'Cabin Fever' to Premiere in Fairfield, Conn.; Deer Path Films Hosts Party to Celebrate First Project.

Entertainment Editors/Business Editors

WESTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2003

Deer Path Films today announced its first production "Cabin Fever," a movie directed and co-written by Eli Roth and distributed by Lions Gate Films. The film is scheduled for wide release Sept. 12 at theaters across the country.

But at Fairfield's Community Theater on Post Road, Deer Path Films decided to celebrate the release of "Cabin Fever" with a special premiere and party for invited family, friends and investors. "It's the first premiere of a motion picture in Fairfield County in more than eight years," said Mike Hassan, a Deer Path Films partner and corporate attorney in real life.

"We decided that Connecticut deserved special treatment given the fact our company came to life over a touch football game behind Weston High School," said Andy Sawyer, another partner with Deer Path Films. "Four out of five Deer Path partners live in the Westport/Weston area and one partner lives on Long Island."

"Cabin Fever" follows friends Jeff, Karen, Paul, Marcy and Bert as they embark on a vacation deep into the mountains as a last hurrah following college graduation. With the top down and the music up, they drive to a remote cabin to enjoy their last days of decadence before entering the working world. However, when one of the friends contracts a virulent flesh-eating disease, the group dynamic devolves into survival of the fittest, as the rest slowly turn on one another in their desperate attempts to avoid getting the virus.

Deer Path Films was born in suburban Connecticut with a simple motto: "Scare me," and exists to bring edgy and memorable future horror classics and movies of other genres to the screen while turning a profit for its investors and limited partners. These elements are the driving forces behind the company operated by Rich and Mike Hassan, Mike and Andy Sawyer and Neal Edelson, the principals behind Weston-based Deer Path Films.

Formed in 2001, Deer Path Films Inc. is a privately held Connecticut corporation that develops, finances and produces quality films for audiences worldwide. Deer Path Films' business model concentrates on three areas: providing finishing money for films in the works; using its track record to catch the attention of other independent producers that Deer Path Films would fund from start to finish; and self-funding full productions. All areas of investment have one goal in mind: cutting the best possible deal for its investors and limited partners.

Deer Path Films is located at 61 High Noon Road in Weston, Conn. 06883, 203-454-4455, fax [phone], email: [e-mail].