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David Glasser s Cutting Edge Entertainment has taken up international sales rights on Ed Harris Oscar-winner Pollock after the original sales agent Alliance Atlantis
stanley cup Pictures International returned the film to its producers. The producers and I had a disagreement on the post-Oscar direction the international sales effort should take, explained Alliance Atlantis Pictures International president Mark Horowitz. Since my admiration for the picture would not allow me to let it be hindered in any way during this crucial time in its distribution, I agreed to step aside and let the producers follow their own path. Alliance Atlantis boarded the film prior to its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. Directed by and starring Harris, the biopic of Jackson Pollock has been a huge specialised success in North America where it has grossed over $7.25m through Sony Pictures Classics. The film won an Oscar for Marcia Gay Harden s supporting turn as Lee Krasner and
stanley italy Harris was nominated for Best Actor.Producers on the film are Fred Berner, Harris and Jon Kilik. Cutting Edge negotiated the rights to the film with executive producer Peter Bran
stanley cup t.Cutting Edge, the production, financing and sales group run by Glasser, has stepped up the level of its product in the last two years, backing high profile pictures including Alec Baldwin s directorial debut The Devil And Daniel Webster starring Anthony Hopkins, Baldwin and Jennifer Love Hewitt, action movie In The Shadows with James Caa Pxev Udaan, I Am among winners at Indian Film Festival of LA
Independent UK distributor Optimum Releasing has acquired UK rights to anticipated documentaries from Michael Moore and Jonathan Demme, as well as Bob Smeaton s Festival Express and French horror Switchblade Romance. The company has also picked up UK rights to CJ Entertainment s detective thriller Memories Of Murder Currently in production, Fahrenheit 911 sees Michael Moore examining the US as a target for terrorism, and allegations of a relationship between the Bush and Bin Laden families. Jonathan Demme s The Agronomist is a tribute to the life of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist Jean Dominique.Sales on both titles are handled by Wild Bunch.Bob Smeaton s Festival Express is sold by Hanway and documents a train that carried some of the greatest rock bands of all time across Canada in 1970, and includes footage of Jani
stanley cup s Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Band and others as they travelled between shows. French horror Switchblade Romance is the second feature from write
stanley usa r director Alexandre Aja and follows a night of
stanley cup terror for two girls in an isolated farmhouse. Optimum acquired the film from Europa Corp, from which the company picked up UK rights on the French Oscar entry Bon Voyage earlier this year.Other titles on Optimum s 2004 slate include Gus Van Sant s Palme d Or winner Elephant, Julie Bertucelli s Since Otar Left and Faouzi Bensaidi s A Thousand Months. No comments No comments yet
