Exclusive: Reshef Levi’s crime caper scored the biggest opening weekend of the year-to-date in its native Israel after beating out Despicable Me 2 and The Lone Ranger in its first few days.
The film debuted at number one in theatres last Thursday [4] through United King and drew 29,353 admissions from 32 prints.
It also bears the distinction of registering the second biggest debut by an Israeli film in close to a decade behind This Is Sodom in 2010. The 2004 debut of Turn Left At The End Of The World in 2004 ranks as the third biggest opening weekend of recent years.
United King plans to expand the run of Hunting Elephants by three prints this weekend.
Bleiberg Entertainment handles worldwide sales on the film starring Patrick Stewart.
The film debuted at number one in theatres last Thursday [4] through United King and drew 29,353 admissions from 32 prints.
It also bears the distinction of registering the second biggest debut by an Israeli film in close to a decade behind This Is Sodom in 2010. The 2004 debut of Turn Left At The End Of The World in 2004 ranks as the third biggest opening weekend of recent years.
United King plans to expand the run of Hunting Elephants by three prints this weekend.
Bleiberg Entertainment handles worldwide sales on the film starring Patrick Stewart.
- 7/10/2013
- ScreenDaily
With the 20th Toronto Jewish Film Festival now behind us, it’s time to look back at all the films screened and determine which were the good, the bad, or the ugly.
The Good
Oss 117: Lost in Rio
The most complimentary thing you can say about Michel Hazanavicius is something everyone acknowledged after his Oscar-winning 21st century silent film, The Artist – Hazanavicius knows his cinema. Oss 117: Lost in Rio boasts endearing performances and successfully taps into the nostalgia for 1960’s cinema. This is the spoof that the Austin Powers trilogy wished it could be. Just don’t expect this spy film to be revelatory.
The Day I Saw Your Heart
Although wildly imperfect, The Day I Saw Your Heart magically conciliates its flaws with French charm. From any other country, this film might not have worked, but because it’s French, it does. It’s clearly unfair, but,...
The Good
Oss 117: Lost in Rio
The most complimentary thing you can say about Michel Hazanavicius is something everyone acknowledged after his Oscar-winning 21st century silent film, The Artist – Hazanavicius knows his cinema. Oss 117: Lost in Rio boasts endearing performances and successfully taps into the nostalgia for 1960’s cinema. This is the spoof that the Austin Powers trilogy wished it could be. Just don’t expect this spy film to be revelatory.
The Day I Saw Your Heart
Although wildly imperfect, The Day I Saw Your Heart magically conciliates its flaws with French charm. From any other country, this film might not have worked, but because it’s French, it does. It’s clearly unfair, but,...
- 5/14/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
This Is Sodom
Directed by Adam Sanderson and Muli Segev
Written by Muli Segev, David Lifshitz and Asaf Shalmon
Israel, 2010
At an arranged marriage, a Rabbi tries to break the ice by telling a joke.
“Why was the first man the happiest?” he asks.
No one answers.
“Because he didn’t have a mother-in-law!”
No one laughs.
The rabbi has the decency to recognize his pathetic attempt at humour and stops. Israel’s biggest blockbuster in 25 years, This is Sodom, however, doesn’t – resulting in an overproduced, underwritten excuse for a comedy, lasting an interminable 88 minutes.
The film opens with a door-to-door salesman, named ‘god’, selling a new religion to a man named Abraham. To prove his omnipotence, the salesman promises the destruction of Sodom, the most famous Sin City in history.
However, Abraham protests, informing god of his nephew, Lot, who is the one righteous man in the city.
Directed by Adam Sanderson and Muli Segev
Written by Muli Segev, David Lifshitz and Asaf Shalmon
Israel, 2010
At an arranged marriage, a Rabbi tries to break the ice by telling a joke.
“Why was the first man the happiest?” he asks.
No one answers.
“Because he didn’t have a mother-in-law!”
No one laughs.
The rabbi has the decency to recognize his pathetic attempt at humour and stops. Israel’s biggest blockbuster in 25 years, This is Sodom, however, doesn’t – resulting in an overproduced, underwritten excuse for a comedy, lasting an interminable 88 minutes.
The film opens with a door-to-door salesman, named ‘god’, selling a new religion to a man named Abraham. To prove his omnipotence, the salesman promises the destruction of Sodom, the most famous Sin City in history.
However, Abraham protests, informing god of his nephew, Lot, who is the one righteous man in the city.
- 4/18/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
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