From Kerri Borsuk, Glen Zipper (“Undefeated”) and Ross Dinerstein (“Jiro Dreams of Sushi”), along with lauded documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, comes Ryan Harvie and John Paul Horstmann’s “Bodyslam: Revenge of The Banana.” And yes, that title almost speaks for itself.
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The film debuted at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and was recently acquired by Virgil Films. You too can soon experience the power of The Banana.
Per the film’s official synopsis, it “follows a unique group of social outcasts who partake in an unfamiliar world of amateur wrestling via Ssp Wrestling (Seattle Semi-Pro Wrestling.) By day they are chefs, hairdressers, and delivery men, but by night these ‘cabaret combatants’ put on raunchy matches while rabid fans chant obscenities and hurl beer cans at their heads. The de-facto spokesman of the wrestling...
Read More: Morgan Spurlock’s New Documentary ‘Rats’ Will Definitely Make You Lose Your Lunch — Watch
The film debuted at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and was recently acquired by Virgil Films. You too can soon experience the power of The Banana.
Per the film’s official synopsis, it “follows a unique group of social outcasts who partake in an unfamiliar world of amateur wrestling via Ssp Wrestling (Seattle Semi-Pro Wrestling.) By day they are chefs, hairdressers, and delivery men, but by night these ‘cabaret combatants’ put on raunchy matches while rabid fans chant obscenities and hurl beer cans at their heads. The de-facto spokesman of the wrestling...
- 3/14/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
London -- Shares in the News Corp.-backed satcaster BSkyB soared to a two-year high on market rumors that media mogul Rupert Murdoch plans to take the company private.
Shares in the satcaster traded up 5% in early trading to 597 pence ($9.04), reaching trading volumes more than double the average.
Analysts speculated that the move might be driven by the view that Sky's profitability is undervalued by the market, with some traders suggesting a price horizon of 735 pence ($10.12) for the 61% of the company News Corp. does not already own.
"It is plausible on the grounds that BSkyB has invested heavily and [we think]... profitability is going to rise very materially and that hasn't been reflected in the share price yet," said Numis Securities analyst Paul Richards.
But other analysts were less positive.
"It is not clear why News Corp. would want to do a deal now. News Corp. already has effective control and it...
Shares in the satcaster traded up 5% in early trading to 597 pence ($9.04), reaching trading volumes more than double the average.
Analysts speculated that the move might be driven by the view that Sky's profitability is undervalued by the market, with some traders suggesting a price horizon of 735 pence ($10.12) for the 61% of the company News Corp. does not already own.
"It is plausible on the grounds that BSkyB has invested heavily and [we think]... profitability is going to rise very materially and that hasn't been reflected in the share price yet," said Numis Securities analyst Paul Richards.
But other analysts were less positive.
"It is not clear why News Corp. would want to do a deal now. News Corp. already has effective control and it...
- 3/12/2010
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip opened a fishing museum this week. The royals visited the True's Yard Fishing Heritage Museum at King's Lynn - close to their Sandringham estate - to open a new wing. The museum houses a history of the fishing industry on England's East coast, famous for its Herring, and the extension to the museum includes a curing house, allowing visitors to see how kippers and smoked fish are produced. Chairman of the museum's trustees Dr Paul Richards told fishupdate.com: "It was a great honour for the queen and Prince Philip to visit us. She showed a great interest in the buildings we have restored and she was fascinated by the stories about the people who...
- 2/11/2010
- Monsters and Critics
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