IFC Films acquires Tribeca Film Fest drama “Match”June 13, 2014 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - IFC Films has acquired North American rights to writer-director Stephen Belber's Match, The Hollywood Reporter said. Based on the Tony-nominated stage play, the film stars Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard. Match made its world premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. Written by Belber, the story revolves around a Seattle couple (Gugino and Lillard) who travels to New York to interview former dancer Tobi (Stewart) for research for a dissertation about the city's dance landscape in the 1960s. Now a beloved but somewhat hermitic ballet instructor, Tobi eventually warms to the strangers, regaling them with wild anecdotes from his colorful past. But when the line of questioning veers away from his career and becomes uncomfortably personal, the true motive behind the couple's visit begins to emerge. David Permut, Matt Ratner and Rick Rosenthal produced the film. David Beitchman, Adam Brawer, Chris Mangano, Nick Morton and Lawrence Kopeikin executive produced. "Stephen Belber has done a tremendous job crafting a film with three must-see performances from Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard," said Sundance Selects/IFC Films president Jonathan Sehring. The deal was negotiated by Sundance Selects/IFC Films' Arianna Bocco. ICM Partners repped the filmmakers. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. |