Continuing coverage of the Marche du Film in Cannes, indieWIRE reports on the latest deals and news from the Croisette. India-based media company Reliance Big Entertainment commits to a $1 billion slate, the Weinsteins acquired “Eden Lake,” and inked a pan-Asian deal with TV network STAR, Greenstreet nabs the international rights to “Long Time Gone,” Flip Video puts on a shorts competition at Cannes, the Argentina Pavilion celebrates a full slate at the Festival, and more.
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Nonfiction Campaign: Can Errol Morris’s “Standard Operating Procedure” Break the Political Doc Deadlock? - indieWIREFrom: movie-blog.com
Post Date: 2008-04-27 17:32:08
Election years are typically strong for political documentaries. Capitalizing on citizens’ hunger for issues that the mainstream media is either ignoring or mishandling, audiences flock to theaters to get a deeper sense of what’s going on in the world. At least that was the thinking in 2004, with the blockbuster sales of “Fahrenheit 9/11″ and also given the multi-million-dollar grosses of “The Fog of War,” “Control Room,” “Super Size Me,̶...
TRIBECA ‘08 DISPATCH ¦ Clive Owen, Film Critics and “Squeezebox!” - indieWIREFrom: movie-blog.com
Post Date: 2008-04-27 16:56:58
Recalling a night at former New York City club Motherfucker back in 2002 where he watched early footage of “Squeezebox!,” Tribeca Film Festival programming head David Kwok saluted a group of local filmmakers (and their fans) for their perserverance and patience in bringing the documentary to the big screen. At the time, the group — including directors Steve Saporito & Zach Schaffer and producer Lyle Derek — expected to finish their film by the end of 2002. Ye...
