UK: THE COMEDY "THE REAL HOWARD SPITZ" IS RELEASED IN THE UK

Record ID: 387704

  • Title: UK: THE COMEDY "THE REAL HOWARD SPITZ" IS RELEASED IN THE UK
  • Date: 24th August 1998
  • Summary: LONDON, UK. (AUGUST 24TH, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) INTERVIEW VADIM JEAN: : (SOUNDBITE ENGLISH) "THERE ARE PRESSURES WHETHER IT'S SMALL OR BIG.. THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST BUDGET I'VE EVER WORKED WITH, IT'S LIKE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN THE ENTIRE BUDGETS OF ALL MY OTHER FILMS PUT TOGETHER TIMES TWO, SO IT WAS A QUANTUM LEAP. AND THERE WERE T
  • Embargoed: 8th September 1998 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM/FILM CLIPS
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA7SAB0SUJFNRIL288YAZXEWJND
  • Story Text: The latest British low-budget film hits the screens in
    a limited release in the United Kingdom on Friday (August
    28th).The comedy 'The Real Howard Spitz' is director Vadim
    Jean's fourth feature, and with a budget of $5 million, his
    most expensive to date.

    Described as an 'intelligent family comedy' the film
    stars Kelsey Grammer, from the hit TV comedy 'Frasier'.

    Kelsey, in his first feature film role, plays Howard, a worn
    out detective novelist who has hit hard times, but resorts -
    successfully - to writing children's books...even though he
    hates kids.

    Co-stars are Amanda Donohoe from 'LA Law' and seven year
    old Genevieve Tessier, making her film debut.

    The film is an Anglo-Canadian co-production between UK
    based Metrodome Films and the Canadian company Imagex, and was
    filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Los Angeles.

    Director Vadim Jean's first film, the 1993 comedy 'Leon
    the Pig Farmer' won critical acclaim...at a time when the
    British film industry was at a low.

    Jean says at the time there was a period of four or five
    weeks when "Leon the Pig Farmer" was the only film in
    production in the United Kingdom.Now, five years later on he
    believes the British industry has never been in better
    shape...with much credit going to the marketing expertise
    from the United States.

    Describing himself as a 'guerrilla' film maker he says
    he's not interested in making big budget blockbusters, and
    prefers to make 'films from the heart'.
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