MILESTONE TO RELEASE SESSUE HAYAKAWA'S FAMED SILENT FILM "THE DRAGON PAINTER" ON DVD THIS MARCH 18TH ***JPEG AND DOC ATTACHED*** Dear friends, Twenty years after a promise to the archivist and Asian cinema scholar Stephen Gong and several years in the production of the DVD, I am very happy to announce the release of Sessue (The Bridge on the River Kwai) Hayakawa's silent masterpiece, THE DRAGON PAINTER. And of course, being Milestone, we even have bonus features for the bonus features including another extremely rare Hayakawa feature (produced by the legendary Thomas Ince!), still galleries, press kits and more! See below for details. This is a great time for Sessue Hayakawa with the new biography by Daisuke Miyao, a major film retrospective touring the country, and the amazing discovery of “lost” Hayakawa films by our friends at the Nederlands Filmmuseum. (Please see attached press release.) Best regards, Dennis Doros, Milestone Film & Video, Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: (800) 603-1104 or (201) 767-3117 Fax: (201) 767-3035 [log in to unmask] www.milestonefilms.com THE MILESTONE CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS THE DRAGON PAINTER Restored by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department New digital master featuring original tinting New ensemble score by composer Mark Izu Deluxe bonus features include full-length feature film: Thomas Ince's THE WRATH OF THE GODS, starring Sessue Hayakawa Attached is the 72dpi pdf of the cover art. Press kits can be downloaded: http://www.milestonefilms.com/presskits.php Milestone Cinematheque titles on DVD! KILLER OF SHEEP: THE CHARLES BURNETT COLLECTION I AM CUBA: THE ULTIMATE EDITION WINTER SOLDIER ELECTRIC EDWARDIANS THE BIG ANIMAL THE CLAY BIRD WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST?: THE DIRECTOR'S EDITION http://www.milestonefilms.com THE DRAGON PAINTER CAT #: MILE00108 ISBN #: 978-1-933920-07-8 UPC #: 784148010847 SRP: $29.95 PREBOOK: February 13, 2008 STREET: March 18, 2008 SYNOPSIS: Sessue Hayakawa was one of the great stars of the silent cinema. In many films he played a dashing, romantic lead - a rarity for Asian actors in Hollywood, even today. Hayakawa became so popular and powerful that he was able to start Haworth Pictures to control his own destiny. The Dragon Painter was the finest of the Haworth productions. Beautifully acted, gorgeously shot (with Yosemite Valley filling in for the Japanese landscape), and lovingly directed, the film is an absolute marvel. Hayakawa plays Tatsu, an artist living as a hermit in the wilds of Japan. Thought mad by the local villagers, he believes that his princess fiancée has been captured by a dragon. His obsession leads to artistic inspiration. It isn't until a surveyor comes across Tatsu in the mountains that his genius is discovered. The surveyor informs the famed artist Kano Indara about his discovery. Kano is desperate to find a male heir to teach his art, but when Tatsu meets Kano's daughter (played by Hayakawa's wife, Tsuru Aoki) and sees only his lost princess, a clash of wills brings the household to the brink of disaster. Long considered lost, The Dragon Painter was rediscovered in a French distribution print and brought to the George Eastman House for restoration with the original tints. The film survives today as a tribute to Hayakawa's great artistry and a shining example of Asian-American cinema. If you would like to be removed from Milestone's email list, please contact me at [log in to unmask] ************** Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548) ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html