THE PATRIOT, GOLDENEYE) Director: Mike Mendez (THE CONVENT, REAL KILLERS)
An epic tale, which inspired Tolkien¹s LORD OF THE RINGS. The medieval adventure, part fable, part horror story is loosely based on the 9th century Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf, telling the blood soaked tale of a Norse hero¹s battle with a great and murderous monster.
Cast: Gerard Butler (PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) Stellan Skarsgard (GOOD WILL HUNTING), Sarah Polley (DAWN OF THE DEAD, MY LIFE WITHOUT ME) Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
When an undercover agent is found dead, a crime unit becomes involved in a battle of deception and intrigue...
Cast: Donnie Yen (HERO, BLADE ll), Sammo Hung (ENTER THE DRAGON), Simon Yam (TOMB RAIDER 2: CRADLE OF LIFE) Director: Wilson Yip
In a world where humans and vampires co-exist ³separately but equally², a human cop and vampire cop team up to stop a rogue vampire intent on starting a war between the two races. An innovative, stylish, genre blending re-telling of the vampire myth set in an alternate reality.
Cast: Dougray Scott (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ll), Saffron Burrows (TROY) Writer/Director: Glenn Standring (THE IRREFUTABLE TRUTH ABOUT DEMONS)
IN CANNES
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SCREENING
HATING ALISON ASHLEY 12th May PALAIS J 12:00 19th May RIVIERA 7 15:30
REEFER MADNESS 13th May PALAIS D 14:00 16th May RIVIERA 7 15:30
SLINGSHOT 12th May RIVIERA 7 15:30 14th May RIVIERA 7 09:30 18th May RIVIERA 6 18:00
SPL 14th May OLYMPIA 5 18:00 15th May PALAIS J 14:00
THIEF LORD 13th May RIVIERA 6 10:00 17th May PALAIS J 12:00
PROMOS SCREENING Beowulf & Grendel Dragon Squad Every Word Is Tru Material Girls Mini¹s First Time Tirant Lo Blanc
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