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| INTERNATIONAL FILM ENLISTS FILIPINO CAST & CREW Filipinos join a multi-national crew and cast in the New Cebu Films movie Deep Gold Cebu, PHILIPPINES (Dec. 7, 2006) – Bigfoot Entertainment’s newest division, New Cebu Films, cast Filipino actors and crew for its maiden offering, the action-thriller Deep Gold. Having commenced principal photography in December, Deep Gold will be the first film that Bigfoot will shoot entirely in Cebu. Deep Gold features a Filipino cast with the multi-awarded Joel Torre as Ranulfo Sanchez, the father of lead characters Amy and Jess. Among Torre’s accolades are the 2002 Gawad Urian in 2002 for Best Actor in the film Batang West Side, and the 1997 FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film Mumbaki. Eleven-year-olds Kelsey Adams and Grace Hutchings play the young Amy and Jess, respectively. Adams and Hutchings were respondents to the Deep Gold casting call. As crew for Deep Gold is an impressive line-up of Filipino filmmakers that includes 1st Assistant Director Darwin Bolsico, Production Manager Marinette Lusanta, and Art Department Coordinator Lili Esquillon. Bolsico functioned in two award-winning Marilou Diaz-Abaya films – as 2nd Assistant Director and Script Supervisor in Muro Ami (1999), and Script Supervisor and Researcher for Jose Rizal (1998). Just as noteworthy are Lusanta and Esquillon of the internationally acclaimed award-winning film Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, 2005). In Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, Lusanta served as Production Director while Esquillon was Production Designer. For her work in the said film, Esquillon was nominated in 2005 for Best Production Design by two of the main film award-giving bodies in the Philippines, Gawad Urian and Luna Awards. That same year, Esquillon won the Best Production Design Award in the Cinemalaya Film Festival. This showcase of Filipino talent is complemented by a multi-national cast and crew headed by Executive Producer and Director Michael Gleissner. On hand are Hong Kong-based Producer Elliot Tong (Kiroshiya 1 – Ichi the Killer, Mr. Magoo, Jack Chan’s First Strike), Technical Director Ken Siu (Jet Li’s Fearless, In the Mood for Love, Rush Hour), and Stunt Director Ailen Sit (Tokyo Raiders 2, Shaolin Soccer, Martial Law). Vietnamese supermodel-turned-actress Bebe Pham plays her first leading role as Amy Sanchez. Singaporean actress Jaymee Ong plays Jess, Amy’s sister. Ken Arden stars as Benny Simpson, a freelance journalist, while the role of his wife Claire is portrayed by British actress Amelia Jackson-Gray. American model Laury Prudent stars as Lulu, a wacky island DJ, and Australian model Rebecca Piket as the antagonistic Francesca. In Deep Gold, there is an unexplained plane crash, Amy’s boyfriend disappears, gold belonging to the Philippine Central Bank is missing – and Amy and Jess find themselves tangled in a web of deceit. Filming of Deep Gold is scheduled to wrap in April 2007. Post Production in Bigfoot’s state-of-the-art facilities in Mactan, Cebu will immediately follow. For more information on Deep Gold, visit www.deepgoldthemovie.com |
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| ABOUT BIGFOOT ENTERTAINMENT Bigfoot Entertainment's mission is to create an innovative, profitable and socially responsible organization and learning environment that provides quality content, products, and services for our stakeholders and the global market place. Based in Asia, Bigfoot Entertainment is the parent company of Bigfoot Productions, Bigfoot Production Services, the International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT) and Bigfoot Partners. Through all of its divisions, Bigfoot Entertainment strives to be recognized as a globally competitive organization that provides critically acclaimed and commercially viable content as well as providing facilities, services and training to international filmmakers. Bigfoot Entertainment - leaving lasting footprints in the world of entertainment! For more information, visit www.bigfootentertainment.com | |||||||||
| ABOUT NEW CEBU FILMS
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