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July 26, 2006
THE UNSTOPPABLE MARCH OF TIME
What Korean movie has been sold to more countries than Bong Joon-Ho's THE HOST? Kim Ki-Duk's TIME, of course. At Cannes it sold to 15 territories, and then after appearing at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival it sold to 9 more for a total of 24 territories, which is more than Bong's film. Of course, THE HOST has been sold to North America and TIME hasn't, which seems to be par for the course now as Kim's SAMARITAN GIRL and THE BOW didn't sell to North America either.
Now TIME is playing at the Toronto International Film Festival which means it'll sell to even more territories. Not bad for a flick that cost $1 million to make and which, to my knowledge, doesn't even have a Korean release date in its future.
(Thanks to the sharp-eyed reader who sent this in)
July 26, 2006 at 10:41 AM in News | Permalink
Comments
A quick correction: SAMARITAN GIRL did sell to North America, but it didn't get a theatrical release.
Posted by: Grady Hendrix | Jul 26, 2006 11:47:03 AM
Actually, it was just announced yesterday that TIME will get a domestic release on August 24th.
Posted by: Natzo | Jul 26, 2006 4:30:58 PM
and the DVD (Time) is coming out in September.
Posted by: X | Jul 26, 2006 11:06:12 PM
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