ALLIED ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
invites You to see our latest line up of films at
Cannes 2005 at the Riviera, office # F17
We are pleased to present our newest titles at CANNES (Marché Du Film):
- NEW - fALLeN ANgELS - Thriller Starring Michael Ironside ("The Perfect Storm", "Starship Troopers", "Total Recall", "Mindstorm"), Kai Wiesinger ("Dracula", "Murder on the Orient Express", "Terror in the Mall", "Hunger"), Jeff Fahey ("The Lawnmower Man", "Darkman III", "White Hunter Black Heart", "Epicenter")
- NEW - Whorehouse - Action / Psychological Thriller Starring George Tasudis ("White Oleander", "City of Angels"), Ilia Volok ("Airforce One", "Swordfish"), Olga Vilner
- NEW - Gangsterz?!- Comedy Starring Michael Dorn ("Star Trek", "KillingCastro"), Barry Corbin ("Clover Bend", "Crossfire Trail"), Valente Rodriguez ("Erin Brokovich", "Deep Blue Sea"), Orson Bean ("Being John Malkovich", "Frank McKluskly", "CI"), Richard Riehle ("Time Changer", "Office Space"), Michael McClafferty ("Jawbreaker", "Bombshell"), Carsten Norgaard ("Gods and Generals", "The Ring") and Adoni Maropis ("Bad Company", "The Scorpion King")
Along with our catalog titles with various availabilities in many territories:
Laurie Hanley and Suk Woo Nam in "Las Vegas Warrior"
Liam Watson and Jody Booth in "Throttle"
Burt Reynolds and Mischa Barton (FOX Hit show:"The O.C."; "Sixth Sense", "Notting Hill") in "Pups"
Ben Gazzara and Elizabeth Ashley ("Vampire's Kiss", "Dragnet", "Stagecoach", "Svengali" and "Paternity") in "Home Sweet Hoboken"
Flesh Gordon I & II - Cult Classics
Sarah Wynter (co-starring with Arnold Schwarzeneger in "The Sixth Day", "Race Against Time" and "Bride of the Wind") in "Jerks"
Dean Bukowski (also starring in "8 Mile") in "The Distraction"
And many more titles to choose from. (see our website www.alliedentertainment.com)
With the market fast approaching we kindly invite you to make an appointment in advance. At your earliest convenience, please fill in the below information and fax it back to (310) 271-0706 or e-mail us to info(a)alliedentertainment.com to inform us of two suitable times to schedule a meeting. We will then confirm your meeting. Looking forward to seeing you at Cannes.
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Melnitsa Animation, Russia's premier producer of feature animation, is proud two present two great animated family films at the Marché du Film May 11-21 - the epic comedy ALOSHA and the magical and suspenseful fairy tale LITTLE LONGNOSE!
Both films are available in English or in Russian.
Market screening of ALOSHA with clips from LITTLE LONGNOSE on May 19 at 12:00pm at Riviera 8.
Call or write to arrange a meeting in Cannes or come visit us at Booth H6 in the Riviera. (tel: 04 92 99 32 25)
Melnitsa Animation International Sales: Michael Mennies
Melnichnaya Ulitsa 4
St. Petersburg, Russia 192019
Tel: +7 (812) 322 4153
Cell: +7 (911) 250 2100
Fax: +7 (812) 567 8506
sales(a)melnitsa.com
www.melnitsa.com
ABOUT MELNITSA ANIMATION
With a full-time staff of over one hundred and fifty artists, designers, editors, and engineers, Melnitsa Animation is Russia's premier producer and full service provider of high quality animation for feature films, short films, television and advertising.
Melnitsa produces every aspect of animation production in-house: storyboards, character design, background design and production, 2-D animation, 3-D animation, line tests, clean-up, ink and paint, compositing, editing, and titles.
Melnitsa's sound division, Midi-Cinema, handles all aspects of sound production from recording, design and editing to Dolby Digital surround sound mixing, Russian language dubbing, and music composition.
With our strategic partner 1C Games in Moscow, Melnitsa also produces computer games based on our animated features and the feature films of our partner, the CTB Film Company of St. Petersburg, one of Russia's most successful live-action film producers.
MELNITSA'S FEATURE FILMS AT CANNES
ALOSHA
2004, 76', 35 mm, animation, Dolby Digital
Versions: Russian and English
Russia's #1 animated feature of all time!
Total Box Office $1,700,000
Total Admissions 650,000
Festivals and Awards:
THE RUSSIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS, Nomination for Best Animated Film, 2005
"SKAZKA" INT'L CHILDREN'S FF, Moscow, Russia 2005, Grand Prize
ANNECY INT'L ANIMATED FF, France, June 2005, Feature Film Selection
KRISTIANSAND CHILDREN'S FF, Norway, 2005
STOCKHOLM'S FF JUNIOR, Sweden 2005
SPROCKETS, Toronto, Canada, May 2005
TAIPEI FF, Taiwan, June 2005
ISTANBUL INT'L CHILDREN'S FF, Turkey, May 2005
SYNOPSIS
One day, long ago, in the ancient city of Rostov, the fearsome army of Tugarin demanded that the city surrender its gold or else suffer the consequences. Now in Rostov, the priest had an enormous young son named Alosha who had a plan: Rostov would put its gold into the cave above the city, lure Tugarin inside, and close off the entrance with a huge boulder.
Everything went perfectly, except that the boulder rolled down the mountain, demolished Rostov and Tugarin ran away with the gold.
Alosha is ashamed and vows to get back the gold and his good name. Joined by his devoted uncle, his beautiful fiancée, her nagging grandmother, their stoic donkey, and an extremely talkative horse, Alosha sets off on the journey that made him a legend.
Territories sold: Russia
LITTLE LONGNOSE
2003, 79', 35 mm, animation, Dolby Digital
Versions: Russian and English
Based on the classic fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff, Little Longnose was Russias first theatrically animated feature in nearly forty years.
Festivals and Awards:
LITTLE LONGNOSE has appeared in more than 30 IFF's
KRISTIANSAND CHILDREN'S FF, Kristiansand, Norway, 2004, Ludi Audience Award
KINDERFILMFEST, Hamburg, Germany, 2003, Childrens Jury Special Mention
IFF FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Buenos-Aires, Argentina, 2003, Audience Award
ANIMAEVKA2003, Mogilev, Belorussia, 2003 Grand Prix
NADEZHDA IFF, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2003, Childrens Jury Grand Prix
SYNOPSIS
An evil witch needs Jacob, the kind-hearted shoemaker's son, in order to carry out her sinister plans. When Jacob refuses, the witch takes away seven years of his life and turns him into an ugly dwarf.
With seven years gone, Jacob returns to his home as a dwarf but nothing is the same. His father has died from grief and even his own mother can't recognize him. And then one day Jacob saves the life of a goose. But this is no ordinary goose. It's Princess Greta, who was kidnapped and put under a spell when she discovered the witch in the royal library stealing the secret she needs to rule the kingdom. Jacob and the Princess join together to break the witch's spells and stop her wicked plan.
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are excited to announce our line-up for the upcoming 2005 Cannes Market
and would be pleased to meet with you to discuss our titles in detail. To
arrange a meeting with us at Cannes, please complete the form with two
suggested meeting times and send it back to us via email or fax. We will get
back to you shortly to confirm.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Nelly Chang
Intl Division, Mirovision Inc.
Tel: +82-2-737-1185/6
Fax: +82-2-737-1184
E-mail: nelly(a)mirovision.com.
Cannes Office: Riviera G 11
Tel: +33 (0)4 92 99 98 34 / Cell: +33 (0)6 33 37 92 95
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Mirovision at 2005 Cannes Market
MARKET SCREENING
Antarctic Journal
Directed by YIM Phil-sung 115 min. / 2005 / Adventure Thriller / Korea
Cast: SONG Kang-ho (Memories of Murder), YU Ji-tae (Old Boy)
*Market Screening - May 13 / 10:00 / Olympia 3
May 14 / 9:30 / Palais B
May 16 / 12:00 / Olympia 4
Point of Impossibility, Where the Antarctic becomes Madness
Led by a charismatic team leader, CHOI Do-hyung (SONG Kang-ho), a six-men
expedition team tries to reach the unreachable point in the Antarctic.
Marching through the endless snow, they come across with an ANTARCTIC
JOURNAL, written by a British 80 years ago. From the moment they find the
journal, strange things start to happen to them, and end up with losing 2
members and equipment not working. However, with the leaders obsession, an
exhausting expedition continues to conquering the unreachable. And they
begin to experience the same things described in the journal .
Red Eye
Directed by KIM Dong-bin (Ring Korea) 98 min. / 2005 / Horror / Korea
Cast: JANG Shin-young (Springtime), SONG Il-kuk
*Market Screening - May 12 / 9:30 / Palais F
May 13 / 12:00 / Olympia 3
A ride to your unforgettable tragedy
Life is a train heading to the last station called Death.
2004. 07.16 11:50 pm. The last train Unforgettable tragedy will begin.
On July 16, 1988, a train accident which drives 100 people to death occurs.
Without finding the cause or the accident, the case becomes a mystery and
soon gets forgotten.
After 16 years of the accident, the last train of the day is ready to take
off at its platform as the rain is pouring. A train attendant Mi-sun is on
board first time at work and the train leaves its platform as scheduled and
rapidly gains the full speed. All of sudden, it stops for 10 minutes
without any reason, and restarts. However, when it begins to run, everything
is totally different from 10 minutes ago. All she can see is from the 80s
and old newspaper with the date written July 16, 1988. Does she see an
illusion, or reality? If this unbelievable scene is reality, where is she
indeed? What happened during the 10 minutes when the train stopped and where
are they headed to?
Green Chair
Directed by PARK Chul-soo 96 min. / 2004 / Drama / Korea
Cast: Suh Jung (The Isle, Spider Forrest), SHIM Ji-ho
*Market Screening May 17 / 14:00 / Olympia 3
2005 Sundance Intl FF Competition
2005 Berlin Intl FF Panorama
After being arrested and sentenced to community service for corrupting a
minor, beautiful, enigmatic Moon-hee (SUH Jung) attempts to ditch handsome
young Hyun. But Hyun refuses to disappear, and the two, magnetically drawn
together, go on the lam, escaping to a hotel room where they rapturously
discover each other through sex that is as raw and intimate as any seen on
screen. As the film progresses, so, too, does their trust in each other and
their confidence in their unorthodox choices. PARK brings an extraordinary
intelligence, sensitivity, and spirited lightness to the story of an
egalitarian relationship that continuously defies expectation as the lovers
test the frontiers of sensation, communicate in ineffable ways, and
improvise an unconventional family.
Full of stylistic surprises and magical moments, Green Chair is a
celebration of living in the moment and a profound meditation on maturity
and innocenceCaroline Libresco from Sundance 2005
COMPLETED
My Boyfriend is Type B
Directed by CHOI Suk-won 96 min. / 2005 / Romantic Comedy / Korea
Cast: LEE Dong-gun (Lovers in Paris, Sweet 18), HAN Ji-hye (Summer
Scent, Sweet 18)
Have you ever fell in love with B type Guy?
Hami (HAN Ji-hye) is a college student, who believes in predestined love.
One day she meets Young-bin (LEE Dong-gun) on the street and instantly feels
that he is the one. However, Young-bin is such a heartthrob and his blood
type is B, which is believed as the must-avoidable type by many women!
Despite her cousins objection, Ha-mi falls for him because of his
aggressive wooing.
At first, Young-bin grabs Ha-mis heart by various special events. However,
as Time goes by, Ha-mi gets hurt twist-minded and selfish Young-bin and
decides to break up with him
My Generation
Directed by NOH Dong-seok 85 min. /2004 / Drama / Korea
Cast: KIM Byung-suk, KIM Jae-kyung
2005 Rotterdam International Film Festival
2005 Hong Kong International Film Festival
2005 Singapore International Film Festival
2004 Pusan International Film Festival
Happiness is getting more expensive. Will I be able to afford it?
Byung-suk (KIM Byung-suk) and Jae-Kyung (YOO Jae-kyung) are old lovers.
Byung-suk, who wishes to be a movie director, can do nothing but to earn
money by worthless part-time jobs. To make the matters worse, Byung-suk is
driven to pay for his brothers debt.
Never have had decent jobs, Jae-kyung gets fired on the first day of work
just because her gloomy looks. Same as Byung-suk, Jae-Kyung earns debt by
starting internet home-shopping. Byung-suk scolds her but tries to payback
her debts by selling his only one camera, meanwhile, Jae-kyung gets an
illegal loan to help Byung-suk.
POST - PRODUCTION
LOFT
Directed by KUROSAWA Kiyoshi (Cure, Bright Future) 115 min. / 2005 /
Thriller / Korea, Japan
Cast: NAKATANI Miki (Ring), TOYOKAWA Etsushi (Love Letter)
PPP Pusan Award at Pusan International Film Festival
The place where secrets of death are hidden .Loft
A prize-winning writer, Reiko (NAKATANI Miki), moves to a quiet sub-urban
house to finish up her new novel with a help of the editor. That night while
sleeping, she sees a man in the storage room transporting an object that is
wrapped in cloth. She soon finds out that he is a renowned archaeologist,
Professor Yoshioka (TOYOKAWA Etsushi), researching ancient mummies, and that
object was a recently discovered mummy. Working late on her book, Leiko
witnesses a ghost and finds out that her room once belonged to a woman who
had been missing for a while. This brings unexplainable fear to Leiko as she
starts to uncover more stories from the past.
Sam's Lake
Directed by Andrew Christopher ERIN 88 min. / 2005 / Adventure Thriller /
U.S.A.
Cast: Fay Masterson (Rancid), William Fregory LEE (Dark Angel)
Some Legends should not be told
In the quaint area near the lake, an escaped psychiatric patient makes his
way through the surroundings wilderness, back to his childhood home,
slaughtering his family in their sleep, and disappearing into the woods
never to be found. Many years later the horrifying massacre has turned
legend as disappearances haunt the surrounding towns. Sam (Fay Masterson), a
young woman who, every summer, returns home to the secluded lakeside cottage
where she grew up. There she reconnects with her traditions, old friends and
memories of the past. This year, a group of hip, young urbanites, Kate
(Sandrine Holt), Franklin (Stephen Bishop), Melanie (Megan Fahlenbock) and
Dominik(Salvatore Antonio) join Sam on her annual trip. But when Sam and her
friend Jesse(William Gregory Lee), a local to the area, take the group on an
adventure to revisit the site of the murder they all come face to face with
the terrifying legend of 'Sam's Lake'.
Texture of Skin
Directed by LEE Sung-gang (
<http://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/basic.nhn?code=31572> My Beautiful Girl,
Mari) 100 min. / 2005 / Drama/ Korea
Cast: KIM Yoon-tae (Mokpo, Gangsters Paradise), KIM Joo-ryung (Memories
of Murder),
CHOI Bo-young (Springtime)
>From the director of My Beautiful Girl, Mari Grand Prix at 2003 Annecy
Intl Animation Festival
A promising photographer Min-woo (KIM Yoon-tae) ran into his ex-lover,
Jae-hee (KIM Joo-ryung). Jae-hee proposes nine-times-only secret affair,
although she was married. They begin to seek sexual relationship everyday.
One day, Min-woo witnesses runaway car accident and watches victim dying in
his hands. A languid afternoon, Min-woo and Jae-hee are making love, and at
the climax, Min-woo was hit by the image of a girl getting raped. From then
on, Min-woo experiences strange feelings; a girls soul is wandering in his
head.
PRE - PRODUCTION
A.P.T. (working title)
Directed by AHN Byung-ki (
<http://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/basic.nhn?code=31572> Phone,
Bunshinsaba) TBA / 2005 / Thriller/ Korea
Until that night, I did not even imagine what is waiting for me
A young man, who lives in an old apartment suburban of Seoul, finds himself
amused observing opposite side apartments. One day, he finds out that the
lights of some houses on the opposite apartments kept being turned off at
the very same time. He concluded that this weird happening is somehow
related to those mysterious serial deaths. He begins to act to figure out
the mystery and becomes deeply involved.
Never to Lose (working title)
Directed by SON Hee-chang
<http://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/basic.nhn?code=31572> TBA /
2005 / Action / Korea
Cast: KIM Min-jun (Damo), HEO Jun-ho (Silmido), NAM Sang-me (The
Ghost, Spy Girl)
Having the instinct of recognizing criminals at a glimpse, KIM Hong-ju (KIM
Min-jun) is born to be a police detective. But after being disposed to Squad
3, which happens to be the loser of the whole station, his only hope is to
quit the job and have a decent date with his girlfriend. Along with Hong-ju,
there is MOON Bong-su (HEO Jun-ho), who owns 15 years of experience but keep
losing suspects because of amnesia, chicken-hearted Chief Yook (CHANG
Hang-sun), and ambitious but lack-of-experience policewoman Hye-ryung (NAM
Sang-me). The world seemed to be on their opposite side until Hong-ju smells
a big case at the reunion party of his girlfriend.
Mr.Socrates (working title)
Directed by CHOI Jin-won TBA / 2005 / Action / Korea
Cast: KIM Rea-won (My Little Bride), KANG Sin-il (Another Public
Enemy)
Asking for money to his father imprisoned in jail, threatening a friend who
became a murderer by mistake, stealing money from his friends KU Dong-hyuk
(Kim Rea-won) is the worst scumbag you can ever imagine.
Living a low-life like a street dog, one day, Dong-hyuk gets kidnapped by a
mysterious gang. Being captured out of no reason, the gang trains Dong-hyuk
in a secret and inhumane way repeatedly. Dong-hyuk tries to escape but
fails, which makes the training more harsh and cruel than before.
After finishing all the training, the gang orders Dong-hyuk to become a
police detective as their secret connection.
Lonely Hearts: My Wedding Campaign (working title)
Directed by HWANG Byung-kuk TBA / 2005 / Romantic Comedy / Korea
Cast: JUNG Jae-young (Someone Special, Silmido), Su Ae (A Family)
Lost in Uzbekistan: Finding destiny for two rustic eternal bachelors
A 38-year-old single, HONG Man-tek(JUNG Jae-young) is a petty farmer still
living with his mother. He still has wet dreams at this age but is too naïve
to even catch a girls eye. Man-teks best friend Hee-Chul(YOO Jun-sang)
always brags about his abundant experiences with girls but actually is also
a pathetic single man, ending up getting drunk and singing out loud with
Man-tek every night. Seeing a neighbor married to an Uzbeskistan bride and
frightened by the fact that his own grandson wont ever get married,
Man-teks grandfather decides to send Man-tek to Uzbekistan to find a bride.
Man-tek doesnt approve the idea of buying a bride, but persuaded by
Hee-chul, he decides to give it a chance
Traces of Love (working title)
Directed by KIM Dae-seung (Bunjee Jumping of Their Own, Blood Rain)
TBA / 2005 / Romance / Korea
When this travel ends, the emptiness of a desert will soon be greened with
all the traces of love
A touring program producer, Min-joo, and Hyun-woo are old lovers from
college. Whenever and wherever she travels, Min-joo takes notes in her
journal, so one day she can show all those amazing places to her love.
Finally Hyun-woo passes the bar exam and proposes to Min-joo to marry him.
However, not long after, Min-joo dies in a huge department collapse where
Hyun-woo makes her wait for him. After 5 years, Hyun-woo, a once-promising
prosecutor but now in a detention as he goes too far in digging up a
political case, gets a journal from Min-joos parents and he is on a road to
find all the memories and traces of his lovers.
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
TBA / 2005 / Drama/ Korea
Stringently honest...Eerily prescient Leavened by a touch of Chekhovian
compassion. Time
>From the author of <Lifetimes> directed by ZHANG Yimou
A cart-pusher in a silk mill, HUH Sam-kwan augments his meager salary with
regular visits to the local blood chief. His visits become lethally frequent
as he struggles to provide for his wife and three sons at the height of the
Cultural Revolution. Shattered to discover that his favorite son was
actually born of a liaison between his wife and a neighbor, he suffers his
greatest indignity, while his wife is publicly scorned as a prostitute.
Although the poverty and betrayals of Maos regime have drained him, HUH
Sam-kwan ultimately finds strength in the blood ties of his family.
Dear Friends,
We are excited to announce the completion of our new 35 mm
Action/Thriller SOFT TARGET.
Starring: GARY BUSEY, DON "THE DRAGON" WILSON, OLIVIER GRUNER & FRED
WILLIAMSON.
(Please click on the poster below to see the Trailer and visit
Gorilla Pictures' website)
<http://www.gorillapictures.net/index_content.html>
Story line: A gorgeous and unlikely call-girl is the sole witness to
a brutal murder. A killing that will shake the structures of a
police department, the state department and the world of organized
crime. With the rage of a crime lord unleashed, a hit on the girl is
ordered. Now, two cops at odds must partner and take the girl
undercover if she is to survive and testify.
Wilson, Busey, Gruner and Williamson take the audience on a
rollercoaster ride... from Chinatown to Downtown, the LA Underworld
to the Hollywood Hills, the predators become the prey in SOFT TARGET.
All rights available in Territories Worldwide.
To schedule an appointment with our Executive Producer Bill Gottlieb
please send your preferred meeting time to:
info(a)gorillapictures.net
Our location at Cannes: Riviera M13/M14
phone: 33 (0) 4 92 99 88 46
cell phone: 06856727776
We look forward to seeing you at Cannes!
Kind Regards,
Lidia Jay
Director of Marketing
Gorilla Pictures
2000 West Olive Ave.
Burbank, Ca. 91506
tel: (818) 848-2198
fax: (818) 848-2232
Greetings!
We are excited to announce the completion of our new 35 mm
Action/Thriller SOFT TARGET.
Starring: GARY BUSEY, DON "THE DRAGON" WILSON, OLIVIER GRUNER & FRED
WILLIAMSON.
(Please click on the poster below to see the Trailer and visit
Gorilla Pictures' website)
<http://www.gorillapictures.net/index_content.html>
Story line: A gorgeous and unlikely call-girl is the sole witness to
a brutal murder. A killing that will shake the structures of a
police department, the state department and the world of organized
crime. With the rage of a crime lord unleashed, a hit on the girl is
ordered. Now, two cops at odds must partner and take the girl
undercover if she is to survive and testify.
Wilson, Busey, Gruner and Williamson take the audience on a
rollercoaster ride... from Chinatown to Downtown, the LA Underworld
to the Hollywood Hills, the predators become the prey in SOFT TARGET.
All rights available in Territories Worldwide.
To schedule an appointment with our Executive Producer Bill Gottlieb
please send your preferred meeting time to:
info(a)gorillapictures.net
Our location at Cannes: Riviera M13/M14
phone: 33 (0) 4 92 99 88 46
cell phone: 06856727776
We look forward to seeing you at Cannes!
Kind Regards,
Lidia Jay
Director of Marketing
Gorilla Pictures
2000 West Olive Ave.
Burbank, Ca. 91506
tel: (818) 848-2198
fax: (818) 848-2232