IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Cecilia Miniucchi’s “Life Upside Down” which stars Emmy-award winning actor Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”), Radha Mitchell (“Pitch Black) and Danny Huston (“21 Grams”). The movie world premiered at Venice in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar.
IFC Films will release the film in select theaters and VOD on Jan. 27 and will stream exclusively on AMC+ in April 2023.
“‘Life Upside Down’ is a romantic comedy following three couples, connected by friendship, love and work, who are each stuck in their respective homes in Los Angeles during the beginning of lockdown. Finally forced to face their spouses, friends, lovers, and eventually themselves head on, their lives turn slowly but surely upside-down.
“Cecilia has brought warmth and empathy to this universal story of love and growth in isolation that we can all relate to,” said Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films . “We are so...
IFC Films will release the film in select theaters and VOD on Jan. 27 and will stream exclusively on AMC+ in April 2023.
“‘Life Upside Down’ is a romantic comedy following three couples, connected by friendship, love and work, who are each stuck in their respective homes in Los Angeles during the beginning of lockdown. Finally forced to face their spouses, friends, lovers, and eventually themselves head on, their lives turn slowly but surely upside-down.
“Cecilia has brought warmth and empathy to this universal story of love and growth in isolation that we can all relate to,” said Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films . “We are so...
- 10/12/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
When a film has a really implausible story, it’s up to the audience to decide whether or not they’re willing to accept the theoretical reality the film wants to assert and go along for the ride. We do this all the time for Sci-Fi and fantasy flicks, and occasionally we forgive the hiccup in a drama or action flick. With Antoni Stutz’s Rushlights, even if you give it the average amount of suspension of disbelief it still stumbles right off the starting block from its own poorly thought out premise. That it tries to spin that initial flawed premise into a twisted tale of deceit of and double-dealings just serves to completely wear out the viewer’s patience for the narrative’s inept construction and tempt them to shut it off altogether.
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- 8/19/2013
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Featuring Dallas’ Josh Henderson, the thriller Rushlights has arrived on DVD and Blu-ray from Vertical Entertainment! Along with Henderson, the film features performances from Beau Bridges, Aidan Quinn, and Haley Webb. It was directed by Antoni Stutz. The film sees Henderson in the role of Billy and Webb as Sarah, two delinquent teenage lovers from the suburbs of Los Angeles who travel to a small southern town to falsely claim a dead friend's inheritance. Once there, the two teens wind up in a nightmare of greed and betrayal when confronted with the twisted and bizarre underworld of Tremo, Texas. Check out the trailer from the film:...
- 8/5/2013
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Title: Rushlights Directed by: Antoni Stutz Starring: Beau Bridges, Aidan Quinn, Josh Henderson, Haley Webb, Jordan Bridges, Crispian Belfrage Running Time: 96 minutes, Rated R, Available on Blu-ray Special Features: Behind the Scenes featurette Billy has been going to the local diner where Sarah works as a waitress for weeks and finally mustered the courage to ask her out. A week after a passionate tryst, she calls him up out of the blue crying. He goes to her apartment to investigate only to find her almost identical looking roommate Ellen, dead on the couch of an apparent heroin overdose; Sarah is crying in the bedroom. He gathers Sarah’s belongings and [ Read More ]
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- 8/4/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
In Antoni Stutz’s 90′s throwback neo-noir Rushlights, the casual flirtation between a very young, low-rent con-man, Billy (Josh Henderson), and ex-junkie turned lunch-counter waitress Sarah (Haley Webb) quickly grows into a torrid love affair in a tiny Texas hamlet, the type found in thrillers where money and guns often find themselves coming together in dangerous confluence, that bespeaks trouble. When Sarah’s roommate, with whom she has a remarkable resemblance, Od’s on heroin, she’s convinced by her cunning new lover to assume the dead woman’s identity after learning that she’s due to receive a hefty inheritance after the death of a wealthy …...
- 6/20/2013
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
NEW YORK -- GreeneStreet Films International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Cecilia Miniucchi's dark romantic comedy Expired starring Samantha Morton, Jason Patric, Teri Garr and Illeana Douglas.
Expired will close the 46th Festival de Cannes Critics Week sidebar, and is the only U.S.-made film selected for the program.
The feature, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, explores the dysfunctional relationship between a meter maid (Morton) and traffic cop (Patric).
Expired is produced by Jeffrey Coulter and Fred Roos. Antoni Stutz, Alexander Shing and Lawrence Wang served as the film's executive producers.
Upcoming GSFI features on the Cannes sales slate include another Sundance premiere, The Nines starring Ryan Reynolds and Hope Davis, and Gary the Tennis Coach with Seann William Scott.
GreeneStreet Films International President Ariel Veneziano negotiated the deal with Coulter and Roos.
Expired will close the 46th Festival de Cannes Critics Week sidebar, and is the only U.S.-made film selected for the program.
The feature, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, explores the dysfunctional relationship between a meter maid (Morton) and traffic cop (Patric).
Expired is produced by Jeffrey Coulter and Fred Roos. Antoni Stutz, Alexander Shing and Lawrence Wang served as the film's executive producers.
Upcoming GSFI features on the Cannes sales slate include another Sundance premiere, The Nines starring Ryan Reynolds and Hope Davis, and Gary the Tennis Coach with Seann William Scott.
GreeneStreet Films International President Ariel Veneziano negotiated the deal with Coulter and Roos.
- 5/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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