Martin Scorsese Celebrates British Filmmaking Greats Michael Powell And Emeric Pressburger In David Hinton Feature Doc; Altitude Boards Sales — Cannes Market
deadline.comMartin Scorsese will pay a personal homage to influential British filmmaking duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in an upcoming feature doc.
Altitude is attached to handle sales of the as-yet untitled doc and has secured a release in the UK and Ireland.The Mean Streets, Goodfellas and Casino director will narrate the doc, which is from from Bafta- and Emmy-winning director David Hinton.
Scorsese will explain how the makers of classics such as Black Narcissus and A Matter of Life and Death captivated him from a young age and recalls his powerful personal friendship with Powell, who passed in 1990.
The doc is brought to life through a treasure trove of rare archival material from the personal collections of Powell, Pressburger and Scorsese, telling the story through diaries, audio recordings, home movies, personal snapshots and the British duos’ films.Altitude has boarded sales ahead of the Cannes Film Festival and will release it in the UK and Ireland.Nick Varley is producing for Ten Thousand 86, along with Matt Wells from Ice Cream Films.
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