Sony Picture Classics Acquires “AND WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?” [
11/09/2006
]PRESS RELEASE New York, NY. September 13, 2006. Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North America and Latin America rights to UK director Anand Tucker's ("Shopgirl", "Hilary and Jackie") new feature length film “And When Did You Last See Your Father?”, which is produced by Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen at Number 9 Films. The picture, shooting in October this year, has been developed as part of the UK film Council Super-Slate initiative in association with Film4, Intandem Films and the Irish Film Board. “And When Did You Last See Your Father?” is based on the award-winning memoir by established British author Blake Morrison and stars Colin Firth as Blake Morrison and Jim Broadbent as his father, Arthur Morrison. The film, set in the Yorkshire Dales and London, is a moving father son love story told through flashbacks by son Blake Morrison. Trying to deal with the fact that his father is terminally ill, Blake reflects back on humorous, embarrassing and upsetting childhood and teenage memories. Interspersed with tender, heart-rending and often moving scenes, Blake's realizations help him come to terms with his relationship with his father. Co-Presidents Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and EVP, Acquisitions and Production, Dylan Leiner released the following statement from Sony Pictures Classics, "This screenplay is so moving, the combination of roles so engaging and full (to be played by Jim Broadbent and Colin Firth) and the precision of Anand Tucker's direction made this a very easy decision to make. “And When Did You Last See Your Father” promises to be a winner for 2007. We are thrilled to be partnering with our old friends at Intandem and Number 9 Films on this picture and at long last to be working with Anand Tucker.” CEO Gary Smith and Directors of Sales and Marketing Andrew Brown and Billy Hurman of Intandem Films further commented: 2Having already secured sales of the film in the UK (Buena Vista), Australia (Icon) and Portugal (Lusomundo), we can't think of a better home for this picture than with our friends at Sony Pictures Classics who we know will give it the love and respect that this great British film deserves." Producer Stephen Woolley from Number 9 Films adds, ³"We are thrilled to be working with Sony Picture Classics on this long cherished project, uniting two of Britain's finest actors, Jim Broadbent and Colin Firth, with one of our finest directors, Anand Tucker. David Nicholls' script, adapted from Blake Morrison's novel, is a moving, often hilarious and universal tale of coming to terms with your own mortality. Michael, Tom, Dylan and their excellent team at Sony have a well-earned reputation for choosing and distributing high quality and successful movies. Their seal of approval fully justifies the enormous faith our other financing partners have put into this project. Producer Elizabeth Karlsen and I believe "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" will be one of the high points of British cinema in the year 2007 and, together with Intandem, look forward to working closely with Sony on its marketing and distribution of the film in North and South America." More news
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