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NEWS FLASH-MAY 8TH -7PM
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Dear Japanese Friends and Lovers of Sushi:
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FORTISSIMO FILMS would like to inform you that tomorrow evening on The Prime Time Show News on WOWOW at 19:00 Tokyo Time, there is going to be a major feature presentation on our film,
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI. Director David Gelb will be doing a live interview discussing the film. The show will also report on the film's strong worldwide critical and financial success (US box-office has crossed US$2 million and still going strong), and achieved a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (making it stronger than that of Hunger Games). JIRO is the top performing documentary in the US this year.
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TERRITORIES SOLD: France (Pretty Pictures), Benelux (Cinemien Distribution), Scandinavia (Non Stop Entertainment), Poland (Gutek Film), Germany/Austria(Koch Media), Australia & New Zealand (Curious Pictures), Hong Kong (Edko), Taiwan (Joint Entertainment), Singapore (Golden Village), Thailand (Mongkol Cinema), Israel (Lev Pictures), Captive (Airlines),
Latin America (HBO Latin America Pan Regional Pay TV), UK (Soda Pictures), US/Canada (Magnolia Pictures), Korea (Challan Pictures)
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The film is available for all rights/acquisition for Japan. Please contact Winnie Lau to discuss. |
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“★★★★★
A DOC SO DELICIOUS YOU COULD EAT IT.”
– Keith Uhlich, TIME OUT NEW YORK
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“MOUTHWATERING
An intrinsically compelling hymn to craftsmanship and taste in every sense.”
– Leslie Felperein, VARIETY
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“CINEMATOGRAPHY AS LUSH AS THE TUNA BELLY”
– Betty Hallock, LOS ANGELES TIMES
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| VIEW TRAILER |
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Directed by David Gelb
USA, 2011, 83', Japanese, Documentary |
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“MAKE SURE YOU’VE ALREADY STAKED OUT
THE NEAREST SUSHI PLACE.
By the time the lights go up you’ll be ravenous.”
– Daniel Walber, INDIEWIRE
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“BREATHTAKING, INSPIRATIONAL AND HUMBLING.
Anyone passionate about craft, cooking and excellence should watch.”
– ERIC RIPERT, the acclaimed 3-star Michelin chef at New York's Le Bernardin
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“THRILLING AND BEAUTIFUL.
Maddeningly delicious looking.”
– ANTHONY BOURDAIN, writer of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.
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“FOOD PORN PAR EXCELLENCE.
There’s no way you won’t leave this film not hankering for some sushi of your own.
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI works most potently as a feature-length metaphor for the joys and agonies of artistic creation.”
– Kenji Fujishima, SLANT
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“IT SURE BEATS TAKEOUT”
– Nicholas Rapold, THE NEW YORK TIMES
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‘‘It’s a simple yet elegant concoction-and more than anything”
– John Lopez, VANITY FAIR
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International Sales
FORTISSIMOFILMS
Van Diemenstraat 100, 1013 CN Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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