While things are rather quiet in the world of Miss Rose, I thought I’d take a moment to share some good news regarding her most recent movie, Fifty Dead Men Walking, which received two nominations from The Vancouver Critics.
Best British Columbia Film Fifty Dead Men Walking Edison and Leo Stone of Destiny
Best Performance by an Actor in a Canadian Film
Antoine L’Écuyer, C’est pas moi, je le jure! Jim Sturgess, Fifty Dead Men Walking
Natar Ungalaaq, The Necessities of Life
Speaking of the film, IMDb states May 8, 2009 as the UK release date. Can’t wait to see it!
U.K. indie distrib Metrodome has snapped up all U.K. rights to Canuck helmer Kari Skogland’s thriller 50 Dead Men Walking from co-producer and sales agent Handmade Films Intl.
Pic is loosely based on Martin McGartland’s autobiography of the same name about his time as an informant inside the Irish Republican Army from 1987 to 1991, who was exposed, tortured and then escaped. He remains in hiding today.
Pic, which toplines Jim Sturgess as McGartland and also stars Ben Kingsley and Nathalie Press, world premiered at the Toronto Film Fest.
Deal was done between HandMade’s Guy Collins and Metrodome’s Peter Urie. Metrodome plans a spring 2009 release.
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The trailer for Fifty Dead Men Walking is available. Rose is seen a few times (with an Irish accent!). I have added the video and caps from it as well as the two posters for the film. I think the movie looks really interesting and I’m eager to see it!
Indie distributor Metrodome Distribution has snared U.K. and Irish distribution rights to Kari Skogland’s Fifty Dead Men Walking in a deal with co-producer and sales banner HandMade Films International.
The deal, announced Thursday, was signed by HandMade’s Guy Collins and Metrodome’s Peter Urie after negotiations that started following its screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.
HandMade also said it has sold the film to a host of countries including Australia (Village Roadshow), Scandinavia (Svenske), Germany and Austria (ARD Degeto), Spain (Festival Films), Russia (Paradise) and Benelux (EFP).
HandMade is working with William Morris to close a U.S. rights deal.
The producers of Toronto International Film Festival entry Fifty Dead Men Walking have taken the unusual step of distancing themselves from comments made by the film’s star, Rose McGowan.
McGowan caused a widely reported controversy last week when she said that she would have joined the Irish Republican Army had she lived in Belfast during the Troubles. She said she could understand why people turned to violence during that time in Northern Ireland.
In a statement sent to The Hollywood Reporter, producers said they oppose the comments made by McGowan during a Toronto news conference for the film.
The backers “regret any distress” that McGowan’s comments may have caused “to people of Northern Ireland and particularly those who were victims of or caught up in the shocking events that existed during the conflict.”
The statement goes on: “Ms. McGowan’s views were private ones, and as such they greatly saddened the film’s producers.”
