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RSS Feed - Early ReportThe Early Report for November 18, 2007: Part One
November 18th, 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 70 known new movies opening in theatres between Wednesday 11/21/06 and Friday 12/28/07, plus dozens more titles expanding their runs during this timeframe.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
August RushLogline: An orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents
Featuring: Freddie Highmore, Terrence Howard, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, William Sadler, Liv Tyler, Robin Williams
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Writers: Nick Castle, James V. Hart and Kirsten Sheridan, story by Paul Castro and Richard Barton Lewis
Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2250 plus locations on November 21
MPAA Rating: PG for some thematic elements, mild violence and language
Running Time: 107 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Enchanted
Logline: A cartoon princess is banished to present-day New York
Featuring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Idina Menzel, Susan Sarandon, Timothy Spall
Director: Kevin Lima
Writer: Bill Kelly
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3500 plus locations on November 21
MPAA Rating: PG for some scary images and mild innuendo
Running Time: 107 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Hitman
Logline: A secret agent becomes a wanted man when he is set up during a political takeover
Featuring: Robert Knepper, Olga Kurylenko, Tim Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Ulrich Thomsen
Director: Xavier Gens
Writers: Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen
Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2250 plus locations on November 21
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity
Running Time: 100 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
I'm Not There
Logline: A young man from Minnesota becomes the unofficial musical Poet Laureate of his generation
Featuring: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Gere, Julianne Moore
Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Todd Haynes and Oren Moverman
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Opening Week Release Pattern: 125 plus locations in major markets on November 21
MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexuality and nudity
Running Time: 135 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Mist
Logline: A guy tries to protect his son, and his town, against monsters brought on by a mysterious storm.
Featuring: Andre Braugher, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Thomas Jane, Toby Jones
Director: Frank Darabont
Writers: Frank Darabont, based on the novella by Stephen King
Distributor: Dimension Films/MGM
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2450 plus locations on November 21
MPAA Rating: R for violence, terror and gore, and language
Running Time: 127 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Logline: A conflicted young Scottish Asian woman finds a purpose in her life when she discovers her father's secret life after his death
Featuring: Shelley Conn, Laura Fraser, Ronny Jhutti, Art Malik, Veena Sood
Director: Pratibha Parmar
Writer: Andrea Gibb
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Regent Showcase Theatre in Hollywood on November 21
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content
Running Time: 96 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
This Christmas
Logline: A young girl enlists a department-store Santa to help find a new husband for her mom.
Featuring: Chris Brown, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Delroy Lindo, Gabrielle Union
Director: Lance Riviera
Writers: Marc Calixte and Lance Riviera
Distributor: Screen Gems
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1750 plus locations on November 21
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for comic sexual content and some violence
Running Time: 117 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Yiddish Theatre: A Love Story
Logline: Documents the battle to keep Yiddish Theater alive into the 21st Century
Director: Dan Katzir
Distributor: New Love Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on November 21
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Expanding today
Margot at the Wedding: Opens at Landmark's Century Centre Cinemas in Chicago, the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood and in additional locations in major markets
No Country For Old Men: Expands to 800 plus locations
Rails and Ties: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Plano TX
Redacted: Opens at Landmark's Mayan Theatre in Denver, Landmark's Lagoon Cinema in Minneapolis and Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas in San Diego
What Would Jesus Buy?: Opens at the Westpark 8 in Irvine CA and Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
Friday, November 23, 2007
Dus KahaniyaanLogline: An omnibus of short films from six top Bollywood directors, featuring many top Bollywood stars
Featuring: Sanjay Dutt, Arbaaz Khan, Dia Mirza, Dino Morea, Suniel Shetty
Directors: Jasmeet Dhodi, Meghna Gulzar, Sanjay Gupta, Apoorva Lakhia, Hansal Mehta, Rohit Roy
Writers: Javed Akhtar, Vishal Bharadwaj, S. Farhan, Rajiv Gopalkrishnan, Meghna Gulzar, Sampooran Singh Gulzar, Sanjay Gupta, Gautam Kohli, Suresh Nair, Shivani Tibrewala, Raj Vasant
Distributor: Eros Entertainment
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on November 23
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 157 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Everything's Cool *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: Documents the politics that keep governments from reacting quickly to the climate crisis
Directors: Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfland
Distributor: City Lights Entertainment
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Grande 4 in Los Angeles and the Cinema Village in New York City on November 23
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Midnight Eagle *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: A former war photographer witnesses the crash of a U.S. bomber nicknamed "Midnight Eagle," and becomes involved in an international hunt for its secret pay load, a nuclear warhead that threatens to wipe out Japan's entire population. In Japanese with subtitles
Featuring: Tatsuya Fuji, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Ken Ishiguro, Takao Osawa, Yuko Takeuchi
Director: Izuru Narushima
Writers: Yasuo Hasegawa and Kenzaburo Iida, based on the novel "Middonaito Îguru" by Tetsuo Takashima
Distributor: Shochiku Pictues
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the ImaginAsian Theatre in New York City on November 23
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 131 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Starting Out in the Evening
Logline: A once-famous New York writer is both shaken and emboldened when a graduate student invades his solitude to mine his life for her thesis about his novels
Featuring: Lauren Ambrose, Frank Langella, Adrian Lester, Lili Taylor
Director: Andrew Wagner
Writers: Andrew Wagner and Fred Parness, based on the novel by Brian Morton
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles and in New York City on November 23
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, language and brief nudity
Running Time: 111 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Who is Norman Lloyd? *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: Documents the life and work of the actor, whose work spanned from Hitchcock's "Saboteur" and "Spellbound" to the landmark 1980s show "St. Elsewhere"
Director: Matthew Sussman
Distributor: Journeyman Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on November 23
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 67 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Expanding today
The Bubble: Opens at Landmark's Ritz at the Bourse Theatre in Philadelphia
Finishing the Game: Opens at Landmark's Greenway Theatre in Houston
Holly: Opens at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills, the Uptown Birmingham Theatre in Detroit, the Garden Grove 16 in Garden Grove CA, the Angelika Film Center and the Westchase 24 in Houston, the Long Beach 26 in Long Beach CA, the Dupont Circle 5 in Washington DC and the Westminster 10 in Westminster CA
How to Cook Your Life: Opens in Minneapolis and San Diego
I'm Not There: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Houston and in additional locations in select markets
What Would Jesus Buy?: Opens at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, the Ross Media Arts Center in Lincoln NE, the Cinema 21 in Portland OR and Landmark's Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Chronicle of an EscapeLogline: A group of young men are kidnapped by paramilitary gangs and secretly held in an abandoned villa outside Buenos Aires. In Spanish with subtitles
Featuring: Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado, Pablo Echarri, Matias Marmorato, Rodrigo De La Serna
Director: Israel Adrian Caetano
Writers: Israel Adrian Caetano, Julian Loyola, Esteban Student based on a book by Claudio Tamburrini
Distributor: IFC First Take
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City on November 28
MPAA Rating: R for brutality and torture, nudity and language
Running Time: 103 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Savages
Logline: Two middle-aged siblings face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Featuring: Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney, Cara Seymour
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Writer: Tamara Jenkins
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood, the Angelika Film Center in New York City and in additional locations in major markets on November 28
MPAA Rating: R for some sexuality and language
Running Time: 113 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Be My OswaldLogline: A militant vegetarian recruits a clueless socialite for a little holiday activism at the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Featuring: Katha Cato, Mary Huner, Jeannie Not, Ben Oliver, Tom Pagano
Director: Don Cato
Writer: Don Cato
Distributor: Don Cato Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on November 29
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 94 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
Expanding today
Hannah Takes the Stairs: Opens at the Red Vic Movie Theatre in San Francisco
Friday, November 30, 2007
Aaja NachleLogline: During the making of a play, an aging actress, her director (and ex-lover) and a young actress discuss love, life, aging and their work. In Hindi with subtitles
Featuring: Madhuri Dixit, Divya Dutta, Kunal Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma
Director: Anil Mehta
Writer: Jaideep Sahni
Distributor: Yash Raj Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on November 30
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 145 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Awake
Logline: A young man finds himself cognizant yet paralyzed during heart transplant surgery
Featuring: Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin
Director: Joby Harold
Writer: Joby Harold
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1500 plus locations on November 30
MPAA Rating: R for language, an intense disturbing situation, and brief drug use
Running Time: 84 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Badland
Logline: A Gulf War veteran comes home a changed man to his wife and children, after he returns from his most recent deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan
Featuring: Grace Fulton, Joe Morton, Vinessa Shaw, Jamie Traven, Chandra West
Director: Francesco Lucente
Writer: Francesco Lucente
Distributor: Badland Corporation
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood on November 30
MPAA Rating: R for some strong disturbing violence and pervasive language
Running Time: 160 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Logline: After suffering a storke, the editor at French Vogue finds himself only able to communicate with the outside world by blinking his left eye. In English and in French with subtitles
Featuring: Mathieu Amalric, Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Marie-Josée Croze, Emmanuelle Seigner
Director: Julian Schnabel
Writer: Ron Harwood, based on the novel "Le Scaphandre et le Papillon" by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Distributor: Miramax Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in New York City and in additional locations in Los Angeles and New York City on November 30
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for nudity, sexual content and some language
Running Time: 112 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
He Was a Quiet Man *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: An office worker who fantasizes about killing his coworkers inadvertently becomes a hero after he saves a woman's life when a disgruntled coworker goes on a killing spree at thier office
Featuring: Elisha Cuthbert, William H. Macy, Jamison Jones, Sascha Knopf, Christian Slater
Director: Frank Capello
Writers: Frank Capello
Distributor: A Quiet Man Productions
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Cinema Village in New York City and in Los Angeles on November 30
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 99 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Mama's Boy *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: A repressed twentysomething intellectual, still living at home, wages a war with his mom's new boyfriend
Featuring: Sarah Chalke, Jeff Daniels, Anna Faris, Jon Heder, Diane Keaton
Director: Tim Hamilton
Writer: Hank Nelken
Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Atlanta exclusive on November 30
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language including sexual references, and some drug use
Running Time:
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Oswald's Ghost
Logline: Documents the deep psychic wounds inflicted by the assassination of John F. Kennedy on American politics and culture
Director: Robert Stone
Distributor: Seventh Art Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on November 30
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Film Festival, 1963-1965 *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: Documents the appearances of the music icon at the then-largest folk music festival in the world
Director: Murray Lerner
Distributor: Sony Home Video
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on November 30
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 84 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Sex and Breakfast
Logline: Two young couples experiment with anonymous group sex as a way to revitalize their troubled relationships
Featuring: Kuno Becker, Macaulay Culkin, Eliza Dushku, Alexis Dziena, Joanna Miles
Director: Miles Brandman
Writer: Miles Brandman
Distributor: First Look Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood on November 30
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language
Running Time: 81 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Expanding today
Buddha's Lost Children: Opens at the Roxie Film Center in San Francisco
Diva: Opens at Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles
For the Bible Tells Me So: Opens at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago
Freshman Orientation: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta
Great World of Sound: Opens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline MA and the Modern Art Museum Theatre in Fort Worth
Holly: Opens at Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills in Austin, the Boulder Station 11 and the Village Square 18 in Las Vegas, the Fox Tower 10 in Portland OR, the Kabuki 8 in San Francisco, the Meridian 16 in Seattle and the Valley Art Cinema in Tempe
It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE!: Opens at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago
Kurt Cobain: About a Son: Opens at Landmark's Dobie Theatre in Austin, Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, Landmark's Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco and the Loft Cinemas in Tucson
Manda Bala: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta
Nina's Heavenly Delights: Opens at the Quad Cinema in New York City
No Country for Old Men: Expands into additional markets
Redacted: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta, the Cedar Lee Theatres in Cleveland, Landmark's Magnolia Theatre in Dallas, the Carolina Theatre in Durham NC, Landmark's River Oaks Theatre in Houston, the Colony Twin in Raleigh, the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside in Santa Rosa CA and the Theater N at Demours in Wilmington DE
Romance and Cigarettes: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas and the Camera 12 in San Jose
The Savages: Opens at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica and in additional locations in major markets
What Would Jesus Buy?: Opens at the Charles Theatre in Baltimore, Landmark's Century Centre Cinemas in Chicago, the Westgate Cinemas in Madison WI, Landmark's Edina Cinemas in Minneapolis, the Criterion Cinemas in New Haven CT, Landmark's Aquarius Theatre in Palo Alto CA, the Camera 12 in San Jose, the Plaza Del Oro Cinemas in Santa Barbara and Landmark's Varisty Cinemas in Seattle
Yiddish Theatre: A Love Story: Opens in Los Angeles
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
JunoLogline: A teenager deals with her unexpected pregnancy
Featuring: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Allison Janney, Ellen Page, J.K. Simmons, Rainn Wilson
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer: Diablo Cody
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica and in additional locations in major markets on December 5
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content and language
Running Time: 95 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding
Logline: Two young lovers get married during the wacky days that were the Summer of 1988
Featuring: Krista Allen, Adrian Grenier, Mila Kunis, Joey McIntyre, Richard Portnow
Director: Roger Paradiso
Writer: Roger Paradiso, based on the off-Broadway show by Artificial Intelligence (Thomas Michael Allen, James Altuner, Mark Campbell, Nancy Cassaro, Patricia Cregan, Elizabeth Dennehy, Chris Fracchiolla, Jack Fris, Kevin Alexander Leonidas, Mark Nassar, Larry Pellegrini, Sue Varon and Moira Wilson)
Distributor: Emerging Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on December 5
MPAA Rating: R for language including sexual references, and some drug use
Running Time: 106 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Undoing
Logline: One year after the death of his best friend, a young man returns to Los Angeles determined to find redemption from the past
Featuring: Tom Bower, Kelly Hu, Sung Kang, Russell Wong, José Zúńiga
Director: Chris Chan Lee
Writers: Chris Chan Lee
Distributor: EK Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on December 5
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.78:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
El Violin
Logline: An aging musician fiddles his way through the front lines of Mexico's peasant revolts during the 1970's. In Spanish with subtitles
Featuring: Dagoberto Gama, Mario Garibaldi, Fermin Martinez, Gerardo Taracena, Don Angel Tavira
Director: Francisco Vargas
Writers: Francisco Vargas
Distributor: Film Movement
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on December 5
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 98 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Expanding today
What Would Jesus Buy?: Opens at the Movies on Exchange Cinemas in Portland ME
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Deep End *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: A teenage bathhouse attedant in London pines for one of his female coworkers
Featuring: Jane Asher, Diane Dors, John Moulder-Brown, Christopher Sandford, Karl Michael Vogler
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Writers: Jerzy Gruza, Helmut Jedele, Jerzy Skolimowski and Boleslaw Sulik
Distributor: Paramount Pictures Repertory
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on December 6
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 88 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Mono Sound
Friday, December 7, 2007
The AmateursLogline: A man in a midlife crisis gathers his friends and associates to make an adult movie
Featuring: Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson, Patrick Fugit, Lauren Graham, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Michael Traeger
Writer: Michael Traeger
Distributor: First Look Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas and in Los Angeles on December 7
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language
Running Time: 97 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Atonement
Logline: A young girl irrevocably changes the courseof several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit
Featuring: Brenda Blethyn, Romola Garai, Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Joe Wright
Writers: Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Ian McEwan
Distributor: Focus Features
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas and in additional locations in major markets on December 7
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality
Running Time: 130 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
The Band's Visit
Logline: A brass band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in a foreign city. In English and in Arabic and Hebrew with subtitles
Featuring: Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai, Khalifa Natour
Director: Eran Kolirin
Writer: Eran Kolirin
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern: One week Oscar qualifying run at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills on December 7
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language
Running Time: 89 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Grace is Gone
Logline: Unable to tell his daughters their mother was killed in the Iraq war, a distraught father takes them on a road trip to their favorite amusement park
Featuring: Gracie Bdenarczyk, John Cusack, Alessandro Nivola, Shelan O'Keefe
Director: James C. Strouse
Writer: James C. Strouse
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Opening Week Release Pattern: Major markets on December 7
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material, brief strong language and teen smoking
Running Time: 92 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Golden Compass
Logline: Two kids interact across parallel universes inhabited by fantastical creatures
Featuring: Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Nicole Kidman, Ian McShane, Dakota Blue Richards
Director: Chris Weitz
Writers: Tom Stoppard, Chris Weitz, based on the novel by Philip Pullman
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3750 plus locations on December 7
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Looking for Cheyenne
Logline: A young unemployed journalist whose welfare payments are about to be cut off decides to leave Paris to live a marginal life in the country, only to find herself unable to forget her lover. In French with subtitles
Featuring: Mila Dekker, Christine Dory, Luc Leclerc du Sablon, Aurélia Petit, Malik Zidi
Director: Valérie Minetto
Writers: Valérie Minetto and Cécile Vargaftig, story by Vargaftig
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Regent Showcase Theatre in Hollywood on December 7
MPAA Rating: R for some sexuality and language
Running Time: 85 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Revolver
Logline: A gambler enters into a double-cross with a casino owner, with potentially deadly consequences
Featuring: Andre Benjamin, Ray Liotta, Terrence Maynard, Vincent Pastore, Jason Statham
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer: Guy Ritchie, story by Ethan Gross, Paul Todisco and Guy Ritchie, adaptation by Luc Besson
Distributor: IDP Distribution
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and in additional locations in select markets on December 7
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 115 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
The Rocket
Logline: A working class French-Canadian leads his hockey team to greatness, and helped inspire the "Quiet Revolution" for equal rights by French-speaking Canadians. In English and in French with subtitles
Featuring: Roy Dupuis, François Langlois-Valličres, Julie LeBreton, Stephen McHattie
Director: Charles Binamé
Writer: Ken Scott
Distributor: Palm Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on December 7
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 124 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Strength and Honor *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: A single father decides to break his dying wife's last wish to not box again in order to save his young son from certain death
Featuring: Patrick Bergin, Richard Chamberlain, Vinnie Jones, Michael Madsen, Luke Whelton
Director: Mark Mahon
Writer: Mark Mahon
Distributor: Slowhand Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Augora Hills 8 in Augora Hills CA, the Exchange 10 in Glendale, the Quad Cinema in New York City, the Plant 16 in Van Nuys and in additional locations in select markets on December 7
MPAA Rating: R for some violence
Running Time: 104 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Timber Falls
Logline: A weekend of camping in the mountains becomes an excursion into hell for a young couple, who become pawns in a grotesque plot hatched by deranged locals
Featuring: Beth Broderick, Brianna Brown, Josh Randall, Sascha Rosemann, Nick Searcy
Director: Tony Giglio
Writer: Dan Kay
Distributor: Slowhand Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Granada Hills 9 in Granada Hills CA, the Plant 16 in Van Nuys CA and in additional locations in select markets on December 7
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, tortue, language and some sexuality
Running Time: 93 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: Documents the life of the now-obscure jazz singer
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Distributor: Outsider Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on December 7
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 101 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.78:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
The Walker
Logline: A professional escort who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case
Featuring: Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty, Willem Dafoe, Moritz Bleibtreu, Mary Beth Hurt
Director: Paul Schrader
Writer: Paul Schrader
Distributor: THINKFilm
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in New York City, Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and in additional location in major markets on December 7
MPAA Rating: R for language, some violent material and nude images
Running Time: 107 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital EX
Expanding today
Darfur Now: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Houston
The Holy Modal Rounders... Bound to Lose: Opens at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City
How to Cook Your Life: Opens Boston and Washington D.C.
It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE!: Opens at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood
Margot at the Wedding: Opens at the Pruneyard 7 in Campbell CA, the Angelika Film Center in Dallas, the Angelika Film Center in Plano TX and in additional locations in select markets
Midnight Eagle: Opens at the ImaginAsian Center in Los Angeles
No Country for Old Men: Expands into additional markets
Oswald's Ghost: Opens at Laemmle's Grande 4 in Los Angeles
Redacted: Opens at the Market Street Cinemas in Little Rock, the Little Theatre in Rochester NY, the Broadway Centre Cinemas in Salt Lake City, the Screen Theatre in Santa Fe and the Loft Cinema in Tucson
Romance and Cigarettes: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Houston
What Would Jesus Buy?: Opens at the Tara 4 in Atlanta, the Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills in Austin, Landmark's Magnolia Theatre in Dallas, Landmark's Chez Artiste Theatre in Denver, the Real Art Ways Cinema in Hartford, Landmark's Greenway Theatre in Houston, the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City, Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas in San Diego and the Loft Cinema in Tucson
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
NankingLogline: Letters, diaries and other reports are read and documented in the 1937 "rape of Nanking" by the incading Japanese army. In English and in Japanese and Mandarin with subtitles
Directors: Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
Distributor: THINKFilm
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on December 12
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing images and descriptions of wartime atrocities, including rape
Running Time: 91 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
The Perfect Holiday
Logline: A young girl turns to a department store Santa in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother
Featuring: Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Queen Latifah, Charlie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Katt Williams
Director: Lance Rivera
Writers: Lance Rivera & Marc Calixte and Nat Mauldin & Jeff Stein, story by Lance Rivera & Marc Calixte
Distributor: Yari Film Group
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1000 plus locations on December 12
MPAA Rating: PG for brief language and some suggestive humor
Running Time: 96 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Thursday, December 13, 2007
JonesLogline: A genial young father-to-be from South Carolina arrives for the first time to New York City on business
Featuring: Trey Albright, Amy Chiang, Adnil Ramos
Director: Preston Miller
Writer: Preston Miller
Distributor: Preston Miller Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on December 14
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 76 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Friday, December 14, 2007
Alvin and the ChipmunksLogline: A songwriter discovers three singing chipmunks
Featuring: David Cross, Jason Lee, Cameron Richardson and the voices of Matthew Gray Gubler, Justin Long and Jesse McCartney
Director: Tim Hill
Writers: Jon Vitti and Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi, based upon characters created by Ross Bagdasarian
Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2750 plus locations on December 14
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild rude humor
Running Time: 88 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Arranged
Logline: Two young women — one an Orthodox Jew, the other Muslim — meet and become friends as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn, connecting through their discovery of the similarities of their lives, including both going through an arranged marriage
Featuring: Francis Benhamou, Mimi Lieber, Zoe Lister-Jones, Laith Nakli, John Rothman
Directors: Stefan Schaefer and Diane Crespo
Writer: Stefan Schaefer
Distributor: Film Movement
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Quad Cinema in New York City on December 14
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 90 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Hannah and Her Sisters *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: The lives of three sisters over the course of one year in New York City during the mid-1980s
Featuring: Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest
Director: Woody Allen
Writers: Woody Allen
Distributor: MGM
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on December 14
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 103 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Mono Sound
I Am Legend
Logline: The lone healthy survivor of a biological war faces off against a new breed of nocturnal mutants
Featuring: Alice Braga, Dash Mihok, Paradox Pollack, Salli Richardson, Will Smith, Willow Smith
Director: Francis Lawrence
Writer: Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman, from the novel by Richard Matheson
Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3000 plus locations, including 75 IMAX locations, on December 14
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
The Kite Runner
Logline: A Californian returns to his Afghani homeland to rescue the son of a childhood friend. In English and in Dari with subtitles
Featuring: Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Said Taghmaori, Shaun Toub
Director: Marc Forster
Writers: David Benioff, based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini
Distributor: Dreamworks Pictures/Paramount Vantage
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Plano TX, Landmark's Embassy Cinemas in Waltham MA and in additional locations in major markets on December 14
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for strong thematic material including the rape of a child, violence and brief strong language
Running Time: 128 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Look
Logline: The hidden lives of a disseperate group of Angelinos is seen through the "eyes" of surveillance cameras
Featuring: Giuseppe Andrews, Rhys Coiro, Miles Dougal, Sebastian Feldman, Jennifer Fontaine, Hayes MacArthur, Spencer Redford, Paul Schackman, Ben Weber
Director: Adam Rifkin
Writer: Adam Rifkin
Distributor: Vitagraph Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in New York City, Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles and in Chicago on December 14
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, pervasive language, some violence and brief drug use
Running Time: 98 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: Documents the life of the burgeoning filmmaker and lover of the pop icon, who mysterious disappeared in 1966
Director: Esther Robinson
Distributor: Arthouse Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on December 14
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 78 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.33:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Youth Without Youth
Logline: A timid professor regains his youth after he is struck by lightning
Featuring: Bruno Ganz, André Hennicke, Marcel Iures, Alexandra Maria Lara, Tim Roth
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novella by Mircea Eliade
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern:Opens at the Paris Theatre in New York City and in Los Angeles on December 14
MPAA Rating: R for some sexuality, nudity and a brief disturbing image
Running Time: 126 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Expanding today
The Amateurs: Expands into additional markets
Atonement: Opens at the Pruneyard 7 in Campbell CA, the Angelika Film Center in Plano TX and in additional locations in select markets
Grace is Gone: Opens at the Pruneyard 7 in Campbell CA and in additional locations in select markets
Great World of Sound: Opens at the Nickelodeon Cinemas in Columbia SC
It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE!: Opens at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco
Juno: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Plano TX and in additional locations in select markets
The Walker: Opens at the Camera 12 in San Jose and in additional locations in select markets
What Would Jesus Buy?: Opens at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Flakes
Logline: The slacker manager of a New Orleans cereal bar must face his adulthood when a rival cereal shop threatens to steal his business and his girlfriend
Featuring: Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Lloyd, Izabella Miko, Aaron Stanford
Director: Michael Lehmann
Writers: Chris Poche & Karey Kirkpatrick
Distributor: IFC First Take
Opening Week Release Pattern: Major markets on December 19
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 83 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The District *** NEW TITLE ***
Logline: A group of teens from the wrong side of Budapest's tracks find themselves under attack from Tony Blair and George W. Bush after band together to make themselves rich by traveling back in time, burying a horde of mammoths under the city's streets and returning to the present and drilling for oil. In English and in Hungarian and Romany with subtitles
Featuring the voices of: Gábor Csöre, L.L. Junior, Csaba Pindroch, Gyözö Szabó, László Szacsvay
Director: Áron Gauder
Writers: Máriusz Bari, Viktor Nagy, Erik Novák and László Jakab Orsós
Distributor: Áron Gauder Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York City on December 19
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 87 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Friday, December 21, 2007
National Treasure: Book of SecretsLogline: An adventurer on the hunt for the missing diary pages of John Wilkes Booth discovers one of his own family members may have been a part of a conspiracy to kill Abraham Lincoln
Featuring: Justin Bartha, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger, Helen Mirren, Jon Voight
Director: Jon Turtletaub
Writers: Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley, story by Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberleys & Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio, based on characters created by Jim Kouf and Oren Aviv & Charles Segars
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3150 plus locations on December 21
MPAA Rating: PG for some violence and action
Running Time: 140 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
P.S. I Love You
Logline: A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life
Featuring: Gerard Butler, Harry Connick Jr., Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow, Hilary Swank
Director: Richard LaGravanese
Writers: Richard LaGravanese and Steve Rogers, based on the novel by Cecelia Ahern
Distributor: Warner Brothers
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2000 plus locations on December 21
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual references and brief nudity
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Steep
Logline: Documents the legacy of extreme skiing from its early pioneers to the daredevils of today
Director: Mark Obenhaus
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in New York City, Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles and in additional theatres in major markets on December 21
MPAA Rating: PG for extreme sports action and brief language
Running Time: 92 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Logline: After being pardoned from prison, a barber takes revenge upon the community which unjustly sent him away
Featuring: Helena Bonham Carter, Sasha Baron Cohen, Johnny Depp, Christopher Lee, Timothy Spall
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: John Logan, adaptation by Christopher Bond, based on the Broadway show by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Distributor: DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2000 plus locations on December 21
MPAA Rating: R for graphic bloody violence
Running Time: 118 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Logline: A singer overcomes adversity to become a musical legend
Featuring: Jenna Fischer, David Krumholtz, John C. Reilly, Kristen Wiig
Director: Jake Kasdan
Writers: Judd Apatow & Jake Kasdan
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2850 plus locations on December 21
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language
Running Time: 92 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Expanding today
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Plano TX
Juno: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Houston and in additional locations in select markets
The Savages: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas, the Angelika Film Center in Plano TX and in additional locations in select markets
What Would Jesus Buy?: Opens at the Guild Theatre in Albuquerque
Youth Without Youth: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas and in additional locations in select makets
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Logline: Two evil alien races wage war in an American Midwestern town, with the residents caught in the middle
Featuring: Reiko Aylesworth, Shareeka Epps, Johnny K. Lewis, John Ortiz, Steven Pasquale
Directors: Colin Strause and Greg Strause
Writer: Shane Salerno, based on the Alien character created by Dan O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett and the Predator character created by Jim Thomas & John Thomas
Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3250 plus locations on December 25
MPAA Rating: R for violence, gore and language
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
The Bucket List
Logline: Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die
Featuring: Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow, Jack Nicholson, Beverly Todd
Director: Rob Reiner
Writer: Justin Zackham
Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens in Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto on December 25
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, including a sexual reference
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Charlie Wilson's War
Logline: A Texas congressman and rogue CIA operative funds Afghan rebels during the 1980s invasion by the Soviet Union
Featuring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julia Roberts
Director: Mike Nichols
Writer: Aaron Sorkin, based on the book by George Crile
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2750 plus locations on December 25
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
The Great Debaters
Logline: In 1935, an African-American professor at a small Texas college inspires students to form the school's first debate team
Featuring: Kimberly Elise, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jermaine Williams
Director: Denzel Washington
Writers: Robert Eisele and Suzan-Lori Parks
Distributor: The Weinstein Company/MGM
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2000 plus locations on December 25
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Persepolis
Logline: A young girl comes-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In English and in French, German and Persian with subtitles
Featuring the voices of: Simon Abkarian, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni
Directors: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Writer: Marjane Satrapi, based on her novel
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills, Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino, the Angelika Film Center in New York City, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica and in additional locations in Los Angeles and New York City on December 25
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material including violent images, sexual references, language and brief drug content
Running Time: 95 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Factoid!: Kathleen Kennedy, who has also produced such films as "E.T.," "The Color Purple," "The Sixth Sense," "Seabiscuit" and "Munich," helped get this animated feature produced
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Logline: A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend
Featuring: Ben Chaplin, Alexander Nathan Etel, David Morrisey, Emily Watson
Director: Jay Russell
Writer: Terry George, Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the novel by ...
Distributor: Columbia Pictres
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2500 plus locations on December 25
MPAA Rating: PG for some action/peril, mild language and brief smoking
Running Time: 105 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Expanding today
City Lights: Opens at the Film Forum in New York City
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas and in additional locations in select makets
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
There Will Be Blood
Logline: After buying a family ranch during the Great Depression, a man strikes gold but finds himself destroyed by his riches
Featuring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Dillon Freasier, Ciaran Hinds, Kevin J. O'Connor
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel "Oil!" by Upton Sinclair
Distributor: Paramount Vantage
Opening Week Release Pattern: Major markets on December 26
MPAA Rating: R for some violence
Running Time: 158 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Friday, December 28, 2007
Cassandra's DreamLogline: Two brothers find themselves in big trouble when their jet-setting uncle asks them for a favor
Featuring: Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins, Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Woody Allen
Writers: Woody Allen
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Criterion 6 in Santa Monica and in additional locations in Los Angeles and New York City on December 28
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, some sexual material and brief violence
Running Time: 108 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Honeydripper
Logline: A desperate owner of a failing juke joint panics when the guitar player he has hired to help pack his club goes missing
Featuring: Vondie Curtis-Hall, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton, Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton
Director: John Sayles
Writer: John Sayles
Distributor: Emerging Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills and in additional locations in Los Angeles and New York City on December 28
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief violence and some suggestive material
Running Time: 123 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
The Orphanage
Logline: A woman returns to the house where she was raised, and decides to transform it into an orphanage. In Spanish with subtitles
Featuring: Montserrat Carulla, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Belén Rueda
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Writer: Sergio G. Sánchez
Distributor: Picturehouse
Opening Week Release Pattern: Major markets on December 28
MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing content
Running Time: 110 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Factoid!: Picturehouse is hoping to have the same success with "The Orphanage" as they did last year with producer Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth"
Bonus Factoid!: Spain's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards
Expanding today
DarkBlueAlmostBlack: Opens at the Starz Film Center in Denver
Nina's Heavenly Delights: Opens at the Living Room Theatres in Portland OR
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