Venice Film Festival 2023
We are proud to have worked on three films for this years Venice Film Festival
THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL (Out of Competition world premiere of William Friedkin’s new movie)
ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE (1982) Restoration
THE EXORCIST (1973) 50th Anniversary 2023 Restoration
THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL
World Premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival - La Biennale Di Venezia 2023 - Out of Competition - September 3, 2023
U.S. Premiere October 6th 2023 streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime, and October 8, 2023 on Showtime.
The U.S. launch follows the movie’s Out of Competition world premiere at the Venice Film Festival 2023; less than a month after Friedkin died at age 87 on August 7, 2023. It has been Roundabout Entertainment's great honor and priviledge to collaborate with William Friedkin as client and as friend; working with him on his classic films in restoration and remastering, and digital intermediate finishing on his new film works.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is a film that William Friedkin always wanted to make; honoring Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel and play, to make a classic military story with a solid, no-frills, narrative new film, and now the final film of his immense filmography legacy.
Our team at Roundabout will affectionately remember and cherish all of the memories we have had with Billy Friedkin all of these years. We were lucky to have worked with Billy on various titles over the years. He will be dearly missed.
Roundabout Entertainment: Digital Intermediate, Deliverables
Colorist: Roundabout’s Bryan McMahan
Director / Teleplay: William Friedkin
Cinematographer: Michael Grady
Producers: Annabelle Dunne, Matt Parker and Executive Producers: Michael Salven, Mike Upton
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Monica Raymund, Lewis Pullman, Jay Duplass, Tom Riley, Lance Reddick (one if his final roles).
Showtime / Republic Pictures / Paramount Pictures
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the last filmwork of Oscar-winning director William Friedkin’s career screening out of competition the Venice Film Festival. The legal drama is an update of Herman Wouk’s fifties novel and play The Caine Mutiny, with Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Clarke. It was made for US premium television brand Showtime and sister company Paramount Global Content Distribution. The courtroom drama revolves around the trial of a young first Officer for orchestrating a mutiny on a U.S Navy minesweeper operating in the Persian Gulf in 2022, he becomes convinced that its veteran, disciplinarian captain is mentally ill.
Running Time: 1 hour and 49 minutes
ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE (1982) Restoration
Screened in Venice Classics at the 80th Venice International Film Festival - La Biennale Di Venezia - August 31, 2023
* Nominated for the Venezia Classici Award - Best Restored Film 2023.
It is with great pride Roundabout Entertainment continues collaborations with American Zoetrope and Director Francis Ford Coppola. The restoration of One From The Heart (1982), supervised by Francis Ford Coppola, was mastered in 4K by James Mockoski, Film Archivist and Restoration Supervisor at American Zoetrope. The 4K scans were sourced from the original camera negative, and great efforts have been made to add thirteen minutes of original camera negative, restoring opticals and dupe negative. Also six minutes of IP were added to replace the original negative that was thought to be destroyed in a flood in Rome where the negative was kept. The restoration was approved by Francis Ford Coppola himself.
Roundabout’s own Vincent Pirozzi, Vice President of Mastering traveled to Venice, Italy to represent our team on this nominated restoration collaboration. The newly refined cut and restoration of this epic-scale musical One From The Heart (1982) a technical marvel and groundbreaking for production methods of the time. This is a tremendous opportunity for new audiences to enjoy the artistry of this visually stunning film, with it particuarly exemplified by the HDR grade.
Colorist: Roundabout’s Gregg Garvin
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cinematographers: Vittorio Storaro / Ronald Victor Garcia
American Zoetrope / STUDIOCANAL
Hank (Frederic Forrest) and Frannie (Teri Garr) have been together for five years, and the wrinkles are starting to show. On the eve of their anniversary, which falls on the Fourth of July, their gifts for each other expose the differences in their notions of the good life. Frannie wants a trip to Bora-Bora, while Hank wants to fix their fixer-upper home and, ideally, never leave. In a shouting match that results from their realization, they both admit some mild cheating, and Frannie leaves. Hank consoles himself with his buddy Moe (Harry Dean Stanton) and Frannie runs to best friend Maggie (Lainie Kazan), and suddenly their relationship looks like it’s over. Frannie meets Ray (Raul Julia), a waiter with dreams of stardom, and Hank becomes infatuated with street performer Leila (Natassja Kinski).
Running Time: 95 minutes
Streaming and physical media of both HDR and SDR, along with theatrical to release coming soon.
THE EXORCIST (1973) 50th Anniversary 2023
The Exorcist screened in Venice Classics at the 80th Venice International Film Festival - La Biennale Di Venezia - September 6, 2023
* Nominated for the Venezia Classici Award - Best Restored Film 2023.
Roundabout Entertainment is extremely proud to have collaborated with Warner Bros. and Director William Friedkin for the restoration for the 50th Anniversary of this Oscar-Winning supernatural horror classic. Regarded by many as the greatest horror film ever made. This is a great opportunity for new audiences to experience the most terrifying film in history, that has had significant influence on pop culture. Roundabout’s own Vincent Pirozzi, Vice President of Mastering traveled to Venice, Italy to represent our team on this nominated restoration collaboration.
Our team at Roundabout will affectionately remember and cherish all of the memories we have had with Billy Friedkin all of these years. We were lucky to have worked with Billy on various titles over the years. He will be dearly missed.
Colorist: Roundabout’s Bryan McMahan
Director: William Friedkin
Cinematographer: Owen Roizman
Warner Bros.
The Exorcist a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name, and starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, and Jason Miller. The book, inspired by the 1949 exorcism of Roland Doe,[7][8] deals with the demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl and her mother's attempts to win back her child through an exorcism conducted by two priests. The adaptation is faithful to the book, which itself has been commercially successful, appearing on the New York Times bestseller list at the time.
Both the original (1973) cut and the (2000) cut will be available for streaming and physical media of both HDR and SDR, along with theatrical to release later this year.
