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This satire written and directed by Bill Guttentag -- based on a story by co-screenwriter and former Bill Clinton advisor Chris Lehane -- aims to be a cutting-edge portrait of cutthroat political machinations. Lowe plays the central role of Paul Turner, a campaign advisor and political fixer who has his hands full with his two current clients. Compared to its brethren, Knife Fight plays out as a cynical version of The West Wing, thanks to the inclusion of familiar faces Rob Lowe and Richard Schiff. While Knife Fight hits the right data points, the story is a poorly-structured muddle. Much like Not Fade Away, the movie from Sopranos creator David Chase, Knife Fight overreaches, stuffing an entire television season's worth of twists into 98 minutes.

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 As Lehane blusters, "This is how politics is played, a knife fight in a telephone booth." While Knife Fight gives us a sense of the close quarters combat, it's Turner's emotional inconsistency that hurts the movie the most. A fan of director Don Coscarelli’s work, Paul Giamatti joined the filmmaker’s latest, John Dies At The End. Rob Lowe stars as a political strategist who must confront his career path in Knife Fight.


The distributor kept its festival run limited, following up Tribeca only with the Stockholm International Film Festival in November. “We are marketing the film as a smart political satire,” said IFC Films’ Ryan Werner. “Rob Lowe has been very supportive in doing press and also promoting the film for the VOD component of the release.” Knife Fight will open New York and Los Angeles this weekend with additional markets to follow. “Any fan of The West Wing will love seeing Rob Lowe back in action playing a real-life version of Chris Lehane,” added Werner. Music Box Films this weekend releases Happy People: A Year In The Taiga, which was filmed in 2010.

Herzog’s marquee name in the documentary world is central to Music Box’s marketing material. Andreotti noted that Happy People: A Year In The Taiga is currently booked in 25 markets through March. Coscarelli “did a film called Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) which is a cult pic that is still rented all the time,” said Meyers. Meyers added, “It’s been an amazing experience to be a company that markets movies and to now be a part of a film from beginning to end”.Distributor: Strand ReleasingIsraeli director Eytan Fox’s Yossi is the sequel to his 2002 feature Yossi & Jagger, which Strand also released in the U.S. the following year. Strand co-president Marcus Hu met Yossi & Jagger producer Amir Harel at the Sundance Producers conference in 2002, and Harel slipped him a tape of the film. Yossi centers on Dr. Yossi Hoffman, who lives in the shadow of his love affair with a fellow soldier 10 years prior. “I hope that the Jewish-Israeli communities also find this film as well. Strand Releasing currently has Yossi booked in 40 theaters.