London -- Sky Television and U.K. production banner Chelsea Films, part of the exhibition and distribution company Curzon Artificial Eye Group, have pacted to release the Tilda Swinton-starrer "Julia" in theaters and on Sky's pay-per-view service simultaneously.
The deal marks the first English language release to break the historical release window pattern and go into theaters on the same night as being available on pay television.
Sky previously partnered with Curzon Artificial Eye in February this year to do the same for Fatih Akin's "The Edge of Heaven."
According to Sky it was deemed a huge success. It means smaller, niche titles benefit from a bigger marketing spend with Sky on board than they might otherwise enjoy, Sky claims.
Directed by Erick Zonca and Camille Natta, "Julia" will rollout theatrically in five Curzon Cinema sites and eight City Screen sites as well as other regional sites in December.
The deal marks the first English language release to break the historical release window pattern and go into theaters on the same night as being available on pay television.
Sky previously partnered with Curzon Artificial Eye in February this year to do the same for Fatih Akin's "The Edge of Heaven."
According to Sky it was deemed a huge success. It means smaller, niche titles benefit from a bigger marketing spend with Sky on board than they might otherwise enjoy, Sky claims.
Directed by Erick Zonca and Camille Natta, "Julia" will rollout theatrically in five Curzon Cinema sites and eight City Screen sites as well as other regional sites in December.
- 10/10/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hari Om
Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Like Monsoon Wedding, Hari Om is an Indian film designed for Western audiences. Its view of a particular part of that subcontinent -- the magnificent Rajasthan desert -- is exotic, yet the film penetrates the culture enough so that by the end it feels a bit familiar. Shot in English, French and Hindi, the film makes two of its three main characters Westerners so we see this vastly different culture through their eyes. More importantly, the film is really a voyage of self-discovery, which is universal.
More festival dates will undoubtedly beckon Hari Om following its debut here. Since it features no stars it might not receive North American theatrical distribution. Then again, how many actors in Monsoon Wedding were known in the West before its release?
Bharatbala, a photographer and commercial director, makes his feature debut with this jaunty and often amusing road movie. He smartly uses a French couple as his conduit into Punjab culture -- an English couple would be the cliche. The third character is Hari Om (Vijay Raaz, the wedding planner in Monsoon Wedding), a reckless rickshaw-walla (driver) who gets into trouble when he drinks and gambles.
When a French couple banging through Rajasthan on a luxury train ride get separated in Jaipur, Isa (Camille Natta) hires Hari Om to help her catch up with her careless, somewhat arrogant boyfriend Benoit Jean Marie Lamour). But a funny thing happens on her way to the next town: She gets caught up in the grandeur of ancient India and begins to ponder what is important in her life. And what is not.
Her trip with Hari takes in wonders from wild monkeys and ancient forts to a havela where an old man tells her a sad tale of star-crossed lovers. She gets caught in a ricksaw chase down narrow streets between Hari and a criminal gang after him and learns to appreciate the magic of a culture that totally eludes her lover.
The film beautifully evokes the gap between Indian and Western culture even as it tells a touching and timeless tale of three people trying to understand each other a little better.
TORONTO -- Like Monsoon Wedding, Hari Om is an Indian film designed for Western audiences. Its view of a particular part of that subcontinent -- the magnificent Rajasthan desert -- is exotic, yet the film penetrates the culture enough so that by the end it feels a bit familiar. Shot in English, French and Hindi, the film makes two of its three main characters Westerners so we see this vastly different culture through their eyes. More importantly, the film is really a voyage of self-discovery, which is universal.
More festival dates will undoubtedly beckon Hari Om following its debut here. Since it features no stars it might not receive North American theatrical distribution. Then again, how many actors in Monsoon Wedding were known in the West before its release?
Bharatbala, a photographer and commercial director, makes his feature debut with this jaunty and often amusing road movie. He smartly uses a French couple as his conduit into Punjab culture -- an English couple would be the cliche. The third character is Hari Om (Vijay Raaz, the wedding planner in Monsoon Wedding), a reckless rickshaw-walla (driver) who gets into trouble when he drinks and gambles.
When a French couple banging through Rajasthan on a luxury train ride get separated in Jaipur, Isa (Camille Natta) hires Hari Om to help her catch up with her careless, somewhat arrogant boyfriend Benoit Jean Marie Lamour). But a funny thing happens on her way to the next town: She gets caught up in the grandeur of ancient India and begins to ponder what is important in her life. And what is not.
Her trip with Hari takes in wonders from wild monkeys and ancient forts to a havela where an old man tells her a sad tale of star-crossed lovers. She gets caught in a ricksaw chase down narrow streets between Hari and a criminal gang after him and learns to appreciate the magic of a culture that totally eludes her lover.
The film beautifully evokes the gap between Indian and Western culture even as it tells a touching and timeless tale of three people trying to understand each other a little better.
- 9/28/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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