James Toback, a writer and director known for provocative explorations of race and sexual relations such as "Black and White" and "Two Girls and a Guy" has created a femme fatale for the 21st Century. Vera (Neve Campbell) is a beautiful, privileged, capricious young New Yorker exploring the limits of her sexual and intellectual powers. She has sexually frank discussions with her potential employer, picks up men on the street and videotapes her erotic exploits with a female lover.

Vera's boyfriend, Ford (Frederick Weller), is a fast-talking hustler who sells her off to a wealthy media mogul (Dominic Chianese), by arranging an illicit encounter. Incredibly she agrees. More incredibly, the mogul agrees to the indecent proposal and a $1 million fee.

Vera, obsessed with power and control, takes the situation into her own hands by conning her boyfriend and the mogul. She sets them both up for a shocking turn of events.

"When Will I Be Loved" twists the film noir form creating an intriguing sexual thriller with perversity, greed and desire that is completely engrossing and startlingly fresh.

Scheduled for release 2nd Quarter 2005

TORONTO FILM FEST ACQUISTION:
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Filmmaker George T. Butler has a keen eye for political talent. In 1972, he began photographing a rising star on the bodybuilding scene named Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding," the resulting book - and later, documentary - helped to establish now-Governor Schwarzenegger's film career, and then his ascension to Governator. Just two years earlier, Butler had handled media duties for a young congressional hopeful: John Kerry.

Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry is the culmination of a forty-year friendship between Kerry and Butler. They first met in 1964 and published a book together ("The New Soldier," about Vietnam vets) in 1971. Butler has documented Kerry's political career with thousands of photographs; Kerry is godfather to one of Butler's sons. This film, then, has a mission: it hopes to be a profile of the next President of the United States.

Yet, while hardly non-partisan, Going Upriver is neither callow hagiography nor rote campaign film. Kerry, as you may have heard, was a naval officer in the Vietnam War, where he captained a "swift boat" on dangerous river patrols. Having served with distinction, Kerry returned home and led a soldiers' peace movement, the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). Going Upriver focuses specifically on this period in Kerry's march toward Washington, melding an array of stellar period footage and interviews with contemporaries of the presidential candidate.

The notions of consciousness-raising and dissent among soldiers seems particularly relevant - if impossible - today and the striking portrait of the VVAW movement offered here is truly revelatory. As this is Kerry's defining moment to date, it is clear why Butler would choose to focus his attention on what this film convinces us was "one of the most astonishing feats of public leadership." It may be easy to be cynical about this film's purpose, but in an era in which votes are forged from sound bites, a full, nuanced account of Kerry's Vietnam service and activism is as welcome as it is necessary.

Music : Phillip Glass

The OSELLA AWARD FOR TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION was awarded to Studio Ghibli for Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle", at the 2004 Venice International Film Festival.

The film received a standing ovation when it screened in Venice.

Madman Entertainment joint CEOs Tim Anderson and Paul Wiegard triumphed at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year held September 9, winning a Southern Region award from a shortlist of twenty other finalists.

Madman Entertainment was founded in 1995 by Tim Anderson, as a niche distributor of Japanese animation.

In February 2001, the Madman/AV group of companies was established when Anderson and longtime friend Paul Wiegard joined forces to launch a company born out of their childhood passions for cartoons and movies.

Madman Entertainment is a market-leading entertainment company which distributes and markets arthouse and Japanese animation videos and DVDs.

The company controls 90 per cent of the Australian Japanese Animation market and the Madman Cinema label is one of the most highly regarded world cinema labels in the home entertainment industry.

Madman is a specialist in niche entertainment and recently launched three new labels : Madman Sport, Bollywood Masala, and the highly regarded Asian film collection Eastern Eye.

The company has also recently established a highly successful theatrical distribution department.

The Madman Company Directors will now attend The National Award Ceremony in Sydney on December 2 to represent Victoria and Tasmania, with other winners in their category.

The Australian winner of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year will then go on to represent Australia at The World Entrepreneur of the Year in Monte Carlo in May 2005.

The only global award of its kind, Entrepreneur of the Year celebrates entrepreneurs who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognising them through regional, national and global awards programs. Winners are much-admired leaders in their industries and important role models.

Judges at the awards look critically at the areas of entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, personal integrity and influence, financial performance, strategic direction and national/global impact.

The judging panel includes local business luminaries as Andrew Bassat (Executive Director, Seek Limited) , Bob Biddle (Executive Director ,Skilled Engineering) , and Graeme Sinclair ( MD The Myer Family Company).

Anderson is thrilled to achieve the award and regards it as an outstanding endorsement of Madman's business philosophy and practices.

We are passionate about what we do and strive to ensure our products are the highest possible quality. As a result we have attracted staff who are passionate about the business and its products also - this is what has made the Madman group the success it is today. We thank our staff and loyal customers on this award which is our shared achievement. Bring on the Nationals! he said.

For further information on the Entrepreneur of the Year awards and Madman Entertainment please visit the following urls

http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Australia/Entrepreneur_Of_The_Year_2004_-_Southern_Region_Winners#TIM

http://www.madman.com.au

For Further Information or to arrange interviews with Tim Anderson, MD Madman Entertainment

Please Contact
Jonathan Alley Publicity/ Marketing Madman Entertainment Pty Ltd
1 - 35 Wellington St | Collingwood | Victoria 3066 | Australia

In Gus Van Sant's GERRY, a film more concerned with atmosphere and visual breadth than with story or plot, a frivolous hike through the desert evolves into an existential journey for two young men. The film features only two characters, both named Gerry and played by the film's co-creators Casey Affleck and Matt Damon. Driving through a desert populated with imposing rock formations and bordered by miles of sky, the two Gerrys stop to see an unspecified "thing" which they are unable to find. The two young men then attempt to return to their car, but cannot find the pathway back. As they wander through the increasingly difficult desert terrain, their journey strains their friendship and becomes an exploration that is clearly about more than just finding the car.

After several commercial projects, GERRY is in some ways a return to roots for director Gus Van Sant. The motifs of moving clouds and the desert imagery may recall his early works--MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO and EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES--but GERRY is even more ambitious than those revered projects. Highly influenced by Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr (WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES), the film uses minimal dialogue and long, languishing shots to achieve a meditative mood.

"With all its quirks, Gerry seeps into your pores like the wind-whipped sand that stings the faces of these disoriented hikers."
(What is this?)


"Though the film is shorter than two hours, it's so sluggishly paced and uninteresting that it feels as if it's actually several days long."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY

"Gerry proposes simplicity; even the most capsulated descriptions of it are dubious."
-- Rumsey Taylor, NOT COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU

"I found it an invigorating journey, less like viewing a typical film than taking in a silent movie or (at times) a series of barely-moving photographs."
-- David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

"In many ways, Gerry is a truly arresting work, a rebellion against the image explosion in the post-MTV world of filmmaking."
-- David Lee Simmons, GAMBIT WEEKLY (NEW ORLEANS, LA)

"Nothing special to show at the end for this existential trip to nowhere."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS

"Think of Gerry more as an experience rather than a movie, a virtual vacation from the tired crash-and-chase pulse of status-quo cinema."
-- Anita Schmaltz, METRO TIMES (DETROIT, MI)

"Are these guys as smart as they sound or as dumb as they act?"
-- John J. Puccio, DVDTOWN.COM

"More so than Solaris, or even Dancer in the Dark, Gerry might be the most polarizing film to hit theatres in a long time."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY

"Mesmerising, daring and defiantly leftfield."
-- Nev Pierce, BBC

"...there's no denying that Van Sant has crafted a film that's utterly unique."
-- David Nusair, REEL FILM REVIEWS

Theatrical release - 4th Quarter 2004

EWAN McGREGOR
TILDA SWINTON
PETER MULLAN

Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh, owned by Leslie and his wife Ella.

One afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the canal.

Accident? Suicide? Murder?

As the police investigate and a suspect is arrested, we discover that Joe knows more than he's letting on, and gradually we learn of Joe's past relationship with the dead woman.

Meanwhile an unspoken attraction has developed between Joe and Ella, and claustrophobic tensions evolve between the three of them in the confined space of the barge?

Based on Scottish beat writer Alexander Trocchi's novel and inspired by the great Hollywood film noirs of the 40s and 50s, YOUNG ADAM is a highly original thriller set on the canals between Glasgow and Edinburgh. From award winning short film maker David Mackenzie, produced by Jeremy Thomas's Recorded Picture Company.

Madman Entertainment are proud and overjoyed to announce that the classic 1980's version of "Astro Boy", the iconic animated boy robot originally created by Japan's Legendary 'God of Comics' Osamu Tezuka will be available on DVD to buy for the first time in November 2004.

Originally created as a comic book followed by a succesful black & white TV series that gained world-wide exposure in the '60s & '70s, Astro Boy remains one of Japanese Animation's most widely recognised characters throughout the world today; 'the mighty atom boy' is without doubt one of the worlds most beloved and well-known creations.

In the year 2030, a brilliant robotics engineer named Dr. Boynton loses his son Toby in a tragic car accident.

Distraught over his death, the dedicated, but heart-broken scientist uses his technical experise to construct an android in the boy's image.

But all was not as he'd hoped, for the scientist soon realised the robot, Astro Boy, could never grow into a human capable of filling the void in his heart. Abandoned to by Dr Boynton, Astro Boy was then rescued by Dr Elefun.

Under his guidance, Astroboy embarks on adventures, fighting anything that threatens mankind!

Finally, available for the very first time on DVD, this definitive collector's edition will be released in a deluxe tin box presentation! A must have for all true fans!

Deluxe Edition Features

Exclusive 16 Page Booklet
Original Japanese Episode 1
Original Art Gallery
Character Profiles
History of Astro Boy
Osamu Tezuka Biography
Merchandise Gallery

and much much more.

Madman's DVD release of Astro Boy will contain complete 51 Episode Series over 10 DVDs, plus a bonus Extras DVD.

Over 1100 minutes of 'Tetsuwan Atom' ! These will also be available as individual volumes

He'll defend us, the amazing Astro Boy!

Winner of BEST DOCUMENTARY at the 2004 Sydney Film Festival, the internationally acclaimed documentary film THE CORPORATION
will be premiering theatrically all across Australia on September 2nd!!!

* SYDNEY * MELBOURNE * ADELAIDE * BRISBANE * CANBERRA * PERTH *


THE CORPORATION
A Film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan

This entertaining and hard-hitting feature documentary analyzes the very nature of the corporate institution, its impacts on our planet, and what people are doing in response. Based on Joel Bakan's book "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power", the film features Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Howard Zinn and Milton Friedman and over 30 other corporate insiders and critics including The FBI's top consultant on psychopaths and one corporate spy. The film has been generating popular support from street level to the boardrooms of the Corporate Social Responsibility movement.

Can films galvanize politics? Michael Moore's been counting on it with the American election. But what if Corporations have more power than ANY government? That is a premise made in THE CORPORATION. Check it out.

And now that Australian Federal election is coming up on October 9 maybe it's time to galvanize grassroots politics, and not just to vote -- but to actively lobby for democratic control over corporations. Which party would you vote for to Re-Write, to Regulate, or to Reform the corporate institution? The Film's website is planning to launch a global referendum on Corporate power. How would you cast your vote?

Following the incredible success of Fernando Mereilles Oscar nominated City of God, Madman brings you the spin-off TV series City of Men.

City of Men was first aired on television in 2002, drawing a massive 35 million viewers in its native Brazil.

City of Men (Cidade dos Homens) takes place in a notorious Rio slum, and was filmed on location using local actors to capture the gritty realism of Brazilian street life. It follows the adventures of two teenage boys Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) and Acerola (Douglas Silva, who played Little Dice in City of God) as they struggle to grow up surrounded by poverty and where the temptation to earn money through the drug trade is a difficult one to resist. The first season is split into four 30 minute episodes, one of which is directed by Fernado Meirelles, and the second season contains a further five 30 minute episodes. City of Men combines a sharp sense of humour with a startlingly grim reality and brings the freshest and most exciting Brazilian talent to our attention.

Buster Keaton is considered one of the most talented comedians to have come from the silent era. Often compared to Charlie Chaplin yet his fame is not as widespread, Keaton was known for his slapstick humour that was combined with a sophisticated sense of visual absurdity. Like Chaplin he was a writer and director and also developed many technical camera innovations. His peers were the likes of the infamous Fatty Arbuckle and W.C Fields. He literally grew up on the stage and was a Vaudeville star by the time he was five. He influenced people such as Jacques Tati and Federico Fellini and today that influence is still apparent in comic kings such as Mel Brooks, and Woody Allen.

Madman has acquired four of his films: The General, Steamboat Bill Jnr, College and The Three Ages, proud additions to any serious film collector's anthology.