“I hope they’re not scared off and think it’s like The Cove,” Jonathan Franzen said on Monday evening. He was referring to potential audiences for Emptying the Skies, Roger and Douglas Kass's new documentary based on his 2010 New Yorker essay about songbird poaching in the Mediterranean. “I never saw The Cove, because everyone said it’ll just depress the hell out of you,” he said, laughing. (The Cove concerns dolphin-hunting in Japan.) &...
- 4/22/2015
- Village Voice
Emptying The Skies Music Box Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya. Databased on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: B+ Director: Douglas Kass, Roger Kass Cast: Peter Berthold, Sergio Coen Tanugi, David Conlin, Jonathan Franzen, Martin Hellicar, Alex Heyd, Axel Hirschfeld, Piero Liberati, Andrea Rutigliano Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 4/15/15 Opens: April 22, 2015 Everyone should take an eco-vacation in Costa Rica where you can admire birds like the Toucan, the Tricolored Heron, the Pinnated Bitron, and a hundred other species. You’ll probably think: beautiful birds like these are lucky. They will never be eaten by human beings. That’s true in Costa Rica where environmental laws protecting the woodlands are strictly [ Read More ]
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- 4/17/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Read More: Music Box Films Swoops Down on Jonathan Franzen's 'Emptying the Skies' "Emptying the Skies" is confronting the issue of migratory bird poaching. The upcoming documentary, based on an essay from acclaimed author Jonathan Franzen, comes out of the revelation that songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades. "Emptying the Skies" pays tribute to these tiny, globe-spanning songbirds, millions of which are inhumanely trapped and killed for a quick cash exchange on the black market. The film centers on an intrepid squad of pan-European bird-lovers, waging a secret war against poachers to disrupt illegal trapping and to free as many as possible. From directors Douglas Kass and Roger Kass, "Emptying the Skies" has already found acclaim with critics. Above, you can see the film's exclusive poster debut; a dreamlike, triumphant vision of birds freely in flight. It perfectly captures the film's great sense of hope,...
- 4/1/2015
- by David Canfield
- Indiewire
Submarine has sold all Us rights excluding TV to Douglas Kass’ documentary Emptying The Skies to Music Box Films and has licensed Canadian rights to Films We Like.
Java Films recently acquired international sales rights.
Music Box Films plans a theatrical release later this year on the story of the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds. The film is based on an essay by novelist Jonathan Franzen.
Emptying The Skies is a production of RingTheJing in association with Sustainable Films. The film was Directed by Douglas Kass. Roger Kass produced and co-directed while Franzen and Andrea van Beuren served as executive producers.
David Koh of Submarine and Roger Kass of RingTheJing Entertainment on behalf of the filmmakers brokered the deal with Ed Arentz and William Schopf of Music Box Films and Films We Like president Ron Mann.
Java Films recently acquired international sales rights.
Music Box Films plans a theatrical release later this year on the story of the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds. The film is based on an essay by novelist Jonathan Franzen.
Emptying The Skies is a production of RingTheJing in association with Sustainable Films. The film was Directed by Douglas Kass. Roger Kass produced and co-directed while Franzen and Andrea van Beuren served as executive producers.
David Koh of Submarine and Roger Kass of RingTheJing Entertainment on behalf of the filmmakers brokered the deal with Ed Arentz and William Schopf of Music Box Films and Films We Like president Ron Mann.
- 5/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Java Films has snapped up world rights to Douglas Kass' feature documentary out of the Berlin Film Festival, "Emptying the Skies." The film is based on this "New Yorker" essay by bestselling author Jonathan Franzen, which looks at the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds. The film previously played Doc NYC and the Hamptons International Film Festival. Here's the brief official synopsis:Songbird populations have been drastically declining for decades, and a number of species face extinction imminently. The film follows an intrepid squad of bird-lovers who risk their lives waging a secret war to save these endangered creatures and features in depth interviews with worldwide best selling author Jonathan Franzen.A domestic distribution partner will be announced soon. You can check out a Vimeo teaser trailer for the film here.
- 2/11/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
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