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------------------ A new film version of _Laughter in the Dark_ seems to
be in the works. Below is the Reuters story, which can also be found at
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/
headlines/en/story.html?s=v/nm/19990128/en/film-mosher_1.html
Thursday January 28 3:21 AM ET
Legit director Gregory Mosher to helm first film
By Monica Roman
NEW YORK (Variety) - Stage director-producer Gregory Mosher will make his
feature film directorial debut with ``Laughter
in the Dark'' for the Shooting Gallery and Haft Entertainment.
Mosher's screenplay is a modern-day version of the Vladimir Nabokov story
about a foolish middle-aged art dealer, an
immoral young artist and the ambitious woman they unknowingly share.
``Laughter'' is the second co-production between Larry Meistrich's the
Shooting Gallery and Haft, which are both based in
Gotham. They previously collaborated on Martin Duffy's ``The Bumblebee Flies
Anyway,'' which is set for a spring theatrical
release.
The former head of the Lincoln Center Theatre, Mosher's theatrical career has
spanned three decades. Among the more than
50 plays Mosher has directed are the premieres of David Mamet's ``American
Buffalo,'' ``Glengarry Glen Ross'' and ``Speed
the Plow.''
Mosher has produced, and often directed, new works by such writers as Samuel
Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller,
Elaine May, David Rabe and Stephen Sondheim.
His recent production of John Leguizamo's ``Freak'' won both Drama Desk and
Outer Critics Circle awards.
``It's a pleasure to be working with the bold and innovative Larry Meistrich
and his company,'' said Mosher. ``Their enthusiasm
for Nabokov's astonishing novel and their expertise in New York filmmaking,
where this film is set, is everything anyone could
ask for.''
The Shooting Gallery has two films at this week's Sundance Film Festival --
Nancy Savoca's ``The 24 Hour Woman'' starring
Rosie Perez and Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Hampton Fancher's ``The Minus
Man'' starring Owen Wilson.
Earlier this week, the Shooting Gallery inked a pact with Loews Cineplex
Entertainment to deliver exclusive indie film
programming in a dozen major cities (Daily Variety, Jan. 27).
In 1998, Haft produced ``Rear Window'' starring Christopher Reeve for ABC,
Agnieszka Holland's indie feature ``The Third
Miracle'' with American Zoetrope and Phoenician Films, and ``Pirates of
Silicon Valley'' for TNT.
Reuters/Variety
be in the works. Below is the Reuters story, which can also be found at
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/
headlines/en/story.html?s=v/nm/19990128/en/film-mosher_1.html
Thursday January 28 3:21 AM ET
Legit director Gregory Mosher to helm first film
By Monica Roman
NEW YORK (Variety) - Stage director-producer Gregory Mosher will make his
feature film directorial debut with ``Laughter
in the Dark'' for the Shooting Gallery and Haft Entertainment.
Mosher's screenplay is a modern-day version of the Vladimir Nabokov story
about a foolish middle-aged art dealer, an
immoral young artist and the ambitious woman they unknowingly share.
``Laughter'' is the second co-production between Larry Meistrich's the
Shooting Gallery and Haft, which are both based in
Gotham. They previously collaborated on Martin Duffy's ``The Bumblebee Flies
Anyway,'' which is set for a spring theatrical
release.
The former head of the Lincoln Center Theatre, Mosher's theatrical career has
spanned three decades. Among the more than
50 plays Mosher has directed are the premieres of David Mamet's ``American
Buffalo,'' ``Glengarry Glen Ross'' and ``Speed
the Plow.''
Mosher has produced, and often directed, new works by such writers as Samuel
Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller,
Elaine May, David Rabe and Stephen Sondheim.
His recent production of John Leguizamo's ``Freak'' won both Drama Desk and
Outer Critics Circle awards.
``It's a pleasure to be working with the bold and innovative Larry Meistrich
and his company,'' said Mosher. ``Their enthusiasm
for Nabokov's astonishing novel and their expertise in New York filmmaking,
where this film is set, is everything anyone could
ask for.''
The Shooting Gallery has two films at this week's Sundance Film Festival --
Nancy Savoca's ``The 24 Hour Woman'' starring
Rosie Perez and Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Hampton Fancher's ``The Minus
Man'' starring Owen Wilson.
Earlier this week, the Shooting Gallery inked a pact with Loews Cineplex
Entertainment to deliver exclusive indie film
programming in a dozen major cities (Daily Variety, Jan. 27).
In 1998, Haft produced ``Rear Window'' starring Christopher Reeve for ABC,
Agnieszka Holland's indie feature ``The Third
Miracle'' with American Zoetrope and Phoenician Films, and ``Pirates of
Silicon Valley'' for TNT.
Reuters/Variety