The Wicker Man – go to site

A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community

Official Wicker Man Site
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The Dresden Files

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Lord of War

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Sonny – a film by Nicolas Cage go to site

Freshly discharged from the Army and on his way to a better future, Sonny (Gold Globe Winner James Franco) stops home in New Orleans and visits the bordello run by his mother. Jewel (Golden Globe Winner Brenda Blethyn), domineering, tough and painfully in need of her son’s love and labor, runs a whorehouse in the French Quarter. Her looks have faded but her will to survive has not. Her prized new attraction is Carol (Mena Suvari), a pretty and fresh young prostitute who fetches good money but who’s looking to get out of the life. Carol takes an immediate interest in handsome Sonny and begs him to take her away with him. Despite Jewel’s pleadings Sonny wants to leave the town and the trade for good. He wants to make something of himself and free himself from Jewel.

But Sonny is no ordinary young man. Trained as a lover, he was raised by Jewel to be the best male prostitute in town. His clients, mostly older women hungry for passion, are desperate for his services and Jewel is desperate for the money he’ll be bringing in. Does she love him as a son or as her best earner? When his “respectable” job falls through he’s back in the saddle, sometimes working doubles with Carol. He will not betray his mother and cannot escape his past.

The police come looking for him and his familiar ties begin to choke him. Beaten, sickened and repulsed by his growing failure, Sonny lashes out in a violent rage. His world explodes by his own hand. Ultimately, Carol, sweet but not passive, offers him a chance at redemption. Fighting against his mother for his future and his soul, Sonny has a final moment to find a way out…

Powerful and provocative, Sonny marks the directorial debut of Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage.

The Life of David Gale go to site

The Life of David Gale, a taut suspense thriller directed by Alan Parker, stars two-time Academy Award®-winner Kevin Spacey and Oscar®-nominees Kate Winslet and Laura Linney.

In Charles Randolph’s original screenplay, David Gale (Spacey) is a man who has tried hard to live by his principles but in a bizarre twist of fate, this devoted father, popular professor and respected death penalty opponent finds himself on Death Row for the rape and murder of fellow activist Constance Harraway (Linney). With only three days before his scheduled execution, Gale agrees to give reporter Elizabeth (Bitsey) Bloom (Winslet) the exclusive interview she’s been chasing. But Bitsey soon realizes that this assignment is more than she bargained for, and that a man’s life is in her hands. Putting her own safety in jeopardy, she frantically races to piece together the shocking events surrounding Constance’s death, before it’s too late.

Universal Pictures’ and Intermedia Films' The Life of David Gale is a Saturn Films/Dirty Hands production, which Alan Parker is producing with Nicolas Cage.

Shadow of the Vampire

Saturn Films Debuts with "Shadow of the Vampire"

John Malkovich Set to Star

Lions Gate Films International Selling Foreign Rights

Two time Academy Award nominee, John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire, Dangerous Liaisons, The Killing Fields, The Sheltering Sky, Con Air, Places in the Heart) is set to star in Shadow of the Vampire, a thriller directed by E. Elias Merhige (whose visionary classic, Begotten, was proclaimed by Time Magazine as "One of the Top Ten films of the year"). The remainder of the cast will be named shortly.

The first film from Nicolas Cage's three-year-old production entity, Saturn Films, Shadow of the Vampire was chosen by the company to launch its foray into the independent market, after an aggressive review of available product. Cage and his partner Jeff Levine's intent is to brand the company as a leader in high quality independent film.

The film marks the box office superstar's ascension to the rank of producer. Also producing is Saturn partner Levine (co-producer of Cage's 8mm and associate producer of Face/Off, City of Angels and Snake Eyes) and Paul Brooks, co-founder of British indy production and distribution entity, Metrodome. Also named as co-producer is London-based BBC Films, who also holds U.K. rights. Lions Gate Films International is selling the film internationally (excluding the U.K.) with Saturn Films holding U.S. rights. Production begins April 14 in Luxembourg.

Shadow of the Vampire is written by Steven Katz, a prolific screenwriter who has credits for such screen adaptations as Interview with the Vampire and American Gothic as well as original screenplays (Tri-Star's The Big Bang, Paramount's Morningside Heights and Universal's The Just). The script for Shadow of the Vampire was inspired by the brilliant and eccentric director, F.W. Murnau's iconic classic, Nosferatu, the first and most haunting cinematic representation of Bram Stoker's classic, "Dracula."

Cage comments, "As an avid supporter of independent film, this project is personally exciting for me. I also love both the history and folklore that follows Nosferatu's memory, which is considered to be the best vampire film ever made. While happy to continue working within the studio system, I am also committed to broadening the company's filmmaking activities to encompass the independent arena. This is an exciting debut film for Saturn Films."

Producing partner Levine concurs, "Steven's script is startlingly original. We were fascinated by the enigmatic question he asked: what if, in Murnau's pursuit of cinematic authenticity, he went beyond the accepted moral limits imposed by society? It seemed like a must for Saturn Films."

"We are tremendously excited to be working with Nicolas Cage and Saturn Films on Shadow of the Vampire," comments Alan Howden, head of the program acquisition group for BBC Television/Film. "This film is the type of intelligent product with which we are always seeking to be involved, to enhance our slate."