HBO has signed a co-production deal for the original film Pinochet in Suburbia, which is expected to air on the cable network this year. Pinochet, a fact-based drama about Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet, is being produced by Tiger Aspect with HBO and distributed internationally by Target Entertainment. The film, which will air first on BBC2 this month, stars Derek Jacobi (Gladiator) and Anna Massey (The Machinist). The film focuses on the legal battle surrounding Pinochet's house arrest in England in 1998. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher campaigned for his release. Pinochet is written and directed by Richard Curson Smith (Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures) and executive produced by Charles Brand of Tiger Aspect.
- 3/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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