New 35mm Prints of 15 Titles to Screen at IFC Center from December 16 to January 12 Source: GKIDS Inc. press release Official Site: gkids.tv/intheaters Special Thanks to Sara Groves, Eric Beckman and Dave Jesteadt
GKIDS, a distributor of award winning animation for both adults and family audiences, is bringing a complete retrospective of films from Japan’s renowned Studio Ghibli to the IFC Center in New York (323 Sixth Avenue at West Third Street) from Friday, December 16 to Thursday, January 12. The run will include US premiere theatrical engagements for several titles. Newly-struck 35mm prints of all fifteen Studio Ghibli feature films produced between 1984 and 2008 will be screened, including Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award winning SPIRITED AWAY, PRINCESS MONONOKE, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND, CASTLE IN THE SKY, PONYO, HOWL`S MOVING CASTLE, and KIKI`S DELIVERY SERVICE. Films will be presented in both subtitled and English language versions (where available), with subtitled versions playing 6pm and later. (See below for a complete list of titles.)
GKIDS recently entered into agreement with Studio Ghibli to handle North American theatrical/non-theatrical distribution for their library of animated features (13 films from NAUSICAA to THE CAT RETURNS). This deal has no impact on Walt Disney Studios` home video rights, though GKIDS did work with Disney to add HOWL`S MOVING CASTLE and PONYO— the two titles they still control theatrical on— to the retrospective. The retrospective also will include the US theatrical premieres for ONLY YESTERDAY and THE OCEAN WAVES, both of which have never been released on North American home video. Following the IFC Center engagement, the retrospective will tour to major US and Canadian markets, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Toronto, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and other cities, throughout the first half of 2012. GKIDS is also planning limited releases of select Studio Ghibli titles, many of which have never been released theatrically in the US, beginning late 2012.
Eric Beckman, GKIDS president, said, “I am both excited and deeply honored to be working with Studio Ghibli to bring this amazing slate of films to theaters across North America. I am in continual awe of the brilliance of the animation, the depth and humanity of the storytelling, and of the filmmakers’ understanding that even the youngest audiences are capable of appreciating all the subtlety and nuance that cinema has to offer. As Miyazaki has said ‘Children understand the complexity and uncertainty of things almost with their skin. They cannot be underestimated.’ ” The Studio Ghibli agreement further solidifies GKIDS position as a home for award-winning animation. GKIDS began as a spin-off of New York International Children’s Film Festival and found early success securing a Best Animated Feature Oscar nomination for THE SECRET OF KELLS in 2010. GKIDS has two films competing in the animated feature category for the upcoming Academy Awards, European Film Award nominee A CAT IN PARIS, and Oscar-winner Fernando Trueba’s CHICO & RITA, also an EFA nominee. CHICO & RITA is being released under GKIDS’ newly formed LumaFilms banner, due to the adult subject matter of the film. For showtimes and to purchase tickets for THE STUDIO GHIBLI RETROSPECTIVE please visit gkids.tv/intheaters
STUDIO GHIBLI FILMS – IFC CENTER – DEC 16 TO JAN 12
NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Isao Takahata Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (Uma Thurman, Shia LeBouf, Edward James Olmos, Mark Hamill) Year: 1984 Running Time: 116 min CASTLE IN THE SKY Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Isao Takahata Versions: Subtitled only Year: 1986 Running Time: 126 min MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Toru Hara Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Tim Daly, Frank Welker) Year: 1988 Running Time: 86 min KIKI`S DELIVERY SERVICE Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Hayao Miyazaki Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Debbie Reynolds) Year: 1989 Running Time: 102 min ONLY YESTERDAY Director: Isao Takahata Producer: Toshio Suzuki Versions: Subtitled only Year: 1991 Running Time: 118 min THE OCEAN WAVES Director: Tomomi Mochizuki Producer: Nozomu Takahashi Versions: Subtitled only, digital only Year: 1993 Running Time: 72 min PORCO ROSSO Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Toshio Suzuki Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Brad Garrett, David Ogden Stiers) Year: 1992 Running Time: 94 min POM POKO Director: Isao Takahata Producer: Toshio Suzuki Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (J.K. Simmons, Brian Posehn, Tress MacNeille, John DiMaggio) Year: 1994 Running Time: 119 min WHISPER OF THE HEART Director: Yoshifumi Kondo Producer: Toshio Suzuki Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (Ashley Tisdale, Cary Elwes, Harold Gould, Brittany Snow) Year: 1995 Running Time: 111 min PRINCESS MONONOKE Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Toshio Suzuki Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thornton, Jada Pinkett Smith, John DiMaggio) Year: 1997 Running Time: 134 min MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS Director: Isao Takahata Producer: Toshio Suzuki Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (James Belushi, Molly Shannon, Tress MacNeille) Year: 1999 Running Time: 111 min SPIRITED AWAY Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Toshio Suzuki Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Michael Chiklis, Susan Egan) Year: 2001 Running Time: 125 min THE CAT RETURNS Director: Hiroyuki Morita Producer: Toshio Suzuki Versions: Subtitled and dubbed (Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Peter Boyle, Elliott Gould, Tim Curry, Andy Richter, Kristen Bell, Avril Lavigne) Year: 2002 Running Time: 75 min HOWL`S MOVING CASTLE Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Toshio Suzuki Version: Dubbed (Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal) Year: 2004 Running Time: 119 min PONYO Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Toshio Suzuki Version: Dubbed (Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tina Fey) Year: 2008 Running Time: 101 min
About Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 by animation directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and is one of the most successful and well-respected animation studios in the world. Cultivating a creative force of talented directors, animators, and storytellers under the revered brilliance of Miyazaki and Takahata, Studio Ghibli’s films have been praised for their originality, dazzling animation, and epic storytelling. The films have become a beloved part of Japanese popular culture, and have garnered worldwide acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Hayao Miyazaki’s SPIRITED AWAY won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002 and in 2005 Miyazaki was named one of "the most influential people" by Time Magazine.
About GKIDS
GKIDS is a distributor of award-winning animation for both adult and family audiences. Theatrical releases include Tomm Moore’s Oscar nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS, Michel Ocelot’s acclaimed AZUR & ASMAR, European Film Award Best Animated Feature winner MIA AND THE MIGOO, Nina Paley’s multiple-award-winning SITA SINGS THE BLUES, and Japan Academy Prize winner SUMMER WARS by Mamoru Hosoda. Upcoming GKIDS releases include 2011 Berlin official selection A CAT IN PARIS and Annecy winner ELEANOR`S SECRET. GKIDS is also producer of New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival, North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens. NYICFF is an Oscar-qualifying event and jury members include Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon, Gus van Sant, Matthew Modine, James Schamus, Michel Ocelot, and Christine Vachon.