"An American Carol" is coming to a theater near you, whether you like it or not.
A zany comedy that promises to offend Hollywood's liberal sensibilities -- coming just one month before the presidential election -- there's more riding on "Carol" than one might expect.
For one, it's the first wide release distributed by Vivendi Entertainment, which launched as a theatrical distribution company in March. Vivendi will open "Carol" on 2,000 screens Oct. 3.
And "Carol" is the first theatrical production from Mpower Pictures, the studio co-founded by Mel Gibson's longtime producing partner Steve McEveety.
It's loosely based on "A Christmas Carol," only instead of Ebenezer Scrooge learning an appreciation for Christmas, a Michael Moore-type filmmaker who is visited by the ghosts of George Washington, George Patton and President Kennedy must learn to appreciate the USA.
"Carol" isn't the only politically charged film set for wide release before voters head to the polls Nov.
A zany comedy that promises to offend Hollywood's liberal sensibilities -- coming just one month before the presidential election -- there's more riding on "Carol" than one might expect.
For one, it's the first wide release distributed by Vivendi Entertainment, which launched as a theatrical distribution company in March. Vivendi will open "Carol" on 2,000 screens Oct. 3.
And "Carol" is the first theatrical production from Mpower Pictures, the studio co-founded by Mel Gibson's longtime producing partner Steve McEveety.
It's loosely based on "A Christmas Carol," only instead of Ebenezer Scrooge learning an appreciation for Christmas, a Michael Moore-type filmmaker who is visited by the ghosts of George Washington, George Patton and President Kennedy must learn to appreciate the USA.
"Carol" isn't the only politically charged film set for wide release before voters head to the polls Nov.
- 9/14/2008
- by By Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- In the latest sale from the Tribeca Film Festival, Colin K. Gray and Megan Raney Aarons' docu Freedom's Fury, from exec producers Lucy Liu and Quentin Tarantino, has garnered a Hungarian distribution deal with Best Hollywood. The film, narrated by Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz, chronicles the 1956 Olympic water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union set against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution. The event often is referred to as "the bloodiest game in Olympic history." "We've been working on it for five years," Liu said. "It's about the idea of students struggling for freedom, and it's a passion project for all of us. We're thrilled to secure such a wide theatrical release in Hungary this fall, which will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution."...
- [Pierre-Alexandre Despatis suffers for his cinema. Now covering his second edition, our official festival reporter and multi-function human cyborg will provide us the sights (plenty of cool pics!), the sounds, the reviews and the occasional interviews of the still very young 5th edition of the Tribeca film festival. Below are some of Pierre-Alexandre’s reviews in easy to read, insightful capsule form. Enjoy!] Boy CULTUREBased on the acclaimed novel by Matthew Rettenmund, Q. Allan Brocka's second feature Boy Culture relates the story of mr. X, a very successful hustler, or rather, 'a hustler with morals' as he labels himself. At age 26, and after a 10-year long career that started with his dentist at the time, mr. X is faced with a new complications ... emotions! From the opening credits the style of the film is very sleek and original, while being down-to-earth enough to make us feel uncomfortable as the main character is slowly falling apart and loosing grip on everything he has. The tag line of the film is "Sex pays . Love Cost". More complex than most gay romances that are often based on a guy-meets-guy, guy-loses-guy, guy-gets-back-with-guy schema, Boy Culture has a very complex and multi-faceted narrative that is greatly enhanced by the almost continuous narration of the film. Civic
- 4/30/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- Time out magazine opened their Tribeca coverage with the following intro - "last year, Subaru rolled out a sport-utility vehicle called the B9 Tribeca, named to capitalize on the lower Manhattan neighborhood’s perceived cachet. The new model has no direct connection to the Tribeca Film Festival, but the two entities have more in common than a moniker. Like an SUV, the event has been criticized for its jumbo size, haphazard performance and gross inefficiencies—but it’s undeniably a lot of fun." So true. The festival's jumbo size is already visible as the huge marketing campaign was launched a few days ago. It's impossible to walk 2 blocks without seeing a Tff banner in lower Manhattan. In addition, complete subway trains have been redecorated with the festival's ads. Any New Yorker not aware of the festival is either blind or ... out of town. Will they go to the festival then?
- 4/24/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
Andy Vajna's Cinergi Prods. is coming on board to complete the financing of the feature documentary Freedom's Fury, which is being written and directed by Colin Gray and his sister, Megan Raney, and produced by Wolo Entertainment. The film revolves around the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the epic 1956 Olympic water polo semifinal match between Hungary and Russia. Shortly after Soviet Red Army tanks rolled through the streets of Budapest, suppressing a popular uprising, the two countries found themselves set to compete against one another in the water polo semifinals in the Summer Olympics, held in Australia. The topic has long been of interest to Gray, who grew up playing water polo and first learned of the story from his university team coach, who was Hungarian.
- 9/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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