Dear Friends, Arclight films is embarking on its 2nd year with an exciting and varied lineup of films that we are proud to be bringing to our international distributors. We look forward to continuing our relationships and forging new ones as we move into 2004. Top lining our news for this market is our highly anticipated project LORD OF WAR, written and to be directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, Truman Show) and starring Nicolas Cage & Monica Bellucci. Principal photography starts July 15, 2004 with a $45M budget. CRASH is now in post production and has brought together a dynamite ensemble cast including Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Jason Isaacs, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe... We will have footage and selected scenes to screen at our offices. MERCHANT OF VENICE. We are also proud to be presenting footage of our $US22M adaptation of William Shakespeare’s MERCHANT OF VENICE starring Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons, Lynn Collins and Zuleikha Robinson, directed by Academy Award Nominee Michael Radford (Il Postino). Jackie Chan’s NEW POLICE STORY, now in post production, we will have a 10 min. promo available at our offices. Arclight is handling worldwide sales excluding Asia on Jackie Chan’s first Chinese language film after Around the World in 80 days. The film is directed by Benny Chan and co-stars Nicholas Tse in an action packed edgier thriller ala LETHAL WEAPON. MATADOR, a thoroughly contemporary thriller starring Pierce Brosnan as a professional hitman in a story of assassinations, margaritas and certain bars in Manila you wouldn’t want to venture into. The rest of the cast will be announced at AFM. Principal photography begins mid-March 2004. A DIFFERENT LOYALTY starring Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett is now completed and will be screening at AFM. FIVE MOONS SQUARE, a taut political thriller starring Donald Sutherland, Giancarlo Giannini and Stefania Rocca. Premiere screening at AFM Last minute acquisition in Berlin, BEAUTIFUL BOXER, the story of a Thai who boy believes he is a girl trapped in a boy's body. He sets out to master the most lethal and macho sport of Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) to earn the money to achieve the goal of becoming a woman. The story is based on the true story of Thailand's famed transvestite kickboxer, Nong Toom. This touching film is funny, colorful, and is packed with breathtaking Thai kickboxing scenes. The Hollywood Reporter called the BEAUTIFUL BOXER a "crowd pleaser," the "Thai BILLY ELLIOT." The film will touch your heart and make you cheer! US Premiere at AFM. >From our Darclight slate; SILVERHAWK, the female comic book, with the star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Michelle Yeoh will premiere at AFM. THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER, the new film from the creators of Bundy and Ed Gein. Starring C.Thomas Howell, the film is in post-production and we will have a trailer at AFM. We will also show the trailer for LAST SIGN, the supernatural thriller starring Andie McDowell and Tim Roth, currently in post production. Our complete lineup and screening schedule follows. For Sales information contact: Gary Hamilton tel: +61 418 971 504 email: gary@arclightfilms.com Nicolas Chartier tel: +1 323 464 8351 email: nicolas@arclightfilms.com Lina Marrone tel: +1 416 569 1224 email: lina@arclightfilms.com SCREENING SCHEDULE A Different Loyalty Broadway Cineplex Screen #1 25 Feb 3pm Broadway Cineplex Screen #2 26 Feb 11am Love’s Brother Broadway Cineplex Screen #2 25 Feb 1pm Five Moons Square Broadway Cineplex Screen #4 25 Feb 11am Broadway Cineplex Screen #3 2 March 1pm Silverhawk AMC Screen #1 27 Feb 3pm AMC Screen #2 29 Feb 11am Beautiful Boxer Times & dates to be added. AFM 2004 LINEUP AND SCREENING TIMES 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 nobody wants you to stop, not even your enemies. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Monica Belucci . Writer: Andrew Niccol (THE TRUMAN SHOW) Director: Andrew Niccol (GATTACA) Producer: Philippe Rousselet. 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, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons Director: Michael Radford 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 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! Principal photography begins September 2004. Cast: Catherine Zeta Jones, Alan Cummings Writer: Steve Allison & Kevin Allen Director: Joel Zwick (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING) 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’S BILLIONS 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 and features .Jon Lovitz as the voice of Bailey. Director: David Devine, (BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS, THE INVENTORS’ SPECIALS) 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) 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: Academy Award Nominee Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Director: John Duigan (SIRENS, FLIRTING, THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE) US theatrical release 2004 through Sony Classics 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) FIVE MOONS SQUARE political thriller The arrival of a mysterious parcel plunges a guileless magistrate into a perilous web of political intrigue. As skeletons are goaded from closets and ghosts disinterred, a veil of deceit is uncovered exposing a deadly fraud in which the most unlikely become a threat. In this slick, urbane thriller, when sleeping dogs are stirred, they bite. Filmed on location in Rome, Milan and Paris Cast: Donald Sutherland, Giancarlo Giannini, Stefania Rocca, Academy Award Winner F. Murray Abraham. Director: Renzo Martinelli (VALDJON) DARCLIGHT LINEUP 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 Writer/Director: Glenn Standring (IRREFUTABLE TRUTH ABOUT DEMONS) 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 and Jackie Chan. Director: Stephen Fung 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 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) 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: Paul Fenech 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) 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 AFM.