By MCN Editor editor@moviecitynews.com
Magnolia Pictures Takes World Rights to I’M STILL HERE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Magnolia Pictures Takes World Rights to I’M STILL HERE
New York – July 14, 2010 – The Wagner/Cuban Companies’ Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired world rights to Oscar-nominee Casey Affleck’s directorial debut, I’M STILL HERE, a striking portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of internationally acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, I’M STILL HERE follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and always riveting, the film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads. Defying expectations, it deftly explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Magnolia will release I’M STILL HERE on Friday, September 10th.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia’s SVP Tom Quinn, Acquisitions VP Dori Begley and Head of Business Affairs Chris Matson, with Liesl Copland for WME Global.
About Magnolia Pictures
Magnolia Pictures (www.magpictures.com) is the theatrical and home entertainment distribution arm of the Wagner/Cuban Companies, a vertically-integrated group of media properties co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban that also includes the Landmark Theatres chain, the production company 2929 Productions, and the high definition cable network HDNet. Magnolia’s recent releases include such critically acclaimed films as the Oscar nominated documentary Food, Inc, Oscar winner Man on Wire, James Gray’s Two Lovers, Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love, Stephen Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Expereince, Bong Joon-Ho’s Mother, Oscar-winner Alex Gibney’s Casino Jack and the United States of Money, Dagur Kari’s The Good Heart and Conor McPherson’s The Eclipse. Upcoming releases include the documentarian-dream-team omnibus, Freakonomics: The Movie, Neil Jordan’s Ondine, Bob Pulcini and Shari Berman’s The Extra Man, Tanya Hamilton’s Night Catches Us, the hard hitting nuclear weapons documentary Countdown to Zero, Leon Gast’s Smash His Camera, the stirring gospel doc Rejoice and Shout, and many more.
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