FIRST EVER FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LEGENDARY MUSICAL RECLUSE SCOTT WALKER TO BE SOLD INTERNATIONALLY BY MOVIEHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIEHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT sign up for international sales duty and Verve Pictures take UK all rights on SCOTT WALKER – 30 CENTURY MAN feature length music documentary

SCOTT WALKER – 30 CENTURY MAN is currently in production, and is set for delivery by July 2006. The Missing In Action Films/Plastic Palace LLC production is directed by Stephen Kijak (CINEMANIA) and produced by Mia Bays, Elizabeth Rose and Stephen Kijak, with and David Sefton serving as Executive Producers.

The feature follows the making of Scott Walker’s first album in 11 years: THE DRIFT, set for worldwide release in Summer 2006 via 4AD (Beggars Group). The film will also provide a long-overdue look at the arc of his career, including clips and archive footage, and the enormous influence Scott has had on today’s musicians.

The filmmakers have been granted unprecedented access to Scott and his musical process, the first such time the famously reclusive musical genius has allowed this level of contact with a film crew.

To date the Film has been financed by Elizabeth Rose, independent producer and President of Aim Productions LLC.

Stephen Kijak co-directed the acclaimed feature doc CINEMANIA, Stephen Kijak co-directed the acclaimed feature doc CINEMANIA funded by NRW and Bayerischer Rundfunk and sold to broadcasters internationally by Wellspring. The film opened theatrically in the US, UK and Germany in 2003 and enjoyed a lot of attention on the festival circuit in 2002 including Rotterdam, Locarno and Edinburgh and won Best Documentary at the 2002 Hamptons International Film Festival.

Mia Bays is an Oscar © winning and BAFTA © nominated producer, and is formerly Head of Distribution for the UK Lottery film franchise The Film Consortium, now the The Works Media Group. Mia has produced 2 films to date including SIX SHOOTER the Oscar © winning and BAFTA nominated short and British Independent Film Award winner, starring Brendan Gleeson, by acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh and financed by Film Four and The Irish Film Board.

“Scott Walker: 30 Century Man” has followed the process of the making of THE DRIFT, Scott’s new album, and features brand new studio footage and an interview with Scott Walker. Also interviewed to date are, among others : David Bowie, Radiohead, Johnny Marr, Alison Goldfrapp, , , Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn, Ute Lemper and Rick Moody, as well many of Scott’s colleagues and collaborators from the 60’s to the present.

“Wow. That’s…that’s amazing. I’ve seen God in the window. That really got me…he’s been my idol since I was a kid.…I’m…I’m speechless really. That’s very moving…” David Bowie, during his 50th Birthday Special on Radio 1, having listened to a recorded surprise birthday greeting from the elusive Scott Walker.

Who can render David Bowie speechless? Who recorded Johnny Marr’s “favorite song of all time?” Who was bigger than the Beatles and the Stones for a shining moment, but turned away from fame only to morph into one of the most enigmatic and reclusive living legends in music today?

The man is Scott Walker.

“To us, it was an homage to Scott Walker. The working title was 'Scott Walker'.” Adam Clayton (U2) talking recently about the band’s recent 2005 single, “City of Blinding Lights” But who is Scott Walker?

• Called the “greatest voice of his generation," he was the lead singer of 60's sensation ("The Sun Aint' Gonna Shine Anymore", “No Regrets” “Make It Easy on Yourself”) • His fan club outnumbered the Beatles’ in 1965. • From 1967-1969 he released three UK top-ten solo albums (and one #1) • His repertoire included standards by Bacharach & David along side perverse translations of Jacques Brel songs about prostitutes, gonorrhea, and death. • He suffered terrible stage fright • He staged one of the great disappearing acts in pop history. • Often rumored to be living abroad, working as a cab driver, or simply dead – he reemerges decades later with some of the most modern, ear-challenging music ever recorded… • His admirers include:

o Bowie o Sting o Bono o Radiohead o Damon Albarn o Jarvis Cocker o Goldfrapp o Johnny Marr o And many others…

“We’re long time fans. A lot of our songs were called "the Scott Walker song”,“Creep” certainly was…we always keep coming back to his records and his music.” Johnny Greenwood, Radiohead

“I mean he really should be recognised as not only one of our great composers but great poets as well.” Brian Eno

The film is shot by Grant Gee (who shot and directed the Radiohead film MEETING PEOPLE IS EASY and the new GORILLAZ concert film) with visual designs by the celebrated designer Graham Wood of Tomato (who did the titles for TRAINSPOTTING and is a multi award winning ad, promo and title designer)

The album THE DRIFT will be released worldwide by 4AD on May 8th.

Moviehouse Entertainment are at the EFM in Berlin this week and have a history of selling music related documentaries including the Britpop doc Live Forever, Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt and New York Doll. The company are premiereing Irish soccer comedy Studs and Australian hit man mockumentary The Magician at the market, while Rampage, a film about three brothers and their life from the Iraqi war to the ghettos of Miami, is playing in the Panorama Documentary section.

For further information contact Gary Phillips, Moviehouse Entertainment, [email protected], mobile number + 44 7958 916917.