Upcoming Releases for Previews

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS UPCOMING RELEASES FOR PREVIEWS

Right at Your Door Release date: August 24, 2007 (NY, LA, Austin, Boston, Portland, Philadelphia, Washington DC) Produced By Jonah Smith, Palmer West Written and directed by Chris Gorak Starring Rory Cochrane, Mary McCormack, Tony Perez, Scotty Noyd, Jr., Max Kasch, Jon Huertas, Will McCormack A Roadside Attractions release

After multiple dirty bombs are detonated, spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad (Rory Cochrane) inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi (Mary McCormack) outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and Martial Law in effect, Brad and Lexi struggle to survive with little supply, limited time and no information—all the while separated by thin doors and thinner sheets of plastic. When “help” finally does arrive, it appears to be anything but.

Trade Release date: September 21, 2007 (Nationwide) Produced by Roland Emmerich, Rosilyn Heller Screenplay by Jose Rivera Story by Jose Rivera and Peter Landesman Based on the New York Times Magazine article, “The Girls Next Door”, by Peter Landesman Directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner Starring Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos, Alicja Bachleda, Paulina Gaitan, Marco Perez, Linda Emond, Zack Ward, Kate Del Castillo, Tim Reid, Pasha D. Lychnikoff A Roadside Attractions release

When a Mexican girl is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico, her older brother and a Texas cop (Kevin Kline) set off on a desperate quest to rescue her.

How to Cook Your Life Release date: October 26th (San Francisco), November 16th (NY, LA, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Santa Fe, Tucson, Denver, Sedona), November 23rd (San Diego, Minneapolis), December 6th (Boston, DC) Produced by Franz X Gernstl, Fidelis Mager Written and Directed by Doris Dörrie Starring Doris Dörrie, Edward Espe Brown A Roadside Attractions release

Move over “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance!” Filmmaker Doris Dörrie turns her attention to Buddhism and that age-old saying, “you are what you eat.” In HOW TO COOK YOUR LIFE Dörrie enlists the help of the charismatic Zen Master Edward Espe Brown to explain the guiding principles of Zen Buddhism as they apply to the preparation of food and life itself. Bella Release date: October 26, 2007 (Nationwide) Produced by: Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verastegui, Leo Severino, Alejandro Monteverde and Denise Pinckley Screenplay by: Alejandro Monteverde and Patrick Million Directed by: Alejandro Monteverde Starring: Eduardo Verastegiu, Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez, Ali Landry A Roadside Attractions and Metanoia Films release

In Alejandro Monteverde’s emotional tale of self-discovery, two people whose lives are about to be changed forever discover that sometimes it takes losing it all to finally appreciate the things that truly matter. Bella is a heartwarming story about life, relationships and our capacity for love in the face of the unexpected.

Starting Out in the Evening Release date: November 2007 (Mid-Late November – Nationwide) Produced by Jake Abraham, Nancy Israel, John Sloss, Gary Winick, Mandy Tagger Written by Fred Parnes, Andrew Wagner Based on the novel by Brian Morton Directed by Andrew Wagner Starring Lauren Ambrose, Frank Langella, Lili Taylor, Karl Bury, Anitha Gandhi, Sean T. Krishnan, Jessica Hecht, Adrian Lester A Roadside Attractions release

STARTING OUT THE EVENING stars this year’s recipient for the Best Actor Tony Award ® for “Frost/Nixon” Frank Langella as Leonard Schiller, a once-famous New York writer who is both shaken and emboldened when a beautiful graduate student (Lauren Ambrose) invades his solitude to mine his life for her thesis about his novels. The film is directed and co-written by Andrew Wagner, with the screenplay adapted by Wagner and Fred Parnes from the Pen\Faulkner Award-nominated novel by Brian Morton.

Caramel Release date: January 2008 Produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint Written and directed by Nadine Labaki Starring Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri, Joanna Mkarzel, Gisèle Osta, Sihame Haddad, Aziza Semaan, Adel Karam, Ismail Antar. Fadia Stella A Roadside Attractions release

In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colorful and sensual microcosm of the city where several generations come into contact, talk and confide in each other. In the salon, their intimate and liberated conversations revolve around men, sex and motherhood, between haircuts and sugar waxing with caramel.

Chicago 10 Release date: February 2008 Produced by Graydon Carter, Brett Morgen Executive Produced by Jeff Skoll, Ricky Strauss, Diane Weyermann, Peter Schlessel, William Pohlad, Laura Bickford Written and directed by Brett Morgen Cast (voice only): Jeffrey Wright, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider, Mark Ruffalo, Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Liev Schreiber A Participant Productions/River Road Entertainment Film A Roadside Attractions release

Interweaving footage of the brutal clashes between police and demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic convention with 3-D animated reenactments of the outrageous trial that followed it, Brett Morgen’s “Chicago 10” is an electrifying experience told with up-to-the-moment immediacy.