Press release
GKIDS BRINGS COMPLETE
STUDIO GHIBLI FILM RETROSPECTIVE
TO IFC CENTER in NYC
15 TITLES FROM 1984 TO 2009 - NEW 35mm Prints
INCLUDING HAYAO MIYAZAKI AND ISAO TAKAHATA MASTERPIECES
“SPIRITED AWAY”
“PRINCESS MONONOKE”
“MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO”
“CASTLE IN THE SKY”
“NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND”
DEC 16 TO JAN 12, 2012 - TICKETS NOW ON SALE
FULL SCHEDULE AND TICKETS AT WWW.GKIDS.TV/INTHEATERS
INCLUDESWEEK-LONG THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENTS OF “PORCO ROSSO” (BEGINNING ON 12/23) AND“POM POKO” (BEGINNING 1/6/12)
New York, New York – December 9, 2011 – GKIDS, a distributor of award winning animation for both adults and family audiences, is bringing a complete 25 year retrospective of films from Japan’s renowned Studio Ghibli to the IFC Center in New York from Friday, December 16 to Thursday, January 12.
All fifteen feature films produced between 1984 and 2009 will be presented, including Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award® winning Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Films will be shown in both the subtitled and English dubbed versions, when available, with subtitled films playing evening screenings 6pm and later.
Tickets for all films are now on sale at www.gkids.tv/intheaters (See below for a complete list of titles and schedule.)
The retrospective will include week-long theatrical runs of Hayao Miyazaki’s Porco
Rosso, beginning on December 23, and Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko, beginning on January 6.
The retrospective will also include US theatrical premieres for The Ocean Waves and Only Yesterday, which have rarely been screened outside Japan.
GKIDS recently entered into agreement with Studio Ghibli to handle North American theatrical distribution for their library of animated features. Following the IFC Center engagement, the retrospective will tour to major US and Canadian markets, including Los Angeles, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, and other cities, throughout 2012.
GKIDS is also planning limited releases of select Studio Ghibli titles, many of which have never been released theatrically in the US, beginning late 2012.
The Studio Ghibli agreement further solidifies GKIDS position as a home for award-winning animation. GKIDS began as a spin-off of New York International Children’s Film Festival and found early success securing a Best Animated Feature Oscar® nomination for The Secret of Kells in 2010. GKIDS has two films competing in the animated feature category for the upcoming Academy Awards®, A Cat in Paris and Oscar®-winning director Fernando Trueba’s Chico & Rita, which won Best Animated Feature at the European Film Awards. Chico & Rita is being released under GKIDS’ newly formed adult-skewing LumaFilms banner.
STUDIO GHIBLI FILMS – IFC CENTER – DEC 16, 2011 TO JAN 12, 2012
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Isao Takahata) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Uma Thurman, Shia LeBouf, Edward James Olmos, Mark Hamill)
1984 - 116 min
Castle in the Sky
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Isao Takahata) *Subtitled only
1986 - 126 min
My Neighbor Totoro
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toru Hara) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Tim Daly, Frank Welker)
1988 - 86 min
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Hayao Miyazaki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Debbie Reynolds)
1989 - 102 min
Only Yesterday
Animator (Producer): Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled only
1991 - 118 min
The Ocean Waves
Animator (Producer): Tomomi Mochizuki (Nozomu Takahashi)
*Subtitled only, digital only
1993 - 72 min
Porco Rosso
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Brad Garrett, David Ogden Stiers)
1992 - 94 min
Pom Poko
Animator (Producer): Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (J.K. Simmons, Brian Posehn, Tress MacNeille, John DiMaggio)
1994 - 119 min
Whisper of the Heart
Animator (Producer): Yoshifumi Kondo (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Ashley Tisdale, Cary Elwes, Harold Gould, Brittany Snow)
1995 - 111 min
Princess Mononoke
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob
Thornton, Jada Pinkett Smith, John DiMaggio)
1997 - 134 min
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Animator (Producer): Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (James Belushi, Molly Shannon, Tress MacNeille)
1999 - 111 min
Spirited Away
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Michael Chiklis, Susan Egan)
2001 - 125 min
The Cat Returns
Animator (Producer): Hiroyuki Morita (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Peter Boyle, Elliott Gould, Tim Curry, Andy
Richter, Kristen Bell, Avril Lavigne)
2002 - 75 min
Howl's Moving Castle
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki)
Dubbed ONLY (Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal)
2004 - 119 min
Ponyo
Animator (Producer): Hiroyuki Morita (Toshio Suzuki)
Dubbed ONLY (Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tina Fey)
2009 - 101 min
ABOUT STUDIO GHIBLI
Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 by animation directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and is one of the most successful and well-respected animation studios in the world. Cultivating a creative force of talented directors, animators, and storytellers under the revered brilliance of Miyazaki and Takahata, Studio Ghibli’s films have been praised for their originality, dazzling animation, and epic storytelling. The films have become a beloved part of Japanese popular culture, and have garnered worldwide acclaim from audiences and critics alike.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002 and in 2005 Miyazaki was named one of "the most influential people" by TIME Magazine.
ABOUT GKIDS
GKIDS is a distributor of award-winning animation for both adult and family audiences. Theatrical releases include Tomm Moore’s Oscar nominated The Secret of Kells, Michel Ocelot’s acclaimed Azur & Asmar, European Film Award Best Animated Feature winner
Mia and the Migoo, Nina Paley’s multiple-award-winning Sita Sings the Blues, and Japan Academy Prize winner Summer Wars by Mamoru Hosoda.
Upcoming GKIDS releases include 2011 Berlin official selection A Cat in Paris and Annecy winner Eleanor’s Secret. GKIDS is also producer of New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival, North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens. NYICFF is an Oscar®-qualifying event and jury members include Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon, Gus van Sant, Matthew Modine, James Schamus, Michel Ocelot, and Christine Vachon.
New York, New York – January 4, 2012 – GKIDS, a distributor of award winning animation for both adults and family audiences, announced added screenings for their groundbreaking Studio Ghibli retrospective at New York’s IFC Center.
The event opened at IFC on December 16, grossing $32,500 week one, $33,700 week two, and $43,900 for partial week three (through Tuesday).
The event helped IFC set several single-day records for the complex (including biggest Monday, biggest Wednesday, and biggest Thursday) and contributed to the second busiest period since the theater opened.
With most shows selling out over the past weekend, IFC has added additional screenings of Princess Mononoke, Ocean Waves, Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and My Neighbor Totoro.
The 25 year retrospective of films from Japan’s renowned Studio Ghibli is running four
weeks on a full schedule, though Thursday, Jan 12. Fifteen feature films produced between 1984 and 2009 are included in both the subtitled and English dubbed versions (when available), with subtitled film playing evening screenings 6pm and later. Tickets for all films are now on sale at www.gkids.tv/intheaters
Show times, descriptions and tickets available at www.gkids.tv/intheaters
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GKIDS BRINGS COMPLETE
STUDIO GHIBLI FILM RETROSPECTIVE
TO IFC CENTER in NYC
15 TITLES FROM 1984 TO 2009 - NEW 35mm Prints
INCLUDING HAYAO MIYAZAKI AND ISAO TAKAHATA MASTERPIECES
“SPIRITED AWAY”
“PRINCESS MONONOKE”
“MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO”
“CASTLE IN THE SKY”
“NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND”
DEC 16 TO JAN 12, 2012 - TICKETS NOW ON SALE
FULL SCHEDULE AND TICKETS AT WWW.GKIDS.TV/INTHEATERS
INCLUDESWEEK-LONG THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENTS OF “PORCO ROSSO” (BEGINNING ON 12/23) AND“POM POKO” (BEGINNING 1/6/12)
New York, New York – December 9, 2011 – GKIDS, a distributor of award winning animation for both adults and family audiences, is bringing a complete 25 year retrospective of films from Japan’s renowned Studio Ghibli to the IFC Center in New York from Friday, December 16 to Thursday, January 12.
All fifteen feature films produced between 1984 and 2009 will be presented, including Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award® winning Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Films will be shown in both the subtitled and English dubbed versions, when available, with subtitled films playing evening screenings 6pm and later.
Tickets for all films are now on sale at www.gkids.tv/intheaters (See below for a complete list of titles and schedule.)
The retrospective will include week-long theatrical runs of Hayao Miyazaki’s Porco
Rosso, beginning on December 23, and Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko, beginning on January 6.
The retrospective will also include US theatrical premieres for The Ocean Waves and Only Yesterday, which have rarely been screened outside Japan.
GKIDS recently entered into agreement with Studio Ghibli to handle North American theatrical distribution for their library of animated features. Following the IFC Center engagement, the retrospective will tour to major US and Canadian markets, including Los Angeles, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, and other cities, throughout 2012.
GKIDS is also planning limited releases of select Studio Ghibli titles, many of which have never been released theatrically in the US, beginning late 2012.
The Studio Ghibli agreement further solidifies GKIDS position as a home for award-winning animation. GKIDS began as a spin-off of New York International Children’s Film Festival and found early success securing a Best Animated Feature Oscar® nomination for The Secret of Kells in 2010. GKIDS has two films competing in the animated feature category for the upcoming Academy Awards®, A Cat in Paris and Oscar®-winning director Fernando Trueba’s Chico & Rita, which won Best Animated Feature at the European Film Awards. Chico & Rita is being released under GKIDS’ newly formed adult-skewing LumaFilms banner.
STUDIO GHIBLI FILMS – IFC CENTER – DEC 16, 2011 TO JAN 12, 2012
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Isao Takahata) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Uma Thurman, Shia LeBouf, Edward James Olmos, Mark Hamill)
1984 - 116 min
Castle in the Sky
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Isao Takahata) *Subtitled only
1986 - 126 min
My Neighbor Totoro
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toru Hara) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Tim Daly, Frank Welker)
1988 - 86 min
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Hayao Miyazaki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Debbie Reynolds)
1989 - 102 min
Only Yesterday
Animator (Producer): Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled only
1991 - 118 min
The Ocean Waves
Animator (Producer): Tomomi Mochizuki (Nozomu Takahashi)
*Subtitled only, digital only
1993 - 72 min
Porco Rosso
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Brad Garrett, David Ogden Stiers)
1992 - 94 min
Pom Poko
Animator (Producer): Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (J.K. Simmons, Brian Posehn, Tress MacNeille, John DiMaggio)
1994 - 119 min
Whisper of the Heart
Animator (Producer): Yoshifumi Kondo (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Ashley Tisdale, Cary Elwes, Harold Gould, Brittany Snow)
1995 - 111 min
Princess Mononoke
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob
Thornton, Jada Pinkett Smith, John DiMaggio)
1997 - 134 min
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Animator (Producer): Isao Takahata (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (James Belushi, Molly Shannon, Tress MacNeille)
1999 - 111 min
Spirited Away
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Michael Chiklis, Susan Egan)
2001 - 125 min
The Cat Returns
Animator (Producer): Hiroyuki Morita (Toshio Suzuki) *Subtitled
Also dubbed (Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Peter Boyle, Elliott Gould, Tim Curry, Andy
Richter, Kristen Bell, Avril Lavigne)
2002 - 75 min
Howl's Moving Castle
Animator (Producer): Hayao Miyazaki (Toshio Suzuki)
Dubbed ONLY (Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal)
2004 - 119 min
Ponyo
Animator (Producer): Hiroyuki Morita (Toshio Suzuki)
Dubbed ONLY (Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tina Fey)
2009 - 101 min
ABOUT STUDIO GHIBLI
Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 by animation directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and is one of the most successful and well-respected animation studios in the world. Cultivating a creative force of talented directors, animators, and storytellers under the revered brilliance of Miyazaki and Takahata, Studio Ghibli’s films have been praised for their originality, dazzling animation, and epic storytelling. The films have become a beloved part of Japanese popular culture, and have garnered worldwide acclaim from audiences and critics alike.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002 and in 2005 Miyazaki was named one of "the most influential people" by TIME Magazine.
ABOUT GKIDS
GKIDS is a distributor of award-winning animation for both adult and family audiences. Theatrical releases include Tomm Moore’s Oscar nominated The Secret of Kells, Michel Ocelot’s acclaimed Azur & Asmar, European Film Award Best Animated Feature winner
Mia and the Migoo, Nina Paley’s multiple-award-winning Sita Sings the Blues, and Japan Academy Prize winner Summer Wars by Mamoru Hosoda.
Upcoming GKIDS releases include 2011 Berlin official selection A Cat in Paris and Annecy winner Eleanor’s Secret. GKIDS is also producer of New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival, North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens. NYICFF is an Oscar®-qualifying event and jury members include Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon, Gus van Sant, Matthew Modine, James Schamus, Michel Ocelot, and Christine Vachon.
New York, New York – January 4, 2012 – GKIDS, a distributor of award winning animation for both adults and family audiences, announced added screenings for their groundbreaking Studio Ghibli retrospective at New York’s IFC Center.
The event opened at IFC on December 16, grossing $32,500 week one, $33,700 week two, and $43,900 for partial week three (through Tuesday).
The event helped IFC set several single-day records for the complex (including biggest Monday, biggest Wednesday, and biggest Thursday) and contributed to the second busiest period since the theater opened.
With most shows selling out over the past weekend, IFC has added additional screenings of Princess Mononoke, Ocean Waves, Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and My Neighbor Totoro.
The 25 year retrospective of films from Japan’s renowned Studio Ghibli is running four
weeks on a full schedule, though Thursday, Jan 12. Fifteen feature films produced between 1984 and 2009 are included in both the subtitled and English dubbed versions (when available), with subtitled film playing evening screenings 6pm and later. Tickets for all films are now on sale at www.gkids.tv/intheaters
Show times, descriptions and tickets available at www.gkids.tv/intheaters
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