One of the most interesting U.S. Distributors these days is Cohen Media Group. Its films are daring and interesting, ranging from documentaries like Chasing Madoff and Frozen River to multi-award winning Spanish film Blancanieves. Later this month it will release the daring film The Attack based on the best selling novel L'Attentat by renowned Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra.
The Attack, directed by Ziad Doueiri and written by Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma won three honors at the recently concluded Col*Coa, the second largest French Film Festival in the world after Cannes. The Col*Coa Audience Award, the Critics Special Prize and the new Coming Soon Award, a prize given in association with Kpcc 89.3, to a film presented with an attached U.S. distributor.
“Stunning.... a film of intelligence and emotional power. Quite apart from its social importance, The Attack is a damn good, pulse-pounding mystery.”Victoria Ellison, La Weekly
“Chilling, brilliantly filmed and inherently fascinating. The film unfolds masterfully, without a single false step. It’s hard to imagine any audience remaining unmoved by this mournful tale. -- Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter
Cohen Media Group's principals are stellar and yet not flamboyantly "Hollywood". Charles Cohen, Chairman and CEO has developed the spectacular Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood as one of his real estate projects. I love how its red glass hull looms over my own neighborhood in West Hollywood and how I can write every day at the beautiful West Hollywood Library whose glass wall compasses the entire Pcd as the view from my seat.
Partner Edmondo Schwartz personifies the modern hybrid of both entrepreneur and financer. His interests encompass the real estate, entertainment, restaurant and financing fields. He is currently President of Ems Enterprises, a full service real estate firm; General Partner of The Saike Group, an investment-banking firm; and President of Burritos International, a restaurant concept development company, which owns, operates, and develops fast food restaurants. In the past, Schwartz has also served as President of Empire Pictures, a distributor of foreign and independent films in the theatrical, DVD and television markets throughout the United States. Mr. Schwartz currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Bergen Performing Arts Center. He is a former board member of the Make a Wish foundation of Metro New York and was involved with City Meals on Wheels.
On the filmic side of this company, partner Steve Scheffer served over twenty-five years as a senior executive at Home Box Office (HBO) primarily as President of Film Programming responsible for overseeing the acquisition of all motion pictures for HBO as well as HBO’s investments in and production of theatrical films. Prior to HBO, Scheffer held executive positions at Time Life Films, Allied Artists, Polydor Records, MGM and Columbia Pictures.
President Daniel Battsek most recently was President of National Geographic Films, where he acquired projects for development/production, operated a boutique theatrical domestic distribution arm for art-house titles and documentaries including the Oscar-nominated Restrepo, and oversaw National Geographic large-screen and IMAX projects. Prior to joining National Geographic, Mr. Battsek served at Miramax Films, where as head of international he established a very positive image and reputation for himself. He was instrumental in acquiring, green-lighting or distributing such renowned and award winning films as Tsotsi (Best Foreign Language Oscar), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Queen, Happy-Go-Lucky, No Country for Old Men (Best Feature Film Oscar) and There Will Be Blood.
And worker bee, Gary Ruben, Executive Vice President at the Cohen Media Group, has headed his own company and began his career in the first days of video, working with Media Home Entertainment as head of acquisitions so many years ago. Over 25 years of experience in the motion picture and television business, he formed and ran First Independent Pictures, a specialty distribution company, was Executive Vice President, Sales and Acquisitions for Artisan Entertainment, was at October Films, where he held the position of VP, Ancillary Distribution and Library Acquisitions.
A new addition is John Kochman who is helping Cmg with French films. He is also Unifrance's long-time New York-based director.
Cohen Media Group has Blancanieves now in U.S. release and coming soon are The Artist and the Model by Fernando Trueba and sold to them by 6 Sales, The Attack, In the House by Francois Ozon and also screening at Col*Coa, Terraferma, You Will Be My Son. Past films included The Other Son, The Thief of Bagdad, Tristana, Farewell, My Queen; The Lady, Delicacy, Chasing Madoff, Frozen River, My Afternoons with Margueritte, Oranges and Sunshine.
The Attack directed by Ziad Doueiri is a Lebanese feature, an intense drama about an Israeli-Palestinian man whose life is shattered after discovering the secrets his wife has kept from him. Co-written by Joelle Touma and the film's director Ziad Doueiri, the film stars Ali Sulliman (Paradise Now) and Reymonde Amsellem. It was in the Official Selection: 2012 Telluride Film Festival, Official Selection 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and received Special Mention of the Jury at the 2012 San Sebastian Film Festival and was the Winner of the Golden Star (Best Film) at the 2012 Marrakech International Film Festival.
The Attack, directed by Ziad Doueiri and written by Ziad Doueiri and Joelle Touma won three honors at the recently concluded Col*Coa, the second largest French Film Festival in the world after Cannes. The Col*Coa Audience Award, the Critics Special Prize and the new Coming Soon Award, a prize given in association with Kpcc 89.3, to a film presented with an attached U.S. distributor.
“Stunning.... a film of intelligence and emotional power. Quite apart from its social importance, The Attack is a damn good, pulse-pounding mystery.”Victoria Ellison, La Weekly
“Chilling, brilliantly filmed and inherently fascinating. The film unfolds masterfully, without a single false step. It’s hard to imagine any audience remaining unmoved by this mournful tale. -- Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter
Cohen Media Group's principals are stellar and yet not flamboyantly "Hollywood". Charles Cohen, Chairman and CEO has developed the spectacular Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood as one of his real estate projects. I love how its red glass hull looms over my own neighborhood in West Hollywood and how I can write every day at the beautiful West Hollywood Library whose glass wall compasses the entire Pcd as the view from my seat.
Partner Edmondo Schwartz personifies the modern hybrid of both entrepreneur and financer. His interests encompass the real estate, entertainment, restaurant and financing fields. He is currently President of Ems Enterprises, a full service real estate firm; General Partner of The Saike Group, an investment-banking firm; and President of Burritos International, a restaurant concept development company, which owns, operates, and develops fast food restaurants. In the past, Schwartz has also served as President of Empire Pictures, a distributor of foreign and independent films in the theatrical, DVD and television markets throughout the United States. Mr. Schwartz currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Bergen Performing Arts Center. He is a former board member of the Make a Wish foundation of Metro New York and was involved with City Meals on Wheels.
On the filmic side of this company, partner Steve Scheffer served over twenty-five years as a senior executive at Home Box Office (HBO) primarily as President of Film Programming responsible for overseeing the acquisition of all motion pictures for HBO as well as HBO’s investments in and production of theatrical films. Prior to HBO, Scheffer held executive positions at Time Life Films, Allied Artists, Polydor Records, MGM and Columbia Pictures.
President Daniel Battsek most recently was President of National Geographic Films, where he acquired projects for development/production, operated a boutique theatrical domestic distribution arm for art-house titles and documentaries including the Oscar-nominated Restrepo, and oversaw National Geographic large-screen and IMAX projects. Prior to joining National Geographic, Mr. Battsek served at Miramax Films, where as head of international he established a very positive image and reputation for himself. He was instrumental in acquiring, green-lighting or distributing such renowned and award winning films as Tsotsi (Best Foreign Language Oscar), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Queen, Happy-Go-Lucky, No Country for Old Men (Best Feature Film Oscar) and There Will Be Blood.
And worker bee, Gary Ruben, Executive Vice President at the Cohen Media Group, has headed his own company and began his career in the first days of video, working with Media Home Entertainment as head of acquisitions so many years ago. Over 25 years of experience in the motion picture and television business, he formed and ran First Independent Pictures, a specialty distribution company, was Executive Vice President, Sales and Acquisitions for Artisan Entertainment, was at October Films, where he held the position of VP, Ancillary Distribution and Library Acquisitions.
A new addition is John Kochman who is helping Cmg with French films. He is also Unifrance's long-time New York-based director.
Cohen Media Group has Blancanieves now in U.S. release and coming soon are The Artist and the Model by Fernando Trueba and sold to them by 6 Sales, The Attack, In the House by Francois Ozon and also screening at Col*Coa, Terraferma, You Will Be My Son. Past films included The Other Son, The Thief of Bagdad, Tristana, Farewell, My Queen; The Lady, Delicacy, Chasing Madoff, Frozen River, My Afternoons with Margueritte, Oranges and Sunshine.
The Attack directed by Ziad Doueiri is a Lebanese feature, an intense drama about an Israeli-Palestinian man whose life is shattered after discovering the secrets his wife has kept from him. Co-written by Joelle Touma and the film's director Ziad Doueiri, the film stars Ali Sulliman (Paradise Now) and Reymonde Amsellem. It was in the Official Selection: 2012 Telluride Film Festival, Official Selection 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and received Special Mention of the Jury at the 2012 San Sebastian Film Festival and was the Winner of the Golden Star (Best Film) at the 2012 Marrakech International Film Festival.
- 4/22/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
DVD Playhouse—April 2012
By Allen Gardner
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) An eleven year-old boy (newcomer Thomas Horn, in an incredible debut) discovers a mysterious key amongst the possessions of his late father (Tom Hanks) who perished in 9/11. Determined to find the lock it matches, the boy embarks on a Picaresque odyssey across New York City. Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Eric Roth have fashioned a film both grand and intimate, beautifully-adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, thought by most who read it to be unfilmable. Fine support from Jeffrey Wright, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis and the great Max von Sydow. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Battle Royale: The Complete Collection (Anchor Bay) Adapted from Koushun Takami’s polarizing novel (compared by champions and detractors alike as a 21st century version of A Clockwork Orange) and set in a futuristic Japan,...
By Allen Gardner
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) An eleven year-old boy (newcomer Thomas Horn, in an incredible debut) discovers a mysterious key amongst the possessions of his late father (Tom Hanks) who perished in 9/11. Determined to find the lock it matches, the boy embarks on a Picaresque odyssey across New York City. Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Eric Roth have fashioned a film both grand and intimate, beautifully-adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, thought by most who read it to be unfilmable. Fine support from Jeffrey Wright, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis and the great Max von Sydow. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Battle Royale: The Complete Collection (Anchor Bay) Adapted from Koushun Takami’s polarizing novel (compared by champions and detractors alike as a 21st century version of A Clockwork Orange) and set in a futuristic Japan,...
- 4/13/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Few figures have reached the level of extreme notoriety like Bernard Madoff. In 2009, he became the face of Wall Street corruption, a financial super villain who pled guilty to orchestrating a $50 billion Ponzi scheme that affected everyone from large firms to individual investors. But as the documentary Chasing Madoff illustrates, for every villain there’s a hero, and the crusader in this case is Harry Markopolos.
Written, produced and directed by Jeff Prosserman, the film shows how Markopolos went from crunching numbers at a Boston firm to becoming the lead whistleblower in one of the biggest white-collar crimes in U.S. history. He first suspects the financier of fraud in 1999, but when his calls to action go unnoticed, he winds up the head of a frustrating decade-long investigation. Along the way, Markopolos assembles a dream team of experts that include colleague Frank Casey, business journalist Michael Ocrant and corporate lawyer Gaytri Kachroo,...
Written, produced and directed by Jeff Prosserman, the film shows how Markopolos went from crunching numbers at a Boston firm to becoming the lead whistleblower in one of the biggest white-collar crimes in U.S. history. He first suspects the financier of fraud in 1999, but when his calls to action go unnoticed, he winds up the head of a frustrating decade-long investigation. Along the way, Markopolos assembles a dream team of experts that include colleague Frank Casey, business journalist Michael Ocrant and corporate lawyer Gaytri Kachroo,...
- 4/11/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The day Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme came to light, people all over the country (and even the world) saw their financial security crumble to dust right before their eyes. Or at least they thought they did. It would be more correct to say that they saw for the first time the dust that their financial futures had become, because in fact Madoff’s scheme had been running for over ten years, and for most people who lost it all, their money was long gone years before. It seemed like such a shock, a stunning revelation. How could no one have seen this coming until it was too late? It turns out someone did: Harry Markopolos.Chasing Madoff brings to life his decade-long struggle to get the SEC to move into action, but with an unnecessary overemphasis on his degrading mental state and in a way that indulges him in his fifteen minutes of fame.
- 3/31/2012
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 3, 2012
Price: DVD $24.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Cohen Media
A criminal of the highest order is pursued in Chasing Madoff.
The dangerous work of exposing financier Bernie Madoff, the man behind the greatest financial crime of all time where he bilked investors out of some $50 billion across the globe, is recounted in the 2010 documentary Chasing Madoff.
Based on Boston-based securities analyst Harry Markopolos’ New York Times best seller No One Would Listen, writer/director Jeff Prosserman’s Chasing Madoff chronicles the story of how Markopolos began to look into the highly improbably investment gains recorded by Bernard L. Madoff Securities some ten years before Madoff’s arrest. Markopolos and his team of investigators ascertained early on that Madoff was running an immense Ponzi scheme – a fraudulent operation in which wealthy investors were lured by the promise of high returns but for which no actual profits were ever produced.
Price: DVD $24.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Cohen Media
A criminal of the highest order is pursued in Chasing Madoff.
The dangerous work of exposing financier Bernie Madoff, the man behind the greatest financial crime of all time where he bilked investors out of some $50 billion across the globe, is recounted in the 2010 documentary Chasing Madoff.
Based on Boston-based securities analyst Harry Markopolos’ New York Times best seller No One Would Listen, writer/director Jeff Prosserman’s Chasing Madoff chronicles the story of how Markopolos began to look into the highly improbably investment gains recorded by Bernard L. Madoff Securities some ten years before Madoff’s arrest. Markopolos and his team of investigators ascertained early on that Madoff was running an immense Ponzi scheme – a fraudulent operation in which wealthy investors were lured by the promise of high returns but for which no actual profits were ever produced.
- 2/28/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Chicago – What Errol Morris does so well is very, very difficult. He takes unusual interview subjects (“Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control,” “Mr. Death), sometimes even with a political background (“The Fog of War,” “Standard Operating Procedure”) and makes them completely riveting. Clearly inspired by the Morris filmography, Jeff Prosserman’s “Chasing Madoff” attempts that blend of personality and history but falls flat on its face. Rarely has a documentary taken a more interesting story and told it in a more annoying manner.
Rating: 1.5/5.0
Chronicling the men who smelled something foul in the Bernie Madoff portfolio years before anyone paid attention to what would eventually become one of the stinkiest situations in the economic downfall, “Chasing Madoff” has interesting interview subjects at its core. I’d love to actually be able to sit down and listen to what they did without all the over-dramatization of this movie. I’m not sure...
Rating: 1.5/5.0
Chronicling the men who smelled something foul in the Bernie Madoff portfolio years before anyone paid attention to what would eventually become one of the stinkiest situations in the economic downfall, “Chasing Madoff” has interesting interview subjects at its core. I’d love to actually be able to sit down and listen to what they did without all the over-dramatization of this movie. I’m not sure...
- 9/2/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By now, you may feel you know everything you need to — and maybe more than you want to — about Bernie Madoff and his greedy, sociopathic, evilly brilliant Ponzi scheme of an investment business. But the riveting new documentary Chasing Madoff doesn’t just rehash the depressing details of how Madoff bilked thousands of innocents out of their savings. Instead, the director, Jeff Prosserman, looks at the underlying question that haunted the Madoff scandal. Namely, how did he fool everyone for so long? The answer turns out to be: He didn’t.
Borrowing the graphic visual techniques and first-person into-the-camera flavor of Errol Morris (whose films,...
Borrowing the graphic visual techniques and first-person into-the-camera flavor of Errol Morris (whose films,...
- 9/2/2011
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
Most of the world was rightly stunned and horrified when the actions of investor Bernard Madoff became public. The terrific new documentary by Jeff Prosserman, Chasing Madoff based on the book by Harry Markopolos, reminds us that not all the billions of dollars that Madoff swindled came from faceless firms and corporations-real human beings lost their life savings. And the real tragedy is that he could have been stopped nearly ten years before he was arrested. Aspects of this true story could not have been dreamed up by the most imaginative screenwriter.
The real focus of this work is Harry Markopolos. In the late nineties he was part of the Rampart investment firm of Boston. His boss, Frank Casey, wanted to attract the clients of a noted French businessman, Rene’-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet. Magon said he only invested with an individual he would not name. Some research revealed...
The real focus of this work is Harry Markopolos. In the late nineties he was part of the Rampart investment firm of Boston. His boss, Frank Casey, wanted to attract the clients of a noted French businessman, Rene’-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet. Magon said he only invested with an individual he would not name. Some research revealed...
- 9/2/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Following scans of the documentary lineups for the upcoming Toronto and New York film festivals, let's glance at a few docs in theaters right now. Melissa Anderson in the Voice: "Inspired by a 2008 New York Times Magazine article by Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James's commanding documentary The Interrupters, about 'violence interrupters' in Chicago, who intervene in conflicts before they escalate into gunshots, unfolds as deeply reported journalism. Much like Hoop Dreams (1994), James's in-depth examination of the athletic aspirations of two African-American high school students, The Interrupters reminds us of the powers and pleasures of well-crafted, immersive nonfiction filmmaking — a genre vitiated within the past five years by a glut of cruddy-looking, poorly researched and argued titles."
The Interrupters has left New York [no, it hasn't! It's at the IFC Center through Tuesday — thanks, Thor!], but its cross-country tour extends into November. It opened last week in the UK, where more than a few reviewers noted the film's relevance to the recent London...
The Interrupters has left New York [no, it hasn't! It's at the IFC Center through Tuesday — thanks, Thor!], but its cross-country tour extends into November. It opened last week in the UK, where more than a few reviewers noted the film's relevance to the recent London...
- 8/26/2011
- MUBI
The day Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme came to light, people all over the country (and even the world) saw their financial security crumble to dust right before their eyes. Or at least they thought they did. It would be more correct to say that they saw for the first time the dust that their financial futures had become, because in fact Madoff’s scheme had been running for over ten years, and for most people who lost it all, their money was long gone years before. It seemed like such a shock, a stunning revelation. How could no one have seen this coming until it was too late? It turns out someone did: Harry Markopolos. Chasing Madoff brings to life his decade-long struggle to get the SEC to move into action, but with an unnecessary overemphasis on his degrading mental state and in a way that indulges him in his fifteen minutes of fame.
- 8/26/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Jeff Prosserman’s documentary “Chasing Madoff” has been garnering praise after premiering at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam last November. Below producer, writer, director Prosserman shares a scene from his film (based on the New York Times best-seller “No One Would Listen” by Harry Markopolos) and reveals part of his process. The film hits select theaters this Friday, August 26. The Film When the Bernard Madoff scandal broke in December ...
- 8/25/2011
- Indiewire
Jeff Prosserman’s documentary “Chasing Madoff” has been garnering praise after premiering at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam last November. Below producer, writer, director Prosserman shares a scene from his film (based on the New York Times best-seller “No One Would Listen” by Harry Markopolos) and reveals part of his process. The film hits select theaters this Friday, August 26. The Film When the Bernard Madoff scandal broke in December ...
- 8/25/2011
- indieWIRE - People
Jeff Prosserman’s documentary “Chasing Madoff” has been garnering praise after premiering at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam last November. Below producer, writer, director Prosserman shares a scene from his film (based on the New York Times best-seller “No One Would Listen” by Harry Markopolos) and reveals part of his process. The film hits select theaters this Friday, August 26. The Film When the Bernard Madoff scandal broke in December ...
- 8/25/2011
- indieWIRE - People
See the first trailer for Chasing Madoff on Bernie Madoff and the investigators who tried to expose his elaborate ponzi scheme which scammed an estimated $18 billion from investors. The documentary includes interviews with Harry Markopolos as well as Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, Michael Ocrant, and Gaytri Kachroo. Cohen Media Group distributes the film which finds theaters on August 26th. At approximately 8:30am on December 11th, 2008 two federal agents entered the New York City penthouse of 133 East 64th Street and arrested Bernard Madoff, the admitted mastermind behind the largest act of financial fraud in world history. Ten years prior, Boston-based Securities Analyst Harry Markopolos discovered that Bernard L. Madoff Securities was a Ponzi scheme.
- 8/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the first trailer for Chasing Madoff on Bernie Madoff and the investigators who tried to expose his elaborate ponzi scheme which scammed an estimated $18 billion from investors. The documentary includes interviews with Harry Markopolos as well as Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, Michael Ocrant, and Gaytri Kachroo. Cohen Media Group distributes the film which finds theaters on August 26th. At approximately 8:30am on December 11th, 2008 two federal agents entered the New York City penthouse of 133 East 64th Street and arrested Bernard Madoff, the admitted mastermind behind the largest act of financial fraud in world history. Ten years prior, Boston-based Securities Analyst Harry Markopolos discovered that Bernard L. Madoff Securities was a Ponzi scheme.
- 8/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Cohen Media Group, LLC recently send us over the official poster for their upcoming release "Chasing Madoff. The film is slated for limited release on August 26th. For more information on the film and screenings, you can visit the film's official website at: http://www.chasingmadoff.com Plot Synopsis: Chasing Madoff is the compelling story of Harry Markopolos and his team of investigator's...
- 8/14/2011
- by Anthony T
This week, a teaser trailer for Daniel Nettheim‘s The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, hit the web. The Tiff-bound film is based on a novel from Julia Leigh, who made her own film debut this year with the Emily Browning-starring Sleeping Beauty. A pair of scribes — Alice Addison and Wain Fimeri — are credited with adapting Leigh‘s literary work. Though it’s flown mostly under-the-rader until now, The Hunter looks like it could spark some intrigue when it debuts at Toronto. Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor will share the screen with Dafoe. A look at the film’s poster can be found below. [Imp Awards]
We also have the poster for Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, a biographical look at the life French pop star Serge Gainsbourg that has received some healthy early reviews. The film has Joann Sfar‘s name written all over it — not only is he the writer-director,...
We also have the poster for Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, a biographical look at the life French pop star Serge Gainsbourg that has received some healthy early reviews. The film has Joann Sfar‘s name written all over it — not only is he the writer-director,...
- 8/1/2011
- by Danny King
- The Film Stage
Premiering on August 26 in limited release, the indie documentary Chasing Madoff follows Harry Markopolos' decade-long effort to expose the infamous Bernie Madoff and his Ponzi scheme. The documentary is based on Markopolos's book No One Would Listen, a New York Times bestseller that follows his attempts to alert the SEC to the Madoff scheme starting in 2000-- eight years before the crooked financier turned himself in. When the book came out in 2009 Markopolos did an interview with The New York Times and expressed blunt frustration with the SEC for ignoring him, claiming they "weren't even asleep at the switch; they were comatose." He also said that major studios had contacted him about adapting his book into a film, but it seems director Jeff Prosserman has beaten them all to the punch by turning the story into a documentary instead. If you want to know more about Markopolos and his...
- 7/27/2011
- cinemablend.com
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? Balls + Heart: Director Stephen Reedy In One Minute Or Your Money Back Trailer If nothing else, it's worth it to see Shia Labeouf drop a little profanity.
- 7/9/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Bernie Madoff screwed a lot of people out of a lot of money, and while making a documentary about him isn't quite as bad as making Chapter 27 about Mark David Chapman, it's always kind of a touchy subject when you make a documentary about the exploits of criminal. How do you chronicle their wrongs without giving them additional attention or, in a way, glorifying what they did by putting it in a medium that many associate with fame and celebrity? It's a delicate line, and one that Jeff Prosserman has to walk in his documentary Chasing Madoff, a documentary about the struggle of whistleblower Harry Markopolos in exposing the Madoff scandal and bringing everything to light.
Today, the trailer for the film debuted at HuffingtonPost.com, check it out below.
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Today, the trailer for the film debuted at HuffingtonPost.com, check it out below.
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- 6/29/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
After the poster premiere yesterday, Cohen Media Group has released the first official trailer for Chasing Madoff.
The documentary film is produced, written and directed by Jeff Prosserman, based on the New York Times best seller “No One Would Listen” by Harry Markopolos.
Here’s the synopsis for Chasing Madoff:
Chasing Madoff is the compelling story of Harry Markopolos and his team of investigator’s ten-year struggle to expose the harrowing truth behind the infamous Madoff scandal. Throughout the decade long investigation, Markopolos pieced together a chain of white-collar predators consisting of bankers, lieutenants, and henchmen, all linked to the devastating Ponzi scheme. With risk and danger apparent, Markopolos and his loyal team relentlessly continued to pursue the frightening truth. Finding himself trapped in a web of epic deceit, the once unassuming Boston securities analyst turned vigilante investigator now feared for his life and the safety of his family,...
The documentary film is produced, written and directed by Jeff Prosserman, based on the New York Times best seller “No One Would Listen” by Harry Markopolos.
Here’s the synopsis for Chasing Madoff:
Chasing Madoff is the compelling story of Harry Markopolos and his team of investigator’s ten-year struggle to expose the harrowing truth behind the infamous Madoff scandal. Throughout the decade long investigation, Markopolos pieced together a chain of white-collar predators consisting of bankers, lieutenants, and henchmen, all linked to the devastating Ponzi scheme. With risk and danger apparent, Markopolos and his loyal team relentlessly continued to pursue the frightening truth. Finding himself trapped in a web of epic deceit, the once unassuming Boston securities analyst turned vigilante investigator now feared for his life and the safety of his family,...
- 6/28/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Would you like to know how white-collar criminal Bernard Madoff stole so much money? Jeff Prosserman's documentary Chasing Madoff will bring you to front seats and show you how he came to be arrested in 2009.
The documentary will show us the ten-year struggle of Harry Markopolos, the financial investigator who brought down Madoff, and his team. Markopolos's efforts led to the exposure of the truth on Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
Moreover, the documentary is based on the book No One Would Listen, which was written by Markopolos.
Viewers will also how Markopolos felt threatened during his investigation.
For the moment, a Canadian release date has yet to be announced.
The documentary will show us the ten-year struggle of Harry Markopolos, the financial investigator who brought down Madoff, and his team. Markopolos's efforts led to the exposure of the truth on Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
Moreover, the documentary is based on the book No One Would Listen, which was written by Markopolos.
Viewers will also how Markopolos felt threatened during his investigation.
For the moment, a Canadian release date has yet to be announced.
- 6/28/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Last year "Inside Job" and "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer" were among the documentaries to tackle the 2008 financial crisis. The latest to join the pack? Jeff Prosserman's "Chasing Madoff," which hits theaters on August 26. Based on the New York Times best seller "No One Would Listen" by Harry Markopolos, "Chasing Madoff" follows the real-life struggle whistleblower Markopolus faced in his mission to expose the ...
- 6/28/2011
- Indiewire
All told, Harry Markopolos would rather not be the star of this new documentary. Not in 2011. If he had his way, his big film moment would have come a decade ago.
But here he is, featured in the upcoming film, "Chasing Madoff."
The investment manager turned financial investigator, whose tireless research uncovered the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme, the biggest such scheme in American history, insists that he was ignored by the SEC and other government officials for years despite his massive catalog of evidence.
A suburban Boston man who began researching Madoff's incredible profits after receiving an assignment from his boss, he railed against the government in SEC hearings following Madoff's $50 billion collapse in 2008, saying the agency's employees "proved to be a systemic disappointment, and lead me to conclude that the S.E.C. securities lawyers, if only through their investigative ineptitude and financial illiteracy, colluded to maintain large frauds...
But here he is, featured in the upcoming film, "Chasing Madoff."
The investment manager turned financial investigator, whose tireless research uncovered the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme, the biggest such scheme in American history, insists that he was ignored by the SEC and other government officials for years despite his massive catalog of evidence.
A suburban Boston man who began researching Madoff's incredible profits after receiving an assignment from his boss, he railed against the government in SEC hearings following Madoff's $50 billion collapse in 2008, saying the agency's employees "proved to be a systemic disappointment, and lead me to conclude that the S.E.C. securities lawyers, if only through their investigative ineptitude and financial illiteracy, colluded to maintain large frauds...
- 6/28/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Today a new poster for the upcoming documentary film Chasing Madoff, which highlights the ten-year struggle to expose the truth behind the infamous Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal, has been released.
Chasing Madoff is the compelling story of Harry Markopolos and his team of investigator’s ten-year struggle to expose the harrowing truth behind the infamous Madoff scandal. Throughout the decade long investigation, Markopolos pieced together a chain of white-collar predators consisting of bankers, lieutenants, and henchmen, all linked to the devastating Ponzi scheme. With risk and danger apparent, Markopolos and his loyal team relentlessly continued to pursue the frightening truth. Finding himself trapped in a web of epic deceit, the once unassuming Boston securities analyst turned vigilante investigator now feared for his life and the safety of his family, as he discovered no one would listen.
The film is produced, written and directed by Jeff Prosserman, based on the New...
Chasing Madoff is the compelling story of Harry Markopolos and his team of investigator’s ten-year struggle to expose the harrowing truth behind the infamous Madoff scandal. Throughout the decade long investigation, Markopolos pieced together a chain of white-collar predators consisting of bankers, lieutenants, and henchmen, all linked to the devastating Ponzi scheme. With risk and danger apparent, Markopolos and his loyal team relentlessly continued to pursue the frightening truth. Finding himself trapped in a web of epic deceit, the once unassuming Boston securities analyst turned vigilante investigator now feared for his life and the safety of his family, as he discovered no one would listen.
The film is produced, written and directed by Jeff Prosserman, based on the New...
- 6/28/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
One of the interesting things to come of the financial crisis sweeping the globe is how quickly films about said crisis are emerging. It's an odd side effect of the times that documentarians have got plenty of material to pour over and are producing an unprecedented amount of quality films examining every sector of the crisis. Obviously it's a bit strange to call this a silver lining, but it is a good time to be a documentary filmmaker and an even better time to be a fan of documentary films. This Fall sees the release of Jeff Prosserman's documentary Chasing Madoff, based on Harry Markopolos' bestselling New York Times book No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller, and Movies.com is pleased to be able to give you your first look at the...
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- 6/27/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com - Celebrity Gossip
One of the interesting things to come of the financial crisis sweeping the globe is how quickly films about said crisis are emerging. It's an odd side effect of the times that documentarians have got plenty of material to pour over and are producing an unprecedented amount of quality films examining every sector of the crisis. Obviously it's a bit strange to call this a silver lining, but it is a good time to be a documentary filmmaker and an even better time to be a fan of documentary films. This Fall sees the release of Jeff Prosserman's documentary Chasing Madoff, based on Harry Markopolos' bestselling New York Times book No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller, and Movies.com is pleased to be able to give you your first look at the...
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- 6/27/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com
Cohen Media’s burgeoning selection of distribution titles is starting to look shrewder all the time. Amidst their current catalogue of films include My Afternoon with Margueritte, Outside the Law (both French language productions), Oranges and Sunshine (Jim Loach’s directorial debut) and forthcoming World War II drama, Operation Mincemeat. Plainly, the company is seeking to invest in slightly smaller and more cerebral fare than that which typically dominates the multiplexes; however, Cohen’s latest project is likely to have considerable commercial appeal, particularly in the United States as it depicts the business life of one of the recent financial meltdowns greatest villains, Bernard Madoff.
Madoff, for those who aren’t aware of him was and investment banker gaoled for over a hundred years for his part in the defrauding and embezzlement of clients and investor’s money to a sum of well over $17 billion in 2009. The documentary entitled Chasing...
Madoff, for those who aren’t aware of him was and investment banker gaoled for over a hundred years for his part in the defrauding and embezzlement of clients and investor’s money to a sum of well over $17 billion in 2009. The documentary entitled Chasing...
- 4/19/2011
- by Ben Szwediuk
- Obsessed with Film
Toronto -- E1 Entertainment has picked up the Canadian and foreign sales rights to the Bernie Madoff whistleblower documentary "The Foxhounds," from director/producer Jeff Prosserman.
The picture, executive produced by former ThinkFilm execs Jeff Sackman and Randy Manis, along with Anton Nadler, is based on financial investigator Harry Markopolos' book "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller."
The film will include interviews with Markopolos and fellow investigators Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, Michael Ocrant, and Gaytri Kachroo over how they pursued and exposed Bernie Madoff and his elaborate ponzi scheme for bilking investors out of $50 billion.
Sackman and Manis control the U.S. rights to the documentary, now in production.
The documentary is slated for a fall 2010 release.
The picture, executive produced by former ThinkFilm execs Jeff Sackman and Randy Manis, along with Anton Nadler, is based on financial investigator Harry Markopolos' book "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller."
The film will include interviews with Markopolos and fellow investigators Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, Michael Ocrant, and Gaytri Kachroo over how they pursued and exposed Bernie Madoff and his elaborate ponzi scheme for bilking investors out of $50 billion.
Sackman and Manis control the U.S. rights to the documentary, now in production.
The documentary is slated for a fall 2010 release.
- 4/28/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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