Palm Pictures Tagged Articles at Cinematical
Palm Kills Your Idols
Filed under: Documentary », Independent », Music & Musicals », Deals », Distribution », Newsstand », Cinematical Indie »
Thanks to Palm Pictures, American (and, oddly, Caribbean) fans of post-punk music will finally get a chance to see Kill Your Idols, S. A. Crary's award-winning 2004 documentary about the (sub?) genre's development in New York. The film, which appears to have already had a theatrical run in the UK, details the New York punk scene between 1972 and 2002, exploring both the history of the movement and comparing its recent practitioners (unfavorably) to their predecessors. According to this incredibly informative review, the film is most valuable for Crary's early emphasis is on the much-neglected No Wave, a short-lived movement that grew up in response to "the perceived conservatism of [bands like] The Ramones, The Heartbreakers, Patti Smith and Television," who, though "punk was supposed to tear up the rulebook ... were still dependent on the traditional rock music blueprint." The movie tells its story through interviews with a myriad of punk artists, as well as "ultra-rare, grainy black and white ... footage" of the bands in action.Palm will have the film in theaters this summer, and will, in collaboration with Netflix, also handle its subsequent DVD release.
Pitt to remake 13 (Tzameti)?
Filed under: Drama », Foreign Language », Thrillers », Deals », Noir », RumorMonger », Brad Pitt », Cinematical Indie »
When I reported on Friday about
Palm Pictures' purchase of the distribution rights to French thriller 13
(Tzameti), I also mentioned the deeply irritating rumors that American studios were interested in remaking the
film. Then, about 24 hours later, a report appeared on a Turkish website that the remake rights had been secured by a
company called Plan B Entertainment.While most of us don't know Plan B from Adam, the fact that the company's owners are Brad Grey and a guy named Brad Pitt (it seems that Jennifer Aniston sold her shares) will undoubtedly make this news very exciting for some. Given Plan B's somewhat mixed track record, however (A Million Little Pieces isn't working out so well right now), there's no guarantee that their possible remake would be either watchable or, more importantly for his fans, star Pitt himself (though Plan B did produce Troy and the forthcoming The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford).
All of that said, however, the fact that this report has appeared in a single, possibly dubious publication means that we ought to wait for confirmation before either flying into a collective rage or doing a dance of joy (depending on our feelings about Pitt and remakes).
Palm picks up Sundance honoree 13 (Tzameti)
Filed under: Action », Foreign Language », Independent », Thrillers », Deals », Sundance », Distribution », Newsstand », Cinematical Indie »
13
(Tzameti) is the latest Sundance hit to be acquired for American distribution: Palm Pictures just bought the
theatrical and home entertainment rights to the film, which won both the Sundance Jury Prize for best dramatic feature
and the De Laurentiis Award for best first film at Venice last fall. Described by Palm's head of acquisitions as
"a mix of Rififi,
Man
Bites Dog and Fight
Club" that "should become a cult classic," the thriller tells the story of a builder (played by
the director's brother) who accidentally gets involved with gangsters, and finds himself caught up in "a deadly
underground game of Russian roulette."Based entirely on Kim's Sundance review of the film, I've been waiting for this news since the festival wrapped - it's great to hear. What's not so great, however, is Screen Daily's report that "numerous US producers are buzzing for remake rights." Sigh. (Or, as Kim said when I told her the news, "Bad, BAD producers. Back away from the film!") Well, at least Palm's release window (they plan to have the movie in theaters this fall) is such that the original will be on screens before the inevitable remake drops.
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