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HAMMER CULT CLASSIC RESURRECTED!
FRANKENSTEIN
CREATED WOMAN
COMING
TO BLU-RAY JANUARY 28th
Millennium
Entertainment to Release Collector's Edition in 2014
Available
for the First Time in the US in Stunning HD!
Beverly
Hills, CA-- (November 18, 2013) To kick-off the upcoming New Year,
Millennium Entertainment is pleased to reveal their plans for a high-definition
release of the cult classic 1967 Hammer Film, Frankenstein Created
Woman on
January 28th. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring horror icon
Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg and Thorley Walters, Millennium's Collector's
Edition of Frankenstein Created Woman marks the first time that US fans
will be able to enjoy the film on Blu-ray here in the States.
Special
features for the Collector's Edition Blu-Ray of Frankenstein Created
Woman include
a brand new documentary entitled "Hammer Glamour," an audio
commentary featuring Derek Fowlds, Robert Morris and Jonathan Rigby, two
World of Hammer episodes celebrating both the iconic character Frankenstein and
the immortal Cushing who portrayed Dr. Frankenstein several times throughout
his esteemed career, an animated stills gallery and exclusive collectible cards
celebrating this timeless classic, perfect for any Hammer fan's collection.
In Frankenstein
Created Woman, a tormented girl (Susan
Denberg) drowns herself after her lover is framed for her father’s murder and
guillotined. Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), experimenting with the
transfer of souls, places her lover’s soul into her body, bringing Christina
back to life. With no memories of her past life, she becomes driven by a
ghostly revenge and carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for
both deaths.
Special
Features:
-Commentary
Featuring Derek Fowlds ("Johann"), Robert Morris ("Hans")
and Jonathan Rigby (Hammer Historian)
-Frankenstein
Created Woman Trailer
-World
of Hammer Episode "The Curse of Frankenstein"
-World
of Hammer Episode "Hammer Stars: Peter Cushing"
-Brand
New Documentary: "Hammer Glamour"
-Animated
Stills Gallery
-Includes
Exclusive Collectable Cards!
ABOUT
MILLENNIUM ENTERTAINMENT:
Formed
in 2010 and led by CEO Bill Lee, Millennium Entertainment is a leading
independent supplier that acquires and distributes feature films. The company
most recently released the horror-comedy Hell Baby from “Reno 911”
creators Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant featuring a stellar lineup of comedy
stars including Rob Corddry, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Keegan Michael Key and
Riki Lindhome; director Ariel Vromen’s The Iceman, starring Michael
Shannon, Winona Ryder and Chris Evans; and What Maisie Knew from directors Scott
McGehee and David Siegel, starring Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Steve
Coogan and introducing Onata Aprile as Maisie. Up next the company will release
the hallucinatory action-thriller Charlie Countryman starring Shia
LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood and directed by award-winning commercial director
Fredrik Bond in his directorial debut and John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo which he wrote,
stars and directs. The romantic comedy also stars Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis,
Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara. Other releases include Academy Award-nominated
director Lee Daniel’s The Paperboy starring Nicole Kidman (who
garnered both a Golden Globe and Screen Actor’s Guild Award nominations for her
role as a sultry, death-row groupie), Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, John
Cusack and Macy Grey and Richard Linklater’s critically acclaimed Bernie, starring Jack Black
(for which he earned Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations),
Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey.
ABOUT
HAMMER:
Originally
founded in 1934, legendary British film studio Hammer has delivered a hugely
successful run of films over the years including Dracula, Frankenstein
Created Woman, One Million Years B.C. and The Vampire Lovers. Since 2008,
the company has been part of Exclusive Media, which is reinvigorating this
beloved global brand through investment across both traditional and new media.
Not
in production since the 1980s, Hammer marked their return to features in 2010
with the release of the critically acclaimed Let Me In, an adaptation of the
highly praised Swedish film Låt den rätte komma in. The film was
written and directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) and stars Chloe Moretz
(Kick-Ass)
and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road).
In
2011, Hammer released Antti Jokinen’s The Resident starring two-time
Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby), Jeffrey Dean Morgan
and Hammer legend Sir Christopher Lee, as well as the critically lauded Wake
Wood directed
by David Keating and starring Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle and Timothy Spall.
February
2012 saw the theatrical release of Hammer’s first ever feature ghost
story The Woman In Black, directed by James Watkins, adapted by Jane
Goldman from the book by Susan Hill, and starring Daniel
Radcliffe. The film has taken over $130m worldwide making it one of
the biggest indie horror films ever. The next instalment, The Woman in
Black: Angel of Death, began filming in November, 2013 for a 13th February,
2015 release.
Hammer's
next film release will be The Quiet Ones starring Jared
Harris and Sam Claflin.
In
addition to its upcoming films, Hammer recently diversified into live theatre,
launching Hammer Theatre of Horror. Hammer’s first theatre project
was 'The Turn of the Screw' production, based on the classic ghost tale by
Henry James, which ran at London's Almeida Theatre until March 2013 starring
Anna Madeley and Gemma Jones.
Hammer
also launched a book publishing imprint, Arrow Books, in Spring 2011 with
Random House. Recent titles include Jeanette Winterson’s ‘The
Daylight Gate’, Sophie Hannah’s ‘The Orphan Choir’ and Julie Myerson’s
‘The Quickening’.
In
late 2012, Hammer also signed a deal with Paragon Entertainment to develop,
build and operate a series of UK based 'Hammer House of Horror' visitor
attractions.
For
further information about Hammer and its parent company Exclusive Media, please
visit www.hammerfilms.com and www.exclusivemedia.com.
ABOUT
EXCLUSIVE MEDIA:
Exclusive
Media is a vertically integrated global filmed entertainment company, founded
in May 2008 with the backing of the strategic investment group Dasym Investment
Strategies B.V. (formerly Cyrte Investments). Exclusive Media develops,
finances, produces, markets and distributes prestige and talent driven
commercial and documentary feature films on a global basis.
Exclusive
Media is run by a five member Executive Board with Nigel Sinclair as
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Guy East as Co-Chairman, Simon Oakes
as Vice Chairman and President of Hammer, Marc Schipper as Chief Operating
Officer, and Ron Hohauser as Chief Financial Officer. Supporting the
Executive Board in both the operational management and strategic expansion of
the business is a strong team of highly skilled professionals who have a broad
range of complementary experience.
Exclusive
Media’s development and production activities operate through three specialist
labels: UK based Hammer for genre titles, Spitfire Pictures for documentary
features and the flagship label Exclusive Media for all other feature film
production. Exclusive Media also enjoys a co-development and
co-production deal with Cross Creek Pictures.
Exclusive
Media’s international sales & distribution division maintains a strong
marketing presence and represents the group’s in-house productions plus its
growing library of almost 900 titles including the recently acquired library
from Icon Entertainment International. The company also actively acquires
third party feature films to further strengthen its international distribution
slate.
The
company launched a US distribution company, Exclusive Releasing and holds a
minority stake in Millennium Entertainment.
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