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The Cooler Overview Genre: Classic “Romantic Noir” Language: English Country of Origin: USA Format: Super 35 Production Status: Completed Running Time: 102 minutes Year of Production: 2002 Short Synopsis In this romantic gangster film noir, a casino “cooler,” who turns winners into losers, falls in love, destroying his contagious losing streak and enraging his mafia […]

House of Sand and Fog Overview Genre: Drama Language: English Country of Origin: USA Format: 35 mm Production Status: Completed Running Time: 90 minutes Year of Production: 2003 Synopsis House of Sand and Fog is the story of three fragile but determined people whose lives become dangerously entangled when a house is improperly seized and […]

Undertow Overview Genre: Dramatic Thriller Language: English Country of Origin: USA Format: 35 mm Production Status: Completed Year of Production: 2003 Synopsis Two young brothers, Chris (JAMIE BELL – Nicholas Nickleby, Billy Elliot) and Tim, go on the run through the southern states of the US when their uncle, Deel (JOSH LUCAS – Stealth, Wonderland, […]

Never Die Alone Overview Genre: Action Thriller Language: English Country of Origin: Norway Format: Super 16 Production Status: Completed Year of Production: 2003 Short Synopsis A young reporter witnesses the murder of a drug lord and is left with the victim’s car and diary. As he pieces together the man’s life and events leading to […]

Open Range Synopsis Boss, Charley, Mose, and Button freegraze cattle in the Old West. It is a lonley existence, lived outside the boundaries of civilisation, their camaraderie is it’s one consolation. Each of these men has an unspoken reason for choosing such a life. The crew runs into trouble in Harmonville, a nowhere town run […]

Danny Deckchair Overview Genre: Romantic Comedy Language: English Country of Origin Australia Production Status: Completed Running Time: 90 minutes Year of Production: 2003 Synopsis Danny is a working class Aussie fed up with his dull suburban existence and selfish, workaholic wife. One sunny day, Danny decides to fulfill his life-long ambition to travel by air […]

Open Range Overview Genre: Western/Drama Language: English Country of Origin: USA Production Status: Completed Running Time: 140 minutes Year of Production: 2003 Synopsis Boss, Charley, Mose, and Button freegraze cattle in the Old West. It is a lonley existence, lived outside the boundaries of civilisation, their camaraderie is it’s one consolation. Each of these men […]

In all, 43 British films will be screened in the June 27-30 showcase launched last year by Film London to help British sales companies market their movies to foreign buyers. Other pics premiering include Nick Love’s Spanish-set crime actioner “The Business” and John Henderson’s “Mee-Shee: The Water Giant,” both from ContentFilm; Paul Tickell’s thriller “Tempesta,” […]

9 Mar 2006: Fireworks International, now part of the UK’s ContentFilm, has picked up the overseas TV rights to a sporty new US/Canadian drama coproduction set in the world of winter sports. Whistler (13×60′) is set on the slopes of ski mecca Whistler, British Colombia, and follows the family and personal pressures that result following […]