Here is the trailer for Magnolia Pictures upcoming film FREAKONOMICS . The movie premieres on VOD, XBOX and Amazon.com on September 3 and opens in theaters on October 1, 2010.
FREAKONOMICS is the highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years: Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money), Academy Award® nominees Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp), Academy Award® nominee Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) and Seth Gordon (The King of Kong).
Women Make Movies (WMM) announces its acquisition of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto’s PINK SARIS, a documentary about Northern India’s Gulabi Gang. The film will have its world premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, which Longinotto will attend.
“A girl’s life is cruel…A woman’s life is very cruel,” notes Sampat Pal, the complex protagonist at the center of PINK SARIS. Sampat should know – like many others she was married as a young girl into a family which made her work hard and beat her often. But unusually, she fought back, leaving her in-laws and eventually becoming famous as a champion for beleaguered women throughout Uttar Pradesh, many of whom find their way to her doorstep. Like Rekha, a fourteen year old Untouchable, who is three months pregnant and homeless – unable to marry her unborn child’s father because of her low caste. Fifteen year old Renu’s husband from an arranged marriage has abandoned her, her father-in-law has been raping her and she’s threatening to throw herself under a train. Both young women, frightened and desperate, reach out for their only hope: Sampat Pal and her Gulabi Gang, Northern India’s women vigilantes in pink. PINK SARIS i s an unflinching and often amusing look at these unlikely political activists and their charismatic leader; in extraordinary scenes, we watch Sampat launch herself into the center of family dramas, witnessed by scores of spectators, convinced her mediation is the best path for these vulnerable girls. Her partner Babuji, who has watched Sampat change over the years, is less certain….
Director Kim Longinotto is known for making films which highlight women fighting oppression or discrimination, such as ROUGH AUNTIES (winner of the Sundance World Cinema Jury Prize in Documentary and recently premiered on HBO), DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE, and SISTERS IN LAW (a Peabody Award winner). As with PINK SARIS, Longinotto is able to find the humor and humanity in situations and characters that might otherwise be seen as tragic.
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has become the launching pad for the best of international, Hollywood and Canadian cinema, and is recognized as the most important film festival after Cannes. Kim Longinotto’s films GAEA GIRLS and SISTERS IN LAW have made previous appearances at TIFF.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment places human nature under a microscope when Nicole Holofcener’s (Friends with Money, Lovely & Amazing) Please Give debuts on high-definition Blu-ray Disc on October 19, 2010. Kate (Catherine Keener, Oscar® Nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Capote, 2005 and Oscar® Nominee for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Being John Malkovich, 1999) and Alex (Oliver Platt, Frost/Nixon, The Bronx Is Burning) star as a couple living in New York with their daughter Abby (Sarah Steele, Spanglish, The Lucky Ones) who decide to take over the apartment next door to ease the growing pressure on their marriage, business and family. When their elderly neighbor Andra (Ann Morgan Guilbert, Grumpier Old Men, Sour Grapes) and her two loyal granddaughters, Rebecca (Rebecca Hall, Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Prestige) and Mary (Amanda Peet, Syriana, The Whole Nine Yards), don’t see eye to eye with Kate and Alex, this quirky comedic tale of human foibles takes an unpredictable turn. Since its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Please Give continues to captivate audiences with its A-list ensemble cast.
Special Features Include:
•Behind the Scenes of Please Give
•Outtakes
•Nicole Holofcener Q&A Clips
•BD-Live™ (Blu-ray™ only)
Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 — the magical, animated musical masterpiece and the contemporary classic inspired by it — debut in highly anticipated Blu-ray High Definition and DVD 2-Movie Collection Special Editions on November 30. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is opening the Disney vault to be able to present these two films that broke the boundaries of imagination in the highest quality possible.
The Fantasia and Fantasia 2000: 2-Movie Collection Special Edition will be available in a 4-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack ($45.99 SRP) and a 2-Disc DVD ($39.99 SRP) for a very limited time only. The Blu-ray transformation of Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 will reveal the magic, music and majesty of both films as never before experienced, with state-of-the-art picture restoration of the original Fantasia and pristine 7.1 Digital Theater System Hi-Def Surround Sound. The Blu-ray combo pack is a tremendous value featuring, in addition to the two films in two different formats, a wealth of bonus features.
Among those Blu-ray special features is the highly requested Academy Award® nominated short Destino. Available for the first time ever on Blu-ray, the seven minute film is the result of a unique collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali begun in 1946, but put on hold due to studio financial concerns. In 2003, Roy E. Disney worked with a team of modern day animators to complete the film as a tribute to Walt’s pioneering artistic vision. Accompanying the highly anticipated short is an all-new feature length documentary entitled “Dali & Disney: A Date With Destino,” which explores the origins of the relationship between Disney and Dali, their collaboration on Destino, and ultimately how the film came to fruition so many years after its inception.
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Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. rights to filmmaker Ondi Timoner’s hot-topic doc COOL IT, which will have its world premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. The only filmmaker to win the Sundance Grand Jury prize twice, Timoner trains her camera on controversial economist/political scientist Bjorn Lomborg, who came to prominence with the book The Skeptical Environmentalist (1998), and went on to challenge the conventional wisdom of Al Gore’s AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH with lectures and the publication of Cool It (2007). The announcement was made by Roadside Attractions co-presidents Eric d’Arbeloff and Howard Cohen, who plan a fall 2010 release. Maple Pictures will distribute in Canada .
“Many docs we see are satisfied to introduce yet another problem to fret about,” said d’Arbeloff, “but COOL IT is so exciting because it’s radically structured toward solutions. In the same way our movie THE COVE demonstrated that a small group of activists can change the world, we think that this brave film could help start real progress on global warming.”
“Cool It blasts through the polarizing logjam of the climate change debate to bring a solid plan for solutions,” echoes Timoner. “Bjorn is fascinating, because in his attempt to make the world a smarter, better, more efficient place, he’s threatened the status quo, and been vilified by both the right and the left simultaneously. His story is riddled with conspiracy, controversy and politics surrounding a subject matter that truly affects us all.”
“Bjorn ‘s message is extremely provocative”, added producer Terry Botwick. “He brings a refreshing perspective on how we think about solving, not just global warming, but also other major problems facing the world. When I first heard him lecture I knew 1019 had to help introduce him to as wide an audience as possible.”
COOL IT was produced by 1019 Entertainment, with 1019 principals Terry Botwick and Ralph Winter as executive producers. Producers are Terry Botwick, Sarah Gibson and Ondi Timoner. Director is Ondi Timoner, who captured the Grand Jury prize in Sundance for DIG! (2004) and WE LIVE IN PUBLIC (2009).
The deal was negotiated by d’Arbeloff and attorney Greg Bernstein on behalf of Roadside Attractions and Botwick and attorney Steve Fayne of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld on behalf of 1019 Entertainment.
Here is a new image from Warner Bros upcoming film HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1. The seventh film in the series opens in 3D and 2D theaters November 19. 2010
Here is the new poster for Walt Disney’s upcoming film, SECRETARIAT. The film is set to open in theathers October 8, 2010.
Against all odds, housewife and mother Penny Chenery ( Diane Lane )—with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich)—navigates the male-dominated horseracing business, ultimately taking Secretariat on a spectacular journey to become the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time.
Academy Award winner George Clooney stars in the title role of this suspense thriller, filmed on location in Italy . Alone among assassins, Jack (played by Mr. Clooney) is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact that his next assignment will be his last. moreA WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP September 3, 2010
In a small desert town near Jiayu Pass in China (the first pass at the west end of the Great Wall), Wang owns a noodle shop where he, his wife and his employees also live. Not exactly a loving boss, he spends every penny to his own advantage, owing his workers their wages for months. moreMACHETE September 3, 2010
He looked like just another day laborer from the streets, and the perfect fall guy for a crooked political assassination. But he turned out to be Machete (Danny Trejo), A legendary ex-federale with a deadly attitude and the skills to match. moreMESRINE PUBLIC ENEMY No. 1 September 3, 2010
Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared Public Enemy Number 1 and is eventually condemned to a maximum-security prison where he writes his memoirs, establishing himself as a household name and the anti-hero across France moreTHE WINNING SEASON September 3, 2010
Set in suburban Indiana, the film stars Rockwell as Bill Greaves, an adult misfit recruited by the local high school principal (Corddry) to coach the school’s floundering girls’ basketball team. Initially retreating from what appears to be a hopeless situation, Bill perseveres and manages to help the team and its captain (Roberts) ratchet up its competitive spirit, while the girls offer Bill a renewed life focus.
GOING THE DISTANCE September 3, 2010
Erin’s (Drew Barrymore) wry wit and unfiltered frankness charm newly single Garrett (Justin Long) over beer, bar trivia and breakfast the next morning. Their chemistry sparks a full-fledged summer fling, but neither expects it to last once Erin heads home to San Francisco and Garrett stays behind for his job in New York City. more
