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February 15th, 2009
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 four weeks, including actual and estimated screen counts, running times and ratings. This week's report covers 35 known new movies opening in theatres between Friday 2/20/09 and Friday 3/13/09, plus dozens more titles expanding their runs during this timeframe.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Delhi 6Logline: An American-born Hindu goes on a spiritual journey after he brings his ailing grandmother back to India. In English and Hindi with subtitles
Featuring: Abhishek Bachchan, Divya Dutta, Sonam Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni, Om Puri
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Writers: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Prasoon Joshi and Kamlesh Pandey
Distributor: UTV Communications
Opening Week Release Pattern: 70 plus locations in select markets on February 20
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 140 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Eleven Minutes
Logline: Documents the life of Jay McCarroll after he won the first season competition of "Project Runway"
Directors: Michael Selditch and Robert Tate
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in New York City, Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinemas in San Francisco, the Valley Art Theatre in Tempe and Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood on February 20
MPAA Rating: R for language
Running Time: 103 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.78:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Fired Up!
Logline: Two high school friends pretend to be cheerleaders so they can be the only two guys at cheerleader camp
Featuring: Nicholas D'Agosto, John Michael Higgins, AnnaLynne McCord, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, Molly Sims
Director: Will Gluck
Writer: Freedom Jones
Distributor: Screen Gems
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1750 plus locations on February 20
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, partial nudity, language and some teen partying
Running Time: 94 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Must Read After My Death
Logline: Documents the recorded history of a family of free thinkers in Hartford CT in the 1960s who kept extensive audio and written notes about their psychotherapy
Director: Morgan Dews
Distributor: Gigantic Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Quad Cinema in New York City on February 20
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 73 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Three Monkeys
Logline: A family is dislocated when small failings blow up into extravagant lies. In Turkish with subtitles
Featuring: Hatice Aslan, Gürkan Aydin, Ercan Kesal, Cafer Köse, Ahmet Rifat Sungar
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writers: Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan & Ercan Kesal
Distributor: New Yorker Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Seattle exclusive on February 20
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 109 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Logline: A mischievous grandma lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters
Featuring: Viola Davis, Vanessa Ferlito, Derek Luke, Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Sophia Vergara
Director: Tyler Perry
Writer: Tyler Perry
Distributor: Lionsgate
Opening Week Release Pattern: 2150 plus locations on February 20
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, drug content, some violence and sexual situations
Running Time:
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Expanding today
Absurdistan: Opens at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley and Landmark's Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco
Azur & Asmar: Opens at Landmark's Edina Cinemas in Minneapolis
Ballast: Opens at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle
Ballerina: Opens at Landmark's Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis
Beauty in Trouble: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta
Cherry Blossoms: Opens at Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC
The Class: Opens at Landmark's Besthesda Row Cinemas in Bethesda MD, Landmark's Magnolia Theatre in Dallas, Landmark's River Oaks Theatre in Houston, Landmark's La Jolla Village Cinemas in La Jolla CA, the Angelika Film Center in Plano TX, Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica, Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC and in additional locations in select markets
Crips and Bloods: Made in America: Opens at the Red Vic Movie Theatre in San Francisco
Eleven Minutes: Opens at Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinemas in San Francisco
Fanboys: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29: Opens at Landmark's Ritz at the Bourse Cinemas in Philadelphia
Made in U.S.A.: Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Theatre in Boston
Medicine for Melancholy: Opens at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle
Moscow, Belgium: Opens at Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles
The Oscar Nominated Short Films: Opens at tthe Spectrum Theatre in Albany NY, the Hollywood 14 in Asheville NC, he Cine Theatre in Athens GA, Landmark's Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta, the Cedar Lee Cinemas in Cleveland, Landmark's Chez Artiste Theatre in Denver, the Mindframe 6 in Dubuque IA, the Cape Ann Community Cinema in Gloucester MA, the Cinemapolis in Ithaca NY, the Michigan Theatre in Jackson MI, the Miami Beach Cinematheque in Miami Beach FL, Landmark's Lagoon Cinemas in Minneapolis, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art Theatre in Oklahoma City, the Maiden Alley Cinemas in Paducah KY, Landmark's Ken Cinema in San Diego, the Tallahassee Film Society in Tallahassee and the Tampa Theatre in Tampa
One Day You'll Understand: Opens at the Browning Cinema in Notre Dame IN
The Secret of the Grain: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA
Serbis: Opens at Landmark's Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed in the Mountains: Opens at the Harris Theatre in Pittsburgh
Three Monkeys: Opens at Landmark's Varsity Theatre in Seattle
The Village Barbershop: Opens at the Facets Cinematheque in Chicago and the Hollywood Theatre in Portland OR
Waltz with Bashir: Opens at Landmark's Harbor East Cinemas in Baltimore, Landmark's Main Art Theatre in Detroit, Landmark's Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee and Landmark's Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis
Wendy and Lucy: Opens at Landmark's Gateway Cinemas in Columbus OH and the Angelika Film Center in Houston
The Wild Child: Opens at Landmark's Ritz at the Bourse Cinemas in Philadelphia
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Examined LifeLogline: Documents philosophers Peter Singer, Cornel West and Slavoj Žižek as they travel through New York City discussing intellectual discourse and its power to transform our understanding of the world
Director: Astra Taylor
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City on February 25
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 88 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Friday, February 27, 2009
An American AffairLogline: A teenage boy comes of age in the days of John F. Kennedy's Presidency
Featuring: Cameron Bright, Gretchen Mol, Mark Pellegrino, James Rebhorn, Perrey Reeves, Noah Wyle
Director: William Olsson
Writers: Alex Metcalf
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Landmark's Sunshine Cinemas in New York City and Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC on February 27
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language
Running Time: 100 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Bob Funk
Logline: A man who has just been fired from his job by his own mother starts to fall for the woman of his dreams, who is also his new boxx
Featuring: Michael Leydon Campbell, Rachael Leigh Cook, Stephen Root, Amy Ryan, Grace Zabriskie
Director: Craig Carlisle
Writer: Craig Carlisle
Distributor: Cinema Epoch
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood on February 27
MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content
Running Time: 108 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Crossing Over
Logline: A group of immigrants of different nationalities struggle to achieve legal status in Los Angeles, while their desperate scenarios test the humanity of the immigrant enforcement officers charged with dealing with the situation
Featuring: Summer Bishil, Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Sean Penn
Director: Wayne Kramer
Writer: Wayne Kramer
Distributor: The Weinstein Company/MGM
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on February 27
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, some strong violence and sexuality/nudity
Running Time: 113 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Echelon Conspiracy
Logline: A young American engineer finds himself the target of a deadly international plot
Featuring: Edward Burns, Jonathan Pryce, Ving Rhames, Martin Sheen, Shane West
Director: Greg Marcks
Writers: Kevin Elders and Michael Nitsberg
Distributor: After Dark Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: 400 plus locations on February 27
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some sexuality and brief language
Running Time: 106 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Logline: Documents the 2008 concert tour by the titular multi-platinum selling band
Featuring: Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift
Director: Bruce Hendricks
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1200 plus Digital 3D locations on February 27
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 76 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead
Logline: Documents the efforts of one man's crusade to save capital punishment from the mounting wave of moratoriums and death-row commutations
Director: Ted Schillenger
Distributor: Atlas Media Corporation
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City on February 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 94 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Logline: Devastated by the kidnapping of her father, a young woman takes to the streets of Hong Kong to embark on an epic quest for justice
Featuring: Moon Bloodgood, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Kristen Kreuk, Neal McDonouogh
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Writer: Justin Marks, based on the Capcom video games
Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3000 plus locations on February 27
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: 97 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
The Trouble with Romance
Logline: A disparate group of couples explore the challenges and heartaches that come with falling and staying in love
Featuring: David Eigenberg, Roger Fan, Kip Pardue, Sheetal Sheth, Jen Siebel
Director: Gene Rhee
Writers: Gene Rhee & Sharri Hefner & Mike Su
Distributor: Sweet Violet Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Quad Cinema in New York City on February 27
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 88 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Expanding today
Amarcord: Opens at Landmark's Ken Cinema in San Diego and the Castro Theatre in San Francisco
Azur & Asmar: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Cinema in Atlanta and Landmark's Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis
Ballerina: Opens at Landmark's Varsity Theatre in Seattle
Beauty in Trouble: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas
Cherry Blossoms: Opens at Landmark's Ritz at the Bourse Cinemas in Philadelphia
The Class: Opens at Landmark's Main Art Theatre in Detroit and Landmark's Downer Theatre in Milwaukee
Donkey Punch: Opens at the Starz Film Center in Denver
Gomorrah: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA
Let the Right One In: Opens at the Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville FL and the Union Theatre in Milwaukee
Must Read After My Death: Opens at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
Pray the Devil Back to Hell: Opens at Landmark's Lagoon Cinemas in Minneapolis
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man: Opens at Landmark's Gateway Cinemas in Columbus OH and Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed in the Mountains: Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Theatre in Houston
Three Monkeys: Opens at Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC
Trouble the Water: Opens at the Cinema Salem in Salem MA
Two Lovers: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Cinemas in Atlanta, the Alamo Draft House South Lamar Theatre in Austin, the Charles Theatre in Baltimore, Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, the Bronxville Cinemas in Bronxville NY, Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA, Landmark's Century Centre Cinemas in Chicago, the Angelika Film Center in Dallas, the Hollywood Hits Theatre in Danvers MA, Landmark's Main Art Theatre in Detroit, Landmark's Greenwood Village 6 in Greenwood Village CO, Landmark's River Oaks Cinemas in Houston, the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington NY, Landmark's Keystone Art Cinemas in Indianapolis, the Kew Gardens Cinemas in Kew Gardens NY, the Madison Art Cinemas in Madison CT, the Malverne Cinemas in Malverne NY, Landmark's Downer Theatre in Milwaukee, Landmark's Edina Cinemas in Minneapolis, the Clairidge Cinemas in Montclair NJ, the Osio Cinemas in Monterey, the Criterion Cinemas in New Haven, the Dundee Art Theatre in Omaha, Landmark's Ritz 5 in Philadelphia, the Manor Theatre in Pittsburgh, the Princeton Garden Theatre in Princeton NJ, the Roslyn Cinemas in Roslyn Heights NY, Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas in San Diego, Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinemas in San Francisco, the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael CA, the Rialto Lakeside 5 in Santa Rosa CA, Landmark's Harvard Exit Theatre in Seattle, Landmark's Plaza Frontenac Cinemas in St. Louis, Landmark's Embassy Cinemas in Waltham MA, Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC and the Cinema 100 Twin in White Plains NY
Waltz with Bashir: Opens at Landmark's Gateway Cinemas in Columbus OH, Landmark's Renaissance Place Cinemas in Highland Park IL and Landmark's Keystone Art Cinemas in Indianapolis
Wendy and Lucy: Opens at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville and the George Eastman House in Rochester NY
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
12Logline: 12 jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager charged with murdering his stepfather. In Chechen and Russian with subtitles
Featuring: Sergey Garmash, Sergei Gazarov, Sergei Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksei Petrenko, Yuriy Stoyanov
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Writers: Nikita Mikhalkov and Vladimir Moiseyenko and Aleksandr Novototsky
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on March 4
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violent images, disturbing content, thematic material, brief sexual and drug references, and smoking
Running Time: 159 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Friday, March 6, 2009
Everlasting MomentsLogline: The lives of a woman and those in her village change when she wins a camera in the lottery. In Finnish and Swedish with subtitles
Featuring: Jesper Christensen, Maria Heiskanen, Emil Jensen, Ghita Nørby, Mikael Persbrandt
Director: Jan Troell
Writer: Niklas Rådström, story by Jan Troell and Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell
Distributor: IFC Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Landmark's Sunshine Cinemas in New York City on March 6
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 131 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Fados
Logline: Documents the world of fado, a vibrant strand of contemporary world music sometimes referred to as the Portuguese blues. In Portuguese with subtitles
Director: Carlos Saura
Distributor: New Yorker Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas in New York City on March 6
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 88 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Frontier of Dawn
Logline: A photographer begins an affair with an actress. In French with subtitles
Featuring: Louis Garrel, Olivier Massart, Clémentine Poidatz, Laura Smet
Director: Philippe Garrel
Writers: Marc Cholodenko and Arlette Langmann
Distributor: IFC Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the BAM Cinematheque in Brooklyn on March 6
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 106 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
The Horsemen
Logline: A recently widowed detective discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Featuring: Clifton Collins Jr., Dennis Quaid, Chelcie Ross, Peter Stormare, Ziyi Zhang
Director: Jonas Åkerlund
Writer: David Callaham
Distributor: Lionsgate
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on March 6
MPAA Rating: R for grisly and disturbing content, some sexual images and language
Running Time: 110 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Phoebe in Wonderland
Logline: Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a little girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher
Featuring: Patricia Clarkson, Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott
Director: Daniel Barnz
Writers: Daniel Barnz
Distributor: THINKFilm
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Village East Cinemas in New York City, Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC and in Los Angeles on March 6
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material and brief strong language
Running Time: 96 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
Sherman's Way
Logline: An eccentric Olympic has-been who prefers leisure to work finds himself on a road trip with a rigid pre-law Yale student with no time for wasting time
Featuring: Lacey Chabert, Enrico Colantoni, James LeGros, Donna Murphy, Michael Shulman
Director: Craig M. Saavedra
Writer: Tom Nance
Distributor: Starry Night Entertainment
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Village East Cinemas in New York City on March 6
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 96 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Tokyo!
Logline: A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories. In French and Japanese with subtitles
Featuring: Yu Aoi, Jean-François Balmer, Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Teruyuki Kagawa, Denis Lavant
Directors: Joon-ho Bong and Leos Carax and Michel Gondry
Writers: Joon-ho Bong and Leos Carax and Michel Gondry
Distributor: Liberation Entertainment
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Landmark's Sunshine Cinemas in New York City on March 6
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 110 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Venus & Vegas
Logline: Three petty crooks juggle their personal relationships while weaving their way through a botched burglary
Featuring: Donald Faison, Eddie Guerra, Jaime Pressly, Roseyln Sanchez, Molly Sims, Eddie Kaye Thomas
Director: Demian Lichtenstein
Writer: Eddie Guerra
Distributor: 41Inc.
Opening Week Release Pattern: 200 plus locations on March 6
MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content
Running Time: 95 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
Watchmen
Logline: When one of his former compatriots is murdered, a masked vigilante begins his own investigation, discovering a far more terrifying plot to destroy the world
Featuring: Malin Ackerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson
Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: David Hayter and Alex Tse, based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3500 plus locations on March 6
MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language
Running Time: 160 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (2.39:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Expanding today
Absurdistan: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA and Landmark's Ritz at the Bourse Cinemas in Philadelphia
An American Affair: Opens at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
Azur & Asmar: Opens at Landmark's Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco
Ballerina: Opens at Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC
Che: The Roadshow Engagement: Opens at Landmark's Harbor East Cinemas in Baltimore and Landmark's Keystone Art Cinemas in Indianapolis
Cherry Blossoms: Opens at Landmark's Midtown Art Cinema in Atlanta and Landmark's Gateway Cinemas in Columbus OH
Examined Life: Opens at the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center in New Orleans and the Kabuki 8 in San Francisco
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29: Opens at Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles
Let the Right One In: Opens at the Flicks Theatre in Boise
12: Opens at Laemmele's Town Center 5 in Encino, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena and Laemmle's Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles
Wendy and Lucy: Opens at the CCA Cinematheque in Santa Fe
The Wild Child: Opens at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley and in San Francisco
Friday, March 13, 2009
Brothers at WarLogline: Documents a filmmaker's attempt to film his two brothers as they fight in the Middle East
Director: Jake Rademacher
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at the Shirlington 7 in Arlington VA, the River East 15 in Chicago, the Columbus 15 in Columbus GA, the Fayetteville 12 in Fayetteville NC, the Jacksonville 16 in Jacksonville NC, the Raliegh 15 in Raleigh NC and Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC on March 13
MPAA Rating: R for language and a brief war image
Running Time: 110 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Carmen & Geoffrey
Logline: Documents the lives of two of modern dance's giants, Carmen De Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder
Directors: Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob
Distributor: First Run Features
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Quad Cinema in New York City on March 13
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 80 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Stereo
The Edge of Love
Logline: Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both
Featuring: Keira Knightley, sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys
Director: John Maybury
Writer: Sharman Macdonald
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Opening Week Release Pattern: Opens at Landmark's Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles and in additional locations in select markets on March 13
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA
Running Time: 110 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
CREDIT ABUSE: There are FOURTEEN producers, co-producers, associate producers, line producers and executive producers listed for this film
The Last House on the Left
Logline: Three ruthless criminals take refuge in a secluded house in the woods, unaware the owners are the parents of a girl they just attacked and left for dead
Featuring: Garret Dillahunt, Tony Goldwyn, Martha MacIssac, Sara Paxton, Monica Potter
Director: Dennis Iliadis
Writers: Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth, based on the 1972 film written by Wes Craven
Distributor: Rogue Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3000 plus locations on March 13
MPAA Rating: R for sadistic brutal violence including a rape and disturbing images, language, nudity and some drug use
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
Miss March
Logline: A young man awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world's most famous men's magazines
Featuring: Raquel Alessi, Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Craig Robinson, Molly Stanton
Director: Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore
Writers: Zach Cregger & Trevor Moore
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 1500 plus locations on March 13
MPAA Rating: R for strong crude and sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use
Running Time: 89 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS
A Perfect Getaway
Logline: A Hawaiian honeymoon turns dangerous for newlyweds who discover they are being stalked by a pair of killers
Featuring: Milla Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton, Steve Zahn
Director: David Twohy
Writer: David Twohy
Distributor: MGM
Opening Week Release Pattern: Select markets on March 13
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital
Race to Witch Mountain
Logline: A Vegas cab driver is hired by two teens to take them to a secret place in the middle of the desert
Featuring: Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Dwayne Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, Cheech Marin, Gary Marshall, AnnaSophia Robb
Director: Andy Fickman
Writers: Matt Lopez and Mark Bomback and Andy Fickman
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: 3500 plus locations on March 13
MPAA Rating: PG for sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous situations, and some thematic elements
Running Time: Not yet set
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Spinning into Butter
Logline: A dean of students is thrust into a hate-crime investigation
Featuring: Beau Bridges, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Rebhorn, Miranda Richarson, Mykelti Williamson
Director: Mark Brokaw
Writer: Rebecca Gilman, based on her play
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to Landmark's Sunshine Cinemas in New York City on March 13
MPAA Rating: R for language
Running Time: 86 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby Stereo
Tokyo Sonata
Logline: An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company. In Japanese with subtitles
Featuring: Haruka Igawa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Inowaki Kai, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Max Mannix and Sachiko Tanaka
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the IFC Film Center in New York City on March 13
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements and brief strong language
Running Time: 119 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
Sound Format: Dolby SR
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Logline: Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles. In French with subtitles
Featuring: Charles Denner, Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Director: Costa-Gavras
Writer: Jorge Semprún, based on the novel by Vasilis Vasilikos
Distributor: Rialto Pictures
Opening Week Release Pattern: Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City on March 13
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 127 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)
Sound Format: Mono Sound
Expanding today
Absurdistan: Opens at Landmark's Tivoli Theatre in St. Louis
Amarcord: Opens at Landmark's E Street Cinemas in Washington DC
An American Affair: Opens at Landmark's Kendall Square Cinemas in Cambridge MA
Beauty in Trouble: Opens at Landmark's Varsity Theatre in Seattle
Crips and Bloods: Made in America: Opens at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland OR and the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle
The Objective: Opens at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
Pray the Devil Back to Hell: Opens at Landmark's Gateway Cinemas in Columbus OH
The Secrets: Opens at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas and the Angelika Film Center in Houston
Sherman's Way: Opens at Laemmle's Monica 4 in Santa Monica
Tokyo!: Opens at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago
Wendy and Lucy: Opens at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend WA
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