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【荷里活群星好戲 攜手情獻】

《擊情》金像得主 摩根費曼 《陽光小小姐》金像提名 格歷堅尼亞

《總有驕陽》四度金像提名 珍雅莉珊達 《小飛俠前傳：魔幻童心》莉達美雪 《火海豪情》比利伯克

《律政可人兒》莎瑪比爾 特別介紹金童玉女 艾麗莎達化露絲、杜比咸明威

導演：《克藍瑪對克藍瑪》《我心深處》兩屆奧斯卡得主 羅拔賓頓 Robert Benton

www.feastoflovefilm.com

2007.12.06 點滴在心

故事簡介

由「得利影視股份有限公司」深情呈獻，今年深秋最感動人心情愛作品《濃情知味》(Feast of Love)，改編自美國著名言情作家Charles Baxter暢銷小說，以細膩筆觸勾劃各款模式的情愛感覺：夫妻相處之道、年青情侶激情、細水長流親情、同志間的繾綣、甚至是不倫之戀……一場甜酸苦辣的愛情盛宴，品味您我人生。

故事將多組生活化的小故事，貫連出一闕人動容的詩篇。哈利教授（摩根費曼 飾）以旁觀者的視點觀察著身邊凡民，未有一人獲愛神之箭射中，明明彼此吸引甚至深愛對方，最終還是痛失長相廝守的良機──已婚咖啡店老闆伯特利（格歷堅尼亞 飾）愛情運差得很，偏偏他浪漫得無藥可救，每天努力尋找愛情，卻弄不清楚自己怎去愛人；漂亮能幹的地產女經紀黛安娜（莉達美雪 飾）則與有夫之婦有染，她倆內心無比契合，可惜相逢恨晚；年輕情侶歌諾（艾麗莎達化露絲 飾）和奧斯卡（杜比咸明威 飾）愛得熾熱，只是未獲上天允諾，一些意外正考驗他倆；至於哈利教授自己也要面對連串難題，深愛他的愛絲達太太（珍雅莉珊達 飾）努力讓他振作。各人在愛情盛宴的桌上看來毫無關連，惟暗自互相牽繫，愛慾佳餚如光影般流瀉，時間有限人心無盡，激盪彼此心靈。

《濃情知味》由《克藍瑪對克藍瑪、我心深處》兩屆奧斯卡得主羅拔賓頓導演，《紐約深秋、走佬俏佳人》兩大金牌監製加利洛卓西、湯洛桑伯攜手情獻，結集大家最擅長的談情技藝，先剖釋人間情愛，繼而深邃探討生命的巧合與哲理洞見，絕對比時下愛情片有獨特見地。

角色解說

《濃情知味》全片結聚多種愛慾感覺──年輕男女一見鍾情、不倫戀人玩火自焚、跨越種族界線的摯愛、永不放棄的真愛尋覓、甚至是女同志禁戀，絕對是每天發生在你我他身邊的小故事。外國有傳媒將此片媲美《真的戀愛了》(Love Actually)，惟有過之而無不及的是，所有酸甜苦辣一刻間瞬時蒸發，換為一桌美味獨特的盛宴，的確讓人回味再三。

導演羅拔賓頓屬荷里活談情高手，處理這個詩意十足的故事絕對合適不過．羅拔更完整呈現Charles Baxter小說的原貌，毫不考慮下便重金禮聘《擊情、七宗罪》奧斯卡得主摩根費曼飾演全片最重要的角色──哈利教授。摩根表示，這角色對他而言是全新的嘗試和挑戰，他既是客觀的著眼點，最後卻主觀地參與情感旋渦；可喜的是，在摩根闡述段段動人軼事之下，其精湛演技帶動了其他演員，非常犀利。

片中另一重要角色──咖啡店老闆伯特利，則找來《陽光小小姐、貓屎先生》奧斯卡提名格歷堅尼亞傾力演出。羅拔解釋，格歷本身是美國電視台talk show名咀出身，本身已擁有與眾不同的幽默感，因此演來這個愛情重傷的硬漢時，為悲情添上點點柔情，讓人覺得既同情又好笑。

至於地產女經紀黛安娜一角，則由《小飛俠前傳：魔幻童心、鬼魅山房》型格女星莉達美雪擔綱，片中她是一位現代獨立的女性，即使工作能力再強，也逃不過對情慾的追求，可謂集激情和內斂於一身。

小說的情愛禁區

《濃情知味》改編自2000年Charles Baxter撰寫的同名全美大熱賣暢銷小說，曾經角逐當年「美國國家書獎」決選，也勇奪了翌年法國「情人節小說大獎」(Prix Saint-Valentin)，對情愛禁區的刻劃別有一手。談起小說的靈感由來，話說由一位迷惘失神失眠作家身陷夢的邊境開始。他整夜失眠在夜裡漫遊，來到公園和一位同樣失眠的鄰居聊起了小說創作，於是出現了一篇篇由訪談帶出來狀似真實的情感經歷。說它狀似真實，因為有凡人記憶錯落的交疊，一對夫妻對同一件事情竟有截然不同的印象與感受，可是，誰記憶真實？誰感受真切？激烈情愛後要面對的痛悔與失落，究竟是情感熾熱時的甜蜜真實，還是失喪的痛楚真實？

一夜浪遊後，該失眠作家回到床上入眠。一醒一寐之間，他分不清楚是從醒悟走入夢境，或由幻夢走回清醒。於是乎，他決意探索人間存在著的情愛是否清醒經歷，他甚至懷疑這是一闕虛構的夢……Charles Baxter正是這位迷惘失神的失眠作家，真實與虛構之間，人生與小說之間，失落與回憶交雜錯落，日常生活風景和談情心境交織而成的盛宴由此開席。記憶浮游的邊界，盡是熟悉身影與深情。

Charles Baxter所編撰的【Feast of Love】小說，一度被紐約時報力讚為「豐富、生動有趣、令人忘情大笑、絕對引人入勝」。

演員突破極限

《濃情知味》云云演員中，以《律政可人兒、誘惑性遊戲》的性感尤物莎瑪比爾最為震撼。早於1999年她在《誘惑性遊戲》(Cruel Intentions) 中與Sarah Michelle Gellar的同性舌吻戲，曾得當年美國MTV大獎的Best Kiss Award，讓全球觀眾對莎瑪留下了深刻印象。這次在《濃情知味》中，她再化身同性愛者，再度挑戰女女吻戲，還呈獻兩點全露的場面，男女觀眾肯定看得臉紅心跳、血脈賁張。

片中莎瑪與莉達美雪飾演的地產女經紀黛安娜展開同性禁戀，二人接吻床戲輕易成為全片焦點。莎瑪笑說：「這次吻戲對方比我緊張得多，因為這是她第一次和女生接吻，相反我則駕輕就熟，尤其我年少時經常和家中姐妹玩親親遊戲。幸好，我倆在導演面前只排練過一次就正式上場，結果進行得輕鬆愉快。

這段情慾戲極之舉足輕重，成為片中劇情轉捩的關鍵。事關莎瑪對黛安娜動真心，正令對方改變性取向，自此與丈夫感情出現永不磨滅的裂痕。片中莎瑪不僅和黛安娜有接吻鏡頭，還有兩點全露躺在床上的曖昧事後戲，莎瑪表示她能豁出去全為電影著想，而且演出時非常自然，一點也不覺得尷尬。

與此同時，年輕情侶歌諾（艾麗莎達化露絲 飾）和奧斯卡（杜比咸明威 飾）也有激情裸露戲份，女方飾演剛到城鎮裡居住的美女，很快便和咖啡店服務生陷入熱戀，這對年輕戀人熱情如火，認為轟轟烈烈的愛情就是要精神、肉體雙合一，因此他倆經常在不同的地方做愛，以便到處留下愛情見證，赤裸演出似乎在所難免。

www.feastoflovefilm.com

《濃情知味》 2007.12.06 點滴在心

PRODUCTION NOTES

HK releasing information

Releasing Date: December 06, 2007 (Thursday)

Category/ Running Time/ Theatre: tbc

LAKESHORE ENTERTAINMENT

And

METRO-GOLDYWN-MAYER PICTURES Present

A LAKESHORE ENTERTAINMENT Production

In Association With GreeneStreet Films

And

REVELATIONS ENTERTAINMENT

Starring

MORGAN FREEMAN

GREG KINNEAR

RADHA MITCHELL

BILLY BURKE

SELMA BLAIR

TOBY HEMINGWAY

With

JANE ALEXANDER

And

FRED WARD

From venerable, multiple Academy AwardR winning director Robert Benton ("Kramer Vs. Kramer," "Places In The Heart"), comes a kaleidoscopic ode to life and love in all its funny, sad, sexy, crazy, heartbreaking and life sustaining facets in: FEAST OF LOVE.

In a coffee shop in a tight-knit Oregon community a local professor and writer Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman) witnesses love whipping up mischief among the town's residents. Among young and old, among both parents and lovers, among the sweet and the savage, among humans and even animals, Harry watches in awe as love mystifies, wounds, devastates, inspires, makes unreasonable demands and profoundly shapes the lives of everyone around him - including himself.

From the die-hard romantic coffee shop owner Bradley (Greg Kinnear) who has a serial habit of looking for love in all the wrong places, including with his current wife Kathyrn (Selma Blair); to the edgy real estate agent Diana (Radha Mitchell) who is caught up in an affair with a married man (Billy Burke) with whom she shares an ineffable connection; to the beautiful young newcomer Chloe (Alexa Davalos) who defies fate in romancing the troubled Oscar (Toby Hemingway); to Harry himself, whose adoring wife (Jane Alexander) is looking to break through his wall of grief after the wrenching loss of a loved one . . .

All of these strands intertwine into one epic love story in which no one can escape being bent, befuddled, delighted and ultimately redeemed by love's inescapable spell.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Charles Baxter, FEAST OF LOVE is a production of Lakeshore Entertainment in association with Revelation Entertainment. Bringing the film's look at love that is simultaneously hilarious and bittersweet, problematic and life altering, to life is the award-winning director Robert Benton, who has been making films for five decades, from a screenplay adaptation by Allison Burnett ("Autumn in New York"). The producers are Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Richard Wright and the executive producer is Lori McCreary.

The behind-the-scenes talent includes Emmy nominated cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau ("The Five People You Meet in Heaven"), production designer Missy Stewart ("Monster In Law") and costume designer Renee Ehrlich Kalfus ("Chocolat").

MISCHIEF, MAYHEM AND MYSTERY: A CELEBRATED FILMMAKER TAKES A PRISMATIC LOOK AT LOVE'S MULTIPLE FACETS

Director Robert Benton, who celebrates love's astonishing variety of forms in FEAST OF LOVE, is no stranger to chronicling the mischievous inner workings of the heart - though he has never done so in such a magical and unabashedly passionate story before. Benton began his Hollywood career by co-writing the classic 1960s bank robber romance "Bonnie and Clyde," garnering the Academy AwardR in his feature film debut, and influencing countless edgier love stories to come. He would go on to win another OscarR, a decade later, for directing the quintessential divorce drama/comedy "Kramer Vs. Kramer" (for which he also received a Best Screenplay Adaptation nomination), which navigated the treacherous territory of what happens when love falls apart. He then won a third Academy AwardR for the Original Screenplay for the Depression-Era, "Places In The Heart;" this time exploring the complexities of family love, which also garnered him an OscarR nomination for Best Director.

Given Benton's career-long fascination with the different kinds and consequences of love, few directors could have seemed better suited to tackle Charles Baxter's critically praised breakout novel about the wondrous totality of all of love's forms. In his novel, the award-winning Baxter unleashed a kind of "Midsummer Night's Dream" on modern suburbia, following the intersecting paths of both true love and romantic folly that fuel and bind a community behind its closed doors. The book was filled with young lovers finding safety in one another, unexpected lovers tumbling into one another's arms, illicit lovers playing with danger, parents seeking solace for the love of lost children, lost children seeking out parental love, and most of all, the author's search for just how it is that our troublesome, agonizing hearts also see us through life with so much grace and beauty.

The result was a story that was not only funny and sensuous, but that gave readers a rich sense of the human interconnectedness that anchors us all.

Writing in The New York Times, Jacqueline Carey wrote of the book: "Charles Baxter shows us the hard-won generosity of spirit that day-to-day dealings with other human beings require. He builds a community right on the page before us, using a glittering eye, a silvery tongue - and just a little moonlight."

Among the book's many great admirers were renowned producers Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi of Lakeshore Entertainment. Rosenberg and Lucchesi have long had a penchant for pairing remarkable literary works with great filmmakers, and recently garnered the Academy AwardR for Best Picture with the acclaimed "Million Dollar Baby," directed by Clint Eastwood based on a short story by F.X. Toole, in 2005.

Rosenberg could not resist Baxter's vast, unflinching way of tackling perhaps the most complex, enigmatic and vital of human subjects. "FEAST OF LOVE is about life," he says. "In the novel, I think Charles Baxter basically suggests that love is life's most meaningful experience and you have to seek it out and remain true to it, no matter what happens - and that became the powerful idea that drove the film."

For Lucchesi, the core of the film was deeply personal right from the start. He says, "FEAST OF LOVE embraces the journey of life, and how life and love walk together. I'm 51 years old. I've been married 28 years. I don't know how you get through life if you don't have an emotional side being satisfied. I can tell you that a Saturday morning sitting in my kitchen having a cup of coffee with my wife really pleases my heart - and I think what's so wonderful about FEAST OF LOVE: it celebrates those sort of unheralded emotional moments that keep us going."

Lucchesi was also drawn to the profound universality of the story, traversing as it does through so many different kinds of entwinings - from friends to lovers to life-long spouses to family relationships. "It's always quite fascinating to see how love and relationships evolve through the years and in this movie we have three different generations of relationships, and many different kinds of relationships as well, which makes the story so relatable no matter who you are," he says.

Rosenberg and Lucchesi were so in love with FEAST OF LOVE that they knew the adaptation from page to screen would, by rights, become a careful, delicate process. They also realized right from the start it would not be an easy task. To begin with, Baxter's story is filled with a wide array of characters, each of whom has his or her own stylistically distinctive story to tell.

Anchoring the modern fable is Harry Stevenson, the grieving philosophy professor whose keen perspective on the people around him doesn't always extend to himself. Harry, in turn, watches as his younger friend Bradley Smith finds himself trapped in a wild roller-coaster of repeated blind bliss followed by rejection. When Bradley's wife Kathryn leaves him for another woman, Bradley throws himself into a rebound relationship with Diana, a supposed "anti romantic" real estate agent who just can't seem to stop her ongoing affair with David, a married man. Meanwhile, for Chloe and Oscar, the young couple who work as baristas in Bradley's coffee shop, love is all about living in the fierce passion of the moment. But their hoped-for future is threatened by Oscar's violent, abusive father, Bat, and overshadowed by a psychic's dark prediction.

In Baxter's novel, he uses himself as a character to weave all these people and their vignettes together into a tapestry bursting with color, insight and razor-sharp wit. But when screenwriter Allison Burnett came on board, he realized he had his hands full. He had to find a way to get to the literal heart of Baxter's story - while telling the tale in a more streamlined and cinematic, rather than literary, way. Ultimately, he found the means to merge Baxter and Harry Stevenson into one person, a single narrator who ultimately interconnects all the characters trajectories into one as the witness of the many-stranded web they weave. "That was a very shrewd idea," comments Lucchesi.

Burnett's screenplay for FEAST OF LOVE also imbued the story telling with a fresh immediacy by reframing the tale entirely in the present tense. Rosenberg explains, "The book was told primarily in flashback but we wanted the story to unfold more dynamically."

Perhaps the most dramatic change came when the decision was made to add in the tragic death of Harry and Esther's son, Aaron, who in the book was still alive, though struggling with drug addiction. Says Lucchesi, "That made a really strong change in the screenplay, adding the undercurrent of loss to the theme of love."

As the script developed into a complex, multihued story, Rosenberg and Lucchesi began to consider what kind of director could bring all the strands of FEAST OF LOVE together, and with a fearless willingness to let the tale be all at once as anguished, as funny and as tender as love itself can be at different times. They both felt Robert Benton, whom they had previously worked with on the screen version of Philip Roth's novel "The Human Stain," starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman, was the perfect match.

Explains Lucchesi: "Number one, Benton knew and loved the book. We also knew he always creates a world where actors can be very comfortable, which was so important to this film. He's very creatively generous that way. Tom and I had been actually looking for a project for Benton, so when the screenplay for FEAST OF LOVE was ready we gave it him. He said yes immediately."

For the producers, choosing Robert Benton to helm the film was also right in line with the personal nature of the project. Rosenberg says, "We have developed not just a respect but a deep friendship with Benton. He's fantastic with actors, he's great to work with, he's very collaborative and we knew we would have an enjoyable experience."

Robert Benton, it turns out, had already been flat-out seduced by Baxter's novel. "I read the book when it first came out and I fell in love with it then," the director notes. "I tried to get the rights to it even then and wasn't able to, and it haunted me for four years. Finally, fortunately, because of Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi, it came back to me. I felt extremely lucky to have the chance to do it."

Benton's attraction to the novel lay in the vastness of its scope, covering every element of love's beauty, humor and tragedy, which in turn drove his cinematic approach.

"The reason I loved the book is that its entire landscape is not just love but the enormous number of varieties of love that exist - some positive, some negative - from parental love, to love that blasts you loose, to love that's tragic, to love in the middle of unfolding. Charles Baxter wrote a sublime novel, but it also seemed to me that it's a cinematic novel, and that's rare," he summarizes. "Love in all its complexity and endlessly revivifying nature is, to me, always an extraordinary subject matter for a film."

THE MANY FACES OF LOVE:

ABOUT THE CASTING

The filmmakers now turned to the next crucial step: creating FEAST OF LOVE's ensemble cast of friends, lovers, family and neighbors. For Robert Benton, nothing could have been more key to the film's creation. "I'm not necessarily a very good director," he says with characteristic modesty, "but I'm really great at casting, and I'm really great at trusting the actors I cast."

Gary Lucchesi adds: "I think for a director like Benton, casting is everything because once he gets to the set, he makes very subtle adjustments in performance. He doesn't try to put a very strong hand on the actor and alter their performance drastically; he would rather hire the right actor to begin with. That's much more who Benton is."

The casting began with the very core of the story: Harry Stevenson, the town philosopher who doles out advice to all of the lovelorn and newly in love, while his own heart is aching. As they considered the roster of venerable actors who could play the role, one stood out early on. Recalls Tom Rosenberg: "Once Harry was there on the page, it was Gary Lucchesi who said, ''This is Morgan Freeman, this is who should play this role.' And he was exactly right. Morgan is such a great actor that he was able to keep in mind, as Harry must, not just his role but everybody's role in the film, and, along the way, he helped all the actors tremendously through his experience and generosity."

Benton says of Freeman, "He's astounding. He knows what can and cannot be acted, he knows how to be still and he knows how to listen, which are all the most invaluable parts of being an actor. You cannot act moral fiber, or a kind of stature - you either have it or you don't. I don't mean even as an actor, I mean as a human being, and he truly has that quality. That's what makes him a brilliant choice for this role."

When Morgan Freeman read the screenplay, he felt an immediate affinity with Harry and his role as the man who watches the constant ebb, flow and crash of love all around him. "I do often seem to be drawn to witness characters," Freeman ponders. "I guess they sort of have the last say, as it were. But this is also quite different from any other film role I've done. The whole thing is about love, and as Harry, I'm right in the middle of it all, so it's a complete departure on that level."

Harry may be a pillar of the community, but his rock is his wife, Esther, with whom he is still deeply enamored. To play the role, Robert Benton saw an opportunity to work with one of his favorite actresses, Jane Alexander, whom he also directed in "Kramer Vs. Kramer." She and Freeman had been seen together in two films previously, "Brubaker" and "Glory," but never had scenes with one another until FEAST OF LOVE.

"I've always looked for a chance to work with Jane again," says Benton. "She's phenomenal. One of my favorite scenes in the film is between Morgan and Jane. It's a scene about tenderness and love, and she is so amazing in that scene. She was absolutely there in the best sense of the word."

For Alexander, the attraction lay in working with Benton again. "Anything he would ask me to do, I would jump at doing," the actress says. "He was a wonderful writer on 'Kramer Vs. Kramer,' but he also showed that he had great subtlety with regard to acting, and now that's only increased with these 28 years. He's just really extraordinary. He's very, very close to the actors when you're working on the set. It's just so great to have Benton right there, seeing and hearing every little nuance."

Morgan Freeman was equally excited to finally have a chance to interact with Alexander on screen, especially in such intimate moments revealing the inner workings of something not often depicted on screen: a long, loving marriage. "She gives such perfect performances, that I said, 'Oh my god, I finally get a chance, here she is!'" says Freeman.

The yang to Harry Stevenson's yin is Bradley, the hopeless romantic who is also hopelessly inept at relationships. To capture both the humor and the humanity of Bradley, the filmmakers turned to none other than Greg Kinnear who began his career as a comedian but has grown into one of today's most sought-after screen stars, with stand-out roles ranging from "As Good As It Gets" to "The Matador" to his recent turn as the outrageously optimistic patriarch of a profoundly dysfunctional family in the runaway indie hit "Little Miss Sunshine."

"Greg's perfect for Bradley, and we were very fortunate that he wanted to play the role," says Rosenberg. Adds Benton: "Bradley is an extremely difficult character, and one of the things that Greg can do so well is simultaneously make you feel sympathy for a character and allow you to laugh at the same time. To combine both qualities is extremely rare. He's such an amazing actor, I cannot tell you how much I have loved working with him."

Kinnear says he was drawn immediately to "the unexpectedness of the script." He also found himself won over by Bradley's invincible belief in romance. "The thing that I most value in Bradley Smith is just his unabashed hopeful spirit about love and about surviving," says Kinnear. "He always tries to find inspiration in spite of everything collapsing around him."

Starring as the two women who create havoc in Bradley's life -- Bradley's about-to-be-liberated wife, Kathryn, and Diana, the very different woman with whom he rebounds following the abrupt end of his first marriage - are two of today's most popular and beautiful actresses: Selma Blair and Radha Mitchell.

Blair's role is brief yet pivotal - but it was the overall story of FEAST OF LOVE that she couldn't resist. "This was the most beautiful script I've ever read," Blair comments. "And then with Robert Benton directing it, saying yes was just a given. I would have done anything to get to say a line in this movie, to get to watch this cast of people working together."

As for the role of Kathryn, Blair notes that Kathryn leaves an indelible mark on Bradley that reverberates throughout his story. "Kathryn really does set up Bradley's inability to listen and pay attention," she observes. "Just when he thinks everything is going great, she lets him know that things are actually very different from what he sees."

To play Kathryn's antithesis, Diana, the icy beauty who sees love in purely pragmatic terms and claims not to believe in romance, the filmmakers chose Radha Mitchell, the Australian actress who has risen to the fore with roles in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda," Marc Forster's "Finding Neverland," Tony Scott's "Man on Fire" and the unusual love story "Mozart and the Whale."

"Radha is a really fine actress whom we've been wanting to work with for quite some time. We suggested her to Benton and he got the DVD's of the movies he hadn't seen of hers, especially 'Man on Fire' and that just floored him," recalls Rosenberg. "She was simply perfect for Diana -- attractive, strong and very intelligent. She's got a bit of that kind of Grace Kelly coolness to her."

Meanwhile, the filmmakers began a major casting search to find a fresh face for the role of Chloe, who Rosenberg describes as no less than "the life force of the movie," and who Benton says is "the most extraordinary character because she is life itself. She is enormously appealing because she is so pure and she faces both the force of tragedy and love head on."

The filmmakers couldn't have been more gratified with their choice of Alexa Davalos, a rising star of Greek descent who made her feature film debut in "The Chronicles of Riddick." Rosenberg says, "We saw a lot of people for the role because we knew from the start we were looking for an unknown or slightly known actress, but when Alexa read for us, we knew there was something very special there.'"

Robert Benton was especially impressed with what Davalos brought to the role. "I've not seen talent like her in a long, long time," he comments. "An enormous part of her work is with Morgan Freeman, and there's really no bigger heavyweight than Morgan. And by God, she holds her own with him, I mean, they work together beautifully. This girl is just really astounding. They don't get better than Alexa."

For her part, Davalos quickly fell in love with Chloe. "She's such a free spirit, which is what's so beautiful about her. Chloe's got this very knowing sense about her, and she has a way of finding the joy in everything," she observes.

The opportunity to portray two very different kinds of love through one character was also a strong attraction for Davalos. "The love story between Chloe and Harry, which is the father-daughter sort of love story, is so rare and beautiful to see. To Chloe, Harry's this beautiful man full of wisdom but also very aware of reality - he's that person you can go to no matter what. She falls in love with him in a fatherly sense. And then obviously there's also the love story between Oscar and Chloe, which is that first blush of completely reckless, abandoned love," she says. "I feel really lucky to have had a chance to explore both through Chloe's eyes."

To play Chloe's great love Oscar, it was Tom Rosenberg who recommended auditioning another rising young star, Toby Hemingway, who had just wrapped another Lakeshore film, "The Covenant." Rosenberg says, "I had a feeling about him, but I didn't want him to come in as my person, so I told him he had to win it. And he did. He just was great."

Hemingway knew the role would be a fantastic challenge, but he was up for it. "Oscar is a bit of a lost soul," he notes. "His mom left in about 8th grade, and his dad, played by Fred Ward, is an alcoholic and abuser who drove his mother away. Oscar's already been in rehab, and I think he can't really see anything bright to his future until Chloe comes in and then it's truly like he's reborn. What happens between them is one of those rare, perfect things, sort of like they're made for each other."

Rounding out the stellar cast of FEAST OF LOVE are Stana Katic as Jenny, the shortstop with whom Kathryn falls unexpectedly in love, and Billy Burke as David, the married man with whom Diana carries on a torrid affair, and who becomes an unlikely moral fulcrum in the story.

Sums up Morgan Freeman of the bond that was created between the entire cast: "When you get a great ensemble like this, and put that together with a really good script, the work becomes sort of a regenerative thing. It feeds itself. It gets easier and easier and more and more fun to do."

THE LANDSCAPE OF LOVE:

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

With their singular ensemble cast chosen, Benton, Rosenberg and Lucchesi, as well as producer Richard Wright and line producer David Rubin, now began the search for a shooting location, in which to unfold this reverie of longing, loss and life-affirming encounters with love. Although Charles Baxter's book was set in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the filmmakers went off in search of a dynamic, smaller city with a neighborhood feel that would allow them to shoot on a budget within the U.S. When Tom Rosenberg read an article about the beauty and distinctive feel of Portland, Oregon, he had a feeling the up-and-coming Pacific Northwest city might be perfect.

"I talked to Richard Wright, and said 'Find out what's it like to shoot in Portland' and he came back and said it is competitive. Then I took a trip there and really fell in love with the city," recalls Rosenberg. "It's a terrific place, surprising in lots of ways, very sophisticated, with very sensible, nice people."

Adds Gary Lucchesi: "It is one of the most beautiful cities in America. Even though Portland has 800,000 people and has all the art and culture of a big city, as well as great restaurants and terrific coffee, it still has a quieter, calmer feeling. Our entire Los Angeles crew fell in love with Portland, too, and we now plan on doing more movies there."

The production started in one of Portland's hidden neighborhoods, the so-called Mississippi District surrounding Mississippi Ave. on the East side of the Willamette River, which is lined with local shops and plenty of foot traffic. Here, the popular Fresh Pot coffee house was

transformed into Bradley's "Jitters Coffee Shop," for 2 weeks of filming. Later, the lush, green Mt. Tabor area in Southeast Portland with its beautiful older homes became the location for Harry's and Bradley's side-by-side residences; while world-renowned Reed College, set in a Portland residential neighborhood, served as Harry's university, where he takes his late night strolls, as well as the location for the film's football and baseball games .

Everyone on the film crew was impressed by the graciousness and enthusiasm of the Portland locals, while the locals in turn were amused to see the film crew actually resort to making rain in a city that usually provides more than its share of wet, cloudy days.

Much as Portland provided a lovely atmosphere for the film, it was Robert Benton's set that really made the entire cast and crew feel at home. "It's like he's throwing a cocktail party for the cast and crew in a way," describes Greg Kinnear of the atmosphere. Adds Alexa Davalos: "Robert Benton gives you all the freedom in the world to play and experiment and see what works. He's incredibly supportive. And he has such vision that you just trust your instincts. I love him to death."

In working with his crew -- including cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau, who blends a touch of the dream-like into his otherwise realistic portrait of Portland's neighborhood ambience, and production designer Missy Stewart, who carefully created the nuances of the many different houses and bedrooms in which the strands of the story unfold - Benton always emphasized bringing the universal nature of love to the fore.

Summarizes Benton: "My hope was always that this would be a picture that audiences young or old, whether they're in New York or Los Angeles, Kansas City or Des Moines, all find enriching. I want them to feel some of what I felt when I read Charles Baxter's novel, about what love is and what it isn't, and what life is and what it isn't. I always saw FEAST OF LOVE as referring to this life that's set out for us with this enormous, complicated rich variety of love."

ABOUT THE CAST

MORGAN FREEMAN (Harry Stevenson) earned his first Academy AwardR nomination for his chilling performance as a homicidal pimp in the drama STREET SMART, which also brought him the LA, N.Y., and National Society of Film Critics Awards for best supporting actor of 1987, as well as an Independent Spirit Award and a Golden Globe nomination. The part of the pimp, Fast Black, was a far cry from his big screen debut as the genial character Afro in his film debut, the 1971 children1s adventure WHO SAYS I CAN1T RIDE A RAINBOW, and it signaled the film world that one of its most versatile stars was on the rise.

The 16-year span between those titles saw Freeman range from Shakespeare to an undercover policeman in EYEWITNESS. The next two decades would see him become one of Hollywood1s true luminaries. Freeman earned his second OscarR nomination in 1989, this time as Best Actor, recreating his award-winning Broadway role in DRIVING MISS DAISY. He garnered his third Academy AwardR nomination playing opposite Tim Robbins in the critically praised 1994 hit THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. His fourth nomination for Clint Eastwood1s MILLION DOLLAR BABY won him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2005.

The Memphis-born actor began his career on New York stages in the early 1960s, following a stint as a mechanic in the Air Force. A decade later, he became a nationally known television personality when he created the popular character Easy Reader on the popular children's show, The Electric Company. Throughout the 1970s, he continued his work on stage, winning the Drama Desk Award, the Clarence Derwent Award and receiving a Tony Award Nomination for his outstanding performance in "The Mighty Gents" in 1978. He also won an Obie Award for his portrayal of Shakespearean anti-hero, Coriolanus, at the New York Shakespeare Festival. In 1984, Morgan won another Obie for Lee Breuer's "Gospel at Colonus." In 1985, he was winner of the Dramalogue Award for the same role.

The part of Hoke Coleburn in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Driving Miss Daisy" brought him his third Obie Award. His last stage appearance was as Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew" at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Delacorte Theater with Tracey Ullman.

In 1993, Freeman made his film directorial debut with BOPHA!, starring Danny Glover and Alfre Woodard, and soon after formed Revelations Entertainment, a production company developing entertainment product in all existing and emerging media that "enlightens, inspires and glorifies the human experience." Their most recent production was the Brad Silberling comedy 10 ITEMS OR LESS, in which Freeman starred with Paz Vega.

His other early film acting credits include BRUBAKER, HARRY & SONS, TEACHERS, MARIE; THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW, CLEAN & SOBER, JOHNNY HANDSOME, the multiple award-winning GLORY, CHAIN REACTION, KISS THE GIRLS, the Steven Spielberg production, AMISTAD, HARD RAIN, DEEP IMPACT, NURSE BETTY, ALONG CAME A SPIDER, KISS THE GIRLS, HIGH CRIMES, THE SUM OF ALL FEARS and Warner Bros1 DREAMCATCHER and THE BIG BOUNCE.

Other recent films include Luc Besson's UNLEASHED, Robert Redford1s AN UNFINISHED LIFE, BATMAN BEGINS and narration on the Academy AwardR-winning documentary MARCH OF THE PENGUINS. He also starred in LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN, with Bruce Willis and Josh Hartnett and the just-released comedy sequel, EVAN ALMIGHTY. Next up for Freeman is Ben Afleck1s GONE BABY GONE and the next chapter in the Batman saga, THE DARK NIGHT.

Academy AwardR nominated GREG KINNEAR (Bradley) continues to build upon his already impressive resume with roles in the most diverse of projects. In 2006, he headed the cast of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, the ensemble comedy that went from an indie Sundance hit to an OscarR-winning phenomenon; starred as famed Philadelphia Eagles coach Dick Vermeil in INVINCIBLE, starring with Mark Wahlberg in the true-life tale of Vince Papale, the 30 year-old bartender who won a spot in the NFL in Vermeil's open tryouts; and played a burger executive in Richard Linklater's FAST FOOD NATION, based on the best-selling book by Eric Schlosser.

Kinnear has also recently starred in the dark comedy, THE MATADOR with Pierce Brosnan, THE BAD NEWS BEARS opposite Billy Bob Thornton, and lent his voice to the role of "Ratchet" in the highly successful animated film, ROBOTS.

2002 saw the release of the critically-acclaimed biopic of actor and comedian Bob Crane, AUTO FOCUS for director Paul Schrader; that year also saw Kinnear battling opposite Mel Gibson in the Vietnam drama WE WERE SOLDIERS. That year he lit up the the small screen as well in the emotion-driven Norman Jewison HBO movie "Dinner with Friends" alongside Toni Collette, Dennis Quaid, and Andie MacDowell. Some of Kinnear's other credits include the romantic comedy SOMEONE LIKE YOU with Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman, the Farrelly brothers' comedy STUCK ON YOU in which he co-starred with Matt Damon, Sam Raimi's supernatural thriller THE GIFT alongside Cate Blanchett and Katie Holmes, and director Neil LaBute's black comedy NURSE BETTY opposite Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, and Chris Rock.

In 1997, Kinnear starred alongside Jack Nicholson as his unfortunate neighbor Simon in James L. Brooks' Academy AwardR nominated film AS GOOD AS IT GETS. His performance garnered him not only an Academy Award nomination, but earned him the honor of being named Best Supporting Actor by the National Board of Review; he was also nominated in the same category at The Golden Globes and The Screen Actors Guild Awards that year.

Kinnear made his feature film debut in the Sydney Pollack-directed remake SABRINA with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond. His performance prompted the trade organization of the movie theatre owners to name him NATO ShoWest's "Star of Tomorrow." Following his OscarR-nominated performance in AS GOOD AS IT GETS, he co-starred in Nora Ephron's hit comedy YOU'VE GOT MAIL with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, Mike Nichol's WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM? with Gary Shandling and Annette Bening, and appeared in a cameo role as 'Captain Amazing' in MYSTERY MEN.

Kinnear first gained prominence as the animated, wisecracking host of E! Entertainment Television's "Talk Soup" in 1991. Eventually taking on the additional role of executive producer on the show, Kinnear earned an Emmy Award, rave reviews, and established a cult-like following. In 1994, after three successful seasons with "Talk Soup," Kinnear left the show permanently and became the host and executive producer of his own NBC late-night talk show "Later with Greg Kinnear."

Kinnear grew up virtually all over the world as his family followed his State Department father to disparate locales such as Logansport, Indiana; Washington, D.C.; Beirut, Lebanon; and Athens, Greece. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.

RADHA MITCHELL (Diana) was recently seen in the lead role in TriStar's film SILENT HILL opposite Sean Bean. Prior to that she was seen in FINDING NEVERLAND, for which she and her co-stars Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dustin Hoffman were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild ensemble award. The film was directed by Marc Forster (MONSTER'S BALL) with whom she worked in 2000 when she starred and produced the Independent Spirit Award-nominated film EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER. Mitchell played one of the most demanding roles in the film - the part of Mary, Barrie's lonely wife in FINDING NEVERLAND. The film received numerous award nominations including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Drama. Mitchell will next be seen as the lead female role in the Weinstein Company film ROGUE by director Greg McLean and the drama THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Yun-Fat Chow. She is currently shooting HENRY POOLE IS HERE for director Mark Pellington. Mitchell starred in the successful Regency Enterprises/Fox 2000 production MAN ON FIRE opposite Denzel Washington where she played the mother of a missing child who had been kidnapped. She starred opposite Colin Farrell in Joel Shumacher's PHONE BOOTH and in the box-office hit PITCH BLACK opposite Vin Diesel. The actress gave a memorable performance as Syd, the young editorial assistant who falls in love with Ally Sheedy's heroin-addicted photographer character in Lisa Cholodenko's critically acclaimed drama HIGH ART. Her role in Emma-Kate Croghan's romantic comedy LOVE AND OTHER CATASTROPHES was highly praised at both the Cannes and Sundance film festivals. Other recent film credits include WHEN STRANGERS APPEAR with Josh Lucas, the independent feature DEAD HEAT opposite Keifer Sutherland and Anthony LaPaglia, Woody Allen's MELINDA AND MELINDA, NOBODY'S BABY with Gary Oldman and Skeet Ulrich, Rodrigo Garcia's TEN TINY LOVE STORIES and MOZART AND THE WHALE opposite Josh Harnett. On television, she starred with Hank Azaria and Donald Sutherland in NBC's critically acclaimed mini-series "Uprising" for director Jon Avnet.

JANE ALEXANDER's (Esther) distinguished acting career includes her Tony Award-winning performance in "The Great White Hope" directed by Ed Sherin (who later became her husband) and Tony-nominated roles in "Honour," "The Sisters Rosensweig," "The Visit," "First Monday in October," "Find Your Way Home," and "6 Rms Riv Vu," all on Broadway. In addition, she received a Drama Desk and Theatre World Award for "The Great White Hope" and an Obie for "The Sisters Rosensweig." She also appeared in "Shadowlands" opposite Nigel Hawthorne, both on Broadway and in London's West End. Her regional theatre work includes performances at Arena Stage and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., as well as at the Mark Taper Forum, Alliance Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, and American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Connecticut. She has appeared in over 100 stage roles in all throughout her career, the most recent being her portrayal of Djuna Barnes in her one-woman show, "What of the Night."

A four-time OscarR nominee for the films TESTAMENT, KRAMER VS. KRAMER, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN and THE GREAT WHITE HOPE, she has also appeared in over 50 screen roles; among them being BRUBAKER, CITY HEAT and THE CIDER HOUSE RULES. Alexander has been seen more recently in such films as FUR with Nicole Kidman and directed by Steven Shainberg, THE RING and John Sayles THE SUNSHINE STATE.

On television, she won an Emmy Award for the movie "Playing for Time" and a Television Critic's Circle Award for her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years." She appeared in the tele-film "Jenifer" on CBS, which was directed by her son, Jace Alexander, and received Daytime Emmy nomination for her cameo role in Showtime's "Carry Me Home" also directed by Jace. She recently received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Sara Roosevelt in HBO's "Warm Springs."

She co-stars in the new HBO series "Tell Me You Love Me" premiering September 2007.

Alexander is the author of Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics, documenting her tenure as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993-1997. She continues her political career as a Commissioner of Parks, the Taconic Region, for New York State.

ALEXA DAVALOS (Chloe) will next be seen in THE MIST, the most recent collaboration between OscarR-nominated director Frank Darabont and Stephen King, which previously yielded THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. Alexa also worked with Darabont on the pilot episode of "Raines,"a new mid-season series for NBC, featuring Jeff Goldblum.

Her recent work includes starring as Diane Keaton's daughter in "Surrender Dorothy," a CBS telepicture dealing with the loss of a mother's child as well as the FOX series "Reunion." Alexa also starred opposite Vin Diesel in THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, co-starring Thandie Newton, Judi Dench and Colm Feore; and in Larry Gelbart's AND STARRING PANCHO VILLA AS HIMSELF directed by Bruce Beresford for HBO Films, opposite Antonio Banderas.

Alexa was born in France and raised between Paris, New York, and Los Angeles. She made her first screen appearance in John Frankenheimer's "Riviera" when she was three. Traveling with her Mother (Elyssa Davalos, a notable television and theater actress) and Grandfather (Richard Davalos, legendary for his performance as James Dean's brother in "East of Eden") from set to stage, allowed Alexa a unique insight into the world of performance. Throughout Alexa's childhood, her mother continued sporadically training with Stella Adler. Alexa had the privilege of sitting in on some of those classes and remembers the experience as having a profound impact on her desire to act.

TOBY HEMINGWAY (Oscar) was born in England, and later earned an Associate Degree in Fine Arts at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He currently resides in Los Angeles, where he studied at the Actor's Circle Theatre and AIA Actor's Studio and works privately with acting coach Cameron Thor.

After guest starring on television shows including "Bones", Hemingway made his feature film debut playing Reid Garwin in the Renny Harlin-directed Screen Gems supernatural thriller THE COVENANT.

One of today's most exciting and versatile actresses, SELMA BLAIR (Kathryn) first gained attention for her performance in CRUEL INTENTIONS, a youthful retelling of the classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Selma starred for two seasons as the title character in the WB's "Zoe" and then appeared in the hit comedy LEGALLY BLONDE opposite Reese Witherspoon. She then starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in THE SWEETEST THING and in two independent films that garnered her much critical acclaim; Dana Lustig's KILL ME LATER and Todd Solodnz's controversial STORYTELLING.

In 2004, Selma starred in Guillermo del Toro's HELLBOY --the sequel to which she will shoot this year--and appeared in John Waters' A DIRTY SHAME. Her other recent film credits include Paul Weitz's IN GOOD COMPANY opposite Topher Grace, Marcos Siega's PRETTY PERSUASION and Thomas Sigel's THE BIG EMPTY opposite Elias Koteas.

After graduating from high school in Michigan, Selma moved to New York City to pursue her goal of being a photographer but found her way to acting classes at The Stella Adler Conservatory and The Column Theatre.

Her upcoming films include W Z in which she stars opposite Stellan Skarsgard; Ed Burn's PURPLE VIOLENTS with Patrick Wilson and HOMELAND SECURITY starring with Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan and Colin Hanks.

STANA KATIC (Jenny) is quickly becoming one of Hollywood's most sought after talents as her career continues to evolve with exciting and challenging projects. Stana recently joined the cast of television's highest-rated, award-winning new show, "Heroes," as Hana Gittleman, a fierce young woman with "wireless" mental abilities. Adding to her success, Stana portrays European information broker Collette Stenger on primetime's other powerhouse, "24." She has also starred as an Internal Affair officer on CTV's epic mini-series "Would Be Kings," in the Sci-Fi Channel original film "Dragon Dynasty"; and has had memorable recurring roles on some of primetime's highest-rated dramas including "The Closer," "E.R." and "The Shield." Additionally, she starred in the world premiere of "Private Fittings" by renowned Broadway director Des McAnuff.

BILLY BURKE (David) is a compelling and critically acclaimed young actor whose credits span both television and feature film. Billy was most recently seen starring alongside Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling in the hit thriller FRACTURE for director Greg Hoblit. He will re-team with Hoblit on the forthcoming UNTRACEABLE opposite Diane Lane. Additionally, Billy has completed shooting two independent films: THE GRIFT with John Savage and FORFEIT with Sherry Stringfield which will premiere this year at the South By Southwest Film Festival.

Billy's feature film credits include a co-starring role in the Touchstone film LADDER 49 with Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta; a starring role in DILL STATION, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and also starred with Peter Berg, Henry Winkler and Lauren Graham; ALONG CAME A SPIDER with Morgan Freeman and Without Limits for writer/director by Robert Towne.

His television credits include a chilling six-episode arc on the second season of Fox's "24" as well as the critically acclaimed ABC series "Wonderland," which was written and directed by Peter Berg.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Acadamy AwardR-winner ROBERT BENTON (Director) was raised in Waxahachie, Texas earned his BFA degree from the University of Texas and moved to New York for his Master's at Columbia University. He went to work at Esquire Magazine, as the assistant to the art director before being drafted into the Army, where he was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Benton returned to Esquire after his discharge from the service, and was soon promoted to art director. While at Esquire he co-authored The In and Out Book with Harvey Schmidt. In 1966 his first screenplay, BONNIE AND CLYDE, co-written with David Newman, went into production with Arthur Penn directing. That same year the Benton-Newman musical "It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's Superman!" opened on Broadway.

The success of BONNIE AND CLYDE resulted in a contract with Warner Brothers for whom Benton and Newman first scripted THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN, which Joseph Mankiewicz directed, as well as WHAT'S UP DOC directed by Peter Bogdonovitch. Benton then made his directorial debut with BAD COMPANY, co-written with Newman and starring Jeff Bridges. He next wrote and directed THE LATE SHOW starring Art Carney and Lily Tomlin. In 1978, Benton re-teamed with Newman and Newman's wife Leslie to create the screenplay for the box-office hit SUPERMAN starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando and Margot Kidder.

Benton's next project, KRAMER VS. KRAMER, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, won the Best Picture Academy AwardR and earned Benton two OscarsR, for Best Screenplay and Best Director.

Benton's career includes such films as STILL OF THE NIGHT, NADINE, PLACES IN THE HEART, which earned him an OscarR for best original screenplay, and BILLY BATHGATE based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow. He also directed NOBODY'S FOOL which he adapted from the novel by Richard Russo and for which he was nominated for an Academy AwardR for Best Adapted Screenplay. He went on to direct TWILIGHT which he co-wrote with Richard Russo.

Most recently, Benton directed THE HUMAN STAIN, based on Philip Roth's acclaimed novel and starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman; and he co-wrote ICE HARVEST with Richard Russo.

ALLISON BURNETT (Screenwriter) grew up in Evanston, Illinois, the son of a psychologist and a Northwestern University professor. After graduating from Northwestern, having majored in the Oral Interpretation of Literature, he moved to New York City, where he was a fellow of the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Program at the Juilliard School. In 1997, he wrote and directed his first feature film, RED MEAT. In 2000, he wrote the first script for AUTUMN IN NEW YORK, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder. His first novel, Christopher, was a finalist for the 2004 PEN Center USA Literary Award in Fiction. His second novel, The House Beautiful, was published in October 2006. The film of his script RESURRECTING THE CHAMP, co-written with Michael Bortman, directed by Rod Lurie, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, was released in August, 2007. A film based on his rewrite of the script UNTRACEABLE (by Robert Fyvolent & Mark R. Brinker), directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Diane Lane, opens in early 2008.

TOM ROSENBERG (Producer) is the founder and Chairman of Lakeshore Entertainment. Rosenberg produced MILLION DOLLAR BABY, which won the Academy AwardR for Best Picture at the 2005 Academy AwardsR. Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood along with Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman, the film won OscarsR for Eastwood (Director) Swank (Lead Actress) and Freeman (Supporting Actor). Rosenberg is currently producing HENRY POOLE IS HERE starring Luke Wilson and directed by Mark Pellington; UNTRACEABLE, starring Diane Lane and directed by Greg Hoblit; the film adaptation of Philip Roth's novel, THE DYING ANIMAL, starring Penelope Cruz and Sir Ben Kingsley; MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, starring Bradley Cooper; and PATHOLOGY, starring Milo Ventigmilia. He recently produced THE DEAD GIRL, which was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature, directed by Karen Moncrieff with an ensemble cast including Marcia Gay Harden, Brittany Murphy and Mary Beth Hurt.

Among the other feature film projects produced by Lakeshore are THE LAST KISS, starring Zach Braff and Jacinda Barrett, directed by Tony Goldwyn; CRANK, starring Jason Statham and Amy Smart; UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman, directed by Len Wisemen; THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, starring Laura Linney; WICKER PARK starring Josh Hartnett; THE HUMAN STAIN; starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman, directed by Robert Benton; THE GIFT, starring Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves, directed by Sam Raimi; AUTUMN IN NEW YORK, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder, directed by Joan Chen; PASSION OF MIND, starring Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgard and William Fichtner; THE MOTHMAN PROPHESIES, starring Richard Gere; RUNAWAY BRIDE, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, directed by Garry Marshall; ARLINGTON ROAD, with Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack; and 200 CIGARETTES, starring Ben Affleck, Courtney Love and Christina Ricci.

Rosenberg's other feature films for Lakeshore include KIDS IN THE HALL: BRAIN CANDY, TIL THERE WAS YOU, BOX OF MOONLIGHT, THE REAL BLONDE and GOING ALL THE WAY.

Rosenberg began his film career as co-founder of Beacon Communications under whose banner he was the executive producer such films as THE COMMITMENTS, SUGAR HILL, A MIDNIGHT CLEAR, PRINCESS CARABOO, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE and THE HURRICANE.

GARY LUCCHESI (Producer) is producer/president of Lakeshore Entertainment, an independent film company in Los Angeles. Lucchesi executive produced MILLION DOLLAR BABY, which won the OscarR for Best Picture at the 2005 Academy AwardsR. Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, along with Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman, the film won Oscars for Eastwood (Director), Swank (Lead Actress) and Freeman (Supporting Actor). Lucchesi is currently producing UNTRACEABLE directed by Greg Hoblit and starring Diane Lane; PATHOLOGY directed by Marc Schoelermann and starring Milo Ventimiglia; and MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN directed by Ryhuei Kitamura and starring Bradley Cooper and Leslie Bibb.

He recently produced THE DEAD GIRL, which was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature, directed by Karen Moncrieff with an ensemble cast including Marcia Gay Harden, Brittany Murphy and Mary Beth Hurt; THE LAST KISS starring Zach Braff and Jacinda Barrett, directed by Tony Goldwyn; CRANK starring Jason Statham and Amy Smart; box office smash THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE; AEON FLUX, starring Charlize Theron; and UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION starring Kate Beckinsale. In 2004, Lucchesi produced WICKER PARK directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Josh Hartnett. Prior to that, he produced UNDERWORLD and THE HUMAN STAIN, based on the Philip Roth novel, directed by Academy AwardR winner Robert Benton and starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman.

Lucchesi's released credits with Lakeshore Entertainment include THE MOTHMAN PROPHESIES, starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney; AUTUMN IN NEW YORK starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder; and Sam Raimi's THE GIFT, which starred Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank and Giovanni Ribisi. Lucchesi was the executive producer on the box office hit RUNAWAY BRIDE, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere and directed by Garry Marshall; as well as THE NEXT BEST THING, a Madonna/Rupert Everett film directed by John Schlesinger; and PASSION OF MIND, a Demi Moore feature, directed by Alain Berliner.

Lucchesi previously served as president of Gary Lucchesi Productions, an independent production company where he produced PRIMAL FEAR, for which Edward Norton was nominated for an OscarR , as well as VIRTUOSITY, JENNIFER EIGHT, THREE WISHES and JUST THE TICKET. He also produced the Emmy-nominated "Gotiti," as well as "Breast Man" and "Vendetta," all for HBO. In addition, Lucchesi produced the Emmy-winning Showtime movie, "Wild Iris."

While serving as president to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Really Useful Film Company, Lucchesi executive produced the film version of the musical CATS as well as original feature films and direct-to-video releases of theatrical hits. Prior to becoming an independent producer, Lucchesi was president of production at Paramount and oversaw production of a large number of highly successful films, including GHOST, NDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, FATAL ATTRACTION, THE HUNT FOR THE RED OCTOBER, COMING TO AMERICA, THE NAKED GUN and THE UNTOUCHABLES, with a cumulative box office gross exceeding $2 billion. Other films which Lucchesi oversaw include: GODFATHER III, DAYS OF THUNDER, ANOTHER 48 HOURS, NAKED GUN: THE SMELL OF FEAR, PET CEMETERY, SCROOGED, MAJOR LEAGUE, STAR TREK V AND VI and BLACK RAIN. FATAL ATTRACTION (1988), GODFATHER III (1990) and GHOST (1990) were nominated for Academy AwardsR for Best Picture. GHOST was awarded an Academy AwardR for Best Original Screenplay.

Prior to his tenure at Paramount, Lucchesi worked at TriStar Pictures for four years as both vice-president and senior vice president of production. Lucchesi began his career in Los Angeles as an agent for the William Morris Agency where he represented such stars as Kevin Costner, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and John Malkovich.

RICHARD WRIGHT (Producer) has headed the feature film production department of Lakeshore Entertainment since 1995.

At Lakeshore, Richard has supervised and produced over thirty films, among them UNTRACEABLE, THE DEAD GIRL (Independent Spirit Award Nominee), CRANK, UNDERWORLD and UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION, THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, THE GIFT, RUNAWAY BRIDE and ARLINGTON ROAD.

Prior to joining Lakeshore, Richard was a freelance producer on such films as BRAIN CANDY, RUBY and FIFTY-FIFTY. He has degrees in comparative literature from Brown University and from the University of Grenoble, France.

LORI MCCREARY (Executive Producer) began her career in the film industry as co-producer on the critically acclaimed film BOPHA!, which first teamed her with Morgan Freeman. In 1996, the two filmmakers founded Revelations Entertainment with a mission to develop films that enlighten, express heart and glorify the human experience. As CEO, McCreary is a unique combination of both film producer and computer scientist. Her commitment to keeping ahead of technology and its impact on entertainment has established her as a trusted advisor to both industries. McCreary is responsible for establishing Revelations' close alliance with Intel Corporation over eight years ago. She maintains ongoing dialogues with filmmakers, talent and Hollywood executives about emerging technology and in 2004, the alliance launched the Intel/Revelations Open House, a forum designed to showcase new entertainment technology and address technology issues impacting entertainment. In 2005, McCreary and Freeman launched ClickStar, an online service that features premium movies and thematic artist-created channels showcasing some of Hollywood's biggest stars. ClickStar will offer Broadband Debuts of first run movies -- featuring A-list stars and directors -- available exclusively on ClickStar within weeks of their release in theaters, and well in advance of their release on DVD. McCreary's producing credits include Ed Solomon's LEVITY starring Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, and Kirsten Dunst and UNDER SUSPICION, a remake of the French film, GARDE A VUE, teaming Freeman with Gene Hackman, Thomas Jane and Monica Bellucci. Revelations also produced ALONG CAME A SPIDER for Paramount Pictures and recently wrapped production on 10 ITEMS OR LESS, starring Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega and directed by Brad Silberling.

FEAST OF LOVE marks the first collaboration between Academy AwardR nominated ANDREW MONDSHEIN (Editor) and celebrated writer/director Robert Benton. It comes on the heels of Mondshein's editorial work on the 2007 critically acclaimed Lasse Hallstrom picture THE HOAX which starred Richard Gere and Alfred Molina.

THE HOAX was the eighth film that Mondshein has cut for the Swedish director Hallstrom.. Included in their association are the award winning films: WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE, CHOCOLAT and THE CIDER HOUSE RULES.

In 2000, Mondshein was nominated for an Academy AwardR for his editorial work on director M. Night Shyamalan's hit film THE SIXTH SENSE.

Mondshein, 50, has spent over two decades editing feature films. In 1979, he began his career under the tutelage of legendary director Sidney Lumet. The two collaborated on five films including GARBO TALKS, FAMILY BUSINESS and the award winning RUNNING ON EMPTY.

Mondshein's other editing credits include three films for Susan Seidelman including cult favorite, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, Beeban Kidron's TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR and the heralded RETURN TO PARADISE directed by Joseph Ruben.

In addition to his Academy nomination, Mondshein has also been nominated for a British Academy Award, two A.C.E. awards, and won the 1999 Golden Satellite award for best feature editing.

Outside his editing duties Mondshein has directed the second camera unit on eight feature films including THE SIXTH SENSE, THE SHIPPING NEWS, WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE and RUNNING ON EMPTY. He directed his first feature length film in 1998 for MGM/Showtime, EVIDENCE OF BLOOD, starring David Strathairn and Mary McDonnell.

He lives in Larchmont, New York with his wife, film producer Leslie Holleran, and their two sons.

KRAMER MORGENTHAU (Director of Photography) has spanned the globe shooting over twenty feature films, and numerous television, documentary and commercial assignments over the past fifteen years. He recently completed FRACTURE starring Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins for director Gregory Hoblit and most recently THE EXPRESS starring Dennis Quaid with director Gary Fleder.

Morgenthau was lauded in 2005 for his work on the ABC movie "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" (John Voight), with an Emmy nomination and a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography by the American Society of Cinematographers. He has worked with a wide range of directors including Spike Lee, Barbara Kopple, Gary Fleder, Chris Gerolmo, John Leguizamo and George Hickenlooper. Some of the cinematographer's other feature film credits include THE MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS, THE BIG BRASS RING, THE GREEN DRAGON, EMPIRE, GODSEND, HAVOC and FULL OF IT.

Morgenthau began his career shooting documentaries based out of New York City. He shot the 1996 Academy AwardR nominated SMALL WONDERS for two time OscarR winning director Allan Miller. That same year a feature film Morgenthau shot, JOE AND JOE, was accepted to the Sundance Film Festival. The cinematographer soon became a regular entrant of the festival with some seven features and documentaries. He eventually migrated to Los Angeles to further pursue feature films.

Morgenthau, grew up in Cambridge MA, and was introduced to the world of documentary film at a young age. His father Henry Morgenthau produced documentaries for flagship PBS station WGBH in boston. Morgenthau often tagged along on location shoots with his father to Africa, Europe and many other places. His father also introduced Morgenthau to the world of art and painting. They spent many days in Art museums and galleries worldwide. Morgenthau's mother, Ruth gave him an early introduction to global politics and rural development. She was a Polish Jewish refugee of Nazi occupied Vienna Austria who went on to become an advisor to three American presidents, a professor of African politics and a forerunner in sustainable rural development. Kramer Morgenthau's background has had a profound effect on the types of projects he has chosen to work on.

MISSY STEWART (Production Designer) graduated from Bennington College with a degree in Fine Arts and Literature, where she also pursued courses in architecture and painting, Stewart continued to paint and follow an arts career until the late eighties when her interests began to shift from the world of fine art to cinema. She moved to Portland, Oregon where she began to work in earnest with a group of independent filmmakers, including Gus Van Sant. She collaborated on a number of projects with him, from the early films DRUGSTORE COWBOY and MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO to TO DIE FOR and GOOD WILL HUNTING, serving as production designer on the latter.

With a background in studio art, Stewart approaches each film with a painter's eye for creating a three dimensional background in which actors and camera can work. Her films as production designer also include LEGALLY BLONDE and LEGALLY BLONDE 2: BLONDE AMBITION, MOONLIGHT MILE, WIN A DATE WITH TED HAMILTON and MONSTER-IN-LAW. Her forthcoming films include 21 directed by Robert Luketic and an untitled comedy directed by Fred Wolf and starring Anna Faris.

RENEE EHRLICH KALFUS (Costume Designer) designed the costumes for the recently released PERFECT STRANGER with Halle Berry and Bruce Willis, directed by James Foley. She is currently at work on the comedy BABY MAMA starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler,Steve Martin and Sigourney Weaver. Kalfus' other credits include; ONCE AROUND directed by Lasse Halstrom, WITH HONORS, SAFE PASSAGE, LET IT BE ME, THE EVENING STAR with Jack Nickolson and Shirley McLane, ADDICTED TO LOVE with Meg Ryan and Mathew Broderick, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, THE LIFE OF DAVID GAL directed by Alan Parker, with Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet, 6 BULLETS FROM NOW starring Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney and Tim Roth, WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE? with Johnny Depp, DEAD MAN WALKING with Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, PAY IT FORWARD, THE SHIPPING NEWS, LADDER 49 with Joquin Phoenix and John Travolta, GAME 6 with Michael Keaton and CHOCOLAT directed by Lasse Halstrom and starring Juliette Binoche for which Kalfus recieved both BAFTA and Costume Designer Guild Award nominations.

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