| Picture Lock Achieved on Imperia Entertainment's "Say It In Russian". Feature Film is Submitted to Sundance International Film Festival. |
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) September 19, 2006--Imperia Entertainment (Pink Sheets:IPRE) announced today that producers have agreed to a final version of picture of the feature film, “Say it in Russian.” “This marks the end of editing, and we have submitted the film for competition in the Sundance International Film Festival,” said Executive Producer Kenneth Eade. “The film will go to final print after the score and permanent sound has been completed, and that is the version that will be exhibited at Sundance, if we are accepted. If accepted by Sundance, it must be exhibited first there before we exhibit it at any other festival, in accordance with the rules of the festival,” he added. An original musical score for the film is currently being composed by award winning composer, Vincent Gillioz (The Grudge, Runaway Jury). About "Say It In Russian" "Say It In Russian" (www.sayitinrussianmovie.com) marks the leading role debut in American film for Agata Gotova, who also penned the screenplay which is loosely based on her true life story. The powerful film follows the story of an American man who falls in love with a young Russian girl and follows her to Russia, where he gets involved in a hurricane of events surrounding her father, a rich Russian oligarch. Legendary talent Faye Dunaway also stars in the film, which is set in the picturesque capitals of Paris and Moscow. A newcomer to American cinema but not to the entertainment industry, Gotova began her career as a child in the former Soviet Union, where she starred in the children's morning television show, "Budilnik." As a teenager, she toured Europe and the Soviet Union as a principal member of the dance ensemble, "Kalinka," and headlined the 1989 film, "Kalinka." As a young adult, she developed a successful theater career in Russia, which culminated in famous satirist Mikhail Jevanetsky's "Political Cabaret," before immigrating to France and then to the United States, where she has produced films and television programs, including the award-winning celebrity interview program, "Autograph." Additional cast members include Steven Brand ("The Scorpion King"), Rade Sherbedgia ("Surface"), Alex Nesic ("Sleeper Cell"), Steven Berkoff ("Beverly Hills Cop"), star leading man of the Soviet film era, Oleg Vidov ("Red Heat"), actress Musetta Vander ("Wild Wild West"), and actor Elya Baskin ("Moscow on the Hudson"). The film is directed by Jeff Celentano (“Gunshy,” “Moscow Heat”), edited by David Rawlins (Saturday Night Fever”) and Brian Cavanaugh, with original score by Vincent Gillioz (The Grudge, Runaway Jury), casting by Rosemary Welden (The Final Season), costume design by Susanna Puisto (How I Met Your Mother) and Barbara Palmer (The Little Mermaid) and production design by Steven Legler (Godzilla). |
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Imperia Entertainment, Inc.
Imperia Entertainment, Inc. (www.imperiaentertainment.com) is a company which has emerged as a player in the area of independent film production and distribution, once monopolized by the major film studios. In conjunction with its distribution subsidiary, Imperia International Distribution, the company engages in investing in and producing and distributing full-length feature films. Along with its equity interest in the widely anticipated "All That I Need" (www.allthatineed.net), released in theaters last December and now on DVD, Imperia's film properties include its feature film "Say it in Russian," directed by Jeff Celentano ("Primary Suspect," "Gunshy") and edited by David Rawlins ("Saturday Night Fever"), "Brothers," by Tarquin Gotch ("Home Alone"), "Never Submit," a movie about mixed martial arts, and the award winning Autograph television series (www.autograph.tv) which airs on the Colours Television Newtwork. Through its majority owned subsidiary, Muller Media, Inc. (Pink Sheets:MLMD) it also produces "Whiskers," by Jordan Klein ("Flipper," "Splash," "Cocoon"). This press release contains statements, which may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Imperia Entertainment, Inc., and members of its management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors currently known to management that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-statements include fluctuation of operating results, the ability to compete successfully and the ability to complete before-mentioned transactions. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results. Imperia Entertainment, Inc. Source: Business Wire |