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Distant Horizon
The company has been involved in all aspects of the motion picture industry, having produced films in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa. In the past eighteen years, Distant Horizon has been involved in over fifty feature films with budgets varying between $0.2M and $10M. Distant Horizon has a strong relationships with the most successful motion picture production and distribution companies such as Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, Walt Disney, Sony Pictures, Buena Vista, Miramax, Summit Entertainment, Alliance Atlantis, Artisan Entertainment, Dimension Films, Fine Line Features and Icon Entertainment. Distant Horizon attends all the important film festivals and markets including Sundance Film Festival, American Film Market, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Mifed, Toronto International Film Festival, and Independent Feature Project. Distant Horizon successfully distributed “Sarafina!” (1992) based on the acclaimed Broadway show. The script was written by award winning writer William Nicholson and starred Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg. It was released by Hollywood Pictures in the U.S. and Warner Bros. in the U.K. “Chain of Desire,” which stars Linda Fiorentino, Malcolm McDowell, Grace Zabriskie and Seymour Cassel was shot entirely on location in New York City. The film opened theatrically in the United States in 1993 and was distributed by October Films. In 1995, Distant Horizon distributed “The Mangler,” starring Robert Englund and Ted Levine. The script, based on a short story by Stephen King, is co-written by, among others, Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), who also directed the film. “Dead Beat,” produced by Distant Horizon in association with actor Christopher Lambert, was shot in Arizona. The film, starring Bruce Ramsay, Natasha Wagner and Balthazar Getty, was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994. Distant Horizon acquired the international distribution rights for "Yankee Zulu," a comedy made in South Africa. The company re-scored and re-edited the film to make it more commercial and appealing to international audiences. “Yankee Zulu” was released by Columbia Tristar in Germany where it grossed $3M at the box office. The BBC Films co-production “Captives” was directed by Angela Pope, starring Julia Ormond and Tim Roth. The picture was selected as the opening film in the Venetian Nights section of the 1994 Venice Film Festival, in addition to its selection for Gala Presentation at the 1994 Toronto Film Festival. In 1995, Distant Horizon distributed the screen version of Alan Paton's profound literary classic “Cry, The Beloved Country.” Paton's story was adapted for screen by Oscar nominee Ronald Harwood and directed by Darrell James Roodt. The film stars Academy Award nominees James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. The music is scored by five-time Academy Award winner, John Barry (“Dances With Wolves,” “Out of Africa,” “Born Free” and “The Lion in Winter”). Distant Horizon's "Black Mask" ("Hak Hap") (1996) was the first Jet Li feature released theatrically in the U.S. by Artisan Entertainment and grossed $15 million. Distant Horizon has also successfully released several Jackie Chan titles in the U.S., including "Police Stories" and "Twin Dragons" (1992); "Zu Warriors" (2001) (Hong Kong), starring Zhang Zi Yi; Ryuhei Kitamura's "Versus" (Japan); and Kim Tae-Gyun's "Volcano High" (“WaSanGo”) (South Korea). Another Distant Horizon's successful release, “Scorpion Spring” (1996), starring Matthew McConaughey and Alfred Molina and scored by the Academy Award winner Lalo Shifrin, is a funny journey through the Mexican border. In 1997, Distant Horizon has successfully presented "Face," a co-production with BBC Films, directed by Antonia Bird ("Priest"), starring Robert Carlyle ("Priest," "Trainspotting," "The Full Monty"). It is a story of London thieves who rob an armored car, but are forced to close ranks when one member double-crosses them and steals the loot. The film premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August 1997, and was selected for the Renaissance Section of the Venice Film Festival and had a special presentation screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on a book by Andy McNab, war thriller "Bravo Two Zero" (1999), directed by Tom Clegg, starring Sean Bean ("The Island"), is a story of special forces troop in Iraq. It is a co-production with BBC Films. "The Theory of Flight," directed by Paul Greengrass, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh was shot in Cardiff, Wales, and London, is a darkly comic film that charts the outlandish relationship that grows between a young woman, Jane (Bonham Carter) afflicted by Motor Neurone Disease, and her reluctant and somewhat eccentric care-giver, Richard Hopkins (Brannagh). It is also co-production with BBC Films. In 1998, Distant Horizon co-produced "Get Real" with Graphite Films in association with British Screen and the Arts Council of England. This is a story of a boy who loves... a boy who falls in love with him as well. It is the directorial debut of Simon Shore. "Get Real" has won several awards including the Audience Awards at Edinburgh Film Festival, Dinard British Film Festival and Ourense Independent Film Festival, as well as Emden Film Award at the 1999 Emden International Film Festival. The film was acquired by Paramount Classics for distribution in the U.S. Distant Horizon's comedy "Mr. Bones" (2001) is the highest grossing South African film of all time. The film grossed more than 3 million euros in Germany and 1 million euros in Spain. Distant Horizon has acquired a number of Asian movies. Distant Horizon's Anant Singh and Brian Cox are producers of the Dimension Films production of "Pulse" (2006), a remake of the Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japanese horror film that Jim Sonzer directed, with Kirsten Bell and Ian Somerhalder starring. In 2007, Distant Horizon released “Prey,” an intense thriller inspired by true events, written and directed by the Academy Award nominee Darrell James Roodt, along with co-writers Beau Bauman and Jeff Wadlow ("Cry Wolf"), starring Bridget Moynahan ("I Robot," "Lord of War"), Peter Weller ("24," "RoboCop," "Naked Lunch") and Carly Schroeder ("Firewall," "Mean Creek") as their 14-year-old daughter. A family trip become an African nightmare for three American tourists that get lost in safari. . . . . Distant Horizon Los Angeles: 8282 Sunset Blvd, Suite A, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Tel: (323) 848-4140, fax: (323) 848-4144, email: la@distant-horizon.com London: 28 Vernon Dr, Stanmore, Middlesex, Hat 7 2BT, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 208 861 5500, fax: +44 208 861 4411, email: london@distant-horizon.com . . . . Distant Horizon filmography (selected titles) Production Don't Look Up (2009) AmericanEast (2007) Prey (2007) More Than Just a Game (2007) Pulse (2006) The Journalist and the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl (2006) Red Dust (2004) Yesterday (2004) I Capture the Castle (2003) Zu Warriors (2001) Mr. Bones (2001) Bravo Two Zero (1999) (TV) The Theory of Flight (1998) Get Real (1998) Face (1997) Scorpion Spring (1996) Cry, The Beloved Country (1995) The Mangler (1995) Dead Beat (1994) Captives (1994) Yankee Zulu (1993) Chain of Desire (1992) Sarafina! (1992) Distribution Spoon (2008) / 2007, United States, all media The Mangler (1995) Yankee Zulu (1993) Sarafina! (1992) Various services Dou Fo Sin (2007) / South Africa sales © Preems.com |
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Distant
Horizon is a South African motion picture production and distribution
company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the South African-based
diversified entertainment company Videovision Entertainment.