Category: 91Èȱ¬
Films
Date: 03.05.2005
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Woody Allen's Match
Point, a 91Èȱ¬ Films co-production, has been selected
for an out of competition screening in Cannes on 12 May.
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The first Woody Allen film to be shot in the UK, Match
Point stars Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer,
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Brian Cox.
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A busy Cannes market will include a distinctive and
varied crop of 91Èȱ¬ Films titles currently in post-production:
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Michael Winterbottom's A
Cock and Bull Story, based around the novel Tristram
Shandy, starring Steve Coogan, Jeremy Northam,
Shirley Henderson, Ian Hart, Gillian
Anderson and Stephen Fry
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Michael Caton-Jones' intense drama
Shooting Dogs, starring
John Hurt and Hugh Dancy, set against
the Rwandan genocide
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Peter Cattaneo's Pobby
and Dingan, the Australia-set tale of the bizarre and
inexplicable disappearance of Kellyanne's imaginary friends, Pobby and
Dingan
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Oliver Parker's Click,
a funny and fresh romantic comedy starring Piper Perabo,
Matthew Goode, Lena Headey, Anthony
Head, Celia Imrie and Sue Johnston.
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Additional post-production titles include:
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Stephen Frears' latest, Mrs
Henderson Presents - the true life story of eccentric
Windmill Theatre founder Laura Henderson - starring Judi Dench
and Bob Hoskins, and produced by Norma Heyman,
David Aukin and Bob Hoskins
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Debbie Isitt's sharp comedy Confetti,
with a cast including Martin Freeman, Jessica
Stevenson, Felicity Montagu, Jimmy
Carr and Alison Steadman, which takes a look
at the wild world of the wedding industry
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91Èȱ¬ Films' critically acclaimed Bullet
Boy, a provocative and powerful look at gun crime in
inner-city London starring Ashley Walters, which is enjoying
marked success at the UK box office with a take so far in excess of
£350,000.
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Danny Boyle's Millions,
a quirky comic tale of two young lads who stumble upon the haul from
a bank robbery, has taken almost $3 million in the United States and will open
in the UK on 10 June.
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The multi-award winning My
Summer of Love from Pawel Pawlikowski
will open in the US on 17 June.
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Shooting is underway on Marc Evans'
Snow Cake, starring
Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and
Carrie-Anne Moss, a UK/Canada co-production from Revolution
Films and Rhombus Media. The screenplay is the
first by promising UK writer Angela Pell.
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"We look forward to Cannes with great confidence,"
commented David Thompson, Head of 91Èȱ¬ Films.
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"Several of our films have had notable success
in the past year. We set out to develop a wide range of films, taking
particular pride in developing new talent as well as working with more
established directors and writers, and our films certainly reflect that.
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"I believe this is the most exciting and varied
slate we've ever had."
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Notes to Editors
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Match Point is a 91Èȱ¬ Films and Thema
Presentation of a Jada Production.
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A Cock and Bull Story is a 91Èȱ¬ Films
presentation, in association with EM Media and Revolution Films, of
a Revolution Films Production in association with Baby Cow Productions,
produced with Scion Films of a Michael Winterbottom Film.
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Bullet Boy is a 91Èȱ¬ Films and UK Film
Council in association with Portman Films presentation of a Shine Production
in association with 91Èȱ¬ Films.
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Millions is a
Pathé Pictures presentation with 91Èȱ¬ Films and the UK Film Council of
a Mission Pictures production.
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Confetti is a 91Èȱ¬ Films presentation
of a Wasted Talent film in association with Screen West Midlands.
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Shooting Dogs is a 91Èȱ¬ Films, UK Film
Council and Filmstiftung NRW presentation of a CrossDay/Egoli Tossell
production.
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Click is a 91Èȱ¬
Films and Ealing Studios in association with Visionview, X-Filme, Focus
Features and Endgame presentation of a Cougar Films and X-Filme production.
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Pobby and Dingan is a 91Èȱ¬ Films and
UK Film Council presentation of an Academy Features, Sherman Pictures
and South Australian Film Corporation Production.
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My Summer of Love is a 91Èȱ¬ Films, The
Film Consortium with Baker Street presentation in association with the
UK Film Council of a Take Partnerships production of an Apocalypso Picture.
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Mrs Henderson Presents is a Pathe Pictures
and 91Èȱ¬ Films presentation in association with Future Films Limited
and Micro-Fusion 2004-1 LLP and in association with UK Film Council
of a Heyman Hoskins Production of a Stephen Frears Film.
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Snow Cake is produced by Revolution
Films and Rhombus Media.
