BOAT TRIP: Box Office Success in Portugal






BOAT TRIP scored a second place the first week box office results in Portugal, which means the most successful territorial opening so far. Since the opening in Portugal on May 30, the comedy grossed a lot more than 550.000 USD, attracted more than 100.000 viewers and still holds a brilliant forth place. The film grossed a total of more than 10 m USD and will be opening in further European territories this summer.

JOE & MAX was nominated for the ACE Eddie Award
Joe & Max
The IWP-production JOE & MAX with editor Norman Buckley is nominated in the category "BEST EDITED MOTION PICTURE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION" for the ACE Eddie Award. Originally, ACE's annual awards dinner was held to honor Academy Award nominees in the category of film editing. When the NATAS began giving Emmy Awards to editors, ACE included them in the annual awards dinner. It was not until 1962 that ACE began giving its own editing awards. Besides JOE & MAX such well-known feature films as Lord of the Rings, Minority Report and About a Boy were nominated for the US Editor Award.

The inspiring true story of the rivalry and unlikely lifehood friendship between the two heavyweight boxers Max Schmeling (Til Schweiger) and Joe Louis (Leonard Roberts) had its world premiere on the US-TV-Channel STARZ!

This exciting TV-Movie has been praised not only by American fans, but also by the German and the US-Press. For detailed informations about the film, the stars, the making of etc. see the JOE AND MAX Website.
BOOKIES had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2003

The feature film BOOKIES had its world premiere on Januar 20, 2003 at the Sundance Film Festival 2003 taking place in Park City, USA. The international co-production was realized by International West Pictures, GEMINI FILM, International Arts Entertainment, MPCA and supported by Filmstiftung NRW.

"Mark Illsley, whose feature debut, Happy, Texas, reaped critical and audience praise and became one of the hot films at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, returns with another comedy/drama about small-time college bookies who run into trouble when their operation becomes a little too successful. Illsley, who again displays a superb directorial touch, sets a welcome pace in this tale of three college friends who run a fledgling bookmaking enterprise out of their dorm room and quickly begin to enjoy the substantial fruits of their illegal activities.

Toby (Nick Stahl), Jude (Johnny Galecki), and Casey (Lukas Haas) merge their diverse talents in setting up computerized spreadsheets, taking the bets (nothing over $500), and making the collections, but despite their mutual vows about discretion, their indulgences and party-hardy lifestyle soon attract attention from the local mob bookmaker, whose turf they've invaded. When Hunter (Rachael Leigh Cook), Toby's love interest, realizes what they're up to and voices concern, the boys face a Hobson's choice: can they simply survive, much less preserve their friendship or manage to keep their profits? With terrific performances and a tightly woven script, Bookies is a bet that filmgoers will be glad they made."

--- Geoffrey Gilmore, Festival Director ---

For more information: Sundance Film Festival

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