Press Releases Archive for December, 2011

“THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO” TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 20 AT 7 P.M. NATIONWIDE

CULVER CITY, Calif., December 13, 2011 – Moviegoers will get a jump on one of the most highly-anticipated films of the season as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opens one day early beginning on December 20 at 7 p.m. nationwide, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, chairman, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony…

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THE 17TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS NOMINATIONS

“HUGO” AND “THE ARTIST” LEAD WITH 11 NOMINATIONS EACH FOR THE 17TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS “THE HELP” AND “DRIVE” EACH SCORE 8 NOMINATIONS “THE DESCENDANTS” AND “WAR HORSE” ALSO TOP CONTENDERS AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON VH1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 AT 8:00 PM ET/PT (Los Angeles, CA – December 13,…

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IFC FILMS NABS U.S. RIGHTS TO MARY HARRON’S THE MOTH DIARIES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY (December 12, 2011) – IFC Films announced today that the company is acquiring U.S. rights to director Mary Harron’s sensual gothic film THE MOTH DIARIES presented by Alliance Films and Edward R. Pressman. The film is based on the novel by Rachel Klein. Harron also penned the screenplay for the project,…

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LIDDELL ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LD DISTRIBUTION

-DAVID DINERSTEIN NAMED PRESIDENT- HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 12, 2011– Liddell Entertainment, the innovative production and distribution financier is launching a new theatrical distribution entity, LD Distribution, and named indie veteran David Dinerstein as head of the new company. The company’s initial slate includes: William Friedkin’s critically acclaimed Killer Joe starring Matthew McConaughey; the recently wrapped…

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LIDDELL ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LD DISTRIBUTION -DAVID DINERSTEIN NAMED PRESIDENT-

HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 12, 2011– Liddell Entertainment, the innovative production and distribution financier is launching a new theatrical distribution entity, LD Distribution, and named indie veteran David Dinerstein as head of the new company.  The company’s initial slate includes: William Friedkin’s critically acclaimed Killer Joe starring Matthew McConaughey; the recently wrapped production, Disconnect, starring Jason…

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SONY PICTURES TAPS UNIQUE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION ASSETS OF THE COMPANY TO LAUNCH WORLD’S FIRST LOOK AT “MEN IN BLACK™ 3”

Vast Collection of Owned or Affiliated Channel, Gaming, Retail, Online, Social, and Mobile Assets Used to Launch Teaser Trailer for Highly Anticipated Film, Reaching Nearly 3/4 of a Billion Consumers Around the World CULVER CITY, Calif., December 12, 2011 – Sony Pictures and the large network of companies within the Sony family will unite worldwide in…

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SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE 2011 Awards for Achievement in Film

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE announces its 2011 Awards for Achievement in Film San Francisco, CA, December 13, 2010 – The San Francisco Film Critics Circle has named “The Tree of Life” the Best Picture of 2011, while naming its prime mover Terrence Malick as Best Director and its lenser Emmanuel Lubezki…

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LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS 2012

Best Picture – The Descendants Best Director – Winner – Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life. Runner-Up – Martin Scorsese, Hugo. Best Actor, Winner – Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men – First Class. Runner-Up – Michael Shannon, Take Shelter. Best Actress, Winner – Yun Jung-hee, Poetry. Runner-Up – Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia….

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Boston Film Critics 2012

2011 Winners Best Picture – The Artist Best Actor – Brad Pitt for Moneyball Best Actress – Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor – Albert Brooks for Drive Best Supporting Actress – Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids Best Director – Martin Scorsese for Hugo Best Screenplay – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and…

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2011 NY Film Critics Online Awards Winners

Film – The Artist Actor – Michael Shannon (Take Shelter) Actress – Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) Director – Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Supporting Actor – Albert Brooks (Drive) Supporting Actress – Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) Breakthrough Performer – Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Coriolanus, Texas Killing Fields) Debut…

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“Over 200 Tech Visionaries Blast ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’ in New Letter to Congress”

To Members of the United States Congress: The undersigned are 204 entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs and executives who have been involved in 415 technology start-ups, and who have created over 70,000 jobs directly through our companies and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, more through the technologies we invented, funded, brought to market and made mainstream….

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Cinema Eye to Present 2012 Legacy Award to Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2011 – New York – The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced that the 2012 Legacy Award will be presented to the landmark 1967 documentary, Titicut Follies, a stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.  Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman…

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Sundance 2012 Sets Premieres, Doc Premieres

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival will be held January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival. John…

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IFC FILMS TAKES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO BRUCE BERESFORD’S PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY (December 5, 2011) – IFC Films announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to director Bruce Beresford’s dramatic comedy PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING. The film, with a screenplay by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski, boasts an all-star cast headlined by Academy Award® winner Jane Fonda, two-time…

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The New Yorker Breaks Embargo On Dragon Tattoo

Dear Colleague, All who attended screenings of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo agreed in writing to withhold reviews until closer to the date of the film’s worldwide release date. Regrettably, one of your colleagues, David Denby of The New Yorker, has decided to break his agreement and will run his review on Monday, December…

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THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: WINNERS

Press release THE 24th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: WINNERS The more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILM 2011: MELANCHOLIA, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier…

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DOCUMENTARY THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 2, 2011) – The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards. The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are: BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST…

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2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, Next <=> and New Frontier

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, NEXT and New Frontier. The Festival takes place from January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is…

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NAMED 2011 BEST FILM OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

2011 Gala to be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 hosted by Natalie Morales New York, NY – (December 1, 2011) – The National Board of Review has named HUGO the 2011 Best Film of the Year. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film was released on November 23rd by Paramount Pictures. Below is a full…

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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?

So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.

And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.

There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.

I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.

So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.

But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”

My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher

“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.

~ David Simon