ARCLIGHT FILMS: CANNES 2006 SLATE AND SCREENING SCHEDULE
Please click the following link to view the html version of this newsletter: http://www.arclightfilms.com/newsletters/cannes/2006/arclight/email_versionh... --------------------------------------------------------------- ARCLIGHT FILMS | info@arclightfilms.com | www.arclightfilms.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Dear friends, Arclight Films is proud to announce our sensational new slate of films, including 2:37, which has been officially selected for 'Un Certain Regard', Slipstream (written and directed by Anthony Hopkins) and Sexual Healing. Our entire screening schedule can be downloaded below. Note: Darclight and Easternlight line-ups / screening schedules will be sent to you separately. If you would like to schedule a meeting, contact Mark Padilla at mark@arclightfilms.com. We will be situated at: Riviera C1 | Telephone number: +33(0)4 92 99 32 20. - Download our complete screening schedule (Microsoft Excel format, 31.5KB): http://www.arclightfilms.com/newsletters/cannes/2006/arclight/arclight_films... We look forward to seeing you there! With best wishes from, Gary Hamilton: gary@arclightfilms.com m: +1 917 826 2113 Jonathan Deckter jonathan@arclightfilms.com m: +1 310 770 7727 Lina Marrone lina@arclightfilms.com m: +1 416 569 1224 --------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCING > --------------------------------------------------------------- Slipstream PRE PRODUCTION [ thriller ]
From the pen of renowned actor Anthony Hopkins comes this devious and deliciously complex tale of English screenplay writer, Felix, who becomes entangled
in a maze of changing realities as he begins to merge the world of the film he is writing and his real life. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Christian Slater, Gena Rowlands, Kevin McCarthy, Stella Arroyave, Gavin Grazer Writer / Director: Anthony Hopkins --------------------------------------------------------------- Sexual Healing PRE PRODUCTION [ drama ] Away from the public eye Marvin Gaye faced his own personal demons. In 1979, destroyed and broke after a year long crack binge, Gaye made his last big comeback with the hit ‘Sexual Healing’ but a happy ending wasn’t to be and he died within 12 months at the hands of his merciless and abusive father. Cast: To be announced at Cannes Writer / Director: Lauren Goodman --------------------------------------------------------------- Hard Drive PRE PRODUCTION [ action ] Speed and fury fuel this high octane action adventure. When a futuristic super car is stolen, racing car drivers Zach and Pepper must forget their troubled pasts and focus on retrieving it, aided and abetted by a beautiful young girl on the run in her violent boyfriends muscle car. Cast: To be announced at Cannes Writer / Director: Bill Bennett --------------------------------------------------------------- After Sex POST PRODUCTION [ comedy ] AFTER SEX is an edgy, sexy character driven comedy told through nine very different couples who all have one thing in common… they've just had sex! Cast: Mila Kunis, Jane Seymour, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Taryn Manning, Marc Blucas, Mariah Bruna, Jose Pablo Cantillo, James DeBello, Noel Fisher, Dave Franco, Natalie Marston, Jeanette O'Connor, Keir O'Donnell, Tanc Sade, Zoe Saldana, Timm Sharp, Charity Shea, John Witherspoon Writer / Director: Eric Amadio --------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATES > --------------------------------------------------------------- Bobby POST PRODUCTION [ drama ] On the eve of Bobby Kennedy’s presidential nomination and assassination at the Ambassador hotel, the lives of guests and workers cross paths and are changed forever in this stirring portrait of the turbulent 60’s and the human stories behind an epoch defining tragedy. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore, William H. Macy, Lindsay Lohan, Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater, Martin Sheen, Helen Hunt, Heather Graham, Ashton Kutcher, Laurence Fishburne (Credits not contractual) Writer/Director: Emilio Estevez --------------------------------------------------------------- Romulus, My Father IN PRODUCTION [ drama ] An adaptation of Raimond Gaita's award winning memoir. ROMULUS, MY FATHER is the story of how a compassionate and honest man taught his son the meaning of a decent life. Cast: Eric Bana, Franka Potente Director: Richard Roxburgh Writers: Nick Drake (Screenplay), Raimond Gaita (Memoir) --------------------------------------------------------------- Macbeth POST PRODUCTION / PROMO AVAILABLE [ action / drama ] A gangster murders his way to the top and suffers the consequences in this smouldering, sensual, savage contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s bloody tale of rampant ambition from the director of ROMPER STOMPER. Cast: Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme Director: Geoffrey Wright --------------------------------------------------------------- SCREENING > --------------------------------------------------------------- 2:37 OFFICIAL SELECTION IN 'UN CERTAIN REGARD' [ drama ] Following a group of high school students through the course of a single fateful day which ends in shocking tragedy for one, an extraordinarily compelling, emotionally devastating exploration of teen suicide. Cast: Teresa Palmer, Joel Mackenzie, Marni Spillane, Charles Baird, Clementine Mellor, Frank Sweet, Sam Harris, Gary Sweet Writer / Director / Producer: Murali K. Thalluri --------------------------------------------------------------- Prisoner PREMIERE MARKET SCREENING [ thriller ] Golden Globe© winner Julian McMahon stars as an arrogant Hollywood director who’s abducted and must search deep within his sinful past to discover what his mysterious kidnapper wants in order to save his own life. Cast: Julian McMahon, Elias Korteas, Dagmara Dominczyk, Tom Gulry Writer / Directors: David Alford, Robert Lynn --------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Rajapur SCREENING [ drama ] A heartfelt tale of love and destiny. A rich drama set in the sand swept terrains of Rajapur, a desert city in Northern India. Cast: Lynn Collins, Justin Theroux, Manoj Bajpai, Kelli Garner, Frank Langella, Celia Weston Writer / Director: Nanda Anand --------------------------------------------------------------- Kokoda PREMIERE MARKET SCREENING [ drama ] Set in Papua new Guinea during World War II, a stranded platoon of Australian soldiers must confront both the enemy and each other as they struggle to survive... Cast: Jack Finsterer, Travis McMahon, Simon Stone, Luke Ford, Tom Budge, Steve Le Marquand, Angus Sampson, Christopher Baker, Ewen Leslie, Ben Barrack, Shane Bourne, William McInnes Director: Alister Grierson Writers: Alister Grierson, John Lonie --------------------------------------------------------------- Come Early Morning SCREENING [ drama ] Terrified of intimacy, a woman’s emotional life has been reduced to a string of one night stands and when a stranger arrives in town who wants more, she struggles to accept that he might just be the best thing that’s ever happened to her. Cast: Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Laura Prepon, Tim Blake Nelson, Ray McKinnon Writer / Director: Joey Lauren Adams --------------------------------------------------------------- Material Girls PREMIERE MARKET SCREENING [ comedy ] Two spoiled cosmetics heiresses must clear their names and reclaim their company when a corporate scandal strips them of their wealth and privilege. Cast: Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Maria Conchita Alonso, Lukas Haas Director: Martha Coolidge Writers: John Quaintance, Amy Rardin, Jessica O'Toole --------------------------------------------------------------- Tirant Lo Blanc: The Maidens' Conspiracy SCREENING [ drama ] 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. Cast: Caspar Zafer, Esther Nubiola, Victoria Abril, Leonor Watling, Jane Asher, Giancarlo Giannini, Ingrid Rubio Writer / Director: Vicente Aranda --------------------------------------------------------------- Please click the following link to view the html version of this newsletter: http://www.arclightfilms.com/newsletters/cannes/2006/arclight/email_versionh... --------------------------------------------------------------- ARCLIGHT FILMS | info@arclightfilms.com | www.arclightfilms.com --------------------------------------------------------------- USA Office: 9229 Sunset Blvd, Suite 705, Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA 1 310 777 8855 • info@arclightfilms.com Australian Office: Building 22 (Box 40), Fox Studios Australia, Driver Avenue, Moore Park 2021, Australia 61 (0)2 8353 2440 • info@arclightfilms.com Unsubscribe requests to: info@arclightfilms.com
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