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stanley polska literary genius, eccentric philosophy, and complex sexuality of Iris Murdoch, the British celeb of letters who died in 1999, will be disappointed with Richard Eyres Iris, a minor, rambling film, almost made-to-order for the dictates of the small screen. As co-written by Eyre and Charles Wood, the film begins ambitiously with a chronicle of the young, vibrant Iris splendidly played by Kate Winslet, pictured here , but then rapidly escalates into a mildly engaging story of the older Iris Judi Dench and her painful struggle with Alzheimers Disease in the final years of her life. A solid cast of two sets of players, Winslet and Hugh Bonneville, and Dench and Jim Broadbent, who embody the characters in different phases of their lives, elevates this small-scal eBritish product only a notch or two above TV-Movie-of-the-Week.Neither Winslet nor Dench look like the real-life Iris, who died at the age of 80, and hence was older by over a decade than Dench. However, a more successful effort has been made to match the two actresses physical appearance, speech, and behavioral mann
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Animation features a voice performance from the late Christopher Lee.GKIDS has acquired North American rights to Extraordinary Tales, an animated film anthology of five of Edgar Alle
stanley cana n Poes best-known stories.The film, which features the voices of Sir Christopher Lee in one of his final film performances , Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands, Roger Corman, and Guillermo Del Toro, screens throughout this week at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.GKIDS plans a day-and-date release on October 30, in theaters and on video-on-demand platforms.The deal was negotiated between Stephan Roelants for Melusine Productions and Eric Beckman for GKIDS.The film, directed by Ra煤l Garc铆a, features new takes on The Tell-Tale Heart, The
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stanley espana .The animation is inspired by sources from classic Hollywood black-and-white monster films to the pulp feel of EC Comics.Producer is Stephan Roelants and co-producers are Ra煤l Garc铆a, Rocio Ayuso, Serge Ume and Isabelle Truc.TopicsDistributionUnited States No comments Related articles News Voltage Pictures hires Benan Guz to senior international sales distribution role
