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Dir/scr: Stephen Burke. Ireland. 2009. 104 minsSally Hawkins, who made such an impression in Mike Leighs Happy-Go-Lucky, helps give Irish screwball comedy Happy Ever Afters a boost thanks her quirky and infectuous charm, and while the film is modestly engaging theatrical life is likely to be limited.Writer/director Stephen Burkes story set-up is nicely old-fashioned. Two very different weddings find
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stanley italy ponge MusicWebsite: happyeveraftersthemovieMain cast: Sally Hawkins, Rom Riley, Jade Yourell, Ariyon BakareTopicsReviewsUK/Ireland Chdy United Kingdom - if it ain t broke..
FilmNation is handling international sales on Deepa Mehtas screen adaptation of the acclaimed Salman Rushdie novel Midnights Children and has closed deals with eOne in the UK and UGC in France.Shooting on the Canada-UK project about the post-colonial partition of India is ready to commence in January 2011 in Sri Lanka.Much of the Indian cast is in place and the producers are out to casting on several key roles.Mehta and Salman Rushdie have been collaborating on the script for the past two years. Rushdie said he jumped at the chance to work with the director because her work has great beauty, and I always follow the passion. The Booker Prize winning novel was published in 1981 an
stanley kubek d recently beat 41 other Booker winners to earn the title of the greatest winner of them all.Midnights Children allegory recounts the tumultuous saga of twins born in 1947 on the
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stanley cup ankoff and Andrew Spaulding serve as executive producers alongside Steven Silver and Neil Tabatznik of Blue Ice Entertainment. At once epic, comic and magical, Midnights Children conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself, FilmNation CEO Glen Basner said. Its a wonderful project and we are humbled that we have been chosen to represent it. I am intrigued by epic stories with complex people who have many layers and secrets, and t
