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Arcligh Films at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, February 7 - 17, 2008
We are extremely pleased to be presenting our Berlin lineup within our three labels; Arclight, Darclight and Easternlight Films.

We will be in attendance for the entire eleven days and look forward to meeting with you, so if you would like to schedule a meeting with either Gary Hamilton, Liz Mackiewicz, Lina Marrone or Ying Ye to discuss any of our titles, please contact Daniel Pozarik at daniel@arclightfilms.com.

We will be situated at Suite 820, Berlin Marriott Hotel, Inge-Beisheim-Platz 1, Phone: +49 30 220000 and we look forward to seeing you there!

Download our complete Berlin screening schedule (Microsoft Word format, 40kb)
FLASHBACKS OF A FOOL
PREMIERE SCREENING (BY INVITATION ONLY)

FRI 8TH, 18:45, CINESTAR 2
TUE 12TH, 16:30, MARTIN GROPIUS BAU

Flashbacks of a Fool

Hollywood movie star Joe has it all; looks, fame, money, but there's a demon inside him that his Babylonian debauches can't kill.

On a one way ticket to self destruction Joe realizes the only way to save himself is by returning to a place he's been running from his entire life, his childhood, a place ruled by a love he desperately wants to remember and a catastrophe he'll do anything to forget.

Starring Daniel Craig, FLASHBACKS OF A FOOL is a tender ode to first love, a shocking fable of soul wrenching tragedy, and a poignant, powerful journey of forgiveness, redemption and healing in the heartbreaking tradition of PRINCE OF TIDES.

Director: Baillie Walsh

Cast: Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Douglas Henshall, Harry Eden, Claire Forlani, Jodhi May, Mark Strong, Emilia Fox, Eve

UK Release: Miramax Films

Learn more about FLASHBACKS OF A FOOL at ArclightFilms.com
SURVEILLANCE
PREMIERE SCREENING

FRI 8TH, 9:30, CINEMAXX 10
SAT 9TH, 13:15, CINEMAXX STUDIO 15

Surveillance

What if nothing is as it seems? What if the murderers are the ones you trust... waiting for the kill.

Somewhere deep inside the Santa Fe desert there have been a number of blood curdling murders... a real killing spree. The local police station is in disarray. Captain Billings, Officers Degrasso and Wright have apprehended three witnesses: Officer Jack Bennet, one of their own, tough, but affected by recent events; Bobby, young, high as a kite on cocaine; and Stephanie, eight years old, who has just witnessed her family being brutally murdered by two figures dressed in jumpsuits, gloves, boots, and horrifyingly disfiguring blue latex masks. Even though everyone is ready to go, they are still waiting... waiting for the Feds to arrive.

As the witnesses tell their stories one by one to the FBI agents who have now taken over, the murderous events unravel before our eyes. It becomes clear, little Stephanie knows something, something about the agents, Hallaway and Anderson. And then two more bodies have been found...

Director: Jennifer Lynch

Cast: Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Michael Ironside, French Stewart

Executive Producer: David Lynch

France Release: Pan Européenne

Germany Release: Warner Bros

Learn more about SURVEILLANCE at ArclightFilms.com
THE BANK JOB
SCREENING

SAT 9TH, 9:30, ARSENAL 1

The Bank Job

In September 1971, thieves tunnelled into the vault of a bank in London's Baker Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewellery worth millions and millions of pounds. None of it was recovered. Nobody was ever arrested. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then disappeared - the result of a UK Government 'D' Notice, gagging the press. This film reveals what was hidden in those boxes. The story involves murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the Royal Family - a story in which the thieves were the most innocent people involved.

Director: Roger Donaldson

Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore

US and UK Release: Lionsgate Films

Learn more about THE BANK JOB at ArclightFilms.com
RUN
PRE PRODUCTION

Run

In Argentina when a suspect runs from maverick American Interpol agent Tucker (Karl Urban - BOURNE SUPREMACY, STAR TREK), he triggers an epic, tire melting, nitro injected pursuit across the country leaving a trail of destruction in its' wake. Investigating from behind the wheel, Tucker stumbles on an inside conspiracy to rip off the pension fund of the entire Argentine police force and discovers the suspect may not be as guilty as he seems, and the real suspect may be as close as his own partner sitting right beside him.

More unrelenting than SPEED, furiously faster than GONE IN 60 SECONDS, from the starter's gun to the checkered flag, a pedal to metal orgy of turbo charged, auto acrobatic mayhem directed by action maestro John McTiernan (DIE HARD, HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER).

Director: John McTiernan

Cast: Karl Urban (STAR TREK)

Learn more about RUN at ArclightFilms.com
COURIER
PRE PRODUCTION

Courier

A million bucks, just to a deliver a briefcase...

It's a job too good to be true, especially if you're the COURIER, a daredevil carrier renowned for taking on impossible missions who's never, ever missed a drop. The only catch is delivering it to someone who can't be found, not even by the FBI, and when that someone is the notorious, never seen King of the Underworld EVIL SIVLE who's very name makes the toughest tremble, there's a lot more than reputation and money on the line.

With a baying pack of double crossing feds, conniving crooked cops and ruthless rival crime bosses in hot pursuit, the Courier trail blazes a world-wide chase for the most wanted man in the land. Drugged, beaten, tortured and two timed, the bloodhound bagman discovers easy money was never so hard, and tracking the elusive kingpin to Las Vegas learns just why Evil is the one person on the planet no one can find, and why he really is the King...

Writers: Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (3:10 TO YUMA, 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS)

Producers: Tucker Tooley (BROTHERS, FELON, KEEP COMING BACK, ONLY IN NEW YORK), Vincent Newman (A MAN APART, POOLHALL JUNKIES)

Learn more about COURIER at ArclightFilms.com
STONE OF DESTINY
POST PRODUCTION

Stone of Destiny

STONE OF DESTINY is based on the audacious true-life attempt to bring the Stone of Scone back to Scotland. This is a story about the passion of youth and the universal theme of the underdog triumphing over the establishment. A story full of emotion, humor, action and the suspense of a classic heist movie.

Written and directed by Charles Martin Smith (Air Bud, The Snow Walker) STONE OF DESTINY tells the story of Ian Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in the 1950s with his daring raid on the heart of English colonialism to bring the Stone of Scone back home. At the heart of Stone of Destiny is the passionate journey to right a wrong.

Starring as Hamilton is Charlie Cox (Cassanova, Stardust). Joining Cox in the star studded cast are Kate Mara (Shooter, Brokeback Mountain), Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings), Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, 28 Weeks Later) and Academy Award winning actress Brenda Fricker

Director: Charles Martin Smith

Cast: Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd, Brenda Fricker

Learn more about STONE OF DESTINY at ArclightFilms.com
SEPTEMBER
SCREENING

SUN 10TH, 14:30, BABYLON
TUE 12TH, 11:30, BABYLON
SUN 17TH, 12:00, BABYLON

September

The inaugural project in the newly established Tropfest Feature Program, September is a tender story of friendship and loyalty between two boys on the cusp of adulthood.

September is a humane, cinematic and intricately drawn coming-of-age story - a visually stunning character film about two 16 year old boys, one black, one white, whose pure and unaffected friendship begins to fall apart against the backdrop of a turbulent and pivotal moment in Australia's past.

Set in Western Australia in 1968, Ed and Paddy have been best friends for as long as they can remember, having grown up together on Ed's family farm. They spend their afternoons together being boys; laughing, reading, smoking and then building their own make-shift boxing ring in the wheat fields where they spar each day and dream of future glories.

But Ed is white and Paddy is Aboriginal and the changing social and political climate threatens to fracture what was a rock-solid friendship.

Director: Peter Castairs

Cast: Xavier Samuel, Clarence John Ryan

Learn more about SEPTEMBER at ArclightFilms.com
BELIEVE IN ME
MARKET SCREENING

MON 11TH, 18:30, MARIOTT 3

Believe in Me

"Heartfelt, winning conviction and spirited performances." - The Hollywood Reporter

Based on the true story of a high school girls basketball team, The Lady Cyclones. Clay Driscoll (Jeffry Donovan, HITCH) is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn't want. A town that doesn't support girl's sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his "girls" the Lady Cyclones, refuse to let him quit.

This inspiring tale of perseverance, character and redemption will have you cheering for these strong-willed young women and their hard-headed coach as they fight for equality and a share of the dream, taking on the town prejudice and their own self doubt in the heart warming true story of a team and a man who wouldn't give up.

Director: Robert Collector

Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, Samantha Mathis, Bruce Dern

US Release: IFC Films

Learn more about BELIEVE IN ME at ArclightFilms.com
ARCLIGHT FILMS QUICK CONTACT DETAILS
Gary Hamilton
Managing Director
+1 917 826 2113
gary@arclightfilms.com
Liz Mackiewicz
Executive Vice President,
Worldwide Distribution
+1 310 567 9337
liz@arclightfilms.com
Lina Marrone
VP Int'l Sales
+1 416 569 1224
lina@arclightfilms.com
Ying Ye
Director, Easternlight Films
+1 310 341 8592
ying@arclightfilms.com
Daniel Pozarik
Int'l Sales Coordinator
+1 310 424 8536
daniel@arclightfilms.com
   
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