Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films – 2011

Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford’s The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as “Baby Peggy,” one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).

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Cast : Baby Peggy|Betty Compson|Clara Bow|Emil Jannings|Harry Langdon|King Baggot|Lon Chaney|Louise Brooks|Oliver Hardy|Theda Bara
Genre : Documentary|TV Movie
Release Date : 4/3/2011
Country : United States

The Wayshower – 2011

Running from mistakes of the past, a man finds a secret book with ancient powers – a tool that can give him the answers he seeks. But a Dark Force has been awoken… one that will stop at nothing to reclaim the sacred text. When the book is stolen, an age long batte resumes. But his teacher: a “Wayshower”, can only show him the path to victory, for he must win this epic battle on his own.

Director : John-Roger|Jsu Garcia
Cast : Eric Roberts|Howard Lazar|Jsu Garcia|Matthew Albert Cole|Nina Bergman|Peter Stormare|Rick Ojeda|Sally Kirkland|Sara Malakul Lane|Sebastian Michael Barr
Genre : Drama
Release Date : 4/10/2011
Country : United States

Beast – 2011

BEAST, described in numerous circles as a “three-piece percussive drone/noise force, complete with two drummers and skull-based strobe-electronics” is comprised of three 6’ 2”+ artist/ musicians Thad Kellstadt, Tim Nickodemus and Ben Russell. Members’ projects have been viewed at La Casa Encendida (Madrid), the Rotterdam Int’l Film Festival (Netherlands), the Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus), and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago). Epileptic eyes! Heart attack ears! BEAST BEAST BEAST BEAST BEAST

Director : Ben Russell
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Release Date : 7/9/2011
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Un été + 50 – 2011

A seventy-five-minute documentary featuring outtakes from “Chronicle of a Summer” (1961), along with new interviews with co-director Edgar Morin and some of the film’s participants.

Director : Florence Dauman
Cast : Edgar Morin|Jean-Pierre Sergent|Marceline Loridan-Ivens|Nadine Ballot|Régis Debray
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 7/11/2011
Country : France

Shark Night 3D – 2011

A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to fresh-water shark attacks.

Director : David R. Ellis
Cast : Chris Carmack|Chris Zylka|Christine Bently|Damon Lipari|Donal Logue|Dustin Milligan|Joel David Moore|Katharine McPhee|Sara Paxton|Sinqua Walls
Genre : Horror|Thriller
Release Date : 9/2/2011
Country : United States

Rest for the Wicked – 2011

Ex-cop Murray(Tony Barry), is compelled to come out of retirement for one last case, when he finds out his old nemesis Frank (John Bach) is now in the Knightsbridge Gardens Retirement Village. In order to catch his man, Murray goes undercover by becoming a resident. He also discovers a world of sex, drugs and rocking chairs where life is lived and being old does not mean feeling past it. However Murray discovers that things are not always what they may seem to be.

Director : Simon Pattison
Cast : Bruce Allpress|Elisabeth Easther|Elizabeth McRae|Ian Mune|Ilona Rodgers|Irene Wood|John Bach|Ken Blackburn|Teresa Woodham|Tony Barry
Genre : Crime|Drama
Release Date : 11/24/2011
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Muran – 2011

After finishing a successful meeting with his movie producers in Bangalore, Nanda, a jingles composer catches the highway to Chennai. On his way his car breaks down and he hitchhikes with Arjun, a businessman’s son on his way to the same destination. During their journey together they discuss their personal lives till Arjun proposes a deal; a deal that is marked with murder but promises to better their personal lives. However this deal does not work in Nanda’s favor and he soon finds himself in deeper complications.

Director : Rajan Madhav
Cast : Cheran|Hariprriya|Jayaprakash|Nikita Thukral|Prasanna|Suma Bhattacharya
Genre : Drama|Thriller
Release Date : 9/15/2011
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Netherwood – 2011

Stan is a hard working Kiwi bloke who is always on the move. When he comes into the small town ‘Netherwood’ he finds himself wound up in a web of Murder, Love, Lies, and betrayal.

Director : Cristobal Araus Lobos
Cast : Emma Bierwirth|Jon Thomson|Mick Innes|Miriama Smith|Owen Black|Peter McCauley|Peter Rowley|Xavier Horan|Zara Cormack
Genre : Drama
Release Date : 8/16/2011
Country : New Zealand
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