Cannes 2008 Comprehensive Unbridged Product Guide
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3DD ENTERTAINMENT
3DD Entertainment, 190 Camden High Street, London, NW1 8QP, UK. Tel: 44.0207.428.1800. Fax: 44.0207. 428.1818. www.3ddgroup.com, e-mail: info@3ddgroup.com
Distributor
At Cannes: Dominic Saville (CEO)
Office: Tel: 44(0)207.428.1800
RFK Must Die – The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Documentary (1 x 60’ & 2 x 60’ plus 137’ feature)
Language: English
Director: Various
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: UK
An investigative documentary into one of America’s most enduring murder mysteries which calls for a reopening of the case in the lead up to the 40th anniversary of his assassination in June 2008.
Superstars
Documentary (26 x 30’) mobile/web package (130 x 2.5’)
Language: English
Producer: Marilyn Higgins
Cast: A range of celebrities including Adam Sandler, Heath Ledger, Katie Holmes, Eva Longoria and Colin Farrell.
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2008, Country of Origin: Australia
The second series featuring Hollywood’s most talked about film, music and television stars, including Mel Gibson, Tilda Swinton, Justin Timberlake, Courtney Cox and Daniel Radcliffe; Superstars is the must-see collection of celebrity profiles.
BLING
Documentary (1 x 60’ & 1 x 90’)
Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA
In this riveting, unforgettable film, a few of hip hop’s finest travel to war-torn Sierra Leone and come face to face with the real cost of bling.
SPIELBERG ON SPIELBERG
Documentary (1 x 60’ & 1 x 90’)
Director: Richard Schickel
Producer: Richard Schickel
Cast: Steven Spielberg
Delivery Status: In production
Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA
An unparalleled insight into the most successful and admired director in Hollywood. The legendary filmmaker talks in extensive detail about his fascinating life encircled by clips from his greatest films.
FAERIE TALE THEATRE
Fantasy drama series (26 x 60’)
Language: English
Director: Various, including Tim Burton, Eric Idle and Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Shelly Duvall
Cast: Hollywood stars such as Robin Williams, Helen Mirren, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger, Anjelica Huston, Jeff Bridges
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 1982 – 1987, Country of Origin: USA
An alternative and captivating collection of the best loved children’s fairytales. These truly unforgettable films feature some of the best known stars in Hollywood.
MEPHISTO
Drama (1 x 144’)
Language: German and Hungarian
Director: István Szabó
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 1981, Country of Origin: Germany and Hungary
This film examines the seductiveness of power and corruption of politics in 1930s Germany when a left-wing actor begins to sell out friends and colleagues in return for Nazi patronage.
COSMOS
Documentary (13 x 60’)
Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 1980
Seen by over 600 million viewers in 60 countries, this multi- Emmy Award winning series is arguably the most popular and stunningly influential science programme ever produced.
Sex and the Silver Screen
Documentary (6 x 60’)
Language: English
Director: Frank Martin
Producer: Rudy Poe and Frank Martin
Cast: Hollywood’s most compelling historical figures including Marilyn Monroe, Veronica Lake and Brigitte Bardot
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2004, Country of Origin: USA
An insightful documentary series exploring the evolution of sex in the movies featuring clips from films including The Graduate, Bonnie and Clyde and From Russia With Love and Basis Instinct.
Jordan and Peter: The Complete Collection
Documentary (4 series)
Language: English
Cast: Britain’s favourite tabloid couple, glamour model Jordan (aka Katie Price) and 1990s pop star Peter Andre
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2005 – 2007, Country of Origin: UK
Blending comedy with documentary, voyeurism and celebrity surveillance, we jump into the not-so-private lives of the headline grabbing relationship between glamour girl Jordan Australian pop star Peter Andre.
The Outsider
Documentary (85’)
Language: English
Cast: James Toback, Woody Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Mike Tyson, Brooke Shields, Norman Mailer and more
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: USA
Absurdly comic and at times quite emotional, The Outsider follows legendary writer / director / filmmaker James Toback (The Gambler, Two Girls and A Guy, Bugsy) through the insane making of his recent thriller When Will I Be Loved starring Neve Campbell.
Urban Soul
Documentary (90’)
Language: English
Cast: Beyoncé Knowles, Mary J Blige, Wyclef Jean, Bobby Brown, TLC and Chaka Khan
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2003, Country of Origin: UK
Urban Soul is a groundbreaking journey through contemporary American music culture. It is the first documentary to tell the story of the most glamorous pop music in the world today: R&B.
Goldie: When Saturn Returnz
Documentary (50’)
Language: English
Cast: Musical heroes such as David Bowie, Noel Gallagher and former collaborator Rob Playford
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 1998, Country of Origin: UK
The flamboyant figurehead of avant-garde dance music confronts his past in this moving and controversial documentary. As well as musical success both sides of the Atlantic, Goldie is also an occasional actor (The World is Not Enough, Snatch).
The Last Angel of History
Documentary (45’)
Language: English
Cast: Astronaut Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr., one of the first African-Americans in space and Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols amongst many others
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 1995, Country of Origin: UK
John Akomfrah, director of Seven Songs of Malcolm X, returns with an engaging and searing examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology.
Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz
Documentary (70’)
Language: English
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2003, Country of Origin: UK
Stan Tracey’s career spans over 60 years and he is widely regarded as Britain’s greatest living pianist and arranger – this documentary is a deeply moving portrait of one musician’s lifetime achievement.
A Personal History of Barry Sheene
Documentary (1 x 60’ & 1 x 90’)
Language: English
Director: Mark Tinkler
Cast: Narrated by Ewan McGregor
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: USA
Barry Sheene remains a household name in Grand Prix racing. This fascinating documentary, filmed in HD all over the world, explores his attitude, celebrity status and amazing medical triumphs.
Jackie: Beyond the Myth
Documentary (1 x 120’)
Language: English
Director: Suzanne Bauman
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2003, Country of Origin: USA
An expansive and intimate look at one of America’s most fascinating First Ladies. Featuring insights into the most significant moments of her life, including the assassination of JFK.
The Doctor, The Tornado and the Kentucky Kid
Documentary (1 x 105’)
Language: English
Director: Mark Neale
Cast: Nicky ‘Kentucky Kid’ Hayden, Colin ‘Texas Tornado’ Edwards, Valentino ‘The Doctor’ Rossi and narrated by Ewan McGregor
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: USA
This highly anticipated sequel to the action-packed documentary Faster tells the story of the biggest weekend in US motorcycle racing history and features on-track action and personal drama from Laguna Seca.
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
Documentary (1 x 60’)
Language: English
Director: Paul Bernays
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: USA
An insightful documentary made for the BBC telling the story of the legendary singer/songwriter, formerly known as Cat Stevens. Celebrating his return to the music industry after nearly 30 years.
ADRIANA CHIESA ENTERPRISES
Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, Via Barnaba Oriani, 24a, Rome, 00197 Italy. Tel: 39.06.808.60.52. Fax: 39.06.807.92.71. website: www.adrianachiesaenterprises.com, e-mail: info@adrianachiesaenterprises.com
Sales Agent
At Cannes: Adriana Chiesa Di Palma (President), Rossella Gori (Head of International Sales)
Office: Hotel Carlton, Salon du Bridge, 1st Floor, Tel 33(0)4.93.06.41.00. Fax: 33(0)4.93.06.41.01, Mobile: 39.335.8265.984
TUTTA LA VITA DAVANTI (Call Center)
Comedy (117 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Paolo Virzi
Scriptwriter: Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzi
Production company: Medusa Film & Motorino Amaranto
Key cast: Isabella Ragonese, Massimo Ghini, Sabrina Ferilli
Status: Completed
Country of origin: Italy
One of the best Italian films of the decade…a young woman’s hallucinating experiences in a call center treated with the lucidity of an investigative docu-fiction, it paints a fresco in grotesque hues.
SCUSA MA TI CHIAMO AMORE (Sorry If I Love You)
Romantic Comedy (104 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Federico Moccia
Scriptwriter: Federico Moccia
Production company: Medusa Film
Producer: Rita Rusic
Key cast: Raoul Bova, Michela Quattrociocche
Status: Completed
Country of origin: ITALY
A record Italian box office hit, this is a lighthearted moving love story for all who dream and believe in true love…
GIORNI E NUVOLE (DAYS AND CLOUDS)
Drama (116 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Silvio Soldini
Scriptwriter: Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli, Silvio Soldini
Production company: Lumière & Co, Amka Films And Rtsi-Televisione Svizzera Co-Production
Producer: Lionello Cerri
Key cast: Margherita Buy, Antonio Albanese
Status: Completed
Country of origin: ITALY
Other scenes from a marriage, other scenes from their love. A film that revolves around the strongest of all subjects: the power of love, the emotional collapse of a couple combining drama and lightness
CORAZONES DE MUJER (WOMAN’S HEART)
Romantic Comedy (85 min)
Language: ITALIAN/ARABIC Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Davide Sordella, Pablo Benedetti
Scriptwriter: Davide Sordella, Pablo Benedetti
Production company: 011 Films Production
Producer: Flavio Sordella
Key cast: Aziz Ahmeri, Ghiziane Waldi, Mohammed Wajid
Status: Completed
Country of origin: ITALY
A road movie, a Moroccan transvestite dressmaker, a bride-to-be who must recover her lost virginity..
RIPRENDIMI (GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE)
Drama (93 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Anna Negri
Scriptwriters: Anna Negri, Giovanna Mori
Production company: Bess Movie
Producer: Francesca Neri, Claudio Amendola
Key cast: Alba Rohrwacher
Status: Completed
Country of origin: ITALY
A great contemporary love story in a time of precarious existence: alternatively emotional and funny weaving together naturalistic dialogue and close-up vérité style.
PIANO, SOLO (PIANO SOLO)
Drama (111 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Riccardo Milani
Scriptwriter: Ivan Cotroneo, Claudio Piersanti, Riccardo Milani
Production Company: Rai Cinema, Palomar, Hugo Films
Producer: Carlo Degli Esposti
Key Cast: Kim Rossi Stuart, Jamine Trinca, Michele Placido
Status: Completed
Country of origin: ITALY
The fragile and tormented life of an artist of genius. Based on a true story: from his childhood in Africa to his European success as a gifted jazz musician, unable to love himself.
MARADONA THE HAND OF GOD (MARADONA LA MANO DE DIOS)
Drama, Feature Film (113 min)
Language: Spanish Subtitles English
Production company: Elide Melli For Comedy Film And Ombú Producciones, In Collaboration With Rai Cinema
Producer: Elide Melli
Director: Marco Risi
Scriptwriter: Manuel Valdivia, Cesar Vidal, Manuel Rios
Key cast: Marco Leonardi, Juan Leyrado, Julieta Diaz
Status: Completed
Country of origin: Spain, Italy
The feature film on the life of Diego Maradona brings new understanding of the Argentinian idol: the champion, the genius, the excesses
FAMILY GAME
Drama (90 min)
Country of origin: ITALIAN
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Alfredo Arciero
Production company: Videodrome Visual Productions s.r.l., Rai Cinema S.p.A., Iron Production s.r.l., I.D.F. Italian Dream Factory s.r.l., Gianfranco Morani
Scriptwriter: Alfredo Arciero, with the collaboration of Marina Polla De Luca
Key cast: Sandra Ceccarelli, Stefano Dionisi, Fabio Troiano
Status: Completed
The façade of a seemingly happy family cracks to reveal deep wounds and dark secrets caused by their refusal to truly communicate.
THE STORY OF LEO
Animation (81 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Budget: Delivery date Completed
Production company: Dujass Film
Producer: Veronica Salvi, Marco Ambrosino
Director: Mario Cambi
Scriptwriter: Pierstefano Marangoni, Mario Cambi
Status: Completed
Country of origin: Italy
An animated feature film: a romantic, adventurous, tender and amusing story of a young vegetarian lion and the beautiful queen of a heard of elephants.
MOTHERS
Documentary (90 min)
Language: Hebrew / Arabic Subtitles ENGLISH
Production company: Rai Cinema, Digital Studio
Producer: Alex Ponti
Director: Barbara Cupisti
Scriptwriter: Barbara Cupisti
Status: Completed
Country of origin: Italy
A moving documentary: in this rare and dramatic collection of testimonies, Israeli and Palestinian mothers join together to express one universal sorrow: the loss of a son killed in this seemingly endless conflict.
ROULETTE
Drama (94 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Mohammed Soudani
Scriptwriter: Elvira Dones, Gianluca Bomprezzi
Production company: AMKA Films Productions SA, RTSI – Televisione Svizzera
Producer: Tiziana Soudani
Key cast: Pietro Sermonti, Genti Kame, Jacqueline Lustig
Status: Completed
Country of origin: Switzerland
A rare bond is formed between the tormented son of a wealthy Swiss family and a young Albanian immigrant with an inspiring and courageous vision of life
IO, L’ALTRO (I, THE OTHER)
Drama (80 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Mohsen Melliti
Scriptwriter: Mohsen Melliti
Production companies: Passworld, Pulp Video, Trees Pictures
Producer: Lorenzo Von Lorch, Maurizio Santarelli, Raoul Bova
Key cast: Raoul Bova, Giovanni Martorana, Mario Pupella
Status: Completed
Country of origin: ITALY
A story of friendship between two simple people who belong to two different worlds and who suddenly find themselves enemies
ROSSO MALPELO (LITTLE BOY RED)
Drama (90 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Production company: Arbash Film
Producer: Pasquale Scimeca
Director: Pasquale Scimeca
Scriptwriter: Pasquale Scimeca, Nennella Buonaiuto
Key Cast: Marcello Mazzarella
Status: Completed
Country of origin: Italy
This story is based on a classic novel by Giovanni Verga. It takes place in Sicily in a mine. What is described here could have happened today, anywhere in the world where there are children abandoned, exploited, mistreated.
IL DOLCE E L’AMARO (THE SWEET AND THE BITTER)
Drama (90 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Andrea Porporati
Scriptwriter: Andrea Porporati, Annio Giocchino Stasi
Production Company: Sciarló For Medusa Film
Producer: Francesco Tornatore
Key Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella Finocchiaro
Status: Completed
Country of origin: Italy
The best mafia film to come along in years…tightly packaged, well-played, character-driven drama…with the bonus of a good sense of humour…
GLORIOUS EXIT
Documentary (75 min)
Language: ITALIAN Subtitles ENGLISH
Director: Kevin Merz
Scriptwriter: Kevin Merz
Production company: AMKA Films Productions & RTSI – Televisione Svizzera
Producer: Tiziana Soudani, Luisella Realini
Key cast: Jarreth Merz
Status: Completed
Country of origin: SWITZERLAND
The death of a father he never really knew, makes a man come face to face with his African heritage. And so he begins his journey from Los Angeles to Nigeria to confront his roots
ALLIED ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Allied Entertainment, Inc., 8899 Beverly Blvd., Suite 911, West Hollywood, CA 90048 USA. Tel: 310.271.0703. Fax: 310.271.0706. http://www.alliedentertainment.com, email: info@alliedentertainment.com
At Cannes: James Moder (Chairman), Janet Y. Liu (VP - Sales Consultant, Asia)
Office: C17, Riviera, Tel: 310.271.0703. Fax: 310.271.0706
Shut Up and Shoot!
Action / Comedy (87 min)
Language: English
Director: Silvio Pollio
Producer: Bob Debrino
Key Cast: Joe Cortese, Daniel Baldwin, James Russo,Gary Busey, Tom
Sizemore, John Savage, Roddy Piper, Willie Gault, Silvio Pollio
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: USA
Spencer Spector has the number one hit movie for the weekend. Spencer and two young film-makers now terrorize Tinseltown in a clandestine murderous rampage.
The Baron Against The Demons
Action / Sci-Fi (97 min)
Language: English
Director: Ricardo Ribelles
Writer: Ricardo Ribelles
Producer: Ana Sánchez-Gijón
Key Cast: Juan Carlos Romeu, Helena Le Cumberri, Xavier Bertran
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2006, Country of Origin: Spain
In the final days of the 21st Century, the Earth is engaged in a devastating war with the forces of evil. An enigmatic SUPER HERO known as the BARON begins a bloody war of vengeance in an attempt to save the Earth.
Fallen Angels
Thriller (95 min)
Language: English
Director: Ian David Diaz
Producer: Michael Derbas & Julian Boote
Key Cast: Michael Ironside, Kai Wiesinger, Jeff Fahey
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2005, Country of Origin: USA
Abandoned and filled with a mysterious past, Holy Angel School for Girls is about to reveal its secrets of betrayal, jealousy and vengeance.
Fate
Psychological Thriller (94 min)
Language: English
Director: Ace Cruz
Producer: Ray Guthrie
Key Cast: Michael Pare, Philip Michael Thomas, Lee Majors, Tom Savini
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2003, Country of Origin: USA
This is the story of two detectives hunting a killer who is using his victims as characters in a demented story.
Pups
Action / Drama (95 min)
Language: English
Director: Ash
Producer: Daniel Berger
Key Cast: Burt Reynolds, Mischa Barton, Cameron Von Hoy
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 1999, Country of Origin: USA
As a post-modern response to the growing trend of senseless gunrelated violence amongst youngsters, "Pups" chronicles the story of a rebellious "latch-key" teenager who finds his mother's gun.
Saw Blade
Horror (87 min)
Language: English
Director: Dennis Devine
Producer: David Sterling, Exec. Producer: : Maurice Smith
Key Cast: Reggie Bannister, Justine Pea, Monty Hunter, Jed Rowen
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2007, Country of Origin: USA
One lucky local band will be given 24 hours to record their “breakthrough” song and music video to be released at the official opening of a recording studio, converted from a dilapidated factory.
Highrise of Blood (Tower Of Blood)
Horror (89 min)
Language: English
Director: Corbin Timbrook
Producer: David Sterling and Corbin Timbrook
Key Cast: Chris Todd, Desiré Varona and J.T. Thomas
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2005, Country of Origin: USA
Three couples are getting together for a party at an abandoned 30-story High Rise building not knowing that an escaped mental patient is on the loose.
Horrorvision
Horror (89 min)
Language: English
Director: Danny Draven
Producer: J.R. Bookwalter and Scott Phillips
Key Cast: Jake Leonard, James Black, Brinke Stevens
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2001, Country of Origin: USA
Dez, a web master, mistakenly logs onto "horrorvision.com"- a website that kills all who come across it.
Totem
Horror (80 min)
Language: English
Director: Martin Tate
Producer: Kirk Edward Hansen
Key Cast: Marissa Tait, Jason Faunt, Eric Edwards
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 1999, Country of Origin: USA
Three TV-handsome teenage guys and their prom-queen wanabee friends find themselves mysteriously drawn against their will to a forgotten cemetery in the middle of nowhere one stormy night.
Gangsterz?! (The Gristle)
Comedy (93 min)
Language: English
Director: David Portlock
Producer: Eugene "Geno" Taylor & Mychal Wilson
Key Cast: Michael Dorn, Barry Corbin, Valente Rodriguez, Orson Bean, Richard Riehle, Michael McClafferty, Carsten
Norgaard
Delivery Status: Completed
Year of Production: 2001, Country of Origin: USA
Two struggling medical assistants think they've hit pay dirt when they are hired to deliver some black-market human body parts to a wealthy and needy U.S. Senator.
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