HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sycamore
Entertainment Group Inc. (Pink Sheets: SEGI), is pleased to
announce it has acquired US rights to the Fred Schepisi film THE EYE OF THE STORM,
starring Academy Award-winner® Geoffrey
Rush ("The Kings' Speech," "Pirates of the Caribbean"),
Charlotte Rampling ("The Swimming
Pool," "Melancholia") and Golden Globe® nominee Judy Davis ("Barton
Fink" & Woody Allen's
upcoming "Nero Fiddled").
The screen play adaptation by Judy
Morris is based on the 1973 literary classic by Australia's only Nobel Prize-winner for
Literature, Patrick White. THE EYE
OF THE STORM is a savage exploration of the family relationships —
and the sharp undercurrents of love and hate, comedy and
tragedy — which define them.
CEO Edward Sylvan with the help of the hard working team at
Sycamore, started the company to maximize the potential for hybrid
Print & Advertising (P&A) and full service distribution
deals, which allows the firm to be aggressive and flexible at a
time when the industry is showing signs of recovery from the 2008
economic malaise.
Part of the companies' strategy is to offer institutional
investors a high degree of transparency and access to P&A
investments, which have the potential of quicker returns with more
mitigated risk.
"Working with investment banks and institutional investors,
levels the playing field and allows Sycamore to aggressively
compete with some of the larger more established film
distributors," says Sylvan, who recently moved the company's
offices to Paramount Picture Studios. See what investors are saying
about Sycamore at Investors Hub.
Sylvan negotiated the deal with Robbie
Little of The Little Film Company, which handles world sales
for the film. Financed by the Australia Broadcasting Corporation,
Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Ingenious and Omnilab; Produced by
Antony Waddington, Gregory Read and Fred
Schepisi; Executive Producers, Jonathan Shteinman,
Edward Simpson, Bob Marcs and
James Vernon.
"I am delighted to be working with Sycamore to bring this
wonderful film, from the hand of maestro director Fred
Schepisi, to US audiences," says Geoffrey Rush.
"We are excited to be working with master filmmaker Fred Schepisi and the sublime Geoffrey Rush on this star-studded drama," says
Sylvan. "It did very well at TIFF where it premiered and the trade
reviews raved about the film's stellar acting performances, which
are sure to delight audiences this spring."
THE EYE OF THE STORM won The Age Critics' Award at the
Melbourne International Film
Festival and the Premiere Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival, and dominates the acting
categories of the upcoming Australian Academy of Cinema and
Television Arts (AACTA) awards, for which it received twelve (12)
nominations. The winners will be announced on January 31, 2012. Sycamore is scheduled to
release THE EYE OF THE STORM April 20th,
2012.
Visit the official website www.theeyeofthestormthemovie.com
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Contact: 888-530-2999, info@sycamoreentertainment.com
About Sycamore Entertainment Group. (SEGI):
Sycamore Entertainment is a publicly traded, diversified
entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition,
marketing and worldwide distribution of quality finished
feature-length motion pictures. Sycamores' management team has more
than 50 years' experience in the entertainment industry and
utilizes its long standing relationships to provide market specific
publicity, promotion, media buying, theatrical placement and
Print and & Advertising financing for theatrical
domestic release.
Visit: www.sycamoreentertainment.com
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