Some information and a couple of screen grabs from the trailer (which featured Simone briefly) are now on the main website.

Washington and New York screening dates announced for Red Mercury after world premiere in Montreal.
Washington date: September 25.
New York date: September 27.

SEPTEMBER 4 2005: Hollywood Reporter review of Montreal world premiere of Red Mercury


By Etan Vlessing
TORONTO -- The Montreal World Film Festival, which got under way over the weekend, hosted a controversial film about British Muslim bombers that foreshadowed the July 7 suicide bombings in London.

The world premiere of "Red Mercury" came as the Montreal World Film Festival so far has disappointed film buyers for the lack of quality American films, most of which are unspooling in Toronto or waiting for the rival New Montreal FilmFest, also in September.

"Red Mercury," the drama starring Ron Silver and Peter Postlethwaite from veteran British director Roy Battersby, recently was turned down for screening at the upcoming London Film Festival, prompting the shift to Montreal.

Phil Blackburn, a producer on "Red Mercury," said the thriller about three homegrown Islamic terrorists taking over a Greek restaurant in London and threatening to complete and detonate a "dirty bomb" was shot over six weeks in February and March.
But what originally was billed as a "Dog Day Afternoon" or "Con-Air" drama about Muslim bombers battling with police negotiators, their hostages and themselves became suddenly prescient with the July 7 terrorist attack on London, which killed 52 people, and a failed attack July 21.

"We knew it was a possibility when we made the movie, but I was shocked as anyone," Battersby said of the bombings and the parallels with the film.

The film's producer, Inspired Movies, had a private showing for "Red Mercury" at the Festival de Cannes. But, timing being all, the real-life bombings made British movie distributors reluctant to profit from the prophets, according to Blackburn.

Although the film was completed before the attacks, Blackburn senses film buyers are sensitive about a backlash against "Red Mercury" from within Britain's Muslim community, which numbers 1.6 million people. So Inspired Movies is seeking a U.S. distributor and a platform release for the thriller in the U.S. before it possibly secures a theatrical release in Britain, likely early next year. Los Angeles-based Conquistador Entertainment is handling a possible U.S. deal.

"Red Mercury" also stars Stockard Channing as the Greek restaurant owner and Juliet Stevenson as a security services negotiator. Silver is a combative American held hostage in the restaurant siege.

Similarly betting that the British are not yet ready to see a movie about Muslim bombers, the Cambridge Film Festival last month canceled screenings of Hany Abu-Assad's "Paradise Now," a drama about two Palestinian men recruited as suicide bombers in Israel. The Arabic-language film earned awards in Berlin and will unspool at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

i saw red mercury about a week ago and i have to say i really enjoyed it. of course, i'm biased because i'm madly in love with simone...but honestly, as a filmmaker myself, it was a nice piece of cinema. simone of course does a lovely job.

Can you tell what her role is about? Just to know if she is one of the hostage or police would be nice, please

Lootcha

Hiya Lootcha :)

She plays one of the hostages and has a few lines, she's really good :)

Hi Lizi :D

Thanks for letting me know ;)

Lootcha

No problem :)

Hello
Here are some pictures from Red Mercury with Simone















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