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一夜情．殺出癮？
同佢上過床的全部要死… 是巧合，還是別有佈局？
「金球影后提名」艾斯莉祖特 (Ashley Judd) 身陷最赤裸情慾殺機！

一夜情殺
TWISTED

《七宗罪》《追魂交易》《蒸發密令》《亡命天涯》
最賣座名牌監製助陣

《亡命追兇》荷里活首席冷艷女星 艾斯莉祖特
《星戰前傳》《冇數講》《標殺令2》《危險人物》奧斯卡提名 森姆積遜
《盜海豪情》《教父第3集》奧斯卡提名演技小生 安迪加西亞
三大巨星 聯手緝兇

2005年6月9日 殺他死！

故事大綱

嘉茜 (艾斯莉祖特 飾) 剛升職為刑事組警探，她負責偵辦一起連環殺人命案，卻意外地發現──受害人竟然全是近日曾經和她發生一夜情的對象！

與此同時，嘉茜近日查案時的行為舉止，極度怪異；加上案情發展下去，疑點重重，撲朔迷離，警務署長 (森姆積遜 飾) 也被迫將她列為主嫌。

身邊所有線索都對嘉茜不利；這時候連嘉茜自己也不禁懷疑，兇手並非預期中這般簡單！不經不覺間，嘉茜的生命也正受威脅，兇手的氣味越迫越近……

劇本背景

對曾獲金球獎及艾美獎提名的女星艾斯莉祖特來說，飾演《一夜情殺》中一個像嘉茜這種企圖在男性為主職場出人頭地的強悍女性，是不容錯失良機。這角色不但令她學會如何在男人的世界生存，更要在體能和心理上和男人並駕齊驅。

艾斯莉說：「我覺得這個題材很棒，《一夜情殺》本身劇本也很紮實，故事更引人入勝，就像嘉茜這個角色一樣。」艾斯莉祖特的云云過往作品中，一向很勇於表現感性和性感的一面，然而她對《一夜情殺》能讓她盡情發揮演技，她當然讚不絕口：「這絕對不是一部典型的英雄救美老套電影，這部戲劇情撲朔迷離，充滿令人意外的轉折！先別說片中的嘉茜被塑造得很成功，她不但性感迷人，更勇於接受男人挑戰──但是，在嘉茜強悍的作風底下，畢竟也有脆弱一面，這是角色最有趣之處。」

森姆積遜飾演的「舊金山警局」警務署長，他對嘉茜如同父親一樣。這名演技派巨星也很喜歡《一夜情殺》，除了曲折離奇的劇情外，最大原因是，他非常期待能與大導演菲臘高夫曼合作。「我一直都很欣賞菲臘高夫曼的作品，他導演的戲都有一定水準。像《一夜情殺》般，他就把一個很棒故事，拍成一部精采絕倫的心理驚悚片，結局更大大出乎我意料之外。」

曾以《布拉格的春天》獲得「奧斯卡提名」的名導演菲臘高夫曼，在《一夜情殺》中，再度展現他卓越的執導功力。「這部片故事別出新裁，顛覆了一般人對於男人、女人的刻版印象；劇情當然撲朔迷離──觀眾不看到最後，絕不知道真正的兇手到底是誰。」

《一夜情殺》另外一位男主角，是曾以《教父第3集》獲「奧斯卡」及「金球獎」雙料提名的性格演員安迪加西亞，他對於能和導演菲臘高夫曼合作，也備感榮幸。導演認為，艾斯莉祖特和安迪加西亞在銀幕上擦出非一般的火花。「我希望他們之間能擁有一種張力十足的關係，同時也對彼此有強烈的肉體吸引力。」《追魂交易》及《七宗罪》等賣座片金牌監製艾奴哥柏遜，也認為這對俊男美女的組合，在銀幕上擦出令人期待的精彩火花；而艾斯莉祖特在片中「巾幗不讓鬚眉」的表現，更令人激賞。

製作花絮

導演菲臘高夫曼長年居住在風景宜人的舊金山，但他卻希望能在《一夜情殺》中，呈現出這個城市較為詭譎的一面，於是，他請來《絕嶺雄風》及《亡命天涯》一片的美術指導丹尼斯華盛頓營造氣氛。

丹尼斯華盛頓認為，這部片最大的挑戰，是如何為營造獨特風格。他在舊金山市內找到令人難忘的場景，包括著名的教會區、風景優美的海灣、巨人隊舉行棒球賽的球場，及許多人都造訪過的觀光勝地「漁人碼頭」。然而，佔據了「漁人碼頭」一角的海獅，也成為片中臨時演員！原來這些海獅受到「美國海洋漁業局」保護，不准任何電影進行拍攝；可是，舊金山前任市長威利布朗卻為劇組爭取到拍片許可，這也令這些可愛的海獅，第一次登上大銀幕！

至於經常和黑人男星拍檔的艾斯莉祖特，在《一夜情殺》裡一樣是黑白男女配。艾斯莉祖特這次演出一名喜歡嘗試一夜情的高層女警官，和她過去在銀幕上的形象截然不同。過去在懸疑片裡只會飾演正派角色的艾斯莉祖特，這次化身為性關係複雜的女警官，行為作風也變得兇悍而暴力。「這是我第一次演警察，電影顧問給我非常多的意見。」

《一夜情殺》全片拍攝順利，所有演職員都盡全力拍出一部好片，監製艾奴哥柏遜則說：「這是一部『大衛希治閣』式謀殺驚悚片，撲朔迷離劇情和令人意外的結局，絕對會讓觀眾看得大呼過癮！」

(戲院／片長／級數：待定)
2005年6月9日 殺他死！

"TWISTED"

Releasing Information
Releasing Date: June 9, 2005 (Thursday)
Category/ Theatre/ Running Time: tbc

Production Information

Newly promoted police inspector Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) is searching for a serial killer, and is shocked to discover that men she has recently slept with are the victims. The investigation becomes more and more twisted as her partner (Andy Garcia) behaves strangely, and the police commissioner (Samuel L. Jackson) is being asked to remove her from the investigation as she is a prime suspect. All the clues point to her and Jessica begins to suspect that she might be the killer she is looking for.

Intertainment presents in association with Paramount Pictures a Kopelson Entertainment production, a Philip Kaufman film, "Twisted," starring Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Garcia. Directed by Philip Kaufman, the film is produced by Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson, Barry Baeres and Linne Radmin. The screenplay is written by Sarah Thorp and the executive producers are Stephen Brown, Robyn Meisinger and Michael Flynn. Also starring David Strathairn, Russell Wong and Mark Pellegrino, "Twisted" is co-produced by Peter Kaufman and Sherryl Clark. Peter Deming, A.S.C. serves as the director of photography, Dennis Washington is the production designer, Peter Boyle is the editor, Ellen Mirojnick is the costume designer and Mark Isham is the composer.

ABOUT THE STORY

For Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Ashley Judd, portraying a strong woman like Jessica, with ambition, drive and enough tenacity to succeed in a man's world, was an opportunity she couldn't pass up. The interesting dynamics of the character - Jessica not only has learned to operate in a man's world, but also she has learned to be on par with men both physically and psychologically - especially drew the actress to the role.

"I think the concept is amazing, the writing has great pizzazz and the story is absolutely captivating - just like Jessica herself," Judd says enthusiastically about her character, who has no qualms about freely expressing both her sensuality and sexuality. "This is definitely not your classic 'woman in danger' movie. It has lots of twists, not to mention an incredibly well-rounded female lead who is ready to take on the sexual double standard and stand up to any man who challenges her. She's just fabulous, and I love how her toughness doesn't eclipse her vulnerability."

Samuel L. Jackson, who portrays the police commissioner as well as a father figure to Jessica, also liked the unpredictability of the story, and he was looking forward to working with a director the caliber of Philip Kaufman.

"I've admired Phil's work for a long time, and after seeing him in action, I can understand why his films are of such quality," observes the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated actor. "I think he took a great story and elevated it to a psychological thriller with an ending they'll never see coming."

Known for his ability to adapt complicated plots and make them accessible to a broad audience, Philip Kaufman, who directed "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay adaptation of Milan Kundera's best-selling novel, brought his directorial skills to the set of "Twisted."

"This film has a sexually-charged complexity about it that makes it a very unique mystery," observes Kaufman, referring to both the sophisticated plot and sensuality in the film. "There are no stereotypes in terms of men and women, no clear paths leading to suspects and neither the audience nor the main character is sure who the killer is all the way up until the final few sequences."

Equally unaware of the murderer's identity as Jessica is, her partner Mike Delmarco, portrayed by Andy Garcia, is not clear of suspicion himself. Nominated for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role in "The Godfather: Part III," Garcia relished the opportunity to work with Kaufman because of the rare quality the director's films have in their subject matter and character development.

"When my character is introduced to Jessica, you can instantly feel the strong physical connection and the respect these two have for each another," says Garcia. "You know that they're going to cover each other's back. Even when the evidence starts leaning toward Jessica's guilt, it's Mike who never sways from his belief in her innocence. She's his partner and he stands by her."

Director Kaufman feels that onscreen chemistry between Judd and Garcia was essential, and that the two actors definitely had it in spades. "I was really pleased with the intensity of these two actors on camera, projecting tension, loyalty and even a heated physical attraction toward one another without compromising their efforts to find the killer."

Academy Award -winning producer Arnold Kopelson, and producer Anne Kopelson are delighted with all of their highly talented cast and feel each of the actors brings amazing depth to his or her role.

"Anne and I were thrilled that such topnotch actors were attracted to this film, and it has been a great experience working with all of them," says Arnold Kopelson. "Not only were they great actors, but they were also extremely professional during the entire process."

Kopelson adds that Ashley Judd and Andy Garcia have a wonderful chemistry that really comes across on the screen, and that while Judd's character often calls for her to show her sexual prowess and be as sexually liberated as her male counterparts, the actress plays the role without holding back.

"Delmarco is very protective of Jessica - maybe even a little chauvinistic - but she's strong and stands up to all the guys, including him," says Kopelson. "When their two wills clash, it makes for some very interesting dynamics on-screen. Both Ashley and Andy did a fantastic job. And as for Sam Jackson, he interjects such dignity into every role he plays. He's perfect as a power figure in Jessica's life and very believable as her mentor."

Operating in a male-dominated world, and in constant contact with the criminal element, Jessica has learned to react quickly, both mentally and physically. On occasion, her temper gets the best of her, and that's when Dr. Melvin Frank, the San Francisco Police Department's psychiatrist, steps in. David Strathairn ("L.A. Confidential") portrays the calm yet constantly probing Dr. Frank, who is assigned to see Jessica after she's stepped out of bounds by being particularly "overzealous" during a collar. It is his job to dig into Jessica's background in an effort to find out what is behind her behavior.

"Dr. Frank is a particular breed of policeman," explains Strathairn. "He's a doctor whose office is really the only place fellow officers can unload their problems. While he's exploring Jessica's behavior, he observes her looking more and more haggard. She's a tough nut to crack, very reticent to let go of what's inside, and I think that will give audiences a certain amount of suspicion about whether or not she's aware of her deteriorating condition - not just physically, but emotionally and psychologically, too."

With the killer still at large and victims continuing to fall, answers to the investigation may ultimately come from the crime lab, run expertly and efficiently by the chief medical examiner, portrayed by Camryn Manheim. "My character, Lisa, loves what she does and takes her work very seriously," says Manheim. "When she finds information that can clinch a case or help solve a crime, you might actually find her singing and doing a little dance in her lab coat. She thinks of her work as a puzzle where she starts with little pieces and places them all together to form the big picture."

Winner of both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role in the popular series, "The Practice," Manheim was thrilled when Philip Kaufman asked her to undertake this role. "He didn't want someone just spouting off technical jargon, so she's funny, charming, sarcastic, and even has a crush on one of the detectives."

Taking all the interesting, well-written characters in the screenplay and helping the actors infuse them with personality beyond their professions, director Kaufman was more than happy with the performances of his entire cast.

"Although there's a lot of action and mystery woven into this story, ultimately it's the characters that drive the film," says Kaufman. "I think this amazing cast really took this psychological thriller to a new level."

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Seeking to avoid cliches in presenting the city of San Francisco, Kaufman, a longtime resident, liked the idea of creating a creepy atmosphere in the midst of all the beauty. To aid him in this pursuit, he chose production designer Dennis Washington, who had previously worked with producer Arnold Kopelson on "The Fugitive," as well as "Life as a House," "The Net," "The General's Daughter" and "No Way Out."

"Philip creates worlds that are always intriguing. With each of his films, he takes a piece and keeps evolving it into something that becomes more and more interesting," observes Washington. "He has a film noir background and he uses his knowledge of older movies of that style and gives them a contemporary twist. To complement Philip's vision, I've tried to render the spirit of the noir into something current and believable."

Washington saw his biggest design challenge in creating a backdrop that would set the tone for the film and, at the same time, enhance the mysterious twists and turns of the plot. To do this, he found locations within San Francisco and established set designs that would lend themselves to modern-day detective work.

"This is not a stylized picture," Washington points out. "It has to be believable throughout. We had to find the real world of these investigators and, out of that reality, find something that's dramatic but at the same time logical."

As the scouting went from San Francisco's Mission District to the Bay, it became apparent that the landscape by the water was where a lot of the story would play out best.

"The water gave a theme to the picture that wasn't in anybody's mind at first," says director Philip Kaufman, who had originally looked to the Mission District as the centerpiece of the film. "But down at the wharf, a crime scene can take on a whole new feel and become even eerier and colder than at a lot of other areas of San Francisco often seen in films."

Locations manager Rory Enke was more than happy that the San Francisco Bay was chosen for the film's backdrop. "The bay offers one of the biggest untapped resources of San Francisco because, essentially, the wilderness is right next to a city," says Enke, who served as the Northern California location manager for Stephen King's "The Green Mile" and who has spent a lot of time sailing in the bay. "As we continued our research, we found a lot of creepy little places to set the crime scenes."

One such scene takes place behind Pacific Bell Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, and the site where, in reality, the body of a young girl had been discovered almost a year before. In the film, homicide inspectors Shepard and Delmarco are investigating a murder on the rocks at the edge of the water. As the two examine the victim's body, a night game is in progress in the stadium and 40,000 fans, who are standing up and shouting every time the Giants get a hit, become unwitting extras.

The Fisherman's Wharf area was the site of another important scene in the film, this one using a herd of sea lions that, in actuality, took up residence on the docks behind Pier 39 after the 1989 earthquake. Protected by the National Marine Fisheries, under whose jurisdiction the wild animals fall, there are no provisions for film permits, and it took San Francisco's former mayor Willie Brown to step in and clear the way with Pier 39's Marine Mammal Center so that the scene could be filmed. In fact, according to Enke, it was the first time that the sea lions have been used in a movie.

When the second unit arrived to set up the blue screen against which the sea lions would be filmed, most of them jumped into the water and swam off anyway.

"It's tricky," says Enke. "It's a unique situation. You're asking wild animals to hang around and perform in an urban setting. One day, they all got upset by a seagull with fishing line wrapped around its leg. Another day, just as the sun went down and the second unit was set to roll, a huge sea lion chased all the others off, turned toward the camera and began to perform, just as if he knew it was time for his close up!"

Once the sea lions were properly wrangled, the unique final sequence played itself out, and "Twisted," set against the backdrop of foggy San Francisco's strangely haunting waterfront, was one step closer to becoming a chilling tale of murder and redemption that audiences will not soon forget.

Producer Arnold Kopelson sums up the feelings about the film shared by the cast and crew. "'Twisted' is one of those Hitchcock-like murder mysteries that will surprise audiences and keep them guessing until the very end. That's what a good movie is all about."

ABOUT THE CAST

An eighth generation Eastern Kentuckian, ASHLEY JUDD (Jessica Shepard) first proved her acting abilities in her debut feature film role as Ruby Lee Gissing in Victor Nunez' internationally acclaimed "Ruby In Paradise." Now a film star in her own right, Judd has demonstrated her range as an actress and is a proven box office draw.

Currently, Judd can be seen on Broadway at the Music Box Theater in the starring role of Maggie in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Judd is the first actress to portray Maggie on Broadway since Kathleen Turner in 1990. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is being produced by Bill Kenwright and directed by Anthony Page.

Judd recently completed production on her next role as socialite Linda Lee Porter in the Cole Porter biopic, "De-lovely," co-starring with Kevin Kline. The film will chronicle their marriage, which inspired such famous Cole Porter tunes as "Anything Goes." Despite his homosexuality, Porter was so distraught after Linda's death that he never wrote another song again. "De-lovely" will be directed by Irwin Winkler and was written by Jay Cocks.

On the film front, Judd had a very successful and diverse 2002. She had a small, but significant appearance as Tina Modotti in director Julie Taymor's biopic, "Frida." In addition, Judd had a strong supporting role in "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," starring amongst an impressive cast including Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Maggie Smith and James Garner. The film was directed by Callie Khouri and was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Rebecca Wells.

Judd also starred in Twentieth Century Fox's "High Crimes," which re-teamed her with "Kiss the Girls" co-star Morgan Freeman. The film was written by Joseph Finder and directed by Carl Franklin. Also for Twentieth Century Fox, Judd starred with Greg Kinnear and Hugh Jackman in "Someone Like You," for director Tony Goldwyn. With a turn to the romantic comedy genre, Judd portrayed a producer of a popular daytime talk show who had a romance with the show's executive producer.

Judd's other film credits include "Where the Heart Is," opposite Natalie Portman; Bruce Beresford's box office success "Double Jeopardy," opposite Tommy Lee Jones, as well as "Eye of the Beholder," with Ewan McGregor. Judd also starred in Walt Disney Pictures' 1998 drama "Simon Birch," based on the John Irving novel A Prayer for Owen Meaney.

In 1997, Judd starred opposite Morgan Freeman in the box office hit "Kiss the Girls," as well as MGM's "The Locusts," in which she co-starred opposite Vince Vaughn and Kate Capshaw. Judd was also seen in Michael Mann's "Heat," for which she won critical acclaim opposite Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer. In the summer of 1996, she appeared in Joel Schumacher's "A Time to Kill," opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey. In late 1996, she was seen starring opposite Luke Perry in John McNaughton's "Normal Life."

Also in 1996, Judd received an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Norma Jean in HBO's "Norma Jean and Marilyn."

Judd made her debut theatre performance in the Naked Angels production of "Busted," directed by Timothy Hutton. She then went on to star as Madge on Broadway in William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Picnic," at the Roundabout Theatre Company, while simultaneously filming a supporting role in Miramax Films' "Smoke," portraying the daughter of Harvey Keitel and Stockard Channing.

A Phi Beta Kappa and Honors Program student of the University of Kentucky with a major in French and four minors, Judd has studied the Meisner technique in acting for several years.

Judd resides in Tennessee with her husband.

Respectfully labeled as one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood, SAMUEL L. JACKSON (John Mills) is an undisputed star. He made an indelible mark on American cinema with his portrayal of Jules, the philosophizing hit man, in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction." In addition to unanimous critical acclaim for his performance, he received Academy AwardR and Golden Globe nominations as Best Supporting Actor as well as a Best Supporting Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

In summer 2003, Jackson traveled to South Africa for production on the film "Country of My Skull," based on the best-selling novel by South African writer Antjie Krog. Jackson will portray an American reporter who must cope with the aftermath of apartheid as his newspaper assigns him to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Trials established by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, that expose the worst cases of torture, abuse and violence. "Country of My Skull" was directed by John Boorman and produced by Robert Chartoff and Mike Medavoy. Juliette Binoche co-stars.

Recently, Jackson starred in "S.W.A.T" for Columbia TriStar. Directed by Clark Johnson, "S.W.A.T." is about an arrested drug kingpin who is transported by a Los Angeles Police Department S.W.A.T. team and led out of the city and into federal custody. Plans go awry when the kingpin offers $100 million to anyone who can free him. Colin Farrell and Michelle Rodriguez are also in the film.

In 2002, Jackson starred with Ben Affleck in the box office and critical success, Paramount's "Changing Lanes." Jackson delivered an intense yet sympathetic performance of a father who was down on his luck, but intent on getting even with the man who wronged him. Also in 2002, Jackson starred in, and executive produced the Sony/Screen Gems film "Formula 51," with Robert Carlyle; co-starred in the sci-fi thriller "XXX" and reprised his role as Mace Windu in the second installment of George Lucas' "Stars Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones."

In 2001, Jackson starred in Jersey Franchise/Universal's "The Caveman's Valentine." Directed by Kasi Lemmons, the film followed the story of a homeless man in New York City who discovered a murder. Jackson also served as an executive producer on the project. This was Jackson's second project with Kasi Lemmons; the first was the applauded "Eve's Bayou," which he also produced.

Jackson also co-starred opposite Bruce Willis in writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's suspense drama "Unbreakable," for Disney. Jackson's character, Elijah Price, a highly suspicious and wheelchair bound man with a farfetched theory, holds the key to the film's underlying question: "Are You Unbreakable?"

Jackson starred in John Singleton's "Shaft," in the title role opposite Christian Bale and Vanessa Williams. He also starred in Paramount's courtroom drama "Rules of Engagement," as Col. Terry Childers, a military officer on trial for ordering his soldiers to open fire on civilians. Directed by William Friedkin, the film co-starred Tommy Lee Jones. Both "Shaft" and "Rules of Engagement" were screened at the 2000 Deauville Film Festival, where Jackson was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jackson starred in Warner Bros.' "Deep Blue Sea," for director Renny Harlin, and in Francois Girard's "The Red Violin." Jackson also made a cameo appearance in George Lucas' highly successful and popular "Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace."

Jackson also starred in "The Negotiator" and "Jackie Brown," his second film with director Quentin Tarantino. For the latter, he received a Golden Globe nomination and the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor in a Comedy at the Berlin Film Festival.

Jackson starred opposite Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey in Joel Schumacher's 1996 film of the John Grisham novel "A Time to Kill." For his performance, Jackson received a Golden Globe nomination and an NAACP Image Award. He also starred opposite Bruce Willis in "Die Hard: with a Vengeance," the top-grossing movie internationally in 1995.

Jackson made movie history with his portrayal of a crack addict in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" when he was awarded the first and only Best Supporting Performance Award ever given by the judges at the Cannes Film Festival. He also won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor for that performance.

His other film credits include "187," "Sphere," "The Long Kiss Goodnight," "Hard Eight," "Kiss of Death," "Losing Isaiah" and "Amos & Andrew," "Ragtime," "Sea of Love," "Coming to America," "Do the Right Thing," "School Daze," "Mo' Better Blues," "Goodfellas," "Strictly Business," "White Sands," "Patriot Games," "Jumpin' at the Boneyard," "Father & Sons," "Juice," "Fresh" and "True Romance."

On television, Jackson starred in John Frankenheimer's Emmy-winning "Against the Wall," for HBO. His performance earned him a Cable Ace nomination as Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries, as well as a Golden Globe nomination.

Jackson's career began upon his graduation from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in dramatic arts. He went on to perform in numerous stage plays, including "Home," "A Soldier's Play," "Sally/Prince" and "The District Line." He also originated roles in two of August Wilson's plays at Yale Repertory Theatre. For the New York Shakespeare Festival, Jackson appeared in "Mother Courage and Her Children," "Spell #7" and "The Mighty Gents."

While still a student at Morehouse, Jackson made his film debut in "Together for Days."

ANDY GARCIA (Mike Delmarco) has established himself as one of today's most talented and versatile actors. Because he has worked so successfully with many of the industry's most respected and celebrated directors, he has become known as a "director's actor." He has also established himself as a producer, composer/musician and humanitarian - and as a director in his own right.

One of Garcia's most memorable experiences was working with Francis Ford Coppola on "The Godfather: Part III." "I went into the movie as an actor," Garcia says, "and left a filmmaker." Garcia received OscarR and Golden Globe nominations for his role in the Best Supporting Actor category. He formed his own production company, CineSon Productions, in 1991.

Garcia's most recent film credits include Lions Gate Films' "Confidence" and Warner Bros.' "Ocean's Eleven." He is currently in production on the independent feature "The Lazarus Child," starring with Angela Bassett and Frances O'Connor, and he has completed production on "Modigliani," another independent in which he portrays Amedeo Modigliani in the last days of his life. Garcia starred in the independent films "The Unsaid" and "The Man From Elysian Fields" (released by IDP), both of which he also produced. He is currently developing his directorial debut "The Lost City," which was written by Guillermo Cabrera Infante.

Garcia received an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for his starring role as the legendary Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval in HBO's 2000 biopic "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story." Garcia was executive producer of the film and also produced the soundtrack and the Emmy-winning score. The film has also received Emmy nominations for Best Made for Television Film or Miniseries and Best Cinematography. The film also won two ALMA Awards as Best Made for Television Movie or Miniseries and as Outstanding Latin Cast in a Made for Television Movie or Miniseries, and was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Made for Television Movie or Miniseries category.

Under the CineSon banner, Garcia made his directorial debut with "Cachao...Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos" ("Like His Rhythm There Is No Other"), a feature-length documentary concert film about the co-creator of the Mambo, Israel Lopez "Cachao." He also served as co-producer.

Garcia subsequently produced and performed on Volumes I and II of "Cachao - Master Sessions" (Crescent Moon/Sony), the former a 1994 Grammy Award winner and the latter a 1995 Grammy Award nominee. "Cachao - Cuba Linda" (EMI Latin) was the duo's third installment for Garcia's CineSon record label, and was nominated for a 2001 Grammy Award and 2000 Latin Grammy Award. The pair has again re-teamed to record the currently untitled fourth installment (Univision) of Cachao's master sessions, again under the CineSon label. Garcia also composed four songs for the "Disappearance of Garcia Lorca" soundtrack and produced, wrote and performed several songs on the "Just the Ticket" soundtrack.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Garcia's family fled in exile to Miami Beach, Florida as a result of Fidel Castro's takeover of his homeland at the age of five. As a youth, he performed in community theatre productions and variety shows. Garcia attended Florida International University as a theater major. He performed in regional theater productions in the Miami area before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a film career in the late 1970s.

Garcia has been married to Marivi Lorido Garcia since 1982. The couple lives in Los Angeles with their four children: Dominik, Daniella, Alessandra and Andres.

In addition to numerous other awards, Garcia has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Star of the Year Award from the National Association of Theater Owners, a PRISM Award, a Harvard University Foundation Award and a Hispanic Heritage Award for the Arts. He is also the recipient of an Oscar de la Hoya Foundation Champion Award, a Father's Day Council Father of the Year Award and an honorary doctorate of fine arts degree from St. John's University.

A seasoned actor on and off Broadway, on the big screen and on television, DAVID STRATHAIRN (Dr. Melvin Frank) attended Williams College before launching a successful acting career.

Strathairn has appeared in many of his Williams College classmate John Sayles' features, including his own and Sayles' directorial debut "Return of the Secaucus Seven." Other Sayles features for which Strathairn has starred include "Limbo," "Matewan," "The Brother From Another Planet," "Eight Men Out," "City of Hope" and "Passion Fish."

Continuing to work with Hollywood's top directors, some of Strathairn's film credits include Mike Nichols's "Silkwood," Stephen Gyllenhaal's "Losing Isaiah," Sydney Pollack's "The Firm," Tim Robbins' "Bob Roberts," Penny Marshall's "A League of Their Own," Taylor Hackford's "Dolores Claiborne" and Curtis Hanson's "L.A. Confidential."

Also working with Hollywood's hottest talent, he has starred opposite Meryl Streep in "The River Wild," with Richard Dreyfuss in "Lost in Yonkers," with Jessica Lange in "Losing Isaiah," with Ray Liotta and Jamie Lee Curtis in "Dominick and Eugene," with Sean Penn and Christopher Walken in "At Close Range," with Debra Winger in "A Dangerous Woman," with Ashley Judd and Oliver Platt in "Simon Birch" and with Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore in "A Map of the World." David has appeared in the features "Blue Car," which was purchased by Miramax from the 2002 Sundance festival; and "Harrison's Flowers," opposite Andie MacDowell.

His extensive stage work includes a lead performance in Vaclav Havel's "Temptation," at Joseph Papp Public Theater as well as "Einstein and The Polar Bear"; "The Three Sisters," with Billy Crudup and Marcia Gay Harden; and "Dance of Death" with Sir Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren.

Television credits include the HBO features "In The Gloaming" and "Without Warning: The James Brady Story"; "The American Clock," for TNT; "Lathe of Heaven," for A&E, which was directed by Philip Haas; and the CBS miniseries "Day One." David was also a regular on the television series "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" and David Milch's series "Big Apple."

Strathairn recently wrapped an independent project entitled "The Woodcutter," starring opposite Danny Glover, in Vancouver.

RUSSELL WONG (Lieutenant Tong) A charismatic and talented performer, Russell Wong is one of Hollywood's leading Asian American actors. Recently he completed a TV series on the Warner Brothers television network called The Black Sash. Wong played a former San Francisco narcotics officer who was wrongfully imprisoned. His next film will be with Eriq Lasalle (formerly from ER) and Matthew Modine entitled "Inside Out."

Costarring with Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Isiah Washington and the late Aaliyah in Warner Brothers' "Romeo Must Die," his role garnered him attention from both critics and audiences alike. The successful film broke all box office records. Wong starred as the Monkey King in the adaptation of the ancient Chinese novel, Journey to the West by Wu Chen. This Mini TV Series entitled "The Lost Empire," also stars Thomas Gibson and Bai Ling, was premiered in March of 2001.

Wong made his theatrical debut in the United States in the feature film adaptation of James Clavell's "Taipan." He went on to star in Wayne Wang's "Eat A Bowl of Tea" and Abel Ferrera's "China Girl" and played leading roles in "China Cry," the box office hit "New Jack City," the critically acclaimed "The Joy Luck Club" and the "Vanishing Son" series and television movies. He also stars in Miramax/Dimension Films' upcoming "Takedown" Skeet Ulrich, Tom Berenger and Angela Featherstone as well as "The Tracker" with Casper Van Dien.

In 1994, Wong was honored with two awards, the Image Award by the Organization of Chinese Americans and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans' Media Achievement Award, both in recognition of his outstanding work in the entertainment industry as well as for being an exceptional role model for Asian Americans. In 1995, Wong was also in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People issue. Furthermore Wong was honored in October of '97 in San Francisco by the Asian American Arts Foundation (along with John Woo, Terrance Chang and Tia Carrera). A native of New York,

Wong is one of seven children. His father is from Shanghai and was a former restaurateur. His mother, Connie of Dutch, German and French mixture, from Upstate New York, is an Artist. Wong has been studying oriental martial arts for several years, which enables him to perform many of his own stunts. Always interested in acquiring new knowledge, he has been attending film classes in film production at prestigious New York University. Meantime, he continues to be an avid hands-on photographer.

MARK PELLEGRINO (Jimmy Schmidt) has brought his unique talent to an impressive number of film, television and stage works in his career. A partial list of films in which this gifted actor has appeared includes "National Treasure," directed by Jon Turteltaub; "Spartan," directed by David Mamet; "Ronnie," directed by Chris Haifley; "Between Us," directed by Chris Shelton; "The Hunted," directed by William Friedkin; "Mullholland Drive," directed by David Lynch; "Say it Isn't So," directed by James B. Rogers; "Drowning Mona," directed by Nick Gomez; "Certain Guys," directed by Stephen James; "A Murder of Crows," directed by Rowdy Herrington; "Clubland," directed by Mary Lambert; "Movies Kill," directed by Tom Lazarus; "The Big Lebowski," directed by Joel Coen; "Crossroads of Destiny," directed by Steve Kaman; "Last Ride," directed by Michael Karbelnikoff; "Bank Robber," directed by Nick Mead; "Deadly Exposure," directed by Peter Foldy; "Trouble Bound," directed by Jeffrey Reiner; "Lethal Weapon 3," directed by Richard Donner; "Blood and Concrete," directed by Jeffrey Reiner; "Soul of the Avenger," directed by Steve Kaman and "Little Surprises," directed by Jeff Goldblum, and nominated for an Academy AwardR as Best Live Action Short Film.

On the small screen, Pellegrino's television credits include "NYPD 2069" (pilot); "The Practice"; "Astronauts" (pilot); "Thieves"; "The Beast," directed by Mimi Leder; "Family Law"; "Young Americans" (pilot); "Mulholland Drive," directed by David Lynch (pilot); "NYPD Blue"; HBO's movie of the week "The Cherokee Kid," directed by Paris Barclay; "ER" and "Northern Exposure."

Pellegrino's theater credits include "The Exonerated" (Playhouse West, directed by Jeff Goldblum); "9-11" (Playhouse West, directed by Scott Caan); "Minor Holiday" (Playhouse West, directed by Scott Caan); "Lou Gehrig Didn't Die of Cancer" (Playhouse West); "Of Mice and Men" (Playhouse West); "Italian-American Reconciliation" (Playhouse West); "Lonestar" (Playhouse West); "Winter into Spring" (Playhouse West); "Medal of Honor Rag" (PNN Productions); and "Welcome Home Soldier" (Playhouse West).

During his time at Playhouse West, Pellegrino trained in the Meisner Method with Bob Carnegie. Additionally, he has worked with the Notre Dame Workshop and Bob Hoover.

In his free time, Mark Pellegrino actively participates in a variety of sports, including martial arts, kickboxing, professional Thai boxing, Judo, Karate and Ju-Jitsu.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Born in 1936, writer-director PHILIP KAUFMAN (Director) grew up on the north side of Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago. After a year at Harvard Law School, he returned to the University of Chicago to begin a master's degree program in history.

In 1960, he relocated his family to the San Francisco Bay area. Kaufman found himself enthralled by the new wave of filmmaking and filmmakers breaking over the continent, and soon after, the family headed for Europe.

Returning to Chicago in 1962, Kaufman met Anais Nin at the University of Chicago. He spent the day with her, telling her the scenario of a film he was contemplating, and Nin encouraged him to become a filmmaker. He took her advice. In 1963, he turned an unfinished novel he was working on into his first film, the mystical comedy "Goldstein." Starring members of the Second City comedy troupe and shot on a shoestring budget, the picture won the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. In 1965, Kaufman wrote and directed "Fearless Frank," a comic book satire starring Jon Voight in his film debut. Two years later, Kaufman was in Hollywood, under contract to Universal.

There he wrote and directed "The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid," starring Robert Duvall and Cliff Robertson, in 1971. He then directed "The White Dawn" (Paramount) in 1973. Moving back to San Francisco with his family, Kaufman developed the original story for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" with George Lucas and wrote the screenplay for Clint Eastwood's "The Outlaw Josey Wales."

In 1977, Kaufman directed "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," an update of the Don Siegel classic, winning various science fiction awards. In 1979, after his son Peter found Richard Price's comic gang novel The Wanderers, Kaufman and his wife Rose wrote a screenplay based on the book, which Kaufman directed.

In 1983, Kaufman directed "The Right Stuff," with his adaptation of Tom Wolfe's bestseller. For this epic, Kaufman earned Writers Guild and Directors Guild Award nominations and won the British Academy Award and the Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay, 1984. The film was nominated for a total of eight Academy AwardsR including Best Picture, and won four OscarsR.

His next film, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," starred Daniel Day-Lewis, Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche. His adaptation of Czech writer Milan Kundera's novel earned Kaufman another Writers Guild nomination, an Academy AwardR nomination and a British Academy Award in 1988. The film also won two National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. Kaufman also received the international Orson Welles Award for Best Filmmaker in 1989.

In 1990, Kaufman made "Henry & June," an adaptation of Anais Nin's memoir of Henry Miller and his wife June. The film, which starred Fred Ward, Uma Thurman and Maria de Medeiros, was written by Philip and Rose Kaufman, produced by Peter Kaufman and received an Academy AwardR nomination.

Kaufman next directed "Rising Sun" in 1993, starring Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Kaufman co-wrote the screenplay based on the bestseller by Michael Crichton.

In 2000, Kaufman shot "Quills," based on Doug Wright's Obie Award-winning play about the Marquis de Sade during his imprisonment in the Charenton Asylum for the Insane. Shot in London, "Quills" starred Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine and Joaquin Phoenix. The film was nominated for three Academy AwardsR and the National Board of Review declared it the Best Picture of 2000. The London Film Critics Circle nominated Kaufman for Best Director.

Kaufman has been honored with retrospectives at the Sundance Film Festival, the Cambridge, England Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival, the Wine Country Film Festival and the Taos Talking Picture Festival, where he received the Howard Hawks Storyteller Award. In 2000, Kaufman was honored with a major tribute and retrospective at the American Film Institute, as well as at the Institut Lumiere in France, the Philadelphia Weekend Film Festival and the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University. In the spring of 2002, Columbia University offered a new course taught by Professor Annette Insdorf, "Auteur Study: Philip Kaufman." Kaufman was recently made 'Honorary Scholar' at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York and the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles will have a retrospective tribute in April 2004.

Academy AwardR-winning producer ARNOLD KOPELSON (Producer) has either produced or executive produced more than twenty-five motion pictures. Kopelson's career in film began when, as an attorney specializing in entertainment law, he represented several banks that were lending to the film industry. With Anne Feinberg, who would later become his wife, he began selling independently produced motion pictures to distributors throughout the world. Kopelson's ability to pre-sell distribution rights led to his financing movie production and ultimately to produce his own films.

Without major movie studio financial backing, Kopelson personally financed his company's overhead and development costs and produced his first three motion pictures with the Boston-based General Cinema Corp., and three other films with a combination of private and investment bank funding. All six films were produced in a record eighteen months. During this same period, Kopelson developed "Porky's," the first coming of age film, which became a huge commercial success. His production of "Platoon" followed. Directed by Oliver Stone, it was unanimously acclaimed by critics as one of the most important motion pictures of its time. Following eight nominations, "Platoon" received four Academy AwardsR. Kopelson received the Academy AwardR for Best Picture and was instantly propelled into the limelight of film production in Hollywood.

Kopelson next produced the story of Salamo Arouch, the Balkin boxing champion who, along with the entire Jewish population of Thessaloniki, Greece, was sent to Auschwitz, the death camp. Arouch was kept alive to entertain German S.S. officers by fighting other prisoners, with the loser being put to death in the gas chamber. The film is called "Triumph of the Spirit" and stars Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos and Robert Loggia. "Triumph of the Spirit" is the only feature motion picture ever permitted to be entirely shot in Auschwitz. The film has been hailed by critics and praised by Holocaust survivors as a very accurate depiction of the horrors they experienced.

Kopelson's acquisition of the film rights to the highly successful television series "The Fugitive" brought him into major studio production when he commenced a long running relationship with Warner Bros. After nearly six years of developing the screenplay with nine writers, Kopelson commenced production with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. "The Fugitive" became one of the highest grossing films in Warner Bros. history; Kopelson received an OscarR nomination for Best Picture and Tommy Lee Jones received the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Other Kopelson-produced films include the highly acclaimed and box office breakout "Seven," starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman; "Falling Down," starring Michael Douglas; "Outbreak," starring Dustin Hoffman; "Eraser," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; "U.S. Marshals," starring Tommy Lee Jones; "Mad City," starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta; "Devil's Advocate," starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves; "A Perfect Murder," starring Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow; and "Don't Say a Word," starring Michael Douglas. Kopelson motion pictures have been responsible for 17 OscarR nominations and over $2.5 billion in worldwide receipts.

Kopelson was named Producer of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement in Filmmaking Award by the Publicists Guild of America and was inducted into Variety's Show Biz Expo Hall of Fame. He received a Golden Globe Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and an Independent Spirit Award. Kopelson also received the highest award granted by the Deauville Film Festival "for his significant contribution to the entertainment industry" and was presented with the Key to the City of Deauville by its mayor. Other awards were won by Kopelson for his productions "Outbreak," "Seven" and "Devil's Advocate."

Kopelson serves on the Executive Committee of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a member of the Board of Mentors of the Peter Stark Motion Picture program at the University of Southern California. He has lectured at Harvard Business School, American Film Institute, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, New York Law School, The Writers Guild of America, Independent Feature Project/West, The Kagan Seminar, University of Southern California and University of California at Los Angeles, and has written several articles concerning the financing of motion pictures. Kopelson has also received the New York Law School Distinguished Alumnus Award for Lifetime Achievement. Arnold and Anne Kopelson, who reside in Los Angeles, have three children: Dr. Peter Kopelson, a dermatologist; Evan Kopelson, who heads Kopelson Telemedia; and Stephanie Kopelson, an artist.

In 1997, ANNE KOPELSON (Producer) was inducted into Variety's Show Biz Expo Hall of Fame for her significant contribution to the entertainment industry. She also produced "Don't Say a Word," starring Michael Douglas, and "Joe Somebody," starring Tim Allen.

Kopelson produced "A Perfect Murder," starring Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow; "U.S. Marshals," starring Tommy Lee Jones; "Devil's Advocate," starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves; "Mad City," starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta; and "Eraser," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. She also is executive producer of "Murder at 1600," starring Wesley Snipes and Diane Lane; "Outbreak," starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman; and "Seven," starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.

Kopelson was also an executive producer of "Thieves," a one-hour television series starring John Stamos, and "The Fugitive," a one-hour television series starring Timothy Daly.

Kopelson co-chairs Kopelson Entertainment, which has been responsible for, among others, the production of "Platoon," which received four Academy AwardsR, including Best Picture. Kopelson films have collectively garnered seventeen Academy AwardR nominations and over $2.5 billion in worldwide receipts.

Kopelson Entertainment also produced the critically acclaimed "Triumph of the Spirit," starring Willem Dafoe; "Fire Birds," starring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones; "Out for Justice," starring Steven Seagal; "Falling Down," starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall; and "The Fugitive," starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, which received seven Academy AwardR nominations and one Academy AwardR.

Kopelson is a founding member of the American Film Marketing Association and for many years served on its Board of Directors, as well as serving on the Executive Council of the American Film Export Association. For many years she served on the Executive Committee of the Executive Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a member of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and also a member of the UCLA Producers Program Advisory Board.

BARRY BAERES (Producer) is founder and CEO of Intertainment AG, a German distribution, licensing and production company based in Munich, Germany. A Munich native, he obtained a law degree at the University of Munich in 1987 and degrees in political science and economics while in France.

Subsequently, Baeres lived and worked in Munich, London and Los Angeles, where he held positions in the entertainment industry.

In 1993, Baeres formed Intertainment and took the company public in 1999 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

"Twisted" represents the second movie that LINNE RADMIN (Producer) has produced for Paramount in as many years; the last movie was "The Next Best Thing" (2000), which starred Rupert Everett and Madonna, with John Schlesinger directing.

Radmin's day job is as a literary manager. The Radmin Company, which was founded in 1993, represents twenty-five screenwriters, directors and writer-directors including Todd Alcott ("Antz," "Wonder Woman"); Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio ("The Santa Clause 2," "Bubble Boy"); and Michael Lindsay-Hogg ("The Object of Beauty," "Let It Be.") Before founding the company, Radmin worked as an agent at International Creative Management for seven years.

Radmin also produced the feature version of the long running off Broadway musical "The Fantastics," which MGM released in 2000.

Radmin was born and raised in New York City. She attended George Washington University for English literature and theatre and then received an MBA from Columbia University.

A graduate of Brown University and a former member of an independent rock band, SARAH THORP (Writer) is working on a variety of television and feature film projects. She's currently writing an "Untitled DJ Project" for producer Bobby Newmyer ("Training Day"), Intermedia and MTV Films, as well as adapting the Nicci French novel "Land of the Living" for producer Jerry Weintraub ("Ocean's 11") and Warner Bros. Additionally, Thorp is writing "The Insiders," an original television pilot for producer Simon West ("The General's Daughter," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"), Paramount Television and the WB. Thorp wrote and directed the award-winning independent film "See Jane Run," starring Clea DuVall, which will be released by Arrow Releasing in April 2004.

STEPHEN BROWN (Executive producer) is president of USA-Intertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of Intertainment AG, an international motion picture financing and licensing company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Previously, Stephen Brown was president of Kopelson Entertainment, where he oversaw all production activities for the company. Brown served as executive producer for "A Perfect Murder," directed by Andrew Davis, starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen; and is co-producer of "U.S. Marshals," a spin-off of "The Fugitive," which stars Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes, and is directed by Stuart Baird.

He was the executive producer of "Mad City," directed by Costa-Gavras, which stars John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman. He was also co-producer on the supernatural thriller "Devil's Advocate," starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves, directed by Taylor Hackford.

Brown was executive producer on "Murder at 1600," with Wesley Snipes and Diane Lane, and Dwight Little directing. In 1996, Brown was a co-producer on the successful Warner Bros. release "Eraser," which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vanessa Williams. Prior to that, Brown's credits include co-producer on the worldwide box-office hit "Seven," starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, directed by David Fincher; co-producer of the successful Warner Bros. feature "Outbreak," which starred Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman, directed by Wolfgang Petersen; co-producer of the critically acclaimed and worldwide 1993 box office blockbuster "The Fugitive," starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, directed by Andy Davis; and co-producer of the controversial and commercially successful psychological action thriller "Falling Down," starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall, directed by Joel Schumacher.

Additionally, Brown was a producer on the 1993 Showtime original feature "Past Tense," starring Scott Glenn, Lara Flynn Boyle and Anthony LaPaglia.

Brown was born in Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA in 1983 with a bachelor of arts degree in history and economics. He then joined John DeNigris Associates, a financial and corporate communications company in New York City, as vice president.

At DeNigris, Brown was responsible for securing public and private capital and commercial banking relationships for client companies, while he also managed all media relations and corporate marketing programs.

In 1989, Brown joined Arnold Kopelson Productions as vice president of business affairs, and in 1991, he was promoted to executive vice president. In May 1995, Brown was named president of production.

ROBYN MEISINGER (Executive producer) began her career at TriStar Pictures before joining Barry Mendel Productions ("Rushmore," "The Sixth Sense," "The Royal Tenenbaums") in 1996 as a development executive and manager. After two years, Meisinger left Mendel to pursue management and producing full time.

Meisinger produced the award-winning independent film "See Jane Run," being released in 2004, and she is currently producing "First Snow" for El Camino Pictures and "Town Creek" for Warner Bros. Meisinger also represents a number of screenwriters and directors including Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby ("Consequence," "First Snow"); Jennifer Heath and Michele Wolff ("The Ultimate Low Self Esteem Movie"); David Kajganich ("Town Creek"); Elizabeth Kruger and Craig Shapiro ("Sports Widow"); Jeffrey Lieber ("Tuck Everlasting," "Tangled"); Ross Parker ("Kriminal"); and Sarah Thorp ("Twisted," "See Jane Run.")

MICHAEL FLYNN (Executive Producer), most recently served as the executive producer of "Monster-in-Law," starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda. Prior to that, he was executive producer of "Hearts in Atlantis," based on the Stephen King novel, directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins. He also was executive producer of "Remember the Titans," the true story of an African-American football coach and his high school team during their first season as a racially integrated squad. The film stars Denzel Washington and Will Patton. In addition, he was executive producer of "Pushing Tin," a comedy for director Mike Newell, starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie.

Flynn served as co-producer for productions such as "The Crow: City of Angels," the sequel to the 1994 cult classic; Tim Burton's Academy AwardR-winning "Ed Wood," starring Johnny Depp and Martin Landau; "Romeo is Bleeding," starring Gary Oldman, Juliette Lewis and Lena Olin; and Mike Figgis' "Liebestraum."

As producer of "My New Gun," Flynn shared, along with director Stacy Cochran, an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature. The film was chosen as part of the Directors Fortnight at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

Flynn's Associate Producer credits include "Reversal of Fortune," "To Sleep with Anger," "Talk Radio," "Waiting for the Light," "Blue Steel," "Wall Street," "Walker," "Masters of the Universe" and "True Stories."

PETER DEMING, A.S.C. (Director of Photography) is a highly respected cinematographer whose long list of credits includes many highly successful feature films. Among these are Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead II," "Hollywood Shuffle," "House Party" (Sundance Film Festival, Best Cinematography Winner, 1990) and "My Cousin Vinny."

He has twice collaborated with director Jay Roach: on the Mike Myers spy-spoof "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" and the comedy "Mystery Alaska."

Deming has worked on four films with director Wes Craven, including the "Scream" series and "Music of the Heart," starring Meryl Streep.

Deming's collaborations with director David Lynch include the feature films "Mulholland Drive" (2002 Independent Spirit Award Winner, Best Cinematography) and "Lost Highway," as well as the 1993 HBO series "Hotel Room" and numerous commercials. He was also cinematographer on the David Lynch-produced series "On the Air."

Additional recent credits include the Jack the Ripper saga "From Hell," directed by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes; the third Austin Powers installment "Goldmember" and "People I Know," with Al Pacino and Kim Basinger, from Miramax Films.

Deming most recently finished shooting David O. Russell's new film "I Huckabee's." He is currently in pre-production for "The Jacket," directed by John Maybury, and starring Adrien Brody, Keira Knightly, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch and Kris Kristofferson.

DENNIS WASHINGTON (Production designer) has brought his well respected design talents to many feature films, which have included "Dark Blue," directed by Ron Shelton; "Life as a House," directed by Irwin Winkler; "Thirteen Days," directed by Roger Donaldson; "The General's Daughter," directed by Simon West; "Paulie," directed by John Roberts; "Dante's Peak," directed by Roger Donaldson; "High School High," directed by Hart Bochner; "The Net," directed by Irwin Winkler; "Speechless," directed by Ron Underwood; "Angels in the Outfield," directed by William Dear; "The Fugitive," directed by Andrew Davis; "Nowhere to Run," directed by Robert Harmon; "White Men Can't Jump," directed by Ron Shelton; "Another You," directed by Maurice Phillips; "Chances Are," directed by Emile Ardolino; "Off Limits," directed by Christopher Crowe; "The Dead," directed by John Huston; "No Way Out," directed by Roger Donaldson; "Stand by Me," directed by Rob Reiner; "Prizzi's Honor," directed by John Huston; "Finders Keepers" (assistant director, directed by Richard Lester); "To Be or Not to Be" (assistant director, directed by Alan Johnson); "Hysterical," directed by Chris Bearde; "Victory," directed by John Huston; "The Ninth Configuration," directed by William Peter Blatty; "The Electric Horseman" (assistant director, directed by Sydney Pollack); and "Convoy," directed by Sam Peckinpah.

Washington is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Directors, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Directors Guild of America.

PETER BOYLE (Editor), born in Formby, England, began his editing career as an assistant on Richard Lester's "The Three Musketeers" in 1973. He continued as an assistant editor through the 1970s on Lester's "The Four Musketeers," "Robin and Marian" and "The Ritz," as well as Karel Reisz's "Who'll Stop the Rain" and Ken Annakin's "The Fifth Musketeer." His first credit as editor was in 1980 on "McVicar." Among his other films since that time are "The Hours," "The Razor's Edge," "A Prayer for the Dying," "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," "Sommersby," "Rapa Nui," "Twelfth Night" and "Quills."

ELLEN MIROJNICK (Costume designer) is a highly sought-after designer whose well respected design talents have made an impact in a diversity of motion pictures. Her previous contributions to other Paramount Pictures productions have included such films as Jerry Zucker's "Rat Race," Nancy Meyers' "What Women Want" and John Woo's "Face/Off."

Mirojnick's work has appeared in such other motion pictures as "The Chronicles of Riddick," "It Runs in the Family," "Cody Banks" (consultant), "Unfaithful" (Costume Designers Guild Nomination), "America's Sweethearts," "Don't Say a Word," "One Night at McCool's," "Hollow Man," "The Haunting," "Cocktail," "Black Rain," "Always," "Nobody's Fool," "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins," "Reckless," "Jacob's Ladder," "Mickey Blue Eyes," "A Perfect Murder," "Cinderella" (Emmy Nomination), "Starship Troopers," "Chaplin," "Wall Street," "Fatal Attraction," "The Ghost and the Darkness," "Twister," "Mulholland Falls," "Strange Days," "Showgirls," "Talk Radio," "Speed," "Intersection," and "Cliffhanger."

PETER KAUFMAN (Co-producer) was born in Chicago in 1960. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Asian studies and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.

He began working with his father, award-winning filmmaker Philip Kaufman, on such films as Warner Bros.' "The Right Stuff," starring Sam Shepherd, Barbara Hershey, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward and Dennis Quaid, and nominated for eight Academy AwardsR including Best Picture, and winner of four Academy AwardsR; and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (Orion), nominated for two Academy AwardsR, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin. In 1990, he produced the Academy AwardR-nominated "Henry & June" for Universal, based on the diaries of Anais Nin, starring Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Fred Ward and Kevin Spacey. In 1993, he produced "Rising Sun," a murder mystery involving a large Japanese corporation. He wrote, directed and produced the TBS documentary "China: The Wild East" in 1995.

In late 1999, he produced "Quills," which was nominated for three Academy Awards . Shot in London, the film starred Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine and Joaquin Phoenix and was released November 2000.

SHERRYL CLARK (Co-producer) started in the business at Touchstone Pictures working on such films as "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" and "Mr. Wrong." She left Touchstone to work for The Jacobson Company ("Mighty Joe Yong," "Mission to Mars") and then Mario Kassar's MK Productions at Paramount Pictures. Sherryl then joined Kopelson Entertainment where she worked her way up the ranks from director of development to president of production. During her time at Kopelson, she worked on "Don't Say a Word" and co-produced "Twisted."

Personal passion for music, unsurpassed, inspires one of the most talented musicians/composers of our time, MARK ISHAM (Composer). His successes have garnered many awards including a Grammy, an Emmy and a Clio, in addition to multiple Grammy, Academy AwardR and Golden Globe nominations for his material, both as a composer and a recording artist. His memorable and evocative scores in blockbuster films such as "A River Runs Through It," "The Majestic," "October Sky," "Blade," "Nell," "Men of Honor" and "Save the Last Dance" demonstrate this artistry. With his insistence on innovation, his distinctive and quirky sense of mood and his unforgettable melodies, Isham has composed over 65 film scores and many albums of electric jazz, classic acoustic jazz and New Age music in addition to dozens of special projects and recordings.

As an accomplished trumpet player, Isham has added his unique sound - melodic, moody, sexy and cool - to a wide variety of genres. He has collaborated with some of the top artists in the music business. His classic trumpet voice has graced the albums of such diverse artists as Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Ziggy Marley, Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.

The musical versatility and dedication that is portrayed in Isham's solo albums has received great critical acclaim all over the world. In addition to receiving his Grammy for the Virgin Records release Mark Isham, and numerous nominations, he has garnered accolades including The London Times' "Best Jazz Album of 1999" for Miles Remembered. His earlier CD, Blue Sun, was referred to as "One of the most emotive new albums of the year!" and also chosen by Downbeat Magazine as one of the Top 100 Jazz Albums of the Decade!

Isham's passion for writing music has awarded him some of the highest honors in music history. As a pioneer in the '80s of electronic music, to being a world-renowned film composer, Isham continues to be one of the most prolific and provocative artists on the scene. In 2003, Isham was as busy as ever with two film projects and an new album titled Duets for Arista Records, which included a diverse line-up of female singer/songwriters. Isham also created a series of remixes - bold, sexy, energetic, and modern - of some classic Cole Porter, Peggy Lee, and Ella Fitzgerald hits for Revlon's 2003 commercial campaign. Mixed with his haunting sense of melody, and combining his expertise with electronics, hard driving rhythms and quirky harmony, Isham has reincarnated his band and can be seen performing on the Los Angeles club circuit and at national festivals.

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