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RSS Feed - Early ReportThe Early Report for April 15, 2007: Part One
April 15th, 2007
This first section of The Early Report features the most detailed listings on the Internet of all films scheduled to be released in the upcoming six weeks, including actual and estimated screen counts, running times and ratings. This week's report covers 90 known new movies opening in theatres between Wednesday 4/18/06 and Friday 5/25/07, plus dozens more titles expanding their runs during this timeframe.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Syndromes and a CenturyLogline: A young boy grows up in a hospital environment, thanks to both his parents being doctors. In Thai with subtitles
Featuring: Arkaane Cherkam, Jaruchai Iamaram, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Nu Nimsomboon, Sophon Pukanok, Nantarat Sawaddikul
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Writer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City on April 18
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 105 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
West of the Tracks
Logline: Three part documentary studying the industrial atrophy and its aftermath set in the northeastern provincial city of Shenyang, China. The first part, Ruse, details the final days of three failing smelting plants in Shenyang's Tie Xi district; the second, Remnants, follows families in a soon-to-be-demolished neighborhood called Rainbow Row; the third, Rails, narrows the focus to a single family of scavengers. In Mandarin with subtitles
Director: Wang Bing
Distributor: Wang Bing Film Workshop
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on April 18
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 545 minutes (Rust: 240 minutes, Remnants: 175 minutes, Rails: 130 minutes)
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Expanding today
The Italian: Opens at the Movies on Exchange in Portland ME
Sweet Land: Opens at the Movies on Exchange in Portland ME
Friday, April 20, 2007
Alice NeelLogline: Documents the life of the painter who captured some of New York's legendary icons of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
Director: Andrew Neel
Distributor: See Think Productions
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on April 20
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 81 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Downtown: A Street Tale
Logline: A young man grows up on the harsh streets of New York City
Featuring: Chad Allen, Geneviève Bujold, Joey Dedio, John Savage, Burt Young
Director: Rafal Zielinski
Writer: Joey Dedio
Distributor: Slowhand Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Empire 25 and the Village East VII in New York City on April 20
MPAA Rating: R for language, sexual content, drug use and some violent images
Running Time: 103 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Fracture
Hot Fuzz
I Fought the Law
In the Land of Women
Plagues & Pleasures On The Salton Sea
Smiley Face
Stephanie Daley
The Tripper
Vacancy
The Valet
Expanding today
Logline: When a structural engineer is found innocent of the attempted murder of his wife, the young district attorney who is prosecuting him becomes a crusader for justice
Featuring: Billy Burke, Embeth Davidtz, Ryan Gosling, Anthony Hopkins, Rosamund Pike, David Stathairn
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Writers: E. Max Frye, Glenn Gers, Tom Pabst, Dan Pyne
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2350 plus locations on April 20
MPAA Rating: R for language and some violent content
Running Time: 115 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.40:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Logline: A top cop from London gets moved to a small town because he makes all his colleagues look bad
Featuring: Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Steve Coogan, Timothy Dalton, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright
Distributor: Rogue Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 750 plus locations on April 20
MPAA Rating: R for violent content including some graphic images, and language
Running Time: 121 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Logline: Documents the efforts of rap mogul Russell Simmons, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and others to end the "War" on drugs and repeal the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws
Directors: Micheal Skolnik and Rebecca Chaiklin
Distributor: International Film Circuit
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on April 20
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Logline: A brokenhearted and depressed young man moves to care for his ailing grandmother, and stumbles into the lives of the family living across the street.
Featuring: Elena Anaya, Adam Brody, Olympia Dukakis, Clark Gregg, Carol Kane, Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart, Makenzie Vega
Director: Jonathan Kasdan
Writer: Jonathan Kasdan
Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1850 plus locations on April 20
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, thematic elements and language
Running Time: 100 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Logline: Documents the area once known as the "California Riviera," accidentally created by an engineering error in 1905, reworked in the 50's as a world class vacation destination for the rich and famous, and then suddenly abandoned after a series of hurricanes, floods and fish die-offs
Featuring: Sonny Bono, Leonard Knight, Petre Melvin, Norm Niver. Narrated by John Waters
Directors: Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer
Distributor: Tilapia Corp
Opening Week Release Pattern: One week Oscar qualifying run at Laemmle's Grande 4 in Los Angeles on April 20
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 71 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Logline: After a young actress unknowingly eats her roommate's pot brownies, her day becomes a series of misadventures
Featuring: Adam Brody, John Cho, Anna Faris, John Krasinski, Danny Trejo
Director: Gregg Araki
Writer: Dylan Haggerty
Distributor: First Look Studios
Opening Week Release Pattern: Major markets on April 20
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: 85 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Logline: A Pregnant forensic psychologist is hired to learn the truth behind the case of 16-year-old Stephanie Daley, who is accused of concealing her pregnancy and murdering her infant
Featuring: Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Denis O'Hare, Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn
Director: Hilary Brougher
Writer: Hilary Brougher
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Village East Cinemas in New York City on April 20
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing material involving teen pregnancy, sexual content and language
Running Time: 92 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Logline: A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert
Featuring: David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Lukas Haas, Thomas Jane, Jaime King, Jason Mewes, Paul Reubens
Director: David Arquette
Writers: David Arquette and Joe Harris
Distributor: ReelSource
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Quality 16 in Ann Arbor MI, the Auburn 17 in Auburn WA, Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, the Grand 15 in Bismarck ND, the Boise 21 in Boise, the Grapevine Mills 30 in Grapevine TX, the Turtle Creek 9 in Hattiesburg MS, the Chinese 6 in Hollywood, the Gulf Pointe 30 and the Studio 30 in Houston, the Real to Reel Theatre in Johnson City TN, the Halls 7 in Knoxville, the Eastside 9 in Lafayette IN, the Grand 14 in Lafayette LA, the Boulder Station 11 and the Village Square 16 in Las Vegas, the Mesquite 30 in Mesquite TX, the Nickelodeon 6 in Portland ME, the Broadway Metro 4, the Clinton Street Theatre and the Lloyd Mall 8 in Portland OR, the Bella Botega 11 in Redmond WA, the East Valley 13 in Renton WA, the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City, the Horton Plaza Cinemas in San Diego, the San Marcos 18 in San Marcos CA, the Criterion 6 in Santa Monica, the Nickelodeon 4 in Santa Cruz, the Savoy 16 in Savoy IL, the Meridian 16 in Seattle, the Forum 30 in Sterling Heights MI, the Valley Art Theatre in Tempe AZ, the Bridgeport Village 18 in Tigard OR, the City Center 12 in Vancouver WA, the Grand 18 in Winston-Salem, the Reel Cinema in Wofford Heights CA and the Hollywood Boulevard Cinema in Woodridge IL (37 locations total) on April 20
MPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence and gore, drug content, language and some sexuality/nudity
Running Time: 112 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Logline: A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room, and come to realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film
Featuring: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley
Director: Nimród Antal
Writer: Mark L. Smith
Distributor: Screen Gems
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2250 plus locations on April 20
MPAA Rating: R for brutal violence and terror, brief nudity and language
Running Time: 85 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Logline: A married CEO is photographed in bed with his lover, and he tries to convince his wife that she's not really his lover, but the lover of the porter. In French with subtitles
Featuring: Daniel Auteuil, Richard Berry, Gad Elmaleh, Kristin Scott Thomas
Director: Francis Veber
Writer: Francis Veber
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino CA, the Angelika Film Center in New York City, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles and in additional locations in Los Angeles and New York City on April 20
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language
Running Time: 85 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
Air Guitar Nation: Opens at the Time and Space Theatre in Hudson NY, the Harris Theatre in Pittsburgh and the Palm Theatre in San Luis Obispo
After the Wedding: Opens at the Arbor Cinemas @ Great Hills in Austin, the Charles Theatre in Baltimore, Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, Landamrk's Century Centre Cinemas in Chicago, the Cedar Lee Cinemas in Cleveland, the Cape Theatre in Dennis MA, Landmark's Chez Artiste Theatre in Denver, the Evanston Cinemas in Evanston IL, the Nickelodeon Theatre in Falmouth MA, the Cinema City Theatre in Hartford, Landmark's Renaissance Place Cinemas in Highland Park IL, Landmark's Keystone Art Cinemas in Indianapolis, Landmark's Edina Cinemas in Minneapolis, the Pleasant Hill Cinemas in Pleasant Hill CA, Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas in San Diego, the Santana Row Cinemas in San Jose, the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael CA, the Camelview 5 in Scottsdale, Landmark's Harvard Exit Theatre in Seattle, Landmark's Plaza Frontenac Cinemas in St. Louis and in San Francisco
Avenue Montaigne: Opens at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor
Becket: Opens at the Avon Theatre in Providence RI, the Colony Twin in Raleigh and the Town Hall Theatre in Wilton NH
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon: Opens at the San Marco Theatre in Jacksonville
Black Book: Opens at Landmark's Chez Artiste Theatre in Denver and in additional locations in major markets
Dreaming Lhasa: Opens at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago
Everything's Gone GreenOpens at the Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills in Austin, Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, the Chelsea Cinemas in Raleigh, Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica and Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas
The Host: Opens at the Majestic 3 in Gettysburg PA
Into Great Silence: Opens at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend WA
Killer of Sheep: Opens at the Starz Film Center in Denver, the Clairidge Cinemas in Montclair NJ and the Mary Reipma Ross Film Theatre in Lincoln NE
Mafioso: Opens at Landmark's Dobie Theatre in Austin and Landmark's Greenway Theatre in Houston
The Page Turner: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA
Puccini for Beginners: Opens at the Drexel Gateway Cinemas in Columbus OH and the Real Art Ways Cinemas in Hartford
The Situation: Opens at the Fluer Theatre in Des Moines
Summer in Berlin: Opens at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills
The TV Set: Opens at Landmark's Embassy Cinemas in Waltham MA
Wild Tigers I Have Known: Opens at the Starz Film Center in Denver
The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Opens at Landmark's Varsity Theatre in Seattle and Landmark's Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis
Whole New Thing: Opens at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
Year of the Dog: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, Landmark's Magnolia Theatre in Dallas and in additional locations in major markets
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The Collector *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: Documents the life of Allan Stone, famed New York City gallery owner and art collector who helped the careers of such artists as Andy Warhol
Director: Olympia Stone
Distributor: Floating Stone Productions
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on April 25
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 62 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Tekkonkinkreet
Logline: Two small orphaned peasants wander the streets of Treasure Town, day in, day out, in search of a way to earn money. In Japanese with subtitles
Featuring the voices of: Yû Aoi, Yusuke Iseya, Kankurô Kudô, Sanchu Mori, Masahiro Motoki
Director: Michael Arias
Writer: Anthony Weintraub, based on the manga series by Taiyo Matsumoto
Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Roy and Niuta Titus Theatre at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on April 25
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 111 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Triad Election
Logline: As election time nears, a Triad chairman faces stiff competition from his godsons, including one who looks to increase their business relations with mainland China. In Cantonese and Mandarin with subtitles
Featuring: Nick Cheung, Siu-Fai Cheung, Louis Koo, Ka Tung Lam, Simon Yam
Director: Johnny To
Writers: Nai-Hoi Yau and Tin-Shing Yip
Distributor: Tartan Films USA
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on April 25
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 92 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Zoo
Logline: Documents the life of a Seattle man who died as a result of an unusual encounter with a horse
Director: Robinson Devor
Distributor: THINKFilm
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City on April 25
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 80 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Expanding today
Avenue Montaigne: Opens at the Movies on Exchange in Portland ME
Mafioso: Opens at the Movies on Exchange in Portland ME
Friday, April 27, 2007
BanishedLogline: After his former boss has his pregnant wife killed, the world's most skilled assassin targets the entire organization for termination
Featuring: Peter Banifaz, Robert Costanzo, Liron Gerti, Nariman Norouz
Director: Omid Shabkhiz
Writers: Peter Banifaz and Omid Shabkhiz
Distributor: ITN Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino on April 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 72 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
The Condemned
Logline: A select group of death row inmates are offered the opportunity to compete in a deadly game on an abandoned island for one week, where the winner of the game will have his or her sentence dropped down to life imprisonment
Featuring: Steve Austin, Nathan Jones, Vinnie Jones, Trent Sullivan
Director: Scott Wiper
Writers: Andy Hedden, Rob Hedden
Distributor: Lionsgate
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1750 plus locations on April 27
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong brutal violence, and for language
Running Time: 110 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Diggers
Logline: A group of thirtysomething friends watch as the local clamdigging industry slowly fades away
Featuring: Lauren Ambrose, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Sarah Paulson, Paul Rudd
Director: Katherine Dieckmann
Writer: Ken Marino
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Cinemas in Atlanta, Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, Landmark's Century Centre Cinemas in Chicago, the Starz Film Center in Denver, Landmark's Lagoon Cinema in Minneapolis, Landmark's Sunshine Cinema in New York City, Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas in San Diego, Landmark's Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco, Landmark's Varsity Theatre in Seattle, Landmark's Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis, Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC and Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles on April 27
MPAA Rating: R for language, drug use and some sexual content
Running Time: 89 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Far Side of Jericho *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: Three women of the Wild West, the widows of outlaw brothers who have just been hung, run for their lives from a corrupt posse of vigilantes, mystical Indians and a hornet's nest of villains - all who are convinced that these poor mismatched widows know the whereabouts of their husbands' missing bank loot and a mysterious treasure
Featuring: Suzanne Andrews, Judith Burnett, Lissa Negrin
Director: Tim Hunter
Writers: Rob Sullivan and James Crumley
Distributor: First Look Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the American Cinematheque Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on April 27
MPAA Rating:
Running Time: 99 minutes
Aspect Ratio:
Sound Format:
The Invisible
Logline: After getting beaten close to death by street thugs, a young man finds himself trapped between the living and the after-life
Featuring: Justin Chatwin, Marcia Gay Harden, Margarita Levieva, Chris Marquette
Director: David S. Goyer
Writers: Mick Davis and Christine Roum, based on the novel "Den Osynlige" by Mats Wahl
Distributor: Hollywood Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2000 plus locations on April 27
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, criminality, sensuality and language - all involving teens
Running Time: 102 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Jindabyne
Logline: Four men on a fishing holiday find a corpse in a river
Featuring: Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Laura Linney, Leah Purcell
Director: Ray Lawrence
Writers: Beatrix Christian, based on the short story "So Much Water So Close To Home" by Raymond Carver
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino, Landmark's Sunshine Cinemas in New York City, Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica, Landmark's Rialto Theatre in South Pasadena, Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and in additional locations in Los Angeles and New York City on April 27
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing images, language and some nudity
Running Time: 123 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Kickin' It Old School
Logline: A breakdancer who has been in a coma for twenty years had to get used to life today
Featuring: Jamie Kennedy, Christopher McDonald, Maria Menounos, Michael Rosenbaum
Director: Harvey Glazer
Writers: Trace Slobotkin and Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan
Distributor: Yari Film Group
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2000 plus locations on April 27
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content and language
Running Time: 109 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, SDDS
Next
Logline: When a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, a government agent seeks the help of a man who has the ability to see into the future
Featuring: Jessica Biel, Nicolas Cage, Peter Falk, Thomas Kretschmann, Julianne Moore
Director: Lee Tamahori
Writers: Gary Goldman and Jonathan Hensleigh and Paul Bernbaum, screen story by Gary Goldman, based on the novel story "The Golden Man" by Philip K. Dick
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2500 plus locations on April 27
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, and some language
Running Time: 96 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Poison Friends
Logline: A group of college intellectuals are duped by a seductive and charming pathological liar. In French with subtitles
Featuring: Thomas Blanchard, Alexandre Steiger, Thibault Vincon, Malik Zidi
Director: Emmanuel Bourdieu
Writers: Emmanuel Bourdieu and Marcia Romano
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on April 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 100 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez
Logline: Documents the life of a Guatamalan immigrant who became the first U.S. soldier to die in the American-led war in Iraq. In English and in German and Spanish with subtitles
Director: Heidi Specogna
Distributor: Atopia Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on April 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
Logline: A group of guys who sang a cappella together in college reunite 15 years later to perform at a friend's wedding
Featuring: David Alan Basche, Chris Bowers, Samrat Chakrabarti, Alexander Chaplin, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Feuerstein, Elizabeth Reaser, Molly Shannon
Director: Bruce Leddy
Writer: Bruce Leddy
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills, Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, the Westpark 8 in Irvine CA, the Village East VII in New York City, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena and the Roslyn Trio in Roslyn NY on April 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 94 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Factoid!: The film showed at various festivals last spring under the title "Shut Up and Sing," needing to change their title when the Dixie Chicks documentary was released theatrically first
Something to Cheer About
Logline: Documents the Crispus Attucks Tigers, the first all-black high school basketball team to win a US state championship in the 1950s, and how their victory helped to spark the Civil Rights Movement
Director: Betsy Blankenbaker
Distributor: Truly Indie/Lantern Lane Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta, Landmark's Century Centre Cinemas in Chicago, Landmark's Inwood Theatre in Dallas, Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Detroit, Landmark's Keystone Art Theatre in Indinapolis, Laemmle's Grande 4 in Los Angeles, Landmark's Lagoon Cinemas in Minneapolis, the Quad Cinemas in New York City and Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC on April 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 65 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Snow Cake
Logline: An odd friendship between an autistic woman and a quiet brooding man who comes into her life through a twist of personal fate
Featuring: Jayne Eastwood, David Fox, Carrie-Anne Moss, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Marc Evans
Writer: Angela Pell
Distributor: IFC First Take
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on April 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 112 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Ta Ra Rum Pum
Logline: A NASCAR driver from India and his family have trouble coping with his injury after a bad crash. In Hindi with subtitles
Featuring: Abhishek Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Shruti Seth
Director: Siddharth Raj Anand
Distributor: Yash Raj Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on April 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 160 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.40:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Wind Chill
Logline: Two college students share a ride home for the holidays, but break down on a deserted stretch of road, where they are menaced by the ghosts of all those who died there
Featuring: Emily Blunt, Martin Donovan, Ashton Holmes
Director: Greg Jacobs
Writers: Joe Gangemi and Steven Katz
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Burbank 16 in Burbank, the Chinese 6 in Hollywood, the Long Beach 26 in Long Beach CA, the Ontario Mills 30 in Ontario CA, the Block 30 in Orange CA, the Criterion 6 in Santa Monica, the Del Amo 18 in Torrance CA and in additional locations in select markets (40 locations total) on April 27
MPAA Rating: R for some violence and disturbing images
Running Time: 91 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.40:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Expanding today
After the Wedding: Opens at the Ambler Theatre in Ambler PA, the Vinegar Hill Theatre in Charlottesville VA, Landmark's Esquire Theatre in Denver, the County Theatre in Doylestown PA, the Sunrise 11 in Fort Lauderdale, the Museum of Fine Art Theatre in Fort Worth, the Rialto Lakeside Cinemas in Santa Rosa CA, the Tower Theatre in Sacramento, the Burns Court Cinemas in Sarasota
Air Guitar Nation: Opens at the Bijou at the Crossroad Cinemas in Austin
Becket: Opens at the Terrace Theatre in Charleston
Black Book: Opens at Landmark's Dobie Theatre in Austin, Landmark's Crossroad Cinemas in Boulder and in additional locations in select markets
Boy Culture: Opens at Landmark's Lagoon Cinemas in Minneapolis and Landmark's Varsity Theatre in Seattle
Everything's Gone GreenOpens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, the Drexel Gateway Cinemas in Columbus OH, the University Town Center 6 in Irvine CA the Westgate Art Cinemas in Madison WI and the Hollywood Theatre in Portland OR
The Host: Opens at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor
Into Great Silence: Opens at the Tara 4 in Atlanta and the Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills in Austin
Killer of Sheep: Opens at the Athens Cine in Athens GA and the Little Theatre in Rochester NY
Mafioso: Opens at the Detroit Film Theatre in Detroit and at the Performing Arts Center Theatre in Westhampton Beach NY
Offside: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA and in additional locations in select markets
The Page Turner: Opens at Landmark's Magnolia Theatre in Dallas
Stephanie Daley: Opens at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena and Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
The Valet: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, Landmark's Century Centre Cinemas in Chicago, Landmark's Renaissance Place Cinemas in Highland Park IL and in additional locations in major markets
Wild Tigers I Have Known: Opens at the Cinemas Palme D'Or in Palm Desert CA
The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Opens at the Guild Theatre in Albuquerque, Landmark's Dobie Theatre in Austin, Landmark's Chez Artiste Theatre in Denver, the Screen Theatre in Santa Fe and the Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville ME
Year of the Dog: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta, Landmark's Mayan Theatre in Denver and in additional locations in major markets
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Missing Victor Pellerin *** NEW TITLE ***Logline: Documents the life of the Montréal-based painter who, in 1990, burned all his work and disappears without a trace. In French with subtitles
Director: Sophie Deraspe
Distributor: Atopia Distribution
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on May 2
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 102 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Waitress
Logline: A pregnant waitress in an unhappy marriage finds love with a handsome strangers
Featuring: Nathan Fillion, Andy Griffith, Cheryl Hines, Keri Russell, Adrienne Shelly, Jeremy Sisto
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Writer: Adrienne Shelly
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: New York City exclusive on May 2
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, language and thematic elements
Running Time: 104 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Friday, May 4, 2007
Away From HerLogline: A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, a wheel chair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home
Featuring: Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent, Kristen Thomson
Director: Sarah Polley
Writers: Sarah Polley, based on the short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro
Distributor: Lionsgate
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica and in additional locations in major markets on May 4
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: 109 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Civic Duty
Logline: After losing his job and his house, a seemingly normal man quickly sinks into a media-fueled obsession with his country’s war on terrorism, spying on a Muslim student who has moved in to his neighborhood
Featuring: Peter Krause, Khaled Abol Naga, Richard Schiff
Director: Jeff Renfroe
Writer: Andrew Joiner
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Empire 25, the Chelsea 9 and the First and 62nd Street Cinemas in New York City, the Criterion 6 in Santa Monica and in additional locations in major markets (33 locations total) on May 4
MPAA Rating: R for language and some threatening situations
Running Time: 94 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Disappearances *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: In a desperate attempt to save their farm, a Depression-era father and son plan to steal twenty cases of whiskey
Featuring: Lothaire Bluteau, Genevieve Bujold, Gary Farmer, Luis Guzman, Kris Kristofferson, William Sanderson
Director: Jay Craven
Writers: Jay Craven, based on the novel by Howard Frank Mosher
Distributor: Truly Indie
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinemas in San Francisco and Landmark's Metro Cinemas in Seattle on May 4
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 97 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Flying Scotsman
Logline: A young man who dreams of being a cycling champion builds a new bike out of parts from old washing machines
Featuring: Billy Boyd, Morven Christie, Brian Cox, Laura Fraser, Jonny Lee Miller
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Writers: John Brown and Declan Hughes and Simon Rose
Distributor: MGM
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens in Boston, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Washington DC on May 4
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some mature thematic elements and strong language
Running Time: 103 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
L'Iceberg
Logline: After being locked in a walk-in fridge overnight, a disappearance her husband and children did not even notice, a fast-food restaurant manager develops an obsession for everything cold and icy, and decides to leave everything behind to move on to an iceberg. In French with subtitles
Featuring: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Philippe Martz, Ophélie Rousseau, Lucy Tulugarjuk
Directors: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy
Writers: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy
Distributor: First Run Features
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on May 4
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 84 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Lucky You
Logline: A professional poker player gets a lesson in life from a struggling singer as he collides with his estranged father at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas
Featuring: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Debra Messing
Director: Curtis Hanson
Writers: Eric Roth and Curtis Hanson, story by Eric Roth
Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2650 plus locations on May 4
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language and sexual humor
Running Time: 124 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
The Other Conquest *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: The son of the Aztec Emperor works to preserve his people's religious and cultural identity in the wake of the invasion of his land by Spanish conquerors and clergymen. In Spanish with subtitles
Featuring: Iñaki Aierra, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Delgado, José Carlos Rodríguez
Director: Salvador Carrasco
Writer: Salvador Carrasco
Distributor: Union Station Media
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the High Ridge 8 in Albuquerque, the Towne Center 8 in Clovis CA, the Boulder Station 11 and the Suncoast 16 in Las Vegas, the Fiesta 16 in San Antonio and the DeVargas 6 in Santa Fe on May 4
MPAA Rating: R for scenes of violence and some strong sexuality/nudity
Running Time: 105 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby SR
Factoid!: The film was originally released in Southern California in 2000, where it earned more than a million dollars in ticket sales in just a handful of theatres, but the film's original distributor ceased operation before it could execute a further release and the film has remained out of distribution until now
Paris je T'aime
Logline: Twenty directors tackle eighteen of Paris' most distinctive neighborhoods. In French and English, with subtitles.
Featuring: Melchior Besion, Steve Buscemi, Sergio Castellitto, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Emily Mortimer, Natalie Portman, Miranda Richardson, Rufus Sewell, Leonor Watling, Elijah Wood
Directors: Oliver Assaya, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel & Ethan Coen, Isabelle Coixet, Wes Craven, Gerard Depardieu & Frederic Aubertin, Vicenzo Natali, Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas, Oliver Schmitz, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant
Writers: Oliver Assayas, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel & Ethan Coen, Isabelle Coixet, Wes Craven, Vicenzo Natali, Gena Rowlands, Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas, Oliver Schmitz, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant
Distributor: First Look Studios
Opening Week Release Pattern: Major markets on May 4
MPAA Rating: R for language and brief drug use
Running Time: 120 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Rock the Bells
Logline: Documents the efforts of one man to reunite all the members of the Wu-Tang Clan for a performance at the 2004 Rock the Bells Festival in San Bernadino CA
Directors: Casey Suchan and Denis Henry Hennelly
Distributor: Seventh Art Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: One week Oscar qualifying run at Laemmle's Grande 4 in Los Angeles on May 4
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 103 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
September Dawn
Logline: A tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group becomes America's first act of religious terrorism
Featuring: Dean Cain, Lolita Davidovich, Trent Ford, Terence Stamp, Jon Voight
Director: Christopher Cain
Writers: Christopher Cain and Carole Whang Schutter
Distributor: Black Diamond Pictures/Slowhand Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1000 plus locations on May 4
MPAA Rating: R for violence
Running Time: 111 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Spider-Man 3
Logline: Forced to choose between the seductive power of his new suit, which enhances his powers but brings out the vengeful side of his personality, and compassionate hero he used to be, Peter Parker must overcome his personal demons as two of his most-feared villains gather unparalleled power and a thirst for retribution
Featuring: Thomas Haden Church, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Topher grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Tobey Maguire
Director: Sam Raimi
Writers: Alvin Sargent, story by Ivan Raimi and Sam Raimi, based on characters created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 4150 plus locations, including 53 IMAX locations, on May 4
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence
Running Time: 140 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
The Treatment
Logline: An emotionally paralyzed man embarks on a path of psychoanalysis with a maniacal shrink, while starting a new relationship with a widowed Manhattan socialite
Featuring: Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm, Famke Janssen
Director: Oren Rudavsky
Writers: Daniel Saul Housman and Oren Rudavsky, based on the novel by Daniel Menaker
Distributor: New Yorker Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Angelika Film Center in New York City on May 4
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 86 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Expanding today
After the Wedding: Opens at the Flicks Theatre in Boise, the Paseo Cinemas in Camarillo CA, the Chelsea Cinemas in Chapel Hill NC, the Triplex Cinemas in Great Barrington MA, Landmark's Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee, the Osio Cinemas in Monterey CA, the Green Hills Cinemas in Nashville, the Cinemas Palme D'Or in Palm Desert CA, the Camelot Cinemas in Palm Springs, the Manor Theatre in Pittsburgh, the Avon Theatre in Providence RI, the Broadway Centre Cinemas in Salt Lake City and the Nickelodeon Cinemas in Santa Cruz
Air Guitar Nation: Opens at the San Marco Theatre in Jacksonville, the Sundance Theatre in Madison WI, the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, the Cinema 21 in Portland OR and the Kabuki 8 in San Francisco
Boy Culture: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambrdige MA
Dreaming Lhasa: Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Theatre in Boston, the CCA Cinematheque in Santa Fe and the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle
Everything's Gone GreenOpens at Landmark's Varsity Theatre in Seattles
Exterminating Angels: Opens at the Starz Film Center in Denver
The Hawk is Dying: Opens at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago
The Host: Opens at the Hunter Theatre in Hunter NY
Into Great Silence: Opens at the Cabot Street Cinema in Beverly MA, the Detroit Institute of Art Theatre in Detroit, the Real Art Ways Cinemas in Hartford, the Angelika Film Center in Houston and the Railroad Square Cinemass in Waterville ME
Jindabyne: Opens at Landmark's Century Centre Cinemas in Chicago and in additional locations in majr markets
Killer of Sheep: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta, the Amherst Theatre in Buffalo and the Cinema 21 in Portland OR
Mafioso: Opens at Landmark's Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis
Puccini for Beginners: Opens at the Hollywood Triplex in Portland OR
Waitress: Opens at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Fallbrook 7 in West Hills CA and in additional locations in major markets
The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Opens at Landmark's Keystone Art Cinemas in Indianapolis
Zoo: Opens at Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Allegro *** NEW TITLE ***Logline: A famous pianist returns home to his native Copenhagen to give a concert, discovering the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly. In Danish with subtitles
Featuring: Helena Christensen, Svetoslav Korolev, Henning Moritzen, Niels Skousen, Ulrich Thomsen
Director: Christoffer Boe
Writers: Christoffer Boe and Mikael Wulff
Distributor: International Film Circuit
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on May 9
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Day Night Day Night
Logline: A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square
Featuring: Tschi Hun Kim, Nyambi Nyambi, Gareth Saxe, Josh Phillip Weinstein, Luisa Williams
Director: Julia Loktev
Writer: Julia Loktev
Distributor: IFC Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City on May 9
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 94 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby SR
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Logline: A gambler, beaten to near death after a con game gone wrong, falls for a local waitress after being nursed back to health by a mysterious stranger. In Bengali, Malay, Mandarin and Taiwanese with subtitles
Featuring: Norman Bin Atun, Shiang-chyi Chen, Pearlly Chua, Kang-sheng Lee
Director: Ming-liang Tsai
Writer: Ming-liang Tsai
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City on May 9
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 115 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Looking for an Icon
Logline: Documents the stories behind four iconic images of the 20th Century, inclucing the pointblank shooting of a Vietnamese at the height of the Vietnam War and a solitary Chinese student facing an onslaught of tanks rolling into Tiananmen Square
Directors: Hans Pool and Maaik Krijsman
Distributor: First Run/Icarus Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on May 9
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 55 minutes, plus 30 minute documentary "The Day You'll Love Me"
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Expanding today
Snow Cake: Opens at the Doris Duke Theatre in Honolulu
Friday, May 11, 2007
Blind DatingLogline: A visually impaired young man falls in love with his East Indian nurse after he signs up for experimental brain surgery to restore his sight
Featuring: Frank Gerrish, Anjali Jay, Jayma Mays, Chris Pine, Eddie Kaye Thomas
Director: James Keach
Writer: Christopher Theo
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on May 11
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language
Running Time: 99 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Brand Upon the Brain!
Logline: A young man returns to his childhood home, a twisted orphanage run by his parents
Featuring: Sullivan Brown, Gretchen Krich, Maya Lawson, Todd Moore, Katherine E. Scharhon
Director: Guy Maddin
Writers: Guy Maddin and George Toles
Distributor: The Film Company/Vitagraph Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Village East Cinemas in New York City on May 11
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 95 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Factoid: For its premiere engagement run at the Music Box in Chicago, the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and the Village East Cinemas in New York City, the film will be presented as an expansive live event featuring an 11-piece live orchestra, a 5-person live foley team and a live celebrity narrator
Casting About
Logline: Documents the experience of casting for a dramatic film, weaving together footage from auditions with 350 actresses in Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London and Los Angeles
Featuring: Mädchen Amick, Nicole Eggert
Director: Barry J. Hershey
Distributor: Kino International
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on May 11
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 86 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Chalk *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: An earnest teacher attempts to win his school's coveted Teacher of the Year Award, despite his woefull ineptitude due to a complete lack of experience and social skills
Featuring: Jeff Guerrero, Shannon Haragan, Chris Mass, Janelle Schremmer, Troy Schremmer
Director: Mike Akel
Writers: Mike Akel and Chris Mass
Distributor: Morgan Spurlock Presents/Hart Sharp Entertainment
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles on May 11
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 84 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Delta Farce
Logline: Three bumbling Army reservists bound for Iraq are accidentally dropped at Mexican village besieged by hostile forces
Featuring: Larry the Cable Guy, Keith David, Bill Engvall, DJ Qualls, Danny Trejo
Director: CB Harding
Writers: Bear Aderhold and Thomas F.X. Sullivan
Distributor: Lionsgate
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1500 plus locations on May 11
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Ex
Logline: A New York couple adjusts to their new home in Madison, Wisconsin, where he goes to work with his father-in-law at an ad agency.
Featuring: Jason Bateman, Zach Braff, Mia Farrow, Donal Logue, Amanda Peet
Director: Jesse Peretz
Writers: Jesse Peretz
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Criterion 6 in Santa Monica, the Plant 16 in Van Nuys and in additional locations in Los Angeles and New York City on May 11
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, brief language and a drug reference
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Flock
Logline: A hyper-vigilant government agent must train a new recruit as they try to bring a deadly killer to justice
Featuring: Claire Danes, Richard Gere
Director: Andrew Lau
Writers: Hans Bauer and Craig Mitchell
Distributor: Bauer Martinez Studios/Freestyle Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on May 11
MPAA Rating: R for perverse content involving aberrant sexuality and strong violence, and for language
Running Time: 91 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Georgia Rule
Logline: A rebellious, uncontrollable teenager is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother in Idaho
Featuring: Cary Elwes, Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, Lindsey Lohan, Dermot Mulroney
Director: Gary Marshall
Writer: Mark Andrus
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2500 plus locations on May 11
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and some language
Running Time: 111 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
The Golden Door
Logline: On the advice of a stranger, a Sicilian family travels to America via Ellis Island in search of good fortune and a better life. In English and in Italian with subtitles
Featuring: Vincenzo Amato, Charlotte Gainsburg
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Writers: Emanuele Crialese
Distributor: Miramax Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Angelika Film Center in New York City on May 11
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief graphic nudity
Running Time: 120 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
The Hip Hop Project
Logline: Documents a formerly homeless New York teenager who inspires a group of NYC teens to transform their life stories into powerful works of art, using hip hop
Director: Matt Ruskin
Distributor: THINKFilm
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in New York City and in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. on May 11
MPAA Rating: R for language
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Home of the Brave
Logline: Three soldiers return home after a lengthy tour in Iraq, and find re-entering "normal" life is not an easy task
Featuring: Jessica Biel, Curtis Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Presley
Director: Irwin Winkler
Writer: Mark Friedman, story by Mark Friedman and Irwin Winkler
Distributor: MGM
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on May 11
MPAA Rating: R for war violence and language
Running Time: 105 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
CREDIT ABUSE!: There are eleven producers, executive producers and line producers credited for this film
The Parallel
Logline: A high school student suspects he is living parallel lives at the same time, his current life and one in the future when he is approaching 40
Featuring: Darla Gordon, Taylor Gerard Hart, Elliot V. Kotek, Margaret Scarborough
Director: Jack Piandaryan
Writer: Jack Piandaryan
Distributor: Piandaryan Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino on May 11
MPAA Rating: R for sexuality, language, some drug use and brief violence
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
The Salon
Logline: A Beautyshop owner finds romance as she struggles to save her business
Featuring: Brooke Burns, Vivica A. Fox, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Terrence Howard, Garrett Morris, Kym Whitley
Director: Mark Brown
Writer: Mark Brown
Distributor: The Bigger Picture/Fox Rhythm
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on May 11
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language and some thematic material
Running Time: 92 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Show Business: The Road to Broadway
Logline: Documents four musicals (Wicked, Avenue Q, Taboo, and Caroline, or Change) from inception to the Tony Awards
Featuring: Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Boy George, Idina Menzel, Rosie O'Donnell
Director: Dori Berinstein
Writers: Dori Berinstein and Richard Hankin
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Landmark's Sunshine Cinemas in New York City on May 11
MPAA Rating: PG for language and some sexual references
Running Time: 102 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
28 Weeks Later
Logline: With the help of American forces, the British government tries to repopulate London after a mysterious viral outbreak left the area ravaged and inhospitable
Featuring: Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle, Catherine McCormack, Harold Perrineau, Jeremy Renner
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Writers: Rowan Joffe and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and E.L. Lavinge and Jesus Olmo, based on characters and situations created by Alex Garland
Distributor: Fox Atomic
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1500 plus locations on May 11
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity.
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Expanding today
Adam's Apples: Opens at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, Landmark's Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco and the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael CA
After the Wedding: Opens at the Pilot Butte Cinemas in Bend OR, the Terrace Theatre in Charleston SC, the Drexel East Cinemas in Columbus OH, the Darkside Cinemas in Corvallis OR, the Fleur Theatre in Des Moines, the Bijou Theatre in Eugene OR, the Studio Cinemas in Memphis, Landmark's Canal Place Cinemas in New Orleans, the Dundee Theatre in Omaha, the Colony Theatre in Raleigh NC, the Westhampton Theatre in Richmond VA, the Bijou @ the Crossroads Cinemas in San Antonio, the Carolina Theatre in Santa Cruz NC, and the Railroad Square Cinemas in Waterville ME
Air Guitar Nation: Opens at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, the Avalon Theatre in Corvallis OR, the Bijou Theatre in Eugene OR and the Webster University Theatre in St. Louis
Away From Her: Opens at Landmark's Renaissance Place Cinemas in Highland Park IL and in additional locations in select markets
Disappearances: Opens at the Quad Cinemas in New York City
Downtown: A Street Tale: Opens at Laemmle's One Colorado Plaza Cinemas in Pasadena and Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
Exterminating Angels: Opens at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago
In Search of Mozart: Opens at the Cinema Village in New York City
Into Great Silence: Opens at the Bijou At the Crossroads in San Antonio and the Screen Theatre in Santa Fe
Killer of Sheep: Opens at the Charles Theatre in Baltimore, the Fall Creek Pictures in Ithica NY and the Ritz Theatres in Philadelphia
Mafioso: Opens at the Little Theatre in Rochester NY
The Other Conquest: Opens at the Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills and the Metropolitan 14 in Austin
The Page Turner: Opens at the Starz Film Center in Denver
The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez: Opens at Laemmle's Grande 4 in Los Angeles
Snow Cake: Opens at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills and Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC
Stephanie Daley: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA and the Upstate Films Theatre in Rhinebeck NY
Summer in Berlin: Opens at Landmark's Dobie Theatre in Austin, Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA and Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC
Waitress: Opens at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena and in additional locations in select markets
The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Opens at the Bill Cosford Cinemas in Coral Gables, the Museum of Fine Arts Theatre in Fort Worth, the Tivoli @ Manor Square Cinemas in Kansas City MO, the Orpheum Theatre in Madison WI and the Hollywood Theatre in Portland OR
Wedesday, May 16, 2007
The Changeling *** NEW TITLE ***Logline: Desperate to break her engagement to a man she does not love, a young woman enlists the help of her father's servant to help remedy the situation
Featuring: Clyde Baldo, Chris Brady, Wendy Herlich
Director: Jay Stern
Writer: Jay Stern, based on the play by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
Distributor: Jay Stern Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on May 16
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 82 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo Expanding today
Brand Upon the Brain: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in New York City
Friday, May 18, 2007
Brooklyn Rules: Three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty in 1985 Brooklyn
Featuring: Alec Baldwin, Scott Caan, Jerry Ferrara, Freddie Prinze Jr, Mena Suvari
Director: Michael Corrente
Writer: Terence Winter
Distributor: City Lights Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City and Providence RI on May 18
MPAA Rating: R for violence, pervasive language and some sexual content
Running Time: 99 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Captivity
Logline: A man and a woman awaken to find themselves chained to each other in a cellar, slowly being driven mad by their kidnapper as the truth about their abduction is revealed
Featuring: Laz Alonso, Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Michael Harney, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Director: Roland Joffe
Writer: Larry Cohen
Distributor: After Dark Films/Freestyle Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1000 plus locations on May 18
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 96 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Even Money
Logline: Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives
Featuring: Kim Basinger, Nick Cannon, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer, Carla Gugino, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker
Director: Mark Rydell
Writer: Robert Tannen
Distributor: Yari Film Group
Opening Week Release Pattern: Los Angeles and New York City on May 18
MPAA Rating: R for language, violence and brief sexuality
Running Time: 116 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Fay Grim
Logline: A woman is coerced by a CIA agent to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband
Featuring: Liam Aiken, Saffron Burrows, Jeff Goldblum, Parker Posey, Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak
Director: Hal Hartley
Writer: Hal Hartley
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Cinemas in Atlanta, Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington NY, Landmark's Lagoon Cinemas in Minneapolis, the IFC Film Center in New York City, Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas in San Diego, Landmark's Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis, Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC and Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles on May 18
MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexuality
Running Time: 118 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Flanders
Logline: A young man fighting in a war survives through the sheer will that his love for a childhood friend will be returned once he returns. In French with subtitles
Featuring: Samuel Boidin, Jean-Marie Bruveart, Henri Cretel, Adélaïde Leroux, David Poulain
Director: Bruno Dumont
Writer: Bruno Dumont
Distributor: International Film Circuit
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on May 18
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 91 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
Hollywood Dreams
Logline: A young woman from Iowa lands in Hollywood, full of dreams of making it big in movies
Featuring: Karen Black, Tanna Frederick, Justin Kirk, Melissa Leo, Zack Norman
Director: Henry Jaglom
Writer: Henry Jaglom
Distributor: The Rainbow Film Company
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Twon Center 5 in Encino, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica, Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and in additional locations in select markets
on May 18
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 100 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
Memories of Tomorrow *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: A successful sales manager at an advertising agency is diagnosed with an early onset Alzheimer's disease. In Japanese with subtitles
Featuring: Kazue Fukiishi, Kanako Higuchi, Asami Mizukawa, Kenji Sakaguchi, Ken Watanabe
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writers: Hakaru Sunamoto and Uiko Miura, based on the novel "Ashita No Kioku" by Hiroshi Ogiwara
Distributor: Eleven Arts
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the ImaginAsian Theatre in New York City on May 18
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 122 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Once
Logline: A young man who works part-time helping his father run a small, vacuum cleaner repair business dreams of one day having his songs recorded and landing a record deal
Featuring: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
Director: John Carney
Writer: John Carney
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Major markets on May 18
MPAA Rating: R for language
Running Time: 86 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Rolling Like a Stone *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: Documents a wild weekend in 1965 when the Rolling Stones toured through Sweden with two local rock bands, The Namelosers and The Gonks, who filmed the experience. In Swedish with subtitles
Directors: Stefan Berg and Magnus Gertten
Distributor: The Swedish Film Institute
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on May 18
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 65 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Severance
Logline: A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong for the sales division of the multi-national weapons company when they become the victims of a group of crazed killers who will stop at nothing to see them dead
Featuring: Claudie Blakley,Babou Ceesay, Tim McInnerny, Andy Nyman, Toby Stephens
Director: Christopher Smith
Writers: James Moran and Christopher Smith, story by James Moran
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Angelika Film Center in New York City on May 18
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, language, drug content and some sexuality/nudity
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital EX
Shortcut to Happiness
Logline: A down-and-out writer sells his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and fortune
Featuring: Dan Aykroyd, Alec Baldwin, Kim Cattrall, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Patric, John Savage
Director: Alec Baldwin
Writers: Pete Dexter and Bill Condon & Nancy Cassaro, screen story by Pete Dexter, based on the play "Scratch" by Archibald Macleish and the screenplay for the 1941 film by Stephen Vincent Benet
Distributor: Yari Film Group
Opening Week Release Pattern: Major markets on May 18
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Factoid!: This movie was shot in early 2001, and its release was held up for several years due to a lack of finishing funds
Shrek the Third
Logline: Wackiness is sure to ensue when Shrek is charged with finding the rightful heir to the throne of Never Never Land before that charming rogue Prince Charming claims it for himself
Featuring the voices of: Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Eric Idle, John Krasinski, Ian McShane, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Sedaris, Justin Timberlake
Director: Chris Miller
Writers: Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman and Chris Miller & Aron Warner, story by Andrew Adamson, based on characters created by William Steig
Distributor: DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 4150 plus locations on May 18
MPAA Rating: PG for some crude humor, suggestive content and swashbuckling action
Running Time: 81 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital DTS, SDDS
Ten Canoes
Logline: Collaborating closely with the Ramingining Aboriginal community of the Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory, the filmmakers usese film to honor indigenous oral tradition. In Ganalbingu with subtitles
Featuring: Richard Birrinbirrin, David Gulpilil, Jamie Gulpilil, Crusoe Kurddal, Peter Minygululu
Directors: Rolf De Heer and Peter Djigirr
Writer: Rolf De Heer
Distributor: Palm Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Angelika Film Center in New York City on May 18
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 92 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphis (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Wendell Baker Story
Logline: An eternally optimistic com man tries to fulfill his big time dreams with small time schemes
Featuring: Seymour Cassel, Kris Kristofferson, Eva Mendes, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson
Directors: Andrew Wilson and Luke Wilson
Writer: Luke Wilson
Distributor: THINKFilm
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and in additional locations in major markets on May 18
MPAA Rating: Not yet set
Running Time: 102 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Expanding today
After the Wedding: Opens at the Fine Arts Theatre in Asheville NC, the Downtown West Cinemas in Knoxville, the Green Theatre in Lexington, the Screen Theatre in Santa Fe, the Visualite Cinemas in Staunton VA, the Miracle Theatre in Tallahassee and the Town Hall Theatre in Wilton MA
the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle
Everything's Gone GreenOpens at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams: Opens at the Starz Film Center in Denver
In Search of Mozart: Opens at Laemmle's Grande 4 in Los Angeles
Into Great Silence: Opens at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor, Landmark's Chez Artiste Theatre in Denver and the Crest Theatre in Sacramento
Killer of Sheep: Opens at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, the Main Street Cinema in Cincinnati, the Upstate Films Theatre in Rhinebeck NY, the Castro Theatre in San Francisco and the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael
Mafioso: Opens at the Modern Art Museum Theatre in Fort Worth and the Cinema 21 in Portland OR
The Other Conquest: Opens at the Valley Art Theatre in Tempe
Paris Je T'aime (First Look Studios): Opens at Laemmle's Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles
Snow Cake: Opens at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland OR
Waitress: Opens at Laemmle's Fallbrook 7 in West Hills CA and in additional locations in select markets
Wild Tigers I Have Known: Opens at the Webster University Theatre in St. Louis
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The Boss of It AllLogline: An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelandic businessman. In English and in Danish, Icelandic and Russian with subtitles
Featuring: Jens Albinus, Jean-Marc Barr, Benedikt Erlingsson, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Peter Gantzler, Iben Hjejle
Director: Lars von Trier
Writer: Lars von Trier
Distributor: IFC First Take
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City on May 23
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 99 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby SR
Nine Star Hotel
Logline: Documents the lives of a group of nomadic Palestinian men as they try to illegally cross into Israel looking for construction jobs. In Arabic and Hebrew with subtitles
Director: Ido Haar
Distributor: Koch Lorber Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on May 23
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 78 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Orange Winter
Logline: Documents the protests that surrounded Kiev after the failed 2004 Ukrainian Presidential elections, the biggest mass protest in post-Soviet history. In English and in Ukranian with subtitles
Director: Andrei Zagdansky
Distributor: AZ Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on May 23
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 72 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Friday, May 25, 2007
Angel-ALogline: A beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together. In French with subtitles
Featuring: Olivier Claverie, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki, Kate Nauta, Rie Rasmussen, Serge Riaboukine
Director: Luc Besson
Writers: Luc Besson
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino CA, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica, Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and in New York City on May 25
MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content
Running Time: 88 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
Amu
Logline: A young Indian American woman returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born, stumbling across information about a horrifying genocide twenty years previous which turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins. In English and in Bengali, Hindi and Punjabi with subtitles
Featuring: Chaiti Ghosh, Brinda Karat, Ankur Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma, Yashpal Sharma
Director: Shonali Bose
Writer: Shonali Bose
Distributor: Emerging Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Cinema Village Theatre and the ImaginAsian Theatre in New York City on May 25
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 102 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Bug
Logline: A man and woman living in a dingy motel room become paranoid that they have bugs under their skin
Featuring: Lynn Collins, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Brian O'Bryne, Michael Shannon
Director: William Friedkin
Writer: Tracy Letts, based on his play
Distributor: Lionsgate
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1750 plus locations on May 25
MPAA Rating: R for some strong violence, sexuality, nudity, language and drug use
Running Time: 102 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Espelho Mágico
Logline: Fresh out of jail, a young man is taken by his brother to work for a woman who spends her days waiting for the Virgin Mary to appear at her spacious country estate. In French, Portuguese and Spanish with subtitles
Featuring: Luis Miguel Cintra, Marisa Paredes, Michel Piccoli, Leonor Silveira, Ricardo Trepa
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Writers: Manoel de Oliveira, based on the novel by Agustina Bessa-Luis
Distributor: Lusomundo Audiovisuais
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on May 25
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 137 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Factoid!: The now 98 year-old de Oliveira has directed 16 films in the past ten years
The Golden Door
Logline: In the early Twentieth Century, a poor Italian farmer who has recently lost his wife packs up his entire family to emigrate to the United States. In English and in Italian with subtitles
Featuring: Vincenzo Amato, Francesco Casisa, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Filippo Pucillo, Aurora Quattrocchi
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Writer: Emanuele Crialese
Distributor: Miramax Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Los Angeles and New York City on May 25
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief graphic nudity
Running Time: 120 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Factoid!: Vincent Schiavelli died during the shooting of the film, before all of his role was completed. Rather than cutting him from the film, the director rewrote the script to make better sense of the character and to honor the final role of this great character actor
Paprika
Logline: When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, only a young female therapist can stop the insanity. In Japanese with subtitles
Featuring the voices of: Toru Emori, Toru Furuya, Megumi Hayshibara, Katsunosuke Hori
Director: Satoshi Kon
Writers: Seishi Minakami and Satoshi Kon, story by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Distributor: Sony Picutres Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in New York City, Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and in additional locations in major markets on May 25
MPAA Rating: R for violence
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Logline: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle to save Jack Sparrow
Featuring: Lee Arenberg, Orlando Bloom, Mackenzie Crook, Jack Davenport, Johnny Depp, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Keira Knightley, Reggie Lee, Kevin McNally, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Geoffrey Rush, Stellan Skarsgard, Chow Yun-Fat
Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, based on Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean and characters created by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 4150 plus locations on May 25
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action/adventure violence and some frightening images
Running Time: 170 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Expanding today
After the Wedding: Opens at the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg PA
Air Guitar Nation: Opens at the Starz Film Center in Denver
Mafioso: Opens in Minneapolis
Paris Je T'aime (First Look Studios): Opens at Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena and in additional locations in select markets
Snow Cake: Opens at the Cinemas Palme D'Or in Palm Springs
Stephanie Daley: Opens at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley and in San Francisco
The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Opens at the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington and the Loft Cinemas in Tucson
For Release Dates Changes and Estiamted Screen Counts for films scheduled for release between mid-May 2007 and 2010, please visit the second section of The Early Report
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