1st Quarter 2006

1st Quarter 2006
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CONTENTS
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Series 2 Tax Year 2005 – 2006
Completed Acquisitions
Exitz ............................................................................ 1
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Series 2 Tax Year 2004 – 2005
Completed Productions
Beowulf & Grendel ......................................................... 2
Completed Acquisitions
Love Visa...................................................................... 3
Nee Kidaital Podum ........................................................ 4
Shukriya....................................................................... 5
Take 3 Girls .................................................................. 6
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Series 2 Tax Year 2003 – 2004
Completed Productions
Bailey’s Billion$ ............................................................. 7
Merchant of Venice ........................................................ 9
The River King............................................................. 11
Guy X ........................................................................ 12
Perfect Creature .......................................................... 13
Completed Acquisitions
King of Bollywood ........................................................
Cape Karma ................................................................
Kuch Din Kuch Pal........................................................
Chess.........................................................................
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Series 1 Tax Year 2002 – 2003
Completed Productions
The Bridge of San Luis Rey............................................
Head in the Clouds.......................................................
A Different Loyalty .......................................................
The Statement ............................................................
Jericho Mansions .........................................................
Five Moons Square.......................................................
The Last Sign ..............................................................
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Forthcoming Films 2005-2006
Under Acquisition Negotiation
Red Mercury................................................................
Dark Places.................................................................
Victims .......................................................................
D’Artagnan and the 3 Musketeers...................................
Chakri ........................................................................
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Series 2
Tax Year 2005 – 2006
Completed Acquisitions
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COMPLETED ACQUISITIONS
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Exitz
Malcolm McDowell plays a manipulative computer-games tycoon called
Percy in Exitz, a script by Farrukh Dhondy. His scheming employees
take advantage of his obsessive immersion in this game to launch a
palace coup and a thrilling tale of deceit, manipulation and murder
unfolds.
Production was by an Anglo-Indian outfit Inspired Movies, which made
the Charlie Brooks movie Take 3 Girls. The game-within-a-game has
Percy recruiting the new Miss India (played by Perizaad Zorbian) to
star in an interactive virtual-reality project.
Starring
Malcolm McDowell
Perizaad Zorbian
Stephen Billington
(A Clockwork Orange, If, Star Trek)
(Jogas Park, Mumbai Matinee, Morning Raaga)
(Resident Evil, Callas Forever)
Director
Laurens C Postma
(Midnight Breaks)
Thriller.
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Series 2
Tax Year 2004 – 2005
Completed Productions
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COMPLETED PRODUCTIONS
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Beowulf & Grendel
Part fable, part horror story, Beowulf & Grendel is an adaptation of the
epic poem "Beowulf," about a Norse warrior's battle against Grendel,
the murderous troll. The poem is said to have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien to
write "The Lord of the Rings”. The film is being shot in Iceland against
stunning backdrops and with many special effects.
Starring
Gerard Butler
Sarah Polley
Ingvar Sigurdsson
(The Phantom of the Opera)
(Dawn of the Dead 2004, My Life Without Me,
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)
(K-19 The Widowmaker)
Director
Sturla Gunnarson
(Such a Long Journey)
Epic drama. Budget $10.5m.
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Series 2
Tax Year 2004 – 2005
Completed Acquisitions
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COMPLETED ACQUISITIONS
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Love Visa
Love Visa (aka Kaadhalukku Visa) is a love story between Aishwarya
and Arjun, who meet and fall in love, only to have objections raised by
her father. Afraid their love will be destroyed, the pair run away to the
UK and encounter all manner of perils, including attempts on Arjun’s
life by Kamesh, a man interested solely in marrying Aishwarya for her
family wealth. The pair are also pursued by Mr Bhupathi, a millionaire,
convinced by an astrologer that Aishwaraya is the daughter he lost in a
car accident.
A Tamil language film.
Starring
Junior Baliah
Yuvarsi
Y Gee Mahendra
Anju
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Nee Kidaital Podum
“The character of a person is rightfully what a person really is” says
Vivekanand. And a thing as important as character, what goes into
making it? Well it is, of course, our thoughts that rise out of what the
mind sees and watches; our surroundings and most of all our family
and its background are most crucial in building a strong or weak
character. One lives for his/her family. It is mutual give and take, a
feeling of togetherness, a feeling that holds all in a family together.
This is a story of a girl named Nisha, who has lost her parents while
she was still very young. She has been brought up by her three loving
uncles, who have sacrificed their entire lives for her happiness and
proper upbringing, restoring in her mind all the values an culture of
their country. None of them ever got married in order to be able to
devote their best to this little girl. They hold only one common interest
in their minds and that is to find the right match for Nisha………
A Tamil language film.
Starring
Sachin Dev
Anandi Tripathi
Mani Chananda
Director
D Shivraj
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Shukriya
We are taught to be wary of strangers. For they represent the
unknown. For Anupam Kher, the star of Shukriya, the fourth
Bollywood/ London collaboration from Inspired Movies Ltd., the arrival
of a mysterious stranger, in the form of Aftab, will change his life for
ever. But, 'for ever' may not be such a long time for Anupam.
In this gripping suspense thriller, our hero finds his life is now hanging
in the balance. What, asks anti-hero Aftab of our hero Anupam, is so
compelling about your life that I should let you keep it? As in 1001
Nights, Anupam's survival depends on his ability to spin stories about
life's rich tapestry that keep the mysterious stranger engaged enough
to let him live to tell more life tales. It is only when faced with the
threat of death that Shukriya's central character, using words to fight
for his life, realises just how sweet that life really is.
This one will keep audiences on the edge of their seats, as Anupam's
life vs death challenge becomes an amplified version of their own
human imperative: to celebrate every second of life in all its dazzling
riches, holding back the dark that waits beyond. Through the power of
his passion for life and his words, can Anupam achieve the impossible?
Will Life triumph over Death just this once?
Starring
Aftab Shivdasani
Shreya Saran
Anupam Kher
Rati Agnihotri
(Masti, Footpath)
(The Blue Umbrella, Balu)
(Bride & Prejudice, Bend It Like Beckham),
(Aisa Kyon Hota Hain, Pehchaan)
Director
Anupma Sinha
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Take 3 Girls
Take 3 Girls captures the spirit of London's vibrant but dangerous
multi-cultural youth music scene and the ties that hold it together music, clubbing, hopes and dreams. It's about growing up and the
redemptive power of family love .
Three girl musicians from different backgrounds are at the heart of the
film. Lyla is a beautiful Indian girl with a voice like an angel. Patsy is a
tough talking squatter whose DJ skills are second to none. Spot is a
rapper with a dark secret. One night Patsy and Spot sneak into an
empty warehouse, intent on putting on an illegal rave. The warehouse
belongs to Mo, a bankrupt businessman, who hides his financial
problems from his wife Romila, still grieving the death of their
daughter eight years ago. The police break up the rave and report the
incident to Mo, who chooses not to press charges against the girls.
They've given him an idea. He'll use money that he's safe-keeping for
a friend to finance the conversion of his empty warehouse into
London's hippest music club, with the girls as the main attraction.
They are the same age Mo and Romila's daughter would have been.
As the film progresses, an unlikely new extended family forms; Mo and
Romila help the girls grow up. In turn their grief is healed.
The five central characters provide each other with the support each
needs to escape a past of gangsters, violence and life on the edge that
threatens to destroy their dream.
Starring
Caroline Chikeze
Charlie Brooks
Karen David
Kabir Bedi
Soni Razdan
(As If, Footballer's Wives)
(Eastenders)
(Batman Begins, Bollywood Queen)
(The Bold and the Beautiful, Sandokan,
Octopussy)
(Monsoon Wedding)
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Director
Baz Taylor
(Midsomer Murders)
Family entertainment.
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Series 2
Tax Year 2003 – 2004
Completed Productions
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COMPLETED PRODUCTIONS
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Bailey’s Billion$
A billionairess leaves her fortune to her dog instead of her nephew.
The nephew cannot inherit all the money until the dog dies. He has to
try and kill the dog; his only problem is the dog can talk and is smarter
than he is.
Starring
Jennifer Tilly
Jon Lovitz
Tim Curry
Dean Cain
(Bound, The Getaway, Jericho Mansions)
(Scary Movie 2)
(Rocky Horror Picture)
(The New Adventures of Superman – television
series, Out of Time)
Director
David Devine
(Beethoven Lives Upstairs)
Family comedy. Budget $8m. Finished shooting on October 20th 2003
and released in 2004.
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Stills from Bailey’s Billion$
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Merchant of Venice
A lavish authentic adaptation
production. Al Pacino stars in
British stars including Joseph
Luxembourg and Venice, it is
Michael Radford.
of Shakespeare’s play in a UK/Italian cothe role of Shylock with an A-list of
Fiennes and Jeremy Irons. Filmed in
directed by Oscar-winning director
Starring
Al Pacino
Joseph Fiennes
Jeremy Irons
(Godfather Trilogy, Scent of a Woman)
(Shakespeare in Love)
(Dead Ringers, Reversal of Fortune)
Director/Writer
Michael Radford (Oscar winner for Il Postino)
Drama. Budget $20m. Filming completed.
*** Royal Premiere in the presence of Prince Charles ***
*** Odeon Leicester Square ***
*** November 29th 2004 ***
***BAFTA 2004 Nomination for Best Costume Design***
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Stills from Merchant of Venice
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The River King
Supernatural murder mystery about a small town cop who is called in
when a student drowns at an elite prep school. Even though the
headmaster insists it was suicide, the detective suspects foul play
when he finds clues seemingly left by the dead boy’s spirit.
Based on the best-selling novel by Alice Hoffman.
Starring
Edward Burns
Jennifer Ehle
(Saving Private Ryan, The Brothers McMullen)
(Pride and Prejudice)
Director
Nick Willing
(Jason and the Argonauts, Photographing
Fairies)
UK/Canadian co-production with Kismit Film Company, imX
Communications and Myriad Pictures.
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Guy X
Filmed in Iceland, the story, set in 1979, centres around an unlucky
soldier who is sent to Qangattarsa, a secret military base in the Arctic,
because of a clerical error. Once there, he discovers that he cannot
escape because he no longer officially exists. The film is inspired by
the true story of a secret American hospital that was used to house
fatally injured soldiers that were officially labelled as missing-in-action.
Based on the novel “No One Thinks of Greenland” by John Griesemer.
Starring
Jeremy Northam
Natascha McElhone
Jason Biggs
(The Statement, The Singing Detective,
Enigma)
(The Truman Show, FeardotCom)
(American Pie)
Director
Saul Metzstein
(Late Night Shopping)
Comedy. Budget $7m. Anglo-Canadian-Icelandic co-production.
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Perfect Creature
A fast-paced, scary film with awesome special effects that will be shot
entirely in New Zealand, with the team from the “Lord of the Rings”
trilogy. The New Zealand Film Council is making its largest ever
investment into this film.
Of significance are the pedigrees of our two co-producing partners Tim Sanders produced the first “Lord of the Rings” and “Whale Riders”
and Roc Media produced “Bend It Like Beckham”.
Starring
Dougray Scott
Saffron Burrows
(Mission Impossible II, Ever After)
(Deep Blue Sea, Enigma)
Director
Glenn Standring
(Truth about Demons)
Sci-fi vampire chiller. Budget $12m.
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Series 2
Tax Year 2003 – 2004
Completed Acqusitions
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COMPLETED ACQUISITIONS
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King of Bollywood
This is the story of young 51-year-old Karan Kumar (best known as
KK), who in his heyday was the top star in Bollywood, the eponymous
The King of Bollywood, a title that has stuck with him and has led to
him having grandiose notions about himself to-date. But the cruel fact
is that KK is now nothing more than a shadow of his former self. He is
a faded yet likeable hammy actor way past his "sell-by" date.
Enter Crystal Chaurasia, 24, a young NRI documentary filmmaker of a
somewhat Indian origin. As a child, Crystal's favourite Bollywood Hero
used to be KK (her grandmother used to show her videos of KK's films
as sleep-inducers at bedtime) and she comes to Mumbai from UK to
make a documentary backed by The International Film Commission on
the life and times of KK.
KK realizes that he is past his prime and fuelled by the urging of his
"Secretary" Ratnesh Goyal, he tries to convince his son Rahul, 25, to
be launched as a hero in order to carry on his legacy as a star. But,
Rahul is absolutely averse to Bollywood and will have nothing to do
with it.
Having reached a dead end, KK decides to re-launch himself with a
film he will direct and star in as a hero. His movie fails at the box office
but he does not accept defeat. Since he did not get "Rewards" from
the audience, he now wants "Awards" from film award bodies.
Meanwhile, Crystal who has been immersed in shooting the
documentary on KK's incredible journey and has slowly let Bollywood
grow on her, develops a tender relationship with Rahul.
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Ratnesh brings this to KK's attention and KK, as a last gambit, first
rekindles ambition in his embittered wife Mandira, who is herself a
retired former star, then manipulates Crystal's latent desire for
Bollywood stardom to ensnare her, and finally uses her to suck Rahul
into the big bad world of Bollywood.
A new sure-to-succeed "Super Duper Hit" film is launched starring KK,
Mandira, Rahul and Crystal, as the never-say-die KK poses grandly for
a Happy Family Picture.
The King finally wrests back his crown as the Prince ascends the
throne.
Starring
Sophie Dahl
Boman Irani
Kavita Kapoor
Om Puri
(Stories of Lost Souls, Standing Room Only)
(Maine Gandi Ko Nahin Mara, No Entry)
(Saans, Jeena Teri Gali Mein)
(East is East, City of Joy, Gandhi)
Director
Piyush Jha (Chalo America)
Comedy.
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Cape Karma
Manav is a lonely man, haunted by his past. After his wife left him for
another, Manav (Sanskrit for 'Man') seems to have been perpetually at
crossroads.
One night, his car crashes into an electric pole off the desolate
highway. As he stumbles out of the wreck, he sees a door. A
luminescent orange door all by itself in the middle of the the road! A
bewildered Manav opens it and crosses onto the other side…
He is still on the same road and nothing seems changed. But, his life
will never be the same again.
A mysterious woman, Maya (Illusion), walks into his life. And soon,
he's obsessed by her. She is truly like nothing he has ever
encountered. He has never experienced the kind of desire that she has
evoked in him.
Little does he know that he is on the edge of a precipice. Of something
dangerous, of something fatal, of something perhaps far worse. For,
he finds himself hurtling along on a mind-numbingly frightening
journey. Surreal, bizarre, demonic.
Cape Karma - a nightmarish destiny. A terrifying ride into the whirlpool
of madness.
Starring
Rahul Dev
Audrey Wodehouse
(Footpath)
Director
Pankaj Advani
Psychological thriller.
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Kuch Din Kuch Pal
Six young Indians - three boys, three girls - are thrown together to
learn about life, love and themselves, on a six month posting to the
bright lights of London.
They start off as strangers in a strange land. But, their destiny is to
become the closest of friends as they experience, in turn, drama,
romance and comedy in their shared adventure abroad.
Aside from family, friendships are the deepest bonds we will forge, and
this is a tale of a group of young friends that everyone will identify
with. In the best tradition of ensemble cast 'buddy' movies, the film's
energy comes from the contrasts between the six very different
characters as they change and grow.
As the film opens, the six gather for the first time at Mumbai airport
for the start of a six-month adventure of discovery that will change
them all forever.
It's a journey that the audience shares, becoming part of the group of
friends and experiencing the highs and lows, comedy moments,
mishaps, challenges and adventures that they experience against the
stunning backdrops of metropolitan London.
Six months is a short time. But, for each of our group of friends, the
six months of Kich Din Kuch Pal becomes a defining period in their
lives. They discover who they are and what they value in life before
returning to India as six very different people.
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Starring
Sudhanshu Panday
Sonu Sood
Bhukima Puri
Shruti Ulfat
(Yakeen, Kanyadan)
(Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife,
Mission Mumbai)
(Kiss Kisko)
(Aetbaar, Raaz)
Director
K S Sivaraman
Chess
A powerful international thriller filmed in English and starring Anupam
Kher and Mahima Choudhury, Chess the movie differs from chess the
game in that it moves at a cracking pace. A billionaire businessman, a
brilliant young software genius and their wives are at the heart of this
fast-moving tale of thwarted ambition, industrial espionage, devotion
and revenge.
Anupam Kher's character is a Master of the Universe – a Murdoch-level
mover and shaker of the business world who has amassed a fortune of
billions and seems unbeatable. The richest Indian in Britain, Anupam's
character has the uncanny ability to anticipate his business rivals'
every move and is renowned for stealing the spoils from under their
noses, often with a surprise and breath-taking move.
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Toiling within one of his many companies is the man who turns out to
be Anupam's nemesis, a software genius working on a new product
worth millions that will finally bring him to his hero, Anupam's,
attention, and secure his own future in the firmament of business
stars. At least so he thinks.
When the new software disappears from the company's computer
system on the day it is to be presented to the Big Boss, it is clearly an
audacious case of company theft. The software's creator himself is
thrown in jail as the culprit, leading to ruin for himself and his young
pregnant wife, the dashing of his dreams, and a decision to seek
revenge on his former idol, whom he blames for his misfortune.
After both men's wives have been tragically pulled into the web of
treachery and revenge that is revealed as the film unfolds, the
ultimate showdown between the two men, one brandishing a gun, the
other armed incongruously with just a chess board, reveals an
unexpected twist; a deus ex machina that has been guiding the story,
unknown to all of the protagonists bar the chief Player himself.
Starring
Mahima Choudhury
Anupam Kher
(Sandwich, Film Star)
(Bride & Prejudice, Bend It Like Beckham)
Director
Manoj Bhatnagar
Thriller.
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Series 1
Tax Year 2002 – 2003
Completed Productions
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COMPLETED PRODUCTIONS
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Five people, on separate journeys for seemingly unconnected reasons,
happen to be crossing the bridge at San Luis Rey at noon on the
fateful day of July 20th 1714. The bridge breaks and all five fall to their
deaths in the deep gorge below. Was it chance or the hand of God that
brought these five together at that fatal time in that place? Or were
they in some way responsible, themselves, for what happened?
Set in early 18th century Peru at the height of the Spanish Inquisition,
this timeless story of delicately interwoven lives traverses worlds as
diverse as the theatres, convents, brothels and docks of Lima, Peru to
the sea-faring explorations, scientific institutions and courts of Madrid,
Spain. What unfolds is that one woman’s life touched all of them. Yet
she survived.
Starring
Robert De Niro
Kathy Bates
Gabriel Byrne
Harvey Keitel
(Godfather Trilogy, Casino)
(About Schmidt, Misery)
(The Usual Suspects, Stigmata)
(Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
Director
Mary McGuckian
(This is the Sea, Words Upon the Windowpane)
Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning novel. Filmed in Spain. Music by
award-winning composer Lalo Schifrin (Mission Impossible, Tango, FX,
Cool Hand Luke) conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Stills from Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Head in the Clouds
Set in 1930s England, the Spanish Civil War and the last days of the
occupation of Paris, the story follows young Cambridge student, Guy
Malyon whose world is changed forever by a passionate affair with a
hedonistic photographer, Gilda Besse. Penélope Cruz plays Mia, a
Spanish refugee, who shares their lives until events on the World stage
threaten to separate them forever.
This epic story follows the unlikely trio across Europe, from the
decadent Paris of the ‘30s to London’s impoverished East End; from
the killing fields of Spain’s Civil War to occupied France… until finally a
dangerous secret threatens to tear them apart.
Starring
Penélope Cruz
Charlize Theron
(Vanilla Sky, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin)
(The Cider House Rules, The Italian Job
Oscar winner as ‘Aileen’ [remake], Devil’s Advocate, Legend of Bagger
in Monster
Vance)
Stuart Townsend
(Queen of the Damned, The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen)
Director
John Duigan
(Lawn Dogs, Sirens)
Head in the Clouds is a classic romance which will appeal to audiences
who enjoyed “The English Patient” and “The End of the Affair”.
Filmed in France.
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Stills from Head in the Clouds
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A Different Loyalty
Based on the British 1950s spy scandal defection to Russia of Guy
Burgess, Donald Maclean and Kim Philby.
Sharon Stone plays Sally, the wife of defector Leo Cauffield played by
Rupert Everett. She was the wife of his best friend before being
seduced and subsequently marrying him.
A Different Loyalty depicts the events surrounding Cauffield’s defection
to Russia through the eyes of his wife. Then one night her life is
shattered when Leo fails to turn up to a drinks party in Beirut and has
seemingly vanished from the face of the earth…
Later when he makes contact from Moscow, and still desperately in
love with him, she defies threats from the US government and risks all
to go and visit him. He may now be a KGB general, but, to Sally, he
has become a diminished man. A Different Loyalty is a gripping,
powerful drama, part thriller, part love story, part impossible moral
dilemma.
Starring
Sharon Stone
Rupert Everett
(Basic Instinct, Casino, Sphere)
(Another Country, My Best Friend’s Wedding,
Ideal Husband)
Director
Marek Kanievska
(Another Country, Less Than Zero)
Anglo-Canadian co-production with Transfilm.
Filmed in Canada, UK, Russia and Malta.
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The Statement
The Statement shines a light on some of the darkest corners of the
religious and political establishment. Set in modern day France, it is
the story of Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine) who, as a young man was
a war criminal under the Vichy regime. Brossard has never been
brought to trial and has lived a peaceful and anonymous life sheltered
by right-wing elements within the Catholic Church. A new investigation
into his crimes is launched and Brossard finds himself the target of hit
men on the one hand and police investigators on the other. A wily old
fox, he keeps outwitting his pursuers while desperately trying to figure
out who they are.
Starring
Sir Michael Caine
(The Ipcress File, The Quiet American, The
Cider House Rules, Get Carter, The Italian Job)
Tilda Swinton
(Vanilla Sky, Adaptation)
Jeremy Northam
(The Singing Detective, Gosford Park)
Charlotte Rampling (The Night Porter, The Verdict)
Alan Bates
(Far from the Madding Crowd)
Director
Norman Jewison
(Rollerball, Thomas Crown Affair, Fiddler on the
Roof, Moonstruck, The Hurricane)
Canadian Producer
Robert Lantos
(Bruce Beresford's Black Robe, Atom Egoyan's
Exotica, David Cronenberg's eXistenZ, Istvan
Szabo's Sunshine)
Anglo-French-Canadian co-production. From the novel, The Statement,
written by Brian Moore. Filmed in France.
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Jericho Mansions
A janitor (James Caan) in an old, creaky US apartment block leads a
hermit’s life. Suffering memory loss, his past is a blank, and even dayto-day events don’t get properly ordered in his mind. Tormented by
the owner of the block (Genevieve Bujold) who loathes him and wants
to fire him, his only friend is the “masseuse” on the third floor
(Jennifer Tilly) who gets him to mind her child while she is busy
servicing her customers.
When one of the inhabitants of the block is found murdered, all fingers
of suspicion point to the janitor – to such an extent that soon he starts
to believe it might really have been him. Only as events unfold does he
begin to realise that somewhere in his past lies the key to the truth.
Starring
James Caan
Jennifer Tilly
Genevieve Bujold
Maribel Verdu
(The Godfather, Misery, Mickey Blue Eyes)
(The Getaway, Bound, Monsters Inc – voice)
(Tightrope, Dead Ringers)
(star of Miramax’s international hit, Y Tu Mama
Tambien)
Director
Alberto Sciamma
(Killer Tongue, Anazapta)
Anglo-Canadian co-production with Milagro and Transfilm (the team
behind “Highlander” and “Grey Owl”).
Filmed in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Stills from Jericho Mansions
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Five Moons Square
On 16 March 1978, Aldo Moro, five times elected Prime Minister of
Italy, was kidnapped in Rome by Red Brigade terrorists, and his five
bodyguards murdered. For 54 days the Red Brigade bargained for his
life in exchange for the release of thirteen members of their gang on
trial in Turin. Subsequent negotiations included the personal
intervention of the Pope, President Jimmy Carter and UN Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim. Finally, after a phone call, Moro’s body was
discovered in the boot of a car in the centre of Rome.
Subsequent hampering of investigations in search of the truth has led
to suspicions of a cover-up in a web of intrigue and speculation to rival
that of the assassination of President Kennedy. Five Moons Square is a
hard-hitting, fast-paced political thriller that begins with the
investigating judge (Donald Sutherland) receiving a box, containing a
reel of film showing the murder of Moro as well as important clues that
might lead to the truth …
Starring
Donald Sutherland (Klute, Don’t Look Now, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Shadow Conspiracy, The
Assignment)
Stefania Rocca
Giancarlo Giannini
(Heaven, Talented Mr Ripley)
(Saving Grace, Fever Pitch, Hannibal)
Director
Renzo Martinelli
(The Waterbaby, Kidnapping, Porzus, Vajont)
Anglo-Italian-German co-production.
Filmed in Rome, Siena and Germany.
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Stills from Five Moons Square
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The Last Sign
Kathleen, (Andie MacDowell) 37, is a pretty woman struggling with her
own hurt and rebellion, and trying to heal her wounds after the
untimely death of her alcoholic husband, Jeremy, which left her to
bring up the children on her own.
But suddenly her life changes. Strange and disturbing occurrences
disrupt her safe haven. Telephone calls with no caller come every night
just after midnight. Objects and photos oddly disappear. The figure 8
manifests itself repeatedly. The struggle has just begun …
Starring
Andie MacDowell
Margot Kidder
Tim Roth
(Greystoke, Green Card, Sex Lies and
Videotape, Four Weddings and a Funeral)
(Superman, Amityville Horror)
(Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Planet of the
Apes)
Director
Douglas Law
Anglo-French-Canadian co-production.
Filmed in Canada.
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Forthcoming films 2005-2006
Under Acquisition Negotiation
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UNDER ACQUISITION NEGOTIATION
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Red Mercury
Red Mercury is a thriller with an international cast, set in London. The
movie takes on one of the most chilling issues facing western
democracies today – the emergence of ‘home-grown’ terrorism – and
the causes behind it. Red Mercury was completed just three weeks
before the bombs that brought tragedy to London in July 2005. Red
Mercury is about three British-born Muslim fanatics who hold a
restaurant to siege with a lethal bomb.
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Dark Places
A woman hired to take care of two orphaned children at an isolated
country house begins to fear that the ghosts of former employees are
trying to harm the children. The story is recognisable as a reworking of
Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw’ perhaps one of the most
disturbing and debated ghost stories ever written. The script deals
with themes of abuse and deals with its subject matter in a compelling
fashion through a gripping and terrifying ghost story.
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Victims
Jack Peterson lives on the edge of everything he touches. He is the
clown, the raging intellect, the sexual hound, one step removed from a
background of rural poverty. Frederick Donatelli, a superbly rich
American-educated Brit, and Jack have been best friends since they
were twelve years old, all through prep school and college. They share
everything, until he and Freddie become embroiled become embroiled
in a fraternity initiation car crash, resulting in Freddie’s having to leave
school while things blow over. Freddie, insulated from the real world
by his family’s wealth, decides to treat bash in the UK, his home,
where he announces his intention to marry Jack and Freddie’s lifelong
friend Anne, regardless of Jack’s constant overheated infatuation with
her. For Jack, the world begins to unravel, moment by moment, and
the rivalry with his best friend becomes more and more exaggerated,
then frantic, then unreal, then violent. Jack’s life in Freddie’s fabulous
British mansion dissolves into a macabre phantasmagoric dream where
all rules are suspended and death is waiting for each of them…………
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D’Artagnan and the 3 Musketeers
D’Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaries (D’Artganan and the
Three Musketeers) is a new telling of the classic novel by Alexandre
Dumas.
Intrigue and revenge take on a new, diabolical edge in this cloak-anddagger adventure based on Dumas’ unrivalled tale of the Three
Musketeers and their reckless, romantic friend, D’Artagnan. Exile and
possibly death are in the cards for the Queen of France if Cardinal
Richlieu has his way. Aiding him in his sinister campaign is Milady de
Winter, a beautiful and mysterious young woman who possesses
supernatural powers. But are her powers strong enough against
D’Artagnan and his friends?
Swashbuckling duels, wild gallops, fiery showdowns and, for
D’Artagnan, passionate lovemaking dot the pulsating adventures of the
musketeers as they fight for justice, love and the queen’s honour.
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Chakri
Crime love story.
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