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Office at Cannes: (sales) Majestic, Suite 759; (acquisitions) Salon Enghien Tel: (sales) 04 92 98 79 02 Fax: (sales) 04 92 98 79 03 Tel: (acquisitions) 04 92 98 79 10 Fax: (acquisitions) 04 92 98 79 11 Executives attending Ann Dubinet, president, int'l distribution Mark Reinhart, sr vp int'l distribution Nancy Screen, sr vp sales Randy Parker, vp, int'l marketing Amir Mulin, president, Artisan Entertainment Bill Block, president, Artisan Entertainment Featured product The Ninth Gate Supernatural mystery. Pre-production. Dir: Roman Polanski. Cast: Johnny Depp. A mercenary bookseller is hired to find the only three copies of an ancient manuscript reported to have satanic powers. (aka PI) (US) Sci-fi. Screening. Dir: Darren Aronofsky. Cast: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman. A brillinat young mathematician is on the verge of unlocking the secret code to order in both the material and spiritual worlds. Permanent Midnight (US) Drama. Screening (tbc). Dir: David Veloz. Cast: Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello. A successful TV writer's addiction takes him from the glamorous boardrooms of Hollywood to the mean streets of LA and back again. Belly (US) Crime drama. Post-production. Dir: Hype Williams. Cast: DMX, Nas, Method Man. Desperate to escape the poverty that surrounds him, Tommy Brown chooses the life of crime. Zack and Reba (US) Romantic comedy. Screening. Dir: Nicole Bettauer. Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Brittany Murphy, Debbie Reynolds. A romance between two people who have vowed never to fall in love again. Suicide Kings (US) Thriller. Completed. Dir: Peter O'Fallon. Cast: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Henry Thomas. Four rich college students kidnap a mobster. Caught up (US) Thriller. Screening. Dir: Darin Scott. Cast: Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Clifton Powell. An ex-convict is struggling to live a clean life. The Second Arrival (Canada) Science fiction. Screening. Dir: Kevin Tenney. Cast: Patrick Muldoon, Jane Sibbett. The aliens have invaded the earth and are changing the planet's climate to render it uninhabitable to humans. Washington Square (US) Drama. Completed. Dir: Agnieszka Holland. Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith. A moving drama of thwarted love based on the classic novel by Henry James. Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (US) Horror. Pre-production. Dir: Jack Shoulder. Cast: Andrew Divoff. The sequel to the box-office hit Wishmaster. Artisan International head office: 2700 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, California 90404, USA Tel: +1-310 449 9200 Fax: +1-310 255 3840 |