(SUGAR HILL, GA - 9/8/2007) Jonathan Demme's new documentary, "Man From Plains", about former President Jimmy Carter had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 7th, 2007. The film received a two minute standing ovation and will next be presented at the Toronto Film Festival with the Carters in attendance on Monday, September 10th.
The film is an intimate two-hour portrayal of the 39th President set against the backdrop of Carter's Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid book tour.
Biscardi Creative Media, located just outside Atlanta, Georgia provided extensive production support for this project working with Producer Gary Strieker, The Carter Center and Demme's production team at PostWorks in New York. BCM turned around hours of archival material in both standard definition and high definition.
"We're honored to have been a small part of this very important project about a man who has been such a champion of human rights and health issues," said Walter Biscardi, Jr., Principal, Biscardi Creative Media. "It was a bit hectic here with four different formats of material and literally hundreds of hours of footage to sift through, but with guidance from Demme's team, Gary Strieker, our team was able to turn around all the footage to make the deadline. We wish the film much success as it moves forward and look forward to future projects with The Carter Center."
The film has been picked up by Sony Classic Pictures and is slated for release in October.
For more information about “Man from Plains:”
http://www.sonyclassics.com/jimmycartermanfromplains/index.html
For more information about Biscardi Creative Media:
http://www.biscardicreative.com
For more information about The Carter Center:
http://www.cartercenter.org/homepage.html
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