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ATTENDING:
Mark L. Lester: President
(Buying/Selling)
Dana Dubovsky: President of Production
Martin J. Barab: President of International
Production
Terese Linden Kohn: Executive Vice President
of Distribution (Selling)
Adam Singer: Vice President Acquisitions and Co-Production |
Company: American World Pictures
Address: 16027 Ventura Blvd, Suite 320
Encino, CA 91436
Phone: 818-380-9100
Fax: 818-380-0050
Web
site: www.americanworldpictures.com
Email Address:
terese@americanworldpictures.com |
World Premiere Screenings at AFM
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| CRAZY EIGHTS Fairmont 4 - 10/31/2007 - 3pm
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| Genre: |
Supernatural Thriller |
| Director:
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James K. Jones |
| Producers: |
James K. Jones,
Patrick Moses, John Kaila, Dan Deluca |
| Country of
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USA |
| Running Time:
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90 mins. |
| Cast: |
Traci Lords, Dina
Meyer, George Newbern, Gabrielle Anwar,
Dan Deluca and Frank Whaley |
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Synopsis: |
Six
friends reunite after 20 years at a mutual
childhood friend's funeral. A search through
their deceased friend's house reveals a
map to a time capsule they buried some twenty
years earlier which spurs the friends to
find it and dig it up. After uncovering
the trunk, the unexpected is found ... the
rotted remains of a child. A child from
a past they've long forgotten, a child that
begins to haunt their every waking moment
and makes them question who they really
are. The closer they come to remembering
the circumstances of the mysterious child's
death, the closer they come to their own
reckoning. The memory that will eventually
kill them one by one is the same memory
they need to discover to stay alive. |
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| GRIZZLY PARK AMC 4 - 10/31/2007 - 11am |
| Genre: |
Horror |
| Director:
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Tom Skull |
| Cast: |
Glenn Morshower, Rance Howard |
| Running Time:
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90 mins. |
| Official Website: |
www.grizzlypark.com |
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Synopsis: |
Eight troubled young adults are sentenced to a week of community service in a remote California forest range called Grizzly Park. Under the supervision of the stalwart Ranger Bob (Glenn Morshower of 24) the group is given the opportunity to seek redemption on their journey through the forest.
While Ranger Bob seeks to provide guidance to the young adults, an escaped serial killer with an insatiable bloodlust has also found his way into the park with every intention of disposing anyone in his path. But he is not the only predator in these woods - a nine foot tall, thousand pound ravenous Grizzly bear has also set his sights on stalking the group and attacking them one by one, leaving the group to face their ultimate challenge... survival.
As the body count rises and the idyllic camp grounds turn red with blood, Grizzly Park will have you rebooking your vacation.
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| LOST COLONY Fairmont 5 - 11/02/2007 - 1pm |
| Genre: |
Supernatural
Horror |
| Director:
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Matt Codd |
| Producers: |
Mark Lester, Dana
Dubovsky, Rafael Jordon |
| Cast: |
Adrian Paul |
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Synopsis: |
With their arrival to the New World, the English colonists lead by Governor White settle into Fort Raleigh with hopes of creating a new life on the peaceful island of Roanoke, Virginia. Unfortunately, the horrific discovery of a dangling corpse and a warning written in blood to save your souls before they take them from you, is quickly covered up by the Governor and his men and kept secret from the others.
Several nights later, haunting cries echo through the dark forest and are soon followed by attacks on the colonist's isolated fort by supernatural ghosts with the intent of wiping out every soul on the island. Ananias Dare (Adrian Paul) and his fellow colonist ban together to fight the malevolent spirits and destroy them before they are destroyed themselves. With the help of Manteo, an Indian guide on the main land, Ananias uncovers the mysterious truth of these ancient wraiths and learns of a ritual that could send them back to the netherworld.
Ananias' last and only hope to save his family and surviving colonists fall short when the ritual goes awry and he and the entire colony vanish forever, leaving only the words Croatan carved into a tree.
Based on the true story of the lost colony of Roanoke. |
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| I TRIED Fairmont 4 - 11/03/2007 - 7pm |
| Genre: |
Action/Urban |
| Cast: |
Bone Thugs & Harmony |
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Synopsis: |
If your familiar with BONE THUGS N’ HARMONY, it’s common knowledge the group took a leap of faith in order make it in the music game. Boarding a bus bound for Los Angeles, they had a plan to get an audience with Eazy E and get signed to Ruthless Records. Though things didn’t go exactly as planned, they eventually made it happen. The rest is, as they say, history with Bone Thugs becoming the luminaries of hip-hop they are known as today. But – what if they never boarded that Greyhound? What if life spiraled in a different direction and interfered? What if that bus left without them and they never got out of Cleveland? Amidst this internal battle, both Dayvon and Ty are faced with a surprise attack by two younger members, Lil’ Jay (Miguel Gaetan) and Stink (Kwame Patterson), who have devised their own plans to seize power in DFL. 4Life is an action-packed adventure of survival on the streets. |
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| JUMP! Fairmont 1 - 11/05/2007 - 5pm |
| Genre: |
True Story |
| Director: |
Joshua Sinclair |
| Producers: |
Lilly Berger, Joshua Sinclair |
| Country of
Origin: |
Austria |
| Running Time:
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102 mins. |
| Cast: |
Patrick Swayze, Ben Silverstone, Martine McCutcheon |
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Synopsis: |
JUMP is a psychological
drama revealing for the first time the extraordinary
circumstances behind the unjust murder trial
of the young Jew, Philippe Halsman, who
would later become the most sought after
celebrity portrait photographer of his generation.
Set in 1928 Austria during the rise of fascism,
the story documents the corrupt relationship
between Philippe and his father, the events
leading to his father's death, and focuses
a sharp but delicate eye upon the anti-Semitic
atmosphere that quickly led to Philippe's
conviction. |
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| BORN Fairmont 1 - 11/04/2007 - 3pm |
| Genre: |
Horror |
| Director:
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Richard Friedman |
| Producers: |
Richard Friedman,
Richard Sindell, Michael Dietz |
| Country of
Origin: |
USA |
| Running Time:
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90 mins. |
| Cast: |
Kane Hodder, Denise
Crosby, Joan Severance |
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Synopsis: |
Mary
Elizabeth goes to bed alone one night, still
a 21 year old virgin, and wakes up the next
morning...pregnant. Possessed by the demon
fetus growing within her womb, Mary Elizabeth
obeys her homicidal cravings to kill...for
the sake of her unborn spawn. Mary Elizabeth's
dark transformation, controlled by her unborn
demon child, is driven by it's dark cravings.
Once the child is born there will be hell
on earth. From this apparent immaculate
conception comes edge of your seat terror.
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| TRILOQUIST Fairmont 3 - 10/31/2007 - 5pm |
| Genre: |
Horror |
| Director: |
Mark Jones |
| Producers: |
Michael Levine, Marlon Parry, Jack Edward Sawyers |
| Country of
Origin: |
USA |
| Running Time:
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80 mins. |
| Cast: |
Rocky Marquette, Paydin LoPachin, Katie Chonacas |
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In a seedy motel in Hollywood, a down and out ventriloquist with a creepy looking Dummy, kills herself with a drug overdose as her two young children watch. The kids are sent to live with a perverted uncle who ends up dead.
Turning eighteen, the beautiful and twisted sister tells her brother they will head out to Las Vegas so he can be a great ventriloquist like their mother was. The brother has never spoken since the death of his mother, and the creepy Dummy does all his talking. and the Dummy seems to hate the sister. This weird trio set out on Halloween night and end up killing a young kid. The sister and the Dummy blame the silent brother and he is sent to an institution. Months later, the sister and the "demented" Dummy break the brother out and the three of them set out on a road trip where they kidnap a young girl so her brother can impregnate her and carry on the "family bloodline." Being hunted by the police this desperate and psychotic "trio" fall further and further into darkness. and the creepy Dummy seems to develop a "life" and "mind" of his own. In a twisted and shocking ending, the beautiful sister and the Dummy kill her brother and get away only to end up back in a seedy part of Hollywood where the sister has given birth to a baby... which the Dummy holds in his arms like a proud papa.
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