An indie film is always like a box of chocolates. You never know what you have until you bite into one or two. Once you do, the gloves come off and you are deep into the chocolate. Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is very much that box of chocolates.
KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER-Now playing in select theaters!
In this darkly comedic odyssey, Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Pacific Rim) stars as Kumiko, a frustrated Office Lady whose imagination transcends the confines of her mundane life. Kumiko becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of a popular film she’s mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a scene where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried in the desolate, frozen landscape of North Dakota. Believing this treasure to be real, she leaves behind Tokyo and her beloved rabbit Bunzo to recover it – and finds herself on a dangerous adventure unlike anything she’s seen in the movies.
Release: March 18, 2015 in NY & March 20th in LA
Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, & Nathan Zellner
Directed by: David Zellner
Written by: David Zellner & Nathan Zellner
Genre: Drama
Distributor: Amplify
KUMIKO TEASER TRAILER HD from Amplify Releasing on Vimeo.
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5 Flights Up
Would you ever have thought of Diane Keaton + Morgan Freeman together as a romantic couple?
Me neither, but their latest movie from Focus World is just that, a romance of sorts about an old married couple who is seeking to sell their flat in Brooklyn. The movie follows the couple over one weekend as they enter into the sell your place “rat race”.
5 FLIGHTS UP, will be released in the US in Theaters, On Demand and iTunes on May 8, 2015
Starring Academy Award® winners Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman, 5 FLIGHTS UP follows happily married couple Ruth and Alex over one crazy weekend as they face the prospect of selling their now desirable Brooklyn apartment where they have lived for the past 40 years. They discover that finding a new home is not about winding down but starting a new adventure.
Directed by Richard Loncraine; Written by Charlie Peters; Based on the novel “Heroic Measures” by Jill Ciment; Produced by Lori McCreary, Curtis Burch, Tracy Mercer and Charlie Peters; Executive Producers: Morgan Freeman, Sam Hoffman, Richard Toussaint, Wade Barker, Gary Ellis, Bob Gass, and Judy Burch Gass. Starring: Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Cynthia Nixon, Claire van der Boom, Korey Jackson and Carrie Preston. RT: 92 minutes.
These films have a distinctly quirky attitude. I would love to know what you think of them based on the trailers. If you see one – or both – of these films, I am dying to hear your thoughts!!
Stevie Wilson,
LA-Story.com
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This is a very compelling story line, and I love the visuals. The treasure hunting archetype makes a dramatic script.