Alliance Communications Announces Principal Photography on Atom Egoyan's the Sweet Hereafter Starring Ian Holm.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 1996--ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS' (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on ALLIF, TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. .A AAC.B, ME AAC.A AAC.B ) Ian Holm (Big Night, The Madness of King George) stars in Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter an Alliance Communications/Ego Film Arts production which is currently filming in Toronto. Director Atom Egoyan, whose three previous collaborations with Alliance are The Adjuster (1991), Calendar (1993) and Exotica ex·ot·i·ca pl.n. Things that are curiously unusual or excitingly strange: such gustatory exotica as killer bee honey and fresh catnip sauce. (1994), wrote the screenplay and will co-produce along with Camelia Frieberg. Robert Lantos and Andras Hamori are executive producers. Alliance will distribute The Sweet Hereafter world-wide. Exotica has won numerous awards including the International Critics' Prize for Best Film at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. and eight Genie Awards including Best Motion Picture (1994). It was sold world-wide by Alliance and released in the U.S. by Miramax. The Sweet Hereafter is based on the novel of the same name written by Russell Banks (Continental Drift). It is the first film Egoyan is adapting from source material that is not his own. The story revolves around a lawyer (Holm) who represents the members of a small community after a tragic school bus accident. Things begin to spiral out of control when he uncovers secrets that surface and threaten to destroy his case. The ensemble cast includes Arsinee Khanjian (Exotica), Sarah Polley (Road To Avonlea Road to Avonlea is a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was produced by Sullivan Films (later Sullivan Entertainment) in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Disney Channel, with ), Bruce Greenwood (Exotica), Gabrielle Rose (The Adjuster), Tom McCamus (I Love a Man in Uniform) and Maury Chaykin (Unstrung Heroes). Atom Egoyan's earlier films include Next of Kin The blood relatives entitled by law to inherit the property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will, although the term is sometimes interpreted to include a relationship existing by reason of marriage. Cross-references Descent and Distribution. (1984), Family Viewing (1987) and Speaking Parts (1989). Egoyan served as a member of the jury at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. He recently directed the Canadian Opera Company's production of Salome. Alliance Communications is Canada's leading producer and distributor of motion pictures. Some Alliance motion pictures include: David Cronenberg's Crash (Special Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 1996); Bruce Beresford's Black Robe (Best Motion Picture, Genie Awards, 1991); Jean Claude Lauzon's Leolo (Grand Prize, Valladolid, Spain 1992); and Patricia Rozema's When Night Is Falling (Audience Award, Berlin Film Festival, 1995). CONTACT: Alliance Communications Corporation Rose Mangone, 416/ 967-1174 or Ego Film Arts Simone Urdl, 416/ 588-5464 |
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