Image Entertainment, Inc. : Image Entertainment Acquires North American Rights to Sundance Hit GOATS
02/09/2012 | 07:11pm
The Film Stars David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Kerri Russell,
Ty Burrell and Justin Kirk
"Duchovny's performance in the coming-of-age
drama Goats was an instant standout…" - Bryan
Alexander, USA Today
CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2012-- Image
Entertainment, Inc. (OTCQB: DISK) has acquired North American
rights, including theatrical, home entertainment, digital and
broadcast, to the quirky new comedy which premiered at this
year's Sundance Film Festival, GOATS. A film about an
eccentric New Age family, GOATS stars David Duchovny
("Californication," "The X Files"), Vera Farmiga(Up in the
Air, The Departed), Kerri Russell (Bedtime Stories), Ty
Burrell ("Modern Family"), Justin Kirk ("Weeds"), Graham
Phillips (Evan Almighty) andDakota Johnson (The Social
Network) and was directed by Christopher Neil. The film is
being slated for a spring theatrical release. The
announcement was made today by Image Entertainment's Chief
Acquisitions Officer, Bill Bromiley.
"GOATS is a humorous and heartfelt comedy featuring a great
cast," commented Bromiley. "I am sure that audiences will
really enjoy David Duchovny's performance as the Goat Man."
GOATS tells the story of fifteen-year-old Ellis who is
getting ready to leave his luxurious home in the foothills of
Tucson, Arizona, for his freshman year at Gates Academy, an
East Coast prep school. This means leaving behind Wendy, his
flaky, New Age mother and the only real father he has ever
known, Goat Man.
GOATS is Christopher Neil's directorial debut. It was written
by Mary Poirie and executive produced by Richard Arlook,
Daniel Crown, Peter Fruchtman, Eva Maria Daniels, Juan Carlos
Segura G, River Marker, Michael Scott Saunders, Jai Stefan,
Peter Touche and Todd Traina.
ABOUT IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee
and distributor of entertainment programming in North
America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and
approximately 340 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and
more than 450 programs internationally via sublicense
agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive
audio and broadcast rights, as well as digital download
rights to over 2,100 video programs and approximately 400
audio titles containing more than 6,000 individual tracks.
The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. For
more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go
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www.image-entertainment.com.
Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.
For Image Entertainment
Sue Procko, 310-836-6200
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