Christophe Gans' "Crying Freeman" finally gets a US release
#1
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: True North Strong & Free
Posts: 22,930
Received 2,117 Likes
on
1,452 Posts
Christophe Gans' "Crying Freeman" finally gets a US release
It only took nine years, but Christophe Gans' (Brotherhood of the Wolf) 1995 film adaptation of the Japanese manga, Crying Freeman will finally be released in the US by Universal Focus (Universal's film division responsible for the US release of Brotherhood of the Wolf ). It will hit theatres in August, but I doubt it will be in wide release. Hopefully a DVD will follow soon after (for those who didn't already get the French DVD years ago). This film is definitely not on the same level as Brotherhood but I liked the manga, and thought the film was a pretty good adaption.
The news is from Mark Dacascos' website (he plays the title character in the film). The film should have costarred Jennifer Connelly, because the main female character in the comic was the spitting image of her.
http://www.dacascos.com/actornewsf.html
The news is from Mark Dacascos' website (he plays the title character in the film). The film should have costarred Jennifer Connelly, because the main female character in the comic was the spitting image of her.
http://www.dacascos.com/actornewsf.html
Last edited by cultshock; 04-15-04 at 09:10 PM.
#5
DVD Talk Legend
I have the french DVD of it and fell asleep midway - I still plan to watch it sometime. I don't understand the thought process behind bringing it to the theaters at this point since it's such an old film. I can think of much better movies they could bring over here. Maybe they think Marc is a rising star or something. I'd actually rather see them give Drive a wide release and see how it does (probably not well, but it's a badass flick).
#6
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 1,083
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Drive had way better fighting and ingenuity in its head to head scenes but the movie is horrible storywise and Brittney Murphy gives one of the worst performances on film in that movie, and I dont even find her that annoying usually.