Anchor Bay Films announced that they will be releasing Leland Orser’s writing and directorial feature debut “Morning” in select cities across the U.S. on September 27, 2013. Produced by Red Rover Films, Morning stars Emmy Award® nominee Jeanne Tripplehorn (“Big Love”, “Criminal Minds” “Grey Gardens,” “Basic Instinct,” “The Firm”) and Orser (“Taken,” “The Good German,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “7even,” “ER”) as a married couple reeling from the tragic death of their only child. Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment, made the announcement.nn”As many of us are already familiar with Leland Orser’s impressive body of acting work, we are delighted to bring his writing and directorial debut to audiences,” said Clark. “Morning offers a unique and touching look at love and loss, and audiences are sure to connect with its compelling and timely story about the resilience of the human spirit.”nnAlongside Tripplehorn and Orser, the film also features three-time Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney (“The Big C”, John Adams), Academy Award® nominee Elliott Gould (Contagion, “Ray Donovan”), Emmy Award® winner Kyle Chandler (“Friday Night Lights”, “Argo,” “Zero Dark Thirty”), and Emmy Award® nominee Jason Ritter (“Parenthood”).nn
nnIn this “stunning” (Psychology Today) and “powerful” (San Francisco Chronicle) drama, grief becomes a private torment for both Alice (Tripplehorn) and Marc Monroe (Orser) that threatens to destroy their world. Driven dangerously apart by their unfathomable loss, they bravely fight their way back to each other in the hopes of finding the love they once knew. Morning is a devastating but ultimately beautiful and hopeful look at heartbreak and healing. It displays the strength of the human spirit to defy darkness and embrace the light of day.nnThe film was produced by Todd Traina and Minor Childers of Red Rover Films.nn www.morningthemovie.comnnAbout Anchor Bay FilmsnAnchor Bay Films is a division of Anchor Bay Entertainment and provides quality distribution with operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and offers distribution capabilities in other key territories. Anchor Bay Films uniquely offers the creative community a fully integrated distribution capability on all platforms and an international solution extending beyond the United States. The company focuses on a platform release strategy for its films with an eye toward maximizing their potential across all ancillary distribution platforms. Upcoming theatrical releases include Billy Bob Thornton’s “Jayne Mansfield’s Car” starring Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon and Ray Stevenson and “Nothing Left to Fear,” the first release from iconic rocker Slash’s production company Slasher Films. Films in its library include the recent theatrical release of Rob Zombie’s “The Lords of Salem” starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison and genre favorite Ken Foree, “10 Years” starring Channing Tatum and Rosario Dawson, the critically-acclaimed comedy “City Island” starring Andy Garcia and “Solitary Man” starring Michael Douglas as well as “Kill the Irishman” starring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken, Toronto Film Festival award-winner “Beautiful Boy” with Maria Bello and Michael Sheen and Cannes 2011 premiere “Corman’s World.” Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment.com) is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.
