July 23, 2007
Ich heiße Hallam Foe!
Prokino, our German distributor, have released the German version of the Hallam Foe trailer. And in the true spirit of the global conversation herewith...
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June 26, 2007
Hallam Foe network
...is growing.
Check out the various:
Official Hallam Foe Myspace page
Hallam Foe's own Myspace with Twitter feed
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May 21, 2007
Hallam Foe has a new home
Mackenzie has skillfully crafted the first-ever Oedipal rom-com thriller. It's sexy, adventurous, intimate and delightful all at once. Magnolia head of acquisitions Tom Quinn in the Hollywood Reporter
Last night we met up with Tom and Eamon from Magnolia Pictures and our pals the Independent gang, Andrew, Sarah and Abigail, to toast Hallam's new home in the States. The North American rights have been jointly acquired by Magnolia Pictures and Red Envelope (a subsidiary of Netflix), check out the press release.
American acquisition press release
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April 19, 2007
Coming to a cinema near you...
31st AUGUST 2007
HALLAM FOE
See life differently
We have a release date for the UK. US release date will be posted as and when I have the it, rest assured you will hear it here first.
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April 13, 2007
Release Date?
So we're all about release dates this week and I had hoped that I might be able to share something with before the week was out.
I'm afraid, however, I am destined to disappoint once again. There have been meetings. There have been discussions. I do not know if there have been decisions though. My compadres are being tight lipped on the subject so perhaps you and I will be the last to know.
A whole weekend of thumb twiddling lies ahead.
Answers on Monday?
We patiently wait.
Welcome to the beautiful nightmare x
Hallam Foe, a film by David Mackenzie starring Jamie Bell
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April 12, 2007
Tenter Hooks
We wait.
With baited breath.
Will we get a definite release date for the UK today?
Will we?
I don't know.
We might.
The phones ringing... ...maybe that's the news coming in...
Addendum at 15:15 :
Still no news. They've been in that meeting for ages.
Addendum at 16:15 :
thumb twiddling. finger drumming. navel gazing. They must be nearly finished surely?
Hallam Foe, a film by David Mackenzie starring Jamie Bell
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April 11, 2007
Spot the Difference
It would seem that others in the poster design business have been experiencing similar inspiration to the gang at IFS.
This prompted me to think that there must be dozens of movie-posters out there that have used this idea, so if anyone knows of any, please feel free to send links or images and we can 'compare and contrast' posters with a binocular stylee.
Hallam Foe, a film by David Mackenzie starring Jamie Bell
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March 27, 2007
Hallam Foe DVD
I would just like to make clear that there will be a Hallam Foe DVD and it will have all the extras that you think a DVD should have.
Our no DVD policy is just while we are making the film to protect the film from piracy before it is released in the cinema.
Sorry if I spooked anyone with my previous post, that was just a projection of how things might be in the future and not what we are currently doing with our film.
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No DVD Policy
We here at Hallam Foe have a 'no DVD policy'.
The reasons for this are straightforward, if you want to watch the film you have to watch it from a print - optimum picture, optimum sound, and, probably most importantly, optimum environment; all dictated by the medium. No getting up and going for a cup of tea, no phone ringing or dog needing let out, a distraction free environment in which to enjoy the movie.
Obviously the other aspect of this is that we get to control the audience to a far greater degree. If we want someone to see the film then we set the whole thing up for them and get them along.
Thanks to Beatnic for photo
Other benefits to a 'No DVD' policy would have to include a severe limitation on theft of the film. Which doesn't really occur in a kind of pick-pocket / smash'n'grab / armed robbery type way but more of a...
"oh can I borrow that copy of Hallam Foe",
"no I'll burn you a copy but don't give it to anyone else",
"I won't, I promise..."
...and next thing you know it's available down your local newsagent with a dodgy packet of John Player Special, no duty required.
This got me to thinking, what will the future hold for DVD? For the distribution of movies? For peer-2-peer sharing? Bittorrents? Podcasts? blah etc blah?
Why not take it to extremes? If ownership is such a difficult thing to contend with, then why not remove the opportunity of ownership altogether?
"Well, Colin, how would people watch your movies?"
On the internet of course, or at the cinema, I'm talking streaming that works. Forget film, forget video in it's current form. Technology seems to be moving pretty quickly, there are incredible advances on a daily basis and it would seem perfectly reasonable to suggest that within the next 10 years there would be no need for DVD's at all. Simply just stream the movie online, on demand, and on the proviso that your PayPal account doesn't bounce like a desktop notification if you try and buy something.
Of course, in the meantime we have the next 10 years to contend with (minimum) and the chances are that this theory will manifest itself in much the same way as the paperless office. Anyway, like most things, these changes to our industry will not be radical but organic and that's where the real fun lies, in navigating the route to maintaining the movie industry but allowing the model of the old business to keep up with the times.
Watch this space...
(welcome to the beautiful endless nightmare x)
Hallam Foe, a film by David Mackenzie starring Jamie Bell
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Distribution - update
Prokino: distributors for Germany & Austria
I know from the comments that readership of the blog is a truly international collective and thought that it might be about time to let people know the deals that have been closed for which countries.
Etiquette (and/or good sense) tends to dictate that you will not be able to see the film in your own country until it has been released in the UK. We still have no definitive date for that at the moment but I promise I will give you the news as soon as I get it.
In case it isn't blatantly obvious: country on the left, distributor on the right:
Germany & Austria - Prokino
Scandinavia - Nordisk
Greece - Rosebud
Switzerland - Monopole Pathe
Former Yugoslavia - VTI / Karantanija Cinemas
Here's a little excerpt from Variety:
BERLIN — Prokino has acquired German and Austrian rights to David Mackenzie's Scottish drama "Hallam Foe," ahead of its world premiere in the Berlin competition on Friday night.Pic stars Jamie Bell as a peeping Tom in Edinburgh who becomes obsessed with a young woman (Sophia Myles) resembling his dead mother.
"Hallam Foe," repped for international sales by Independent Films, has also been sold to Nordisk (Scandinavia), Rosebud (Greece), Monopole Pathe (Switzerland) and VTI/Karantanija (former Yugoslavia).Buena Vista Intl. will release the movie in the U.K. later this year.
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July 12, 2006
Distribution - the sequel
I had an after thought about the distribution blog and people who are interested in learning more about this aspect of the business and in working in this area. If that's you, you should check out the Film Distributors' Association website where you can see what companies are working in the UK and what kinds of films they specialise in.
This is also a great place to get the jump on what's coming out when - although dates in the distant future are liable to change so don't go dictating your life by the schedule they have mapped out.
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