Home Media Magazine - January 11, 2009 - (Page 19) New From FIRST RUN FEATURES “FASCINATING!” -NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO “ENTHRALLING!” -LA WEEKLY “#### AMAZING!” -CHICAGO TRIBUNE “AN ILLUMINATING LOOK at the history of the plantation and the endless secrets of the South’s gothic past.” -OPRAH’S O AT HOME MAGAZINE TWO WORLD CLASSICS – FINALLY ON DVD “MONTY PYTHONESQUE HIJINKS AND AN UNMISTAKABLE CARIBBEAN WIT!” - Cinematheque Toronto “EXTRAORDINARY! A riveting subject.” -MTV.COM “A-! Graceful, compassionate.” -ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY “ENGAGING, FUNNY!” -LOS ANGELES TIMES “A-! How popular mythology works its way into our private imaginations.” -CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR -THE NEW YORK OBSERVER “A PROFOUND MASTERWORK!” Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, this story of a young Cuban woman trapped in a small town where the most bizarre occurrences are commonplace is a surreal comedy with dark political undercurrents – and the most controversial film in the history of Cuba. SRP: $24.95 • Catalog #: FRF 913638D 93 minutes • Color • Spanish w/English subtitles “TENDERHEARTED,TOUGHMINDED, WITTY AND WISE, Midway is moving indeed.” -VILLAGE VOICE “STYLISTICALY DAZZLING!” –Tate Modern, London “The past is not dead. It’s not even past.” - William Faulkner Humorous, poignant, probing and suspenseful, Moving Midway follows a reallife family commotion that swirls around one of America’s most contested and controversial icons: the Southern plantation. New York film critic-turned-filmmaker Godfrey Cheshire returns home to North Carolina and finds that his cousin Charlie Silver proposes to uproot and relocate the family ancestral home – Midway Plantation – to escape urban sprawl. Cheshire also comes across history professor Robert Hinton, who reveals that his grandfather was born a slave at Midway. As Cheshire and Hinton explore the plantation mythology embodied in our cultural history – from Uncle Tom’s Cabin to Gone with the Wind to Roots – Charlie meanwhile follows through on the Herculean feat of hoisting Midway several miles across a forbidding landscape. But this event’s drama leads to an even more startling surprise: the discovery of 100 African-American cousins that Cheshire and Silver never suspected. “A MASTERPIECE! ASTONISHING SATIRE.” –Ralf Schenk, Film Historian • One of the BEST-REVIEWED DOCUMENTARIES OF THE YEAR (95% Tomatometer Rating on Rotten Tomatoes!) • Nationwide Arthouse Release • Major Media Campaign Targeted for Black History Month BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE: • Photo Gallery: How to Move a House • Bonus Scenes • Interviews • More SRP: $24.95 • Catalog #: FRF 913607D • 98 minutes • Color Pre-book: JANUARY 16 • Street Date: FEBRUARY 17 Price Reductions - Now only $17.95 srp each! “####! MASTERPIECE!” - New York Post “His best since SHERMAN’S MARCH!” - Film Comment “The best movie about music since BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB!” - The Guardian (London) “One of the towering achievements in the history of documentary film. Endlessly rewarding.” - Philadelphia Inquirer Cat #: FRF 909754D 134 minutes, color “Reflective, wise, often hilarious leaves you feeling invigorated!” - The New York Times Cat #: FRF 911610D 105 minutes, color “####!” Based on Heinrich Mann’s influential novel, which casts Germany’s ultra-nationalism in a satirical light, this scathingly funny, once-banned classic about a man who will do anything to attain power is now ranked as one of the most significant German films of all time. SRP: $24.95 • Catalog #: FRF 913645D 105 minutes • Color • German w/English subtitles - Chicago Tribune “Funny, moving and totally charming!” - Variety Cat #: FRF 910064D 89 minutes, color BOTH TITLES Pre-Book: JANUARY 16 Street Date: FEBRUARY 17 TO ORDER CALL 1-800-229-8575 OR CONTACT YOUR DISTRIBUTOR Email: sales@firstrunfeatures.com Website: www.firstrunfeatures.com http://www.MTV.COM http://www.firstrunfeatures.com
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