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Specialty Box Office: ‘Cowgirls N’ Angels,’ ‘The Intouchables,’ ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ ‘Oslo, August 31st’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 2:46pm PDTTags: Cannes, Focus Features, Moonrise Kingdom, Strand Releasing, The Intouchables

This weekend’s specialty openers in the U.S. include a pair of Cannes Film Festival offerings. Just over a week since its world premiere as the fest’s opening-night film, Wes Anderson’s romantic-comedy Moonrise Kingdom will bow Stateside. The film has been an initial success since opening in theaters in France on the heels of its premiere there. Cannes 2011 title Oslo, August 31st also joins the specialty fray, hoping to repeat its success overseas in the U.S., as is The Weinstein Company‘s The Intouchables. That film has become one of the largest box office draws in French history and has taken big sums overall abroad. Also this weekend, Samuel Goldwyn Films will forgo the traditional L.A. and New York approach for its theatrical opening of Cowgirls N’ Angels, opting for playdates in the Midwest and South. READ MORE »

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Strand Nabs Baseball Doc ‘Ballplayer: Pelotero’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 17, 2012 @ 4:40pm PDTTags: Strand Releasing

Culver City, CA (April 17, 2012) – Strand Releasing has acquired select US rights to baseball documentary BALLPLAYER: PELOTERO that is directed by Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jon Paley. The documentary focuses on two young baseball players, or peloteros as they are called in the Dominican Republic, as they strive to get signed by a professional club on their 16th birthday – the age they become eligible. The film, which is narrated by actor John Leguizamo and executive produced by Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, is set for a July 13th release in theaters and video-on-demand.

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Strand Releasing Acquires Sundance’s ‘California Solo’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Wednesday March 28, 2012 @ 11:55am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Strand Releasing, Sundance

California Solo Strand ReleasingCalifornia Solo stars Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting) as a former Britpop rocker-turned-farm worker who is charged with DUI, leading to possible deportation after living in Los Angeles for two decades. Marshall Lewy wrote and directed the … Read More »

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Strand Releasing Takes U.S. Rights To ‘Crazy Eyes’: SXSW

By BRIAN BROOKS | Tuesday February 28, 2012 @ 3:38pm PSTTags: Lukas Haas, Strand Releasing, SXSW

Starring Lukas Haas and Madeline Zima, Crazy Eyes will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival next week. The contemporary noir drama directed by Adam Sherman follows the story of Zach (Haas), whose obsession for a … Read More »

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