When Katharine Hepburn made her final big-screen appearance in Warren Beatty's 1994 romantic drama, "Love Affair," it marked the first time in her 62-year film career that she played a supporting role (aside from a cameo in 1943's "Stage Door Canteen") -- and this is all the more amazing when you consider how much she struggled at various junctures to maintain her leading lady status.
Hepburn's options were plentiful at birth. The Connecticut-born daughter of a wealthy urologist and a suffragette campaigner, Hepburn was raised in a permissive environment where societal limitations existed to be disregarded. She cut her hair short, excelled at sports like tennis and golf, wore pants, and smoked cigarettes. She pursued social justice causes at an early age, and received a liberal arts education at Bryn Mawr College (graduating with decidedly unladylike degrees in history and philosophy).
There was nothing performative about Hepburn's interests. She was appreciative of her good fortune,...
Hepburn's options were plentiful at birth. The Connecticut-born daughter of a wealthy urologist and a suffragette campaigner, Hepburn was raised in a permissive environment where societal limitations existed to be disregarded. She cut her hair short, excelled at sports like tennis and golf, wore pants, and smoked cigarettes. She pursued social justice causes at an early age, and received a liberal arts education at Bryn Mawr College (graduating with decidedly unladylike degrees in history and philosophy).
There was nothing performative about Hepburn's interests. She was appreciative of her good fortune,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Actor Ranveer Singh has launched the second song of his music label IncInk. "Paathshala", the song raises pertinent questions about the education system of India.
IncInk, the joint venture between Singh and Navzar Eranee, has hand-picked rap/hip-hop artistes Kaam Bhaari (Kunal Pandagale), SlowCheetah (Chaitanya Sharma) and Spitfire for launch.
"Paathshala" marks the debut of Spitfire (real name Nitin Mishra), who is seen singing and acting in the video.
The song is his own life-story and how he found the strength to break through stereotypes and discover his real identity. Mishra sings about education and learning and about setting himself free.
"This song got my attention because it is actually about how the birth of Spitfire, the performer, saved Nitin Mishra. Our society has stratified rigid methods of education, learning and consider these the ultimate benchmark of a person's abilities. We disagree," Ranveer said in a statement.
Eranee added: "Being...
IncInk, the joint venture between Singh and Navzar Eranee, has hand-picked rap/hip-hop artistes Kaam Bhaari (Kunal Pandagale), SlowCheetah (Chaitanya Sharma) and Spitfire for launch.
"Paathshala" marks the debut of Spitfire (real name Nitin Mishra), who is seen singing and acting in the video.
The song is his own life-story and how he found the strength to break through stereotypes and discover his real identity. Mishra sings about education and learning and about setting himself free.
"This song got my attention because it is actually about how the birth of Spitfire, the performer, saved Nitin Mishra. Our society has stratified rigid methods of education, learning and consider these the ultimate benchmark of a person's abilities. We disagree," Ranveer said in a statement.
Eranee added: "Being...
- 6/28/2019
- GlamSham
In today’s film news roundup, a Neil Armstrong documentary and “The Invisible Man” get release dates, “Forrest Gump” and “Saving Private Ryan” get re-released and Patrick Fugit gets cast.
Release Dates
Gravitas Ventures has bought worldwide rights to the Neil Armstrong documentary “Armstrong” and will open the film on July 12 in theaters and on demand, Variety has learned exclusively.
“Armstrong,” featuring the voice of Harrison Ford, is directed by David Fairhead (“Spitfire” and “Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo”), and produced by Gareth Dodds and Keith Haviland (“The Last Man on the Moon”). The film will open eight days before the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
“Armstrong” will include never-before-seen family home-movie footage and photos, showcasing Armstrong’s service as a fighter pilot in Korea, his test-pilot days, and the Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions.
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Universal Pictures has set a March 13, 2020, release date for “The Invisible Man,...
Release Dates
Gravitas Ventures has bought worldwide rights to the Neil Armstrong documentary “Armstrong” and will open the film on July 12 in theaters and on demand, Variety has learned exclusively.
“Armstrong,” featuring the voice of Harrison Ford, is directed by David Fairhead (“Spitfire” and “Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo”), and produced by Gareth Dodds and Keith Haviland (“The Last Man on the Moon”). The film will open eight days before the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
“Armstrong” will include never-before-seen family home-movie footage and photos, showcasing Armstrong’s service as a fighter pilot in Korea, his test-pilot days, and the Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions.
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Universal Pictures has set a March 13, 2020, release date for “The Invisible Man,...
- 5/21/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Ranveer Singh recently launched his cutting-edge independent record label IncInk with music evangelist Navzar Eranee. It was a truly historic day in the music industry of India as Ranveer announced that his passion project will look to unearth the future stars of the music scene and present their raw talent to a global audience. Ever since its launch, Ranveer has taken time out to personally mentor his artists and give them the best possible exposure so that they can showcase their talent. And looks like, his dream of creating the next generation of music stars is taking a good shape.
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?Ranveer has gone all out and promoted his artists at whichever big exposure available. Despite being behind the scene at all times, he has used his superstardom to bring focus to these extraordinary artists and to bring focus to a musical revolution happening in India through rap/hip hop music.
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?Ranveer has gone all out and promoted his artists at whichever big exposure available. Despite being behind the scene at all times, he has used his superstardom to bring focus to these extraordinary artists and to bring focus to a musical revolution happening in India through rap/hip hop music.
- 5/14/2019
- GlamSham
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of tonight’s penultimate episode of Game of Thrones’ eighth & final season.
If you thought the swords on Game of Thrones were being fundamentally sheathed after the long and dark battle of Winterfell a few weeks ago, tonight’s expanded second-to-last “The Bells” episode of the HBO blockbuster burned down the house or at least the armada of the Iron Fleet and most of King’s Landing.
Harking to the best of World War II films, the long near silence of the carnage to come is broken about halfway through tonight’s 82-minute finale when, like a Spitfire mixed with a flying fortress over the English Channel, a fully armored Daenerys Targaryen’s (Emilia Clarke) and her remaining dragon Drogan come screaming through the clouds like angels of death to obliterate the pirate fleet of Cersei Lannister’s (Lena Headey) latest lover and main line of offense,...
If you thought the swords on Game of Thrones were being fundamentally sheathed after the long and dark battle of Winterfell a few weeks ago, tonight’s expanded second-to-last “The Bells” episode of the HBO blockbuster burned down the house or at least the armada of the Iron Fleet and most of King’s Landing.
Harking to the best of World War II films, the long near silence of the carnage to come is broken about halfway through tonight’s 82-minute finale when, like a Spitfire mixed with a flying fortress over the English Channel, a fully armored Daenerys Targaryen’s (Emilia Clarke) and her remaining dragon Drogan come screaming through the clouds like angels of death to obliterate the pirate fleet of Cersei Lannister’s (Lena Headey) latest lover and main line of offense,...
- 5/13/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Company unveils plans for its summer slate including ‘Maradona’, ‘Horrible Histories’.
Altitude Film Distribution, the releasing arm of UK mini-studio Altitude Film Entertainment, has added four titles to its UK release slate.
The company has picked up rights to Andre Singer and Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev. The film, which premiered at Telluride last year, sees Herzog interview the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to get an insight into his life and career. Altitude picked up the title from History Films and will release in November.
Altitude has also bought Little Monsters, the...
Altitude Film Distribution, the releasing arm of UK mini-studio Altitude Film Entertainment, has added four titles to its UK release slate.
The company has picked up rights to Andre Singer and Werner Herzog’s documentary Meeting Gorbachev. The film, which premiered at Telluride last year, sees Herzog interview the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to get an insight into his life and career. Altitude picked up the title from History Films and will release in November.
Altitude has also bought Little Monsters, the...
- 5/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Gully Boy is a story inspired by slum rappers of Dharavi. Ranveer Singh, who is paired opposite Alia Bhatt for the first time on the big screen, is playing the role of a street rapper. The film also marks the first time pairing and also that Alia Bhatt is working with Excel Entertainment and Zoya Akhtar. Alia Bhat will be seen in a never-seen-before avatar in ?Gully Boy?. Ranveer Singh's character is inspired by the journeys of Indian rappers Neazy aka Naved Shaikh and Divine aka Vivian Fernandes. The audience has been hailing the rapper avatar of Ranveer Singh in the real world of underground music created by Zoya Akhtar.
'Voice of the Streets' is the original; Gully Boy capsule series consists of renowned rappers from the streets who will be featured in a one minute video where the rapper will be seen rapping a short piece of rap written...
'Voice of the Streets' is the original; Gully Boy capsule series consists of renowned rappers from the streets who will be featured in a one minute video where the rapper will be seen rapping a short piece of rap written...
- 2/7/2019
- GlamSham
In October 2016, Al Jazeera did a stunning piece on the hottest new scene in Mumbai town: underground rap. It looked very closely at “Indianizing Hip-hop” specifically through the eyes of one rapper Navid Shaikh or Naezy. Only 2 years on and this same theme is now a major Bollywood film Gully Boy. Directed by Zoya Akhtar and led by Ranveer Singh, this story tells not only of Naezy’s rise to the heights of this young movement but also compatriot Divine in a musical album subtitled “Apna Time Aayega”. Its music would not be complete or correct without inputs from Divine and Naezy themselves but also from a multitude of the stars of this form with Spitfire, Rishi Rich and Dub Sharma just to name a few also getting in on the act. To round the album with the necessary non-rap songs Karsh Kale, Ankur Tewari and Jasleen Royal also make major contributions.
- 2/5/2019
- by Swarup Chakravarthy
- Bollyspice
A new documentary film about Neil Armstrong will use home videos shot by the man himself and unseen footage from Nasa to tell the celebrated U.S. astronaut’s life story. “Armstrong” is in production and will launch in 2019 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first moon landings.
The producers of “Armstrong,” Tin Goose Films, are well-versed in the subject of space exploration, having made feature documentaries “The Last Man on the Moon” and “Mission Control: The Unseen Heroes of Apollo,” which Variety called “an engrossing behind-the-scenes look at the flight controllers and support crews that helped America win the space race.”
“Armstrong” will deliver next spring. The documentary is one of a number of projects dealing with the 1969 lunar landing. Damien Chazelle’s “First Man,” which also centered on Armstrong, was released this year, and drama series “One Giant Leap,” produced by Mike Medavoy, is expected to...
The producers of “Armstrong,” Tin Goose Films, are well-versed in the subject of space exploration, having made feature documentaries “The Last Man on the Moon” and “Mission Control: The Unseen Heroes of Apollo,” which Variety called “an engrossing behind-the-scenes look at the flight controllers and support crews that helped America win the space race.”
“Armstrong” will deliver next spring. The documentary is one of a number of projects dealing with the 1969 lunar landing. Damien Chazelle’s “First Man,” which also centered on Armstrong, was released this year, and drama series “One Giant Leap,” produced by Mike Medavoy, is expected to...
- 12/5/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Film, about a retired Raf pilot, is the debut feature of Steven Hall.
Oscar-winning actor William Hurt has boarded the cast of A Pair Of Silver Wings, a UK drama about a retired Raf pilot.
The project is due to shoot in the UK, Malta and Italy in 2019.
It tells the story of Edward Enderby, a seventy-two year-old veteran pilot of the Second World War who travels to the Mediterranean island of Malta and the hillsides of Northern Italy on a journey of self-discovery and personal redemption. Hurt will play a fellow war veteran, the American Eagle Squadron pilot Lucky Santini.
Oscar-winning actor William Hurt has boarded the cast of A Pair Of Silver Wings, a UK drama about a retired Raf pilot.
The project is due to shoot in the UK, Malta and Italy in 2019.
It tells the story of Edward Enderby, a seventy-two year-old veteran pilot of the Second World War who travels to the Mediterranean island of Malta and the hillsides of Northern Italy on a journey of self-discovery and personal redemption. Hurt will play a fellow war veteran, the American Eagle Squadron pilot Lucky Santini.
- 12/4/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Photo: Warner Bros).
Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts sequel worked its magic on moviegoers last weekend, ringing up $253.6 million worldwide as the Australian opening outshone the Us debut.
It was a buoyant frame in Oz, boosted by Trafalgar Releasing’s Burn the Stage: The Movie, while another alternate content release, Rialto’s Spitfire was less successful.
The Old Man & the Gun, which could be Robert Redford’s final screen role, is playing on limited screens in the Us but went out far wider here via eOne with modest results.
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black reached $11.7 million after earning $74,000 in its ninth frame for Sony Pictures. Meanwhile Catherine Scott’s Backtrack Boys has generated $104,000 and Heath Davis’ comedy-drama Book Week has collected $34,000.
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes, stole a respectable $52,000 on 15 screens and $161,000 including festival screenings and previews for Rialto.
Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts sequel worked its magic on moviegoers last weekend, ringing up $253.6 million worldwide as the Australian opening outshone the Us debut.
It was a buoyant frame in Oz, boosted by Trafalgar Releasing’s Burn the Stage: The Movie, while another alternate content release, Rialto’s Spitfire was less successful.
The Old Man & the Gun, which could be Robert Redford’s final screen role, is playing on limited screens in the Us but went out far wider here via eOne with modest results.
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black reached $11.7 million after earning $74,000 in its ninth frame for Sony Pictures. Meanwhile Catherine Scott’s Backtrack Boys has generated $104,000 and Heath Davis’ comedy-drama Book Week has collected $34,000.
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes, stole a respectable $52,000 on 15 screens and $161,000 including festival screenings and previews for Rialto.
- 11/19/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Mrs Lowry and Son.’
The arthouse market in Australia is alive and well but these days in concentrated largely on myriad film festivals, according to Rialto Distribution’s Kelly Rogers.
So Rogers and Lisa Garner, Rialto’s head of film, are aiming to fill a gap in the market for upmarket titles with cross-over potential.
“We’re looking for films and stories that we emotionally connect with and we can see have a clear audience – whatever the genre,” says Garner, who opened the Sydney office in February, taking over from Backlot Films.
“Yes the market is cluttered, but if a film emotionally engages and entertains an audience then the film will find its audience and level.
”As the market shifts and changes we generally buy films based on knowing there’s a strong audience, whether that’s in the theatrical arena or home entertainment or sometimes a film that could go either way.
The arthouse market in Australia is alive and well but these days in concentrated largely on myriad film festivals, according to Rialto Distribution’s Kelly Rogers.
So Rogers and Lisa Garner, Rialto’s head of film, are aiming to fill a gap in the market for upmarket titles with cross-over potential.
“We’re looking for films and stories that we emotionally connect with and we can see have a clear audience – whatever the genre,” says Garner, who opened the Sydney office in February, taking over from Backlot Films.
“Yes the market is cluttered, but if a film emotionally engages and entertains an audience then the film will find its audience and level.
”As the market shifts and changes we generally buy films based on knowing there’s a strong audience, whether that’s in the theatrical arena or home entertainment or sometimes a film that could go either way.
- 11/11/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
To mark the release of Spitfire on 10th September, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Spitfire is a cinematic, epic, sweeping tale of determination, vision and courage. It is the story of an aircraft that was forged in competition, shaped as the war clouds gathered and refined in the white heat of combat – going on to become the most famous fighter craft ever made.
Credited with changing the course of world history, this is the story of the Spitfire – told personally in the words of the last-surviving combat veterans including Allan Scott, Geoffrey Wellum, Joan Fanshawe, Joy Lofthouse, Ken Wilkinson, Mary Ellis, Nigel Rose, Paul Farnes, Tom ‘Ginger’ Neil and Tony Pickering.
Breath-taking aerial footage from the world’s top aviation photographer John Dibbs is combined with rare digitally re-mastered archive film from the tumultuous days of the 1940s, when the Spitfire’s power in the skies was unrivalled.
Spitfire is a cinematic, epic, sweeping tale of determination, vision and courage. It is the story of an aircraft that was forged in competition, shaped as the war clouds gathered and refined in the white heat of combat – going on to become the most famous fighter craft ever made.
Credited with changing the course of world history, this is the story of the Spitfire – told personally in the words of the last-surviving combat veterans including Allan Scott, Geoffrey Wellum, Joan Fanshawe, Joy Lofthouse, Ken Wilkinson, Mary Ellis, Nigel Rose, Paul Farnes, Tom ‘Ginger’ Neil and Tony Pickering.
Breath-taking aerial footage from the world’s top aviation photographer John Dibbs is combined with rare digitally re-mastered archive film from the tumultuous days of the 1940s, when the Spitfire’s power in the skies was unrivalled.
- 9/10/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"They say she was beautiful. A dream. But for all her good looks, she was also a killer." The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II. Spitfire is already playing in cinemas in the UK, but we haven't featured this trailer for it yet, so better late than never. David Fairhead & Ant Palmer's documentary Spitfire is an examination of the British fighter plane, that was used heavily by the British in WWII. It's also the plane that Tom Hardy flies in Dunkirk, for reference. Spitfire also explores how this extraordinary plane thrives today and how it has become an international icon. This film looks like much more than just a historical doc or an engineering doc, and there's some spectacular footage in this trailer alone. I'm really looking forward to catching up with this film, hopefully sometime soon.
- 8/1/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Mission: Impossible - Fallout delivers series’ best three-day opening with £5.4m.
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UK distributors will have been thrilled to see the rain this weekend.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again reigned over the box office once again, holding superbly with a £7.1m three-day, meaning the film dropped a very slim 27% on its opening.
The film is now up to £27m and counting, meaning it is already making headway towards being one of the year’s biggest titles. The original Mamma Mia! ended on a goliath £68.6m - the latest film still requires...
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Universal
UK distributors will have been thrilled to see the rain this weekend.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again reigned over the box office once again, holding superbly with a £7.1m three-day, meaning the film dropped a very slim 27% on its opening.
The film is now up to £27m and counting, meaning it is already making headway towards being one of the year’s biggest titles. The original Mamma Mia! ended on a goliath £68.6m - the latest film still requires...
- 7/30/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Musical surpasses original’s opening by £3.1m
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Rank Film / Distributor Three-day gross (July 21-23) Running gross Week 1 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal) £9.7m £9.7m 1 2 Incredibles 2 (Disney) £6.8m £22.4m 2 3 Skyscraper (Universal) £892,723 £3.8m 2 4 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) £611,362 £39.7m 7 5 The First Purge (Universal) £506,578 £4.5m 3 Universal
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again landed in the UK with a superb £9.7m debut, eclipsing the opening of its predecessor by 47% (£3.1m). The film played in 706 cinemas, making for a site average of £4,391.
The original film took a massive £68.6m from its UK run in 2008 (still...
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate - 1.31
Rank Film / Distributor Three-day gross (July 21-23) Running gross Week 1 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal) £9.7m £9.7m 1 2 Incredibles 2 (Disney) £6.8m £22.4m 2 3 Skyscraper (Universal) £892,723 £3.8m 2 4 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) £611,362 £39.7m 7 5 The First Purge (Universal) £506,578 £4.5m 3 Universal
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again landed in the UK with a superb £9.7m debut, eclipsing the opening of its predecessor by 47% (£3.1m). The film played in 706 cinemas, making for a site average of £4,391.
The original film took a massive £68.6m from its UK run in 2008 (still...
- 7/23/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
UK cinemas are recovering after a tough few weeks.
The UK box office showed the first green shoots of recovery last weekend after a torrid period that has seen numerous releases overshadowed by the hot weather and the World Cup.
Disney’s Incredibles 2 bucked that trend with a £9.7m opening last week, and will be looking to build on that strong start this weekend. However, most attention now turns to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which rolls out wide via Universal today (July 20).
The sequel to smash-hit comedy-musical Mamma Mia!, which grossed an enormous £68.6m in the UK...
The UK box office showed the first green shoots of recovery last weekend after a torrid period that has seen numerous releases overshadowed by the hot weather and the World Cup.
Disney’s Incredibles 2 bucked that trend with a £9.7m opening last week, and will be looking to build on that strong start this weekend. However, most attention now turns to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which rolls out wide via Universal today (July 20).
The sequel to smash-hit comedy-musical Mamma Mia!, which grossed an enormous £68.6m in the UK...
- 7/20/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
UK cinemas are recovering after a tough few weeks.
The UK box office showed the first green shoots of recovery last weekend after a torrid period that has seen numerous releases overshadowed by the hot weather and the World Cup.
Disney’s Incredibles 2 bucked that trend with a £9.7m opening last week, and will be looking to build on that strong start this weekend. However, most attention now turns to Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!, which rolls out wide via Universal today (July 20).
The sequel to smash-hit comedy-musical Mamma Mia!, which grossed an enormous £68.6m in the UK...
The UK box office showed the first green shoots of recovery last weekend after a torrid period that has seen numerous releases overshadowed by the hot weather and the World Cup.
Disney’s Incredibles 2 bucked that trend with a £9.7m opening last week, and will be looking to build on that strong start this weekend. However, most attention now turns to Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!, which rolls out wide via Universal today (July 20).
The sequel to smash-hit comedy-musical Mamma Mia!, which grossed an enormous £68.6m in the UK...
- 7/20/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Gravitas Ventures boards feature doc.
Spitfire, the feature documentary about the renowned British fighter plane, has had its Us rights taken by Gravitas Ventures.
The film will have its Us premiere at the Eaa Airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 23 and will subsequently have multiple screening events across the country at venues including museums and further air shows. It will also roll out digitally in the territory from July 27.
The news follows the doc’s UK premiere, which took place on July 9 in London. Altitude Films has UK rights and the film had a one-night special screening at 230 cinemas across...
Spitfire, the feature documentary about the renowned British fighter plane, has had its Us rights taken by Gravitas Ventures.
The film will have its Us premiere at the Eaa Airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 23 and will subsequently have multiple screening events across the country at venues including museums and further air shows. It will also roll out digitally in the territory from July 27.
The news follows the doc’s UK premiere, which took place on July 9 in London. Altitude Films has UK rights and the film had a one-night special screening at 230 cinemas across...
- 7/18/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Financier also backed Journey’s End, Elstree 1976 and Swallows And Amazons.
Christian Eisenbeiss, business mogul and film producer, has died at the age of 61.
As chairman of British Film Company, Eisenbeiss was an executive producer on Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Dad’s Army, the Bafta-nominated documentary McCullin and Star Wars documentary Elstree 1976.
He was also an executive producer on upcoming projects including Saul Dibb’s First World War drama Journey’s End and Amma Asante’s Where Hands Touch, which are both in post-production, and Spitfire, a documentary about the famous British military aircraft currently in production.
Another project, Trautmann, about the famed German goalkeeper who played for Manchester City, is scheduled to commence shooting in June.
Born in New York City on September 11, 1955, Eisenbeiss earned a master’s degree in mathematics at Columbia University before embarking on a career as an investment banker.
After becoming the chairman of German beer company Holsten Brewery, succeeding...
Christian Eisenbeiss, business mogul and film producer, has died at the age of 61.
As chairman of British Film Company, Eisenbeiss was an executive producer on Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Dad’s Army, the Bafta-nominated documentary McCullin and Star Wars documentary Elstree 1976.
He was also an executive producer on upcoming projects including Saul Dibb’s First World War drama Journey’s End and Amma Asante’s Where Hands Touch, which are both in post-production, and Spitfire, a documentary about the famous British military aircraft currently in production.
Another project, Trautmann, about the famed German goalkeeper who played for Manchester City, is scheduled to commence shooting in June.
Born in New York City on September 11, 1955, Eisenbeiss earned a master’s degree in mathematics at Columbia University before embarking on a career as an investment banker.
After becoming the chairman of German beer company Holsten Brewery, succeeding...
- 4/12/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The production and finance outfit is has also boarded the forthcoming Bert Trautmann feature.
UK production and finance outfit British Film Company, headed up by Moon co-producer Steve Milne, is working on a feature documentary about the iconic British aircraft the Supermarine ‘Spitfire’.
The film will chart the history of the plane, including first-hand accounts from veteran pilots. Aviation photographer John Dibbs is filming new footage with surviving Spitfires, while Ant Palmer and David Fairhead are directing.
British Film Company has also revealed that it is partnering with Munich-based Lieblingsfilm and London-based Zephyr Films on an English-language feature about famed German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who died in 2013.
The $11m budget feature was launched at Cannes 2015. Marcus H. Rosenmuller is directing the biographical drama, producers are Chris Curling and Robert Marciniak.
Beta Cinema is acting as world sales agent and Square One Entertainment has taken German distribution rights. Principal photography is scheduled to get underway in Spring...
UK production and finance outfit British Film Company, headed up by Moon co-producer Steve Milne, is working on a feature documentary about the iconic British aircraft the Supermarine ‘Spitfire’.
The film will chart the history of the plane, including first-hand accounts from veteran pilots. Aviation photographer John Dibbs is filming new footage with surviving Spitfires, while Ant Palmer and David Fairhead are directing.
British Film Company has also revealed that it is partnering with Munich-based Lieblingsfilm and London-based Zephyr Films on an English-language feature about famed German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who died in 2013.
The $11m budget feature was launched at Cannes 2015. Marcus H. Rosenmuller is directing the biographical drama, producers are Chris Curling and Robert Marciniak.
Beta Cinema is acting as world sales agent and Square One Entertainment has taken German distribution rights. Principal photography is scheduled to get underway in Spring...
- 9/11/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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