- Phaedra Cinema
Phaedra Cinema was a U.S. distributor of independent and international films. The company was created by filmmaker
Gregory Hatanaka in 1996 and its first release was the comedy "Sudden Manhattan", directed by and starringAdrienne Shelley . [ [http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_970128_phaedra.html “Phaedra Cinema Opens Shop With Films By Shelley And Abramson,” IndieWire, January 28, 1997] ]Phaedra Cinema’s most notable releases included "Fever Pitch" starring
Colin Firth , "La Separation " starringIsabelle Huppert , a restored edition ofJimmy Wang Yu 's 1975 "Master of the Flying Guillotine ", and twoNikkatsu "Roman porno" films,Masaru Konuma 's "Wife to be Sacrificed " (1974) andNoboru Tanaka 's "A Woman Called Sada Abe " (1975), on a theatrical double-bill. [ [http://www.aivf.org/node/531 “Phaedra Cinema,” The Independent/AIVF, April 2000] ] The company went out of business in 2001. [ [http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_010828_briefs.html “DAILY NEWS: IFC Deal; Goodbye Phaedra; Cowboy Grows; and Gordon Parks' Finalists,” IndieWire, August 28, 2001] ]References
External link
* [http://www.imdb.com/company/co0007549/ Phaedra Cinema in the Internet Movie Database]
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