In theaters from July 4th 2007
Introducing The Dwights
In this house, letting go is never easy.
Brenda Blethyn stars as Jean Dwight, on the down slope of a career as a bawdy and risqué comedienne. Her sons, Tim (Khan Chittenden) and his intellectually disabled brother Mark (Richard Wilson), inhabit a household where chaos is the norm.
Their father (Frankie J. Holden), a one-hit wonder 25 years earlier, works as a security guard and hopes for another break. And so, when Tim meets and falls for gorgeous Jill (Emma Booth), his mum fears that this interloper will "break up" the family, and what was never exactly a stable home environment becomes a combat zone where the two women lock horns for his affections.
"Introducing the Dwights" stars Golden Globe-winning actress Brenda Blethyn (Saving Grace, Little Voice, Secrets and Lies, Lovely and Amazing and Pride and Prejudice), and is directed by Cherie Nowlan (Thank God He Met Lizzie, Marking Time, Small Claims) from a screenplay by Keith Thompson, and produced by Rosemary Blight for Essential Viewing.
The film also features two of
Written by Keith Thompson
Directed by Cherie Nowlan
Starring - Brenda Blethyn, Emma Booth, Peter Callan, Khan Chittenden, Brendan Clearkin, Russell Dykstra, Rebecca Gibney, Frankie J. Holden, Phillip Quast, Katie Wall, Richard Wilson
Rated - R for sexual content and language
Running Time – 1:44
Genre – Comedy
Box Office - $376,311 (US total)
Open in Theaters - July 4th, 2007 (NY, LA)
Rescue Dawn
This summer experience the incredible true story of one man's fight for freedom
In the annals of history's great escapes there is no other story like that of Dieter Dengler, the only American to ever break out of a POW camp in the impenetrable Laotian jungle. After months plotting his getaway and a death-defying journey through some of the world's fiercest wilderness, Dengler appeared at his first press conference looking like a dashing movie star and showing neither sentimentality nor bitterness - simply an indomitable will to survive that allowed him to triumph against impossible odds.
Now, from legendary director Werner Herzog (GRIZZLY MAN, FITZCARROLDO) and starring acclaimed actor Christian Bale (BATMAN BEGINS, THE PRESTIGE) comes the incredible true story of a renegade who, from the depths of total darkness, blazed his own willful path to freedom. A blistering adventure and a stark epic of survival, RESCUE DAWN reveals how Dieter Dengler relied on the most primal qualities of evasion, endurance, tenacity and courage to find his way home.
Dieter (BALE) had dreamed of flying since his childhood in wartime
After a shocking initial ordeal, he is taken to a small Laotian prison camp, where he meets two American soldiers already held captive for a stultifying two years - both nearly broken in spirit. Duane (STEVE ZAHN) can only recommend keeping quiet to stay alive, while the barely sane "Gene from
RESCUE DAWN is written and directed by Werner Herzog, who was close friends with the real Dieter Dengler. Ten years ago, while Dengler was still alive (he died in 2001 of Lou Gehrig's disease), Herzog made the acclaimed documentary, "Little Dieter Needs To Fly," about Dengler. Now, he returns to tell more of the story in an epic narrative.
RESCUE DAWN marks the first truly American film from internationally acclaimed director Werner Herzog. Based on the true story of the courageous POW escapee Dieter Dengler, the film once again takes Herzog on an intense adventure into the dark heart of human peril, but comes out the other side with a heart-lifting sense of all that is meant by duty, honor and triumph over adversity. Says Herzog: "Dieter Dengler embodied everything I love about
Written by Werner Herzog
Directed by Werner Herzog
Starring - Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Marshall Bell, François Chau, Jeremy Davies, Craig Gellis, GQ, Zach Grenier, Pat Healy, Toby Huss, Bonnie Z. Hutchinson, Evan Jones, Abhijati 'Meuk' Jusakul, Mr. Tony B. King, Mr. Richard Manning, Mr. Garrett D. Melich, Mr. Kriangsak Ming-olo, Mr. Yuttana Muenwaja, Teerawat Mulvilai, Somkuan 'Kuan' Siroon, Mr. Chorn Solyda, Mr. Saichia Wongwiroj
Rated - PG-13 for some sequences of intense war violence and torture
Running Time - ?
Genre - Action, Drama
Box Office - $5,484,375 (US total)
Open in Theaters - July 4th, 2007 (NY, LA; top 10 markets: July 13; top 50 markets: July 27)