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Last updated: Thursday, February 8, 2007

SONY CLASSICS RELEASE DATE CHANGES

In Theaters: Offside (March 23, 2007), Black Book (April 6, 2007), Angel-A (May 25, 2007)

OFFSIDE

L to r: Golnaz Farmani, Ida Sadeghi, Shayesteh Irani, Nazanin Sedighzadeh

Director: Jafar Panahi
Cast: Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnaz Zabihi, Shayesteh Irani, Sima Mobarak-Shahi
Synopsis: Who is that strange boy sitting quietly in the corner of a bus full of screaming fans going to the football match? In fact, this shy boy is a girl in disguise. She is not alone, women also love football in Iran. Before the game begins, she is arrested at the check point and put into a holding pen just by the stadium with a band of other women all dressed up as men. They will be handed over to the vice squad after the match. But before this, they will be tortured! They must endure every cheer, every shout of a game they cannot see. Worse yet, they must listen to the play-by-play account of a soldier who knows nothing about football. Yet, these young girls just won't give up. They use every trick in the book to see the match. A smart comedy illustrating the fight for women's rights in Iran.

BLACK BOOK

Left: Michiel Huisman as Rob. Right: Carice van Houten as Rachel/Ellis

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Waldemar Kobus
Synopsis: A relentlessly gripping thriller about the Dutch underground, 'Black Book' is set in the early fall of 1944. The film marks master director Paul Verhoeven's return to his native Netherlands after a stellar run of unforgettable films in Hollywood ('Basic Instinct,' 'Starship Troopers'). Revisiting the action filled World War II subject matter of his 1977 Dutch drama 'Soldier of Orange,' 'Black Book' is based on true events that span nearly a year around Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) a young, pretty Jewish woman who falls for a high-ranking Gestapo officer (Sebastian Koch) while seeking revenge for her family's murders. Starring some of the Netherlands' most impressive and famous actors, the multi-layered characters find themselves embroiled in a spider's web of intrigue, treachery and betrayal. 'Black Book' is a highly stylized film suffused with the intense paranoia Verhoeven evokes so well, where friend and enemy blur together into an indistinguishable line.

ANGEL-A

Left: Rie Rasmussen as Angel A; Right: Jamel Debbouze as André

Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Akim Chir, Gilbert Melki, Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Serge Riaboukine
Synopsis: On Angel-A, from the very first day of rehearsals, the pleasure returned. The pleasure of hearing the lines in somebody else's mouth. Wrapping the words in a thousand nuances or expressions, blending them infinitely, seeking, grasping, smiling, laughing and often feeling tears well up. The shoot went like a dream, thanks to an amazing crew, which bonded together as never before, and thanks to two wonderful actors, to whom the book pays tribute.

Source: spe.sony.com

| Thursday, February 8, 2007

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