Two experimental films executive produced by Steven Soderbergh — Eddie Alcazar’s Divinity and Godfrey Reggio’s Once Within a Time – join Neon’s anticipated Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall in theaters today, a bit of counterprogramming on a weekend dominated by Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Divinity, about a dark and creepy future populated by bodybuilders hooked on an elixir for eternal life, “was always made for the theater,” said Alcazar. “But it’s kind of a roll of the dice of what a distributor wants to do with it.” Utopia, which acquired the black-and-white romp — set mostly in a mansion on a desert that looks like the moon — after its Sundance premiere (see Deadline review), opens Divinity at Regal Union Square in NYC, expanding to Los Angeles next week, with a national rollout on 11/3.
There will be opening-weekend Q&As with Alcazar, Soderbergh, star Stephen Dorff and DJ Muggs.
Divinity, about a dark and creepy future populated by bodybuilders hooked on an elixir for eternal life, “was always made for the theater,” said Alcazar. “But it’s kind of a roll of the dice of what a distributor wants to do with it.” Utopia, which acquired the black-and-white romp — set mostly in a mansion on a desert that looks like the moon — after its Sundance premiere (see Deadline review), opens Divinity at Regal Union Square in NYC, expanding to Los Angeles next week, with a national rollout on 11/3.
There will be opening-weekend Q&As with Alcazar, Soderbergh, star Stephen Dorff and DJ Muggs.
- 10/13/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Richie Adams’ “The Road Dance,” the Scottish adaptation of John McKay’s 2002 bestselling novel.
In the film, Kirsty MacLeod (Hermione Corfield) dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides. Suppressing these aspirations, she sees her lover Murdo (Will Fletcher) conscripted for service in WWI, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village. A road dance is held in their honor the evening before they depart, and it’s on this fateful evening that Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn.
The film premiered at the 2021 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best film, followed by the jury prize for best feature at the Manchester International Film Festival. It has since played...
In the film, Kirsty MacLeod (Hermione Corfield) dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides. Suppressing these aspirations, she sees her lover Murdo (Will Fletcher) conscripted for service in WWI, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village. A road dance is held in their honor the evening before they depart, and it’s on this fateful evening that Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn.
The film premiered at the 2021 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best film, followed by the jury prize for best feature at the Manchester International Film Festival. It has since played...
- 6/30/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Music Box Films has picked up U.S. rights to director Richie Adams’ well-reviewed drama The Road Dance, starring Hermione Corfield.
The Road Dance centers on Kirsty MacLeod (Corfield) who dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides. Suppressing these aspirations, she sees her lover Murdo (Will Fletcher) conscripted for service in the First World War, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village. A road dance is held in their honor the evening before they depart, but it’s on that night that Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn.
The Scottish adaptation of John McKay’s 2002 novel premiered at the 2021 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Film, followed by the Jury Prize for Best Feature at the Manchester International Film Festival.
The Road Dance centers on Kirsty MacLeod (Corfield) who dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides. Suppressing these aspirations, she sees her lover Murdo (Will Fletcher) conscripted for service in the First World War, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village. A road dance is held in their honor the evening before they depart, but it’s on that night that Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn.
The Scottish adaptation of John McKay’s 2002 novel premiered at the 2021 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Film, followed by the Jury Prize for Best Feature at the Manchester International Film Festival.
- 6/30/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
"Forget about the glory, remember the people you're fighting for back home." Watch the official UK trailer for this indie drama made in Scotland titled The Road Dance, from filmmaker Richie Adams. This already premiered at the 2021 Edinburgh Film Festival last year and opened in the UK in May; it'll also screen at the Heartland Film Fest + Newport Beach Film Fest in the US soon. Kirsty MacLeod (Hermione Corfield) dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides. Suppressing these aspirations, her lover Murdo conscripted for service in the First World War. A road dance is held in their honor the evening before they depart, and it's on this fateful evening that Kirsty's life takes a dramatic & tragic turn. Also stars Morven Christie, Mark Gatiss, Will Fletcher, Ali Fumiko Whitney, and Sean Gilder. This...
- 10/9/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Given the challenges the film industry has faced across the last year as a result of the pandemic, with cinemas closed globally, and films being screened primarily into living rooms, never has the value of an audience felt more essential. With that in mind, we should also put some value on the aforementioned audience’s opinions, too, and when it came to the recent Edinburgh International Film Festival, the watching faithful had one award to vote on, the prestigious Audience Award. This prize went to Richie Adams’ quietly powerful, and moving period drama The Road Dance – and it’s a more than deserving of this accolade.
Adapted from John MacKay’s novel of the same name, which is turn is loosely based on real events, The Road Dance transports the viewer back to the First World War, and the slow, tense build up towards the outbreak of battle, exploring the...
Adapted from John MacKay’s novel of the same name, which is turn is loosely based on real events, The Road Dance transports the viewer back to the First World War, and the slow, tense build up towards the outbreak of battle, exploring the...
- 9/3/2021
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hermione Corfield as Kirsty Macleod in Eiff Audience Award winner The Road Dance Photo: Courtesy of Eiff The 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced that its Audience Award has been won by Richie Adams' The Road Dance.
The Scottish island melodrama, which is set against the backdrop of the start of the first World War had its world premiere at the festival, which screened 86 in person films to a total audience of 12,000.
Richie Adams, director of The Road Dance said: “When I first learned of our acceptance to the festival, I was ecstatic. Eiff is such a prestigious festival, and where better to launch a Scottish film than Edinburgh. It was wonderful to be with some of our cast and crew at the world premiere and getting the chance to see everyone’s hard work pay off on the big screen. It’s a huge honour to win the...
The Scottish island melodrama, which is set against the backdrop of the start of the first World War had its world premiere at the festival, which screened 86 in person films to a total audience of 12,000.
Richie Adams, director of The Road Dance said: “When I first learned of our acceptance to the festival, I was ecstatic. Eiff is such a prestigious festival, and where better to launch a Scottish film than Edinburgh. It was wonderful to be with some of our cast and crew at the world premiere and getting the chance to see everyone’s hard work pay off on the big screen. It’s a huge honour to win the...
- 8/31/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
This feature debut from American director Richie Adams is firmly in the tradition of the likes of Catherine Cookson and Barbara Taylor-Bradford, although the novel source material here was written by a man, John Mackay, which unfortunately shows in its inability to truly get under the skin of its heroine. It has the well-made but familiar feel of a Sunday evening drama on ITV or the Beeb - a slot that it could well find itself occupying at some time in the future, especially after taking home the Audience Award after its Eiff world premiere.
Set in the run up to the First World War on the Hebridean Isle of Lewis, the story takes place in the tiny coastal village of Garenin. It is here that Kirsty Macleod (Hermione Corfield) lives on a croft with her mother (Morvern Christie) and sister Annie (Ali Fumiko Whitney) since the death of her.
Set in the run up to the First World War on the Hebridean Isle of Lewis, the story takes place in the tiny coastal village of Garenin. It is here that Kirsty Macleod (Hermione Corfield) lives on a croft with her mother (Morvern Christie) and sister Annie (Ali Fumiko Whitney) since the death of her.
- 8/30/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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