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Intandem announces new project, Dreams of a Dying Heart, starring Hilary Swank
17-05-2010
17 May 2010
Intandem Films plc
(AIM: IFM)
(“Intandem” or the “Company”)
Intandem announces new project, Dreams of a Dying Heart, starring Hilary Swank
Intandem Films Plc, the London based international film group, is pleased to announcethat it has secured a new project, ‘Dreams of a Dying Heart’, to which Two time Oscar winner, Hilary Swank, is attached. Intandem will co-produce and sell this movie with Killer Films, the New York based multiple award winning producer (‘Boys Don’t Cry’), and Los Angeles based Laureate Films(‘Stepford Wives’).
The addition of this movie brings Intandem’s slate up to 31 films under management and further builds on an exciting start to the year.
‘Dreams of a Dying Heart’ is an incredible story which has HILARY SWANK (Million Dollar Baby, P.S. I love You, Boys Don’t Cry) attached to perform in the lead role of Rachel Watson. The script is written by Shawn Lawrence Otto who also wrote Oscar Nominated ‘House Of Sand And Fog’. He will also direct.
Commenting on the film, Hilary Swank said: “When I first read the screenplay for Dreams of a Dying Heart I was on an airplane and I couldn’t put it down. By the end I was weeping and I had to turn my head away toward the window. The same thing happened to me with ‘Million Dollar Baby’. Do you know how rare that is? This is a special, special movie.”
Shawn Lawrence Otto, Director and Scriptwriter, said: “We’re going to use mind-blowing visuals to tell a unique story of women and combat – which is a perfect fit with Hilary’s very special talent for toughness and vulnerability. A lot of directors focus on the beauty in violence, but there is also an element of violence in beauty. Dreams of a Dying Heart explores both.”
Killer Films, producer of films such as ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, ‘One Hour Photo’, ‘The Notorious Betty Page’ and ‘Far From Heaven’, specialises and excels in working with promising first-time director projects as well as established masters such as Todd Haynes (‘I’m Not There’, ‘Velvet Goldmine’) and Robert Altman (‘The Company’, ‘The Player’, ‘Gosford Park’, ‘Short Cuts’).
Andrew Brown, Executive Director of Intandem Films, commented:
“We are delighted to have secured Dreams of a Dying Heart, a fantastic, thought provoking new film. This is a really exciting project to work on with Killer Films and Laureate Films and to have attached two time Oscar winning Hilary Swank to star further endorses the quality and confidence in Shawn Lawrence Otto’s directorial debut. We are looking forward to expanding our slate throughout 2010 with more high quality commercial projects like Dreams of a Dying Heart.
“The Directors of the Company will be in Cannes over the film festival period.”
Christine Vachon, Killer Films, commented:
“Dreams of a Dying Heart is one of those rare movies like ‘American Beauty’, ‘One Hour Photo’, or ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, that we feel has the potential for critical acclaim and tremendous commercial success because of its artistic merit driven by a powerful and compelling story.”
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