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| American Film Market (AFM) 2009 Lineup We are extremely pleased to present our current AFM 2009 lineup within our three labels; Arclight Films, Darclight Films and Easternlight Films. We look forward to meeting with you, so if you would like to schedule a meeting with either Gary Hamilton, Mark Lindsay, Chris Perry or Ying Ye to discuss any of our titles, please contact Faisal Toor at faisal@arclightfilms.com. During AFM our office will be located in the Loews Hotel  Room #728, Ph: (310) 458 6700. We look forward to seeing you there! Download our complete AFM 2009 screening schedule (MS Word format, 46kb) |
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A million bucks just to deliver a briefcase... It's a job too good to be true, especially if you're THE COURIER (Jeffery Dean Morgan), a daredevil carrier renowned for taking on impossible missions who's never 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 whose very name makes the toughest tremble, there's a lot more than reputation and money on the line. With a ruthless pack of double-crossing feds, scheming crooked cops and cold-blooded rival crime bosses in hot pursuit, the Courier trail blazes a worldwide 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... Director: Hany Abu-Assad (Oscar® nominated PARADISE NOW) in negotiation Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (WATCHMEN, P.S. I LOVE YOU) in negotiation Writers: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas (2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, 3:10 TO YUMA, WANTED) |
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When aimless orphan RAY (Chris Evans) catches his girlfriend in bed with his neighbor his world falls apart and he hides from heartbreak by enlisting in the marines. However, following a tour of duty in Iraq, Ray returns home to discover he's just as lost as ever, but now in possession of an unusual set of skills. Unfortunately for Ray those skills prove to be less than marketable, at least in the straight world, but when he helps attractive neighbor KERRY (Rachel Bilson) dispose of the body of her abusive boyfriend whom she's killed, Ray realizes an outlet may exist for his talents. Partnering with best friend and fellow ex marine WAYNE, Ray soon cons his way into the graces of local crime kingpin BENNY and his future is written. With his wits, cunning and ingenuity, Ray quickly becomes Benny's best earner and embarks on a meteoric rise through the ranks of his organization, a rise so rapid Ray realizes anyone can do it. However in any empire there is only room for one at the top. Benny begins to see his golden boy as a threat, a threat that must be eliminated, but his attempt fails with deadly consequences and Ray finds himself on Benny's throne. Now at the top, Ray realizes he's learned every lesson there is to learn about getting to the top except one. How to stay there. Writer / Director: Cliff Dorfman (ENTOURAGE, WARRIOR) Cast: Chris Evans (FANTASTIC FOUR, PUSH), Rachel Bilson (JUMPER) with Harvey Keitel Producers: Michael Roban, Greg Hadjarowicz, Zachary Matz, Cliff Dorfman |
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Expat American getaway driver SCALPEL is the best in the business. A former test driver for Lamborghini, behind the wheel he can slice through the streets with surgical precision, a skill that's tested to the limit when he signs up for a heist that goes awry. Barely escaping the law following an epic, tire melting pursuit, Scalpel promises his frantic kid sister SAMANTHA that he's retired, much to the chagrin of his arch nemesis, crooked cop RAY who's obsessed with taking him down. After failing to lure Scalpel back into the game with a lucrative joyriding job, ruthless Ray pulls out the stops and goes after Samantha, determined to get to Scalpel by any means necessary. Now with his family under threat Scalpel realizes the only way to escape Ray is to leave town forever and accepts the job. He knows it's a set up, but running out of choices and time the only option left is to give Ray what he wants: a showdown on wheels. Director: DIRECTOR: John McTiernan (DIE HARD, HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR) Writer: Scott Reynolds Producers: Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy |
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On a rainy morning, FATHER DECLAN LOUGHRY (Liam Neeson) ponders the recent deathbed confession of one of his parishioners. KEVIN DENNEHY and his wife, ENDA, have been sweetly living a lie for some 50 years, a lie the full extent of which Father Declan learns only when Enda finally confides "the all of it." Her tale of suffering mesmerizes the priest, who recognizes that it is also a tale of sin and scandal, a transgression he cannot ignore. However, as Declan hears the heartbreaking truth behind Kevin and Enda's union he is forced to question his own convictions. Not only must he learn to forgive the unforgivable, but on that journey of discovery, he must also confront his own buried sins and face the toughest challenge of all, forgiving himself. The resolution of his dilemma is a triumph of strength and compassion. Director: Gillian Armstrong (DEATH DEFYING ACTS, LITTLE WOMEN, OSCAR & LUCINDA) Cast: Liam Neeson (TAKEN, BATMAN BEGINS, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN), Ciaran Hinds (MUNICH, STOP-LOSS) Writer: Lewis John Carlino (from the best selling novel by Jeannette Haien) Producers: Robin Gurland, Norman Stephens Executive Producer: David Skinner (ShadowCatcher Entertainment) | ||||||
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Work has become an obsession for Detective TOM ADKINS (Jon Hamm) since the disappearance of his 10-year-old son, TOMMY JR. When an early morning phone call leads him to the mangled remains of a young boy who was brutally murdered 50 years ago, Adkins takes on the case in hopes of finding absolution. His investigation leads him to 1958 and a man named MATTHEW WAKEFIELD (Josh Lucas) and his innocent son JOHN. The striking similarities in the cases pushes Adkins' obsession over the top. Barely holding onto his sanity but bound by the hope of redemption, Adkins unravels the unspeakable truth behind what happened to his son. Director: Andres Anderson Cast: Josh Lucas (POSEIDON, STEALTH), Jon Hamm (MAD MEN, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL), Rhona Mitra (UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS), James Van Der Beek (VARSITY BLUES) Writer: Glenn Taranto Producers: Anders Anderson, Andy Steinman, Bart Rosenblatt, Al Corley, Eugene Musso AFM Screening Times:  Screening 1: Thu, 5th Nov, 9:00am, Fairmont 1Screening 2: Fri, 6th Nov, 9:00am, Fairmont 5 |
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Winner of The Cadillac People's Choice Award at Toronto International Film Festival 2009 BRENT (Xavier Samuel) has never really recovered from the night of his car crash. It's the crash that killed his father, the crash that he was responsible for, and his only solace is his loving girlfriend HOLLY (Victoria Thaine). But there's another girl who yearns to comfort Brent, the quietest girl in school, LOLA (Robin McLeavy). Just when Brent thought his life couldn't get any worse, Brent turns down Lola's invitation to the school prom and enters a nightmare beyond imagining. Just hours before the dance, Brent is abducted and taken to Lola's home by her adoring, demented DADDY (John Brumpton) who's determined to make his lovelorn princess's dream come true, her own private prom night with her dream date. As the night wears on Brent discovers that Lola's feelings for him aren't the only thing she's been keeping a secret, and although beaten and broken, he must summon every ounce of will he possesses if he is to survive, escape, and prevent Lola and her father from extending her revenge to those he loves most... Writer / Director: Sean Byrne Cast: Xavier Samuel (THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE), Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Richard Wilson, Victoria Thaine, Jessica McNamee Producers: Mark Lazarus, Michael Boughen AFM Screening Times: Screening 1: Thu, 5th Nov, 11:00am, AMC Santa Monica 4Screening 2: Fri, 6th Nov, 1:00pm, AMC Santa Monica 4Screening 3: Sat, 7th Nov, 9:00am, AMC Santa Monica 4 |
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In a sleepy coastal resort community, shoppers at an underground supermarket find themselves terrorized by a crazed bandit when the unimaginable occurs... A monstrous freak tsunami swallows the town. Now trapped inside a flooded supermarket with an armed maniac and rushing water threatening to entomb them all in a watery grave, tensions mount, tempers snap, and the imprisoned band of survivors discover the threat from without has ignited an even more immediate threat from within. Their own desire to survive whatever the cost. However as hostilities reach breaking point the survivors discover they are not alone. The tsunami has brought some unwanted visitors from the depths, and as the waters rise they must overcome not only the threat of drowning and the human menace within their midst, but a threat more deadly than both and far more bloodthirsty... packs of hungry tiger sharks. Writer / Director: Russell Mulcahy (HIGHLANDER, RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION) |
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Having lost her pilot mother to a tragic plane accident rookie aviator ADDIE's (Jessica Lowndes) father has forbidden her to fly. Nevertheless, determined to follow in her mother's footsteps she defiantly makes her debut flight taking her friends to a rock concert in an eight seater when disaster strikes. A freak mechanical failure first sends the tiny plane climbing through a storm to an impossible height, and then plummeting through a terrifying, inexplicable mist. After regaining control, Addie and her passengers find themselves lost in a mysterious cloud bank and are confronted with a horrifying realization - the very ground beneath them has vanished and a malevolent force lurking in the clouds wants them dead. Director: Kaare Andrews Cast: Jessica Lowndes (BEVERLY HILLS 90210, THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY), Julianna Guill (FRIDAY THE 13TH), Ryan Donowho (BANDSLAM, BROKEN FLOWERS), Jake Weary, Landon Liboiron Writer: Paul A. Birkett Producer: Ian Birkett |
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Winner, Best Canadian First Feature Film at Toronto International Film Festival 2009 In a dark forest a battle rages between the power-hungry Celts, the rampaging Vikings, the secretive wood elves and a mysterious shaman. But in the heat of battle, disaster strikes... someone breaks character, the one unforgivable transgression in this elaborate game of make believe. Looking for his girlfriend, ERIK (Ricky Mabe) enters this live action role playing game but his refusal to play by its rules sets fantasy and reality on a deadly collision course. The thrilling, keenly authentic debut feature by Alexandre Franchi, THE WILD HUNT captures the all consuming, immersive culture of costume play, its seductive lure of adopting another identity, and the modern yearning for ritual. Director: Alexandre Franchi Cast: Mark A. Krupa, Ricky Mabe, Kaniehtiio Horn, Trevor Hayes, Nicolas Wright, Terry Simpson Writers: Alexandre Franchi, Mark Antony Krupa Producers: Alexandre Franchi, Karen Murphy AFM Screening Times: Screening 1: Wed, 4th Nov, 3:00pm, AMC Santa Monica 4Screening 2: Sun, 8th Nov, 9:00am, AMC Santa Monica 4 |
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Immediately upon arriving in Bangkok, American JEFF (Cary Elwes), his Thai wife SUA (Paula Taylor) and their son KYLE are hit by a truck while driving to visit Sua's father. Six weeks later Jeff regains consciousness in hospital. He's horrified to learn he is the only survivor and is unsettled by his own lack of grief. Even more unsettling, Jeff begins seeing ghosts, all of whom appear to have died terribly, and he confides in his nurse CHOI (Ploy Jindachote). Choi takes Jeff to spiritual adviser MAE who explains that his family's souls, having died prematurely and violently, are trapped in the Shadow World and are doomed to relive their moment of death. Only one man knows how to help them, WARREN, an American expat soul surfer. From Warren, Jeff learns that his own soul is trapped inside the fatal wreck along his wife and child. His soul has never left his family and this is the reason he is unable to feel grief. The only way for Jeff to help his family cross over from the Shadow World to a place of rest is for him to enter it and release his family himself. Getting in is hard enough, but getting out can be impossible. Writer / Director: John Penney (ZYZZYX RD) Cast: Cary Elwes (SAW, THE PRINCESS BRIDE), Ploy Jindachote, Paula Taylor (Credits may not be contractual) Producers: Jon Karas, Ryuhei Kitamura, Mark Lane |
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In the year 2056 an epidemic of organ failures kills tens of millions of people, but multi billion dollar biotech company GeneCo manufactures salvation.. organ transplant surgery with easy organ financing! However for those who can't keep up their repayments, reclamation by GeneCo's Repo Men is the grisly fate that awaits. In this cruel world SHILO (Alexa Vega) has been forced to remain housebound for all of her seventeen years by her overprotective father NATHAN (Anthony Head). When she finally rebels and ventures outside she's shocked to learn her father is GeneCo's top Repo Man and that her godmother BLIND MAG (Sarah Brightman) has been selected as GeneCo's next target for repossession. Unbeknownst to Shilo, GeneCo owner ROTTI LARGO (Paul Sorvino) still holds a torch for Shilo's dead mother Marnie and has blackmailed Nathan into doing his bidding. Now unable to possess Marnie, Rotti Largo seeks to possess Shilo instead. Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Cast: Alexa Vega (BROKEN HILL, SPY KIDS 1, 2 & 3), Anthony Stewart Head, Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, Ogre, Terrance Zdunich with Bill Moseley and Paul Sorvino. Producers: Peter Block (SAW I-VI, DAYBREAKERS, RAMBO) Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II, III, IV) Territories available: Asia, excluding Japan. |
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Young professor JONATHAN (Wes Bentley) has it all, a promising career and an adoring fiancée, but when enigmatic Russian student LIGEIA (Sofya Skya) appears he is spellbound. As though possessed, Jonathan is unable to resist the diabolically beautiful stranger who draws out his wild side. He throws away his impending marriage, and when a colleague supervising Ligeia's mysterious research falls victim to a bizarre accident after cutting her funding, Jonathan abandons his own career and follows Ligeia to her ancestral manor by the Black Sea. Alone together amidst the ominous splendor of the remote mansion, Ligeia's strange hold over Jonathan begins to slip away and he discovers her spine-chilling secret; an arcane experiment that seeks to distill immortality. It's a volatile, gruesome procedure involving the extraction of human souls, but one that has prolonged her life though the ages. Jonathan's horrified and when he ignores Ligeia's pleas to stay she kills herself. However, when you possess the secret of immortality, death isn't the end. If Ligeia can't have Jonathan, she's determined to make sure no one else will either. Director: Michael Staininger Cast: Wes Bentley (AMERICAN BEAUTY, GHOST RIDER), Kaitlin Doubleday, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mackenzie Rosman, Sofya Skya, Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts Producer: Jeff Most (THE CROW) AFM Screening Times: Screening 1: Thu, 5th Nov, 9:00am, Fairmont 2 |
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Fiery Han tomboy MULAN would rather fight than cook or sew thanks to her father, an accomplished martial artist, but when she meets ZIHAO she falls head over heels in love, unaware that he is of the neighboring Xianbei people, sworn enemies of the Han. However, when Rouran barbarians invade, the feuding Han and Xianbei are forced to form an uneasy alliance. Vastly outnumbered, every man is called upon, and to spare her ailing father who has been conscripted Mulan disguises herself as a boy and takes his place in the Han army. Upon joining the Han and Xianbei forces, she is shocked to discover Zihao is a Xianbei general. A stunningly skilled warrior, at first no one suspects Mulan is a girl and her courage and prowess become a source of inspiration for her comrades in arms. However when her ruse is finally discovered, it is branded as deceit. The uneasy alliance between the Han and Xianbei begins to crumble and Mulan must fight to regain the trust of her own army, and unite the Han and Xianbei against a common enemy that threatens to destroy them all. Director: Chuck Russell (THE MASK, THE SCORPION KING) Writer: Iris Rey Producers: Steve Waterman, Mark Philips, Christopher Brough Executive Producers: Ling Lucas, Ying Ye |
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Trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Jinyiwei were masters of the 14 Blades; eight being for torture, five for killing, and the last blade reserved for suicide when a mission failed. An elite force of secret agents with a license to kill, the Jinyiwei devoted their lives and lethal prowess to the service of the Emperor alone. When the Imperial Court is taken over by evil eunuch JIA (Law Kar Ying), the best of the Jinyiwei, QINGLONG (Donnie Yen) is assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. However unbeknownst to Qinglong, the Jinyiwei have fallen under the control of Jia, and during the mission Qinglong is betrayed and barely escapes with his life. Now as the most wanted man in the land, Qinglong must seek out and rally the loyalists to rise against Jia and restore the Emperor to power. In his way are the deadliest assassins in the land, his former brethren, the Jinyiwei. Easternlight Films is proud to be in business again with Susanna Tsang's and Daniel Lee's Visualizer Film Production Company and is delighted to announce their thrilling new film, 14 BLADES. Director: Daniel Lee Cast: Donnie Yen, Wei Zhao, Chun Wu Writers: Daniel Lee, Abe Kwong Producer: Susanna Tsang |
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In the future, scientist DR MASTERSON averts an energy crisis that threatens the existence of mankind by developing a solar substitute. In doing so he unleashes the wrath of a ruthless oil cartel who dispatch a team of half human, half machine hit men to assassinate him. Policeman ANDY (Andy Lau) is assigned to protect Dr. Masterson and repels the assassination attempt, but his wife MILLIE (BingBing Fan) and cyborg captain KALON's (Louis Fan) younger brother are killed during the battle. Andy and Kalon both vow revenge. Still determined to regain control of the world's energy, the cartel send Kalon and his cyborgs back in time to the present to kill Dr. Masterson as a teenager. Now with the fate of the future in his hands, Andy must follow the assassins back in time to protect the future savior of planet earth. But the only way he stands a chance against the super powered cyborgs is to relinquish his humanity and become one of them. Writer / Director: Jing Wong Action Director: Tony Siu-Tung Ching Cast: Andy Lau, Jiao Xu, Barbie Hsu, BingBing Fan, Mike Ho, Louis Fan, Blackie Chen Producer: Mu-Ho Tsai |
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When the boss of a ruling Hong Kong triad is arrested and executed in China for counterfeiting money, mayhem ensues as the mob's leading contenders circle the throne. Will it be tough guy FUNKY (Simon Yam)? The boss' daughter AUDREY (Bernice Liu)? The strange mute DUMBY (Lu Xia Jiang)? The quiet achiever CALF (Andy On)? Or the power hungry senior officers HUNG (Kenneth Low), KONG (Xin Xin Xiong) and ZEN (Wai Man Chan)? The body count mounts as one by one they fall victim to mysterious murders, until only one will remain standing to seize power. Writer / Director: Dennis S. Y. Law Cast: Simon Yam, Bernice Liu, Andy On, Lu Xia Jiang, Wai Man Chan, Siu Fai Cheung, Kenneth Low, Pinky Cheung, Xin Xin Xiong, Lok Yi Lai, Amy Chum Producer: Dennis S. Y. Law AFM Screening Times: Screening 1: Thu, 5th Nov, 11:00am, Mann Criterion 6Screening 2: Fri, 6th Nov, 9:00am, Mann Criterion 5 |
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Managing Director gary@arclightfilms.com +1 917 826 2113 Ying Ye Managing Director, Easternlight Films ying@arclightfilms.com +1 310 779 7366 Mark Lindsay President, Sales and Acquisitions mark@arclightfilms.com +1 917 535 4833 Chris Perry Vice President of Sales Operations chris@arclightfilms.com +1 323 864 3134 Ian Gibbins General Manager ian@arclightfilms.com +81 905 582 3981 Faisal Toor Manager of Sales Operations faisal@arclightfilms.com +1 310 433 6472 |
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