CANNES 2006 LINE-UP:

 1/ "SAY IT IN RUSSIAN"

 
Budget: 10 million $

Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller

Status: post-production, available July 2006

Directed by: Jeff Celentano

Written by: Jeff Celentano, Kenneth Eade, Agata Gotova, Larry Gross

Starring: Rade Serbedzija, Steven Brand, Agata Gotova, Steven Berkoff, Faye Dunaway

Produce by: Jefferson Richard, James Hergott

Country: USA / France

Tagline: True love has no borders

Plot summary: Andrew meets a young Russian girl, Daria, while on vacation in Europe and falls in love. He goes to Moscow, where he meets Daria's father, a rich Russian mafia oligarch, and becomes entwined with his situation, which places them both in grave danger.

Synopsis:
Andrew Lambert, a successful American divorce attorney, travels to Paris for business, where he's introduced to Daria Larina, a beautiful and enigmatic Russian woman, by the lovely Jacqueline De Rossy.  Head over heels from virtually the minute he sees her, Andrew pursues her with intensity, aware that Daria has trust issues.  Charming and a bit relentless in his amorous dance with Daria, Andrew succeeds in winning her heart, but a greater challenge awaits when he accompanies Daria to her father's wedding in Russia.  Raf Larin, Daria's father, is a powerful Russian official, being pressured by associates of his former comrade in arms, Oleg Razhin, a criminal mastermind, once a friend of Raf's, who spent the last 7 years in prison.  Razhin's men on the outside kidnap Daria, part of a maneuver to force Raf to obtain him a pardon and release him from prison.  Andrew is horrified when Daria is kidnapped, part of a maneuver to put Raf to the screws.    At the same time, Raf arranges the release, and meets Razhin in prison, convincing him to set Daria free.  However, after he is released, Razhin is gunned down by unknown assassins.  Willing to risk his life to rescue Daria, Andrew works independently of Raf to break open the circle of kidnappers and set Daria free.

Trivia: The last design of Oleg Cassini's career was the design of Faye Dunaway's outfit for this film.
IMDB info for "Say It In Russian": Say It in Russian (2006)

2/ All That I Need

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Status: Completed

US Distribution: yes

Style: Cinema Verite

Running Time: 80 Minutes

Rating: R for language and some sexual content
Synopsis:   In "All That I Need," a group of people start a money pyramid scheme, fashioned after the "Muffin Club" scheme.  The camera acts as a fly on the wall, and captures all of the hype at their meetings, the money the first few winners start to make, and all of the phony relationships that arise out of the meetings.  As jealousy and greed enter the picture, and the scheme begins to unwind, we see how the players turn on each other and the negative effects the scheme has on their lives.  The film has a very strong moral message, as well as a "surprise ending."

About the Director: James Hergott, born in Cornwall, Ontario in 1976
In 2004, Hergott went solo with the production and direction of his first feature film "All That I Need ." The film debuted at the Cannes International Film Festival Market in 2005 as part of a roster of films presented by Beverly Hills production company Imperia Entertainment. Following the success of the film at Cannes, Imperia executives decided to offer Hergott the presidency of the company, a challenge he eagerly accepted. In this position, he was able to secure a limited theatrical release of "All That I Need" with the Regal/UA Theatre chain that exhibited the film on screens across the country. Hergott has also been featured in over 200 media outlets throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as a number of national publications including Indie Slate and Create Magazines.

On December 2, 2005, All That I Need was released in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.

Click the link below for more information on the movie.
http://www.allthatineed.net/release.html

3/ L. O.C. (Land of Canaan)

Genre: (Psychological Thriller/Horror)

Directed by Reginald LaFrance (MTV: The Real World, A&E Biography).

Starring Tara Reid (American Pie , The Big Lebowski, National Lampoon's Van Wilder), Edward Furlong (American History X, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Pecker), Laura Dern ( Jurassic Park, Blue Velvet, October Sky) and Juliet Landau ( Ed Wood, Theodore Rex, Life Among the Cannibals).

Produced by:TorchLight Films

Budget: 4 million $
Status: Pre Production
Tagline: Everybody dies...Not everybody stays dead!

L.O.C. (Land of Canaan) is a psychological horror/thriller, set in a lonely ghost town (Goldfield Nevada) a town that holds a terrifying secret.  At the turn of the 20^th century, Goldfield, Nevada was the playground for the rich and famous. To many, it was the Promised Land, the Land of Canaan, a world where dreams and nightmares could come true.

Synopsis: After a bloody armored car robbery Ray Fitchler and Sal Moretti, escape with their cash, but run into trouble at a police roadblock.  Ray is left for dead and Sal takes off with the money making his way to Goldfield and to the Goldfield Hotel, where he stashes the money, but once there unearthly forces take over and plug into Sal's fears, driving him insane and eventually into the arms of the police.   In prison Sal passes a bible filled with clues to the hidden money to our hero Jeff Larkin who was serving time for involuntary manslaughter of his abusive father as he tried to defend his mother. Upon leaving prison, Jeff meets up with his little brother and convinces him that fortune and glory will soon be theirs. Following clues and a map drawn inside the Bible, as they follow the clues they end up saving Amy, a young prostitute, from an abusive john.  Amy proves to be a valuable resource.  A former preacher's daughter, she helps them interpret the enigmatic clues left behind by Sal that lead them down the road to the small town of Goldfield¡¦ and its mysterious hotel.  In their search for the money, our heroes encounter the mysterious forces and spirits of the hotel, and the vengeful ghost of Elizabeth.  They also discovers our old buddy Ray, is still alive.  He survived being shot after the robbery and has been living in the hotel ever since, looking for his money, the hotel's demonic forces slowly driving him insane. A battle ensues between Ray and our heroes in which they barely survive. But now the real horror begins, as the Hotel seems to vibrate with evil and seals them in.  Elizabeth won't let them leave.  She confronts them in the lobby, taking on the form of Jeff and Marty's abusive father, Dan Larkin.  She brutally attacks them and is about to kill them when the beneficent spirit of their mother Bonnie shows up. She confronts Elizabeth in a supernatural battle of wills.

4/ THE GENESIS PROJECT

Genre: (Psychological Thriller)

Directed by Frank E. Johnson ( Touched by an Angel, Wiseguy, Walker, Texas Ranger)

Starring John Savage ( The Deer Hunter, Hair, The Thin Red Line), Henry Winkler ( The Waterboy, Night Shift, Happy Days), in negotiations with Giovanni Ribisi (Saving Private Ryan, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Cold Mountain), Elisha Cuthbert ( House of Wax, The Girl Next Door, 24)

Produced by Tad Gygi, Jefferson Richard (I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Land of Canaan, Urban Legends: Bloody Mary), Reginald LaFrance (Land of Canaan, MTV: The Real World, A&E Biography ), Frank E. Johnson.
Status: Pre Production
Budget: 4 million $

Synopsis: Five college students on a class assignment given by their psychology professor search for and find the serial killer in their college town. Instead of turning the killer into the authorities, they decide to hold the killer at a remote location and interrogate the killer to find out what makes the twisted mind of a serial killer work and to find out if serial killers are born or made. During the course of their experiment, the students find out that they have captured an FBI agent who had been tracking the killer. Through a twisted road of lies and deceit, lives are lost or changed forever.

 5/ SHANNON'S RAINBOW

Genre: (Family)
Directed by Frank E. Johnson ( Touched by an Angel, Wiseguy, Walker, Texas Ranger)
Starring In negotiations with Ashlee Simpson (7th Heaven, The Hot Chick, The Ashlee Simpson Show)
Produced by Tad Gygi, Jefferson Richard (I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Land of Canaan, Urban Legends: Bloody Mary), Reginald LaFrance (Land of Canaan, MTV: The Real World, A&E Biography ), Frank E. Johnson and Sanford Hampton ( The Mighty, National Lampoon's Dorm Daze)

Status: Pre Production
Budget: 4 million $

 

Synopsis : SHANNON, a young girl of eighteen, loses her father in a tragic plane crash.  She is sent to live with her mother who she has never known.  When Shannon arrives, she is introduced to the world of harness racing and the training of horses to become trotters. She is given a young colt to train and she gives the colt the name RAINBOW.  Shannon learns of the reality of the harness racing world when her horse is claimed in a claiming race by a wealthy trainer.  The new owner handles Rainbow cruelly and the horse fails to live up to the hype of being a champion.  However, Rainbow is reacquired by Shannon and through her tending loving care, and the help of a retired veterinarian, Shannon nurses Rainbow back into championship form.

6/ "TREASURE MOUNTAIN"

TORCHLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT Presents an ASPEN GROVE production.

Genre: Action/Adventure
Budget: 4 million $
Director: P.R. TOOKE
Writer: Mike ROSS
Starring: Billy Ray Cyrus (Hanna Montana, Doc, Wish You Were Dead, Mulholland Dr.), William McNamara, Deana Carter, Brad Johnson

Produced by: JEFFERSON RICHARD & MIKE ROSS
Status: In development
Tag Line:  The James Gang rides again, a gold mine, greed and deceit.

Synopsis:   TREASURE MOUNTAIN is a modern day western outlaw movie backed by a twelve song country music soundtrack.  The story of two brothers, Frank and Jesse James, who along with their two wild and crazy cousins from Reno take things into their own hands.  After losing their jobs at a large open pit Nevada gold mine, after losing their houses to the mine, after losing their wives, and after their father, Harry James, dies from a mining accident, they decide to cross the moral crossroads in life and take up a short career in the life of crime.  It's time for revenge against the huge faceless mining corporation. 

For more photos of Billy Ray Cyrus click the link below: http://www.sonymusic.com/labels/nashville/billyraycyrus/photos/photos.htm

Film Production, Distribution, Acquisition, & Foreign Sales

TorchLight Entertainment is a Las Vegas based Distribution and Sales Company founded by veteran producer Jefferson Richard and award winning documentary filmmaker Reginald LaFrance . The company both produces and acquires products and attends all major film markets. Richard has been involved in a production capacity with over one hundred and fifty quality, profitable films in the past 35 years and most recently is also executive producing for Sony. LaFrance has numerous Emmy and Telly awards. Patrick de Bokay is the sales and marketing consultant.
TorchLight is proud to offer a diverse line up of first rate product, all our movies are funded and Richard's long expertise in Line Producing, guaranty the best on-screen production value.