AT
MIFED
A16, Pavilion 25, Level
2
Telephone: 02 4342 3063
Facsimile: 02 4342
3064
MIFED 2003 LINEUP AND SCREENING
TIMES
PRE-PRODUCTION
LORD
OF WAR
action thriller
Dodging
bullets and betrayal, a wily arms dealer schemes his way to the top of his
profession only to face an enemy he never expected: his
conscience.
But
it’s not easy to leave behind a life of girls, guns and
glamour,
when no-one wants you to stop, not even your
enemies.
From
the Academy Award nominated writer of THE TRUMAN SHOW and GATTICA , Andrew
Niccol.
Cast: A-List
cast to be announced in Mifed.
Writer:
Andrew Niccol (THE TRUMAN SHOW)
Director:
Andrew Niccol (GATTACA)
Shooting:
2004
THE MERCHANT
OF VENICE
drama
Shakespeare’s
story of lovers who make hasty commitments and come to understand that life is
not so simple. It is also a story of vengeance and betrayal, of
two
enemies
who try to exact horrific punishments from each
other,
but most of all, a story of two communities who simply do not understand one
another.
A
modern approach to a timelessly relevant epic which brings to the screen for
the first time one of the world’s most iconic courtroom confrontations.
Directed and adapted for the screen by Academy Award Nominee Michael Radford
(IL POSTINO).
Cast:
Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes (Additional
cast to be announced soon)
Director:
Michael Radford
Shooting:
November 2003
THE
MATADOR
contemporary thriller
An
assassin whose only thrills in life have been sex games, bullfights
and drinking transforms the lives of an ordinary couple. When their two worlds
collide, the professional hit man tries to redeem himself by executing one
last job in a thriller that takes us from Denver to Venice, Mexico, Spain and
Manila.
A
story of assassinations, margaritas and certain bars in Manila you wouldn't
want to venture
into.
Cast:
Pierce Brosnan
Director:
Richard Shepard (OXYGEN)
Writer:
Richard Shepard
Shooting:
February-March 2004
COMING
OUT
musical comedy
An
entertainer returns to his hometown to drum a motley rugby team into shape
with his stage skills. For the beer swilling players it’s bad enough that
their new coach is a
dancer,
but why does he also have to be gay?
Coming
back home’s nothing to sing about, especially when it means coming
out!
Cast:
Catherine Zeta Jones, Alan Cummings
Writer:
Steve Allison & Kevin Allen
Director:
Joel Zwick (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING)
Shooting:
September 2004
IN
PRODUCTION
NEW
POLICE STORY
action thriller
The
police force's resident supercop and a rebellious
rookie
reluctantly
team up to tackle the infamous Gang of Five.
In
the tradition of Lethal Weapon, action superstar
Jackie
Chan
takes on HK's most notorious cop killers.
Cast:
Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu, Charlene Choi,
Director:
Benny Chan (WHO AM I?)
BAILEY
family/comedy
Bailey's
no ordinary pooch. He's just been left a fortune by
his
billionaire
owner and he can talk, at least to his best friend,
an
animal
behaviour expert.
But
with outraged relatives determined to
get
their paws on
his
loot by hook or crook, it isn't all biscuits and
gravy
being
a one
in a billion dog.
Cast:
Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Tim Curry, Jennifer Tilly. Jon
Lovitz is the voice of Bailey.
Director:
David Devine, (BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS, THE
INVENTORS’SPECIALS)
IN
POST PRODUCTION
A
DIFFERENT LOYALTY
spy thriller
A
spirited woman turns her world upside down to be with
the
man
she loves. But when she discovers he’s a Russian
spy,
her
love will be put to tests no-one should have to
face.
Based
on the amazing true story of the woman who fell
in
love
with England’s most infamous double agent, Kim
Philby.
Cast:
Sharon Stone, Rupert Everett
Director:
Marek Kanievska (WHERE THE MONEY IS, ANOTHER
COUNTRY)
US
Theatrical Release through LIONS GATE
2004
HEAD
IN THE CLOUDS
romance
When
18 year old Guy Malyon takes up a scholarship at
Cambridge
University his world is forever changed. A
passionate
affair with stunning, aristocratic but hedonistic
fellow
student Gilda Besse takes him across Europe from
the
killing
fields of Spain’s Civil War to occupied France...
before
a
dangerous secret threatens to tear them apart.
Cast:
Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas
Kretschmann
Director:
John Duigan (SIRENS, FLIRTING, THE YEAR MY VOICE
BROKE)
Writer:
John Duigan
US
theatrical release 2004 through Sony Classics
Premiere
Screening
LOVE’S
BROTHER
romantic comedy
In
despair of ever finding love, shy introverted Angelo uses
a
photo
of his handsome brother to convince a beautiful
Italian
girl
across the sea to marry him. Gino's delighted for
Angelo
but
when he lays eyes on his brother's betrothed, it's love
at
first
sight.
Touching
and funny, sentimental and heart-warming, this is a magical,
sweetly
nostalgic
journey about roots, family, sacrifice and the power of true
love.
Cast:
Giovanni Ribisi (THE GIFT), Adam Garcia (COYOTE
UGLY),
Amelia
Warner (QUILLS)
Director:
Academy Award Nominee Jan Sardi (SHINE)
Writer:
Jan Sardi
DARCLIGHT
LINE-UP
PRE-PRODUCTION
PERFECT
CREATURE
horror/sci-fi
In
a world where humans and vampires co-exist
separately
but
equally°±, 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, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Saffron Burrows , Sam
Neill (to be confirmed)
Writer/Director:
Glenn Standring (IRREFUTABLE TRUTH ABOUT DEMONS)
Shooting:
February 2004.
IN
PRODUCTION
ENTER
THE PHOENIX
comedy
action
A
veteran Chinese gangster sends his henchmen on a mission to toughen up his gay
son...but they get stuck with the wrong youngster, leading to a hilarious
comedy of errors!
Cast:
Eason
Chan, Daniel Wu, Stephen Fung
Director:
Stephen
Fung
*Debut
promo Screening
SILVERHAWK
futuristic
action thriller
Armed
with ancient Shaolin monastery fighting techniques and high tech hardware, a
beautiful masked millionaire crimefighter battles an evil entrepreneur intent
on enslaving the world. A rollicking, high octane comic book style
action
adventure
romp.
Cast:
Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON,
TOMORROW NEVER
DIES)
Director:
Jingle Ma (RUMBLE IN THE BRONX)
THE
LAST SIGN
supernatural
thriller
Tormented
by the ghost of her abusive husband, a widow must face the very thing she’s
trying to forget if she is to find peace and put the ghost to
rest.
If
GHOST showed us that love continues after death,
THE
LAST SIGN shows us that so does hate. Sometimes the only way overcome your
demons is to forgive them.
Cast:
Andie McDowell, Tim Roth ,
Samuel Le Bihan.
Director:
Douglas Law
DECK
DOGZ
action
adventure
With
cops, school and parents hot on their tail, three
suburban
skate
punks hit the road to compete in a prestigious
competition
and pursue their dream of going pro.
A
deck grinding, wickedly funny coming of age about
friendship
and growing up.
Writer/Director:
Steve Pasvolsky (Academy Award Nominee INJA)
*Debut
Screening
FAT
PIZZA
teen
comedy
Hot
cars and hot chicks may be on their minds, but a psychotic boss, drug crazed
co-workers and unscrupulous fast food chain rivals make twenty-four hours in
these pizza delivery boy’s lives a day in the hot seat.
This
gross-out, politically incorrect comedy shows how pizza delivery guys handle
fast cars, fast chicks and fast food.
Cast:
Paul Fenech
Writer/Director/Producer:
Paul Fenech
*Debut
Screening
HEROIC
DUO
police
thriller
A
theft by an unlikely suspect at the opening of
International
Diamond
Expo sees the most elite member of the Hong Kong Police Force teamed up with
an ex-police hypnotherapist, but are they the heroic duo, or has one fallen
into the other’s trap?
Cast:
Ekin Cheng, Leon Lai
Director:
Benny Chan (GEN-X COPS)
SCREENING
SCHEDULE MIFED 2003
LOVE’S BROTHER
*World Premiere
Sunday 9 November
Sala Lumiere
17:30
Wednesday 12 November
Sala 15
15:30
SILVERHAWK (exclusive 30 minutes of
footage)
Sunday 9 November
Sala Camperio
11:30
Tuesday 11 November
Sala Camperio
13:30
FAT PIZZA
*Premiere
Monday 10 November
Sala 14
19:30
Wednesday 12 November
Sala 15
13:30
HEROIC DUO
*Premiere
Monday 10 November
Sala 24
13:30
Tuesday 11 November
Sala Lumiere
11:30
THE SECRET LIVES OF
DENTISTS
Wednesday 12 November
Sala Lumiere
11:30
***
If you would like to book a meeting with
us, please email
Linda Kearns at linda@arclightfilms.com
with preferred date and time and contact details in Milan including hotel and
mobile #.
Sydney
Office
Building 22, Fox Studios Australia, Driver
Avenue, Moore Park 2021 AUSTRALIA
Telephone: +61 (0) 2 9955 8825 Facsimile: +61 (0) 2 9955
8828
Los
Angeles Office
6422 Deep Dell Place, Los Angeles CA 90068
USA
Telephone: +1 (323) 464 8351 Facsimile: +1 (323) 464
8362
www.arclightfilms.com
We look forward to seeing you at
MIFED!