Summer 2007
Tuesday
6/26 -Fierce People
"When 16-year-old Finn is caught buying
cocaine for his junkie but well intentioned mother Liz, his plans of spending
the summer away from NYC with his anthropologist father studying the Ishkanani
in the jungle are abruptly changed. In an attempt to get both of their lives
back on track, Liz moves the two of them out to a cottage on the country
estate of her sugar daddy, Mr. Osborne."
Starring:
Diane Lane,
Donald Sutherland,
Chris Evans,
Kristen Stewart,
Elizabeth Perkins
Directed by:Griffin Dunne
Produced by:
Dirk Wittenborn,
Michael Burns,
Michael Paseornek
Distributors:
Lionsgate,
After Dark Films
Host: David Edelstein
Guest: Director, Griffin Dunne
Griffin Dunne has appeared as an actor in
nearly 40 films and TV movies, starting with The Other Side of the Mountain
in 1975. He has produced and/or directed more than 10 other features and
has made numerous TV appearances, including Frasier, Saturday Night Live,
Alias and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Lionsgate
Monday
-6/25th - Vitus
Cast:
Fabrizio Borsani
Teo Gheorghiu
Julika Jenkins
Urs Jucker
Bruno Ganz
Director: Fredi M. Murer
Producer: Christian Davi
Screenwriters:
Peter Luisi
Fredi M. Murer
David Edelstein NY Magazine
and Sunday Morning Channel 2
6/18 - DEATH AT A FUNERAL
"On the morning of their
father''s funeral, the family and friends of the deceased each arrive
with his or her own roiling anxieties. The son, Daniel, knows he will
have to face his flirty, blow-hard, famous-novelist brother Robert, who''s
just flown in from New York--not to mention the promises of a new life
he''s made to his wife Jane. Meanwhile, Daniel''s cousin Martha and her
dependable new fiancé Simon are desperate to make a good impression
on Martha''s uptight father--a plan that literally goes out the window
when Simon accidentally ingests a designer drug en route to the service,
leaving him prone to uncontrollable bouts of delirium and nudity in front
of his potential in-laws."
Starring:
Matthew MacFadyen,
Peter Dinklage,
Ewen Bremner,
Rupert Graves,
Alan Tudyk.
Produced by:
William Horberg,
Bruce Toll,
Andreas Grosch
GUEST: Director; Frank Oz.
Distributors: MGM
Distribution Company
Official Site: Link
BONUS DOUBLE FEATURE: TBD
6/11 - Two Films
A Mighty Heart |
A memoir of the life of Wall
Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered
in Pakistan in 2002. Also Known As: The Breve Life and Death of my Husband
Danny Pearl.
Cast:
Angelina Jolie,
Dan Futterman,
Irfan Khan,
Adnan Siddiqui,
Alyy Khan
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Produced by: Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner
Official Site: Link
Distributors:Paramount Vantage
YOU KILL ME -
"Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) is a hitman for the Polish mob in Buffalo,
New York. While he loves his job, he loves the bottle even more. However, when
his drinking starts interfering with family business, he's sent to San Francisco
to dry out where he meets a kooky AA sponsor (Luke Wilson) and a potential
girlfriend (Tea Leoni). Life is good on the West Coast, until more urgent matters
force him to return home.
"
Starring:
Ben Kingsley,
Téa Leoni,
Luke Wilson,
Dennis Farina,
Philip Baker Hall
Directed by: John Dahl
Produced by: Téa Leoni, Jonathan Dana, Al Corley
Official Site: Link
Distributors: IFC Films
6/4 Opener: CRAZY LOVE
Crazy Love: "Tale
of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach,
which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old
married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living
in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and
psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair's saga on
the cover of endless newspapers and magazines." Magnolia
Pictures
Cast:
Burton Pugach,
Linda Riss,
Jimmy Breslin,
Rusty Goldberg,
Bob Janoff
Directed by:
Dan Klores,
Fisher Stevens
Produced by:
Dan Klores,
Fisher Stevens,
John Miller-Monzon
Guest: Director Dan Klores
Host: Peter Travers
Official Site Link Link
