Image Entertainment Acquires “44 Inch Chest” – Plans Early 2010 Theatrical Release
25 Agosto 2009 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISK), a leading independent
licensee and distributor of entertainment programming in North
America, announced today that it has acquired all U.S. rights to
the film “44 Inch Chest” and will be releasing the film
theatrically at the beginning of 2010.
The film stars Ray Winstone (“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull,” “Beowulf”), Ian McShane (“Coraline,”
Deadwood,” “Kung Fu Panda”), Tom Wilkinson (“Valkyrie,” “Michael
Clayton”), John Hurt (“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull,” “Hellboy”) and Stephen Dillane (“The Hours,” “Savage
Grace”). Written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto (“Sexy Beast”),
the film was directed by Emmy-nominated Malcolm Venville. “44 Inch
Chest” was produced by Steve Golin (“Babel,” “Being John
Malkovich,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Rendition”)
and Richard Brown (“I’ve Been 12 Forever,” “Notna”).
The deal was negotiated by Image Entertainment’s J. Beck, vice
president acquisitions, feature films, with Stuart Ford, CEO at IM
Global, with the company’s specialty film sales arm, IM Global
Acclaim, handling foreign sales. The film was produced by Anonymous
Content. Image Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the
film including theatrical, broadcast, home entertainment, digital,
non-theatrical and video-on-demand.
“44 Inch Chest” is a provocative, outrageously profane and
surprisingly tender film amidst an explosion of unbridled
testosterone. The movie explores the masculine ego at breaking
point, testing whether fear is stronger than love. Colin (Ray
Winstone) is in agony, shattered by his wife’s (Joanne Whalley)
infidelity. However, he has friends who do more than stand by; they
kidnap the wife's French lover and hold him prisoner so that Colin
can restore his manhood with revenge.
“The cast of this film is nothing short of first-rate,” said
Garrett M. Lee, Image’s senior vice president, theatrical. “The
tour-de-force performances, along with the darkly comic storyline,
make Malcolm Venville’s ‘44 Inch Chest’ a nail biting experience
that harkens back to ‘Reservoir Dogs.’”
About Image
Entertainment:
Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee and
distributor of entertainment programming in North America, with
approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340
exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 400
programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its
titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and,
through its subsidiary, Egami Media, Inc. has digital download
rights to approximately 2,000 video programs and over 300 audio
titles containing more than 5,100 individual tracks. The Company is
headquartered in Chatsworth, California. For more information about
Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to
www.image-entertainment.com.
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