The social lives of animals enthrall the human mind. Finding qualities that resemble us in other species has the power, it seems, to make us feel connected to something beyond our mortal insignificance. It also amplifies our compassion for those creatures.
Proof of this obsession to anthropomorphize them, or at least to reflect ourselves in those traits, is that this year alone we’ve already seen two documentaries on the song of whales: A middling effort in last month’s “Fathom,” and an infinitely more engaging exploration of the history of our interactions with the cetaceans in director Joshua Zeman’s “The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52.”
To map out the broader topics of this human-whale relationship, Zeman anchors his narrative on a single whale that has caused an online frenzy and puzzled scientists for decades. No one has seen it, but they’ve heard it. Nicknamed “52” because its song registers at 52 Hertz,...
Proof of this obsession to anthropomorphize them, or at least to reflect ourselves in those traits, is that this year alone we’ve already seen two documentaries on the song of whales: A middling effort in last month’s “Fathom,” and an infinitely more engaging exploration of the history of our interactions with the cetaceans in director Joshua Zeman’s “The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52.”
To map out the broader topics of this human-whale relationship, Zeman anchors his narrative on a single whale that has caused an online frenzy and puzzled scientists for decades. No one has seen it, but they’ve heard it. Nicknamed “52” because its song registers at 52 Hertz,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Exclusive: London-based doc specialist Dogwoof, which has a pipeline deal with Nat Geo, is expanding further into production and financing as it eyes bigger plays in an increasingly crowded and lucrative factual market.
The film and TV distribution company, a regular at major European film and TV markets, has had a banner year with Oscar-winner Free Solo and Apollo 11 returning strong grosses at the UK box office, taking $2.7m and $1.8m, respectively.
The firm’s sales wing has also done good recent business on the likes of Cunningham, which went to Magnolia Pictures, and Maiden, which sold to Sony Pictures Classics.
Now, we can reveal the six titles that will comprise the outfit’s next wave of productions. (All working titles.) Below is also our interview with company bosses about growth.
The Lost Leonardo (in production): From director Andreas Koefoed, whose Ballroom Dancer played...
The film and TV distribution company, a regular at major European film and TV markets, has had a banner year with Oscar-winner Free Solo and Apollo 11 returning strong grosses at the UK box office, taking $2.7m and $1.8m, respectively.
The firm’s sales wing has also done good recent business on the likes of Cunningham, which went to Magnolia Pictures, and Maiden, which sold to Sony Pictures Classics.
Now, we can reveal the six titles that will comprise the outfit’s next wave of productions. (All working titles.) Below is also our interview with company bosses about growth.
The Lost Leonardo (in production): From director Andreas Koefoed, whose Ballroom Dancer played...
- 10/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter (Vincent Kartheiser) and Chloe (Olivia Thirlby) are newlyweds on something of an impromptu honeymoon after boarding a research vessel in Argentina en route through the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. It’s a working vacation of sorts for Peter though as he’s a writer fascinated with the continent, the sea and the wildlife that surrounds them. The couple are at ease physically and sexually, but it’s clear in their communication — and lack thereof — that not all is well. As he devotes his attention to conversation with a renowned whale biologist (Roger Payne, playing himself) she finds herself drifting aimlessly well outside her own element. That emotional current takes her right into the path of Captain Emerson (Billy Campbell), and soon Peter and Chloe’s young marriage hits choppy waters… well, you get the idea. Red Knot places the sad ugliness of a relationship in jeopardy against the stark beauty of a harsh and unforgiving landscape...
- 12/3/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Umedia has picked up world sales rights to relationship drama Red Knot, starring Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser and Dredd actress Olivia Thirlby.
The film, which won the Fipresci Grand Jury Prize for Best New American Cinema at the Seattle International Film Festival earlier this month, marks the directorial debut of Scott Cohen and was shot entirely on location on a research vessel crossing the Southern Ocean and in Antarctica.
Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Thirlby (Dredd) play Peter and Chloe, a young newly married couple from New York honeymooning aboard a research vessel bound for Antarctica at the command of Captain Emerson (Billy Campbell, The Killing). An act of betrayal divides the young lovers, driving Chloe to separate herself from Peter, both physically and emotionally.
Cohen, a New York-based artist, said: “As a first feature film, I knew I had to build a stellar team and basically trap them on ship on the roughest sea in the...
The film, which won the Fipresci Grand Jury Prize for Best New American Cinema at the Seattle International Film Festival earlier this month, marks the directorial debut of Scott Cohen and was shot entirely on location on a research vessel crossing the Southern Ocean and in Antarctica.
Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Thirlby (Dredd) play Peter and Chloe, a young newly married couple from New York honeymooning aboard a research vessel bound for Antarctica at the command of Captain Emerson (Billy Campbell, The Killing). An act of betrayal divides the young lovers, driving Chloe to separate herself from Peter, both physically and emotionally.
Cohen, a New York-based artist, said: “As a first feature film, I knew I had to build a stellar team and basically trap them on ship on the roughest sea in the...
- 6/18/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
See new clips from "The Cove," the critically acclaimed documentary directed by Louie Psihoyos. Roadside Attractions distributes the film which includes Joe Chisholm, Mandy-Rae Cruikshank, Charles Hambleton, Simon Hutchins, Kirk Krack, Isabel Lucas, Richard O'Barry. Hayden Panettiere, Roger Payne, John Potter and Louie Psihoyos. See new clips from "The Cove," the critically acclaimed documentary directed by Louie Psihoyos. Roadside Attractions distributes the film which includes Joe Chisholm, Mandy-Rae Cruikshank, Charles Hambleton, Simon Hutchins, Kirk Krack, Isabel Lucas, Richard O'Barry. Hayden Panettiere, Roger Payne, John Potter and Louie Psihoyos...
- 8/6/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have new images in the gallery for two Roadside Attractions releases. The first being "The September Issue" which sees limited areas on this September. Also in are new images from "The Cove" documentary helmed by Louie Psihoyos, written by Mark Monroe and produced by Fisher Stevens and Paula DuPré Pesman. The cast includes Joe Chisholm, Mandy-Rae Cruikshank, Charles Hambleton, Simon Hutchins, Kirk Krack, Isabel Lucas, Richard O'Barry. Hayden Panettiere, Roger Payne, John Potter and Louie Psihoyos. "The September Issue" follows Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine for twenty years, who is the most powerful and polarizing figure in fashion. Hidden behind her trademark bob...
- 6/18/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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