Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 4 - 12, 2008

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Colour, 35 mm
USA, 2007, 88 min
IP – International premiere
Section: Horizons
Film trailer: Higher quality | Lower quality

Film screenings:
4P4 - 7.7., 19:00, Cinema GH Pupp
612 - 9.7., 11:30, Grand Hall

Director: Austin Chick
Screenplay: Howard A. Rodman
Dir. of Photography: Andrij Parekh
Music: Nathan Larson
Designer: Roshelle Berliner
Editor: Pete Beaudreau
Producer: Clara Markowicz
Production: Original Media
Sales: ContentFilm International
Distributor: Bontonfilm, a.s.

Cast

Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott, Robin Tunney, Rip Torn, David Bowie

Synopsis

Tom Sterling is a competent young man who puts all of his energy into keeping his dot-com company above water. The industry is in crisis, and everyone is hard on the lookout for a way out. Tom is a self-confident, even aggressive go-getter thirsting for success, perhaps more so than others, given all the friction in his private life. He is still emotionally dependent on his ex-girlfriend, and age-old unresolved problems with his brother and parents still linger somewhere in the back of his mind. It’s summer, it’s hot, and the district around Wall Street in Lower Manhattan is like an anthill, Tom is one of those who scramble tirelessly after money as if it were the most steadfast of values. But it’s August 2001, just before the terrorist attacks. The film excels for its fast pace, surprising cuts, its expressionistic treatment of colour and space, and its disquieting musical motifs. The atmosphere of stifled hysteria and anxiety is rendered all the more powerful by the nerve-racked performance of Josh Hartnett in the role of Tom.

About the director

Austin Chick (b. 1974, New Hampshire, USA) is considered a highly talented young filmmaker. He debuted as a screenwriter-cum-director in 2003 with the film XX/XY, which was screened at Sundance and hailed by American critics as one of the most fascinating independent films of the year. After this serious yet comic look at the twists in the relationships between two men and one woman, he made his drama August (2007), which premiered at this year’s Sundance festival. Chick is currently working on a number of feature films of various genres, from tragicomedy to thriller.

Film Guests

Austin Chick

Contacts

Bontonfilm, a.s.
Nádražní 23/344, 150 00 Praha 5
Česká republika
Tel: +420 257 415 111-2
Fax: +420 257 415 113
www: www.bontonfilm.cz

ContentFilm International
19 Heddon Street, W1B 4BG London
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 207 851 6500
Fax: +44 207 851 6506
E-mail: rebecca.berry@contentfilm.com
www: www.contentfilm.com

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