Berlin —Jun 29, 2006
XDC and Senator Films are presenting Hard Candy in dual languages
on Digital Cinema
David Slade’s much celebrated Hard Candy is now being presented is both German and
English languages in pristine quality on XDC digital screens in Germany.
Variety describes Ellen Page’s performance as Hayley Stark, as “spectacular” Co-star
Patrick Wilson, who plays Jeff Kohlver, a man who enjoys internet encounters, gives
terror a whole new meaning.
Hard Candy marks the third film this year for which Senator Films have commissioned
Central Film and XDC encode and service to present it in 2K DLP Cinema® quality on
the XDC digital Cinema Network
“We are particularly proud to be able to offer this movie to the German market with
single copies carrying both English and German sound tracks. This enables exhibitors
to maximize their market audience potential, not only for the many English speaking
residents in Germany but also for those for whom English not German is a second
language. We believe this is the first time anything like this has been done in
Europe,” said Sven Andresen, Head of Distribution at Central Film, Senator's
distribution subsidiary.
“Senator Films looks for precisely the kind of film-maker excellence coming from
Hollywood which Hard Candy represents. It is particularly encouraging to be able to
offer it to audience segments beyond the German speaking communities, without the
cost of additional prints,” said Peter Heinzemann, Senator’s Distribution Chief
Executive Officer.
“As soon as I saw the pre-market screening of Hard Candy at ShoWest in Las Vegas, I
was convinced this movie, with it’s skilled usage of stylized visual impressions and
pictorial metaphors was not only an excellent candidate for digital cinema
presentation, but also with its contemporary story lines, very relevant to a market
such as Germany, where recently so much attention has been focused on the potential
perils of the internet. XDC is proud to have provided the digital cinema package
mastering and support services to permit this dual language project to come to
fruition,” said John B. Birchell Hughes, Senior Vice President, Production and
Distributor Relations, XDC International.
Hard Candy starts it German run on 29.Jun.2006
Senator offers digital cinema copies of its new films to all cinemas which are
equipped with DLP Cinema® Projectors and an MXF-interoperable server. “Senator is
the first German film distributor to offer its complete slate of movies for digital
projection,” said Peter Heinzemann
